dvd-reviews

Mudhoney - Russ Meyer (NTSC Region 1)

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:03:05 +0100

Mudhoney - Russ Meyer (NTSC Region 1)

MUDHONEY...a film of ribaldry and violence, extracted from the juice of life...featuring 'that girl from LORNA,' the pneumatic LORNA MAITLAND, and the beautiful buxotic from Germany...RENA HORTEN, the embodiment of the body.

MUDHONEY runs the gamut of emotions...love...hatred...sadism...a story never told so frankly...so intimately.

Also featuring the buxom LEE BALLARD...the flirtatious Sister Hanson...add the two country harlots, Eula and Clara Bell, and you, indeed, have too much for one town.

MUDHONEY...passion debased by lust...leaving its taste of evil.

NTSC / Region 1
Includes 4 Rarely Seen Trailers from the RM Archive

I Spit On Your Grave DVD (1978 Original) (NTSC Region 1)

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:58:52 +0100

I Spit On Your Grave DVD (1978 Original) (NTSC Region 1)

Some condemned it as 'vile', 'depraved' and 'degenerate entertainment'. Others acclaimed it as 'disturbing', 'misunderstood', and 'the ultimate feminist movie'. Now more than 30 years later, re-experience one of the most hated, debated and controversial movies of all time: Camille Keaton stars as Jennifer Hills, an attractive city woman who rents a backwoods cabin to begin writing her first novel. She is soon attacked by a group of local lowlifes - including one who is mentally disabled - and dragged screaming into a nightmare of rape, sodomy and violence. Left for dead, she devises a horrific plan for revenge. These men will be cut, chopped, broken and burned beyond recognition...but no jury in America would ever convict her. You may be shocked, outraged or even disgusted. Yet you will never forget the raw impact of the original I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE.

NTSC Region 1
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Meir Zarchi
Audio Commentary with Author/Historian Joe Bob Briggs
The Values of Vengeance: Meir Zarchi Remembers I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
Alternate Main Title
Trailers, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Poster & Still Gallery

Sadist with Red Teeth/ Forbidden Paris

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:43:18 +0100

Synopsis

For the first time ever on home video anywhere in the world, this astonishing double bill presents two rarely seen films from one of European cinema's most maverick talents.

The Sadist with Red Teeth tells the story of a comic book artist who becomes convinced that a car crash has turned him into a vampire. A sinister doctor experiments on him and then lets him loose into a world that seems fraught with danger.

Forbidden Paris is a mondo style shockumentary revealing the strange underbelly of 1960's Paris. All manner of bizarre and unholy practices are presented here for the first time ever. Banned on its initial release, this is the fully uncut version of this notorious rarity.

Special DVD Features

Brand new anamorphic 1.66:1 scope HD transfer taken from the negative
Documentary featurette "Who is JLVB?"
Newly filmed introductions to both films by the director
Extensive notes & text essays
Mondo Macabro preview trailer
Scene access

Zombie Holocaust

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:10:48 +0100

Zombie Holocaust

As yet another piece of Italian exploitation trash, Zombie Holocaust is barely distinguishable from other Italian classicks such as Fulci's Zombie>, Lenzi's Cannibal Ferox or D'amato's Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals. Its only discerning factor is that there's cannibals AND zombies in this one.

When parts of corpses start to disappear from a New York morgue, it is discovered that there is some kind of cannibal cult active in the city. Anthropologist Alexandra Delli Colli (New York Ripper) recognizes a marking on one of the corpse-munchers as being the symbol of the Kito tribe, so she and Ian McCulloch (Zombie, Contamination) go to Kito island in search of an explanation. On their way there they meet up with their colleague Dr. Obrero who is living on a nearby island conducting research, he loans them a few of his men to assist and they move on to Kito Island. Once on the island the team slowly gets killed off by the cannibalistic natives (cue loads of gore and gut munching), leaving only McCulloch, Delli Colli and their guide Molotto. In the middle of yet another cannibal attack, some rotten-looking zombies turn up and scare the pansy cannibals away. After putting the clues together the couple soon discover that their good friend Dr. Obrero (aka Dr. Butcher) is actually living on the island turning the natives into brain-dead zombies!

The producers basically used Fulci's Zombie as the template for this film and then added some cannibals. It was even filmed on the same sets / island as Zombie. Director Marino Girolami has now since disowned the film. Italian exploit fans may recognize a coupla familiar faces- Sherry Buchanan (What Have They Done to Solange?, Heroin Busters, Last House on the Beach ) and Donald O'Brien (Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals, Django Rides Again, The New Gladiators).

Overall this is a must for fans of Italian cannibal / zombie flicks, it has a totally flimsy plot that is basically just an excuse to show loads of gore, and that it does. This flick has pretty much everything a gorehound could wish for - eye gouging, decapitations, impalements, a particularly nasty death-by-outboard-motor, and plenty o' gut-munchin'! There's also a classic scene where a chick is being operated on by Dr. Butcher and she's screaming and screeching so he removes her vocal chords because she was being ''particularly irritating''.

DISC DETAILS:

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Interview with Roy Frumkes
Art Gallery
Roy Frumkes personal photos
Interview with Maurizio Trani
Deleted Scene
U.S. and German Trailers
Umbrella Propaganda
Original "Tales That'll Tear Your Heart Out" Footage with Roy Frumkes Commentary

RECOMMENDED VIEWING:

Trilogy of the Dead

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:09:32 +0100

Trilogy of the Dead

Night Of The Living Dead:

In this trailblazing masterpiece a lone group of human survivors seek refuge in a farmhouse, hoping to protect themselves from an army of advancing zombies with a bloodthirsty lust for human flesh!

Bonus 4th Disc

Document Of The Dead:

An original documentary filmed during the making of Dawn Of The Dead.
It's time to experience this groundbreaking horror trilogy back to back in all of its gut munching glory, barricade your doors and windows...

Dawn Of The Dead:

As modern society is consumed by zombie carnage, four desperate survivors barricade themselves inside a shopping mall to battle the flesh eating hordes of the undead in this acclaimed gore filled sequel.

Day Of The Dead:

During the darkest day of horror the world has ever known, the few remaining human survivors engage in a horrific last ditch battle for life against thousands of the walking dead.

How To Make A Monster / Blood Of Dracula

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:05:03 +0100

Samuel Z. Arkoff Collection - Cult Classics

How To Make A Monster
When a monster makeup artist is fired by the studio, he uses his creations to exact his revenge.

Blood Of Dracula
A vampire stalks a local university, preying on the student body. Where did this vampire come from? Who is behind the killings?

Features

Standard 1.33:1 B&W
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
How To Make A Monster
Fullscreen B&W and Color
Blood Of Dracula
Fullscreen B&W

Directed by:

Herbert L. Strock

Produced by:

Herman Cohen

Writers:

Herman Cohen
Kenneth Langtry
Ralph Thornton

Starring:

Jerry Blaine
Paul Brinegar
Gary Clarke
Gary Conway
Gail Ganley
Robert H. Harris
Sandra Harrison
Louise Lewis

Rating: NR

Studio: Lion's Gate

Subtitles: [None]

Daughters of Darkness (Blu-Ray All Region)

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:59:48 +0100

Daughters of Darkness (Blu-Ray All Region) International screen icon Delphine Seyrig stars as Elizabeth Bathory, an ageless Countess with a beautiful young 'companion' (Goth goddess Andrea Rau) and a legendary legacy of perversion. But when the two women seduce a troubled newlywed couple (French beauty Danielle Ouimet and John Karlen), they unleash a frenzy of sudden violence and depraved desire that shocked both art house audiences and grindhouse crowds worldwide. Co-written and directed by Harry Kumel, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS remains one of the most exquisitely mesmerizing adult horror films ever made. Blue Underground is proud to present the uncensored Director’s Cut of this classic psychosexual shocker in luscious High Definition and packed with revealing Extras!

All Region Blu-Ray (playable worldwide)
English DTS Mono
English, French and Spanish Subtitels
1080p HD Resolution
Audio Commentary #1 with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kümel
Audio Commentary #2 with Star John Karlen and Journalist David Del Vall
Locations of Darkness – Interviews with Co-Writer/Director Harry Kümeland Co-Writer/Co-Producer Pierre Drouot
Playing the Victim – Interview with Star Danielle Ouimet
Daughter of Darkness – Interview with Star Andrea Rau
Theatrical Trailer • Radio Spots

Tales From the Crypt / Vault Of Horror DVD (NTSC Region 1)

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:11:38 +0100

Tales From the Crypt / Vault Of Horror DVD (NTSC Region 1)

This double feature delivers the chills with the following horror films. TALES FROM THE CRYPT: An evil monk shares five separate stories of the macabre. VAULT OF HORROR: A collection of five horror tales taken from the E.C. Comic books of the 1950s. The stories are revealed by five men in the form of their recurring dreams.

NTSC Region 1

Deranged / Motel Hell DVD (MGM Midnite Movies) (NTSC Region 1)

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:09:11 +0100

Deranged / Motel Hell DVD (MGM Midnite Movies) (NTSC Region 1)

Deranged: Ezra's good at making friends... into home furnishings! Based on the same terrifying story that inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs, this hauntingly scary film chronicles the grisly exploits of a rural necrophiliac and murderer! Brace yourself for a "solid horror story" (Variety) that's guaranteed to make you bite your nails... because if you don't, Ezra will!

Motel Hell: You really are what you eat with Farmer Vincent's smoked meat in this creepy horror yarn that "packs a punch and goes way beyond mere terror" (Box Office)! Vincent's popular products contain a special ingredient that the psychotic farmer and his sister would literally kill to keep secret in this darkly funny flick that "just might be your cup of meat" (L.A. Herald Examiner).

NTSC Region 1
Anamorphic Widescreen
Trailer

Beyond the Wall of Sleep DVD (HP Lovecraft) (NTSC Region 1)

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:09:12 +0100

Beyond the Wall of Sleep DVD (HP Lovecraft) (NTSC Region 1)

Based on a short story by horror master H.P. Lovecraft, this tale set in the Catskill Mountains follows the psychological unravelling of young asylum intern Edward Eischel (Fountain Yount), who becomes obsessed with the case of Joe Slaader (William Sanderson), who has arrived at the asylum after violently murdering his family. Slaader was raised in a remote and backwards mountain community, where he made a pact with powers beyond his understanding. Now Edward is obsessed with harnessing the potential of Slaader's contact with what exists beyond the wall of sleep.

NTSC Region 1
Widescreen
DD 5.1 Audio
Audio Commentary - Filmmakers
Featurette - Talking Heads
Original Theatrical Trailer
Trailers
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Storyboards