The 88 Films Thread

[Susan Foreman]

'Watcher In The Attic' (1976) - Blu-Ray / DVD combo pre-order available from Amazon UK - UK$17:00

Release date: December 16

"A perverted loner roams the rafters of a boarding house in 1920s Tokyo in Watcher in the Attic, directed by one of the Nikkatsu's top Roman Porno filmmaking talents, Noboru Tanaka, peeping on the unusual sexual antics of its residents in this dreamlike tale of voyeurism, obsession and murder drawn from the "erotic grotesque" literature of Japan's foremost master of mystery and the macabre, Edogawa Rampo."

Special features: TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Masters Of The Universe' (1987) - Deluxe collectors edition Blu-Ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - UK$25:00

Release date: December 16

"From Saturday morning cartoon to the big screen in one muscle-bound leap, Dolph Lundgren brings an animated icon to life in Masters of the Universe

On the distant planet of Eternia the battle for Castle Grayskull has begun, and He-Man (Lundgren) must round up his army to fight off the powers of darkness led by Skeletor (an unrecognisable Frank Langella) and his horde of evil underlings

Big-budget with even bigger set-pieces, this far-out fantasy brings the henched hero vividly to life with memorable swordfights and even more memorable effects"

Special features: TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Madame Claude' (1977) - Pre-order available from Amazon UK for Blu-Ray - UK$17:00 or DVD - UK$12:00

Release date: December 16

"Enter the world of Madame Claude (Francoise Fabian), a well-connected business lady who uses her modelling agency as a cover for her true trade, supplying ladies to wealthy, greedy, powerful men at any time in any place across the globe allowing them to indulge in their sexual fantasies. But this madame has a very sinister side and uses compromising pictures of her clients to blackmail all involved.

Steamy, salacious and based (slightly) on a true story, director Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle) delivers hot and steamy set-pieces all accompanied by a sultry score from Serge Gainsbourg which all builds to a breathless climax in the final reel"

Special features: TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'I Am A Nymphomaniac' (1971) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films

Release date: November 25

"A young woman falls down a staircase, and suddenly becomes... a nymphomaniac"

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Woods Are Wet' (1973) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films as part of their new Roman Porno line

Release date: November 25

"Sachiko, an innocent young woman fleeing after being accused of the murder of her mistress, is thrust into an inferno of depravity, cruelty and perversion when she stumbles into a remote country inn run by a sadistic couple

Nikkatsu's top director of its erotic Roman Porno line, Tatsumi Kumashiro, brings the Marquis de Sade's Justine to life in the Taisho era of Japan in the 1920s in this dark and brutal exploration of the boundaries between pleasure and control."

More info TBA

[Susan Foreman]

'Sweden Porno: Blonde Animal' (1972) - Coming to Blu-ray in the UK from 88Films as part of their Roman Porn Collection

Release date: December 16

"Partner swapping and the corruption of innocence and young love are the focus of this uniquely Japanese take on the "Swedish Sin" phenomenon

Blonde Animal is a curious long-forgotten time-capsule portrait of Swinging Seventies Stockholm released as part of Nikkatsu's celebrated erotic Roman Porno line and virtually unseen outside of Japan ever"

More info TBA

[peter alex]

they are releasing project A 1&2 deluxe edition in the US which is a fantastic release because there is 2 versions of each films and 20 odd special feaures and all were getting in the UK are soft core porn rubbish and so called deluxe edition like the films Dragon Fist which is only going to have the old david west interview and mybe a new commentay and a trailer and thats it and as for the release of Fong Sai Yuk 1&2 that is not a deluxe edition nether cause their is hardly anything on the discs except three old special features for the first one from the ronin flix release and a commentary on the other and the first one is cut deluxe editions are ment to be full of special features like dragon forever but that was a long time ago I think they are just releasing any old rubbish they can get their hand on so thats why I'm going to wait to next year to see what they will release so I hope it gets better for the UK realeses cause so far I have only brought about three or four 88films releases in the last 8 months and the next three months are just dull boring and not worth spending money on.

[g053584398]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

This French thriller looks interesting but it's IMDB reviews aren't great.

I have the Le Chat Qui Fume release from France, and if memory serves it was decent thriller. I think it may have been quite sleazy as well. Black Venus is also on the disc as a bonus feature.

It sounds as though 88 Films have some intersting titles on the horizon and I'm really looking forward to quite a number of them.