Independent distributors Kino Lorber have detailed six titles that will be released on Blu-ray later this year: Jacques Tourneur's
War-Gods of the Deep (1965), Arnold Laven's
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957), Pat O'Connor's
The January Man (1989), Michael Ritchie's
The Couch Trip (1988) and
Diggstown (1992), and Sergio Corbucci's
Navajo Joe (1966).
War-Gods of the Deep
Master of suspense and horror Vincent Price takes on square-jawed Tab Hunter in this fantastic underwater tale teeming with adventure! Based on an Edgar Allen Poe story and co-starring David Tomlinson (Dominique) and Susan Hart (Pajama Party), this turbulent thriller pits gill-men against he-men, with a sexy woman caught between and surges with "excitement from initial fade-in to climatic fadeout" (Boxoffice)!
When a slimy, gilled monster from the deep kidnaps the beautiful Jill (Hart) it'll take her boyfriend (Hunter), his sidekick (Tomlinson) and his sidekick's sidekick - a rooster - to get her back! Following her trail into the deep, they are shocked to discover a lost underwater city, ruled by a ruthless captain (Price) and an army of mutated sea creatures, who imprison the hapless land lubbers...while a restless volcano threatens to bury them all!
Special Features:
- Interview with Star Tab Hunter
- Original Theatrical Trailer
The Monster That Challenged the World
An earthquake unleashes a giant mollusk in California's Salton Sea. The site is near a military base and the first victim is a navy skydiver testing parachutes and the two sailors sent to collect him from the water. Soon Naval Investigator Lt. Commander John Twillinger is on the case. They find the sailors' boat which is covered with a white goo. Soon Navy divers are looking for the missing men and recover a large round sac which they recover and sent the base lab. One of the divers is killed in an encounter with the creature and they think the crisis is over. They don't realize that the sac they transported to the lab is in fact the creature's egg and another mollusk hatches, this time on the base...
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tom Weaver
- Original Theatrical Trailer
The January Man
Ex-cop Mick Starkey (Kline) is the only man in New York brilliant enough to find a vicious serial killer. But returning to his job is as complicated an undertaking as nabbing the culprit. Forced to work alongside the brother (Keitel) who fired him, Nick also has to come to terms with the ex-girlfriend (Sarandon) who married his brother, and the mayor's young daughter (Mastrantonio) who's fallen in love with him.
But with time running out and everyone counting on him, Nick sets aside his personal turmoil to root out the killer - until that, too, involves a personal stake he'll never be able to accept losing.
Special Features:
- Making-of Featurette
- Original Theatrical Trailer
The Couch Trip
When asylum inmate John Burns (Aykroyd) intercepts a call to his psychiatrist, he brashly impersonates the good doctor. And he does such a good job that he's given an offer to fill in for a stressed-out Beverly Hills celebrity psychologist (Grodin) as the host of a call-in radio advice show. Escaping the hospital, Burns is soon gleefully crossing swords with his predecessor's beautiful colleague (Dixon), crossing paths with a crafty crackpot (Matthau) and crossing the line into complete hilarity as his offbeat psychobabble takes ultra-trendy La-La Land by storm!
Special Features:
- Making-of Featurette
- Dan Aykroyd Profile
- News Wrap: Team Comedy Featurette
- Selected B-Rolls
- Selected Sound Bites
- Trailers for The Couch Trip and Diggstown
Diggstown
For con artist Gabriel Caine (Woods),Diggstown is the promised land, legendary for its high-stakes boxing matches that attract high-rollers from miles around. Gabe, recognizing a golden opportunity, bets the town's powerful boss (Bruce Dern) that his fighter will defeat ten opponents in 24 hours. It's far from a sure thing, though, since Gabe's Fighter is Honey Roy Palmer (Gossett), a cranky, over-the-hill 48-year-old who has just come out of retirement. But Roy comes out swinging, pulverizing one contender after another, leading to a final exciting bout that may decide the ownership of the town itself!
Special Features:
- Making-of Featurette
- Trailers for The Couch Trip and Diggstown
Navajo Joe
A band of outlaws, headed by a sullen leader named Duncan, sweeps across the country like the plague, destroying everything in its path, including an entire Indian village. The outlaws arrive in the town of Esperanza, where they are hired by a crooked doctor to hijack a bank train and share in the wealth. But the sole survivor from the Indian village, a renegade Navajo named Joe (Reynolds), foils the plan by relocating the money. An irate Duncan holds an innocent Indian girl hostage until Joe surrenders; the brave citizens of Esperanza, under siege by the bandits, risk their lives to free Joe, who is their only hope of surviving.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Gary Palmucci
- Original Theatrical Trailer