More upcoming Dark Sky releases

[satans-sadists]

DVD Drive-In reports some new releases from Dark Sky:

Unflinchingly horrific and unapologetically downbeat, Narciso Ibáñez Serrador’s WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? was heavily censored for its American release as ISLAND OF THE DAMNED. One June 26, Dark Sky Films will release the complete film, uncut and uncensored, for its long overdue American DVD debut. Also on June 26, Dark Sky will unleash a grindouse-type “Drive-In Double Feature” of SEARCH AND DESTROY/THE GLOVE, as well Antonio Margheriti’s action war opus THE LAST HUNTER.

[Numania]

Awesome news! I can finally get rid of my Who Can Kill A Child? bootleg!

[Katatonia]

The Glove? Whoa, great news...I haven't seen that obscurity in years!!!

[satans-sadists]

The Glove? Whoa, great news...I haven't seen that obscurity in years!!!

Same here. I saw it forever ago on cable tv. Cool movie from what I remember. Will definitely pick this one up too.

[SilentScreams]

Dark Sky has finally added a Blog to their website and posted this:

Welcome to the DARK SKY FILMS newsletter, the leading source for information on new and upcoming releases from DARK SKY FILMS. As always, DARK SKY FILMS is the premier source for the finest in classic and contemporary horror and genre cinema.

This season will be our busiest to date as we announce no less than 20 incredible DVD releases, while we continue to search the globe for the next horror classic.

[fceurich39]

cool i wonder if death spa will be one of those titles also i found out of town i went to bestbuy and they had one copy of darksky's eaten alive i was shocked to see this cause it is not even on their website

[X-human]

Amicus Collection (Asylum, And Now The Screaming Starts, The Beast Must Die) - October 30th
Dan Curtis's Frankenstein (1973) - October 30th
The Killing Kind (1973) - November

[Devo1313]

I picked up Eaten Alive at Rasputin in San Fran months ago. Must have escaped somehow.

[old-boo-radley]

Fucking hell, I just bought And Now the Screaming Starts and Beast Must Die.

[KamuiX]

They also have a really cool German serial killer flick called Antibodies coming out at the end of this month that I definitely recommend, and a special edition of Spider Baby and FINALLY Eaten Alive with even more features next month :D

[maybrick]

I picked up Eaten Alive at Rasputin in San Fran months ago. Must have escaped somehow.

It was pulled because they found superior elements at the last moment and decided to start from scratch.

[satans-sadists]

From DVD Drive-In:

On November 20, Dark Sky Films will be releasing Curtis Harrington’s THE KILLING KIND on DVD in an uncut, uncensored collector’s edition. Paroled from prison, sex offender Terry (John) returns to the Hollywood boarding house of his mother Thelma (screen legend Ann Sothern), a former dancer with unwholesome ideas about tender loving care. Escaping Thelma’s suffocating attentions by peeping on pretty tenant Lori (Cindy Williams), Terry is unaware that he is being spied on by a neighbor (Luana Anders) who keeps a place in her own fantasies for someone of Terry’s special talents. Meanwhile, terrible things are happening to anyone who has ever done Terry wrong, from the judge (Ruth Roman) who sentenced him to the girl (Sue Bernard, of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!) whose testimony put him behind bars. The disc will include the last on-camera interview the late director Curtis Harrington.

[satans-sadists]

Another DVD Drive-In update:

In addition to their long-awaited releases of RICCO THE MEAN MACHINE and TRAGIC CEREMONY, Dark Sky Films has a number of drive-in and exploitation goodies set for DVD release in 2008. Some of the titles are: THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS, BONNIE'S KIDS, A WOMAN FOR ALL MEN, THE ROOMMATES (1973), LINDA LOVELACE FOR PRESIDENT, GAMES GIRLS PLAY (aka SEX PLAY, THE BUNNY CAPER), THE PSYCHIC KILLER, SIMON - KING OF THE WITCHES, THE ONE-ARMED EXECUTIONER, THEY CALL HER CLEOPATRA WONG, Michael Reeves’ THE SHE BEAST (aka REVENGE OF THE BLOOD BEAST) and a deluxe edition of DEADBEAT AT DAWN. More details to follow as the come in!

[HAEMORRHAGE]

Deluxe edition of Deadbeat at Dawn? The Synapse version was already pretty sweet if you ask me.

[KamuiX]

Ah cool, Simon: King of the Witches...way past due for a DVD release :D

[Mortis]

A deluxe edition of Deadbeat at Dawn? Sold.

[Jeremy]

Deluxe edition of Deadbeat at Dawn? The Synapse version was already pretty sweet if you ask me.

It was sweet, but it's also out of print and reportedly missing footage.

[ArrowBeach]

It was sweet, but it's also out of print and reportedly missing footage.


What was missing?

[VideoViolence]

Simon? Sweeeeeet! I have it on dvd-r, but hosted by Commander USA.

[Rockmjd]

I might pick up Psychic Killer, if it's an improvement on the old Elite version.

[Erick H.]

I'd get SHE-BEAST,I hope that they get Andrew Prine to do a comm. track for SIMON and CENTERFOLD GIRLS.

[Cujo108]

Figures that The Centerfold Girls is announced for DVD after I just paid upwards of $20 for the VHS on Ebay a few months back. Regardless, this is great news. 70's exploitation doesn't come any better. That film is gold.

[Katatonia]

Deluxe edition of Deadbeat at Dawn? The Synapse version was already pretty sweet if you ask me.

My thoughts exactly. I'm eager to hear what will be new on the Dark Sky release though! :eek2:

[Mortis]

Maybe it'll come in a bloody money bag and/or with some Chinese stars.

My thoughts exactly. I'm eager to hear what will be new on the Dark Sky release though! :eek2:

[DrHerbertWest]

Man, a lot of those titles have me salivating although I've never actually SEEN them (outside of Deadbeat at Dawn). We need an exploitation/drive-in reviewer, stat.

[Jeremy]

What was missing?

"At 42 minutes and 41 seconds the dvd is missing a brief scene where Goose attempts to kick one of the guys at the bar. This scene is contained in the out of print video tape release." - http://www.midnight1.com/dvd.asp

In the grand scheme of things that's hardly worth getting riled up about, but hopefully Dark Sky will restore it for their release.

[satans-sadists]

Man, a lot of those titles have me salivating although I've never actually SEEN them (outside of Deadbeat at Dawn). We need an exploitation/drive-in reviewer, stat.

Actually I've never seen any of these upcoming releases, but I plan on checking all of them out. I'll probably rent some of them first from Netflix and some are "blind buy" worthy to me. The one I'm interested in seeing the most is Simon: King of the Witches.

Tragic Ceremony and Ricco The Mean Machine are being released on 1/29/08 as per Amazon.

[Mortis]

Any update(s) on Deadbeat at Dawn? I see there's a Van Bebber set coming out that includes Deadbeat, but I don't see anything about the extras.

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99366231099142&item_id=1391247&searchID=298508

[DrHerbertWest]

Sweet set!

[Katatonia]

Any update(s) on Deadbeat at Dawn? I see there's a Van Bebber set coming out that includes Deadbeat, but I don't see anything about the extras.

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?userid=99366231099142&item_id=1391247&searchID=298508

Features:
"The Van Bebber Family" (77 minute documentary featuring all-new interviews with cast & crew)
"In The Belly Of The Beast" (74 minute documentary from the FanTasia Festival in Montreal featuring Jim VanBebber and other independent filmmakers)
An Interview with Charles Manson
Photo Gallery
Behind the Scenes
Two Theatrical Trailers
Outtakes

[KamuiX]

Features:
"In The Belly Of The Beast" (74 minute documentary from the FanTasia Festival in Montreal featuring Jim VanBebber and other independent filmmakers)

Wow, very cool addition to the set!! I've wanted to see this for some time.

While I'm not really a massive fan of Deadbeat, I like the rest of Van Bebber's stuff, and for the price, I'll definitely be picking up the boxset.

[Mortis]

Yeah, I saw those. I was wondering if the Deadbeat disc is going to be the same as the old one or if there are going to be new extras and/or footage included.

Features:
"The Van Bebber Family" (77 minute documentary featuring all-new interviews with cast & crew)
"In The Belly Of The Beast" (74 minute documentary from the FanTasia Festival in Montreal featuring Jim VanBebber and other independent filmmakers)
An Interview with Charles Manson
Photo Gallery
Behind the Scenes
Two Theatrical Trailers
Outtakes

Both of the documentaries were already released on The Manson Family SE. It sounds like the two releases have just been repackaged with the addition of a few short films on a separate disc. I'll be picking it up because I'm a Van Bebber fan, but I'm hoping for a few more extras.

Wow, very cool addition to the set!! I've wanted to see this for some time.

[Mortis]

I e-mailed them and this is what I was told.

Thanks for your message. We will be releasing the entire Jim VanBebber
collection, which includes his short films- My Sweet Satan, Roadkill:
The Last Days of John Martin, Doper, Kata, and Into the Black. Also, our
version of Deadbeat At Dawn is a new high-definition transfer. There
will be plenty of extras included on it, too.

[satans-sadists]

DVD Drive-In review of Simon, King of the Witches:

http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/n-s/simonkingwitches71.htm

[MorallySound]

Yeah, I saw an ad for the Simon, King of the Witches DVD in the recent Rue Morgue and shit a brick. I didn't know this one was coming out, and it's one I've been waiting and waiting for!

[satans-sadists]

DVD Drive-In:

On September 30, Dark Sky Films will release another edition of their “Drive-In Double Feature” series with BARRACUDA/ISLAND FURY. In BARRACUDA, a seaside town is home to upstanding citizens, good ol' fashioned southern hospitality and a deadly rash of barracuda attacks! Another exploitation piece released in the wake of JAWS, the film stars William Kerwin (BLOOD FEAST) and Jason Evers (THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE). ISLAND FURY has two young women discovering a cache of mob money as well as a clan of bloodthirsty cannibals who pick off vacationers one by one! Also more notoriously known as “Please Don't Eat the Babies,” this strange shocker was one of the last horror films from independent producer Mardi Rustam (EATEN ALIVE, EVILS OF THE NIGHT). The double feature disc will retail for $14.98.

[Mattapooh]

Post-Jaws nature run amok movies are something I'm a huge fan of. This sounds like a must-buy for me.

[Vlachio]

DVD Drive-In:

On September 30, Dark Sky Films will release another edition of their “Drive-In Double Feature” series with BARRACUDA/ISLAND FURY. In BARRACUDA, a seaside town is home to upstanding citizens, good ol' fashioned southern hospitality and a deadly rash of barracuda attacks!



Oh hells yeeeeeeeeeeah! I saw that movie when I was a kid. I've always had a sweet tooth for monster movies that movie is no exception! Great news indeed!

[satans-sadists]

Oh hells yeeeeeeeeeeah! I saw that movie when I was a kid. I've always had a sweet tooth for monster movies that movie is no exception! Great news indeed!

I've never seen Barracuda. Is it more like Piranha or Tentacles? Either way I'm sure this is my kind of movie. :cool: Like Matt, I too love nature run amok films even if and when they do copy off of Jaws.

[Vlachio]

I've never seen Barracuda. Is it more like Piranha or Tentacles? Either way I'm sure this is my kind of movie. :cool: Like Matt, I too love nature run amok films even if and when they do copy off of Jaws.

I'd have to say Barracuda is a mixture of both. It tries to emulate jaws from start to finish. It's been forever sense I've seen it. I saw it around 1991 on USA up all night. I was about 6 at the time. I'm sure you will enjoy it. One thing I can honestly say is Barracuda does not suck. It's a very enjoyable piece of moldy cheese. :lol:

[HAEMORRHAGE]

I'd have to say Barracuda is a mixture of both. It tries to emulate jaws from start to finish. It's been forever sense I've seen it. I saw it around 1991 on USA up all night. I was about 6 at the time. I'm sure you will enjoy it. One thing I can honestly say is Barracuda does not suck. It's a very enjoyable piece of moldy cheese. :lol:



You speaking of it makes me want to check it out.

[thrashard76]

It's a very enjoyable piece of moldy cheese. :lol:

You speaking of it makes me want to check it out.

...and eat some moldly cheese. :D

[Vlachio]

You speaking of it makes me want to check it out.

http://gorezone.net/pix/june08/barracudadvd.jpg

[HAEMORRHAGE]

I'll be on the lookout for it. Who know, maybe even Wal-Mart will have it? That's where I picked up Eaten Alive and that was DarkSky.

[satans-sadists]

AV Maniacs review of Simon, King of the Witches:

http://www.avmaniacs.com/review.php?id=323

[Mutilated Prey]

Just watched The Glove/Search and Destroy yesterday. I grabbed this because I really wanted to see The Glove again. The last time I saw it I was probably 12 years old in St. Thomas with my folks. Late night it was on TV and my brother and I were psyched to finally watch some "normal" programming. Well, it was not as great as I remembered it, but still has some entertainment value. I thought Search and Destroy was pretty bad.

[Vlachio]

You speaking of it makes me want to check it out.

The thought of you speaking makes me want to brush yur teethy. :D

[satans-sadists]

Linda Lovelace For President review from DVD Drive-In: http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/i-m/lindalovelace4president75.htm

[satans-sadists]

DVD Drive-In review of the Barracuda/Island Fury double feature: http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a-d/barracuda7889.htm

[Vlachio]

DVD Drive-In review of the Barracuda/Island Fury double feature: http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a-d/barracuda7889.htm

Thank you for posting that! I can't believe I missed this!!!:eek:

[satans-sadists]

Fangoria review of Barracuda/Island Fury: http://www.fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php?id=7343

[maskull]

I have the Barracuda/Island Fury on it's way from Zip.ca. Even though those reviews have dampened my enthusiasm a little bit, I'm still really looking forward to checking them out!

[Vlachio]

Fangoria review of Barracuda/Island Fury: http://www.fangoria.com/ghastly_review.php?id=7343




Cool thank you satans-sadists. :evil:

[satans-sadists]

Cool thank you satans-sadists. :evil:

No problem! I haven't picked this double feature up yet, but will probably do soon next month during Deep Discount's 20% off sale.

[Mattapooh]

As an aside, I have to say that Dark Sky's Drive-In double features are friggin' awesome. I love the trailers, ads for concessions, etc.

[satans-sadists]

DVD Drive-In:

On January 27, Dark Sky Films will release DEAD OF NIGHT, the 1977 TV anthology produced and directed by Dan Curtis (“Dark Shadows”), with a trilogy of spell-binding stories by Richard Matheson (“The Twilight Zone”). The segments are “Second Chance” starring Ed Begley Jr., “No Such Thing As A Vampire” starring Anjanette Comer and Patrick Macnee and “Bobby” starring Lee H. Montgomery and Joan Hackett. The dis disc will feature the following: new transfer from 35mm OCN, deleted scenes and outtakes, Robert Cobert’s “Dead of Night” stereo music score, a still gallery and “Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon” TV pilot (1969). It will retail for $14.98.

[Katatonia]

Awesome news! I nearly bought the R4 DVD not too long ago, but I'm glad I waited now. :evil:

[satans-sadists]

Dead of Night review from DVD Drive-In:

http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a-d/deadofnight77.htm

[maskull]

Anyone know what's going on with the release of BONNIE'S KIDS? It was mentioned earlier in this thread, but I haven't heard anything mentioned since.

[FilmFiend]

Yes, I would like to see Bonnie's Kids too. Weren't they going to release The Centerfold Girls too?

[Crystal Plumage]

What's the deal with DarkSky nowadays? Inquiring minds want to know ;)

[MorallySound]

What's the deal with DarkSky nowadays? Inquiring minds want to know ;)

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=6078

[Crystal Plumage]

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=6078
That's a BR version of a title released in 2005. I want new releases. Nothing of that kind anywhere to be found.

[rhett]

That's a BR version of a title released in 2005. I want new releases. Nothing of that kind anywhere to be found.

[Opera Man voice] Re-ces-sion [/Opera Man voice]

[fceurich39]

i would loved to see a dvd version of an mpi released movie called DEATH SPA UNRATED UNEDITED VERSION i still got it on vhs i think darksky owns the rights to it since they are mpi

[Katatonia]

I'd also love to see a R1 DVD release of Death Spa. I own the German DVD under the alternate title Witch Bitch, but the transfer could be better.

[CrazyFatEthel]

Lmao, Death Spa? Yep, with a title like that, I need to see this one. :)