First it was Dolemite from Vinegar Syndrome in
April, and then it was Human Tornado at the end of
May. Next came the news about Petey
Wheatstraw being restored and ready to rip as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on
July 26. Wow, three-for-three for
screen legend Rudy Ray Moore!
So what could be better than the aforementioned Rudy Ray
Moore trifecta? How about a Rudy Ray
Moore four-film parlay!!!
That’s what Vinegar Syndrome has in store for fans on Aug.
30 with a new 2K restoration of writer/director J. Robert Wagoner’s 1979 Blaxploitation film, Disco
Godfather. This last great Blaxploitation entry from the cycle that began in the early ‘70s is
being restored from the thought-to-be-lost 35mm original film negative.
Bonus nuggets include a commentary track featuring Rudy Ray
Moore’s biographer, Mark Jason Murray, Rudy Ray Moore, writer/director J.
Robert Wagoner and co-writer Cliff Roquemore, part IV of “I, Dolemite”
documentary an extensive still and promotional gallery.
Also getting a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack release on Aug. 30 is
writer/director Mardi Rustam's 1985 sci-fi film erotica, Evils of the Night, which
includes a cast that includes porn stars Amber Lynn and Jerry Butler, plus such
screen legends as John Carradine, Julie Newmar, Aldo Ray, Neville Brand and Gilligan’s
Island very own Ginger, Tina Louise.
OK, let’s all agree that Evils of the Night is not
Alien,
or Aliens,
or even, dare we say, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, but any
film that has John Carradine, Julie Newmar and Tina Louise as alien invaders
and Aldo Ray and Neville Brand as their loyal servants — their day job is that
of auto mechanics — who are charged with abducting beautiful teenage girls so
that they can be drained of their blood is a damn good film!
Bonus goodies include a video session with filmmaker Mardi Rustam that is titled
“Alien Blood Transfusion,” 25-minutes worth of outtakes, and two alternate
viewing options — a television edit (some the steamy sex scenes just had to go)
and a work-in-progress theatrical presentation.
With
these two releases — Rudy Ray Moore’ Disco Godfather and the sci-fi classics,
Evils of the Night — Vinegar Syndrome could call it a wrap and take victory
lap. But wait! There’s more!
Aug.
30 also sees a new 2K restoration (from original 35mm vault elements) of
director Kirdy Stevens’ 1980 adult film classic, Taboo. This film is from the golden era of adult
cinema (when they were shot on 35mm — see Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie
Nights for an understanding of this period).
Kay
Parker stars as a frustrated housewife whose husband bails on her … and the
swinger sexcapades that her friends offer her for fulfillment are not to her
liking. But there is something — a
forbidden something — closer to home that does spark her interest.
Bonus
features include two newly-prepared commentary options — one with Kay Parker
and one featuring writer/producer Helene Terrie. There are also two vintage commentary
options, one featuring Kay Parker and the other teaming director Kirdy Stevens and
Helene Terrie, and a vintage video session featuring the film’s star, Kay
Parker.
Rounding
the Aug. 30 selections from Vinegar Syndrome are two new DVD releases. These are: Director Anthony Spinelli’s 1972
adult film, Sex in the Comics (a new 2K restoration from film vault elements)
— which features the 1975 film release of Sextoons and The Funky World of Adult Cartoons
as bonus features — and the next installment in Vinegar Syndrome’s popular
“Peekarama” double-feature library, Peekarama: Body Girls and Let’s Get Physical
(both are new 2K restorations from the original 35mm film prints).
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