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#831
30th March 2022, 07:47 PM
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#832
30th March 2022, 09:08 PM
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Full details 'The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection 2' - 7-Disc Blu-ray / CD Box Set PRE-ORDER available from Severin Films direct - $95:00 Release date: May 31  "To celebrate the centennial of Sir Christopher Lee, Eurocrypt Collection 2 presents five of the most unexpected, underrated and underseen films of the iconic actor’s European career. Immediately following HORROR OF DRACULA, Lee reprised the role in the quirky 1959 Italian comedy UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE. Lee speaks fluent German opposite Klaus Kinski for the crazed 1962 krimi SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID. In the 1974 UK psycho-thriller DARK PLACES, Lee toplines a cast that includes Joan Collins, Herbert Lom and Jane Birkin. Lee’s final performance as The Count in the 1976 French comedy DRACULA AND SON can at last be seen in its superior Director’s Cut, while the ultra-rare 1988 Dutch drama MURDER STORY brings Lee into the sex shoppes of Amsterdam. Each film has been remastered from original negative materials with over 15 total hours of trailers, commentaries, alternate cuts, vintage interviews and new featurettes, plus the DRACULA AND SON soundtrack and an all-new 100-page book by Lee biographer Jonathan Rigby." Disc 1: Uncle Was a Vampire (1959) "Shortly after HORROR OF DRACULA, Christopher Lee accepted an offer from producer Mario Cecchi Gori – whose 200+ films would include Argento’s OPERA and Oscar nominee IL POSTINO – to make his first Italian film and reprise his star-making role: His Carpathian domicile bought by developers, Baron Roderico (Lee in full Hammer/Dracula mode) flees to the ancestral castle owned by his impoverished nephew (diminutive ’50s comedy star Renato Rascel). But when the nephew sells this castle to luxury hoteliers, Uncle Prince of Darkness must withstand obnoxious tourists, bikini beauties and his own bloodsucking bellhop relative. Sylva Koscina (HERCULES) and Susanne Loret (ATOM AGE VAMPIRE) co-star in this sexy spoof directed by Steno (famed for his films with Italian comic Totò), featuring the Uncut Theatrical Version scanned in 2K from the dupe negative and Alternate TV Version sourced from the broadcast tape master." Special Features and Specs:
 Disc 2: The Secret of the Red Orchid (1962) "Christopher Lee stars – speaking fluent German – in this off-the-wall 1962 krimi filmed in Hamburg and based on the Edgar Wallace novel When The Gangs Came To London. As rival Chicago mobsters – led by Klaus Kinski as ‘Pretty Boy Steve’ – unleash a spree of extortion, machine gun mayhem and murder across England, Scotland Yard summons a cunning FBI agent (Lee) to end the escalating gang war. Adrian Hoven (MARK OF THE DEVIL, CASTLE OF THE CREEPING FLESH), and Marisa Mell (DANGER: DIABOLIK) co-star in this “entertaining riff on the classic gangster genre” (Krimi Film), now scanned in 2K from the dupe negative and presented with its English and German-language tracks for the first time ever in America." Special Features and Specs:
 Disc 3: Dark Places (1974) "Christopher Lee toplines a cast that includes Joan Collins, Herbert Lom and Jane Birkin in the 1974 UK production – directed by Don Sharp of RASPUTIN: THE MAD MONK and PSYCHOMANIA fame – that’s equal parts ‘old dark house’ supernatural shocker and Amicus-style all-star fun: When the former administrator of an asylum (Robert Hardy, aka ‘Cornelius Fudge’ of the HARRY POTTER films) inherits the crumbling estate of an elderly inmate, he’ll unlock a nightmare of lust, larceny, insanity and several murders grisly enough to warrant an ‘X’ certification from the BBFC. Jean Marsh (THE CHANGELING, RETURN TO OZ) co-stars in this “overlooked entry amid the ‘70s Anglo-horror cycle” (Moria Reviews), now scanned uncut in 4K from an internegative recently discovered in a London lab vault." Special Features and Specs:
 Disc 4 & 5: Dracula and Son – Director’s Cut (1976) and U.S. Version (1979) "For his tenth and final screen appearance as Dracula, Christopher Lee starred – speaking fluent French – in this slyly ingenious 1976 horror comedy based on a novel by Claude Klotz (THE HAIRDRESSER’S HUSBAND) and directed by Academy Award® nominee Édouard Molinaro (LA CAGE AUX FOLLES). But when the U.S. distributor re-cut and dubbed the film into a broad parody, it was deservedly met with universal disdain. Molinaro’s Director’s Cut can now be experienced for the first time ever in America, lovingly restored in 4K from the original negative with both French & English audio tracks. Bernard Menez (DAY FOR NIGHT), Marie-Hélène Breillat (LAST TANGO IN PARIS) and future writer/director Catherine Breillat (ANATOMY OF HELL) co-star in this “charming satire” (The Christopher Lee Filmography) featuring a sumptuous score by Vladimir Cosma (DIVA) and loaded with vintage & new Special Features." Special Features and Specs:
 Disc 6: Dracula and Son Soundtrack Disc 7: Murder Story (1989) "In the lone feature film written & directed by ‘80s music video hitmakers Eddie Arno & Markus Innocenti, Christopher Lee delivers a sly performance as a famous mystery novelist whose mentoring of an aspiring young writer (Alexis Denisof of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/ANGEL) will lead them both into an Amsterdam-based web of pornography, arson and a global conspiracy of cold-blooded murder. Bruce Boa (THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, FULL METAL JACKET) co-stars in this 1989 Dutch/British thriller produced by Tom Reeve (DOG SOLDIERS), now scanned in 4K from the original negative. As a bonus, Rod Taylor, Valerie Perrine and Lee star in the ultra-rare 1989 Swedish/Canadian giallo MASK OF MURDER, sourced from the best existing master." Special Features and Specs:
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#833
30th March 2022, 09:13 PM
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'The Return of Captain Invincible' (1983) - 3-Disc Blu-ray w/Slipcover PRE-ORDER available from Severin Films direct - $36:00 Release date: May 31 "Academy Award winner Alan Arkin and horror/fantasy icon Christopher Lee star in the long-unseen 1983 action-comedy from the director of THE BEAST WITHIN and HOWLING II, with songs by Richard O’Brien (THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW), and co-written by the screenwriter of DIE HARD and 48 HOURS that New Times calls “one of the best superhero movies ever made (really)”: When archcriminal Mr. Midnight (Lee) plots to take over the world, the world’s only hope is World War II’s formerly indestructible ‘Legend In Leotards’ (Arkin) who is now a burnt-out drunk. Kate Fitzpatrick, Michael Pate (MAD DOG MORGAN) and Franklin D. Roosevelt co-star in this “pioneering left-of-center superhero flick” (The Guardian), now presented on 3 discs featuring the Theatrical Version, Director’s Cut and soundtrack CD with 2+ hours of Special Features" Special Features: Disc 1: Theatrical Cut
Disc 2: Director’s Cut
Bonus Disc: CD Soundtrack Additional Special Feature: Reversible Wrap Disc Specs:
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#834
11th April 2022, 04:01 PM
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Severin disc of STONE arrived at the weekend. Cracking release. 
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#835
21st April 2022, 06:59 PM
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Mardi Gras Massacre has left the building!  MrBarlow likes this.
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#836
27th April 2022, 07:36 PM
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Mardi Gras Massacre arrived today! I ordered the C.Lee vol 2 boxset as well.
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#837
27th May 2022, 09:37 PM
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'The Incredibly Strange Films of Ray Dennis Steckler' - 10-Disc Blu-ray Box Set pre-order available from Severin Films direct - $150:00 Release date: July 26 "See: the incredibly comprehensive 10-disc career spanning collection from producer/director/writer/showman/star Ray Dennis Steckler – along with noms de cinéma that included Sven Christian, Wolfgang Schmidt, Cindy Lou Sutters and Cash Flagg – “an unheralded auteur misunderstood by the mainstream and de-legitimized by a critical community unable to appreciate his genius.” (PopMatters) See: 20 incredibly strange films – scanned in 4K/2K from the best existing 35MM/16MM vault elements, sole remaining prints and video masters – including several rarely-seen, thought-lost or never-before-on-disc, plus all-new Special Features, audio commentaries, a full-color book and more that smashes the fun barrier! See: the incredibly true story – filmed in Hallucinogenic Hypno-Vision & Terrorama! – behind one of the most incomparable, unstoppable and wildly original talents in horror, exploitation, adult film and pop culture history. New Book: The Incredibly Strange Filmmaker Who Stopped Living And Became A Mixed-Up Legend written by Zack Carlson, co-author of Destroy All Movies!!! and Bleeding Skull: A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey, with contributions by Charles Devlin" Disc 1: Wild Guitar (1962) Special Features and specs:
Disc 2: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1963) Special Features and specs:
Disc 3: The Thrill Killers (1965) Special Features and specs:
Disc 4: Rat Pfink A Boo Boo (1965) / The Lemon Grove Kids (1967, 1969) Special Features and Specs: Rat Pfink A Boo Boo
The Lemon Grove Kids
Disc 5: Body Fever (1969) / Sinthia: The Devil’s Doll (1969) Body Fever Special Features:
Disc 6: Blood Shack (1971) Special Features and specs:
Disc 7: The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher (1980) / The Las Vegas Serial Killer (1987) Special Features and specs: The Hollywood Strangler Meets The Skid Row Slasher
The Las Vegas Serial Killer
Disc 8: The Mad Love Life Of A Hot Vampire / Nazi Brothel / Love Life Of Hitler’s Nazis / Count Al-Kum Special Features and specs:
Disc 9: Dr. Cock Luv / The Sexorcist’s Devil / Red Heat Special Features and specs:
Disc 10: Summer Fun (1997) / Reading, Pennsylvania (2006) / One More Time (2008) Special Features and specs:
__________________ People try to put us down Just because we get around Golly, Gee! it's wrong to be so guilty |
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#838
28th May 2022, 07:02 AM
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^^^ I've never seen a Steckler film but strangely and incredibly I have a deep desire to get this... ... it's a sickness I tells ya  |
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#839
30th May 2022, 09:11 AM
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The only one I've seen is The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-up Zombies!?? – by no stretch of the imagination is it a good film. It's not even mediocre. It's one of those movies that is watchable and has rewatch value because of – rather than despite – its shortcomings.
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#840
30th May 2022, 10:35 AM
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^^ All you need to know about the man and his films: The film should have been called 'Rat Pfink And Boo Boo' but there was a mistake at the printers, and the letters 'n' and 'd' were missed out. Because it was too expensive to rectify the error, the film is now forever known as 'Rat Pfink A Boo Boo'!   Demoncrat and nosferatu42 like this.
__________________ People try to put us down Just because we get around Golly, Gee! it's wrong to be so guilty |
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