DVD and Blu-ray Releases: April 19, 2016
Sean Brickley
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We have the lucky number of thirteen for our release list this week, folks. As I mentioned last week, German Angst could have come out then, but it also could be coming out this week. Either way, I have a 50% chance of being right on this one.
As for classics this week, there are a handful of titles to speak of. First up is Helga: She Wolf of Stilberg from 1978. I can’t say for certain, but I think she was my Philosophy professor in college. We’ve also got Paul Sorvino in the Blu-ray release of The Stuff and the legendary Dennis Hopper in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, also on Blu-ray. Closing out our classics is 1984’s Bloody Wednesday (which I always thought was the original working title for The Cure’s “Friday I’m In Love”).
From the 90’s we’ve got Gorotica and Gore Whore. I don’t know a ton about these SRS movies outside of the fact that they have fun names to say.
Outside of that, there are still a bunch of more recent releases to peruse below, so choose wisely. Pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
All Hallows Eve: October 30th (2015)
Starring:
Ryan Byrne, Dylan Cook, Adrian Gabrylewicz, Mark Fisher, Mikaela Fyfe
Synopsis:
20 years after a tyrannical maniac terrorized his family near Pearl Lake on October 30th 1988, the so-called events of missing people begin again. Oldest son, Ethan Pearl and brother Jacob intricately select a cast of stars (Jade, Heather, Gene, Milton, & Crew) in an attempt to produce a Pearl Lake horror film based on their traumatic childhood. While location scouting and rehearsing, the group encounters several unexpected turns and a crazy man who terrorizes them. Ethan leads Jade down a perceived path to safety, but when she continues to search for answers, she realizes this isn’t an ordinary film, or an ordinary director.
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Bloody Wednesday (1984)
Starring:
Raymond Elmendorf, Pamela Baker, Navarre Perry
Synopsis:
On July 18, 1984 in San Diego, CA, 41-year-old James Huberty said goodbye to his wife and two daughters and calmly walked out of his house saying he was “going hunting humans.” Moments later, he walked into a McDonald’s and killed 21 people with a small arsenal of weapons before being fatally shot by a SWAT team sniper. The San Ysidro Massacre, as it became known, was the deadliest mass shooting that had ever taken place in America. Academy award winner Philip Yordan brings us the film, Bloody Wednesday, which recreates that event with Harry Curtis (Raymond Elmendorf), who we watch inexplicably descending into madness. Harry s sense of reality is distorted as he is haunted by ghosts, harassed by neighborhood thugs, and has bizarre interactions with his only friend; a talking teddy bear. Isolated by his mental illness, he begins to feel more and more abandoned and betrayed by humanity. When he loses his job, his descent into madness accelerates and ultimately culminates in a senseless and random massacre at a local diner. Bloody Wednesday examines and illustrates just how such an event can happen, complete with irrational monologues and off-the-wall manifestations of his madness that are not to be missed.
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Classroom 6 (2015)
Starring:
Valentina Kolaric, Mike Mclaughlin, Maurice Mejia
Synopsis:
The Santa Maria College in Bakersfield, CA has been the stage of strange and frightening events ever since the disappearances of a school teacher and his student a year ago in one classrooms number 6. After several reports of paranormal occurrences taking place on site, a TV crew is sent in to spend a night inside the college and investigate.
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German Angst (2015)
Starring:
Matthan Harris, Denis Lyons, Daniel Faust
Synopsis:
“German Angst” is an outrageous compilation of three tales, exploring all aspects of love, sex and death in Berlin. Directed and featuring Germany’s most shocking directors, Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik), Michal Kosakowski (Zero Killed), and Andreas Marschall (Tears of Kali).
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Gore Whore (1994)
Starring:
Audrey Street, Brady Debussey, D’Lana Tunnell
Synopsis:
When a lab assistant steals an important formula and all its documentation from Dr. Whitman, he hires a bottom-of-the-barrel private eye, Chase Barr, to locate it. When Barr digs deeper into the case he finds the lab assistant is actually a dead street whore and the formula is a reanimation agent that, with the consumption of human blood, is keeping her alive! In trying to retrieve the formula, Chase is given a rollercoaster ride through hell as the whore reanimates corpses to attack him and help her hold onto the formula.
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Gorotica (1993)
Starring:
Ghetty Chasun, Dingo Jones, Bushrude Gutterman
Synopsis:
Neil (Dingo Jones) and Max (Bushrude Gutterman) are jewel thieves working for the enigmatic Miss Miles (Dolores Jackson). After their latest job goes wrong, Max swallows a large diamond, the main piece from the job, so they won’t be caught with the evidence. Unfortunately, he ends up getting shot and killed by a police officer soon after, leaving Neil with a rather sticky situation- how to retrieve the diamond? Meanwhile, he’s run into necrophiliac Carrie (Ghetty Chasun), who takes an immediate shine to Max, and promises to help Neil dispose of the body. Problem is, Carrie wants it fresh, and Neil needs to get inside. What to do?
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Grimewave (2013)
Starring:
Anthony Carias, Jason Beckhouse, Steve Waltz
Synopsis:
When the legendary, unstoppable serial killer CFK stumbles upon a drug deal, he accidentally enters the dark and violent world of New Orleans crime. Two rival gangs stop their ongoing war in order to recruit assassins, dirty cops, and mystical ninjas in an attempt to destroy CFK before he kills everyone in sight! An insane, nasty, gnarly and disgusting combination of Friday the 13th and Salo!
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Helga: She Wolf Of Stilberg (1978)
Starring:
Patrizia Gori, Malisa Longo, Dominique Aveline, Richard Allan
Synopsis:
This notorious 1970s women in prison classic, finally available for the first time in North America. Taking a cue from Don Edmond’s classic Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, Helga moves the action to South America, where she lords over a castle of female political prisoners, who are stripped and tortured at whim, until local rebels help them fight back against their captors and attempt escape.
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The Red Suit (2014)
Starring:
Michael J. Panichelli Jr., Caitlyn Fletcher, Jake Lewis, Kristin Ann Teporelli, Raffaele Marchetta
Synopsis:
Seeking a cure for her sister’s fatal illness, Star seeks help from two mysterious men who offer a very unconventional and dangerous remedy. They must pull the disease killing Ally into the physical world and destroy it. But when things go wrong, everyone must band together and put their differences aside to stop a living disease which can spread and destroy humanity.
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She Wolf Rising (2016)
Starring:
Tiffany Shepis, Debbie Rochon, Tina Krause, Brandon Ellis, J.Edmund Fond
Synopsis:
This supernatural thriller explores the dark side of underground film making. Gina Skylar, the reigning queen of horror, lures Jake Bubar, her number one fan, into the decadent world of illusions and myths to help her find Robert Lonzo’s (her producer), stolen film footage. Jake sees her vulnerability and beauty and cannot resist her. His beliefs are challenged when he discovers Gina’s true nature but he cannot control his forbidden desire for her. Together, they forge ahead and deal with the demons and beasts that try to stop them.
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Smothered (2016)
Starring:
Kane Hodder, Brea Grant, R.A. Mihailoff, Bill Moseley, Dane Rhodes, Michael Berryman, Malcolm Danare
Synopsis:
Smothered boasts the largest collection of horror icons on one screen ever and it’s great to see them together. When a bunch of horror icons are at a crappy horror convention, they get offered a bunch of money to scare a bunch of fans at the local park. Easy money for a weekend gig, right? Wrong. When they get there, they meet the woman who runs it, as well as her incredibly well-endowed daughter, Dee Dee, but little do they know that they are not just the stars of the weekend, but the intended victims! Watch as your favorite horror icons fight for their lives…
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The Stuff (1985)
Starring:
Michael Moriarity, Paul Sorvino, Danny Aiello, Garrett Morris, Andrea Marcovicci
Synopsis:
Are you eating it …or is it eating you?
The Stuff is the new dessert taking supermarket shelves by storm. It s delicious, low in calories and better still doesn t stain the family carpet… What s not to like?! Well, for a start it has a life of its own, and we’re not talking friendly live bacteria…
Young Jason seems to be the only one who doesn t love The Stuff in fact he won t go anywhere near it, after having seen the pudding crawling around the fridge one night. What s more, everyone who eats The Stuff has started acting really weird… Now, teaming up with wise-cracking industrial saboteur Mo , Jason must put a stop to The Stuff and the organization behind it or face a gooey, gloopy demise.
Coming courtesy of horror auteur Larry Cohen (director of the It s Alive series and scribe behind the Maniac Cop trilogy), The Stuff is a titillating treat for the taste-buds which blends elements of films such as Street Trash with the straight-up B-movie flavor of The Blob. So grab a spoon and dig on into The Stuff the taste that delivers… much more than you bargained for!
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Starring:
Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Bill Moseley
Synopsis:
A retired Texas Ranger pursues a killer named Leatherface and his family of chainsaw-wielding cannibals.
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The Wicked Woods (Perfidy) (2014)
Starring:
Catherine Mazoyer, Iñigo Urrutia
Synopsis:
Estranged childhood friends and former lovers, Laura (Catherine Mazoyer, “Lola”) and Ruben (Iñigo Urrutia, “No”) go to a remote cabin in a mysterious forest in order to reignite their relationship after spending fifteen years apart.
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