U.S. label Code Red has revealed that it plans to add various new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are Tonino Ricci's
Panic (1982), Andrea Bianchi's
Cry of a Prostitute (1974), and Mario Landi's
Giallo in Venice (1979).
Cry of a Prostitute
Synopsis: She's a woman with a past: a former prostitute, now married to a gang boss dealing in black market currency and illicit drug traffic. He is a cold-blooded killer: a mob hit man dispatched to Italy to pacify two rival gangs which are impeding Mafia operations. When the ex-hooker falls for the underworld assassin, the sparks begin to fly - and the heat is on the hired killer, as the rival gangs turn the tables and make him their moving target. Starring Henry Silva, Barbara Bouchet, Fausto Tozzi, Vittorio Sanipoli, and Mario Landi. NEW HD RESTORATION.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
Panic
Plot: A scientist's experiment goes wrong when it turns him terribly deformed. The man decides to run haywire in his town. Starring David Warbeck, Janet Agren, Roberto Ricci, José Lifante, Miguel Herrera, and Eugenio Benito. NEW HD RESTORATION.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
Giallo in Venice
Synopsis: This bizarre and brutal mystery follows a detective investigating the murder of a married couple. The trail leads to a sexually abusive and cocaine addicted husband while, at the same time, the insane killer is still at large committing multiple grisly murders. This gruesome giallo is notorious primarily for its extremely graphic scenes of horror. A perfect example of how a filmmaker can go too far in the quest to achieve the perfect blend of tension and repulsion. Starring Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei, Michele Renzullo, Eolo Capritti, and Mariangela Giordano.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
The Great Alligator
Synopsis: A tourist resort in Africa finds itself at the mercy of a huge man-eating crocodile from a local native legend which the croc is the incarnation of a native god angered by the intrusion of the tourists on its nesting ground. After a new natives are killed and eaten, they naturally blame the tourists and set out to kill them while the survivors try to rally on a boat with the hungry crocodile in the water, and the blood-thirsty natives on land waiting for them.
Another collaboration between director Sergio Martino and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi, the creative team behind such seminal Italian gialli as
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, Torso, and
All the Colors of the Dark, this paradise-set eco-nightmare boasts lush locations and an extremely high body count. Starring Barbara Bach, Claudio Cassinelli, Mel Ferrer, Fabrizia Castagnoli, and Romano Puppo. NEW HD RESTORATION.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
Almost Human
Synopsis: A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't making him all that much money, so he figures to hit the "big time" by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, and starring Tomás Milián, Henry Silva, Laura Belli, Gino Santercole, and Mario Piave. NEW HD RESTORATION.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
Happy Hell Night
Synopsis: 25 years ago at Winfield College, psycho-priest Zachary Malius murdered seven frat boys and was put away in the local asylum. Now, however, the same fraternity stages a prank from which Malius is inadvertently set free and returns to the house to repeat his crime...Directed by Brian Owens, and starring Larry Robinson, Lisa Nichols, Sam Rockwell, and Charles Cragin.
STREET DATE: LATE 2016.
Blastfighter
Plot: A former policeman sets out to unleash violent vengeance upon deer poachers when they rape and kill his long lost daughter. Directed by Lamberto Bava, and starring Michael Sopkiw, Valentina Forte, George Eastman, Stefano Mingardo, and Ottaviano Dell'Acqua.
Special Features:
- NEW interview with Lamberto Bava
- NEW interview with George Eastman
- NEW interview with Michael Sopkiw
- NEW Audio commentary with Michael Sopkiw moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
STREET DATE: SUMMER 2016.
The Last Survivor a.k.a. Jungle Holocaust
Plot: An oil prospector escapes from capture by a primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippine rain forest and heads out to locate his missing companion and their plane to return home. Directed by Ruggero Deodato, and starring Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, and Judy Rosly. NEW 2K RESTORATION.
STREET DATE: EARLY 2017.