A couple of (hopefully coming) new releases and some cool Spanish horror news !!
Bill Olsen over at Code Red DVD has leaked out an interesting hint (in his usual somewhat non sequitur and cryptic fashion) concerning a future release of 1973's THE DEVILS WEDDING NIGHT (ILL PLENILUNIO DELLE VERGINI).
"CRAZY TOM WARD who made 21st century groovy in the 80's save alot of smelly 35mm prints in rusty goldberg shipping cans (stuff from old Dimension pictures !). but behind those smelly prints lurked and survive a CRI in pristine condition ! CODE RED shamelessly presents this film first time in HiDef ! first time to witness it spanking clean !
throw away that multi-best selling award winning alpha dvd's dupey worn vhs master to pass it off as dvd. this good shit that will limited and be on everyone's bucketlist! (here's a snapshot from lab)"
Being the U.S. R rated print this will be missing a few seconds of bloody arm stump gore from the climax, which to me is no big deal when you balance it out with possibility of a classic piece of Italian horror along with Rosalba in all her HiDef glory. There's been a few comments on the Code Red Facebook page concerning this footage, but hopefully Bill will move ahead with the release.
Over on their Facebook page Raro dropped some more news concerning their blu-ray release of Frenando De Lio's LA BESTIA UCCIDE SANGUE FREDDO (SLAUGHTER HOTEL) with a release scheduled for sometime later this year. It's pretty mind boggling (to me at least) that we're on track for an double helping of Rosalba in HiDef !!
And finally Camera Obscura's limited edition 2 DVD set of TOP SENSATION has sold out, but they have released a non limited single disc amray edition containing just the Italian cut. Although officially not a limited edition Camera Obscura's titles have been known to sell out their initial run, so this single disc edition may disappear eventually (and you surely don't want to miss out on this !)
Scorpion Releasing have put up some exciting news on their Facebook page with the announcement of the forthcoming blu-ray release of A CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL later this year. Also known as IT HAPPENED AT THE NIGHTMARE INN this intriguing 1973 Spanish thriller has been lurking around in those those multi-disc PD horror collections over the years in various running times. Concerning a pair of religiously psychotic sisters who operate a boardinghouse and who's tenants periodically disappear, which prompts Judy Geeson to investigate (with her sister being among the missing). Scorpion have also put up pictures of Judy participating in a taped interview to be included as an extra.
...And in some excellent book news FAB Press is reprinting Stephen Thrower's NIGHTMARE USA : THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EXPLOITATION INDEPENDENTS. I was lucky to get one of these during its initial printing and to say that its mind boggling is a huge understatement. At 528 (!!) pages this is truly an awesome piece of work and is guaranteed to make you spend countless hours tracking down hopelessly obscure movies. This has been going for insane prices on the secondary market, so I would suggest that if your interested jump on it pretty quick. And best of all a Vol. 2 (!) has been rumored to be in the works.
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Over on their Facebook page Raro dropped some more news concerning their blu-ray release of Frenando De Lio's LA BESTIA UCCIDE SANGUE FREDDO (SLAUGHTER HOTEL) with a release scheduled for sometime later this year. It's pretty mind boggling (to me at least) that we're on track for an double helping of Rosalba in HiDef !!
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And finally Camera Obscura's limited edition 2 DVD set of TOP SENSATION has sold out, but they have released a non limited single disc amray edition containing just the Italian cut. Although officially not a limited edition Camera Obscura's titles have been known to sell out their initial run, so this single disc edition may disappear eventually (and you surely don't want to miss out on this !)
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Scorpion Releasing have put up some exciting news on their Facebook page with the announcement of the forthcoming blu-ray release of A CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL later this year. Also known as IT HAPPENED AT THE NIGHTMARE INN this intriguing 1973 Spanish thriller has been lurking around in those those multi-disc PD horror collections over the years in various running times. Concerning a pair of religiously psychotic sisters who operate a boardinghouse and who's tenants periodically disappear, which prompts Judy Geeson to investigate (with her sister being among the missing). Scorpion have also put up pictures of Judy participating in a taped interview to be included as an extra.
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...And in some excellent book news FAB Press is reprinting Stephen Thrower's NIGHTMARE USA : THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EXPLOITATION INDEPENDENTS. I was lucky to get one of these during its initial printing and to say that its mind boggling is a huge understatement. At 528 (!!) pages this is truly an awesome piece of work and is guaranteed to make you spend countless hours tracking down hopelessly obscure movies. This has been going for insane prices on the secondary market, so I would suggest that if your interested jump on it pretty quick. And best of all a Vol. 2 (!) has been rumored to be in the works.
Fantastic news down the line - and the Nightmare USA book sounds like something I could devote a lot of time to...
ReplyDeleteThe Nightmare USA book is pretty fantastic. There's so much information here that you literally spend what seems like 100's of hours looking it and discovering new stuff.
DeleteThe Nightmare USA book is incredible, Craig, as Dick said, you'll spend hours digging into films that tickle your fancy.
ReplyDeleteI really like Scorpion Releasing, they're probably my favorite indie label at the moment. Everything I've gotten from them has been presented perfectly, and they are putting out some interesting titles. Sadly, Code Red for me is one I can't support to often anymore, due to them becoming their own distributor. Losing out on the amazon aspects of buying is hard on us poor chaps across the seas. I still do pick up titles from them, but it has become a lot more pricey to do so.
Yeah Bill does sometimes have nonsensical and frustrating ways of doing business, as I do feel sorry for you fans overseas. As with you Scorpion is becoming my favorite indie label. They've been putting out some great stuff lately (I just got my Sorceress blu yesterday !) and their upcoming releases are exciting (and rather ironically Scorpion is run by Bill's brother Walter).
DeleteHave you tried Diabolik DVD for the Code Red stuff ? They seem to get most of his releases and from what I've heard are better then Code Red themselves for overseas shipping. I've been getting most of my genre titles for years from them and have never had a problem.
Dick, I used to order with Diabolik DVD for a long time (before that it was Xploited Cinema, before they went under) but I have been mainly using Amazon the last few years as they have gotten great with stocking obscure horror and exploitation (mainly through 3rd parties) and they usually have solid service too. I must have a look at Diabolik again and see if I can get some of the Code Red titles, I never even thought to check there (I forgot they usually source their own supplies).
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