88 Films Announce March Releases
Home88 Films Announce March Releases
Posted November 26, 2025 03:23 AM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have revealed their March batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Stripped to Kill (1987), The Protector (1985), Fade to Black (1980), Sorority House Massacre (1986), Shango (1970), Sakuran (2006), and Helter Skelter (2012).
Stripped to Kill
Description: A red-hot murder mystery awaits you in Stripped to Kill, a tale of deadly deeds and even deadlier dancing! Detective Cody Sheehan (Kay Lenz) is a cop who desperately wants to solve the gruesome slayings of local strippers which are all tied to the Rock Bottom dance club. Going undercover, she begins to work at the club, will she be uncovered in more ways than one? This debut feature from Katt Shea, someone who gave the world the equally steamy Poison Ivy in 1992, is a sexploitation thriller that dares to bare as much as it can. Mixing early 80s crime thrillers with as much pole dancing as you can handle, Stripped to Kill is a "psycho on the loose" shocker with a cool late 80s aesthetic.
STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
The Protector 4K Blu-ray
Description: After the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter, maverick New York City cops Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are sent to garner leads in Hong Kong, but the pair find themselves beset by the local police and crime boss, Harold Ko (Roy Chiao) who will stop at nothing in ensuring the continuity of his drug empire.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Fade to Black 4K Blu-ray
Description: Get ready to meet Eric Binford, the number one movie fan in the whole world. In fact, this lonely cinephile loves movies so much he's prepared to kill for them whilst living out his warped fantasies all in the name of his deranged obsession for the silver screen. Written and directed by Vernon Zimmerman, this is a slasher which focuses on the darker side of fandom and obsession whilst smartly entwinning a very black, surreal sense of humour. Filled with film references and a very early role for Mickey Rourke, Fade to Black has the spirit of Scream mixed with the tone of Psycho and the beating heart of 80s slasher films.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Sorority House Massacre 4K Blu-ray
Description: From Carol Frank, the director of The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) comes another blood-drenched slasher, this time with a paranormal edge to it. A young girl, Beth, survived the massacre of her family at the hands of her deranged brother but grows up with a mental block which removes the gory details of the horrific event. Fast-forward a few years and whilst at college Beth starts getting a sense of déjà vu about her sorority house, where has she seen it before and can she truly have a psychic link to her deranged brother? Soon, the bodies of innocent teens begin to pile high. The hack n' slash genre has never been this disturbed!
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Shango
Description: Spaghetti Westerns don't come any hotter than Shango (Shango, La Pistola Infallibile), a wild ride into a time where questions were answered through gritted teeth or worse still, with bullets. Directed by Edoardo Mulargia who co-wrote the intense script with headline star Anthony Steffen, we follow Shango, a Texas Ranger who finds himself face-to-face with a Confederate officer and his gang of violent thugs who are busy terrorizing the locals of a town in their savage hunt for gold. Violent and raw, Shango is packed with hardened characters, all battling for survival in the torturous heat of an unforgiving land whilst reflecting that, for some, war is never truly over and that they will always find something to fight for.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Sakuran
Description: Ancient Edo's legendary Yoshiwara red-light district is brought back to life in Sakuran, the dazzling debut of acclaimed photographer Mika Ninagawa (Helter Skelter), based on the popular manga by Moyoco Anno. Anna Tsuchiya (Kamikaze Girls) is Kiyoha, sold into a brothel at a tender age and put to training as a courtesan. As Kiyoha's rebellious spirit and renowned beauty provoke the jealous rivalry of the other girls in the establishment, the possibility of romance raises its head, but can love provide a genuine possibility of escape for a young woman in her position, in a refined sensual world where looks and deportment are everything? With its super-saturated colors and striking art design, Sakuran is a delicious feast for the eyes.
STREET DATE: MARCH 23.
Helter Skelter
Description: Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention – the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and colour-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.
This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.
STREET DATE: MARCH 23.
Stripped to Kill
Description: A red-hot murder mystery awaits you in Stripped to Kill, a tale of deadly deeds and even deadlier dancing! Detective Cody Sheehan (Kay Lenz) is a cop who desperately wants to solve the gruesome slayings of local strippers which are all tied to the Rock Bottom dance club. Going undercover, she begins to work at the club, will she be uncovered in more ways than one? This debut feature from Katt Shea, someone who gave the world the equally steamy Poison Ivy in 1992, is a sexploitation thriller that dares to bare as much as it can. Mixing early 80s crime thrillers with as much pole dancing as you can handle, Stripped to Kill is a "psycho on the loose" shocker with a cool late 80s aesthetic.
STREET DATE: MARCH 30.
The Protector 4K Blu-ray
Description: After the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman's daughter, maverick New York City cops Billy Wong (Jackie Chan) and Danny Garoni (Danny Aiello) are sent to garner leads in Hong Kong, but the pair find themselves beset by the local police and crime boss, Harold Ko (Roy Chiao) who will stop at nothing in ensuring the continuity of his drug empire.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Fade to Black 4K Blu-ray
Description: Get ready to meet Eric Binford, the number one movie fan in the whole world. In fact, this lonely cinephile loves movies so much he's prepared to kill for them whilst living out his warped fantasies all in the name of his deranged obsession for the silver screen. Written and directed by Vernon Zimmerman, this is a slasher which focuses on the darker side of fandom and obsession whilst smartly entwinning a very black, surreal sense of humour. Filled with film references and a very early role for Mickey Rourke, Fade to Black has the spirit of Scream mixed with the tone of Psycho and the beating heart of 80s slasher films.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Sorority House Massacre 4K Blu-ray
Description: From Carol Frank, the director of The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) comes another blood-drenched slasher, this time with a paranormal edge to it. A young girl, Beth, survived the massacre of her family at the hands of her deranged brother but grows up with a mental block which removes the gory details of the horrific event. Fast-forward a few years and whilst at college Beth starts getting a sense of déjà vu about her sorority house, where has she seen it before and can she truly have a psychic link to her deranged brother? Soon, the bodies of innocent teens begin to pile high. The hack n' slash genre has never been this disturbed!
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Shango
Description: Spaghetti Westerns don't come any hotter than Shango (Shango, La Pistola Infallibile), a wild ride into a time where questions were answered through gritted teeth or worse still, with bullets. Directed by Edoardo Mulargia who co-wrote the intense script with headline star Anthony Steffen, we follow Shango, a Texas Ranger who finds himself face-to-face with a Confederate officer and his gang of violent thugs who are busy terrorizing the locals of a town in their savage hunt for gold. Violent and raw, Shango is packed with hardened characters, all battling for survival in the torturous heat of an unforgiving land whilst reflecting that, for some, war is never truly over and that they will always find something to fight for.
STREET DATE: MARCH 16.
Sakuran
Description: Ancient Edo's legendary Yoshiwara red-light district is brought back to life in Sakuran, the dazzling debut of acclaimed photographer Mika Ninagawa (Helter Skelter), based on the popular manga by Moyoco Anno. Anna Tsuchiya (Kamikaze Girls) is Kiyoha, sold into a brothel at a tender age and put to training as a courtesan. As Kiyoha's rebellious spirit and renowned beauty provoke the jealous rivalry of the other girls in the establishment, the possibility of romance raises its head, but can love provide a genuine possibility of escape for a young woman in her position, in a refined sensual world where looks and deportment are everything? With its super-saturated colors and striking art design, Sakuran is a delicious feast for the eyes.
STREET DATE: MARCH 23.
Helter Skelter
Description: Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention – the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and colour-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.
This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.
STREET DATE: MARCH 23.
