Scorpion Releasing goes WHERE THE BOYS ARE (review)

Flamboyant producer Allan Carr (GREASE) heads to the beach with this eighties sex comedy remake of the sixties film WHERE THE BOYS ARE.  Four East Coast college girls head to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break in search of parties, sex, and love.  Lorna Luft, Wendy Schaal, Lynn Holly Johnson, Lisa Hartman, Christopher McDonald, and Russell Todd star.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

WHERE THE BOYS ARE '84 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Interviews with actors Russell Todd and Wendy Schaal
• Theatrical Trailer 

Limited to 2000 copies and available exclusively through Screen Archives!

Scorpion Releasing gazes into THE WILD EYE (review)

Philippe Leroy, Gabriel Tinti, Lars Bloch, and Delia Boccardo star in this semi-autobiographical expose of the Italian Mondo films and the shock tactics of their filmmakers.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE WILD EYE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with actor Lars Bloch
• Theatrical Trailer

Available exclusively from Screen Archives!

Arrow Video USA sets an alarm to WAKE UP AND KILL (review)

Robert Hoffman (SPASMO), Lisa Gastoni (SUBMISSION), and Gian Maria Volonte (A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS) star in this noir thriller from Carlo Lizzani (BANDITS IN MILAN) about the true life exploits of Italian thief Luciano Lutring.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video USA (US) Region A/B Blu-ray/Region 1/2 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

WAKE UP AND KILL Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen transfers of two cuts of the film
• Italian LPCM 2.0 mono (Italian version)
• English LPCM 2.0 mono (English version)
• DVD: 
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfers of two cuts of the film
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (Italian version)
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono (English version)
• Optional English and English SDH subtitles
• Italian Theatrical Cut (123 minutes) and English export version (97 minutes)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist.
• Illustrated collector’s booklet containing new writing on the film by Robert Curti, author of Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980.

Arrow Video asks WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? (review)

Fabio Testi (HEROIN BUSTERS), Karin Baal (DEAD EYES OF LONDON), Joachim Fuchsberger (FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG), Christina Galbo (LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE), and Camille Keaton (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE) star in this seminal Italian giallo/German krimi hybrid about grisly murders at a Catholic girls school in London that are related to the disappearance of a French girl named Solange.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video USA (US) Region A/B Blu-ray/Region 1/2 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? Blu-ray/DVD specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian track and English SDH for the English track
• Branching Options to watch the film with English or Italian credits
• Audio Commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
• Interviews:
• star Karin Baal
• star Fabio Testi
• producer Fulvio Lucisano
• "Innocence Lost" visual essay by Michael Mackenzie
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by MALLEUS and a booklet featuring brand new writing on the film, illustrated with original stills

Severin Films unearths COUNT DRACULA (review)

Christopher Lee stars in Jess Franco's attempted faithful retelling of the Bram Stoker novel in COUNT DRACULA.  A London lawyer travels to Transylvania to close a real estate deal with Count Dracula only to bring the vampire plague back with him to England, threatening his fiancee and others.  Herbert Lom, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm, Soledad Miranda, Jack Taylor, and Fred Williams star.

REVIEW LINK: Severin Films (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

COUNT DRACULA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English LPCM 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by actress Maria Rohm, moderated by David Del Valle
• "Beloved Count" interview with director Jess Franco
• A Conversation with actor Jack Taylor
• "Handsome Harker" interview with actor Fred Williams
• "Stake Holders" an appreciation by French director Christophe Gans
• Christopher Lee reads "Bram Stoker's DRACULA" Alternate German, French, Italian, and Spanish Title Sequences
• German Theatrical Trailer
• Pere Portabella's avant-garde behind the scenes documentary CUADECUC, VAMPIR (66 minutes)

Well Go USA trains THE GOLDEN CANE WARRIOR (review)

REVIEW LINK: Well Go USA (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE GOLDEN CANE WARRIOR Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• Indonesian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews

LionsGate activates AMERICAN ULTRA (review)

THE SOCIAL NETWORK's Jesse Eisenberg and TWILIGHT's Kristen Stewart star in this stoner spy thriller about a convenience store clerk who discovers that he is a lethal weapon when CIA assassins set out to eliminate him.  NASHVILLE's Connie Britton, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT's Tony Hale, THAT 70'S SHOW's Topher Grace, ICE AGE's John Leguizamo, and LOST HIGHWAY's Bill Pullman also star.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray/Region 1 NTSC DVD/Digital HD combo (DVDCompare)

AMERICAN ULTRA Blu-ray/DVD/Digital HD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS:X (DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 core), English DTS 2.0 stereo (optimized for late night listening), Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Descriptive Audio Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH, English, and Spanish subtitles
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 
• Optional English and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary with Director Nima Nourizadeh
• "Activating American Ultra" documentary
• "Assassinating on a Budget" featurette
• Gag Reel
• Digital HD code