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Schlock-Wire: Synapse/Impulse Will Shock You With Two Sexy Nikkatsu Thrillers In April
Feb 4th
This spring brings good news for fans of wild Japanese exploitation fare: Synapse will be releasing a pair of Nikkatsu’s famous erotic thrillers in April through its Impulse Pictures sublabel. The two titles in question are True Story Of A Woman In Jail: Sex Hell and Debauchery. For those not familiar with this studio’s style, More >
Schlock-Wire: Shout! Factory Unleashes 2 More MST3K Titles In March
Feb 1st
Shout! Factory’s line of MST3K DVD’s is too big to be contained by their periodic box set releases. They’ve also opened a nice sideline of single-disc releases that are only available directly from Shout! Factory via their website. On March 20th, MST3K addicts will be able to pick up new discs for a pair of More >
Schlock-Wire: Shout Factory Blesses Home Video With DVD of MONSIGNOR On January 31st
Jan 18th
Here’s some news for camp movie aficionados: Shout! Factory is bringing out an overlooked example of the form on January 31st when they release Monsignor. This unilikely Christopher Reeve vehicle presents everyone’s favorite Superman as a corrupt priest who works his way up the Vatican ladder as he teams up with the Mafia and sleeps More >
Schlock-Wire: Shout! Factory Invades Home Video With ALIEN OPPONENT In April
Jan 11th
Here’s some news for fans of small-screen genre fare — Alien Opponent, a film that originally premiered on Chiller Network, is making its home video debut in a new, uncut version with extras. This sci-fi b-movie pastiche features Jeremy London and Roddy Piper and looks to offer a barrage of gunplay, slugs, CGI gore and More >
Schlock-Wire: Don’t Miss Out On Martin Popoff’s New THIN LIZZY 69–76 Biography!
Dec 31st
The Schlock-Wire closes out 2011 on a rock-scholarly note with some belated good news for Thin Lizzy fans. Martin Popoff, a specialist in biographies on hard rock legends, has released the first installment of a biography on Irish legends Thin Lizzy. This tome is entitled Fighting My Way Back: Thin Lizzy 69–76 and covers the More >
Schlock-Wire: RaroVideo Brings The FERNANDO DI LEO CRIME COLLECTION To Blu-Ray In January
Dec 29th
One of the most exciting developments for fans of Eurocrime fare in 2011 was the release of the Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection box set on DVD. In 2012, RaroVideo will take this set to the next level by giving it a blu-ray release. As with the DVD set, the blu-ray release will contain Caliber More >
Schlock-Wire: InterVision Picture Corp. Unearths German Underground Gore-Shocker THE BURNING MOON In February
Dec 27th
Looks like the beginning of 2012 will be a busy time for Severin Films offshoot Intervision: they’re serving up a pair of Aussie sexploitation flicks in January and then following that up in February with a release of The Burning Moon. This was an early straight-to-video effort by Olaf Ittenbach, a goremeister from Germany whose More >
Schlock-Wire: Synapse Releasing Raimi-Related Cult Fave THOU SHALT NOT KILL… EXCEPT In March
Dec 21st
Next year, the ides of March will involve a crazy cult leader, a group of vengeful Vietnam vets and the best of the films to emerge from Sam Raimi’s group of childhood collaborators. Thou Shalt Not Kill… Except is a wild action/horror crossover from director Josh Becker that horror fans will want to check out More >
Schlock-Wire: Harmless Gets Philly-Soulful In January With PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL: THE RE-EDITS
Dec 14th
As announced on Schlockmania previously, Harmless Records is teaming with the founders of Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, to celebrate the label’s 40th anniversary with a series of reissue that pay tribute to its mighty legacy of sweet soul music. First out of the gate will be Philadelphia International: The Re-Edits, a More >
Schlock-Wire: MST3K VOL. XXIII Coming From Shout! Factory In March
Dec 14th
It looks like Shout! Factory will be continuing the trend of extras-laden boxes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes in 2012: scheduled for March is the release of MST3K Vol. XXIII. Like past boxes, this set will contain four episodes, the novel hook here being that none of these episodes have ever had a DVD More >
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