Deweyvision rescues Joseph Sarno's MARCY (review)

Code Red and Deweyvision have rescued Joseph Sarno's little-seen 1969 feature MARCY
Marcy's decision to take in pretty June to live with her on her father's farm sparks rumors of lesbianism in the community and she must choose between exploring her sexuality and rekindling a relationship with a married old flame.  Transferred from the only known surviving print of the film.  Uta Erickson (THE ULTIMATE DEGENERATE), Nick Dundas (THE SEX CYCLE), Linda Boyce (BACCHANALE), Alex Mann (BEHIND LOCKED DOORS), and Sheila Britt (THE LUSTING HOURS) star.

DVD REVIEW LINK: Deweyvision (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

MARCY DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1 transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Audio Commentary with Sarno associate Gino Colbert, moderated by David DeCoteau

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Sazuma's SUSPECTED DEATH OF A MINOR (review)

Claudio Cassinelli (MURDER ROCK) stars in Sergio Martino's crime film/giallo hybrid SUSPECTED DEATH OF A MINOR (MORTE SOSPETTA DI UNA MINORENNE) along with Massimo Girotti (TEOREMA), Barbara Magnolfi (SUSPIRIA), Jenny Tamburi (THE PSYCHIC), and Mel Ferrer (BIG ALLIGATOR RIVER).  When a young girl is brutally murdered, Paolo (Cassinelli) looks into her background and finds an underage prostitution ring, kidnappings, and violent deaths among the rich and powerful and the low and sleazy.

REVIEW LINK: Sazuma (Austria) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

SUSPECTED DEATH OF A MINOR DVD specs:

• 2.40:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional German, English, and Dutch subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Christian Kessler and Robert Zion (in German with optional English subtitles)
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• "Crime Scene Milan" documentary (in Italian with optional German and English subtitles)
• Poster Gallery
• Booklet by Christian Kessler
• English and German menus

Shout Factory plays Cowboys and Aliens in OBLIVION (review)

Long before DreamWorks decided to play COWBOYS & ALIENS with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, Charles Band and Full Moon Entertainment played... well... cowboys and aliens in the 1994 production OBLIVION, back on DVD from Shout Factory.  Richard Joseph Paul (SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS) and Jackie Swanson (LETHAL WEAPON) face off against alien outlaws.  Andrew Divoff (WISHMASTER), Julie Newmar (BATMAN), George Takei (STAR TREK), Isaac Hayes (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK), and Meg Foster (THEY LIVE) also star.

REVIEW LINK: Shout Factory (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

Shout Factory DVD specs:

• Fullscreen 1.33:1 4:3 original aspect ratio transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio

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Scorpion Releasing and David Soul do the DOGPOUND SHUFFLE (review)

Drifters David Soul (SALEM'S LOT) and Ron Moody (DOMINIQUE IS DEAD) go to comical lengths to find a lost dog in DOGPOUND SHUFFLE, written and directed by Jeffrey Bloom (FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC).

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

DOGPOUND SHUFFLE DVD specs:

• 1.33:1 open matte 4:3 fullscreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Jeffrey Bloom

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Donald Sutherland chases ALIEN THUNDER (review)

Donald Sutherland (DON'T LOOK NOW) stars with Kevin McCarthy (INVASION OF THE BODY SNATHERS), Francine Racette (FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET), Chief Dan George (LITTLE BIG MAN), and Gordon Tootoosis (LEGENDS OF THE FALL) in ALIEN THUNDER aka DAN CANDY'S LAW.  Sutherland plays a mountie who goes after the Cree who killed his best friend.  Is he out for justice or revenge?  Will the hunter become the hunted?  Released by Cinerama Releasing in 1974 and shown in cut, panned and scanned versions ever since, Scorpion has restored the film's original Panavision framing from a beautiful HD master.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

ALIEN THUNDER DVD specs:

• 2.35:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
• Scorpion Releasing Trailers

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Code Red spends A DAY AT THE BEACH (review)

When you've got a script by Roman Polanski about a hopeless alcoholic and a pathetically-adorable little girl in a leg brace, you know things are going to get real sad real fast.  Polanski was set to direct the film A DAY AT THE BEACH, but had to bow out due to a family tragedy (you know which one), which was held up until 1972 when it was taken over by unknown director Simon Hesera with Polanski producing (with collaborator Gene Gutowski).  The Paramount pick-up disappeared from the public eye until recently when it hit DVD from Code Red.

REVIEW LINK: Code Red (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

A DAY AT THE BEACH DVD specs:

• 1.75:1 anamorphic 16:9 widescreen transfer
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Code Red Trailers

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Masters of Cinema: SCHLOSS VOGELÖD (review)

On August 23, 2011, Eureka Video will release F.W. Murnau's SCHLOSS VOGELÖD (THE HAUNTED CASTLE) on Region 2 PAL DVD as part of their "Masters of Cinema" series.  Restored from the original negative and a Brazilian nitrate print with the original German intertitles (and optional subtitles), the film has been long out of circulation.  A weekend hunting party at an isolated castle is the scene for drama and murder.  Pre-dating Murnau's masterpiece NOSFERATU, THE HAUNTED CASTLE shows both the influence of theatrical director Max Reinhardt as well as Murnau's own burgeoning cinematic explorations of nightmare worlds and visually representing the psychological.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

SCHLOSS VOGELÖD DVD specs:

• Fullscreen 1.37:1 original aspect ratio transfer
• Dolby Digital 2.0 music score
• Original and restored German Intertitles
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Language of the Shadows" documentary on F. W. Murnau's early works
• Illustrated Booklet