Mill Creek has DEADLY DESIRES times eight (review)

Mill Creek presents another two-disc, eight-movie collection of Sony/Columbia thrillers.  Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo are entangled in grisly murder in Jane Campion's IN THE CUT.  Elisha Cuthbert's deaf-mute adopted sister may be something more sinister in THE QUIET.  Charlize Theron is terrorized by her daughter's kidnappers in TRAPPED.  Doctor Gerard Depardieu investigates the case of a young nun in THE PACT OF SILENCE.  Richard Gere and Kim Basinger are on the run in the bayou in NO MERCY while Burt Reynolds is accused of murder in PHYSICAL EVIDENCE with Theresa Russell as his only hope.  Judd Nelson is nuts in RELENTLESS.  Dylan McDermott and Tom Sizemore square off in WHERE SLEEPING DOGS LIE (also starring Sharon Stone).

REVIEW LINK: Mill Creek Entertainment (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Compare)

DEADLY DESIRES 8 MOVIE COLLECTION DVD specs:

• Disc One:
• "In the Cut"
• Unrated Director's Cut
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• "The Quiet"
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• "Pact of Silence"
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
  
• "Trapped" 
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Disc Two:
• "No Mercy"
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• "Physical Evidence"
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• "Relentless"
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
  
• "Where Sleeping Dogs Lie"
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Vinegar Syndrome's FANNY HILL meets THE PHANTOM GUNSLINGER (review)

Vinegar Syndrome brings us a Blu-ray/DVD combo double feature of two oddball entries from producer Albert Zugsmith (TOUCH OF EVIL, WRITTEN ON THE WIND).  In FANNY HILL (started by Russ Meyer before Zugsmith decided it should be more comic than sexy), Leticia Roman plays the literary damsel whose virtue is threatened by a number of clients of her guardian Mrs. Brown.  In THE PHANTOM GUNSLINGER, Troy Donahue is a bumbling divinity student deputized by the cowardly sheriff when "The Terrible Seven" ride into town and take over.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

FANNY HILL/THE PHANTOM GUNSLINGER Blu-ray/DVD specs:

• Blu-ray (Disc One):
• 1080p24MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen versions of both films
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD (Disc Two): 
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer of FANNY HILL
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• DVD (Disc Three):
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer of THE PHANTOM GUNSLINGER
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Interview with FANNY HILL's Ulli Lommel
• Interview with film historian Eric Schaefer
• Reversible Cover

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Shout! Factory unleashes a CULT MOVIE MARATHON VOLUME TWO (review)

In the second volume of Shout! Factory's CULT MOVIE MARATHON (volume one review coming soon), the ANGELS FROM HELL clash with the police of a small town while Candice Rialson's (PETS) vagina starts talking in CHATTERBOX! from Tom DeSimone (HELL NIGHT).  In THE NAKED CAGE, Shari Shattuck is thrown behind bars during a prison riot with rival girl gangs, lesbian wardens, and rapey guards.  Linda Blair gets grafted in a patchwork of two Spanish/Italian women-in-prison movies in Empire Pictures' SAVAGE ISLAND.

REVIEW LINK: Shout! Factory (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

CULT MOVIE MARATHON VOLUME TWO DVD specs:

• Angels from Hell:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Chatterbox!:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• The Naked Cage:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Savage Island: 
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono

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Breaking Glass and QC Pictures stay up for LONGING NIGHTS (review)

REVIEW LINK: QC Cinema/Breaking Glass Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

LONGING NIGHTS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English Subtitles
• "A Day in the Life of Aitana" featurette
• Photo Gallery
• Trailer
• Breaking Glass Trailers

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Breaking Glass Picturse and QC Cinema smoke PEYOTE (review)

REVIEW LINK: QC Cinema/Breaking Glass Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

PEYOTE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• The Making of "Peyote"
• Short film "El Autor"
• Photo Gallery
• Trailer
• Breaking Glass Trailers

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MVD Visual babysits CHILDREN OF A DARKER DAWN (review)

REVIEW LINK: MVD (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

CHILDREN OF A DARKER DAWN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Music Video
• Trailer

Impulse Pictures releases SCHOOLGIRL REPORT #11: TRYING BEATS STUDYING (review)

Those naughty Germans take a peek into the sex lives of schoolgirls in SCHOOLGIRL REPORT #11 as a radio show panel argue over whether laws protecting youth are too liberal and in need of reform.


REVIEW LINK: Impulse Pictures (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

SCHOOLGIRL REPORT VOLUME #11 DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles

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