Shudder unearths THE CREEP TAPES: SEASON ONE (review)

The serial killer from CREEP and CREEP 2 claims more victims from gullible filmmakers in this found footage Shudder series starring Mark Duplass.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE CREEP TAPES: SEASON ONE Blu-ray specs:

• Six Episodes on One Blu-ray Disc
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary on all episodes by actor/co-writer Mark Duplass, co-writer/creator/director Patrick Brice, and executive producer Christopher Donlon
• Q and A with with Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice 

Acorn Media finds love UNDER THE VINES: SERIES 1 (review)

A broke Sidney socialite and a recently-disbarred London lawyer who went viral with a nude drunken rant both come to New Zealand under the impression that they are each the sole heirs to a vineyard and must work through their mutual dislike to turn it into a viable business with the help of quirky locals.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

UNDER THE VINES - SERIES 1 DVD specs:

• 16:9 Anamorphic 2.00:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• "Creating the World of UNDER THE VINES"
• "Introducing UNDER THE VINES"
• Image Gallery 

Deaf Crocodile looks for SIGNALS IN THE DUST OF THE STARS (review)

While the West was envisioning dystopian future worlds ruled by technology and alien invaders, the East was envisioning Utopian futures in which the exploration of space was an outgrowth of world peace.  In this East German duo, a space commander mounts a secret rescue mission of a ship lost in an asteroid field under the guise of routine maintenance mission in SIGNALS: A SPACE ADVENTURE.  IN THE DUST OF THE STARS follows a ship responding to an emergency call only to discover that the hospitality of the pleasure-loving inhabitants of the planet Tem might be too good to be true.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SIGNALS: A SPACE ADVENTURE/IN THE DUST OF THE STARS Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Signals: A Space Adventure:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.20:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian and comics artist Stephen R. Bissette and Dr. Mariana Ivanova of the DEFA Film Library
• "Other Worlds, Strange Dreams: The East German Space Operas of Director Gottfried Kolditz" video essay by Evan Chester 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• Disc Two - In the Dust of the Stars:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian and comics artist Stephen R. Bissette and Dr. Mariana Ivanova of the DEFA Film Library 
• "Other Worlds, Strange Dreams: The East German Space Operas of Director Gottfried Kolditz" video essay by Evan Chester 
• Theatrical Trailer 

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Eureka Classics chimes THE BELLS OF DEATH (review)

When a woodsman discovers his family slaughtered by three bandits he met earlier that day, he leaves his life behind and becomes a martial arts expert bent on bloody revenge in this lesser-known Shaw Brothers flick with horror and thriller elements (as well as splashy gore).

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BELLS OF DEATH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Audio Commentary by action movie experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "From Whom the Bell Tolls" interview with Wayne Wong of Martial Arts Studies
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on "The Bells of Death" by East Asian cinema expert Camille Zaurin.
  
  

Cult Epics investigates of the MYSTERIES of PASTORALE 1943 in a RUTGER HAUER - SYLVIA KRISTEL DOUBLE FEATURE (Review)

The stars of BLADE RUNNER Rutger Hauer and EMMANUELLE Sylvia Kristel headline MYSTERIES, a period psychological mystery about a strange man who comes to a seaside village and exposes the corruption and repression under its mask of respectability.  In PASTORALE 1943, a young teacher during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands turns resistance fighter, first on his own and then as part of an underground network.

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RUTGER HAUER - SYLVIA KRISTEL DOUBLE FEATURE Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - MYSTERIES:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Dutch DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film professor Peter Verstraten
• Audio Commentary by author Jeremy Richey
• 1978 Interviews with the Cast and Director
• Poster and Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers
• Disc Two - PASTORALE 1943:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Dutch/German/English DTS-HD Master Audio and LPCM 2.0 Mono Tracks
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film professor Peter Verstraten
• 1977 Interview with actress Sylvia Kristel and actor Frederik De Groot
• 1978 Interview with actress Sylvia Kristel
• Poster and Photo Gallery
• Promo Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers
• Comes with a reversible cover and slipcover.

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Second Run fuels OIL LAMPS (review)

A fun-loving thirty-year old woman discovers in her society that it is better to be a widow than an old maid when she enters into an ill-matched marriage with her handsome but reckless cousin in Juraj Herz's dark psychological period melodrama.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

OIL LAMPS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• 2021 Projection Booth Podcast with film historians Mike White, Kat Ellinger, and Jonathan Owen
• "A Conversation on a Train (Rozhovor ve vlaku)" 1947 short film
• 2024 Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a booklet with new writing on the film by author and Czech cinema expert Peter Hames.

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Full Moon tunes into BAD CHANNELS (review)

On the night a small-town radio station switches its format from All Polka to rock-and-roll with a new shock jock, an alien lands nearby and hacks into the airwaves to abduct hotties in this nineties Full Moon creature feature from the director of SUBSPECIES.

REVIEW LINK: Full Moon (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BAD CHANNELS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Ted Nicolaou
• Behind the Scenes
• "Ted Talks BAD CHANNELS" new interview with director Ted Nicolaou
• Video Trailer
• Rare Trailer
• Bonus Trailers

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