This week we have some interesting new classic films and cult classics released on Blu-ray. First up are the Criterion Collection releases of "The Asphalt Jungle" and Federico Fellini's "Roma". Then we have the horror films "Dreamscape", "Black Christmas", "Creepshow 2", "The Driller Killersude", "Jack Frost", "Dracula Vs. Frankenstein" and the "Slime City/Slime City Massacre" double feature. Another highlight is the release of the 1986 cult classic "Man Facing Southeast", for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States. Other classics include the 1931 drama "Bad Girl" and the 1952 film-noir "Sudden Fear".
Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.
Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.
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CLASSIC FILMS
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
DREAMSCAPE: Collector's Edition (1984)
BLACK CHRISTMAS: Collector's Edition (1974)
ROMA (1972)
CREEPSHOW 2 (1987)
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
THE PARK IS MINE (1985)
THE DRILLER KILLER (1979)
MOVING VIOLATIONS (1985)
JACK FROST (1997)
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
CENTER STAGE (2000)
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
STEAMING (1985)
BAD GIRL (1931)
SLIME CITY/SLIME CITY MASSACRE (1988)
MAN FACING SOUTHEAST (1986)
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CLASSIC FILMS
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
DREAMSCAPE: Collector's Edition (1984)
BLACK CHRISTMAS: Collector's Edition (1974)
ROMA (1972)
CREEPSHOW 2 (1987)
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
THE PARK IS MINE (1985)
THE DRILLER KILLER (1979)
MOVING VIOLATIONS (1985)
JACK FROST (1997)
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
CENTER STAGE (2000)
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
STEAMING (1985)
BAD GIRL (1931)
SLIME CITY/SLIME CITY MASSACRE (1988)
MAN FACING SOUTHEAST (1986)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
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Product Description: In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel heist and draws a wealthy lawyer and a cherry-picked trio of outlaws into his carefully devised but inevitably doomed scheme. Anchored by an abundance of nuanced performances from a gifted ensemble—including a tight-jawed Sterling Hayden and a sultry Marilyn Monroe in her breakout role—this gritty crime classic by John Huston climaxes in a meticulously detailed anatomy of a robbery that has reverberated through the genre ever since. An uncommonly naturalistic view of a seamy underworld, The Asphalt Jungle painstakingly depicts the calm professionalism and toughness of its gangster heroes while evincing a remarkable depth of compassion for their all-too-human fragility, a
Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray
Director: John Huston
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
Special Features:
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Drama
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
Special Features:
- Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore
- New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey
- Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film
- 'Pharos of Chaos,' a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden
- Episode of the television program 'City Lights' from 1979 featuring John Huston
- Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston
- Excerpts from footage of the 1983 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony honoring Huston, featuring actor Sam Jaffe and the filmmaker
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien
DREAMSCAPE: Collector's Edition (1984)
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Product Description: The President of the United States is about to be assassinated in a dream where there is no morning after. Only one man can save him--a man who must plunge himself into the President's horrendous nightmare. Dennis Quaid stars as Alex Gardner, a psychically gifted young man recruited to help Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and the beautiful Dr. Jane DeVries (Kate Capshaw) in an experiment to help patients disturbed by menacing nocturnal illusions. But corrupt high-ranking government official Bob Blair (Christopher Plummer) has darker plans for Alex's unusual powers. Soon Alex is propelled inside the President's nightmare, a frightening wasteland of nuclear holocaust, and locked in a fantastic battle that could only happen in a dream. This action-packed science fiction adventure will excite and thrill you with its unusual journey through the mind's most terrifying recesses.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Joseph Ruben
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Runtime: 99 min
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Studio: Scream Factory
Special Features:
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror
Runtime: 99 min
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Studio: Scream Factory
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Bruce Cohn Curtis, David Loughery And Craig Reardon
- Snake Man Test Footage
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
- "The Actor's Journey" - Interview with Dennis Quaid
- "Dreamscapes and Dreammakers" Retrospective including Brand-new interviews with Director Joseph Ruben, Co-Writer David Loughery, Actor David Patrick Kelly and other members of the special effects team
- "Nightmares and Dreamsnakes" – Looking Back at the Snakeman with Craig Reardon, David Patrick Kelley and others.
- In-Depth Conversation Between Bruce Cohn Curtis And Co-Writer/Producer Chuck Russell
BLACK CHRISTMAS: Collector's Edition (1974)
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Product Description: Black Christmas is an effective, frightening above average slasher movie with a good cast and a frightening, surprise ending. Barb (Margot Kidder) and Jess (Olivia Hussey) are lonely sorority sisters who are having a Christmas party in their sorority house during the Christmas break. Peter (Keir Dullea) is a mad-killer who terrorizes the women by making threatening telephone calls. As the body count mounts, the women realize that the killer may be in the house. Black Christmas, one of the first of the slasher pictures, is still frightening despite some plot devices which have now become standard and predictable. Director Bob Clark uses his excellent cast to great effect, and the script, written by Roy Moore, has some great plot twists and a good, scary surprise ending. Black Christmas has also been released as Silent Night, Evil Night and Stranger in the House.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Bob Clark
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Scream Factory
Special Features:
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Runtime: 98 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Scream Factory
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with director Bob Clark
- Audio Commentary with actors John Saxon and Keir Dullea
- Audio Commentary with Billy (actor Nick Mancuso)
- Audio interview with director Bob Clark
- 2006 Critical Mass HD Master (1.78:1) – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Film and Furs – Remembering Black Christmas with Art Hindle
- Victims and Virgins – Remembering Black Christmas with Lynne Griffin
- Black Christmas Legacy
- 40th Anniversary Panel at FanExpo 2014 featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso
- On Screen!: Black Christmas featurette
- 12 Days of Black Christmas featurette
- Black Christmas Revisited featurette
- Archival Interviews with Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John Saxon
- Midnight Screening Q&A with Bob Clark, John Saxon and Carl Zittrer
- Two scenes with a new vocal soundtrack
- Original Theatrical Trailers (English and French)
- Original TV and Radio Spots
- Alternative Title Sequences
- Still Gallery
ROMA (1972)
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Product Description: Travelogue, memoir, and outrageous cinematic spectacle converge in this kaleidoscopic valentine to the Eternal City, composed by one of its most iconic inhabitants. Leisurely one moment and breathless the next, this urban fantasia by Federico Fellini interweaves recollections of the director’s young adulthood in the era of Mussolini with an impressionistic portrait of contemporary Rome, where he and his film crew are gathering footage of the bustling cityscape. The material delights of sex, food, nightlife, and one hallucinatory ecclesiastical fashion show are shot through with glimmers of a monumental past: the Colosseum encircled by traffic, ancient frescoes unearthed in a subway tunnel, a pigeon-befouled statue of Caesar. With a head-spinning mix of documentary immediacy and extravagant artifice, Romapenetrates the myth and mystique of Italy’s storied capital, a city Fellini called “the most wonderful movie set in the world.”
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray, DVD
Director: Federico Fellini
Starring: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 120 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
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Starring: Britta Barnes, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 120 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
Special Features:
- Audio commentary featuring Frank Burke, author of Fellini’s Films
- Deleted scenes
- New interview with filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino on the lasting influence of director Federico Fellini
- New interview with Italian poet and Fellini friend Valerio Magrelli
- Images from the Felliniana archive of collector Don Young
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Forgacs
CREEPSHOW 2 (1987)
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Product Description: Horror titans George A. Romero and Stephen King deliver yet another fiendish selection of blood-curdling tales in Creepshow 2 now newly remastered in 2K! In Old Chief Wood'nhead , a group of young hoodlums face retribution from an unlikely source after looting a local hardware store. Meanwhile, The Raft sees a group of horny teens wishing they d read the warning signs first before taking a dip in a remote lake. Finally, an uptight businesswoman finds herself with some unwanted company following a hit-and-run incident in The Hitch-hiker . Whilst retaining the EC comic book flavour that made the original such a hit, Creepshow 2, this time directed by long-time Romero collaborator Michael Gornick, is a decidedly darker and grimmer affair than its predecessor and remains one of the greatest horror anthologies of all time.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Michael Gornick
Starring: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Domenick John, Dorothy Lamour
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Arrow Video
Special Features:
Starring: George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Domenick John, Dorothy Lamour
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Arrow Video
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with director Michael Gornick, moderated by Perry Martin
- Nightmares in Foam Rubber featurette with special make-up effects artists Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero
- My Friend Rick Berger on working with make-up legend Rick Baker
- Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mike Saputo
LITTLE WOMEN (1994)
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Product Description: Winona Ryder (in an Oscar nominated role) and Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (1995 Best Actress, Dead Man Walking) star in this "affectionate, superbly acted" (Los Angeles Times) family favorite. With her husband off at war, Marmee (Sarandon) is left alone to raise their four daughters, her LITTLE WOMEN. There is the spirited Jo (Ryder); conservative Meg (Trini Alvarado, Paulie); fragile Beth (Claire Danes, William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet); and romantic Amy (played at different ages by Kristen Dunst, Wag the Dog and Samantha Mathis, Broken Arrow). As the years pass, the sisters share some of the most cherished and painful memories of self-discovery, as Marmee and Aunt March (Mary Wickes, The Man Who Came to Dinner) guide them through issues of independence, romance and virtue. Gabriel Byrne (End of Days), Eric Stoltz (TV's "Chicago Hope") and Christian Bale (The Portrait of a Lady) co-star in this "handcrafted valentine" (Newsweek) of a film.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Samantha Mathis
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Runtime: 115 min
Rating: PG for two uses of mild language
Language: English
Studio: Sony
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Starring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Samantha Mathis
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Runtime: 115 min
Rating: PG for two uses of mild language
Language: English
Studio: Sony
Special Features:
- None
THE PARK IS MINE (1985)
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Product Description: He was the one veteran, they couldn't ignore! Screen icon Tommy Lee Jones (Blown Away) stars in this explosive thriller about a Vietnam vet's drastic steps to make his country sit up and take notice. The war in Asia is over, but one disillusioned, disappointed ex-soldier decides to declare his own war bringing attention to the unfair and unjust treatment of Vietnam veterans in America. An expert in jungle warfare and guerilla tactics, the ex-soldier uses his lethal knowledge to "take" New York City's Central Park. Even Manhattan's street-wise cops, under the command of sympathetic Frank Eubanks (Yaphet Kotto, Report to the Commissioner), are no match for the skilled commando who within hours, proclaim, The Park is Mine. And in the blazing confrontation that follows, the Vietnam War just might be fought all over again right here at home. Helen Shaver (The Believers) and Lawrence Dane (Scanners) co-star this suspense-filled action film, featuring atmospheric and haunting musical score by Tangerine Dream (The Keep, Thief, Miracle Mile).
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Steven Hilliard Stern
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Shaver, Yaphet Kotto
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Shaver, Yaphet Kotto
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Nathaniel Thompson (Mondo Digital)
- Trailers
THE DRILLER KILLER (1979)
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Product Description: In career that has encompassed such controversial classics as Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant and Welcome to New York, none of Abel Ferrara s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity and downright notorious nature of The Driller Killer.
Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the economic realities of New York living in the late seventies and the No Wave band practising in the apartment below. His grip on reality soon begins to slip and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey...
Forgot Taxi Driver, The Warriors and The New York Ripper, The Driller Killer is the definitive look at NYC s underbelly a slasher that is as much at home in the arthouse as it is the grindhouse.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the economic realities of New York living in the late seventies and the No Wave band practising in the apartment below. His grip on reality soon begins to slip and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey...
Forgot Taxi Driver, The Warriors and The New York Ripper, The Driller Killer is the definitive look at NYC s underbelly a slasher that is as much at home in the arthouse as it is the grindhouse.
Director: Abel Ferrara
Starring: Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Arrow
Special Features:
Starring: Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Arrow
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
- Brand new interview with Ferrara
- Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
- Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work, available on home video in the US for the first time ever
- Trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad Stevens
MOVING VIOLATIONS (1985)
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Product Description: A Crash Course in Traffic School! A charming smartass (John Murray, Scrooged), a spacey rocket scientist (Jennifer Tilly, Bride of Chucky), a nebbish puppeteer (Brian Backer, Fast Times At Ridgemont High), a terminal hypochondriac (Wendie Jo Sperber, Bachelor Party), an auto 'doctor' (Fred Willard, A Mighty Wind) and other challenged citizens, all have their licenses suspended and sentenced to traffic school. But when a vengeful traffic cop (James Keach, National Lampoon s Vacation) and a crooked judge (Sally Kellerman, Back to School) plot to sell everyone's impounded cars, the class hits the gas with their own plan for high-speed payback on a road full of Moving Violations. Neal Israel (Police Academy) directed and co-wrote this hilarious comedy with Pat Proft (Real Genius), based on a story by Paul and Sharon Boorstin (Fire with Fire).
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Neal Israel
Starring: John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, James Keach
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, James Keach
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: PG-13
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Neal Israel
- Trailer Gallery
JACK FROST (1997)
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Product Description: On his way to be executed, the vehicle containing notorious serial killer Jack Frost collides with a hazardous chemical truck, turning Jack into a snow covered mutant and unleashing him on the unsuspecting town of Snomonton, 'The Snowman Capitol of the Midwest'. Jack immediately takes advantage of his newfound freedom and blizzardy abilities to seek revenge on the bungling Sheriff, played by Christopher Allport (TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.), that accidentally ended his cross-country killing spree. On his way to the Sheriff, Jack terrorizes the snow-man themed town and murders its residents in a variety of winterized ways. Can the residents of Snomonton fight back against the psychopath snowman from Hell or will they all end up in a snow-covered grave?
Co-starring the beautiful Shannon Elizabeth (AMERICAN PIE) in one of her most infamous and revealing roles, and featuring colorful cinematography by Dean Lent (BORDER RADIO), director Michael Cooney's staple of video stores and late night TV, is a gleefully gory horror comedy and is coming to Blu-ray for the first time, fully restored in 2k from Vinegar Syndrome.Purchasing Links: Blu-ray and DVD Combo
Director: Michael Cooney
Starring: Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, Shannon Elizabeth
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: R for violence and gore, language and some brief sexuality
Language: English
Studio: Vinegar Syndrome
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Starring: Scott MacDonald, Christopher Allport, Stephen Mendel, Shannon Elizabeth
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: R for violence and gore, language and some brief sexuality
Language: English
Studio: Vinegar Syndrome
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary track with Director Michael Cooney
- Video introduction from Director Michael Cooney
- Video interview with Lead Actor Scott MacDonald
- Video interview with Director of Photography Dean Lent
DRACULA VS FRANKENSTEIN (1971)
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Product Description: Creighton Tull Chaney (1906 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the 1941 film The Wolf Man and its various crossovers, as well as portraying other monsters such as The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, and Count Alucard (son of Dracula) in numerous horror films produced by Universal Studios. He also portrayed Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (1939). Originally referenced in films as Creighton Chaney, he was later credited as Lon Chaney Jr. in 1935, and after 1941's Man Made Monster, beginning as early as The Wolf Man later that same year, he was almost always billed under his more famous father's name as Lon Chaney. His career in movies and television spanned four decades, from 1931 to 1971.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Al Adamson
Starring: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: PG
Language: English
Studio: Shriek Show
Special Features:
Starring: J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Eisley
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: PG
Language: English
Studio: Shriek Show
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by writer/producer Sam Sherman
- Documentary on Independent International Pictures
- Rare alternate ending
- Deleted Scenes
- Deleted scene with Famous Monsters editor Forrest J Ackerman and Dracula
- Rare 8mm movie location footage
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV Spot
- Extensive photo gallery
CENTER STAGE (2000)
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Product Description: The American Ballet Company is not for the fainthearted, it's for the most gifted and beautiful ballet dancers alive. But you'll need more than mere physical prowess and determination to succeed. You'll need to deliver the goods at CENTER STAGE. Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher, American Beauty), the ballet company's owner is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their ambitions, romances and heartbreaks which prove to be both invigorating and difficult. The results are a celebration of beauty, bodies, and ballet.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Zoe Saldana
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Runtime: 115 min
Rating: PG-13 for language and some sensuality
Language: English
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Starring: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, Zoe Saldana
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Runtime: 115 min
Rating: PG-13 for language and some sensuality
Language: English
Studio: Sony Pictures
Special Features:
- None
SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
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Product Description: In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, Joan Crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor (Jack Palance) with a troubling secret. She soon discovers that he not only married her for money but that he plans to murder her with the help of his lover (Gloria Grahame). Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress (Crawford), Best Supporting Actor (Palance) and Best Black & White Cinematography (Charles Lang Jr.), this taut thriller also features a score by Elmer Bernstein that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: David Miller
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Genre: Film-Noir, Thriller
Runtime: 110 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Cohen Media Group
Special Features:
Starring: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Genre: Film-Noir, Thriller
Runtime: 110 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Cohen Media Group
Special Features:
- None
STEAMING (1985)
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Product Description: This was legendary filmmaker, Joseph Losey s (The Servant, Figures in a Landscape) final film about a group of women who overcome several obstacles by helping each other out. Seven different women whose backgrounds are filled in by flashbacks and narration are together in a steam room on ladies' day. Violet (Diana Dors, Nothing But the Night) is the maternal manager of the steam bath, and one of the issues to be resolved is how to save the bath from being shut down by the authorities. Nancy (Vanessa Redgrave, Julia, Camelot) is suddenly a single mother of three after being deserted by her husband.
Her good friend Sarah (Sarah Miles, Ryan s Daughter) has neither children nor a husband, yet she can empathize with Nancy's increasing loneliness. Josie (Patti Love, The Long Good Friday) is an outgoing, talkative woman whose sex life is her main interest at the moment, and other women include a somewhat reserved mother-and-daughter duo (Brenda Bruce and Felicity Dean). Personal traumas are revealed and shared, and a plan to save the steam bath is also cooked up. This was to be the last film for both Diana Dors and Joseph Losey who died not long after the feature was wrapped. Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Joseph Losey
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Scorpion Releasing
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Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Diana Dors
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Scorpion Releasing
Special Features:
- Trailers
BAD GIRL (1931)
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Product Description: The great Frank Borzage (A Farewell to Arms) directed this pre-code classic set during The Great Depression, James Dunn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) and Sally Eilers (The Black Camel) play a poor couple who must marry when she becomes pregnant. Skeptical about romance they nonetheless fall in love, but their lack of confidence in humanity and the opposite sex begins to haunt their marriage. Academy Award® Nominee for Best Picture and Winner of Two Academy Awards® for Best Director (Borzage) and Best Writing and Adaption (Edwin J. Burke). Based on the Novel by Viña Delmar (The Awful Truth) and play by Brian Marlow (Supernatural).
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Frank Borzage
Starring: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombell
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombell
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 90 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- Audio commentary by film historian Kent Jones
SLIME CITY/SLIME CITY MASSACRE (1988)
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Product Description: Available for the first time in High Definition, Gregory Lamberson's 1989 cult hit Slime City and 2010 sequel, Slime City Massacre, dripping with gruesome extras! Slime City (1989) - In a run-down apartment building in NYC, a student stumbles across the remains of a cult and transforms into a murderous, slime-dripping monster! Slime City Massacre (2010) - When a greedy real estate tycoon sends mercenaries into a bombed out city to destroy the homeless, they stumble across the remains of a cult of hideous, oozing slime creatures, sparking an all-out war for control of Slime City. Bonus features include: Interview with composer Mars, Slime City Massacre Behind-the-scenes, Slime City Massacre Trailer, Three director commentaries, Return to Slime City, Slime City 2006 trailer, Slime City Grindhouse Collection trailer, Slime City original trailer, Slime Heads, Making Slime , Slime City Survivor (On Set Interviews) , Slime City Massacre Deleted Scenes
Purchasing Links: Double Feature Blu-ray
Director: Greg Lamberson
Starring: Debbie Rochon, Craig Sabin, Jennifer Bihl Kealan, Patrick Burke, Mary Bogle
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 81 min; 85 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Camp Motion Pictures
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Starring: Debbie Rochon, Craig Sabin, Jennifer Bihl Kealan, Patrick Burke, Mary Bogle
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 81 min; 85 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Camp Motion Pictures
Special Features:
- Slime City Director Audio Commentary
- TWO additional director commentaries
- Making Slime
- Slime Heads
- Slime City Original Trailer
- Slime City Grindhouse Collection Trailer
- Slime City 2006 Trailer
- Slime City Massacre Trailer
- Slime City Massacre Behind-the-Scenes Fetaurette
- Interview with Slime City Massacre Composer Mars
- Slime City Survivor
- Slime City Massacre Deleted Scenes
MAN FACING SOUTHEAST (1986)
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Product Description: Man Facing Southeast is Argentine director Eliseo Subiela's 1986 cult classic, a powerfully moving science-fiction parable of a saint-like stranger in an even stranger land our Earth. This critically-acclaimed gem has not been available on DVD or Blu-ray in the United States, until now.
A man named Rantes (Hugo Soto) suddenly appears in a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital expertly playing theorgan. But who is he this man with no recorded identity? Doctor Denis (Lorenzo Quinteros) dismisses Rantes' claim of being an alien visitor as a case of paranoid delusion. Beatriz (Ine s Vernengo), his only visitor, sees him as an intimate and knowing companion. And the other patients, intrigued by his mysterious intelligence, see him as their only source of hope. Inspiring, mystical, and unforgettable, Man Facing Southeast is one of the great science-fiction films of the 1980s.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray A man named Rantes (Hugo Soto) suddenly appears in a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital expertly playing theorgan. But who is he this man with no recorded identity? Doctor Denis (Lorenzo Quinteros) dismisses Rantes' claim of being an alien visitor as a case of paranoid delusion. Beatriz (Ine s Vernengo), his only visitor, sees him as an intimate and knowing companion. And the other patients, intrigued by his mysterious intelligence, see him as their only source of hope. Inspiring, mystical, and unforgettable, Man Facing Southeast is one of the great science-fiction films of the 1980s.
Director: Eliseo Subiela
Starring: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 105 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 105 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- Interviews
- Booklet with Director's Statement and Essay by Film Historian Nancy J. Membrez
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