British label 88 Films has revealed that it plans to add four new titles to its Blu-ray catalog: Chang Cheh's
House of Traps (1982), Ho Meng-Hua's
Black Magic (1975), Richard Lester's
Cuba (1979), and Ulli Lommel's
The Devonsville Terror (1983).
Black Magic
In this outrageous horror hit from Hong Kong's legendary Shaw Brothers, a young couple engaged to be married, Hsu Lo (Ti Lung, Legend of the Drunken Master) and Wang Chu-ying (Lily Li, Shaolin Executioner), are tormented by sexy widow Lo Yin (Tanny Tien Ni, The Magic Blade), who consults a necromancer to cast a love spell on the unwilling object of her affections. Unfortunately, the scheming sorcerer has plans of his own that lead to horrific consequences for everyone involved, with a spellbinding finale that pits two magicians against each other in the ultimate battle between light and darkness!
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 12.
House of Traps
From the creator of the popular Deadly Venoms martial arts series comes the most diabolical adventure of them all! The incredible Venoms, a team of skilled fights, unleash their fury in a bloody frenzy when they infiltrate a mysterious, treasure-filled house designed to entrap and destroy all those who enter it - as fiendishly and creatively as possible! One of the rarest and most-requested Shaw Brothers action masterpieces presented uncut in all its outrageous glory!
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 12.
The Devonsville Terror
Dr. Worley investigates a 300-year-old witch's curse in the New England town of Devonsville. Three liberated, aggressive women move into town, which angers the bigoted, male-dominated town fathers. One of the women is a reincarnation of the witch, who proceeds to exact revenge on the town males. Starring Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Donald Pleasence, and Paul Willson.
Cuba
Sean Connery (Entrapment) and Brooke Adams (Gas Food Lodging) lead an all-star cast in this sweeping story about two old flames who become caught up in the turbulence and exhilaration of Cuba's revolution.
Havana, Cuba. 1959. A tropical island paradise is on the brink of revolution. Robert Dapes (Connery), a cynical British mercenary, comes to the country at the request of one of Batista's most corrupt functionaries, General Bello (Martin Balsam). But once there, Dapes finds himself unable to ignore the brutality and depravity of the Batista regime - and unable to resist Alexandra Pulido (Adams), an old lover now married to a wealthy Cuban landowner. Surrounded by volatile guerilla fighters and the human vultures present at all coups, he must come to terms with his shifting views if he has any though of getting out...alive.
STREET DATE: AUGUST 22.