Dark Force Entertainment tries to RIDE A WILD STUD (review)

A Union officer disguises himself as an outlaw to capture a an ex-Confederate colonel turned bandit smuggling repeating rifles in this early sexploitation western from the director of THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS.

REVIEW LINK: Dark Force Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RIDE A WILD STUD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

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Dark Force Entertainment explores THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (review)

Lo Lieh is a drug trafficker on the run in the lawless land of opium production between Burma, Laos, and Thailand known as THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE in this rare Thai/Hong Kong production.

REVIEW LINK: Dark Force Entertainment (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

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Arrow Video gets chills from CREEPSHOW 2 (review)

George A. Romero and Stephen King return - if only on paper - for CREEPSHOW 2 directed by DAWN OF THE DEAD cinematographer Michael Gornick.  In "Old Chief Woodenhead" a cigar store Indian comes to life to avenge his slaughtered shopkeepers.  In "The Raft", a quartet of celebrating high school grads is trapped in the middle of a remote like by a flesh-eating oil slick.  In "The Hitchhiker" a woman in a hurry runs down a hitchhiker who refuses to die no matter how many times she runs him over.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

CREEPSHOW 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM 2.0 Stereo, and LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Screenplay for a Sequel" interview with screenwriter George A. Romero
• "Tales from the Creep" interview with actor and make-up artist Tom Savini
• "Poncho's Last Ride" interview with actor Daniel Beer
• "The Road to Dover" interview with actor Tom Wright
• "Nightmares in Foam Rubber"interviews with make-up effects artsits Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero
• "My Friend Rick" interview with make-up effects artist Howard Berger
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage 
• Trailers and TV Spots
• Image Gallery
• 1984 Second Draft Screenplay (114 pages)
• 1986 Final Draft Screenplay (103 pages)
• Comes in a slipcover with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mike Saputo, illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by festival programmer Michael Blyth, and "Creepshow 2: Pinfall" limited edition booklet featuring the comic adaptation of the unfilmed Creepshow 2 segment "Pinfall” by artist Jason Mayoh.

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88 Films diagnoses I AM FRIGID... WHY? (review)

A young woman can feel no sexual pleasure after being raped by the grown children of her father's employers, plunging her into a series of adventures with everyone after her body in Max Pecas' follow-up to I AM A NYMPHOMANIAC starring Sandra Julien (SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES).

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

I AM FRIGID... WHY? Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "The Indelible Sandra Julien" visual essay by Chris O'Neill

88 Films bedhops with HER AND SHE AND HIM (Review)

A Swedish art student becomes entangled in a sexual web of complications with a lesbian lover, a gay artist, and his young assistant in this early erotic work from Max Pecas.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HER AND SHE AND HIM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• English and French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Let's Calm Down... and Talk About Max Pecas" interview with critic Christophe Bier
• Alternate Scenes from the U.S. Version
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• Alternate "Claude et Greta" French Title Sequence
• Still Gallery 

Eureka's Masters of Cinema goes 4K with THE OLD DARK HOUSE (review)

Fast on the heels of the success of FRANKENSTEIN, James Whale showcased Boris Karloff and future BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN star Ernest Thesiger along with starlet Gloria Stuart, Raymond Massey, and Charles Laughton, Lillian Bond, Eva Moore, and Melvyn Douglas in a blackly comic adaptation of the psychological novel "Benighted" about two sets of motorists lost in the Welsh countryside during a storm and forced to take shelter with a very eccentric family with plenty of dark secrets.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

THE OLD DARK HOUSE 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen (Dolby Vision)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writers Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Audio Commentary by James Whale biographer James Curtis
• Audio Commentary by actress Gloria Stewart
• "Meet the Femms" visual essay by writer David Cairns
• "Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff and Dean Otto"
• "Curtis Harrington Saves THE OLD DARK HOUSE"
• 2018 U.K. Re-Release Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
• The first pressing includes a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring artwork by Sara Deck and a collector’s booklet featuring a new essay on The Old Dark House by Craig Ian Mann, an essay by Philip Kemp and select archival material. 

Arrow Video and Shudder unleash HELLBENDER (review)

A young woman sheltered from the world by her mother discovers that growing up is hell when you're not quite human in HELLBENDER from The Adams Family (THE DEEPER YOU DIG).

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

HELLBENDER Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.90:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by filmmakers Toby Poser, John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Lulu Adams
• "From the Forest She Rises" video essay by filmmaker Jen Handorf
• "The Visual FX of Hellbender by Black Magic Tricks" featurette on the visual effects by VFX artist Trey Lindsay
• Behind-the-Scenes Compilation Footage
• "Fort Worden" 2021 short film by Zelda Adams
• Four Music Videos
• Theatrical Trailer
• Trailer for "The Deeper You Dig"
• Comes with a slipcover, reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris and original artwork by Sister Hyde, and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Natasha Ball and Kat Hughes.

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