Severin Films caught in the HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND (review)

A group of dancers and their producers crash land on a mysterious island where the only other human occupant is strung up dead in a giant spider web in THE HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND.

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

HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND Blu-ray specs:

• German Continental Version (84 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen 
• English and German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles and English subtitles (for German track)
• Alternate "It's Hot in Paradise" Nudie Version (77 minutes):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "The History of Spider Island" video essay by Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger
• Alternate Clothed Scenes
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer

Arrow Video sleeps with DREAM DEMON (review)

A British bride-to-be and an American tourist become trapped in each other's nightmares in this British horror film from the director of BAD MOON RISING.

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

DREAM DEMON Blu-ray specs:

• Director's Cut:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Theatrical Version:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Optional Introduction by director Harley Cokeliss
• Selected Scene Audio Commentary by director Harley Cokeliss and producer Paul Webster
• "Dream Master" interview with director Harley Cokeliss
• "A Nightmare on Eton Avenue" interview with producer Paul Webster
• "Dreaming of Diana" interview with actress Jemma Redgrave
• "Cold Reality" interview with actor Mark Greenstreet
• "Sculpting the Part" interview with actor Nickolas Grace
• "Angels and Demons" interview with actress Annabelle Lanyon
• "Demonic Tones" interview with composer Bill Nelson
• "Foundations of Nightmare: The Making of Dream Demon" documentary featuring on-set interviews with director Harley Cokeliss, producer Paul Webster, actors Timothy Spall, Jemma Redgrave, Kathleen Wilhoite, composer Bill Nelson and many more
• Image Galleries:
• Promotional
• Behind the Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Christopher Shy
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: slipcover and collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson, author of the Dream Demon novelisation, and director Harley Cokeliss, as well as reversible poster featuring exclusive newly-commissioned artwork by Christopher Shy

Film Movement learns L'IMPORTANT C'EST D'AIMER (review)

A down on his luck photographer meets a failed actress on a porn set and tries to foster her talent with tragic results in Polish exile Andrzej Zulawski's first French film.  Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, and Klaus Kinski star.

REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

L'IMPORTANT C'EST D'AIMER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with director Andrzej Zulawski
• Theatrical Trailer
• About Film Movement
• Booklet by film historian Kat Ellinger

Vinegar Syndrome draws PALE BLOOD (review)

When bodies of beautiful women start turning up bloodless on the streets of Los Angeles, a real vampire comes to town looking for a psychotic killer.  George Chakiris and Wings Hauser star.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region A Blu-ray/DVD Combo (DVD Drive-in)

PALE BLOOD Blu-ray/DVD Combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Understanding Immortality" interview with director V.V. Dachin Hsu
• "Acting with Eggs" interview with actress Darcy DeMoss

The first 2,000 copies come with an embossed slipcover designed by Earl Kessler Jr. via the Vinegar Syndrome website.

Arrow Video is swept away by BLOOD TIDE (review)

A pair of honeymooners, an amateur archaeologist and his girlfriend, and a young woman are drawn to a Greek island where the locals live in fear of a mythical flesh-eating god who is about to rise again in BLOOD TIDE.  James Earl Jones, Jose Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Martin Kove, Deborah Shelton, Mary Louise Weller, and Lydia Cornell star.

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

BLOOD TIDE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writer/director Richard Jeffries
• "Swept by the Tide" interview with producer Nico Mastorakis
• Original Trailer
• 2020 Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mike Gingold

Severin Films breathes life into BLOOD AND FLESH (review)

The life and works along with the details of the tragic and brutal death of one of exploitation film’s masters Al Adamson are detailed by those who knew him in the documentary BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON.

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

BLOOD AND FLESH: THE REEL LIFE AND GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON Blu-ray specs:

• Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH, French, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles
• Outtakes
• "Beyond This Earth"promo film
• Trailer
• The Female Bunch: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, German and Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• "The Bunch Speaks Out" interviews with cast members Leslie McRay, Russ Tablyn, Sharyn Winters, and Mary More
• Extended Scenes - compilation of missing shots sourced from VHS tape
• Two Theatrical Trailers

Also included as the fourteenth disc in AL ADAMSON - THE MASTERPIECE COLLECTION:

Kino Lorber conjures THE GOLEM (Review)

Fearing persecution from the Emperor of Prague, Rabbi Loew constructs a humanoid warrior to be brought to life though occult powers in order to defend the Jewish people.  Such supernatural dealings, of course, come with a catch; in this case, a very destructive one in this German Expressionist horror classic.

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

THE GOLEM Blu-ray specs:

• German Version (76 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Stephen Horne score LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Lukasz "Wudec" Poleszak score LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Admir Shkurtja score LPCM 2.0 Stereo 
• English subtitles for German intertitles 
• Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas
• American Version (59 minutes): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Cordula Heth score LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Footage Comparison between the German and U.S. versions with audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas