The first titles in Mondo Macabro's Franco DVD collection revealed

The first three films in the previously mentioned Franco 70 - The De Nesle Years DVD collection is, according to Mondo Macabro:

Lorna the Exorcist (LORNA L'EXORCISTE)
Sinner (The Intimate Diary of a Nymphomaniac) (LE JOURNAL INTIME D'UNE NYMPHOMANE)
The Perverse Countess (LA COMTESSE PERVERSE)

Expect the first volume to be out around May 2010.

Jess Franco from Mondo Macabro in 2010

Mondo Macabro have announced:

Franco 70 - The De Nesle Years - Volume 1-3

No titles yet, the list below are the possible ones...

DRACULA CONTRA FRANKENSTEIN
LA MALDICION DE FRANKENSTEIN
LES EBRANLEES
LE JOURNAL INTIME D'UNE NYMPHOMANE
UN CAPTAIN DE QUINCE ANOS
PLAISIR A TROIS
LA COMTESSE PERVERSE
AL OTRO LADO DEL ESPEJO
LES EXPLOITS EROTIQUES DE MACISTE DANS L'ATLANTIDE
MACISTE CONTRA LA REINE DES AMAZONS
LORNA L'EXORCISTE
LES NONNES EN FOLIE
L'HOMME LE PLUS SEXY DU MONDE
LES EMMERDEUSES

VIVA LA VIE! coming from Koch Media in January

Claude Lelouch's 1984 thriller VIVA LA VIE! starring Charlotte Rampling and Jean-Louis Trintignant has been announced by Koch Media for DVD release on January 29, 2010.

Tech specs:

2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen

French, German audio

English subtitles

THE VISITOR news from Code Red

Giulio Paradisi's 1979 science fiction thriller STRIDULUM aka The Visitor was announced in 2007 by Code Red. Since then nothing happened, but according to the latest info all the extras, including an audio commentary with actress Joanne Nail, have been finished and Code Red promise that the DVD will be out before summer 2010. As previously mentioned, their version will be the longest ever - about 17 minutes longer than the US version and 8 minutes longer than the UK version. Worth waiting for...

Nunsploitation from Cult Epics in March 2010

Cult Epics have announced the release of Walerian Borowczyk's Interno di un convento aka Behind Convent Walls (1978) on March 30, 2010. It will also be part of a box set called Nunsploitation Convent Collection together with their previously released Sei ju gakuen aka School of the Holy Beast, directed by Norifumi Suzuki in 1974. The box set will also contain the documentary The History of Nunsploitation.

HANNIE CAULDER on R2 DVD in January

Coming from Odeon Entertainment on January 18, 2010.

Fleeing the scene of a botched bank robbery, the Clements brothers come across an isolated homestead. In an attempt to steal fresh horses, the trigger-happy youngest brother who blew the bank job bungles again, this time murdering Caulder, the landowner. His wife Hannie (Welch) is unable to fend off the three Clements alone. They rape her, steal her horses and burn her home to the ground. Bent on revenge Hannie teams up with Thomas Price (Robert Culp), a ruthless bounty hunter. She implores him to teach her how to kill. Reluctantly he agrees and together they set off in pursuit of the outlaws...

Brand new transfer in the original 2.35:1 Cinemascope ratio.

Cool stuff on R1 DVD on March 30, 2010

Mya Communication:

Blind Date (Appuntamento in nero, Antonio Bonifacio 1990)
Kreola (Antonio Bonifacio, 1993)

Mondo Macabro:

The Sadist with Red Teeth (Le Sadique aux dents rouges) / Forbidden Paris (Paris interdit) - Double Feature (Jean-Louis van Belle, 1971/1969)