DVD & Blu-Ray News Roundup

Red Scorpion?  Blu-Ray?
OK, so I remember renting this when it came out on VHS originally.  That’s about all I remember.  There are vague flashes of Dolph Lundgren fighting tanks or something in the Middle East.  Anyway, Synapse is releasing a newly remastered Blu-Ray of Red Scorpion this year sometime.  They haven’t set a street date yet but they have started releasing some details:

- All-new 2K transfer of the uncensored edition, containing additional footage not found in the original U.S. theatrical release. The Blu-ray will be 1080p widescreen in the aspect ratio of 1.78:1
- The digital restoration of film materials supervised by Synapse Films and Reliance Mediaworks (formerly Lowry Digital), exclusive to Synapse Films
- All-new DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround Mix, made specifically for the Synapse Films release
- Digitally Remastered Original 2.0 Soundtrack
- Synapse Films exclusive audio commentary with director Joseph Zito, moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
- HATH NO FURY - DOLPH LUNDGREN AND THE ROAD TO RED SCORPION - Video Interview with Dolph Lundgren
- ASSIGNMENT: AFRICA - An All-New Video Interview with Producer Jack Abramoff
- SCORPION TALES - An All-New Video Interview with Special Make-Up Effects Creator Tom Savini
- Original On-Set Behind-the-Scenes Video Footage
- Animated Still Gallery
- Extensive Liner Notes on the Making of RED SCORPION by Jérémie Damoiseau
...and the list of extras is growing daily... we're still working on some other things to add!

Spaghetti Westerns from Blue Underground
Blue Underground have two new Italian westerns coming out this year.  A Bullet for the General comes out on 5/22 and Django, Kill...If You Live, Shoot! comes out 6/19.  I don’t believe that they have released specs for either of these as of yet.

Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection
Finally some information leaks about all those rumored Roman-Porno films that Synapse/Impulse has been teasing us with.

True Story of a Woman in Jail: Sex Hell [DVD]
Director: Koyu Ohara
Starring: Kozue Hitomi, Seri Kaori, Hiromi Maya

Run Time: 72 minutes
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: Japanese
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Format: DVD
Region: Region 1

Synopsis
Our series of films from NIKKATSU PRODUCTIONS continues with one of the most unusual and controversial “women in prison” films of all-time!

A group of young women is thrown into a horrible juvenile hall, due to their illegal acts. They soon wish they were back on the outside, as a gang of inmates subjects this “fresh meat” to the horrors of being locked up. Mayumi, a new inmate with a mysterious past, stands up for herself and fights back! NO ONE is going to push her around, and she hatches an escape plan to seek revenge on the person who had her incarcerated.

TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN IN JAIL: SEX HELL is a sleazy, sexually graphic and surprisingly violent entry in the “women in prison” genre. The opening uniform changing, nude medical examination sessions, communal scrubbings in the bathhouse, nimble-fingered lesbians and vicious catfights are all here… and more!

Features
Newly Translated, Removable English Subtitles
Liner Notes from Japanese Film Expert, Jasper Sharp
http://synapse-films.com/dvds/true-s...-sex-hell-dvd/

Debauchery [DVD]
Director: Hidehiro Ito
Starring: Ryoko Watanabe, Serina Nishikawa, Mizuho Nakagawa

Run Time: 70 minutes
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: Japanese
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Format: DVD
Region: Region 1

Synopsis
Celebrating 100 years of NIKKATSU PRODUCTIONS, Impulse Pictures is proud to present THE NIKKATSU EROTIC FILMS COLLECTION, a continuing series of critically acclaimed, classic “eroductions” designed to shock and titillate fans of erotic cinema.

The sexy Ryôko Watanabe stars as Ami, a jaded housewife who pitches herself, body and soul, into the Tokyo decadence of the decade in an attempt to pep up her marriage. She secretly joins the elite “Madame Machiko Society Club” to experiment with discrete sex games and the thrill of making love to anonymous men. The sexual perversion and sick depravity she is subjected to, by her clients, is much more than she bargained for. Bondage, beads and whips are only the beginning! Can she escape this secret life she has chosen, or will it destroy her forever?

Features
Newly Translated, Removable English Subtitles
Original Theatrical Trailer
Liner Notes by Japanese Film Expert, Jasper Sharp
http://synapse-films.com/dvds/debauchery-dvd/

More Lewis in HD
Something Weird/Image announced two more H.G. Lewis films making their Blu-Ray debuts, The Wizard of Gore and The Gore Gore Girls!  They’ll be released on May 1st.