Independent distributors Kino Lorber have detailed six titles that will be released on Blu-ray this summer: Vernon Sewell's
The Crimson Cult (1968), Alan Ormsby's
Deranged (1974), Jonathan Kaplan's
Truck Turner (1974), Jim Clark's
Madhouse (1974), Jeremy Summers'
House of 1000 Dolls (1967), and Mario Bava's
Black Sabbath - AIP Version (1963).
The Crimson Cult
Synopsis: In this spooky thriller, an evil sorcerer invites an innocent young man and his girl friend to his dark and scary mansion. The two have no idea that the black magician is planning to sacrifice the young man to atone for the evil misdeeds of his ancestors who 200 years ago burned the wizard's relative, a witch, at the stake. A crazy party precedes the gruesome ritual. Fortunately for the young couple the sage Professor March (80-year-old Boris Karloff in one of his final films) is also a skilled magic maker and is there to save them.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Actress Barbara Steele
- In Conversation: 47 minute interview with Christopher Lee
- Music Macabre: An Interview with Composer Kendall Schmidt - Produced by Code Red
- Original UK and US Trailers
STREET DATE: JULY 7.
Deranged
Synopsis: Based loosely on the serial killings of Ed Gein (which also provided the inspiration for 'Psycho', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Silence of the Lambs'). Ezra Cobb (Robert Blossom) is devastated when his mother dies, and so digs up her corpse and installs it in his home. After a while, Ezra decides that his Ma could use some company, and starts committing gruesome murders.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Alan Ormsby - moderated by Filmmaker Elijah Drenner
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
- New Interview with Producer Tom Karr
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: JULY 7.
Truck Turner
Synopsis: Academy Award winner Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto (Alien) star in this powerful, pull-out-the-stops crime thriller from director Jonathan Kaplan (Unlawful Entry). It's a gritty, action-packed tale of the streets, pulsating with ultra-smooth soul, high-octane energy and nonstop suspense.
Truck Turner (Hayes) is a football star-turned-bounty hunter who's tracking a sadistic pimp on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Armed with his brute strength and ace cool partner (Alan Weeks), Truck closes in on his mark. But a tragic accident soon changes all the rules, and suddenly the hunter finds himself being hunted by the city's deadliest hired killers! Truck strikes back in a series of wild car chases, shootouts and bone-crunching fistfights, knowing that the battles can lead to only one place: an intense struggle to the death against Harvard Blue (Kotto), the brutal leader of L.A.'s organized crime syndicate.
STREET DATE: JULY 21.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Director Jonathan Kaplan - moderated by Filmmaker Elijah Drenner
- Q&A at The New Beverly Cinema with Jonathan Kaplan, Stuntman Bob Minor - Hosted by Joe Dante
- Trailers From Hell with Ernest Dickerson
- Radio Spot
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Madhouse
Synopsis: Masters of macabre Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Robert Quarry give performances to die for in this "diverting little chiller" (Boxoffice)! When horror star Paul Toombes' fiancee is brutally killed, he loses more than this job-he loses his mind. But twelve years later, when he returns to TV - only to discover a fresh batch of corpses - Paul finally begins to understand that melodrama can be murder on your career!
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian David Del Valle
- Brand New Documentary by Daniel Griffith
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: JULY 21.
House of 1000 Dolls
Synopsis: Two professional illusionists help abduct unsuspecting female victims with their magic tricks for an international ring of white slave traders.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker David DeCoteau
- Original Vincent Price Trailers
STREET DATE: JULY 21.
Black Sabbath
A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800's who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients - an elderly medium who died during a seance...
Special Features:
- Brand New Commentary with Film Historian Tim Lucas
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: JULY 21.