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  A quick pre-review look at upcoming October 4th - November 26th, 2024 releases (with Amazon links for full specs and purchasing): NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST (1958) / ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959), on Blu-ray from Film Masters (Street Date: 11/12/24): https://amzn.to/3NFy5nb 1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! (2024) on Blu-ray from the MVD Rewind Collection (Street Date: 11/5/24): https://amzn.to/3Yi6H3z INFINITE SANTA 8000 (2013) on Blu-ray from Synapse Films (Street Date: 11/12/24): https://amzn.to/3YyO64F ZYZZYX ROAD (2006) on Blu-ray from Dark Arts Entertainment (Street Date: 11/26/24): https://amzn.to/3Urz1zp BEHIND THE BUCKET: A GARRISON STORY (2024) on DVD from MVD Visual (Street Date: 10/4/24): https://amzn.to/3YjHuFV Reviews coming soon! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Cult Epics brings Tinto Brass' tale (tail?) of a young woman tired of being a virgin, FRIVOLOUS LOLA (1998) to 4K in a beautiful transfer with a buttload of fun (but not frivolous) extras. More rump-centric erotica from Italy's bishop of below-the-belt. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4eFbLWF (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Severin Films continues its mining of rare European horror delicacies with DANZA MACABRA VOLUME THREE: THE SPANISH HORROR COLLECTION, featuring four 1970s horror titles in gorgeous transfers: NECROPHAGUS (1971) CAKE OF BLOOD (1971) CROSS OF THE DEVIL (1974) THE NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD (1975) Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/40hAn3I (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Severin Films brings Spanish director Antonio Isasi's "Man Vs. Canine" thriller A DOG CALLED...VENGEANCE (1977) to Blu-ray in a gorgeous transfer, with extras filling in the background on the film and its director. Jason Miller stars as a political prisoner in a remote South American jail who breaks free, but it doggedly (ahem) by a particularly pursuant pooch. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48jwzAG (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Film Masters brings two creepers starring the ever-subtle Klaus Kinski to Blu-ray in solid transfers with a bloody bucket of extras, the Edgar Wallace krimi CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND (1967 - along with it's early 80s Sam Sherman-produced alternate cut with extra scenes and gore), and the Poe-inspired remake of CASTLE OF BLOOD, WEB OF THE SPIDER (1971) from genre legend Antonio Margheriti. Super fun Halloween viewing, and a nice intro to the world of Edgar Wallace krimis for the uninitiated. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48lTRWS (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Cult Epics presents Italian maestro of the erotic Tinto Brass' CHEEKY! (2000) in a razor-sharp new 4K transfer, with an accompanying Blu-ray containing the same contents of the UHD disc with additional extras. Another fun fanny-fixated romp through the mind of Brass with glimpses of London and Venice and a LOT of bountiful backsides. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48h4wln (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  A quick pre-review look at upcoming October 29th - November 26th, 2024 releases (with Amazon links for full specs and purchasing):  DON'T CHANGE HANDS (1975), on Blu-ray from Severin Films (Street Date: 10/29/24): https://amzn.to/40fNjqO   THE RED LIGHT BANDIT (1969) on Blu-ray from Severin Films (Street Date: 10/29/24): https://amzn.to/40dFdyE   THE MAD BOMBER (1973) on Blu-ray from Severin Films (Street Date: 10/29/24): https://amzn.to/4f8YCoA   FOUND EMULSION (2022) on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing (Street Date: 11/26/24): https://amzn.to/3YnGsZQ   DAIEI GOTHIC: JAPANESE GHOST STORIES on Blu-ray from Radiance Films (Street Date: 10/29/24): https://amzn.to/4fdMDWT   Reviews coming soon!  As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

  Radiance Films brings the 1971 Spanish political arthouse film VIVA LA MUERTE to Blu-ray, loaded with extras, including a feature-length documentary on the film and its director, Fernando Arrabal. A young boy during the Spanish revolution misses his father, whose disappearance at the hands of the military dictatorship may or may not have been aided by his mother. We see the world through his eyes and dark fantasies, some of which are very much not for the squeamish and still shocking half a century later. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3YgBw9X (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Eureka Entertainment brings 1983's martial arts soccer (sorry, FOOTBALL) film THE CHAMPIONS to Blu-ray in a gorgeous transfer with fun extras. When country bumpkin with fantastic foot-focused goose egg collecting skills applies that ferocity to the footie field, he incurs the ire of fellow footballer Dick Wei, team superstar, who happens to be in the pocket of mobsters. Fast and funny football fu in what undoubtedly had to have been an inspiration for the later SHAOLIN SOCCER. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4etaulz (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  Severin Films gives a precious gift to psychotronic film fans with their Blu-ray release of THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS (1969), a bonkers cheapie set in Las Vegas, wherein an Egyptologist with two sarcophagi, one containing a beautiful Egyptian princess, perfectly preserved, the other a dusty old mummy, finds himself turning into a dimestore werewolf, stricken by the titular curse. Sweet transfer and loaded with extras (including a bonus film from the same team), this one's a stunner. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/481tk0I (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Joel David Moore stars as an introverted phone bank staffer who keeps to himself, harboring a dark secret. Amber Tamblyn is a new coworker who takes a shine to him and tries to bring him out of his shell and divulge what makes him tick, and lives to regret it. Co-directed by Moore and HATCHET'S Adam Green, SPIRAL is now out in a new Special Edition from Ronin Flix. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3U24pnS (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Arrow Video re-presents Sergio Martino's giallo classic TORSO (1973) in a new 4K UHD HDR edition, looking phenomenal and carrying over their previous loaded Blu-ray edition's extras. A stunner! Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3BoT6j7 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

88 Films brings the 1979 Shaw Brothers martial arts thriller TO KILL A MASTERMIND to Blu-ray, looking as sharp and colorful as the costumes and sets in this crazy tale of a government agent infiltrating a flamboyant and eclectic criminal gang, each member possessing a distinctive look and method of dispatching foes. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4erYfpe (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  A quick pre-review look at upcoming October 22nd - November 26th, 2024 releases (with Amazon links for full specs and purchasing):  BROKEN OATH (1977), starring Angela Mao, on Blu-ray from Eureka! Entertainment (Street Date: 10/22/24):  https://amzn.to/3zKevCY   KUNG FU RASCALS (1992) on Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance (Street Date: 10/22/24):  https://amzn.to/3XPQwdM   HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973) on Blu-ray from Grindhouse Releasing (Street Date: 11/26/24):  https://amzn.to/4dwdlsH   Reviews coming soon! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

  Radiance Films brings the fascinating and absorbing Italian drama BANDITS OF ORGOSOLO (1961) to Blu-ray in a crisp black and white transfer with illuminating extras. Reminiscent of BICYCLE THEIVES (1948) by Vittorio De Sica, this tale of Sardinian shepherds directed by Vittorio De Seta plays like a documentary, following a simple shepherd in the craggy mountains of Sardinia, and his attempts to evade the police and survive in an increasingly inhospitable landscape after being wrongly accused of murder. Excellent film, which will hopefully find a wider audience with this release. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3TIjfQr (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Severin Films brings Spanish director Eloy De La Iglesia's bizarre story of a man, a woman, and a dog, THE CREATURE (1977) to Blu-ray in a stunning transfer with insightful extras. Plays like a horror thriller, but so much more. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3N33vUc (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here: