More Euro Horror Heading Our Way This Spring
If you’re a UK fan of what’s known as “Euro Horror” or “Euro Sleaze” (or have an all-region DVD player), then we have some great news for you today! Screenbound has announce the launch of two brand new cult film labels: Black House Films will focus on Euro Horror, and Maison Rouge will specialize in Euro Sleaze.
The first release from Black House Films will be zombie classic Zombie Lake from French horror maestro Jean Rollin, set for DVD on 20 March 2017, followed by Juan Fortuny’s Crimson on 17 April.
Zombie Lake
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Young, nubile women are disappearing without trace in a small lakeside town in this cult classic zombie movie. The superstitious locals blame “The Lake of Ghosts,” but the town’s mayor (Howard Vernon) is unwilling to investigate. When another woman is found dead with her throat ripped out, a reporter discovers that the lake harbors a terrible secret dating back to World War II. Now the locals must become resistance fighters once again – and take on the returning Nazi zombie Stormtroopers who are back from the dead.
Crimson
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When a robbery goes horribly wrong and the gang’s leader, Jack, is shot in the head, a group of criminals go to extreme measures to save his life. With the help of a local doctor the gang devise a unique plan – to kill their worst enemy, throw his body in front of a train, and use the brain from the severed head as a transplant. The operation is a success, and everything seems to be as planned… that is, until the brain’s former owner starts living out his murderous past. Starring Paul Naschy, Silvia Solar, Olivier Mathot.
Maison Rouge kicks off with three titles. The first is from master of Euro Sleaze Jess Franco – Female Vampire (aka Bare Breasted Countess) – which arrives on DVD on 6 March 2017, followed by two Patrice Rhomm classics – Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg on DVD 13 March and Elsa Fraulein SS set for release on 17 April.
Female Vampire aka Bare Breasted Countess
Special Features: Erotikill (Horror Version), Destiny in Soft Focus, Words for Lina, Trailers
Euro Sleaze maestro Jess Franco directs and also makes an appearance in this cult vampire movie from 1975. Lina Romay is Irina, the beautiful last descendant of a family of vampires from distant Bohemia. When she takes Austrian writer Baron von Rathony (Jack Taylor) as her lover, her gluttonous lips devour him as he surrenders his body and soul to her.
Helga, She Wolf of Stilberg
Special Features: Alternative Clothed Scenes, Trailers
This notorious 1970s women’s prison classic set in South America takes its cue from Don Edmond’s classic Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS. Stillberg is an ominous fortress turned detention camp for political prisoners; and under the command of Helga Stiver, an ardent follower of the party in power, she brutalizes the female prisoners, who are stripped and tortured at will. Lisbeth, the daughter of the opposition leader, arrives at Stilberg, where she, too, falls prey to the sadistic Helga until local rebels help them fight back against their captors and attempt escape. Nudity, violence, fetishism, and lesbian catfights – what more could you ask for? Patrizia Gori, Malisa Longo, and Richard Allan star.
Elsa Fraulein SS
Special Features: Trailers
A train full of beautiful young women has been ordered to service the men aboard, men being taken to help fight for the Nazis. Elsa, the leader, specializes in torturing those whose loyalty to the Nazi party comes into question. A group of brave Frenchman plot to derail the train and plan an attack that will strike back at the Third Reich. Malisa Longo, Olivier Mathot, Patrizia Gori, Pamela Stanford, and Claudine Beccarie star.
Screenbound’s managing director Alan Byron said: “When Screenbound started as Odeon Entertainment 13 years ago with several music productions, our first step into film sales was representing Nigel Wingrove’s Jean Rollin and Jess Franco Euro-shock and sleaze titles for Salvation Films. In a sense, we have now come full circle by launching our own new cult labels – Maison Rouge and Black House Films – which will showcase the best and basest of Euro exploitation over the next three years. Maison Rouge will focus on sexploitation and, once established, will bring in new as well as retro cult features. Its sister label, Black House Films, takes its inspiration from the Church of Satan and will release dark, Gothic horrors from the 1960s to 1980s.”
Both imprints are being released on DVD with each having multiple poster art cards inside for collectors. Most releases will have special features included, and a selection of titles will be released on limited edition Blu-ray with O Cards.
Alan Byron continued: “Plans are already in place to pick up another 20 films for these labels which already have a distinctive design appeal that is being appreciated by the fanbase.”
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