Blue Movie Monday: JUNGLE BLUE (1978)

Now available on DVD from Vinegar Syndrome...

From director Carlos Tobalina comes one of the strangest hybrids of exploitation sub-genres ever released to the unsuspecting public. Combining the late 70s jungle movie craze with crime thriller and copious amounts of X rated action, JUNGLE BLUE tells the story of a group of sinister explorers hunting for fortune in the jungles of South America. Along the way they meet a tree-swinging wild man, his sex-crazed companion gorilla, and hoards of scantily clad natives.

Never released on video in the US, JUNGLE BLUE has been restored from 35mm camera negatives and is being presented uncut on DVD for the first time!

Directed by Troy Benny [Carlos Tobalina]
Starring Nina Fause, Jose Ferraro, Annette Haven, Kathy Silverman [Candida Royalle] and Bigg John [David Pinney]
1978 / Color / 79 minutes / AR: 1.85:1

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Blue Movie Monday: BIJOU (1972)

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Acclaimed director Wakefield Poole’s second feature, the surreal and trippy BIJOU, set a new standard for explicit cinema when it opened in 1972. The film concerns a construction worker (Bill Harrison) who witnesses a car accident and pockets the female victim’s purse, in which he discovers her invitation to a club named Bijou. There, he enters a strange erotic world where dark fantasies becomes reality. A fever dream blending the erotic and the divine in equal parts, BIJOU is a psychosexual puzzle that rewards multiple viewings.

Scanned at 2K from the original 16mm elements and fully restored, this new version of BIJOU finally allows the film to be seen in all its original visual splendor.

Directed by Wakefield Poole
Starring Bill Harrison [Ronnie Shark], Cassandra Hart, Lydia Black, Robert Lewis, Peter Fisk [Peter Schneckenburger], Bruce Williams [Bruce Shenton], Bill Cable, and Rocco Passalini

1972 / Color / 75 minutes / AR: 1.33:1

Dual-Layer DVD-9 | Region Free | MONO
+ Original Theatrical Trailer
+ Director’s Audio Commentary & Video Introduction
+ Video Interview w/ Author Linda Williams
+ Video Interview w/ Wakefield Poole + Unused Audition Footage

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Blue Movie Monday: CONFESSIONS (1977)

Now available on DVD from Vinegar Syndrome...

Two forgotten B-pictures from one of the X rated film world’s most talented auteurs, Anthony Spinelli, presented from film sourced transfers for the very first time!

EXPECTATIONS (1977)
Two women, one a wealthy socialite and the other a swinger, decide to swap lives. However, as the novelty wears off, they become slaves to each other’s misery.
Directed by Arvid Beller [Anthony Spinelli]
Starring Suzette Holland [Chris Cassidy], Delania Raffino, Jack Wright, Joey Civera [Joey Silvera], David Blair [Blair West], and Desiree West!
70 minutes / Color / AR: 1.85:1

CONFESSIONS (1977)
A bored, upscale housewife decides to dabble in the world of anonymous sex and prostitution, but quickly learns the unfortunate reality of such a lifestyle.
Directed by Leonard Burke [Anthony Spinelli]
Starring Cindy Johnson [Kristine Heller], John Leslie, Ron Rogers [Peter Johns], Eric Mann [Joey Silvera], Sonny Lustig, Karen Cusick [Dory Devon], and Terence Scanlon [Jack Wright]
68 minutes / Color / AR: 1.85:1

Scanned in 2k from 35mm archival prints.

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Movie Ad of the Week: NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR (1985)

We're not going to get into the provenance of this notorious pseudo anthology horror flick from Oscar winning screenwriter, script doctor, and famous "front" Philip Yordan -- you can learn all that and more from the excellent Vinegar Syndrome BD/DVD -- but since this is a "Movie Ad of the Week" post, we'll happily dig one out of the archives and tell you that Aquarius opened NIGHT TRAIN TO TERROR in nearly 80 theaters in the New York area on May 17, 1985.