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| BCI, a Navarre Corporation Company, under their horror label Deimos, proudly announces the return to those glory days when moviegoers could experience a double feature – complete with scratched film prints, sticky floors, and non-stop thrills! In the spirit of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez film GRINDHOUSE, BCI will launch the “Welcome To The Grindhouse” DVD series – a line of double feature DVDs featuring the original exploitation films that inspired the current theatrical hit. The announcement was made by Cliff MacMillan, Director of Acquisitions, BCI. The first two “Welcome to the Grindhouse” DVDs will be released on July 3, 2007 with a $12.98 srp. “BCI is thrilled to present these classic and not so classic B-movies on DVD,” said MacMillan. “They might stretch over several film genres, but the underlying theme behind these Grindhouse classics is to have fun watching them.” Each “Welcome to the Grindhouse” DVD release will feature two full-length theatrical films, complete with trailers and theater ads. Each will have two themed films that represent the Grindhouse staples – Martial Arts, Horror, Sexploitation and Action -- with some of the titles coming from the Crown International Pictures library. The July 3rd inaugural releases of the “Welcome to the Grindhouse” DVD series include the following titles: Welcome to the Grindhouse: Pick-up and The Teacher Pick-Up Crown International Pictures, 1975. An off-beat story about two young women whose lives are forever changed when they hitch-hike a ride in a mobile home. Starring Jill Senter and Alan Long. Rated R – 80 minutes. The Teacher Crown International Pictures, 1974. An explosive story about a beautiful, provocative 28-year-old high school teacher whose seduction of a student proves fatal. Starring Angel Tompkins and Jay North (TV’s Dennis the Menace). Rated R – 98 minutes. Welcome to the Grindhouse: Evil Eye and Black Candles Evil Eye 1974. Peter Crane is having nightmares about murdering someone. His psychiatrist Dr. Stone has him hospitalized for being unable to differentiate between dreams and reality. Soon, people start turning up dead at the hospital. Is Peter really a killer or is there something more sinister afoot? Starring Richard Conte (The Godfather), Anthony Steffen (The Night Evelyn Came Out of The Grave) and Pilar Velasquez. Not Rated – 84 minutes. Black Candles 1983. Carol and her boyfriend Paul travel to England after the unexpected death of her brother. Once there, she discovers her sister-in-law is involved in satanic rituals -- and Paul is slowly being drawn into the cult. Starring Helga Line (The Lorelei’s Grasp) and Vanessa Hidalgo. Directed by international cult filmmaker Jose Ramon Larraz (Vampyres: Daughters of Dracula). Not Rated – 85 minutes. |
| QUOTE (Ian Maguire @ Apr 10 2007, 08:21 PM) |
| The grammar of the first paragraph has me a little confused. Is BCI saying that they'll put out DVDs of 2 movies with crappy transfers + trailers? Brentwood used to put out sets of 10 movies with crappy transfers for $19.99, so if my interpretation is correct this doesn't seem like much of an improvement. |
| QUOTE (Linn Haynes @ Apr 10 2007, 09:18 PM) |
| Actually, they've been run by different people for a while now. If you've seen the releases over the last year plus, you can certainly see the difference. |
| QUOTE (Ian Maguire @ Apr 10 2007, 10:39 PM) |
| Yeah, the quality has definitely improved. Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but their first paragraph seems to imply that they'll be releasing scratched up prints as part of the Grindhouse experience. |
| QUOTE (Ian Maguire @ Apr 10 2007, 09:39 PM) |
| Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but their first paragraph seems to imply that they'll be releasing scratched up prints as part of the Grindhouse experience. |
| QUOTE (Linn Haynes @ Apr 11 2007, 09:30 AM) |
| Well, if you're thinking that hard about it, it would also imply they've discovered a new DVD process that also gives you sticky floors!! :o |
| QUOTE (Robert Plante @ Apr 12 2007, 07:08 AM) |
| I think Sinister Cinema's Drive-in Double Features predate even SWV. Their pairings actually played together, and they included trailers and snack bar intermissions. |