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    Bloodthirsty Trilogy, The 

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    Published on 06-21-2018 07:44 AM
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    Released by: Arrow Video
    Released on: May 22nd, 2018.
    Director: Michio Yamamoto
    Cast: Atsuo Nakamura, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoko Minakaze, Kayo Matsuo, Midori Fujita, Midori Fujita, Toshio Kurosawa
    Year: 1970/1971/1974
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    The Movie:

    Arrow Video releases Toho’s early seventies attempts to bring Hammer Horror style gothic chills to a Japanese audience with their Blu-ray debut of director Michio Yamamoto’s The Bloodthirsty Trilogy.

    The Vampire Doll:

    The first film opens on a dark and stormy night with a young man named Kazuhiko Sagawa (Atsuo Nakamura) travelling by a hired car to the remote family home of his beloved Yuko Nonomura (Yukiko Kobayashi). Kazuhiko was away for a few months, and when he finally returns     ...
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    Forever Amber 

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    Published on 06-21-2018 07:43 AM
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    Released by: Twilight Time
    Release date: December 19, 2017
    Directed by: Otto Preminger
    Cast: Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, Richard Greene, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Richard Haydn, Jessica Tandy, Anne Revere
    Year: 1947
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    The Movie:

    In 1939, MGM released Gone With the Wind, an epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s massive bestselling novel, to big box office and major     ...
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    Darkest Hour 

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    Published on 06-20-2018 08:23 AM
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    Released by: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    Released on: February 27, 2018
    Director: Joe Wright
    Cast: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane
    Year: 2017
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    The Movie:

    Gary Oldman finally took home a Best Actor Oscar statuette this year for his towering performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, the historical     ...
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    Fistful Of Dollars, A 

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    Published on 06-11-2018 08:32 AM
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    Released by: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
    Released on: May 22nd, 2018.
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels, Gian Maria Volontè, Wolfgang Lukschy
    Year: 1964
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    The Movie:

    The lead role in Sergio Leone’s A Fistful Of Dollars was originally offered to Henry Fonda and then to Charles Bronson but would eventually wind up making Clint Eastwood a household name. A lose remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (Kurosawa and company successfully sued the filmmakers for copyright infringement), the international success of the film would kick start the Spaghetti Western phenomena into high gear and result in dozens, if     ...
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    Blood Suckers From Outer Space 

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    Published on 06-08-2018 08:17 AM
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    Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
    Released on: May 29th, 2018.
    Director: Glen Coburn
    Cast: Robert Bradeen, Big John Brigham, Glen Coburn, Laura Ellis, Thom Meyers
    Year: 1984
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    The Movie:

    Jeff Rhodes (Thom Meyers) is a newspaper photographer investigating what the first of what will turn out to be many unusual deaths in a small Texas town. His uncle Joe (Robert Bradeen) wants Jeff to put the camera down and work the family’s dairy farm, however – something Jeff isn’t interested in doing…     ...
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    Five On The Black Hand Side 

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    Published on 06-07-2018 08:15 AM
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    Released by: Olive Films
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    Director: Oscar Williams
    Cast: Clarice Taylor, Leonard Jackson, Virginia Capers, Glynn Turman, D’Urville Martin, Godfrey Cambridge
    Year: 1973
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    The Movie:

    Adapted by Charlie L. Russell from his own 1969 off-Broadway production of the same title, Five on the Black Hand Side is often unfairly lumped in with the “blaxploitation” genre simply because it features     ...
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    Frank & Eva 

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    Published on 06-06-2018 07:11 AM
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    Released by: Cult Epics
    Released on: June 5th, 2018.
    Director: Pim de la Parra
    Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Hugo Metsers,     Helmert Woundenberg
    Year: 1973
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    The Movie:

    Pim de la Parra’s 1973 picture Frank & Eva follows… Frank (Hugo Metsers) and Eva (Willeke van Ammelrooy), a married couple that seem to thrive on drama. Their on again/off again relationship is in constant turmoil, in no small part because of sleazy car salesman Frank’s proclivity for sleeping with     ...
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    Full Moon High 

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    Published on 06-05-2018 06:47 AM
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    Released by: Shout! Factory/Scream
    Release date: April 10, 2018
    Directed by: Larry Cohen
    Cast: Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon, Joanne Nail, Bill Kirchenbauer, Elizabeth Hartman, Louis Nye, Demond Wilson, Jim J. Bullock, James Dixon, Kenneth Mars, Alan Arkin, Pat Morita
    Year: 1981
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    The Movie:

    The 1980s saw a spate of body transformation horror films, beginning with The Howling in 1980 and climaxing     ...
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    Cannon Classics Double Feature: Death Wish IV: The Crackdown / Death Wish 5: The Face Of Death 

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    Published on 06-04-2018 07:24 AM
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    Released by: Umbrella Entertainment
    Released on: May 2nd, 2018.
    Director: J. Lee Thompson/Allan A. Goldstein
    Cast: Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Dana Barron, Key Lenz, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks, Chuck Shamata, Saul Rubinek
    Year: 1987/1994
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    The Movie:

    Umbrella Entertainment follows up their first Death Wish sequel double feature (reviewed here) with the final two films in the franchise!

    Death Wish IV: The Crackdown:

    Erica Sheldon (Dana Barron of National Lampoon's Vacation) is a normal teenage girl and the daughter of Karen Sheldon (Kay Lenz), architect Paul Kersey's new girlfriend. Together the three of them live happily in Los Angeles (where Kersey has once again returned     ...
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    Benji 

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    Published on 06-04-2018 07:23 AM
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    Released by: Mill Creek Entertainment
    Released on: February 13, 2018
    Director: Joe Camp
    Cast: Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat, Cynthia Smith, Peter Breck, Frances Bavier, Terry Carter, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Lester, Christopher Connelly
    Year: 1974
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    The Movie:

    44 years ago, of the most absurdly enduring franchises in cinematic history was kickstarted with a $500,000 budget, a few locations in and around Dallas, and an adorable puppy named Benji. 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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    The Movie:

    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 26th, 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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    The Movie:

    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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    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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    The Movie:

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

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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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    The Movie:

    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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    Released by: Umbrella Entertainment
    Released on: April 4th, 2018.
    Director: Various
    Cast: Various
    Year: Various
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    The Movie:

    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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    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 Movie:

    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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    Flesh And Laces 

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    Published on 05-12-2018 08:45 AM
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    Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
    Released on: May 8th, 2018.
    Director: Carlos Tobalina
    Cast: Shauna Grant, Drea, Tamara Longley, Crystal Lake, Jamie Gillis, Joey Silvera, John Holmes, John Stagliano, Bill Margold, Rose Kimball, Rita Cruz
    Year: 1983
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    The Movie:

    Who better than Carlos Tobalina (as Troy Benny) to direct a two-part three-hour epic adult feature film like Flesh And Laces from 1983? If nothing else, the guy gets an A for effort – and what a cast! As to the story, well…

    A     ...
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    Bruce’s Deadly Fingers 

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    Released by: VCI Entertainment
    Released on: May 8th, 2018.
    Director: Joseph Kong
    Cast: Bruce Le, Chen Wai-Man, Lo Lieh, Nora Miao, Bolo Yeung
    Year: 1976
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    The Movie:

    OK, how do we sort this out…. so there’s a gangster played by Lo Lieh who really wants to get his hands on the ‘Kung Fu Finger Book,’ which was written by Bruce Lee before he died. He and his cronies decide that the best way to do this is to kidnap Bruce Lee's ex-girlfriend.     ...
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    Blue Vengeance 

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    Published on 05-10-2018 08:50 AM
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    Released by: Vinegar Syndrome
    Released on: May 1st, 2018.
    Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen
    Cast: J. Christian Ingvordsen, John Weiner, Garland Hunter, Tony Kruk
    Year: 1989
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    The Movie:

    Blue Vengeance opens at an insane asylum just outside of New York City where a convicted murderer named Mark Trex (John Weiner) busts his way out of room and makes his way to the city. On the way he kills a guy and sets his truck on fire, a move that he thinks will throw     ...
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    Boneyard, The 

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    Released by: 88 Films
    Released on: April 9th, 2017.
    Director: James Cummins
    Cast: Deborah Rose, Denise Young, Ed Nelson, James Cummins, James Eustermann, Norman Fell, Phyllis Diller
    Year: 1991
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    The Movie:

    A cop named Jersey Callum (Ed Nelson) and his young partner Gordon Mullin (James Eustermann) let themselves into the home of Alley Oates (Deborah Rose) to find it in shambles. It turns out Alley was just sleeping, and she’s     ...
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