Archive for November 12, 2013

BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD (2013) Coming to DVD 7th January 2014.

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 Director: Rob Kuhns / Actors: George A. Romero, Larry Fessenden, Mark Harris, Gale Anne Hurd, Elvis Mitchell.

In 1968 a young college drop-out named George A. Romero directed Night of the Living Dead, a low budget horror film that shocked the world, became an icon of the counterculture, and spawned a zombie industry worth … Read the rest

FLAVIA THE HERETIC:Scorpion Releasing Blu-ray coming January 2014.

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Starring: Florinda Bolkan, María Casaras, Claudio Cassinelli, Anthony Higgins, Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi

Florinda Bolkan stars as Flavia, a woman forced to live the life of a nun by her demanding father. After witnessing injustices and questioning her own faith, she flees the convent in search of a better life. Her taste … Read the rest

Brian De Palma’s PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974) Arrow Blu-ray release 17th February 2014

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Starring: Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper.
Directed by: Brian De Palma.

Composer Winslow Leach (William Finley) is determined to seek revenge on Swan (Williams), an evil record tycoon who steals his pop cantana of the Faust legend to launch his enemy’s palace as the mysterious Phantom of the Paradise and continues to plan his … Read the rest