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  One of several early-80s teen sex comedies revolving around a hormone-fueled adolescent boy making time with an older woman, HOMEWORK (1982) mixes that with a group of high schoolers looking to make it in the music business, and their personal struggles along the way. Not quite delivering on what its poster and trailers advertised, this is an odd entry in the genre, feeling like an amount of postproduction rejiggering occurred before release, adding several nudity and body double-filled fantasy sequences to the proceedings. Starring Joan Collins as the adult woman (I wonder what the script for the film she showed up for looked like), and Wings Hauser as a sleazy rock star. Featuring a fantastic half-hour interview with producer Max Rosenberg on the film, he who brought us DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS and TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972). Available on Blu-ray from Unearthed Films. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3XOPY9E (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying ...

  Unearthed Films brings Nacho Cerda's 2006 ghostly creeper THE ABANDONED to Blu-ray in a deluxe anniversary edition, adding a host of new interviews to a wealth of archival extras. A woman, born in Russia but raised away from her family in the US, returns to the former USSR to claim her deceased mother's farmhouse, only to find it horribly decayed and.....abandoned. Abandoned by the living, that is.... Solid creeper with great practical FX. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/49MjwH4 (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

  A quick pre-review look at upcoming March 26 - May 7, 2024 releases (with Amazon links for full specs and purchasing):  NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MONSTER (1970) on 4K UHD + Blu-ray from Blue Underground (Street Date: 3/26/24):  https://amzn.to/3J2WnVP   ZERO WOMAN: RED HANDCUFFS (1974), on Blu-ray from Cauldron Films (Street Date: 5/7/24):  https://amzn.to/43ExnxF   YUNI (2022), on DVD and VOD from Film Movement (Street Date: 4/16/24):  https://amzn.to/3VBTmnd   AGONIE (2020), on DVD from Indiepix Classics (Street Date: 4/8/24):  https://amzn.to/43AouFm   THE TIN STAR (1957), on Blu-ray from Arrow Video (Street Date: 4/8/24):  https://amzn.to/4aAjmUf   BASKET CASE (1982), on 4K HDR UHD from Arrow Video (Street Date: 4/30/24):  https://amzn.to/3IZqaip   THE SCARFACE MOB (1959), on Blu-ray from Arrow Video (Street Date: 4/23/24):  https://amzn.to/43Apklu   ALL LADIES DO IT (1992), on 4K UHD + Blu-ray from Cult Epic...

Unearthed Films brings a 15th Anniversary Edition of the dark horror film DEADGIRL (2008) to Blu-ray, with hidden subterranean chamber full of supplements, illuminating the dusky corners of this tale of two high school losers who, while exploring the basement of an abandoned mental hospital, find the titular not-quite-living-yet-not-exactly-deceased female chained to a slab, and decide to...well... Super grim and certainly not for everyone. Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3uJizRp (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here:

Nine Mexican directors tell 8 stories of terror in MEXICO BARBARO II (2017), a gruesome and at times goofy horror anthology from south of the border, available on Blu-ray from MVD Entertainment Group on 1/16! Get your copy now from Amazon at: https://amzn.to/3RTgTfY (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) Full review here: