Posts tagged Lucasploitation
Digi-Schlock: BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (Shout! Factory Blu-Ray)
Aug 12th
It’s been a while since Corman fans were last able to enjoy a New World Pictures classic on blu-ray. Thankfully, Shout! Factory has added a fan favorite to their collection of Corman blu-ray releases in the form of Battle Beyond The Stars. This release gives the film the special edition treatment it deserves, pairing a More >
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS: A Cheerful Assault On The Big Studio Death Star
Aug 9th
The writing was on the wall when Steven Spielberg took material that would be considered drive-in fodder and crafted it into a mainstream blockbuster called Jaws. However, the real coup-de-grace came between 1977 and 1979 when 20th Century Fox released two monster hits, Star Wars and Alien. Like Jaws, both took b-movie storylines and applied More >
Schlock-Wire: Full Specs For Shout! Factory’s DVD & Blu-Ray Releases of BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
May 6th
It’s been a while since Shout! Factory has released a blu-ray of a Roger Corman production so fans will be glad to hear this news: the sci-fi cult fave Battle Beyond The Stars will be released on both blu-ray and DVD in July. For those who don’t know the title, it is essentially Star Wars More >
Digi-Schlock: STARCRASH (Shout! Factory DVD)
Sep 17th
A year ago, the idea of remastered, anamorphic DVD’s from the Roger Corman/New World library would have seemed absurd, Most exploitation fans had given up by then because they’d been given lackluster treatment twice over. The New Concorde discs were almost all made from recycled VHS masters, even the ones with special features. Fans got More >
STARCRASH: Bizarro World’s Answer To Star Wars
Sep 14th
It could be argued that Star Wars stole the mojo away from exploitation cinema, with its success proving to Hollywood that they could use their professional-quality resources to mine the same schlocky vein of gold in a more profitable way than their drive-in competitors — and cut them out of the competition in the process. More >
Schlock-Wire: Complete Specs For Shout Factory’s 2-DVD Special Edition of STARCRASH
Jul 30th
Here’s a news-flash that will end the week with an interstellar bang: Shout! Factory’s forthcoming special edition of Starcrash will be a double-disc set! This film is easily the most beloved of all Star Wars ripoffs amongst schlock fanatics and it will be getting a truly heroic treatment on disc, including deleted scenes, documentaries, commentary More >
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