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AmyMV · 12-28-2020, 08:45 PM

Great research on Paranoid Gardren! This film is a very interesting look into Tsurisaki Kiyotaka earlier career before he began work on his documentary, Orozco the Embalmer.

I'd like to clear up a few points, most Japanese AV companies do not keep unfogged versions of there masters. Similar to the works of Tamakichi Anaru, the fogging is done during editing and is baked into the final video master. The cost alone for these independent companies to create two betacam masters for each film, would be prohibitive and pointless as the more niche films were made with the intent of exclusively for the Japanese market.

Featured on the Paranoid Garden release, a brand new interview with the director where he discusses the AV business in those days and touches on the censorship that the AV filmmakers had to endure.

I was told that Paranoid Garden will be hitting manufacturing this week! The wait will not be much longer, I'm glad there is such interest for this title here.

nekromantik · 12-28-2020, 10:10 PM

still no pre orders for MBTS

Mike0284 · 01-02-2021, 01:00 AM

From their Twitter.

@MassacreVideo

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Happy New Year! This year will feature our biggest release schedule yet and will consist of quite a few unannounced titles that we have been working on in secret.

We hope everyone has a healthy and prosperous 2021.

bsend · 01-02-2021, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike0284

From their Twitter.

@MassacreVideo

Color me intrigued

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 01-02-2021, 01:37 AM

Hope there's some more Japanese stuff in the pipeline.

Bradsdadg · 01-02-2021, 01:56 AM

Any thoughts/opinions on The Gravedigger? Also, anyone know if they are shipping out The Underground yet?

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 01-02-2021, 08:39 PM

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In 2021, we will be starting the Massacre Video Newsletter! This letter will keep you up to dates with all new releases, news and more.
Sign up for the newsletter on our website today!
http://massacrevideo.com/site/

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 01-04-2021, 11:56 PM

Sign up to their newsletter

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We have replenished our web-shops stock quantities, including some titles that have previously been out of stock for a bit of time! These titles are...
-555 DVD
-TUMBLING DOLL OF FLESH DVD
-FIEND Blu-ray
-ENTER THE DEVIL Blu-ray
-ENTER THE DEVIL Limited Edition Combo Blu-ray
We are waiting for THE UNDERGROUND DVDs to arrive from manufacturing, we are hoping they arrive this week. Once they arrive, our shipping guy will promptly be sending our all orders containing THE UNDERGROUND.
PARANOID GARDEN DVDs will be going live soon, we will be making the announcement first on our newsletter along with some other exciting information. Be sure to subscribe to get the latest updates!
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painiac · 01-05-2021, 12:29 PM

American Rampage/Danger USA came in, but with just the blu-ray in a two-disc case.

Deadly Diamonds came in a small CD envelope - what's the deal there?

AmyMV · 01-05-2021, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by painiac

American Rampage/Danger USA came in, but with just the blu-ray in a two-disc case.

Deadly Diamonds came in a small CD envelope - what's the deal there?

Great question! The extra spot in the two disc case is for the Deadly Diamonds disc. There was a delay during the manufacturing, instead of holding the release up, we sent the Deadly Diamonds out separately once it was completed.

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Originally Posted by Bradsdadg

Any thoughts/opinions on The Gravedigger? Also, anyone know if they are shipping out The Underground yet?

The Underground is slated to arrive this week and will begin shipping once they arrive.

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 01-11-2021, 08:07 PM

newsletter stuff

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We just finished an informative on-camera interview with David Sperling, cinematographer of TOXIC ZOMBIES (BLOODEATERS, FOREST OF FEAR) and other cult hits such as STREET TRASH. This interview will be included on our upcoming Blu-ray of TOXIC ZOMBIES. This film has been a tricky one to remaster as all pre-print material has been lost. The only remaining elements are 35mm theatrical prints. Luckily we have gotten our hands on a few such 35mm prints and have been working on frankensteining them together, using the best sections of each print to complete the best master possible.

MEN BEHIND THE SUN is also coming closer to completion. Our extensive 4k restoration has been underway for some time and, once completed, it will be moving to the color correction stage, and finally into UHD authoring. The OCN (original camera negatives) were scanned in 4k at a Hong Kong lab, which heavily delayed the scan due to Covid lockdowns, luckily we were allowed to finish the restoration here in the States.

Pre-orders for the first AV film from director Tsurisaki Kiyotaka (OROZCO THE EMBALMER, JUNK FILMS, THE WASTELAND), PARANOID GARDEN are now live! The disc are currently in replication as we type this newsletter.

THE UNDERGROUND has landed at our top secret shipping headquarters. Orders have already began to ship, thank you to all that pre ordered!

AmyMV · 01-18-2021, 03:53 PM

Thank you for posting the newsletter, xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx. I hope everyone does not forget to subscribe if you have not already.

Paranoid Garden DVD pre-orders are up, the disc should be going into assembly next week and then are to be shipped to our shipping warehouse.

We just posted a trailer for Toxic Zombies, check it out on our Vimeo page or website. The disc is almost completed, been a tricky one to get looking good from what I've heard!

nekromantik · 01-18-2021, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx

newsletter stuff

Looks like MBTS wont be ready until Summer earliest

Damonstein · 01-18-2021, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik

Looks like MBTS wont be ready until Summer earliest

yeah, summer 2022

Mike0284 · 01-21-2021, 07:35 AM

@MassacreVideo

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We have received many emails/messages about our upcoming MEN BEHIND THE SUN restoration, specifically if we will be sharing the same master that was on the recent German and HK Blu-ray's.

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The answer is NO, we received the raw 4k scan files from the lab and have been working on our unique restoration of the film. We are doing new stabilization, restoration and color correction all mastered and finished in 4k. The other scan was done in HK and finished in HD.

The Great Owl · 01-31-2021, 09:17 PM

Samantha Rork, a Los Angeles cop played by Kary Jane, has a habit of turning every investigation into a blood-soaked body count, much to the chagrin of the police chief, who is always trying in vain to get her to follow the rule book. When her partner is gunned down, our tough blonde heroine intensifies her shoot-first-questions-later routine in order to take down the responsible drug cartel kingpin by way of car chases, bullets, and grenades.

The low budget 1989 action film, American Rampage, directed by B movie extraordinaire David DeCoteau and apparently intended as Lethal Weapon knock-off with a female lead, is a blessing in present day for viewers who have felt something missing from their lives since acid-wash jeans and mullets waned in popularity. For others, it will come across as an incoherent jumble of random vignettes, in the form of violent gunfights or poolside scenes with topless actresses, occasionally interrupted by a paint-by-the-numbers narrative where Rork shoots people, talks to a police psychologist, played by Troy Donahue (The Godfather: Part II), shoots people, talks to a police psychologist, and shoots people.

Be on the lookout for Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer, both of whom worked with DeCoteau in Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama and Nightmare Sisters. Bauer appears as a nameless sunbather by the villain's pool, while Quigley appears as a woman who takes a shower and is subsequently killed in a scene that has absolutely nothing to do with anything else in the story.

American Rampage is strangely endearing despite its cinematic ineptitude, because late-night cable television cop movies like this are a callback to simpler times. The titular rampages are a lot of fun, mainly because certain actors playing the gunmen get overly-enthusiastic about their minor roles. The electronic synth music is perfect for the type of screen story at hand.

This Massacre Video transfer, on a disc double-feature with Danger USA, looks pretty great, as good as one has a right to expect after sitting down to watch this. The commentary track is engaging, because the filmmakers openly ridicule their own work.

P.S. There are occasional loud beeps during the commentary track. These are not coming from your smoke detector in your house, so do not bother to check. They are simply a part of the commentary track.

The Great Owl · 02-01-2021, 09:57 PM

Shana Beddow, an actress played by Martha Kincare, is known for starring in action movies where her characters use any weapons at their disposal to eliminate assailants. When Soviet spies kidnap her scientist father and victimize her family, however, our tough-as-nails heroine proves that she can leave a trail of bloodied corpses in the real world as well.

The low budget 1989 action film, Danger USA (Mind Trap), directed by Eames Demetrios, hits the ground running with one of a great many out-of-nowhere illusion moments, as Kincare's Shana fights off a killer in her bedroom by using her cat as a weapon, except that the bedroom is actually in the back of a semi-trailer truck and the entire fight is simply the shooting of a movie scene. Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) appears as a director. Lyle Waggoner (Wonder Woman) appears an actor who co-stars with Shana. Best of all, Maureen LaVette (America's Most Wanted) graces the screen as a villain operative who has perhaps the worst fake Russian accent in the cinema history.

My favorite moment in this endearingly strange everything-but-the-kitchen-sink outing is a terrific vehicular homicide scene. Shana is driving as a male attacker in the passenger seat holds her at gunpoint. She unhooks the man's seatbelt and suddenly puts on the brakes, launching the man through the windshield in front of a pile of furniture trash, where he is impaled by what appears to be a bedpost. She stands over his body, and says, "You can learn a lot from a dummy."

This Massacre Video Blu-ray, which presents this feature along with American Rampage, is a win across the board, with nicely filmic image quality.

The Great Owl · 02-02-2021, 06:26 PM

Last night, I watched the Deadly Diamonds DVD that came free with my American Rampage/Danger USA Blu-ray.

A mobster, played by Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams), is orchestrating the perfect scheme by hiring armed robbers to steal a shipment of his diamonds so that he can keep the jewels in addition to claiming a $30,000,000 insurance payment for their theft. Due to a series of misfortunes, however, the diamonds are now in the hands of Desireé, an unwitting call girl played by Kathleen Kane (The People vs. Larry Flynt), and Martin, a nerdy bike messenger played by Kenna Grob. As Martin helps Desireé flee the city, the two of them fall in love, but their romance may be short lived, because every criminal on the planet is searching for them.

The 1991 straight-to-video action feature, Deadly Diamonds, directed by Thomas Atcheson, is one of many productions of Krishna Mahadoo (American Rampage, Danger USA) that come across as an outsider's scrambled interpretation of the many such cops-and-robbers genre films that lined theaters during the 1980s. The fact that this one actually makes more sense than American Rampage or Danger USA works against it, because nothing really stands out with the end result. The narrative is basically a less competent precursor to the 1993 hit movie, True Romance.

Kane and Grob are likable enough in their roles, as are most of of the actors who play the crooks. The cast redeems this outing, even if the lovebirds-on-the-run predicament of the leads has been done many times before by better filmmakers. Oddly enough, my favorite scene of the film is when a gangster, played by Eli Rich (Lock Up), is coming up with funny one-liners on the spot while shooting passengers in the back of his car.

Be on the lookout for Troy Donahue (The Godfather: Part II) in a role that, like Haggerty's, was simply included to provide some marketable name recognition to the proceedings.

It's a DVD, but it looks pretty bad even by DVD standards.

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 02-06-2021, 08:26 AM

http://www.cinematicvoid.com/midnight

xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx · 02-13-2021, 04:11 AM

01-31-2021, 09:17 PM	#996
The Great Owl Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Georgia 4K collection:924 Blu-ray collection:6033 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 255 Trading Score:6	Samantha Rork, a Los Angeles cop played by Kary Jane, has a habit of turning every investigation into a blood-soaked body count, much to the chagrin of the police chief, who is always trying in vain to get her to follow the rule book. When her partner is gunned down, our tough blonde heroine intensifies her shoot-first-questions-later routine in order to take down the responsible drug cartel kingpin by way of car chases, bullets, and grenades. The low budget 1989 action film, American Rampage, directed by B movie extraordinaire David DeCoteau and apparently intended as Lethal Weapon knock-off with a female lead, is a blessing in present day for viewers who have felt something missing from their lives since acid-wash jeans and mullets waned in popularity. For others, it will come across as an incoherent jumble of random vignettes, in the form of violent gunfights or poolside scenes with topless actresses, occasionally interrupted by a paint-by-the-numbers narrative where Rork shoots people, talks to a police psychologist, played by Troy Donahue (The Godfather: Part II), shoots people, talks to a police psychologist, and shoots people. Be on the lookout for Linnea Quigley and Michelle Bauer, both of whom worked with DeCoteau in Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama and Nightmare Sisters. Bauer appears as a nameless sunbather by the villain's pool, while Quigley appears as a woman who takes a shower and is subsequently killed in a scene that has absolutely nothing to do with anything else in the story. American Rampage is strangely endearing despite its cinematic ineptitude, because late-night cable television cop movies like this are a callback to simpler times. The titular rampages are a lot of fun, mainly because certain actors playing the gunmen get overly-enthusiastic about their minor roles. The electronic synth music is perfect for the type of screen story at hand. This Massacre Video transfer, on a disc double-feature with Danger USA, looks pretty great, as good as one has a right to expect after sitting down to watch this. The commentary track is engaging, because the filmmakers openly ridicule their own work. P.S. There are occasional loud beeps during the commentary track. These are not coming from your smoke detector in your house, so do not bother to check. They are simply a part of the commentary track. Last edited by The Great Owl; 01-31-2021 at 09:27 PM.

02-01-2021, 09:57 PM	#997
The Great Owl Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Georgia 4K collection:924 Blu-ray collection:6033 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 255 Trading Score:6	Shana Beddow, an actress played by Martha Kincare, is known for starring in action movies where her characters use any weapons at their disposal to eliminate assailants. When Soviet spies kidnap her scientist father and victimize her family, however, our tough-as-nails heroine proves that she can leave a trail of bloodied corpses in the real world as well. The low budget 1989 action film, Danger USA (Mind Trap), directed by Eames Demetrios, hits the ground running with one of a great many out-of-nowhere illusion moments, as Kincare's Shana fights off a killer in her bedroom by using her cat as a weapon, except that the bedroom is actually in the back of a semi-trailer truck and the entire fight is simply the shooting of a movie scene. Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) appears as a director. Lyle Waggoner (Wonder Woman) appears an actor who co-stars with Shana. Best of all, Maureen LaVette (America's Most Wanted) graces the screen as a villain operative who has perhaps the worst fake Russian accent in the cinema history. My favorite moment in this endearingly strange everything-but-the-kitchen-sink outing is a terrific vehicular homicide scene. Shana is driving as a male attacker in the passenger seat holds her at gunpoint. She unhooks the man's seatbelt and suddenly puts on the brakes, launching the man through the windshield in front of a pile of furniture trash, where he is impaled by what appears to be a bedpost. She stands over his body, and says, "You can learn a lot from a dummy." This Massacre Video Blu-ray, which presents this feature along with American Rampage, is a win across the board, with nicely filmic image quality. Last edited by The Great Owl; 02-01-2021 at 10:03 PM.

02-02-2021, 06:26 PM	#998
The Great Owl Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Dec 2012 Location:Georgia 4K collection:924 Blu-ray collection:6033 DVD collection:28 Blu-ray reviews: 255 Trading Score:6	Last night, I watched the Deadly Diamonds DVD that came free with my American Rampage/Danger USA Blu-ray. A mobster, played by Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams), is orchestrating the perfect scheme by hiring armed robbers to steal a shipment of his diamonds so that he can keep the jewels in addition to claiming a $30,000,000 insurance payment for their theft. Due to a series of misfortunes, however, the diamonds are now in the hands of Desireé, an unwitting call girl played by Kathleen Kane (The People vs. Larry Flynt), and Martin, a nerdy bike messenger played by Kenna Grob. As Martin helps Desireé flee the city, the two of them fall in love, but their romance may be short lived, because every criminal on the planet is searching for them. The 1991 straight-to-video action feature, Deadly Diamonds, directed by Thomas Atcheson, is one of many productions of Krishna Mahadoo (American Rampage, Danger USA) that come across as an outsider's scrambled interpretation of the many such cops-and-robbers genre films that lined theaters during the 1980s. The fact that this one actually makes more sense than American Rampage or Danger USA works against it, because nothing really stands out with the end result. The narrative is basically a less competent precursor to the 1993 hit movie, True Romance. Kane and Grob are likable enough in their roles, as are most of of the actors who play the crooks. The cast redeems this outing, even if the lovebirds-on-the-run predicament of the leads has been done many times before by better filmmakers. Oddly enough, my favorite scene of the film is when a gangster, played by Eli Rich (Lock Up), is coming up with funny one-liners on the spot while shooting passengers in the back of his car. Be on the lookout for Troy Donahue (The Godfather: Part II) in a role that, like Haggerty's, was simply included to provide some marketable name recognition to the proceedings. It's a DVD, but it looks pretty bad even by DVD standards. Last edited by The Great Owl; 02-02-2021 at 06:34 PM.

12-28-2020, 08:45 PM	#981
AmyMV Member Member since:Dec 2020 Location:Denver	Great research on Paranoid Gardren! This film is a very interesting look into Tsurisaki Kiyotaka earlier career before he began work on his documentary, Orozco the Embalmer. I'd like to clear up a few points, most Japanese AV companies do not keep unfogged versions of there masters. Similar to the works of Tamakichi Anaru, the fogging is done during editing and is baked into the final video master. The cost alone for these independent companies to create two betacam masters for each film, would be prohibitive and pointless as the more niche films were made with the intent of exclusively for the Japanese market. Featured on the Paranoid Garden release, a brand new interview with the director where he discusses the AV business in those days and touches on the censorship that the AV filmmakers had to endure. I was told that Paranoid Garden will be hitting manufacturing this week! The wait will not be much longer, I'm glad there is such interest for this title here.

12-28-2020, 10:10 PM	#982
nekromantik Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Bristol, UK Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:549	still no pre orders for MBTS

01-02-2021, 01:37 AM	#985
xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:851 Trading Score:2	Hope there's some more Japanese stuff in the pipeline.

01-02-2021, 01:56 AM	#986
Bradsdadg Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jul 2017 4K collection:361 Blu-ray collection:1835 DVD collection:216 Trading Score:15	Any thoughts/opinions on The Gravedigger? Also, anyone know if they are shipping out The Underground yet?

01-05-2021, 12:29 PM	#989
painiac Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2016 Location:brooklyn 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:2197 DVD collection:845	American Rampage/Danger USA came in, but with just the blu-ray in a two-disc case. Deadly Diamonds came in a small CD envelope - what's the deal there?

01-18-2021, 03:53 PM	#992
AmyMV Member Member since:Dec 2020 Location:Denver	Thank you for posting the newsletter, xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx. I hope everyone does not forget to subscribe if you have not already. Paranoid Garden DVD pre-orders are up, the disc should be going into assembly next week and then are to be shipped to our shipping warehouse. We just posted a trailer for Toxic Zombies, check it out on our Vimeo page or website. The disc is almost completed, been a tricky one to get looking good from what I've heard!

02-06-2021, 08:26 AM	#999
xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:851 Trading Score:2	http://www.cinematicvoid.com/midnight

02-13-2021, 04:11 AM	#1000
xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:73 Blu-ray collection:851 Trading Score:2

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