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Study In Terror, A

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Published on 05-27-2018 07:48 AM

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Released by: Mill Creek Entertainment
Released on: April 3rd, 2018.
Director: James Hill
Cast: John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Judi Dench
Year: 1965
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John Neville stars as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous creation in James Hill’s 1965 film, A Study In Terror, a well-made picture that puts Sherlock Holmes against Jack The Ripper himself! Set in the ...

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Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, The

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Published on 05-26-2018 08:28 AM

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Released by: Umbrella Entertainment
Released on: March, 2018.
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodds, Peter Carroll
Year: 1978
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Writer/director Fred Schepisi’s adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel (which was based on the true story of a bushranger named Jimmy Governor) introduces us to the titular Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis) a young Aboriginal ...

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Deadly Daphne’s Revenge

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Published on 05-25-2018 04:00 AM

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Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: May 26^th, 2018.
Director: Richard Gardner
Cast: Anthony Holt, Richard Gardner, Laurie Tait Partridge, Candy Castillo, John Suttle, Alan Levy, James Avery, Jody Jaress
Year: 1981
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Originally known as The Bigot and then The Hunting Party (which is the title that appears on the transfer on this Blu-ray) before then being released by Troma as Deadly Daphne’s Revenge, this picture (which appears to have been made in 1981 but not released until ...

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Pets

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Published on 05-25-2018 04:00 AM

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Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: May 25th, 2018.
Director: Raphael Nussbaum
Cast: Ed Bishop, Joan Blackman, Candice Rialson, Teri Guzman, Brett Parker, Matt Green, Mike Cartel, K.T. Stevens
Year: 1974
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Raphael Nussbaum’s 1974 film Pets tells the story of a beautiful woman named Bonnie (Candice Rialson) who escapes from her creepily controlling pimp-esque brother (Mike Cartel) and makes it out into the streets of early seventies Los Angeles and then the beach. Here she befriends a ...

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Grizzly

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Published on 05-24-2018 07:11 AM

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Released by: 88 Films
Released on: May 14t^h, 2018.
Director: William Girdler
Cast: Christopher George, Andrew Prine, Richard Jaeckel, Joan McCall, Joe Dorsey
Year: 1976
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When Scorpion Releasing put Grizzly out on DVD a few years ago, Chris Workman had this to say:

“When two hot young babes fail to return from a camping trip in a large national park, a ranger organizes a search party to find them. What ...

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Of Unknown Origin

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Published on 05-23-2018 08:32 AM

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Released by: Shout! Factory
Released on: May 22nd, 2018.
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh, Louis Del Grande, Shannon Tweed, Maury Chaykin
Year: 1983
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Directed by the late, great George P. Cosmatos in 1983 just a few short years before he’d strike box office gold with Rambo: First Blood Part II and then Cobra, Of Unknown Origin, written by Brian ...

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Neurosis – Pain Of Mind

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Published on 05-23-2018 08:31 AM

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Neurosis – Pain Of Mind
Released by: Neurot Recordings
Releasing on: May 25th, 2018.
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Neurosis has evolved a lot over the years, but for all the impressive changes that they’ve taken on in terms of sound, tone and content there’s ...

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Shocking Dark

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Published on 05-22-2018 07:25 AM

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Shocking Dark
Released by: Severin Films
Released on: May 29th, 2018.
Director: Bruno Mattei
Cast: Christopher Ahrens, Haven Tyler, Geretta Geretta, Fausto Lombardi, Dominica Coulson
Year: 1989
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There are knock offs, and then there are knock offs, and Bruno Mattei’s 1989 film Shocking Dark (also released as Alienators and, yes, as Terminator 2), is a knock off. It’s also a film that takes place in the terrifying future of the year 2000. Here, Venice, Italy has been transformed ...

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Prisoner, The #2

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Published on 05-22-2018 07:24 AM

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Prisoner, The #2
Released by: Titan Comics
Released on: May 23rd, 2017.
Written by: Peter Milligan
Illustrated by: Colin Lorimer
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“Following a botched mission in the Middle East, MI5 agent BREEN’s partner and lover, ...

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Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song

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Published on 05-21-2018 07:24 AM

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Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: May 29th, 2018.
Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Cast: Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, Mario Van Peebles, John Dullaghan, Wesley Gale, Niva Ruschell, John Amos, Lavelle Roby
Year: 1971
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In 1971, a young filmmaker named Melvin Van Peebles would effectively kick start the 'blaxploitation' genre with his notorious full-length feature film, Sweet Sweetback's Badassss Song. This was a low budget picture (finished with money borrowed from none other than Bill Cosby), which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in made completely outside of the established ...

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Little Showoffs

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Published on 05-20-2018 08:30 AM

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Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
Released on: May 8^th, 2018.
Director: Zachary Youngblood, Curt McDowell
Cast: Cindy Carver, Rene Lovins, Jeff Lyle, Lili Marlene, Karen Sweet
Year: 1983
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Co-directed by Zachary Youngblood (of Confessions Of A Teenage Peanut Butter Freak fame) and an uncredited Curt McDowell (the man who gave us Thundercrack!), 1983’s Little Showoffs is an odd duck when compared ...

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Enchanting Ghost, The

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Published on 05-19-2018 08:00 AM

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Released by: 88 Films
Released on: February 26th, 2018.
Director: Hsu Chiang Chou
Cast: Mei-Yao Chang, Li Hua Yang, Hsiang Ting Ko
Year: 1970
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Those expecting the over the top insanity of better known Shaw Brothers horror films made later in the seventies and in the early eighties might be disappointed with director Hsu Chiang Chou’s 1970 film The Enchanting Ghost. For a large ...

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New Centurions, The

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Published on 05-18-2018 08:16 AM

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Released by: Twilight Time Releasing
Released on: March 27th, 2017.
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James
Year: 1972
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Based on former L.A.P.D. officer Joseph Wambaugh’s autobiographical book of the same name, Richard Fleischer’s 1972 adaptation of The New Centurions follows the exploits of three rookie ...

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Old Dark House, The

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Published on 05-17-2018 08:32 AM

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Released by: Eureka/Masters Of Cinema
Released on: May 21^st, 2018.
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton
Year: 1932
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Directed by James Whale way back when in 1932 for Universal, The Old Dark House is not be as well-known as some of the other classic Universal horror pictures of the time. It'll always live in the shadow of Whale's more famous Karloff collaborations, those obviously being Frankenstein ...

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Wonder Years, The – The Complete Series

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Published on 05-16-2018 10:59 AM

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Released by: Time Life
Released on: March 13th, 2018.
Director: Various
Cast: Danica McKellar, Fred Savage, Josh Saviano, Dan Lauria, Olivia D’Abo, Jason Hervey
Year: 1988 - 1993
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Co-created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens, The Wonder Years debuted on NBC on January 31, 1988 and the first season lasted only six episodes. The show was, however, a commercial and critical success and it was soon renewed for a full second season that ran seventeen episodes. Following their massive ‘complete series' release from last year, Star Vista is now making individual seasons available on DVD. The complete second series of the show ran from November 30th, 1988 through May 16th, 1989.

For those unfamiliar with the show, it revolved around the exploits of Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage), a kid growing up in the late sixties. Kevin lived at home with his kindly mother Norma (Alley Mills), his surly father Jack (Dan Lauria), his hippie sister Karen (Olivia D'Abo) and his obnoxious older brother Wayne (Jason Hervey). Together they lived ...

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Outlaw, The

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Published on 05-16-2018 10:58 AM

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Released by: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Released on: February 27th, 2018.
Director: Howard Hughes
Cast: Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell, Jack Buetel, Mimi Aguglia
Year: 1943
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The second and final film to be directed by quirky business tycoon Howard Hughes, 1943's The Outlaw tells the story of notorious outlaw duo Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel in his first feature film appearance) and Doc Holliday (Walter ...

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Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension, The (Steelbook Edition)

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Published on 05-15-2018 09:01 AM

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Released by: Shout! Factory
Released on: May 15th, 2018.
Director: W.D. Richter
Cast: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum
Year: 1984
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Directed by W.D. Richter, The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension was a notorious box office flop when it first hit theater screens in 1984 (this reviewer saw it first run with his father and sister in an otherwise completely empty theater!) but it has gone on to ...

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Drive-In Delirium: The New Batch

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Published on 05-14-2018 08:20 AM

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Released by: Umbrella Entertainment
Released on: April 4th, 2018.
Director: Various
Cast: Various
Year: Various
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The third entry in Umbrella Entertainment’s ongoing Drive-In Delirium series of trailer collections

The trailers that make up pretty much the entirety of Drive-In Delirium: The New Batch are broken up into two sections and presented as follows (with some drive-in intermission ads and related bits thrown in here and there for good measure): ...

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Sweet Virginia

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Published on 05-14-2018 08:19 AM

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Released by: Shout! Factory
Released on: April 3rd, 2017.
Director: Jamie M. Dagg
Cast: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie Dewitt
Year: 2017
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Elwood (Christopher Abbott) walks into a small-town watering hole late one night, not paying much mind to the fact that it’s closed. Here he encounters three men at a table who send him away. He goes but comes back shortly after ...

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Adult Fairy Tales

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Published on 05-13-2018 08:48 AM

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Released by: 88 Films
Released on: May 14th, 2018.
Director: Harry Hurwitz (as Harry Tampa)
Cast: Don Sparks, Sy Richardson, Irwin Corey, Linnea Quigley, Angela Aames, Martha Reeves
Year: 1978
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The Prince (Don Sparks) of a fairy tale kingdom has just celebrated his twenty-first birthday and now that he’s a man, he has to prove to his father that he can sire a son or risk losing the kingdom he is set to inherit. The Prince has a problem, however – he can’t get it up! Not ...

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