Palace of Venus

Palácio de Vênus (Palace of Venus)

To satisfy her costumers, an owner of a luxuruior bordello does whatever it takes. but the place's eficiency is threataned when the most desirable of its ladies decides to quit. The owner set a diabloical plot to keep the girl working.
One of prolific director/screenwriter Ody Fraga most wanted films.
It's like socialism coming into pornochanchada. Not ony the film stars some of the greates actresses of the genre (Helena Ramos, Neida Ribeiro, Matilde Mastrangi, among others) but it also had some problems with censorship when released. Not because all nudity and sex situation, but due to its theme.
Anyawy, it's early 80's Brazilian softcore. Although porn was not allowed in Brazil, it was already a reality, so the producers had to be daring and the actresses went on very fine. Thanks God!
In Portuguese only.

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Public Cowboy No. 1

Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.

Deputy Gene Autry rides to the rescue when modern rustlers use airplanes, short wave radios, and refrigerator trucks to ply their trade. Cowboys and 1937 technology result in an ersatz era that only exists in Hollywood fiction. Occasional chuckles are a side effect. The leading citizens consider Gene's friend and mentor, old Sheriff Doniphan, outdated. They hire a team of modern detectives. Hot on the trail, the detectives' car is stuck in a stream, and their teargas grenades explode accidentally. Gene and his cowboy pals ride through a teargas fog to bypass this obstacle in pursuit of the crooks. Surrealism abounds. Gene does a fair amount of singing, but lengthy musical numbers are thankfully absent. As comic sidekicks go, Smiley Burnette leaves one yearning for Gabby Hayes. The story includes cliff-hanging action and light humor. The outbursts of violence are bloodless enough to be "G" rated. B movie meister, Joseph Kane, directed this little flick. Nobody made Westerns like Republic. Great Saturday matinee fun. ;-)

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The Radio Detective (1926)

The Radio Detective is a 1926 American adventure film serial directed by William James Craft and William A. Crinley and released by Universal Pictures. The film is considered to be lost.
List of episodes
Chapter 1: The Kick Off!
Chapter 2: The Radio Riddle
Chapter 3: The Radio Wizard
Chapter 4: Boy Scout Loyality
Chapter 5: The Radio Secret
Chapter 6: Fighting For Love
Chapter 7: The Tenderfoot Scout
Chapter 8: The Truth Teller
Chapter 9: The Fire Fiend
Chapter 10: Radio Romance

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Blazing Stewardesses - 2 Disc SE ( NTSC Region 1)

Blazing Stewardesses - 2 Disc SE ( NTSC Region 1) Those "naughty stewardesses" are at it again! But this time they've turnedin their Mile High Club sky miles fora sexy, rousing, Old West-styled adventure ona dude ranch. Punchin' cattle andbreakin' stallions are thelast things ontheir mindsas these lovely ladies earn their wings ina whole new way blazinga trail straightto thebedroom. Amidst thehilarious antics of theRitz Brothers andaction-packed thrills & spills of themysterious Hooded Riders led byWestern movie icon Don "Red" Barry, thegirls are approached bybeautiful Madam Honey (Yvonne De Carlo/The Munsters)to join their swingin' Bee Hive Ranch. It'sa sweet deal our saucy stewardesses may not be ableto pass up.
NTSC Region 1
Disc 1:
Feature film: BLAZING STEWARDESSES (1975)
Interview: MARILYN JOI (a.k.a. T.A. King)
Rare combo trailer
Commentary: Producer SAM SHERMAN / historian ED HULSE
Full color booklet featuring liner notes
Disc 2:

Feature film: NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES (1974)
Never-Before-Seen outtakes
Commentary: Producer Sam Sherman
Original trailer / TV spots
Retro-Seduction cinema trailer vault
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Violent Shit - The Movie (LE Mediabook CD / PAL DVD / Blu-Ray All Region Combo)

Violent Shit - The Movie (LE Mediabook CD / PAL DVD / Blu-Ray All Region Combo)
3-Disc-mediabook - numbered and limited to 999 copies - incl. Blu-Ray, DVD and soundtrack CD, 36-page booklet.


Rome is shattered by a series of gruesome murders that paint the Eternal City deep red. The suspicion grows that these atrocious crimes are connected with the return of one of the most heinous serial killers of our time - Karl the Butcher.

“The relentless Karl the Butcher, beloved and best known to gorehounds and German Underground aficionados has been revamped and re-envisioned; his trademark brutality in the likes of the distinctly German independent VIOLENT SHIT now remade into an equally ghastly giallo featuring a Claudio Simonetti soundtrack. VIOLENT SHIT — THE MOVIE is an homage to both the original’s 25th anniversary and the producer’s love of Italian horror and blends German gore movies with the ”mastery of Italian horror.” The film stars Italian genre mainstay Giovanni Lombardo Radice as “the devil incarnate, who masterminds Karl the Butcher’s evil murder spree.” Italian directors Enzo G. Castellari (INGLORIOUS BASTARDS) and Luigi Cozzi (CONTAMINATION) have cameos in the movie, as well as Lucio Fulci’s screenwriter Antonio Tentori and SUSPIRIA’s Barbara Magnolfi.” -Fangoria

DVD PAL All Region
Blu-Ray All Region
CD plays music

Video: 1,78:1 (16:9) Full HD 1080p

Audio: German, English, DTS-HD, DD 5.1

Subtitles: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch and Japanese subtitles

Duration: 82 min. - Uncut Version

Bonus Material:

CD-Original Soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN,

Making of the movie - of Luigi Pastore (Italian with German and English Subs)

Tribute to Lilli Carati- the last interview (Italian with German and English Subs)

Interviews, Trailers, Slideshow, Hidden Feature, uvm.

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The Terror of the Tongs (1961)

A secret society of Hong-Kong at the beginning of the century called "The Red Dragon Tong" kidnaps the captain of a ship in the harbour of Hong-Kong as he tries to detain the killers of his daughter. Because the secret society is very powerful it is not easy to free him from their hands.
In 1910 Hong Kong Christopher Lee plays Chung King, an evil leader of tongs who will kill anyone who stands in their way of their slave and opium trade.
A sea captain (Geoffrey Toone) battles them when his daughter is murdered. Violence follows and then bodies begin piling up.
Unusual Hammer film--not really a horror movie--more like a violent action film. Lee is having a whale of a time playing King and Toone is OK in his role. Everyone else is pretty terrible--especially pretty Yvonne Monlaur and all the Asian actors. The low budget does show and the script is sort of scattershot.
I'm giving it a 7 because it's no longer than it needs to be (79 minutes), Lee is very good, there's some beautiful color photography and some pretty strong bloody violence for 1961--but then this IS a Hammer film.
Worth seeing on a slow day.

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King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)

King Kong vs Godzilla is a 1962 Japanese-American production created by Toho Studios. It was the third film for both monsters and was the first time both were featured in color.  It became the highest grossing Godzilla film in history. The director of special effects was Eiji Suburaya.

Plot
The story takes place seven years after the events of Godzilla Raids Again (1955).  A U.S. nuclear submarine known as the Seahawk spots a strange light emanating from a large iceberg in the Arctic. The crew discovers that something inside it is causing the light and goes in to investigate. While submerged, the sub ends up crashing into the iceberg, accidently releasing the dreaded King of the Monsters, Godzilla, from his icy tomb. The radiactive dinosaur quickly makes his way to his Japanese homeland and destroys an attacking army base with relative ease.

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Nympho Cycler (1971)

A beautiful, love starved woman named Misty, leaves an abusive relationship with an odd man. She joins a pack of bikers and many sexual escapades and intense happenings occur on her adventure into a new freedom.

Misty (Casey Larrain) is tired of her cross-dressing husband (Edward D. Wood, Jr.) forcing her to have sex with his friends so she jumps on her motorcycle and heads across the country where she finds other people she can have sex with.

NYMPHO CYCLER would have been long forgotten had it not been written and directed by the cult figure Edward D. Wood, Jr.. Fans of his are pretty much going to want to watch this thing at least once but there's no question that it's quality is among the worst thing that the director ever did. Yes, I'm being incredibly kind by giving this thing a two-star rating and I have no problem stating that if you're not a fan of Wood then you might as well take away both stars and give this thing a BOMB rating. Fans of sexploitation, porn or just movies in general aren't going to find too much here to enjoy.

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Hired To Kill [Blu-Ray]

NO MAN ON EARTH COULD GET HIM OUT OF PRISON ALIVE. SEVEN WOMEN WILL TRY.

Starring legendary actors Oliver Reed (Gladiator, The Brood) and George Kennedy (The Delta Force and The Naked Gun series), Hired to Kill is an essential slice of 90s action fare featuring guns, girls and a plethora of budget-busting explosions for good measure.

Action movie staple Brian Thompson (whose brief turn in 1984 s The Terminator led to a starring role in the 1986 Sylvester Stallone vehicle Cobra) stars as Frank Ryan, a mercenary sent to track down a rebel leader in hostile territory. Posing as a fashion designer, he won t be going it alone, as he ll be aided by seven beautiful but deadly female fighters.

Whilst the opportunity to see Oliver Reed chewing up the scenery behind an elaborate moustache merits the price of the admission alone, Hired to Kill is also noteworthy as being co-directed by Nico Mastorakis the man behind such cult favourites as Island of Death and The Zero Boys.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

Brand new 2K restoration of the film, approved by writer-director Nico Mastorakis
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Stereo audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio Commentary with editor Barry Zetlin
Hired to Direct a brand new interview with director Nico Mastorakis on the making of Hired to Kill
Undercover Mercenary a brand new interview with star Brian Thompson
Original Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
Original Freedom or Death Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM Content)
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Fully-illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing by critic James Oliver

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That's Sexploitation! [Blu-ray]

This is a great documentary and a lot of fun. Did not want to see it end. Would like to see some of these films in this documentary released on blu-ray. Great job to the folks at Something Weird Video and Severin Films! If you enjoy this kind of thing, you will love it! Highly recommended!

From director Frank Henenlotter (BASKET CASE, BRAIN DAMAGE) and co-producer Mike Vraney (the late founder of Something Weird Video) comes the epic documentary critics call fascinating (Video Watchdog), titillating (Time Out Los Angeles) and jaw-dropping (Seattle Weekly): Henenlotter and legendary exploitation monarch David F. Friedman in his final film appearance are your hosts for this eye-popping expedition through the world of pre-code peekaboos, stags, sex-hygiene films, goona-goonas, nudie-cuties, roughies, druggies, white-coaters and more, featuring thousands of spicy clips from the SWV archives. And if that's not enough. the Bonus Features include an additional 3+ hours of rare loops and shorts from five decades of Sexploitation history! 

Special Features:
Over 3 1/2 Hours of Sexploitation Shorts From The Something Weird Archives
Audio Commentary With Director Frank Henenlotter And Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci
Trailer

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Bela Lugosi Horror Collection

The BELA LUGOSI HORROR COLLECTION is a decent, 8-movie compilation of scratchy, public domain films. WHITE ZOMBIE has Bela as the eeevil Murder Legendre, lording it over his crew of zombie slaves. Arguably Lugosi's finest, creepiest role! BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT has Bela playing another wicked role as a crime-boss, killing off the unwary for fun and profit. INVISIBLE GHOST- A man (Lugosi) is haunted by the image of his dead wife. Is he insane, or is something else going on? SPOOKS RUN WILD is one of the two films that Bela made w/ the East Side Kids (the other one, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, is not in this collection). Basically, the Kids run around in a big old house w/ Lugosi. Suitably absurd. THE CORPSE VANISHES- A mad scientist (Bela) murders young brides, absconds w/ their bodies, and uses their fluids to keep his wife alive! Every bit as awesome as it sounds! In THE DEVIL BAT, Bela plays another mad scientist. This time, he's developed a gigantic, mutant bat that he uses to exact vengeance on those who've wronged him. Pure, cheeezy delight! THE APE MAN finds Lugosi in an Amish-like beard, sleeping in a cage w/ his go-rilla

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Vintage Sci-Fi Movies, 6 Film Set -The 27th Day, The H-Man, Valley of the Dragons, 12 to the Moon, Battle in Outer Space, Night the World Exploded

Six sci-fi flicks on two single sided dual layer discs. That's squeezing quite a bit of material onto those little discs but overall the features all look pretty good, all with nice transfers provided by Columbia Pictures and all in their original theatrical ratios. You get two Japanese dubbed features in CinemaScope and color, 1958's "The H-Man" and 1960's "Battle in Outer Space", both with so-so special effects and the usual atrocious dubbing which may give you a few chuckles. Then there is the Sam Katzman produced snoozer "The Night the World Exploded" with Kathryn Grant and by comparison considerably better (but still not great!) "The 27th Day" with Gene Barry, both from 1957. Finally a couple of (in my opinion at least!) real duds, "12 to the Moon" from 1959 and "Valley of the Dragons" from 1961. I'd never seen either but had trouble staying awake for both.

Nothing really great here but you do more than get your money's worth and the films (from pretty good to BAD!) bring back fond memories of Saturday matinees and dusk-to-dawn movie marathons at drive in theaters way back in the day. As mentioned previously the films all have original theatrical aspect ratios, 2:35 to 1 for the two Japanese 'Scope films and 1:85:1 for the other four films and that's always a good thing. No extras or scene menus, only a very few chapter stops on each feature. Recommended for fans of 1950's shlock, not so much for most younger audiences who will most likely be extremely bored.

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