Independent U.S. distributors Olive Films have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Allan Dwan's
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), starring John Wayne, John Agar, and Adele Mara, and Santos Alcocer's
Blind Man's Bluff a.k.a.
Cauldron of Blood (1970), starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Boris Karloff, Viveca Lindfors, and Rosenda Monteros.
Sands of Iwo Jima
John Wayne earned a 1949 Best Actor Academy AwardŽ nomination for one of his most iconic roles, as the battle-hardened leader of a squad of recruits, in Allan Dwan's Sands of Iwo Jima.
Haunted by his personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is both hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline, as he leads them into one of the most treacherous battles in the Pacific. Emotionally gripping, punctuated with intense battle scenes, all bound together by Wayne's larger-than-life performance, Sands of Iwo Jima is the quintessential WWII film. STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 11TH.
Cauldron of Blood
In a clever twist on the sculptor/murderer theme that runs throughout horror film history, the legendary Boris Karloff stars as blind artist Franz Badulescu, who creates startlingly lifelike statues with the help of his protective daughter, Viveca Lindfors (Creepshow). Jean-Pierre Aumont (Day for Night) co-stars as a jet-setting photographer sent to photograph the reclusive artist at his Spanish castle, but unearths a horrible secret at the core of Badulescu's haunting sculptures. Plotted like an Italian giallo, seasoned with American jazz and bursts of psychedelia, Cauldron of Blood (aka Blind Man's Bluff) is among the more fascinating of Karloff's Euro horror films of the period. STREET DATE: OCTOBER 14TH.