Archive for Upcoming Frights

THE BROOD ( David Cronenberg/1979) Criterion Collection Blu-ray coming soon.

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Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Nicholas Campbell

A man’s wife is under the care of an eccentric and unconventional psychologist who uses innovative and theatrical techniques to breach the psychological blocks in his patients. When their daughter comes back from a visit with her mother and is covered with bruises and welts, … Read the rest

Eurocrime on Blu: STUNT SQUAD (Domenico Paolella/1977) Raro USA Blu-ray released September 2014.

AKA:La polizia è sconfitta / Elimination Force / Los Nuevos Bastardos (The New Bastards)

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Starring: Marcel Bozzuffi, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Riccardo Salvino and Claudia Giannotti.

“LA POLIZIA E’ SCONFITTA “(internationally titled Stunt Squad and Elimination Force) is a 1977 classic Italian poliziottesco film directed by Domenico Paolella. The character of Mezzogiorno was defined as “perhaps … Read the rest

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (Ruggero Deodato/1980) Grindhouse Releasing Blu-ray coming 1st July 2014!!

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Starring: Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi, Carl Gabriel Yorke and Ricardo Fuentes.

Banned and heavily censored the world over, here is a film that surpasses its reputation as a shot-gun blast to the senses. Cannibal Holocaust presents the “found footage” of a group of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death … Read the rest