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***SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT!***

We're so thrilled to be celebrating our 1-year anniversary today that we thought we'd treat you guys and reveal two cult favorites we have planned for Blu-ray releases before the end of this year: 1982's THE BEAST WITHIN and 1986's CRAWLSPACE!

No details to provide at this time but more will become clear on them in late Summer.

manicsounds wrote:Mystery Science Movie is an unsurprising but very welcome announcement. Never got around to picking up the UK disc, but I'm sure the Shout release will have much more extras.

A PISTOL FOR RINGOWhen bandito Fernando Sancho and his gang rob a bank and begin executing hostages while conducting a standoff at a nearby ranch, local authorities send in Ringo (Giuliano Gemma) to infiltrate the ranch and rescue the survivors.

THE RETURN OF RINGO Ringo (Giuliano Gemma) is a civil war soldier who returns to find his family decimated and his property taken over by a group of Mexican bandits. Bent on revenge, he goes undercover disguised as a Mexican. And so, the hunt begins.

RINGO: FACE OF REVENGECash-strapped drifters Ringo (Anthony Steffen) and Davy (Eduardo Fajardo) save the life of a trouble-prone Mexican ex-con with half of a treasure map tattooed across his back. The second half is on the back of a sheriff. The hunt begins.

SHOOT, GRINGO...SHOOT!Mexican land-owner Gutierrez offers to save Chad Stark (Brian Kelly) from hanging if Stark will agree to find and return Gutierrez' runaway son.

BLOOD FOR A SILVER DOLLARGary O'Hara (Giuliano Gemma) is a confederate soldier who returns from the war to fight one at home. After agreeing to ambush and kill the infamous gunfighter "Black Jack," Gary soon discovers the outlaw is really his brother!

10,000 DOLLARS for a MASSACREDjango (Gianni Garko) is hunting the bandit Manuel for the price on his head. But when he meets Manuel, he decides to instead join his gang for a robbery.

7 DOLLARS ON RED A little boy is abducted by ruthless bandit gang leader El Cachal, forcing the father of the boy, gunfighter Johnny Ashley (Anthony Steffen), to go searching for his son.

A BULLET FOR A STRANGER John and George are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. After they get themselves into big trouble with a gang of extortionists, a mysterious roving gunfighter (Gianni Garko) decides to help the guys out of their jam.

The Man from Planet X
A reporter in the Scottish Highlands is confronted by a friendly alien who pleads for aid for his freezing planet.

Beyond the Time Barrier
A U.S. Air Force test pilot crashes through the time barrier into the world of 2024, which is inhabited by the last remnants of Earth's civilization that escaped the cosmic plague of 1971.

The Time Travelers
A scientist steps through a time portal, travels 107 years into the future and finds a barren underground post-nuclear war world where a handful of "normal humans" are being attacked by mutants.

The Angry Red Planet
An expedition to Mars runs into all sorts of alien terrors, including unfriendly Martian plants and a terrifying kind of giant mouse/spider hybrid.

The Amazing Transparent Man
From cult director Edgar G. Ulmer, a mad scientist experiments with a serum to make man transparent and uses an escaped convict to rob a bank. But...Scotland Yard moves in.

Reptilicus
The frozen tail of a giant reptile is accidentally discovered. When it begins to thaw, the creature regenerates into a full-sized monster.

The Neanderthal Man
A mad scientist transforms himself into a prehistoric caveman, his cat into a saber-toothed tiger, and his housekeeper into an ape person, which does not enhance his popularity.

The Brain That Wouldn't Die
To restore the life of his fiancée, a brilliant surgeon tries to find a suitable body to attach to her head, which he keeps alive and locked in a dungeon. Includes a bonus deleted scene from International prints.

SHOUT AT THE DEVIL (1976)Peter Hunt (DEATH HUNT) directed this fast-paced action film, based on the best-selling novel by Wilbur Smith. Lee Marvin (THE DIRTY DOZEN) stars as a gruff, opportunist Colonel Flynn O'Flynn who enlists the help of an upper-class Englishman Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) to carry out his ivory smuggling operations in East Africa during World War I. When Sebastian falls in love with O'Flynn's beautiful young daughter (Barbara Parkins) the unlikely duo come to blows in the jungle but put their differences aside when forced to get their fortune past German occupying forces readying a battleship for war. Also starring Ian Holm (ALIEN)

HELL RAIDERS(1968)
Italy...during WWII. A demolition squad is led behind German lines to blow up a former American headquarters building in order that the secret documents in the basement do not fall into the hands of the Germans. Starring John Agar (SANDS OF IWO JIMA)

LOST BATTALION(1961)During WWII, a Philippine guerrilla leader guides a group of American refugees through Japanese-infested jungles to a waiting submarine.

TANK BATTALION (1958)
Set in Korea, this war story tells the tale of four men in a crippled tank who are battling behind enemy lines. While pinned down by Communist fire, they also reminisce about their love lives.

dwk wrote:10/29 - All Night Movie Marathon Volume 2:
THE DUNGEONMASTER (1984) – Original story by Empire Pictures’ Charles Band. All all-new transfer that includes a pre-credit dream sequence missing from the Lightning Video VHS.

solaris72 wrote:

dwk wrote:10/29 - All Night Movie Marathon Volume 2:
THE DUNGEONMASTER (1984) – Original story by Empire Pictures’ Charles Band. All all-new transfer that includes a pre-credit dream sequence missing from the Lightning Video VHS.

I love this movie! An awesome trailer and the film pretty much lives up to it.

domino harvey wrote:MGM War

SHOUT AT THE DEVIL (1976)Peter Hunt (DEATH HUNT) directed this fast-paced action film, based on the best-selling novel by Wilbur Smith. Lee Marvin (THE DIRTY DOZEN) stars as a gruff, opportunist Colonel Flynn O'Flynn who enlists the help of an upper-class Englishman Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) to carry out his ivory smuggling operations in East Africa during World War I. When Sebastian falls in love with O'Flynn's beautiful young daughter (Barbara Parkins) the unlikely duo come to blows in the jungle but put their differences aside when forced to get their fortune past German occupying forces readying a battleship for war. Also starring Ian Holm (ALIEN)

HELL RAIDERS(1968)
Italy...during WWII. A demolition squad is led behind German lines to blow up a former American headquarters building in order that the secret documents in the basement do not fall into the hands of the Germans. Starring John Agar (SANDS OF IWO JIMA)

LOST BATTALION(1961)During WWII, a Philippine guerrilla leader guides a group of American refugees through Japanese-infested jungles to a waiting submarine.

TANK BATTALION (1958)
Set in Korea, this war story tells the tale of four men in a crippled tank who are battling behind enemy lines. While pinned down by Communist fire, they also reminisce about their love lives.

**added 6/25/13**GO FOR BROKE!
Inspired by the true story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Go For Broke! stars Van Johnson as a newly-commissioned officer tasked with leading a special Army attack force made up of Japanese-American soldiers who would become one of the most heavily decorated units in the history of the United States Army. Featuring several veterans of the 442nd in its cast, Go For Broke! was nominated for two Academy Awards.

The Face Of Marble (1946)
Engrossed in his mission to bring the dead back to life, Dr. Randolph fails to notice his wife Elaine's interest in his young lab associate, Dr. Cochran. However, their old housekeeper Maria does take note and will do anything, including using her voodoo powers, to see to it that Elaine is happy. B&W 72 Min.

I Bury The Living (1958)
Through a series of chilling coincidences, the newly-elected director of a cemetery (Richard Boone) begins to believe that he can cause the deaths of living owners of burial plots by merely changing the push-pin color from white (living) to black (dead) on a large wall map of the cemetery. B&W, 67 Minutes

The Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake (1959)
While attending his brother's funeral Jonathan Drake is shocked to find the head of his sibling is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Indians is still in effect and that he is probably the next victim. B&W, 70 Minutes

The Snake Woman (1961)
A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind", injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite. B&W, 68 Minutes

JOHN CARPENTER’S ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (Collector’s Edition) – The original classic siege thriller is intensified further with all-new ‘Scream’-produced extras. (Nov 2012)

EVE OF DESTRUCTION – The 1991 Gregory Hines android-gone-amok sci-fi thriller hits Blu and anamorphic widescreen for the first time.

SATURN 3 – This post-Alien 1980 Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett vs. Evil Robot flick gets a considerable upgrade to Blu-ray for the first time. New extras planned. (Dec 2012)

DARKMAN (Collector’s Edition) – The 1990 Sam Raimi cult classic gets the full on ‘Scream’ treatment with all new extras. (Dec 2012)

SCREAM FACTORY “TV TERRORS” –Two made-for-TV movies - 1978’s THE INITIATION OF SARAH and ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE? – will be packaged together on DVD for the first time at a good price. Fans have been asking us if we could exploit more of this made-for TV content so consider this an “experiment”. If this sells well, we would love to look into bringing you a “Volume 2”. (Dec 2012)

CAT PEOPLE (Collector’s Edition) – The 1982 feline flick (with Nastassja Kinski, sex, violence and a great David Bowie single) arrives on Blu for the first time with all-new extras (2014.)

We still have more tricks up our sleeves for 2014 and we are working feverishly on trying to close deals so that we can announce more favorites soon!