#Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[brokehorrorfan]

Human Desire will be released on Blu-ray on July 11 via Kino Lorber. The 1954 film noir is based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel La Bête humaine.

Fritz Lang (Metropolis) directs from a script by Alfred Hayes. Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, and Grandon Rhodes star.

Human Desire was previously mastered in 2K. It has reversible artwork and a slipcover. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Interview with actress Emily Mortimer

Theatrical trailer

When he's fired from his job at the railroad, Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford) asks his wife, Vicki (Gloria Grahame), to pay a visit to his boss, Owens (Grandon Rhodes), to try to earn his sympathies. It works, but Carl then assumes that Vicki and Owens are involved romantically, so he murders his boss in a jealous rage. Sick of her husband's violent ways, Vicki seduces Jeff (Glenn Ford), another worker at the railroad, hoping that she can convince him to murder her husband. 

Pre-order Human Desire.

[vintage1981]

Kino Lorber Launching ‘Kino Cult’ as Packaged-Media Label

Home entertainment distributor Kino Lorber is launching its Kino Cult genre brand as a packaged-media imprint focusing on collector-oriented Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD releases.

The Kino Cult imprint will debut as its own label in October 2023 with special Blu-ray editions of Jess Franco’s erotic horror masterpiece Lorna … the Exorcist (1974, featuring Lina Romay), as well as 4K restorations of Alien Outlaw (1985) and The Dark Power (1985), two video rental favorites from North Carolina indie Phil Smoot.

Kino Cult’s premiere 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release will be a deluxe edition of Clive Barker’s Underworld (1985), directed by George Pavlou, and featuring Denholm Elliott and Ingrid Pitt. Upcoming 4K releases for 2024 include the exploitation classic Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1975) and its sequels, Ilsa: Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia (1977), and Ilsa, the Wicked Woman (1977).

While focusing mainly on horror and science fiction, Kino Cult will continue to embrace its trademark brand of “unapologetically weird” with such diverse genres as European erotica, grindhouse classics, and cinematic rediscoveries that defy categorization.

“Some of the most exciting rediscoveries are happening in the realm of cult cinema,” said Kino Cult curators Frank Tarzi and Bret Wood. “These strange and twisted movies are so unique that we feel they deserve their own imprint within the Kino Lorber family of labels.”

Kino Cult will expand its partnership with legendary cult label Something Weird, with collector’s edition releases to be announced soon.

Additional Kino Cult releases will be announced monthly.

[joannanora]

Sony’s Screen Gems has moved up the domestic release for its rom-com Love Again, starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan and Celine Dion as herself, from May 12th to May 5th.

The film evacuates a highly crowded weekend that will see the opening of the Penélope Cruz drama L’immensità, IFC Films’ buzzy Berlin title BlackBerry, Robert Rodriguez’s Ben Affleck starrer Hypnotic, Focus Features’ Book Club: The Next Chapter, Viva Pictures’ animated pic Rally Road Racers, Sony’s manga adaptation Knights of the Zodiac, Sony Pictures Classics’ Yogi Berra doc It Ain’t Over and IFC Films’ Trace Lysette-led drama Monica.

Competitors on its new weekend include Lionsgate’s action-thriller One Ranger with Thomas Jane and John Malkovich, Disney/Marvel’s franchise ender Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Kino Lorber’s drama Chile ’76.

Written and directed by Jim Strouse — the filmmaker behind titles including The Incredible Jessica James, People Places Things, The Winning Season and Grace Is Gone — Love Again asks the question, what if a random text message led to the love of your life? Pic follows Mira Ray (Jonas), who while dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number…not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns’ (Heughan) new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person… and win her heart.

The film, featuring multiple new songs from Dion, is produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Esther Hornstein. Exec producers are Doug Belgrad, Sophie Cassidy, Louise Killin, Jonathan Fuhrman and Dion.

Screen Gems will on Friday release its supernatural horror The Pope’s Exorcist, starring Russell Crowe. Other upcoming titles from the studio include the Bert Kreischer vehicle The Machine (May 26), Insidious: The Red Door (July 7) and the horror pic They Listen (August 25) with Katherine Waterson and John Cho.

[skinslip]

The skinslip Archive

With random shots from the shelves.

Some stats about my collection of movies:

Total unique titles: 3,385

Total releases: 5, 528

Most copies of a single movie:

Halloween (1978) (11)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (9)

Evil Dead 2 (6)

Total watched percentage: 58%

Focus: Cult, exploitation, drive-in, grindhouse, with a focus on art from the margins and outsider art.

Favorite genres: Shot On Video, regional films, Giallo, Tokusatsu, proto-slashers, Japanese and Italian cinema

Most owned boutique label releases:

Vinegar Syndrome

Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Arrow Video

I have a complete list available on Letterboxd

Ask me anything about this nonsense I love.

[docrotten]

KILLDOZER (1974) – Episode 204 – Decades Of Horror 1970s

“How do you go about killing a machine? It’s too heavy to hang and it’s too big to put in the gas chamber.” Firing squad? Ole Sparky? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Jeff Mohr – as they return to the boob tube for another memorable, made-for-TV, horror movie from the 1970s: Killdozer (1974)!

Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 204 – Killdozer (1974)

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Decades of Horror 1970s is partnering with the WICKED HORROR TV CHANNEL (https://wickedhorrortv.com/) which now includes video episodes of the podcast and is available on Roku, AppleTV, Amazon FireTV, AndroidTV, and its online website across all OTT platforms, as well as mobile, tablet, and desktop.

After being possessed by a strange force in a meteorite it unearths, a giant bulldozer goes berserk and begins attacking the construction crew.

  Director: Jerry London

Writing Credits: Theodore Sturgeon & Ed MacKillop (teleplay); Herbert F. Solow (adaptation); Theodore Sturgeon (novella, Astounding Science Fiction, Nov 1944)

Selected Cast:

Clint Walker as Lloyd Kelly

Carl Betz as Dennis Holvig

Neville Brand as Chub Foster

James Wainwright as Dutch Krasner

Robert Urich as McCarthy

James A. Watson Jr. as Beltran

Look out, Duel (1971). Move over, The Car (1977). Talk to the hand, Maximum Overdrive (1986). ABC TV’s Killdozer (1974) is here to rule! Well, best intentions, eh? Based on a story by acclaimed writer Theodore Sturgeon, though he had little to do with the final script (according to the author’s account), this is the tale of a mysterious invisible force that possesses a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer to chase and mow down the cast (Clint Walker, Neville Brand, Carl Betz, Robert Urich, James Wainwright, James A. Watson Jr.) on a remote island off the coast of Africa. Originally criticized as being outlandish – not too far from the truth – the film has gained a following over time and has since become considered a cult classic. Often recommended by Patreon members and Decades of Horror fans, it’s finally time for the Grue-Crew to chime in with their thoughts.

At the time of this writing, Killdozer is available to stream from Plex. The film is available on physical media as a Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1970s is part of the Decades of Horror two-week rotation with The Classic Era and the 1980s. In two weeks, the next episode, chosen by Chad, will be Death Game (1977), starring Sondra Locke, Collen Camp, and Seymour Cassel. Death Game was remade in 2015 as Knock Knock, directed by Eli Roth and starring Keanu Reeves. How does the original hold up?

We want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: comment on the site or email the Decades of Horror 1970s podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com. 

Check out this episode!

[barkercast]

420 : An Unholy Reunion

Thanks you for joining us again at the Clive Barker Podcast. In Episode 420, Jose and Ryan are back from a short hiatus With lots of Hellraiser-related news and Transmutations too.  

Sponsor : Don Bertram’s Celebrate Imagination

Site News, Catching Up

News From The Reef

Ed Martinez Interview with Keith Thompson

Horrorhound Issue 97 Pinhead Cover

Hellraiser Quartet of Torment on Arrow’s web site (Sold Out on Diabolik DVD)

4K Underworld / Transmutations finally announced on Kino Lorber Releases in 2024

Nicholas Vince interviewed at the World Premiere about “I Am Monsters!” (FrightFest 2023)

Cine-Excess  Hellraiser — An Unholy Reunion of Cenobites (Birmingham, UK 18-27 October 2023)

On The Slab Horror Show interview with Peter Atkins

Listener Comments 

Via YouTube – “Hey I was wondering if you guys will look at more Hellraiser comics? I loved your prior episodes where you went over them. I listen to them falling alseep to them sometimes. Would you do more?“

24 Rare Comics

52 : Books of the Damned

54 : Pinhead Comics

64 : Razorline Comics Part 1

65 : Razorline Comics Part 2

67 : Razlorline Comics Part 3

68 : Razorline Comics Part 4

73 : Boom Studios Clive Barker’s Nightbreed

77 : Clive Barker’s Next Testament

96 : Book of Blood Motion Comic

97 : Boom Studios Nightbreed Comics

144 : The Body Book + Hellraiser Anthology

149 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 1

153 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 2

155 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 3

157 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 4

159 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 5

161 : Nightbreed (Epic) Part 6

170 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 1

172 : Marvel hellraiser Part 2

174 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 3

176 : Marvel hellraiser Part 4

181 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 5

185 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 6

187 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 7

189 : Marvel Hellraiser Part 8

232 : Harrowers 1-3

234 : Harrowers 4-6

Listener is right!  We never covered the Boom Hellraiser comics.  We’ll have to remedy that.  

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Jericho Squad 77 Part 20

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[cultfaction]

Preview- Bodyslam (Bluray)

Directed by legendary stuntman Hal Needham, Bodyslam follows M. Harry Smilac (Dirk Benedict, The A-Team) is a talent agent who’d sell his mother for a dollar… fifty cents after negotiations. But Harry finally hits the big time with a rhythm-and-bruise road show that combines rock music and professional wrestling. Tanya Roberts (Charlie’s Angels) co-stars with a bevy of real-life wrestling greats…

[seanwicks]

The Great Train Robbery (1979)

Written and Directed by Michael Crichton

“Now, on the matter of motive, we ask you: Why did you conceive, plan and execute this dastardly and scandalous crime?” 

“I wanted the money.”

[trunick]

Blu-ray Review: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid [Kino Lorber]

[brokehorrorfan]

Night Gallery’s third season will be released on Blu-ray on November 22 via Kino Lorber. Created and hosted by Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone), the first and second seasons of the horror anthology series are available on Blu-ray now.

Night Gallery began with a two-hour pilot on NBC in 1969 before airing for three seasons between 1970 and 1973. The third season features segments directed by John Badham (WarGames), Jeannot Szwarc (Jaws 2), Star Trek star Leonard Nimoy, and more.

Guest stars include John Astin, Bill Bixby, Chuck Connors, Sandra Dee, Sally Field, Burl Ives, Fernando Lamas, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Dina Merrill, Cameron Mitchell, Leonard Nimoy, Geraldine Page, Joanna Pettet, Vincent Price, Mickey Rooney, Dean Stockwell, and Susan Strasberg.

All 15 episodes have been newly mastered in 2K from the interpositives. The plethora of special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary for "Return of the Sorcerer” by film historian Stephen Jones (new)

Audio commentary for "Return of the Sorcerer” by Night Gallery historians Jim Benson and Scott Skelton (updated)

Audio commentary for "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by writer/film historian David J. Schow (new)

Audio commentary for “Rare Objects” by Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for “Rare Objects” by film historian Craig Beam (new)

Audio commentary for "Spectre in Tap-Shoes” by film historian Amanda Reyes (new)

Audio commentary for "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please” by Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please” by film historian Tim Lucas (new)

Audio commentary for “The Other Way Out” by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for “Fright Night" by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for “Fright Night" by film historian Amanda Reyes (new)

Audio commentary for "Finnegan's Flight” by Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for “Finnegan's Flight” by TV music historian Dr. Reba Wissner (new)

Audio commentary for "She'll Be Company for You” by film historian Amanda Reyes (new)

Audio commentary for "She'll Be Company for You” by film historian Craig Beam (new)

Audio commentary for "The Ring With the Red Velvet Ropes" by Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for "The Ring With the Red Velvet Ropes" by TV music historian Dr. Reba Wissner (new)

Audio commentary for "Something in the Woodwork” by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for "Something in the Woodwork” by film historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (new)

Audio commentary for “Death on a Barge” by Night Gallery historian Scott Skelton (new)

Audio commentary for “Death on a Barge” by film historian Tim Lucas (new)

Audio commentary for “Whisper” by Night Gallery historian Jim Benson (new)

Audio commentary for “The Doll of Death” by film historians Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (new)

Audio commentary for “Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire” by writer/film historian Gary Gerani (new)

The Syndication Conundrum Part 3 – Featurette by film historian Craig Beam

Pre-order Night Gallery Season 3.

[vintage1981]

Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Available Now from Kino Lorber Studio Classics

Kolchak: The Night Stalker, the uniquely eerie mystery series that paved the way for The X-Files, finally comes to Blu-ray with all 20 episodes digitally restored to capture every shiver, every scream and every bump in the night. Emmy nominee Darren McGavin reprises his role from the popular television movies The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973) as Carl Kolchak, a headstrong investigative reporter on the trail of the paranormal: zombies, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, succubi and even aliens. No matter how unnatural or unbelievable, Kolchak is there to uncover the truth… one supernatural threat at a time.

Join the hunt in the dark alleys and creepy hidden lairs of Chicago with such sensational guest stars as Scatman Crothers, Antonio Fargas, Tom Skerritt, Dick Van Patten, Jamie Farr, Phil Silvers, Jim Backus, William Smith, Julie Adams, Cathy Lee Crosby, Carolyn Jones, Tom Bosley and many more. Kolchak: The Night Stalker co-starred Simon Oakland (Bullitt) and Ruth McDevitt (The Birds).

Brand New 2K Masters for All 20 Episodes

NEW Interview with David Chase, the Creator of The Sopranos and Co-Writer of Eight Kolchak: The Night Stalker Episodes

NEW Interview with Dana Gould, the Creator of Stan Against Evil

NEW Booklet Essay by Mark Dawidziak, the Author of The Night Stalker Companion and Kolchak Novel, Grave Secrets

NEW Audio Commentary for THE RIPPER by Mark Dawidziak, the Author of The Night Stalker Companion and Kolchak Novel, Grave Secrets

NEW Audio Commentary for THE ZOMBIE by Author/Historian David J. Schow

NEW Audio Commentary for THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE… by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Journalist Barry Forshaw

NEW Audio Commentary for THE VAMPIRE by Film Historian Tim Lucas

NEW Audio Commentary for THE WEREWOLF by Filmmaker/Historian Constantine Nasr

NEW Audio Commentary for FIREFALL by Author/Historian David J. Schow

NEW Audio Commentary for THE DEVIL’S PLATFORM by Filmmaker/Historian Constantine Nasr and Screenwriter/Producer Rodney Barnes

NEW Audio Commentary for BAD MEDICINE by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani

NEW Audio Commentary for THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS by Film Historian/Screenwriter Steve Haberman

NEW Audio Commentary for THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Screenwriter/Producer Cyrus Voris

NEW Audio Commentary for THE ENERGY EATER by Mike White and Chris Stachiw of The Kolchak Tapes Podcast

NEW Audio Commentary for HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani

NEW Audio Commentary for MR. R.I.N.G. by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Screenwriter/Producer Cyrus Voris

NEW Audio Commentary for PRIMAL SCREAM by Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Screenwriter/Producer Cyrus Voris

NEW Audio Commentary for THE TREVI COLLECTION by Film Historian/Author Amanda Reyes

NEW Audio Commentary for CHOPPER by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Journalist Barry Forshaw

NEW Audio Commentary for DEMON IN LACE by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Journalist Barry Forshaw

NEW Audio Commentary for LEGACY OF TERROR by Film Historian/Author Amanda Reyes

NEW Audio Commentary for THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS by Filmmaker/Historian Michael Schlesinger

NEW Audio Commentary for THE YOUTH KILLER by Novelist/Critic Kim Newman and Writer/Journalist Barry Forshaw

NEW Audio Commentary for THE SENTRY by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani

THE DEVIL’S PLATFORM – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

BAD MEDICINE – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE ENERGY EATER – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

HORROR IN THE HEIGHTS – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

MR. R.I.N.G. – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

PRIMAL SCREAM – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE TREVI COLLECTION – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

CHOPPER – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

DEMON IN LACE – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

LEGACY OF TERROR – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE KNIGHTLY MURDERS – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE YOUTH KILLER – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

THE SENTRY – TV Spot (New 2K Master)

Newly Commissioned Art by Mark Maddox

Optional English Subtitles

https://tinyurl.com/KolchakBlu

[horrorpatch]

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-75) Complete Series Blu-ray!

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-75) Complete Series Blu-ray!

Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release the complete series of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-1975) on Blu-ray with some cool special features. The discs will be available on October 12th, just in time for Halloween. You can get all the disc specs and special features down below. From The Press Release Kolchak: The Night Stalker, the uniquely eerie mystery series that paved the way for The…

[seanaxmaker]

Blu-ray: Mario Bava's ‘Kill, Baby… Kill!’

Blu-ray: Mario Bava’s ‘Kill, Baby… Kill!’

The title may sound like a serial killer thriller but Mario Bava’s Kill, Baby… Kill (Italy, 1966) is a Gothic ghost story with haunting images, grotesque edges, and glorious style. Think of it as Bava’s answer to a Hammer horror, with hysterical superstition and suspicion of outsiders replacing the lurid sexuality of Hammer’s Victorian horrors and Bava’s rich palette setting an altogether more…