Posts tagged Digi-Schlock
Digi-Schlock: STREETWALKIN’ (Shout! Factory DVD)
Feb 9th
A nice element of Shout! Factory’s Roger Corman DVD/blu-ray reissue series is that they’ve managed to work in some entries from his Concorde Pictures days alongside the expected New World Pictures fare. For example, there have been quality DVD releases of Jim Wynorski’s Not Of This Earth remake and The Terror Within. More recently, they More >
Digi-Schlock: MONSIGNOR (Shout! Factory DVD)
Feb 2nd
You have to give Shout! Factory credit: when they took on 20th Century Fox’s back catalog, they didn’t hesitate to dig out the obscurities. Lesser-known films like 99 And 44/100% Dead and The Last Hard Men have been exhumed for a new generation of cult movie types. Monsignor is another noteworthy entry in this lineup More >
Digi-Schlock: LETHAL LADIES COLLECTION VOL. 2 (Shout! Factory 2-DVD Set)
Jan 27th
By this point, it seems like Shout Factory has covered most of the key gems in their dvd/blu-ray tour through Roger Corman’s New World Pictures filmography. Key films like Death Race 2000, Piranha and Battle Beyond The Stars have all been treated to deluxe editions that offer newly stellar picture quality and a host of More >
Digi-Schlock: SKY RIDERS/THE LAST HARD MEN (Shout! Factory DVD)
Jan 19th
At a time when most major studios are either phasing out catalog title releases or just shunting them off to new DVD-R divisions, it’s nice to see some companies are still willing to give the collector their due with real, pressed discs of vintage material. Shout Factory is one of those companies and their line More >
Digi-Schlock: INTRUDER (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo)
Dec 16th
Some titles spend decades waiting for justice in the home video format. A textbook example of this truism is Intruder: when it debuted on video at the end of 1980’s, original distributor Paramount sheared off all its gory highlights to get a quick R-rating and never gave fans the option of an unrated cut. In More >
Digi-Schlock: MST3K VOL. 22 (Shout! Factory 4-DVD Set)
Dec 9th
Between their Gamera–themed box set and their 2-disc Manos: The Hands Of Fate set, Shout Factory has done well by Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans this year. As the Christmas season approaches, they’ve dropped one last jumbo set for the year to satiate the MST3K fanbase. MST3K Vol. 22 is another solid entry in this More >
Digi-Schlock: HORROR EXPRESS (Severin Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack)
Dec 2nd
It’s hard for a bargain-bin perennial to catch an even break in the home video marketplace. Even classics like Night Of The Living Dead and Messiah Of Evil have had to endure endless cheap-o grey market discs with varying versions of the same fuzzy video source. Horror Express is another title that has suffered such More >
Digi-Schlock: SURVIVE! (VCI DVD)
Nov 18th
You never know where an oddity will resurface on home video — and some can go for decades without emerging on video. Survive! used to be a good example of such a phantom title: despite its impressive commercial success, it essentially became a lost film in the U.S. after its release. Fans had to settle More >
Digi-Schlock: ZOMBIE (Blue Underground 2-DVD Set)
Nov 11th
Some titles are destined to be visited again and again by DVD companies. It can be done for any number of reasons — new technology, an anniversary, etc — and if a fan is lucky, the presentation the film will evolve with each release. Take Lucio Fulci’s Zombie, for instance: the Anchor Bay DVD beat More >
Digi-Schlock: FRANKENHOOKER (Synapse Blu-Ray)
Nov 10th
Synapse has been on a roll lately with catalog titles, taking familiar DVD gems and giving them a new bells-and-whistles treatment for blu-ray. The Exterminator and Maniac Cop are two very good examples of this trend in action. Frankenhooker is the latest edition to its category and it’s as strong as its predecessors, serving up More >
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