Independent U.S. distributors Olive Films will add seven new titles to their Blu-ray catalog: Damian Lee's
Ski School (1990), Edward L. Cahn's
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), Terry Jones'
Erik the Viking (1989), Mel Damski's
Yellowbeard (1983), Robert M. Young's
Extremities (1986), Joel Schumacher's
Flawless (1999), and Stuart Gillard's
Creature (1998). The releases will be available for purchase in May.
Ski School
The respectable name of ski instructors is about to do a faceplant! Mark Thomas Miller and Dean Cameron carve up the slops in this uproarious tale of snowbound high-jinx at a high-altitude school where skiing and partying go hand-in-glove. Featuring some of the most daring downhill stunts ever put to film, Ski School is a die-hard ski fest that doesn't stop 'til the powder's gone!
For snooty rich kid Reid (Miller), skiing's about top-class technique. For ski bum Dave (Cameron), it's about beer, babes in boots and badass stunts. Always at each other's throats, the rival instructors' legendary feud finally erupts in a competition offering control of Whistler Mountain as the prize! Determined not to be left in the cold, Reid and Dave wage an epic battle, but when the snow settles, will it be Reid's elite slope burners or Dave's partyhard powder-heads who rule the school? STREET DATE: MAY 26.
It! The Terror From Beyond Space
So terrifying it doesn't even have a name, "It" is a seemingly invincible monster that is hell-bent on killing everybody on a mission to Mars. "A Martian by birth and Frankenstein by instinct" (Variety), this life-devouring alien brushes aside bullets and even nuclear blasts - making it the deadliest cold war-style invader ever to hit the silver screen.
When his crew is brutally murdered on a Mars expedition, Commander Carruthers becomes the prime suspect. Taken into custody and facing a court-martial back on Earth, he discovers that the real killer - a grotesque, slithering monster - has stowed aboard the earthbound ship. But the indestructible creature has already begun a harrowing in-flight rampage, knocking off the members of the crew one by one. Now, as the spaceship heads home toward a panic-stricken Earth, the remaining crew must find some way to stop the unstoppable..."It." STREET DATE: MAY 19.
Erik the Viking
A hilarious all-star cast - including Tim Robbins and former Monty Pythoners Terry Jones and John Cleese - star in this inspired piece of lunacy marked by a "funny script packed with typically weird and wonderful characters" (Variety). Written and directed by Jones, Erik The Viking delivers that inimitable Python humor and "consistently entertains" (The New York Times)!
Ever since he accidentally killed a girl he was just getting to like, Erik (Tim Robbins) has been moody. Fed up with the emptiness of life in the Dark Ages, he leads a quest to wake the gods and bring back the sun... and the girl, if she'll have him. But along the way, Erik will have to face formidable obstacles, including a dragon with hay fever, tone-deaf islanders who love to sing, and a warlord (John Cleese) who likes his Ages dark and nasty! STREET DATE: MAY 19.
Yellowbeard
For twelve years, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) has looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted - for tax evasion! - he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him to the Spanish Main, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await. Starring a who's who of comic cutups and cutthroats including Graham Chapman, Cheech & Chong, Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, John Cleese and more!!! STREET DATE: MAY 26.
Extremities
After narrowly escaping an attempted rape, Marjorie (Farrah Fawcett) is haunted by the fact that her attacker (James Russo) knows where she lives. But when he appears on her doorstep and subjects her to a non-stop barrage of physical and mental assaults, Marjorie manages to disarm and capture him. Filled with fear and hostility, she conspires with her roommates (Diana Scarwid and Alfre Woodard) to take the law into their own hands. But as her rage consumes her, Marjorie shock her friends with a proposal that challenges the perilously thin line between justice... and vengeance. STREET DATE: MAY 19.
Flawless
"One of the year's hottest surprises" (Rex Reed), this "feel-good drama" (San Francisco Chronicle) from writer/director Joel Shumacher (A Time To Kill) combines the acting talents of two-time Oscar winner Robert DeNiro (Analyze This) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Talented Mr. Ripley)! Flawless lives up to its name with a story line that's full of compassion, tolerance and most of all..."heart" (San Francisco Chronicle)!
Walter Koontz (DeNiro) - once a hero cop, now a security guard - lives in a rundown Hell's kitchen tenement. One fateful night, after hearing the cries of a neighbor in trouble, his attempt to help turns into a nightmare when he suffers a stroke. Paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak clearly, Koontz, on the advice of his doctor, seeks voice lessons. But with winter holding him hostage to his apartment, he has no choice but to seek help from a musically inclined neighbor whom he vehemently dislikes...an outspoken guy named Rusty (Hoffman)! STREET DATE: MAY 19.
Creature
An amphibious shark-like monster terrorizes an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island it is located on. A marine biologist, as well as several other people, try to stop it before it is too late... STREET DATE: MAY 19.