The 88 Films Thread

[Susan Foreman]

'Sex And Zen' (1991) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 29

"?Banned for 400 years!? screamed the original poster and you can see why as this erotic comedy is brilliantly bizarre, pretty sleazy and downright weird

Also known as The Carnal Prayer Mat's Stash of Illicit Love and slightly based on the seventeenth century novel The Carnel Prayer Mat, we follow a desperate man who is convinced by his mentor that he needs to be ?well equipped? to pleasure his wife, so he has a horses appendage transplanted onto him! From here on in it gets really strange!

A box-office hit in Hong Kong, this Category III movie is an erotic experience like no other and presented here UNCUT and remastered for the very first time."

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Skinned Alive' (1990) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 29

"Rob Zombie popularized the 'hillbilly horror' subgenre with films like 'House of 1000 Corpses' and 'The Devil?s Rejects,' but writer / director Jon Killough did it over a decade earlier by making a movie that?s fun for the whole family? the Manson family, that is!

Crawldaddy and her kids travel cross-country selling fine leather apparel when their van breaks down in the Ohio backwoods. Auto mechanic Tom and his wife Whinnie put them up for the weekend, until ex-cop neighbor Paul discovers what their product is really made of...

Painstakingly restored from a 2K film scan of the original 16mm A/B roll cut negative with a dynamic 5.1 surround remix, 'Skinned Alive' debuts on Blu-ray. This Ultimate Edition includes hours of vintage and newly-prepared bonus materials plus three audio commentaries. Starring Scott Spiegel ('Intruder,' 'Evil Dead II,' 'From Dusk ?Til Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money) and produced by J.R. Bookwalter ('The Dead Next Door,' 'Robot Ninja')!"

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Funeral Home' (1980) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 29

"Young and easily frightened Heather (Lesleh Donaldson, 'Happy Birthday To Me') is called to stay with her grandmother in the hopes of helping her turn an old funeral home into a bed-and-breakfast. But strange happenings and unexplained murders around the home quickly make this vacation spot a "dead-and-breakfast." It is up to Heather to investigate the eerie and creepy corners of the former funeral home to unlock a decades-old secret. Will she survive long enough to solve the mystery???"

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'The Pleasure' (1985) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: July 29

"Prolific Italian director Joe D?Amato is back in the softcore zone with a sordid tale about Gerard (Gabriele Tinti) who pines for his dead lover, Leonora (Andrea Guzon) whilst listening to old audio tapes of them having sex sparking memories of their erotic encounters

Back in the present his daughter, who is the mirror image of her mother finds the tapes which leads to questionable trysts and sordid couplings

With plenty of exposed flesh and the bonus of starring Laura 'Emmanuelle' Gemser this is one of D?Amato?s most stylish and accomplished bump and grind efforts. Fans of Tinto Brass will want to get their hands on this one."

More info TBA

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Rob4

This is a list of movies that were produced by Tigon:

Mini Weekend (1967)
The Sorcerers (1967)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Witchfinder General (1968)
Love in Our Time (1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
The Body Stealers (1969)
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
1917 (1970)
Monique (1970)
Zeta One (1970)
Black Beauty (1971)
The Beast in the Cellar (1971)
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Hannie Caulder (1971)
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
Virgin Witch (1972)
Doomwatch (1972)
Au Pair Girls (1972)
Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Orange - released or announced by 88 under the Tigon sub-label

I guess it's unlikely we would get The Creeping Flesh as I understand it is partially owned by Kevin Francis

A couple of the others - Virgin Witch & Haunted House of Horror already have special editions from Screenbound

Probably we can expect a re-release of The Blood Beast Terror and there's a good chance of Zeta One.

I'd really like to see Niether the Sea Nor the Sand upgraded to BR.

I'm not sure what the commercial viability of the rest would be?

EDIT: I think its with Sony in the US, so I wonder if Indicator would consider a US only release of the The Creeping Flesh once Mill Creek's rights have lapsed? Just an idea for Michael Brooke to kick around maybe?

I would like to see a Blu Ray of NEITHER THE SEA NOR THE SAND.
It?s quite an understated piece and quite atmospheric.
I have the old Redemption dvd, but an upgrade would be welcome.
Always thought it would make a good Flipside release too.

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Night Of The Big Heat' (1967) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88 Films
Release date: July 15
More info TBA

I've been trying to find a list of extras and, well, any information on this release, but none seems to be available. Even the 88 Films website doesn't mention it, even though it's already available for pre-order on Amazon. Cushing + Lee + Fisher, what's not to love? odd that it's so low-profile...

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nuno_Miranda

I've been trying to find a list of extras and, well, any information on this release, but none seems to be available. Even the 88 Films website doesn't mention it, even though it's already available for pre-order on Amazon. Cushing + Lee + Fisher, what's not to love? odd that it's so low-profile...

We are still waiting for further info regarding 'American Pie', and that is only about a month away from being released

When was the last time 88Films had a vanilla release with absolutely no extra features?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

We are still waiting for further info regarding 'American Pie', and that is only about a month away from being released

When was the last time 88Films had a vanilla release with absolutely no extra features?

Night of the Comet.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Night of the Comet.

It's not a lot, but that had a photo gallery and trailer

[Justin101]

Photo Gallery and Trailer isn't special features, it's not 1998, next you'll be saying an interactive menu lol.

I think there are quite a few 'Studio' releases from 88 with nothing on them.