Code Red Releasing has a TWISTED NIGHTMARE (review)

A high school reunion at a remote summer camp where one of their classmates died in a mysterious accident is the setting for slaughter by an ancient evil in TWISTED NIGHTMARE, a lesser-know eighties slasher with a supernatural twist.

REVIEW LINK: Code Red (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

TWISTED NIGHTMARE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by actor/effects artist Cleve Hall
• Interview with Cleve Hall
• Interview with actor Brad Bartrum
• New Beverly Screening Intro
• Code Red Trailers

Available directly from DiabolikDVD, Code Red's Big Cartel shop, and Ronin Flix.

Code Red crosses JULIE DARLING (review)

New stempother Sybil Danning (CHAINED HEAT) squares off against against "bad seed" stepdaughter Isabelle Mejias (SCANNERS II) in Paul Nicolas' JULIE DARLING (aka DAUGHTER OF DEATH). Anthony Franciosa (TENEBRE) co-stars as "Daddy."

REVIEW LINK: Code Red (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

JULIE DARLING Blu-ray specs:

• 2K scan of the original 35mm interpositive
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by actress Sybil Danning
• Audio Commentaryby actress Isabelle Mejias
• Introduction and interview with actress Sybil Danning
• Introduction and interview with actress Isabelle Mejias
• Previews

Available through Code Red's Big Cartel shop, Ronin Flix, and DiabolikDVD.

Scorpion Releasing resurrects HUMONGOUS (review)

Paul Lynch's follow-up to PROM NIGHT was the atmospheric Canadian slasher HUMONGOUS in which six young people are shipwrecked on Dog Island with a hulking, hungry killer.  David Wallace, Janet Julian, and Janit Baldwin star.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

HUMONGOUS Blu-ray specs:

• High definition transfer of the R-rated version and HD/SD hybrid of the unrated version
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary by director Paul Lynch, writer William Gray, and historian Nathaniel Thompson
• Interview with actor David Wallace
• Theatrical Trailer
• Playable with "Katarina's Nightmare Theater" option
• Reversible Cover

Available with limited edition slipcover from Ronin Flix and standard version from DiabolikDVD.

Shameless paints ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK (review)

They're coming to get you in ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, Sergio Martino's occult-tinged giallo starring Edwige Fenech as a woman who lost her unborn child in a car accident and has been having hallucinations of a knife-wielding stalker since them.  When her boyfriend cannot help her, a sexy neighbor takes her to a Satanic cult to help rid her of her fears, but there is a price to be paid.  George Hilton, Mariana Malfati, Susan Scott, Julian Ugarte, Jorge Rigaud, and Ivan Rassimov also star.

REVIEW LINK: Shameless Screen Entertainment (US) Region B Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 mono
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Diabolique Magazine's Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan
• "Dark is the Color" interview with Sergio Martino (32 mins)
• "Doors" 2012 short film by Michele De Angelis 
• "Shameless Trailer Reel" short compilation of shots from various Shameless releases
• Start-up Trailers

Paramount Pictures investigates FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES (Review)

Tom Bosley and Tracy Nelson star in FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES as a crime-solving priest and nun in a Chicago parish.  From the producers of MATLOCK, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, PERRY MASON RETURNS, and DIAGNOSIS MURDER.

REVIEW LINK: Paramount Pictures/CBS (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD specs:

• Three seasons (42 episodes and one pilot movie) on ten dual-layer DVDs
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Episode Promos for forty-one episodes

National Geographic sets foot on MARS (review)

From Ron Howard and National Geographic comes the science fact adventure MARS, part cinematic speculation on the first manned mission to Mars in 2033 and 2016 documentary of our current efforts to get there.

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

MARS Blu-ray specs:

• Six episodes on two Blu-ray discs with a third Bonus Blu-ray
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1; French and German DTS 5.1; Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround (for episodes only, other extras have English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo only)
• Optional English SDH, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish subtitles (for episodes only, other extras have all subtitles except for Spanish)
• "Making Mars" bonus episode
• "Before Mars: A Prequel"
• "Before Mars" behind the scenes
• "Getting to Mars" featurettes
• "Living on Mars" featurettes
• "More Mars" featurettes
• Behind the Scenes featurettes
• Cast and Crew Interviews

Paramount and Comedy Central bid adieu to WORKAHOLICS: THE FINAL SEASON (review)

Adam, Blake, and Ders are back for ten more adventures in the final season of WORKAHOLICS.

REVIEW LINK: Paramount Pictures/Comedy Central (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

WORKAHOLICS: THE FINAL SEASON DVD specs:

• Ten episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Outtakes and Deleted Scenes for each episode
• Wrap Party Reel
• The Final Shot featurette