1975 USA crime thriller by Lee Frost, once cut by the BBFC, just released on US Blu-ray
11th January 2021
The Black Gestapo is a 1975 USA crime thriller by Lee Frost Starring Rod Perry,Charles Robinson,Phil Hoover
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated VHS in 1987. Uncut and 18 rated for
2007 DVD. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
2021 Code Red (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 5th January 2021
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General Ahmed (Rod Perry (TV's S.W.A.T.) has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing
pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's second-in-command Colonel Kojah (Charlie Robinson, TV's Night Court, Sugar Hill) asks for permission to start a protection squad to take more direct action. Ahmed fears this protection squad will just turn into a
vigilante mob, and his prediction soon proves correct. Will Ahmed be able to wrest control back from the power-mad Kojah, or will he be the mob's next victim? Throw away all those PD bootlegs and watch this classic in HD from the original camera
negative! Directed by cult filmmaker Lee Frost (Chain Gang Women, Policewomen, Dixie Dynamite).
Special Features: -2015 2K Master From the Original Camera Negative -Interviews with Stars Charlie Robinson, Rod Perry and Charles Howerton
-Audio Commentary with Stars Robinson and Perry -Theatrical Trailer
2007 Spain horror mystery thriller by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza just released on UK Blu-ray with 2 versions
11th January 2021
[Rec] is a 2007 Spain horror mystery thriller by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. Starring Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza and Jorge-Yamam Serrano.
Exists as a Theatrical Version and a production version.
UK: Passed 18 uncut for strong bloody violence and sustained terror:
2021 Arrow Special Edition [Theatrical + Production Versions] (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad
released on 4th January 2021
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28 Days Later meets The Blair Witch Project as a mysterious virus turns the inhabitants of an apartment building into a horde of frenzied, bloodthirsty ghouls in [REC] - the original
2007 found footage phenomenon that spawned a hit franchise and US remake.
A television film crew, documenting the night shift of a Barcelona fire brigade, get much more than they bargained for when they attend an apparently routine call-out. Upon
arrival at an inner city apartment, the firefighters are viciously attacked by the elderly female occupant, who appears to be in the throes of some sort of viral infection. Before long, the virus has taken hold of the entire building, which is cordoned
off by the authorities. Trapped inside, the television crew - using their cameras to capture the events as they unfold - and the other remaining survivors find themselves pitched into a nightmare of unimaginable proportions.
Fusing the zombie
genre with the found footage format to throw the audience right into the midst of the action, [REC] is a terrifying, relentless rollercoaster ride which builds to one of the horror genre s all time bone-chilling climaxes.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray presentation with two viewing options: the ""theatrical version"" (24fps, 1080p, 78 mins) as shown in cinemas, and the ""production version"" (25fps, 1080i, 75 mins) as originally
filmed
Original Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options on both versions
Optional English subtitles
New audio commentary by film critic and historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Found Footage Horror: Fear and the
Appearance of Reality
Archive commentary by directors Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza
The Making of [REC], an archive featurette examining the process of production featuring interviews with cast & crew
How to Shoot a
Horror Movie, a French-language featurette presented by directors Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza
Archive interview with Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza looking back on the film
The Fantastic Four, an archive panel discussion with
[REC] directors Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza and new wave Spanish horror contemporaries Gonzalo Lopez Callego and Juan Antonio Bayona
On set footage of the cast & crew at work on key scenes including the attack on Mrs. Izquierdo and the climb
to hell
Archive interview with director of photography Pablo Rosso
Archive interview with sound supervisor Xavi Mas
Archive interview with sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Confidences, a video diary by star Manuela Velasco
Deleted and extended scenes, including Fire Station Redux , The Secret Archive and Corridors of Nails
Casting, original video footage from the audition process
Trailers and TV spots
Image gallery
Reversible
sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet with new writing on the film by Xavier Aldana Reyes
Young marines on a WWII tour of duty learn that "war is hell" in this graphic, unflinching and honest drama of men in combat. Starring Cornel Wilde (The Big Combo, Road House)
and Rip Torn (Cross Creek, Time Limit), Beach Red marked a real breakthrough in American war picture production by taking pains to show the terror on both sides. After a gory battle to take the beach on a Japanese-held island in the Pacific, Captain
MacDonald (Wilde) asks Sergeant Honeywell (Torn) to lead a squad on a perilous journey deep into the jungle to find the enemy's stronghold. The scouts soon learn that the Japanese are preparing to strike back hard and fast. In the hours to come, whose
blood will soak the sand red? Co-written, produced and directed by star Cornel Wilde (Storm Fear, The Naked Prey, No Blade of Grass).
Special Features: -Theatrical Trailer -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Optional English Subtitles
1989 UK / Sweden comedy fantasy adventure by Terry Jones just released on UK Blu-ray/DVD Combo with 2 versions
9th January 2021
Erik the Viking is a 1989 UK / Sweden comedy fantasy adventure by Terry Jones Starring Tim Robbins,John Cleese,Mickey Rooney
A long cinema version was cut for a 12 rating in 1989. Shortened for a 15 rated video version and further for the Director's Son's Cut. There is also an international version too.
UK: The shortened
Director's Son's Cut was previously passed 15 for moderate sex references without BBFC cuts: UK: BBFC details not yet published:
2020 Signal One [International Version + Director's Son's Cut] (RB) Blu-ray/R2 Combo
at UK Amazon #ad released on 28th December 2020
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Patriot Films and Signal One Entertainment presents Erik the Viking. Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones' fast-paced, visually lavish comic fantasy starring Tim Robbins (The Shawshank
Redemption) as the reluctant marauder. Presented in a deluxe special edition, featuring a wealth of extras, and two unique cuts of the film.
A Viking with a conscience, Erik tires of pillaging and decides to set out on a quest. When the wise Freya
informs Erik that a great mythic wolf has eaten the sun, the warrior resolves to venture to Asgard, home of the Norse gods, to set things right. Before Erik can reach Asgard, he and his allies must first find a magical horn that resides in the land of
King Arnulf, who, luckily for the hero, has a lovely daughter, Princess Aud.
Monty Python's Terry Jones wrote and directed this madcap fantasy (inspired by his own children s book), and the eclectic cast reunites him with fellow Python John
Cleese, as well as legends Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt. Just as much of the humor of Erik stems from the anachronisms of old Norse mythological figures reacting to adventures with a modern wit, the film of Erik also seems wonderfully out of time -- an
anarchic, surreal, wild, 1970s-styled comic adventure arriving at the tail end of the 1980s. Jones continued to experiment with the film after its release, so we are presenting the original international theatrical cut here, along with the new version
created by Jones and his son.
Brand New Extras:
Original Theatrical Release Cut in HD (103 minutes/99 minutes in PAL)
"The Director's Son's Cut" in SD (79 minutes)
NEW Commentary Track on the Theatrical Release Cut by Film Historian and Author ("Heavy Metal
Movies") Mike McPadden and Comedy Writer/Producer Aaron Lee
Commentary Track on The Director's Son's Cut by Terry Jones
1967 US western romance by Arnold Laven just released on US Blu-ray
7th January 2021
Rough Night in Jericho is a 1967 US western romance by Arnold Laven. With Dean Martin, Jean Simmons and George Peppard.
Cut by the BBFC for an A rated cinema release in 1967. Uncut and 12
rated for DVD in 2012.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
2021 KL Studio Classics (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on 5th January 2021
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From Arnold Laven, the director of Anna Lucasta, Geronimo, The Glory Guys and Sam Whiskey, comes this tension-filled western starring screen greats Dean Martin (Texas Across the River),
George Peppard (Newman's Law) and Jean Simmons (Elmer Gantry). One-time lawman Alex Flood (Martin) is now the ruthless boss of Jericho--a town he once helped to clean up. Now this officer-gone-bad has bullied his way into owning more than half of all of
Jericho's businesses with the exception of the stagecoach line run by the strong-willed widow Molly Lang (Simmons). Molly and the townspeople turn to former Deputy U.S. Marshal Dolan (Peppard) for help but he refuses to take on the tyrant, figuring any
confrontation with Flood or his men is a losing battle. How far can one man be pushed before he finally fights back? Co-starring Slim Pickens (The Getaway) and John McIntire (Backlash).
Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Film
Historian Samm Deighan -Theatrical Trailer -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Optional English Subtitles
Muscle's centrepiece sequence is a dingy, throbbing orgy scene set in a grubby suburban home in north-east England. It is so hypnotically grim that it takes a few moments to realise that the majority of
performers don't appear to be faking it. Sudden, unsimulated sex comes as a shock to the viewer; what was it like to shoot?
I had heard a story that the film's director, Gerard Johnson, simply filled a house with swingers, left
them to it and filmed whatever stragglers they found when they returned three days later. Yeah, it's basically that, says Fairbrass. Gerard was inundated with people who wanted to be in this scene. Literally inundated. It was so intense. So intense. You
had the people who were willing to go further and the people who weren't willing to go too far, so it was all orchestrated in a very professional way. Everybody had to consent.
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Sick of his life and lifestyle Simon (Cavan Clerkin) hits the gym. His inexperience, timid nature, and soft body stick out in this run-down gym full of Schwarzeneggers. Immediately, he draws the attention of an intimidating
personal trainer named Terry who offers to coach him. Terrys criminal past, impulse to humiliate, and aggressive style all concern Simon but he swiftly sees results and finally feels alive.
All too quickly though, Simons life spins out of control
after his girlfriend leaves him and Terry becomes his boss, friend, and roommate. Simon suddenly finds himself trapped, stuck in a self-destructive spiral, as every aspect of his life now dangerously rests in Terrys big, tough hands...
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