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16 May 2012 8:43 AM, PDT | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »

A Planet Fury-approved selection of notable genre releases for May.

42nd Street Forever (2012) Blu-ray Available Now

225 minutes of pure awesome. Exploitation fans won’t want to miss Synapse Films' latest trailer compilation. This new release features theatrical trailers from the first two volumes with plenty of additional material. Enjoy classic horror, science fiction, action and exploitation coming attractions remastered in high definition. The 80+ titles include such grindhouse favorites as Dr. Butcher, MD, The Pom Pom Girls, Werewolves on Wheels, Savage Sisters, The Teacher, The Evictors and Chained Heat.

The Wizard of Gore/The Gore Gore Girls (1970/1972) Blu-ray Available Now

Something Weird’s Blu-ray release of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Trilogy last year was a minor revelation. The Blood Feast print, presented in glorious high definition, was stunning in its gore-soaked clarity. All three films (including Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red) highlighted superior transfers, but Blood Feast was the standout. »

- Bradley Harding

3 May 2012 12:44 PM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »

Blu-ray Release Date: July 3, 2012

Price: Blu-ray $24.98

Studio: Image

Chesty Morgan gets tied up before the bust--or vice versa--in Double Agent 73.

Chesty Morgan’s Bosom Buddies, a trio of films from the Something Weird Video label of cult favorites, two of which feature the noted pneumatic 1970s sexploitation star Chesty Morgan, finally makes the leap to high-definition via their release on Blu-ray from Image.

Chesty, of course, was that excessively endowed starlet who originally hailed from Poland. She came to America and ultimately became a burlesque queen and grindhouse film star whose measurements included a reported 73Ff bustline!

The three movies included in the Bosom Buddies collection—all directed by sexploitation auteur Doris Wishman–are, well, really bad. But they’re bad in that cheap, ridiculous, grindhouse way that also makes them so so entertaining!

Here’s the breakdown:

Deadly Weapons (1974): In the first feature Chesty Morgan takes out »

- Laurence

28 February 2012 11:43 AM, PST | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »

Synapse’s 42nd Street Forever trailer compilations have been a tremendous success for the imprint, similar to what Something Weird Video has been doing for decades. Synapse gathered trailers from all corners of the cinematic universe, enough to populate five volumes over the last seven years, and now they are finally stepping into the world of Blu-ray.

42Nd Street Forever: The Blu-ray Edition, available on May 8th, is a compilation of the best of of the best from volumes 1 and 2 of the DVD series, featuring almost four hours of all the naughty bits that get underground cinephiles excited. Also included is a new commentary from Fangoria’s Mike Gingold. Fangoria.com has shared the cover art and sample list of trailers below.

Act Of Vengeance

Black Samson

The Bullet Machine

The Centerfold Girls

Chained Heat

Chappaqua

College Girls

The Curious Female

The Dark

Dark Star

Delinquent Schoolgirls

The Deadly Spawn »

- Justin

10 January 2012 8:42 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

To a certain segment of the film going population, the three features that form H.G. Lewis' Blood Trilogy are seminal. Director Lewis and producer David Friedman invented the gore film with Blood Feast and continued to perfect their formula for the next decade until it ran out of steam and they looked for another way to make a buck. The incredible Something Weird Video has been a champion of Lewis, and made one of this trilogy their entry into the world of Blu-ray. The Blood Trilogy has never looked this good, probably not even on the big screen. These discs are must own discs for any fan of '60s sleaze or exploitation cinema.Herschell Gordon Lewis' pioneering "gore" films in deluxe special editions. First, Mrs. Fremont »

4 items from 2012