THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA (1976) with Millie Perkins and directed by Matt Cimber

BUTTERFLY (1982) with Pia Zadora, Stacy Keach and Orson Wells and directed by Matt Cimber

THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN INVINCIBLE (1983) with Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee, directed by Philippe Mora

HUNDRA, (1984) with Laurene Landon and directed by Matt Cimber

Mr. Dunning is also the host of Prodigy Media Network's "How Do You View", the new Internet radio show produced by Cinema Epoch president Gregory Hatanaka.  The show can be heard daily at 1:00 am, 5:30 am, 11:00 am & 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (that's 4:00 am, 8:30 am, 2:00 pm, and 8:00 pm on the East Coast).  During the month of June, Mr. Dunning interviews Richard Rush, the director of THE STUNT MAN (1980).  Click here to listen to "How Do You View" at the respective times. 

Mr. Dunning is also currently co-starring in the film BARRY PRICE, which is loosely based upon John Cassavetes' THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1977).   The film is being directed by Chris Boggs and it stars film legend John Wayne's grandson, Brandon Wayne, in his first starring role.  Mr. Dunning is also appearing in MASTER OF THE GRIND, which is being directed by Jason Rutherford.   

- Limited Edition Steelbook Featuring All-New Artwork from Wes Benscoter

- Each Steelbook is Blu-ray packaging sized, and will be a "Combo Pack" containing both a Blu-ray (BD-50) and a DVD (DVD-9) of the feature and extras.

- Unlike previous releases, we have the original Italian Language Stereo mix, the "International" stereo alternate dub mix and the original U.S. mono soundtrack!

- Audio Commentary Track with Cast & Crew Featuring Recollections from Director Lamberto Bava, Make-up Effects Artist Sergio Stivaletti, Musician Claudio Simonetti and actress Geretta Geretta (Rosemary).

- Removable English Subtitles for both the U.S. Language Dub Version, as well as the Original Italian Version.

- Collectible Reproduction of the Original Metropol Theatre Ticket seen in the Film.

- The transfer is from a new HD scan of the original 35mm negative, in 1080p/23.98fps 1.66:1 aspect ratio [not the same muted colors and weak black levels as previous released versions].

- All audio tracks will be encoded in DTS-HD MA.

-Featurettes (from Calum Waddell's HIGH RISING PRODUCTIONS Company) include:

PROFONDO JONES - THE CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE - Interview with Alan Jones

CARNAGE AT THE CINEMA - LAMBERTO BAVA AND HIS SPLATTER MASTERPIECE - 30 Minute Interview with Director Lamberto Bava

MONSTROUS MEMORIES WITH LUIGI COZZI - 30 Minute Interview

SPLATTER STUNT ROCK - Interview with Stunt Man Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

DARIO AND HIS DEMONS - PRODUCING MONSTER MAYHEM - All-New Exclusive Interview with Producer Dario Argento.

DEMONS 2 - Limited Edition Steelbook

[Note: Extras/Transfer are still in the early stages of completion.  What is listed below is what Synapse we currently has.  Other extras may still be added later.]

- Limited Edition Steelbook Featuring All-New Artwork from Wes Benscoter

- Each Steelbook is Blu-ray packaging sized, and will be a "Combo Pack" containing both a Blu-ray (BD-50) and a DVD (DVD-9) of the feature and extras.

- Contains the Original Italian Language Mix and the Original English Soundtrack.

- Removable English Subtitles for both the English and Italian Versions.

- The transfer is from a new HD scan of the original 35mm negative, in 1080p/23.98fps 1.66:1 aspect ratio [not the same muted colors and weak black levels as previous released versions].

- All audio tracks will be encoded in DTS-HD MA.

-Featurettes (from Calum Waddell's HIGH RISING PRODUCTIONS Company) include:
SCREAMING FOR A SEQUEL - THE DELIRIOUS LEGACY OF DEMONS 2 - Interview with Lamberto Bava

THE DEMONS GENERATION - ROY BAVA DISCUSSES A LEGACY IN LACERATIONS - Assistant Director Roy Bava Speaks About His Experiences on DEMONS and DEMONS 2

A SOUNDTRACK FOR SPLATTER - Composer Simon Boswell Discusses His Genre Music Making Career.

DEMONIC INFLUENCES - FEDERICO ZAMPAGLIONE SPEAKS - Interview Segment

It is fitting that the pre-order is being made available today as DEMONS was released to U.S. movie theaters on Friday, May 30, 1986, 27 years ago today:

Click here to pre-order from Synapse Films.

It is hard for most of us to believe but STAR WARS, George Lucas's seminal space opera fantasy, open 36 years ago today on Wednesday, May 25, 1977. It was the day before George Willig, a toymaker in New York, ascended the twin towers in lower New York City like Spiderman. I often think of the movies I have seen in terms of Before STAR WARS (BSW) and After STAR WARS (ASW), simply because there are few films that made such a tremendous impact on me as this singular motion picture did.  My childish pursuits BSW included the Harlem Globetrotters, "Casper the Friendly Ghost," Dr. Seuss, Saturday morning cartoons, "Davey and Goliath," "The Patchwork Family," "Gus was a Friendly Ghost," "The Ghost of Windy Hill," WINTER OF THE WITCH, Matchbox racing cars, "Happy Days," etc. All that changed in the summer of 1977 when my father gave me the novelization by George Lucas (ghost written by Alan Dean Foster) of STAR WARS.  John Berkey's stunning cover art was the first visual I saw of the film and it left me wondering what it was all about. 

There were a whole slew of color photographs inside the book and I remember taking it to Show-and-Tell in our sweltering classroom.  Our church carnival took place that summer, and one of the operators of a ride saw my STAR WARS T-shirt and told me that he wanted to buy the novelization, but lamented that the $1.95 cover price was too much.

The thing that most people remember about the opening weekend of STAR WARS were the enormous lines of moviegoers waiting to get into the theaters. Unbelievably, the film only opened on 32 motion picture screens on that fateful Wednesday. When movies open on the order of 2000 or 3000 screens today, this miniscule number is almost impossible to comprehend.  However, STAR WARS had mostly unknown actors in it and science fiction was considered to be box office poison.

One of those 32 movie theaters was the Menlo Park Twin Cinema on Parsonage Road in Edison, New Jersey. Demolished in January 1992 to make way for Romano's Macaroni Grill which still stands today, it was the place for Central New Jerseyans to see the science-fiction epic. The film also played in a handful of movie theaters in New York City. By the time my family got around to seeing the film in either June or July, it was slowly starting to make its way across the country in larger engagements. I remember standing in front of the theater waiting to get inside.  It was the first time that I'd waited for a long period of time with a large group of people. The college-themed comedy FRATERNITY ROW was playing next door. The matinee cost $1.50 per person.

We sat down in our seats, and they showed trailers for Irwin Allen's ROLLERCOASTER and Peter Benchley's THE DEEP. These were movies that were due out soon or or were playing at other General Cinemas at the time. I remember being freaked out by the trailer to THE DEEP.  It seemed very intense.

We sat in the balcony, I can still see myself sitting there. When I walked out of the theater, I felt like I had experienced an out-of-body experience, much the same way that Roger Ebert described in his review of the film. I think if there is any one singular ingredient in the movie that is truly responsible for the film's success, it is indubitably John Williams triumphant and exciting film score. Without that music, I honestly don't know that STAR WARS would have become phenomenon that it is today.

The film is referenced in countless films, most notably in the BAD NEWS BEARS rip-off HERE COME THE TIGERS from 1978 when the team sees the film at a local theater, and in 1978's LASERBLAST where a sign for the movie is destroyed. 

Thirty six years went by light speed!

Bryan Norton, the director of the short film TOMORROW'S BACON and the award-winning PENNY DREADFUL, will be premiering the new Halloween holiday-themed short film JACK ATTACK on Monday, May 20th, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Antonio Padovan.  The film will be screened at 5:00 p.m. at Manhattan's Clearview Chelsea Cinemas (260 West 23rd Street, just off 8th Avenue).  Audience members are instructed to go to the theater, where they will then be directed to the show where the cast and crew will be in attendance. There will also be a Halloween-themed reception taking place following the movie.

JACK ATTACK was produced by Joe Zaso (best known for Timo Rose's BARRICADE) and Lucia Bellini and stars Helen Rogers (V/H/S) as a young woman who gets far more than she bargained for when she babysits a boy named Jack (Tyler Rossell) and his little dog on Halloween night.

JACK ATTACK is the ultimate trick disguised as a treat. A gut-wrenching spin on Halloween and baby-sitting - you'll never look at pumpkin seeds the same way again…

STUDIOCANAL LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE APPEAL TO RETRIEVE ORIGINAL MISSING FILM MATERIALS FOR HORROR CLASSIC THE WICKER MAN:

40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TO RESURRECT AND RESTORE FOR UK CINEMA AUDIENCES

LONDON, UK, 30th April 2013 - STUDIOCANAL, with the endorsement of director Robin Hardy, today launched a world-wide public appeal to locate original film materials relating to legendary horror classic THE WICKER MAN, originally released in 1973, in celebration of the cult film's 40th anniversary.

2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the THE WICKER MAN'S original release. In celebration of this and continuing its project to conserve, restore and release for future generations the best of Classic British cinema, STUDIOCANAL today announces its intention to release the most complete version of the film possible. The now widely lauded film was released with minimal promotion in 1973 as second feature of a double bill with DON'T LOOK NOW. The version exhibited to audiences was significantly shorter than director Robin Hardy's original vision. In what has now become an apocryphal episode in British film history, the negatives disappeared from storage at Shepperton Studios, were then allegedly used as landfill in the construction of the nearby M4 motorway, and are considered lost forever.

STUDIOCANAL are now appealing worldwide to film collectors, historians, programmers and all-round fans to support the campaign and come forward with any information relating to the potential whereabouts of original materials.

Director Robin Hardy comments: "I never thought that, after forty years, they would still be finding lost fragments of my film! We thought all of THE WICKER MAN had gone up in flames, but fragments keep turning up and the hunt goes on!"

STUDIOCANAL General Manager UK Home Entertainment John Rodden adds: "The Wicker Man is not only a great horror film, it is a true classic that grows in stature as the years pass. We're now appealing to the public to help us create the most definitive version possible. ''

A special facebook page has been created to serve as a forum for the search to continue. For further updates and to join the conversation with any news please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicker-Man/

THE WICKER MAN: A SHORT HISTORY

In 1973, Robin Hardy's debut film THE WICKER MAN fell victim to a boardroom takeover at distribution company British Lion, and had its release temporarily shelved. A finished version of the film that director Hardy was happy with had been delivered with a running time of 102 minutes.

When it did finally reach UK cinemas that year, with little fanfare or promotion, and as part of a Double Bill with DON'T LOOK NOW, 15 minutes had been cut, leaving the film's running time a trim 88 minutes. Director Robin Hardy and the other filmmakers had not been involved and did not approve of this new version.

A few years later when Hardy tried to track down his original version, he was told that all the negative trims from it that had been stored at Shepperton Studios had been thrown away, and the only ''original negative'' was now the 88-minute version. He finally managed to ascertain that Cult US Director Roger Corman still had a print of the full-length version, and this was used for the US theatrical release. Corman's print has been missing since the 1980's and only poor quality 1'' video material is known to exist of this version.