11/15/2005 More Mondo Macabro DVDs A source at Mondo Macabro gave Fango the early word on the horror and exploitation DVD fare the company has coming in 2006. Out January 31 is VIRGINS FROM HELL, an Indonesian opus combining the women-in-prison and biker genres with lots of mayhem as an all-female motorcycle gang battles nasty drug lords. This one will be a two-disc set, with the second DVD containing over 70 minutes of trailers from the movie’s production company, Rapi Films. Arriving February 28 is the world DVD premiere of 1977’s SATAN’S BLOOD (a.k.a. ESCALOFRIO and DON’T PANIC), directed by Carlos Puerto and executive-produced (and, reportedly, co-helmed) by PIECES’ Juan Piquer Simon. Angel Aranda and Sandra Alberti play a young couple on vacation who become trapped in a house jam-packed with occult and erotic goings-on; the disc will feature an uncut new transfer with deleted scenes and an interview with Satanic expert Gavin Baddley. And coming March 28 is DON’T DELIVER US FROM EVIL, a 1971 French film banned in its home country and based on the same real-life case that inspired Peter Jackson’s HEAVENLY CREATURES. Writer/director Joel Sería’s movie follows a pair of Catholic schoolgirls who rebel against their strict upbringing and indulge in lesbianism, murder and more. This DVD will also be unedited and remastered, and include interviews with Sería and one of the stars as well as crime writer Paul Buck. 11/7/2005 New DVD Company: Code Red! Code Red DVD, a new label specializing in cult films, will unleash a slew of much-requested titles on DVD: the slasher flick DON'T GO IN THE WOODS, remastered from the original negative with many extras including commentary with director James Bryan and CKY's Deron Miller; the first authorized release of the drive-in classic LOVE ME DEADLY, remastered from the original camera negative in its long-unseen X-rated version; the killer cannibal camping flick THE FOREST; the low-budget kung-fu monster classick DEVIL'S EXPRESS; and 1975's FORCED ENTRY in its original director's cut. All discs will feature as many extras as possible, including commentaries and interviews! More information and titles to follow. (news from http://www.dvddrive-in.com) 10/24/2005 POULTRYGEIST clucks up on new website The Troma team has launched an official website for their newest film, POULTRYGEIST: ATTACK OF THE CHICKEN ZOMBIES!, which you can find here http://www.poultrygeistmovie.com The movie is set at the American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried-chicken chain that becomes haunted by the ghosts of the previous tenants. The ghosts possess the food from the restaurant and the people that eat it, and the survivors must band together to fight off the ghouls. Described as “a fromage to Takashi Miike,” POULTRYGEIST was directed by Troma president Lloyd Kaufman and stars Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Allyson Sereboff, Robin Watkins and Joshua Olatunde. The site includes a teaser trailer, blog entries and a bunch of other stuff. —Brad Reiter 8/29/2005 FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR Update! Recently, we spoke to Independent-International Pictures Corp President, Sam Sherman, who gave us some updates on the DVD of FRANKENSTEIN’S BLOODY TERROR (Spanish horror star Paul Naschy’s first appearance as the werewolf, Waldemar Daninsky), coming in October from Media Blasters. The film will be presented widescreen anamorphic, and contain all the footage from the Spanish version, previously missing from the U.S. release, and it will be in English! There will also be a number of extras on the disc including a commentary with Sherman, radio spots, TV spots, trailers, and more. Check out the DVD’s cover art here and expect it to be released on October 25. (news from DVD Drive-In) 8/22/2005 Media Blasters experiences ONE DARK NIGHT Media Blasters gave Fango the scoop that it will release the 1983 chiller ONE DARK NIGHT to DVD November 15 on the Shriek Show label. The directorial debut of Tom McLoughlin, who went on to helm FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VI and numerous TV projects including SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK, NIGHT also gave Meg Tilly her first starring role, as a student whose hazing requires her to spend a night in a mausoleum—and has the bad luck to do it when the resident corpses start coming to life. Elizabeth (a.k.a. E.G.) Daily and Adam West co-star; the disc will include McLoughlin commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette and more. Media Blasters also informed us that its release of ANTHROPOPHAGUS: THE GRIM REAPER (coming October 25) will be a two-disc set also including a documentary on the films of Joe D’Amato, and that the DVD of FRANKENSTEIN’S BLOODY TERROR (same date) will include the full first reel deleted from previous U.S. theatrical prints. (news from Fangoria.com) 8/20/2005 Synapse Films is putting out the ultimate drive-in/horror/sleaze trailer DVD, 42nd St. Forever! What trailers are on this sure to be fine compilation? Why... Ginger, The Italian Stallion, Cream Puffs, Hard Candy, Matango, Green Slime, Wicked Wicked, Destroy All Monsters, The Pink Angels, The Crippled Masters, Shocking Asia, Secret Africa, Starcrash, Super Fuzz, The Deadly Spawn, They Call Her One Eye, Ironmaster, Confessions Of A Summer Camp Counsellor, Undertaker And His Pals, Flesh And Blood Show, Bloody Night Of Horror, I Dismember Mama, Bloodspattered Bride, Corruption, Butcher Of Binbrook, 3 Dimensions Of Greta, Centerfold Girls, Panorama Blue, Teenage Mother, Charlie & The Hooker, Werewolves On Wheels, Pink Angels, The Depraved, Maid In Sweden, Behind Convent Walls, and many more! Look for a release on November 15th! (news from DVD Maniacs) 8/20/2005 The early 80's slasher flick, Girls Nite Out, will be released on DVD by Shriek Show on August 30th! Beware of the insane killer-Bear, heh heh! Description: The day after a homecoming basketball game and the victory party, an all-night scavenger hunt is held on the campus of a small Ohio college. Amongst the backdrop of Campus shenanigans the school mascot is murdered and his bear costume taken by a psychotic killer. Stalking several cheerleaders and killing them in variety of creative ways, the murderers identity stays hidden by the playful panda costume. The campus security officer Mac (Hal Holbrook) whose daughter was a victim of a similar killer, tries to find out who’s behind it before more killings continue.