Looking forward to adding this to my collection ...

Can finally retire my UK Castle Home Video PAL dvd!

MVD Rewind is reviving CHEERLEADERS WILD WEEKEND in December. It’s a pretty decent crime thriller (with copious T&A) that barely resembles any of the breezy materials used to market it, then and now! Code Red released it previously on a Blu-ray that fetches a pretty penny these days, with the same bonus features except for the Kristine DeBell commentary from an earlier DVD.


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Synapse Films website is down for maintenance - RUMOR has it that they are announcing Trick or Treat 4K disc tomorrow at 12pm EST.

Of course the Synapse site went down but OrbitDVD and DiabolikDVD have copies:


https://www.orbitdvd.com/collections...imited-edition

Googling Synapse shows a note that they’ll “return Friday at noon EST” so presumably they’ll be back online shortly.

Not sure when they came back online as I was out for a while, but the site’s working fine now (about 3 hours after Dex posted the notice above) with all three still available, plus a ‘buy all three’ option that doesn’t offer a discount for doing so, unfortunately (otherwise I might be tempted due to theoretical resale value up here).

I didn’t post anything.

My bad. I’m so used to you two guys posting most of this kind of stuff I just randomly went with one instead of scrolling back up!

I’ll also point out that out of curiosity I tested the 3-set offering in my cart (ships for $7.00) versus 3 copies of one of the individual sets (ships for $12.00), so I suppose there is some minor savings in buying all three designs, but it’s a bit dodgy considering the weight of any three sets should be the same in terms of shipping.

Looks like the three-set option sold out at some point (gotta admit I bit, for reasons specified above) but the others still seem to be available, although they’re OOS at Orbit and Diabolik.

They said they only had 150 of the bundles.

Just noticed MVD Visual has this up for pre-order at various places. As Bikini movies go, the first one is a minor classic that lives up to its title with virtually non-stop bikinis (and less) plus plenty of cars and lots of, umm, washing. The second one’s ok in those same regards, but lacks some of the magic. The first one was written and produced by Buck Flower, perhaps not surprisingly. The cinematographer on the first one debuted as a director on the second one, then did one more Bikini movie (THE GREAT OFF-ROAD BIKINI ADVENTURE) before doing a whole bunch of Playboy-style ‘erotic’ videos and then porn. I still smile when I remember reviewing both of these in my local daily newspaper when they came out on video. I don’t think the editors payed much attention to half the DTV junk I was writing about.

While these aren’t great films, they were 90’s video store and Up All Night / Skinemax staples, and their DVD treatments were barely above public domain, so it is cool to see them revived in a decent presentation. Cult director Jim Wynorski is on the commentary for Part 1 presumably because of his role in the film as I don’t recall him serving any other function (unfortunately he’s with YouTuber Heath Holland, so it could be a chore). Wynorski did, however, go on to make a shit ton of Bikini or Bikini-adjacent movies right up to today.

All that said, I would never pay full price for this, especially after seeing talk at the ‘other’ site that these were upscaled (with some amount of AI) from SD masters, and using the Rated version for part 1. It does look like they sourced uncut versions of both films as bonus features, and apparently didn’t fuck with them, so that’s some consolation, I guess.



Possibly not safe for work, unless you work at a bikini car wash. (second clip is a montage from the first film):

MVD is also putting out Tunnel Vision, one of the 70s sketch comedy films.

Just a heads up they Diabolik has all three deluxe versions of TRICK OR TREAT back up for sale (same price as before at $70). These sold out pretty quickly the first time, so I don’t know if that was a case of ‘manufacturing FOMO’ or some such, or if there are limited quantities left on these. The standard edition is also coming out soon.

https://diabolikdvd.com/?s=Trick%20or%20treat%20LE

A June release from MVD Visual. I’ve stumbled across the IMDb listing nearly every time I’ve looked up something with one of the stars. I haven’t actually seen it and assumed there wasn't been much demand for it, but MVD certainly added some seemingly decent supplements. The short version is on Tubi and YouTube for test driving, which seems advisable.

An 80s movie that I have never seen but I kinda remember the poster art.

Karen Allen looks like she could have made a good Tank Girl back in the day.

Synapse/Red Shirt Pictures just announced:

• Fright Night II
• Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
• Prom Night III
• Prom Night IV
• Angel of H.E.A.T.
• 976-Evil II

It’ll be a mix of BDs and UHD BDs. In production in 2025 and 2026. Fright Night II ain’t happenin’ this year. These will all be individual releases; no box sets, no double features.

Nice. For my money, PROM NIGHT 2 is the best of that so-so series. Presumably Red Shirt’s TRICK OR TREAT deluxe edition generated some decent revenue to help fund these. Parts III and IV were pretty average, though, and ideally should be bonus feature on a Part II set or double-featured. But then I guess there are potentially higher returns in keeping everything separate. Always wanted to see ÁNGEL FROM H.E.A.T., but probably not at this price range.

Terminus is streaming for free on Roku and Amazon Prime for any that want to check it out.

So I streamed Terminus...I can't say it was any good but some cool stunts. I am curious about that longer cut since the movie basically made no damn sense in the shorter version I streamed.

I doubt I would buy it but if it turns up on Vudu or some other place to see. I would be tempted to see how they compare.

Fyi, Bikini Car Wash is down to $13.99 (44% off MSRP) on Amazon. Honestly, at this price even if I just watch each film just once from start to finish it is worth picking up at this price point.

I just ordered it before I was about to publish this comment.

Hmm...seems both films were upsclaled using AI from basically videotape masters and a couple reviewers (one on Amazon and one on the site that shall not be named) state some (most) of the the films are unwatchable due to poor PQ. Well, that might explain the instant drop in price on this release. Usually MVD films are very watchable on Blu (their release of Split Second looks great on blu). I could cancel but I think the worst case scenario is I wasted about $15. Heck, I have spent more than that on a McDonald's meal that was just okay so not the end of the world if the release really does turn out to be unwatchable.

If the PQ is just barely above the quality of the PQ in the trailer links that Brian T put up in this thread, I will be able to tough it out and watch the films. At least each film is supposed to be uncut/uncensored.

^ Yeah, I think with these films a pretty big exception has to be made, but only at a discount if possible. That price seems reasonable. I’m sure eventually it will turn up in a MVD sale for ten bucks or less, but $15 is probably the limit. Even if these were pristine transfers from original camera negatives (which apparently no longer exist), I’d still wait for a discount, which is inevitable with MVD anyway.

This review has a lot of screencaps (scroll way down) from the AI-upscaled and SD versions of both films. None of them look great, but I suppose they get the job done, especially in light of MVD being pretty honest about what they did here, and the distinct unlikelihood of any other boutique bothering with such niche titles like these down the road.

https://www.thebigmoviehouse.com/202...-1993.html?m=1

And as I’ve mentioned previously, the amount of skin on display, especially in the first film, is still essentially intact even if the AI tomfoolery has scrubbed away some of the, ahem, details.

I suppose the alternative here would’ve been a company like Saturn’s Core or Terrorvision releasing them with more respectable transfers that retained as much detail as possible, but with either of those labels we’d have been charged upwards of $30 to $40 for the double-feature, and these films are absolutely not worth that kind of money.

Looks like the next Rewind title is indeed TUNNEL VISION (1976):

The release is on DVDCompare, and it says it includes both HD upscale and SD versions, so at least the SD versions should be watchable.I am curious why there's a ~1 minute difference between the versions.