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    New and Upcoming DVD Releases

    Friday, July 3rd, 2009

    The UK’s Arrow Videos recently released some interesting titles under their new imprint, Masters of Giallo. The three initial titles include Dario Argento’s Sleepless, Lamberto Bava’s Macabre, and Lucio Fulci’s House By The Cemetery. Although the titles aren’t anything too exciting, having been released elsewhere previously, but they are definitely worth picking if only for [...]

    Oasis of Fear (1971)

    Thursday, April 9th, 2009

    (aka Dirty Pictures)
    Director: Umberto Lenzi
    Starring: Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Irene Papas
    Umberto Lenzi is mostly widely known for starting one of the most vial and controversial genre’s of them all, the cannibal epic. The genre started with Lenzi’s rather tame Man From Deep River (1972), although it wasn’t until Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980) that things [...]

    Door Into Darkness (1973)

    Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

    Director: Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi, Roberto Pariante, Mario Foglietti
    Starring: Aldo Reggiani, Laura Belli, Mimmo Palmara, Enzo Cerusico, Paola Tedesco, Pierluigi Apra, Marilu Tolo, Riccardo Salvino, Glauco Onorato, Marcella Elsberger, Mario Foglinetti, Erika Blanc.
    This long awaited release of Dario Argento’s Door Into Darkness was originally planned for it’s US DVD premiere by No Shame last year, [...]

    Important DVD Releases

    Monday, February 16th, 2009

    There are a couple dates to look forward to in the coming months, one next week and the other the following month. Both have a slew of dvd releases hitting the shelves which are sure to drain the bank reserves. Mixed in with these releases are some important film by important directors. Remember if you [...]

    Pieces (1982)

    Thursday, January 15th, 2009

    (aka Mil gritos tiene la noche, One Thousand Cries Has the Night)
    Director: Juan Piquer
    Starring: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith
    Grindhouse Releasing are starting to get back into the swing of things with a couple of very interesting releases which hit shelves in October; Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (1980) and [...]

    NoShame resurrected?

    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    After the disappointing demise of NoShame Films at a time when they were on the verge of releasing Dario Argento’s Door Into Darkness on DVD for the first time Stateside, it appears that there might be a Phoenix rising from the ashes. A company called Mya Communications (formed by an ex-NoShame partner) is releasing Door [...]

    Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973)

    Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

    (aka Los Ojos Azules De La Muneca Rota, House of Psychotic Women)
    Director: Carlos Aured
    Starring: Paul Naschy, Eiko Nagashima, Silvia Aguilar, Azucena Hernandez, Julia Saly, Lautaro Murua, Luis Ciges, Ricardo Palacios, Rafael Hernande
    In the last few years, the DVD market has suddenly been flooded with Spanish horror films. It was only a matter of time considering [...]

    Delirium (1972)

    Thursday, March 13th, 2008

    (aka Delirio caldo, Death at the Villa)
    Writer and director: Renato Polselli
    Music: Gianfranco Reverberi
    Starring: Mickey Hargitay, Rita Calderoni, Tano Cimarosa, Christa Barrymore, William Darni, Raoul, Steffy Steffen, Cristina Perrier, Katia Corsorich
    Young girls are being viciously killed and Dr. Herbert Lyutak (Mickey Hargitay) is helping the police track down the savage killer. But little do the police [...]

    Four Flies On Grey Velvet (1971)

    Friday, February 22nd, 2008

    (aka 4 Mosche Di Velluto Grigio / Vier Fliegen Auf Grauem Samt / 4 Flies On Grey Velvet)
    Director: Dario Argento
    Producer: Salvatore Argento
    Writer: Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi, Mario Foglietti
    Music: Ennio Morricone
    Starring: Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Aldo Bufi Landi, Calisto Calisti, Marisa Fabbri, Oreste Lionello, Fabrizio Moroni, Corrado Olmi, Stefano Satta, Bud Spencer
    Dario Argento’s [...]

    Upcoming DVD Releases

    Sunday, February 10th, 2008

    Dario Argento’s 1973 Italian TV series Door Into Darkness is finally getting a stateside release later this month (February 26th), via NoShame. This 2-disc special edition is now instantly at the top of the to purchase list, and it should be on yours too!

    February 26th also sees the re-release of Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, under [...]

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