Umbrella takes BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR and BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR Beyond Genres (review)

Herbert West, Daniel Cain, and Dr. Hill's head are back in producer Brian Yuzna's BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR.  Having survived the Miskatonic Massacre, West and Cain refine their reagent with the goal of creating life using a few spare parts from the hospital.  Kathleen Kinmont also stars.  In BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, Herbert West has spent the past thirteen years in prison when the facility's new doctor proposes working with him on perfecting his reagent.

REVIEW LINK: Umbrella Entertainment (AUS) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR/BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Bride of Re-Animator (Unrated Version)
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Brian Yuzna
• Audio Commentary by director Brian Yuzna, star Jeffrey Combs, special effects co-ordinator Thomas Rainone and the effects team including John Buechler, Mike Deak, Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger and Screaming Mad George
• Audio Commentary by stars Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott 
• Bride of Re-Animator (R-Rated Version)
•  1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Brian Yuzna Remembers Bride of Re-Animator
• Splatter Masters: The Special Effects Artists of Bride of Re-Animator
• "Getting Ahead in Horror"
• Behind the Scenes: Special Effects Artists
• Deleted Scenes
• Dark Adventure Radio Presents: "Herbert West: Re-Animator" (71 mins)
• Trailer
• Disc Two:
• Beyond Re-Animator (Unrated Version)
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director Brian Yuzna
• The Making of Beyond Re-Animator
• "Move Your Dead Bones" music video by Dr. Re-Animator
• Interviews
• Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Slipcover

Umbrella goes Beyond Genres with RE-ANIMATOR (Review)

Medical student Herbert West has a good headon his shoulders... and another one in a dish on his desk in Stuart Gordon's outrageous, gore-drenched unrated directorial debut H.P. LOVECRAFT'S RE-ANIMATOR.  Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, Robert Sampson, and David Gale star.

REVIEW LINK: Umbrella Entertainment (AUS) Region B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

RE-ANIMATOR Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• Unrated Version
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary with director Stuart Gordon
• Audio Commentary with producer Brian Yuzna, and actors Jeffrey Combs, Robert Sampson, Barbara Crampton and Bruce Abbott
• "Re-Animator Resurrectus" documentary (66 minutes)
• Extended Scenes (20 mins)
• Deleted Scene
• Disc Two:
• Integral Cut
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Interview with director Stuart Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna (47 mins) 
• Interview with writer Dennis Paoli
• Interview with Richard Band
• Interview with Fangoria editor Tony Timpone
• Music Analysis by composer Richard Band
• TV Spots
• Theatrical Trailer
• Collector's Slipcover

AGFA challenges LADY STREET FIGHTER (review)

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Enterprising female exploitation filmmaker Renee Harmon made her debut in front of and behind the camera with director James Bryan in this ultra low-budget thriller about a prostitute on the run from assassins and the FBI.  The story behind the film is even more interesting and there's an audio commentary to tell it.

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

LADY STREET FIGHTER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director James Bryan and the AGFA Team
• Unreleased sequel REVENGE OF LADY STREET FIGHTER
• Trailers
• Liner Notes Booklet by Bleeding Skull's Anne Choi

Arrow Video asks WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? (review)

The discovery of the body of a pregnant fifteen year old girl whose apparent suicide turns out to be murder uncovers a teenage prostitution ring that those in power will kill to cover up in Massimo Dallamano's follow up to WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?  Claudio Cassinelli, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf, and Farley Granger star.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video USA (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles for the Italian track and English SDH subtitles for the English track
• Audio Commentary by film historian Troy Howarth
• Video Essay by Diabolique Magazine's Kat Ellinger
• "Eternal Melody" interview with composer Stelvio Cipriani
• "Dallamano's Touch" interview with editor Antonio Siciliano
• Unused Hardcore Footage
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Image Gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais.
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: An illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Mackenzie

Arrow Video enters the DOOM ASYLUM (review)

Ten years after her mother and her sleazy divorce lawyer were killed in a car crash near an abandoned asylum, the woman's daughter, her boyfriend, and pals decide to investigate the local legend of a killer called "The Coroner" who murders the curious with autopsy equipment.  They become distracted with a turf war with a lesbian communist punk band to notice that the killer has taken a special interest in one of them.


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

DOOM ASYLUM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC presentations of the film in 1.78:1 widescreen and 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English LPCM 1.0 mono
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter Rick Marx
• Audio Commentary by The Hysteria Continues
• Interview with actress Ruth Collins
• Interview with director of photography Larry Revene
• Interview with effects artist Vincent J. Guastini
• Archival Interviews with director Richard Friedman, production manager Bill Tasgal, and producer Alex Kogan
• Stills Gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourne.
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: a fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes.

Scream Factory spawns PIRANHA II (Review)

James Cameron made his inauspicious debut with a sequel to Joe Dante's PIRANHA in which the mutant strain have grown wings and attack a Jamaican resort. From the producer of such ripoffs as TENTACLES and BEYOND THE DOOR.

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

PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Interview with actor Ricky Paull Goldin
• Interview with effects artist Brian Wade
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover

Kino Lorber documents THE RETURN (review)

Brothers Andrey and Ivan have always been close, but their relationship is tested when their father returns after a twelve year absence and expects them to treat him as if no time has passed.  On a fishing trip, elder brother Andrey hangs on his father's every word, incurring the resentment of younger brother Ivan who becomes openly defiant in the face of his father's increasingly unfeeling and brutal attempts to secure their respect in the debut feature of Andrey Zvyagintsev.

REVIEW LINK: Kino Lorber (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE RETURN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director Andrey Zvyagintsev
• "The Return: A Film About the Film" documentary (63:31)
• Reversible Cover
• Digital Copy Code