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DVD Announcement: Psychos In Love
Streeting April 28 from Media Blaster’s genre arm Shriek Show comes Gorman Bechard’s PSYCHOS IN LOVE (1987) one of the most charming retro slashers to date – a slash-rom-com, and with a killer theme song to boot. What a pants … Continue reading
Slaughter High #1 Best Selling DVD!
In a win for retro slashers everywhere, SLAUGHTER HIGH (1986) is the #1 selling title at DVD Empire currently, out of all possible DVDs to buy. One of Lionsgate’s other releases this week, MY BEST FRIEND IS A VAMPIRE, is … Continue reading
DVD Announcement: Combat Shock
Whereas the gore in slasher flix usually amused me, the gore in COMBAT SHOCK (1986) repelled me. In a good way. Example – picture the self-surgery scene in THE TERMINATOR minus the robotic parts. It wasn’t just the gore department … Continue reading
Fangoria Sez Slaughter High DVD Disappoints
I don’t know what the hell has happened to Fangoria.com lately but I do still trust the word of longtime scribe for the mag, Michael Gingold. Being a super-duper SLAUGHTER HIGH fan it was less his comments about the quality … Continue reading
Amen! Night Of The Creeps Heading To DVD
“They got Alfalfa!” The good lads at Deadpit Radio dropped us a line to let us know while recording their April 3rd edition with DVD producing mogul Michael ‘Slipcase’ Felsher from Red Shirt Pictures. They learned that this Halloween is … Continue reading
DVD Announcement: The Last Horror Film
We here at Retro Slashers are big fans of ol’ pockmark-face Joe Spinell’s thematic acting follow-up to Bill Lustig’s MANIAC, and are excited about its forthcoming S.E. DVD release via the bastions of the bad, Troma Entertainment. The uncut status … Continue reading
It’s A Shock Festival In Your Living Room
Rue Morgue’s Best Fiction Book of 2008, SHOCK FESTIVAL, is getting a DVD adaptation (of sorts). Fangoria recently posted an insightful Interview With Author Stephen Romano which outlines plans for the disc.
Code Red’s Dribbler Gets Special Features
Last month you heard about Code Red DVD releasing a lost retro slasher so rare, it isn’t even on the IMDB under any title we know of – that would be NIGHT OF THE DRIBBLER. Now the company are back … Continue reading
Zombie Nightmare Coming From Code Red DVD
Code Red continue to rescue retro horror flicks from oblivion for future digital consumption. Latest on their slate is Zombie Nightmare (1986) which, despite the fantastic New World artwork is more a revenge pic. Read on for the skinny: CODE … Continue reading
Code Red DVD Unearth Lost Slasher
Code Red have revealed some startling news via their blog: NIGHT OF THE DRIBBLER, a comedy slasher shot in 1995, but never released anywhere in the world, will make its world debut via CODE RED DVD this summer! Some psycho … Continue reading