LionsGate is haunted by BACKTRACK (review)

Adrien Brody and Sam Neill star in this Australian supernatural thriller.  A psychologist who has recently lost his daughter in a traffic accident comes to the realization that all of his patients are ghosts, and these restless spirits are drawing him into a mystery rooted in his own past.

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

BACKTRACK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• "The Psychology of BACKTRACK" featurette
• Previews 
• Digital HD Download Code

Vinegar Syndrome appreciates a TRASHY LADY (review)

Harry Reems, Ginger Lynn, Amber Lynn, and Herschel Savage star in this ambitious and visually stunning pornographic take on thirties gangster films.  After his gun moll leaves him, Dutch sets his eyes on cigarette girl Katherine, but he requires rival Big Louie's moll Rita to turn Katherine from innocent broad to TRASHY LADY.

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

TRASHY LADY Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by cinematographer Tom Howard and director Steve Scott's personal assistant David McCabe
• Audio Commentary by actor Herschel Savage and XRCO co-founder William Margold
• Bonus Feature Film: Steve Scott's 1971 film COMING WEST

Vinegar Syndrome is UNVEILED (reviewed)

Playboy/Penthouse photographer Suze Randall switches from stills to hardcore motion with UNVEILED in which two wives turn the tables on their unfaithful husbands at a masked sex club.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

UNVEILED DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Interview with actor Mike Horner
• Theatrical Trailer

Wolfe Video crashes HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (review)

Gay Chicago playwright/actor/filmmaker Stephen Cone helms this thoughtful semi-autobiographical story of a preacher's son's seventeenth birthday and the underlying tensions and emotional baggage brought to it by guests invited, unexpected, and unwelcome.

REVIEW LINK: Wolfe Video (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Stephen Cone
• Theatrical Trailer
• Short Film "Baby"
• Previews

Arrow Films goes noir with FOLLOW THE MONEY (review)

Thomas Bo Larsen (THE CELEBRATION) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (OPEN HEARTS) headline the cast of this Danish thriller set in the world of renewable energy, corporate intrigue, industrial espionage, and murder.  When the body of a Ukranian workman washes up on the shore near a wind farm, detective Mads starts looking into the business practices of the farm's parent company Energreen with the fraud squad.  Meanwhile, Energreen attorney Claudia starts to rise in the ranks under the guiding hand of CEO Alexander only to find her integrity compromised and her freedom threatened.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Films (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

FOLLOW THE MONEY DVD specs:

• 10 episodes on four dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.20:1 widescreen
• Danish Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles

Raro Video scents the PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (review)

AUTOPSY's Mimsy Farmer stars in Francesco Barilli's delirious and grisly take on ROSEMARY'S BABY and REPULSION as a chemist who pricks herself on a nail and begins to believe that she is the victim of voodoo or witchcraft.

REVIEW LINK: Raro Video USA (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director Francesco Barilli
• Theatrical Trailer
• Short Film "The Errant Knight"
• Essay/filmography insert

Mondo Macabro gets stoned by MEDOUSA (review)

In this rare nineties example of Greek horror, thief Percy and his crew break into a country mansion and discover not jewelry and artwork but mysterious stone statues.  The same statues have been turning up all over Athens in place of missing men, and Percy discovers that his destiny lies in a face-off with the gorgon.

REVIEW LINK: Mondo Macabro (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

MEDOUSA DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• Greek Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Interview with director George Lazopoulos
• Interview with actor Thanos Amorginos
• Trailer
• Mondo Macabro Promo Reel