Scream Factory stalks THE SQUAD (review)

When communication with the fog-shrouded Knife's Point base goes silent and the bridges are blown up by guerrillas, a unit treks on land to the base and discover a lot of blood but no bodies.  The only survivor is a feral woman who they learn the previous team believed to be a witch when they started dying mysteriously.  As the unit starts to dwindle, they start to believe the same thing, but is there someone else or something else lurking within the base?


REVIEW LINK: Scream Factory/Shout! Factory (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE SQUAD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Making-of featurette
• Theatrical Trailer

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Vinegar Syndrome gets in RED HEAT with a HOT VAMPIRE PEEPING TOM (review)

In this trio of rarely seen Ray Dennis Steckler hardcore efforts, a porn starlet hopeful develops a blood lust and slices her way along the Vegas strip in RED HEAT.  In HOT VAMPIRE, Count Dracula settles down in Arizona and sends his female acolytes to collect blood from the members of unsuspecting horny johns.  In PEEPING TOM, a voyeur spies on various couples on a nightly basis.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

RED HEAT/HOT VAMPIRE/PEEPING TOM DVD specs:

• 2K scans of 35mm and 16mm archival elements
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen transfers 
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono

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Vinegar Syndrome unleashes RAW FORCE (review)

The Burbank Karate Club and a female LAPD cop are pitted against Kung Fu zombies and cannibal monks in Ed Murphy's ultimate exploitation epic RAW FORCE.  Warriors Island is a place where disgraced warriors go to commit suicide and be resurrected from the dead by the island's monks to redeem themselves by protecting the island.  When a cruise to the island threatens a jade dealer's trade with the monks, the vacationers are marked for death.  Cameron Mitchell, Jillian Kessner, Hope Holiday, and Vic Diaz star (along with cameos from Camille Keaton and Jewel Shepard).

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

RAW FORCE Blu-ray/DVD specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Interview with writer/director Edward Murphy and producer/director of photography Frank Johnson
• Audio Interview with finishing editor Jim Wynorski
• Theatrical Trailer

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Mondo Macabro liberates THE SLAVE (review)

COUNT DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE's Haydee Politoff, THE KILLER RESERVED NINE SEATS' Rosanna Schiaffino, THE LEOPARD's Romolo Valli, and EMANUELLE IN AMERICA's Gabrielle Tinti star in this sexy slice of sixties erotica about a wealthy young woman who takes a job as an actress' personal companion and submits to all of her caprices but craves even further abuse.  Music by Piero Piccioni (CAMILLE 2000) and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (THE LIBERTINE).

REVIEW LINK: Mondo Macabro (US) Region A Blu-ray/Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

THE SLAVE Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• Non-removable English subtitles
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with critic Roberto Curti
• Interview with critic Justin Harries
• About the Film (Text Essay)
• Cast and Crew Profiles
• More from Mondo Macabro

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Arrow Video gets a case of the SHIVERS (review)

In David Cronenberg's feature debut, a modern apartment building with all the amenities becomes a giant petrie dish as a strange parasite drives the residents to violent sexual acts.  Barbara Steele and Lynn Lowry star.

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

SHIVERS Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• "Parasite Memories"
• On Screen! - The Making of SHIVERS 
• From STEREO to VIDEO
• Theatrical Trailer
• Promotional Gallery

Revolver Entertainment takes a look at THE INSIDE (review)

Corina and her friends make the mistake of celebrating her birthday in an abandoned warehouse where they attract not only the unwanted presence of three rapists, but also something very evil and very hungry. Actor Eion Macken (SIREN) writes, directs, edits, photographs, and co-stars.

REVIEW LINK: Revolver Entertainment (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE INSIDE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Picture-in-Picture Commentary by director Eion Macken, producer Franco Noonan, and actress Vanessa Matias Fahy
• Making-of
• Theatrical Trailer

Inception Media investigates A HAUNTING AT PRESTON CASTLE (review)

Three young people learn that the legends are all true when they decide to spend the night in Preston Castle, California's oldest reform school which has been uninhabited since the 1960's following the beating death of a young inmate.

REVIEW LINK: Inception Media Group (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

A HAUNTING AT PRESTON CASTLE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH subtitles and Closed Captioning
• Trailer
• Start-up Trailers