FILM FANADDICT!

Jean Rollin's RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE, REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE and DEMONIACS coming to Blu-ray/DVD May 29!

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:42:25 -0200

300) this.width=300" />Kino Lorber and Redemption Release Jean Rollin's The Rape of the Vampire (1968) on Blu-ray and DVD in new HD Masters!

Following the Blu-ray releases of five films by French cult filmmaker Jean Rollin, Kino Lorber and Redemption are proud to announce the release of three erotic horror films made during the prime of Rollin's career: The Rape of the Vampire (1968), Requiem for a Vampire (1973), and The Demoniacs(1974).

These three films come to Blu-ray and DVD mastered in HD from 35mm negatives. Each disc comes with a special 16-page booklet with an essay by Tim Lucas, editor ofVideo Watchdog. Each one has a street date of May 29th, with individual SRPs of $24.95 for the Blu-ray, and $19.95 for the DVD.

Each Blu-ray and DVD comes packed with special features, providing an illuminating look at these unique films. Bonus features on the discs include a special introduction by Jean Rollin, deleted scenes, documentaries, interviews with Rollin's collaborators, trailers, and - on The Rape of the Vampire disc - two bonus short films directed by Jean Rollin. (See below for details of special features included on each disc).

The Rape of the Vampire (1968)
"A psychiatrist (Bernard Letrou) ventures to a remote castle to convince a brood of four vampire sisters that they are misguided, brainwashed by superstitious villagers, and not truly creatures of the Supernatural. The villagers (including director Jean Rollin) confuse and abuse the sisters, before finally storming their castle. The cast descends on a hospital run by a young doctor (Jean-Loup Philippe), charged by the Queen of the Vampires (Jacqueline Sieger) to discover a cure for vampirism. The bewildering action culminates in a "blood wedding" presided over by Sieger, in her regal hot pants, on the legendary stage of the now-defunct Theatre du Grand Guignol. The shoot was anything but professional. Everyone on the crew was making their first film. All copies of the script managed to get lost within two days, which quickly forced the production into improvisation mode. Rollin opted to let the film become what it wanted to become. It was in the spirit of the times to experiment. The resulting film, The Rape of the Vampire (Le Viol du Vampire) is a glorious puzzlement, like nothing else in the horror genre." (excerpt of the essay by Tim Lucas)

Special Features
Mastered in HD from the uncensored 35mm negative
French with optional English subtitles
Introduction by Jean Rollin
Two short films by Jean Rollin:
Les Amours jaunes (The Yellow Loves, 1958, 9 min.) and
Les Pays loin (The Far Country, 1965, 16 min.)
Alternate version of one scene (2 min.)
"Fragments of Pavements Under the Sand," a documentary by Daniel Gouyette, featuring interviews with Jean Rollin, Jean-Denis Bonan, and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
Interview with Jean-Loup Philippe
16-page booklet with an essay by Tim Lucas, editor of Video Watchdog
Original theatrical trailer
Trailers of seven other Rollin films

France 1968 B&W 95 Min. 1.66:1 1920 x 1080p
The Rape of the Vampire (1968)
Director: Jean Rollin
Genre: Horror
Blu-ray SRP: $24.95
DVD SRP: $19.95
Street date: May 29, 2012

TWINS OF EVIL blu-ray/DVD combo coming from Synapse!

Wed, 02 May 2012 14:54:06 -0200

300) this.width=300" />TWINS OF EVIL from THE HAMMER HORROR COLLECTION

Luscious Playboy centerfold twins, Mary and Madeleine Collinson, bring new blood to the legendary Hammer Films fold in this new transfer of a most elusive film in horror history, John Hough's TWINS OF EVIL, now on Blu-ray and DVD from Synapse Films!

Two beautiful orphaned identical twins, Maria and Frieda Gellhorn (Playboy centerfold models Mary and Madeleine Collinson), move to the village of Karnstein to live with their uncle Gustav Weil (played by Hammer horror favorite, Peter Cushing), a fanatical puritan and leader of the local witch-hunting Brotherhood.�

The village Count (Damien Thomas, Never Let Me Go), is an evil man who secretly practices Satanism, uses black magic and transforms into a bloodthirsty vampire. Unhappy with her new life, Frieda seeks escape and tragically falls under the spell of the Count. Now overcome with an insatiable delirious hunger for fresh human blood, Frieda has to hide her secret from her sister, and escape her uncle�s killing grasp!

The wait is over! The Hammer horror classic TWINS OF EVIL is now available from Synapse Films in an all-new 1080p high-definition transfer and loaded with intoxicating exclusive special features. Also stars Kathleen Byron (Black Narcissus), David Warbeck (Lucio Fulci�s The Beyond) and Dennis Price (Jess Franco�s Vampyros Lesbos)!

Special Features:
� THE FLESH AND THE FURY: X-POSING TWINS OF EVIL (84 mins.) � Feature-length documentary on the making of TWINS OF EVIL!
� THE PROPS THAT HAMMER BUILT: THE KINSEY COLLECTION � Featurette (Blu-ray exclusive)
� Motion Still Gallery (Blu-ray Exclusive)
� Original Theatrical Trailer & TV Spots (Blu-ray exclusive)
� Deleted Scene (Blu-ray Exclusive)
� Isolated Music & Effects Track (Blu-ray exclusive)

Disc Info:

Director: John Hough
Starring: Peter Cushing, Dennis Price, David Warbeck, Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson
Run Time: 87 minutes
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1
Format: DVD/Blu-ray combo
Region: All Regions

Chesty Morgan�s Bosom Buddies coming to Blu-ray!

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:57:25 -0200

300) this.width=300" />On July 3rd, Image Entertainment and Something Weird Video bring back the bustiest Bond spoof of all time with Chesty Morgan�s Bosom Buddies. Featuring the most excessively endowed girl spy to ever grace the BIG screen, Chesty Morgan (billed here simply as "Zsa Zsa"), was a burlesque queen who became a grindhouse legend in this series of ridiculous sexploitation classics. Now get three (two staring Ms. Morgan) of the most bawdy and bodacious cinematic adventures for the first time ever on one Blu-ray! This collection will have an SRP of $24.98.

Deadly Weapons: In the first feature Chesty Morgan takes out the mob with her two weapons that are never wavering and always exposed � her 73inch breasts!

Double Agent 73: Chesty then returns as a double agent who busts up a drug ring with the aid of a camera implanted in one of her breasts. But to make matters more difficult, the camera is also a time bomb making her... well, booby trapped!

The Immoral Three: This third mind-boggling epic from cult director Doris Wishman follows the three daughters of a spy mom who must avenge her death in order to collect a three-million-dollar inheritance!

Special Features:
� Doris Wishman Trailer Show
� Gallery of Doris Wishman Exploitation Art

Chesty Morgan�s Bosom Buddies (Blu-ray�)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Cult Movies, Something Weird, 70�s, Crime/Criminals, Sexploitation, Spies/Espionage, Triple Feature

Rating: Unrated
Languages: English
Format: TBD
Audio: DTS HD Master Audio Stereo
Year: 1975
SRP: $24.98
Street Date: July 3, 2012
Length: 221 Min.

RED SCORPION: Blu-ray/DVD Combo coming from Synapse!

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:40:00 -0200

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Streets: 6/12/2012
SRP: 29.95
Run Time: 106 Minutes
English language Color Widescreen 1.78:1
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround All Regions
Production year: 1989
Director: Joseph Zito
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Brion JamesGenre: Action & Adventure
Language: In English

International action star Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, The Expendables) is Lt. Nikolai Rachenko, a Soviet Special Forces "killing machine" assigned to infiltrate an African rebel uprising and assassinate their anti-Communist leader. Taken into custody and tortured after the mission fails, he stages a harrowing prison escape. Befriended by an African bushman while on the run, Nikolai discovers he was fighting on the wrong side of this violent conflict all along. Nikolai finds the rebel army once more but, this time, he's on their side and wages bloody war against his former comrades! This action-packed controversial cult classic is now available from Synapse Films in a brand-new 2K high-definition transfer of the uncensored version, containing footage never before seen in the U.S. Featuring amazing performances from Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh (Blood Simple) and the late Brion James (Blade Runner), RED SCORPION contains bloody special effects from the legendary Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th). Loaded with interviews and other amazing special features, this disc will blow you away!

� Bonus Features: All-New 2K High-Definition Digital Restoration of the Uncensored Version
� Audio Commentary with Director Joseph Zito and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson All-
� New DTS-HD MA 5.1 Soundtrack Mixed Specifically for This Release
� HATH NO FURY - DOLPH LUNDGREN AND THE ROAD TO RED SCORPION Featurette
� ASSIGNMENT: AFRICA - Video Interview with Producer Jack Abramoff
� SCORPION TALES - Video Interview with Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Savini
� Rare Original On-Set Behind-the-Scenes Video Footage
� Animated Still Gallery
� Liner Notes on the Making of RED SCORPION by Jeremie Damoiseau
� Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
� Reversible Cover Design

ATTENTION HARDCORE COLLECTORS!!!!

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:29:03 -0200

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THE THEATRE BIZARRE coming to DVD 4/24/12

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:24:08 -0200

300) this.width=300" />Image Entertainment presents a horror anthology like no other with its release of The Theatre Bizarre. The film was directed by seven veterans of the horror genre including Richard Stanley (Hardware), Buddy Giovinazzo (No Way Home), Tom Savini (Night of the Living Dead (1990)), Douglas Buck (Sisters), Karim Hussain (Ascension), David Gregory (Plague Town) and Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore (2007)). This boundary-pushing film featuring stories of ancient evil, love, obsession, addiction, gluttony, sexual nightmares, pain, brutality and of course, death, is now available On Demand with cable and satellite providers, and will be available on DVD April 24, 2012.

Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man who will introduce her to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victims� eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something strange is happening to the woman. Something irreversible and horrific. Something that awaits its next audience in The Theatre Bizarre.

The Theatre Bizarre enjoyed a successful 2011 festival run, screening at Fantasia International Film Festival, Frightfest, Sitges Festival De Cine Fantastic and Toronto After Dark. The film began its theatrical release in the U.S. on January 27, 2012 in seven markets including NY & LA, expanding to additional cities across the country.

Schoolgirl Report 8: What Parents Must Never Know

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:28:52 -0200

300) this.width=300" />Coming 5/8/2012 from Impulse pictures!

Run Time: 87 Minutes German language, Subtitled in English Color Widescreen Anamorphic 1.66:1
Dolby Digital Mono All Regions Production year: 1974
Director: Ernst Hofbauer
Stars: Wolf Ackva, Puppa Armbruster, Sandra Atia, Astrid Boner Genre: Erotica

Those promiscuous schoolgirls are back and more naked than ever, in this eighth installment of the super sexy German softcore series! A two week bus trip to a country hostel turns into a series of crazy sexcapades for some young female students. In a series of eye-and-pants-popping vignettes (a trademark of the Schoolgirl Report series), the girls take us on the ride of our lives and we learn Gisela seduced a worker at her home (watch for a strange "cameo" from Swedish sensation Christina Lindberg here) to open his eyes to the pleasures of lovemaking. Annette is hiding her pregnancy from her parents, because she fears their reaction. A few of the girls turn their prudish Biology teacher from a lame dame, to a boobtastic sexpot. Two skinny dipping teens compare breast sizes as a perverted man swipes their clothes. A beautiful girl dodges huge sticks and balls (on a pool table) as she makes love to her father's boss to keep him from getting fired and, in the final story, blonde bombshell Evi inadvertently reveals one teacher's secret after trying to molest him and confess her love.

TWO NEW THRILLERS IN THE NIKKATSU EROTIC FILMS COLLECTION!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:00 -0200

300) this.width=300" />TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL: SEX HELL and DEBAUCHERY

JAPANESE EROTIC DELIGHTS � WITH AN EDGE!
A Wham! Bam! Thank you, ma'am! double-whammy sexy slammer double feature from the masterminds of Nikkatsu!

Due to their juvenile crimes, a group of fresh young girls is thrown into a horrid, squalid jail. They soon wish they were back on the outside, as a gang of inmates subjects this �fresh meat�
to the horrors of being locked up. Mayumi, a new inmate with a mysterious past, stands up for herself and fights back! NO ONE is going to push her around, and she hatches an escape plan to seek revenge on the person who had her incarcerated.

TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL: SEX HELL
is a sleazy, sexually graphic and surprisingly violent entry in the �women in prison� genre. The opening uniform changing, nude medical examination sessions, communal scrubbings in the bathhouse, nimble-fingered lesbians and vicious catfights are all here� and more!

300) this.width=300" />In DEBAUCHERY, the sexy Ry�ko Watanabe stars as Ami, a jaded housewife who pitches herself, body and soul, into the Tokyo decadence of the decade in an attempt to pep up her marriage. She secretly joins the elite �Madame Machiko Society Club� to experiment with discrete sex games and the thrill of making love to anonymous men. The sexual perversion and sick depravity she is subjected to, by her clients, is much more than she bargained for. Bondage, beads and whips are only the beginning! Can she escape this secret life she has chosen, or will it destroy her forever? Impulse Films proudly presents two historic stunners from the heyday of the violent sex film. Nikkatsu always delivers. DEBAUCHERY features an original theatrical trailer and both discs include liner notes from Japanese film scholar
Jasper Sharp.

The films of Jean Rollin on Blu-ray and DVD!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:00 -0200

300) this.width=300" />New York, NY - January 18, 2012 - Kino Lorber is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of five films from French horror filmmaker Jean Rollin under its cult/horror label, Redemption Films: The Nude Vampire (1970), The Shiver of the Vampires (1971), Lips of Blood (1975), The Iron Rose (1973), and Fascination (1979). These five films, which have gained cult status over the years for their striking imagery and dreamlike atmosphere, are now presented in new HD transfers mastered from the original 35mm negatives, which emphasize Rollin's masterful and distinct visual style.

The five films each street on January 24, 2012 (individually priced at $24.95 for the Blu-rays, and $19.95 for the DVDs). The discs comes packed with special features, including deleted scenes, interviews, original trailers, and more.

Each disc comes with a special 20-page booklet written by Tim Lucas, editor of Video Watchdog, that profiles Rollin and his remarkable career.

"Playful, elegantly crafted and brimming with unforgettable images."
- Tim Lucas, Editor of Video Watchdog

Fascination tells the story of a thief who holes up in a lavish chateau, holding its occupants hostage. However, come nightfall, the thief finds that the chateau is home to a group of aristocratic women with a taste for blood.

Packed with special features, Fascination features supplementary materials including two deleted sex scenes (totaling 16 minutes); "Virgins and Vampires", a 24-minute profile of director Rollin with extensive interviews, from TV series Eurotika!, the original theatrical trailer, and original trailers of four other Rollin films. The film is presented with its original French language soundtrack, with optional English subtitles.

France / 1979 / Color / 81 min. / 1.66:1 /
1920 x 1080p

INTRUDER available on NOW on Blu-ray/DVD!!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:10:00 -0200

300) this.width=300" />From Lawrence Bender, the producer of Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION and RESERVOIR DOGS, and the classic FROM DUSK TILL DAWN! Scott Spiegel's INTRUDER presented uncut for the first time in beautiful high-definition in a DVD/Blu-ray combo!

It�s 10 pm and the employees of Michigan�s Walnut Lake Supermarket are in for a really bad night. The place is shutting its doors for good, and the night crew has a long shift ahead of them...longer than they think! The lovely check-out girl has a deranged ex-boyfriend, the store�s phone lines are cut and the employees start dying in the most stomach-churning ways imaginable (courtesy of Academy Award-winning KNB EFX Group). A deranged killer is on the loose in the grocery store! Can anyone stop this murderous intruder?

Synapse Films is proud to present Scott Spiegel�s INTRUDER, the �holy grail� of extreme gore cinema, in an all-new 2K high-definition transfer of the original uncut, uncensored version. Sam Raimi (director of THE EVIL DEAD and SPIDER-MAN trilogies) and Ren�e Estevez (TV�s THE WEST WING) star in this blood-drenched cult film classic that critics call �a gorgeous low-budget shocker that has long been one of the best kept secrets of the genre scene� (Alan Simpson, Sex Gore Mutants). Be sure to look for Bruce Campbell (THE EVIL DEAD, TV�s BURN NOTICE) in a cameo role.

Special Features and Disc Info:
Audio Commentary with Director Scott Spiegel and
Producer Lawrence Bender
"Slashed Prices: "The Making of INTRUDER" featurette, including interviews with Spiegel, Bender, the KNB EFX team, actors Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Elizabeth Cox, Danny Hicks and others
Never-before-seen extended murder sequences from the original workprint
Outtakes from NIGHT CREW short film
Interview featurette with filmmaker/fan Vincent Pereira on INTRUDER
and GOREZONE magazine
Cast Audition Tapes
Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer