88 Films fights ROBOT WARS (review)

In this sequel to Stuart Gordon's ROBOT JOX, ROLLING VENGEANCE's Don Michael Paul and FROM BEYOND's Barbara Campton must pit mega robot against mega robot in a stop motion battle to the finish to save their city from toxic annihilation.  Lisa Rinna (DAYS OF OUR LIVES) also stars in this Full Moon production directed by Albert Band.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

ROBOT WARS DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• VideoZone making-of
• Trailer
• 88 Films Trailer Park

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Code Red takes VENGEANCE (review)

Richard Harrison (BEAST WITH A GUN) is out for VENGEANCE in Antonio Margheriti's brutal spaghetti western as an outlaw hunting the killers who ambushed his gold heist and murdered his friends.  He hunts them down one by one until he discovers the shocking identity of the last murderer.

REVIEW LINK: Code Red (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

VENGEANCE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with actor Richard Harris
• Interview with producer Alfredo Leone
• Trailers

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Arrow Video and HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN (review)

Rowdy Roddy Piper stars in his other eighties cult film as Sam Hell, a scavenger in the wastelands of a nuclear war that have left much of the population sterile.  When it is discovered that he is very potent, he is wrangled into a government operation to infiltrate Frogtown where Captain Toady is holding a harem of fertile babes.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray/Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 mono audio
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• "Grappling with Green Gargantuans" interview with actor Roddy Piper
• "Creature Feature Creator" interview with effects wizard Steve Wang
• "Amphibian Armageddon" interview with actor Brian Frank
• Extended Scene
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Calum Waddell

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Scorpion Releasing faces THE POWER (review)

In Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen Carpenter's follow-up to THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, a trio of teenagers out for a thrill and a pair of tabloid journalist encounter THE POWER residing within an ancient idol of an Aztec demon that demands a terrible price of those who use it to carry out evil.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

THE POWER DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• Katarina's Nightmare Theater playback mode
• Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Arrow Films investigates with UNIT ONE: SERIES THREE (review)

Denmark's special National Police Unit One is back for a third series of investigations of grisly crimes all over the country including crimes of passion, serial murders, arson, hostage situations and more. 

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Films (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

UNIT ONE: SERIES THREE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.73:1 widescreen
• Danish/English/German Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Eight episodes on two discs

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88 Films visits the SHADOWZONE (review)

Louise Fletcher (EXORCIST II), James Hong (BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA), and David Beecroft (TV's FALCON CREST) star in this Full Moon monster flick from J.S. Cardone (THE SLAYER).  A NASA captain investigates a grisly death associated with the secret ShadowZone project, a deep sleep study that takes its subjects beyond normal levels of dreaming that has allowed something from another dimension to cross the border and use the fears of the scientific team against them.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

SHADOWZONE DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Trailer
• Full Moon Trailer Park

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88 Films gets THE CREEPS (review)

When a young rare books librarian and a private detective/video store manager hunt for the stolen manuscript of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, the stumble across a mad scientist's plans to bring the classic monsters to life.  The botched experiment results in quartet of undersized monsters (Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Monster) who need a human sacrifice in order to restore them to their full size.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE CREEPS DVD specs:

• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• VideoZone behind the scenes segment
• Trailer
• Bonus feature THE BEST OF SEX AND VIOLENCE hosted by John Carradine
• Full Moon Trailer Park

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