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Scorpion Releasing

A label dedicated to releasing films of all genre that have been overlooked for a much deserved DVD release. Future SCORPION RELEASING titles include Volker Schlondorff’s acclaimed film Voyager, Robert Downey’s cult classic Greaser’s Palace, Freddie Francis’ once thought to be lost thriller Girly, James Coburn starring in The Internecine Project, The Long Lost 8mm Films of Jim VanBebber produced by Victor Bonacore, and Marisa Silver’s acclaimed debut film Old Enough

Silent Scream

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Young co-ed Scotty(Rebecca Balding–The Boogens) is unable to find housing on the campus.She finds a vacancy at the Engels' mansion, now a boarding house for college students.Mrs. Engels (Yvonne De Carlo, TV's The Munsters) and her son seem nice enough, but it becomes clear to Scotty that something is not right at her new residence.When her fellow borders begin dying, two detectives (Cameron Mitchell–Toolbox Murders and comedian Avery Schreiber, in a serious role) must solve the mystery of the Engels' boarding house before the body count rises.

Street date: 11/23/2009

UPC: 891978002604

Cheerleaders Wild Weekend

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One of the last of the classic "Cheerleader" films not on DVD...until now! Mix a bus load of voluptuous teenage cheerleaders with an embittered ex-football stars turned kidnappers, add plenty of action, and passion, and you get a CHEERLEADER'S WILD WEEKEND! A group of comely curvaceous cheerleaders are kidnapped by a vengeful jock (Jason Williams, FLESH GORDON)and held for ransom in an isolated hideout. Plotting to escape, these shapely vixens, lead by the beautiful Debbie (Kristine DeBell, MEATBALL'S, ALICE IN WONDERLAND),use their hidden charms to entice their captors.

Street date: 11/23/2009

UPC: 891978002611

Goodbye Gemini

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In the age of Aquarius, the Gemini twins share everything: love...men...and murder!! Jacki (TO SIR WITH LOVE's Judy Geeson) and Julian (SATYRICON's Martin Potter) are 20-year-old twins with an unusually close relationship. Their bizarre fantasy world isshattered by the arrival of Clive, a London small-time criminal with a massive gambling debt. As the twins become exposed to the seamy underbelly of the swinging '60s London nightlife, their relationship becomes strained and twisted.

Street date: 1/26/2010

UPC: 891978002536

Doctor Death

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Meet the charming, flamboyant Doctor Death (theincredible John Considine), a 1000-year-old man who hasmastered the art of "selective reincarnation", promising to keep one's soul alive forever! The catch? He needs a fresh body to host it for you, and finding willing volunteers is an impossibility. When Fred's beloved wife dies, he refuses to believe she is gone forever. Dr. Death's loyal assistant, Tana (Florence Marly, the original QUEEN OF BLOOD), offers a supernatural solution to return his wife to him.

Street date: 1/26/2010

UPC: 891978002666

The Internecine Project

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Hollywood legend and Academy Award® winner JamesCoburn stars as Prof. Robert Elliot, a former secret agent given the job opportunity of a lifetime: adviser to the President of the United States. However, he has some skeletons in his closet that need eliminating, namely the four people aware of his shady past. Elliot hatches a diabolical plot to get rid of his targets in one night, with no ties leading back to him...THE INTERNECINE PROJECT is a nerveshattering thriller that will grip you in suspense until the unpredictable surprise ending.

Street date: 2/23/2010

UPC: 891978002673

Girly

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GIRLY is a killer black comedy unlike any other! In a large mansion outside of London, an eccentric family live an imaginative life: Girly, a flirtatious schoolgirl with eyes of fire; Sonny, her mischievous brother whose favorite toy is an 8mm camera; Nanny, the house's caretaker with an unusual fixation on the children; and Mumsy, the family matriarch whose relationship with Nanny is rife with sexual tension. This family is far more dangerous than you can imagine! Any man who enters the house never comes out, as they are sucked into a blood-curdling game with Girly and Sonny as assassins.

Street date: 3/30/2010

UPC: 891978002529

The Last Grenade

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In the tradition of THE WILD GEESE and THE DOGS OF WAR, comes THE LAST GRENADE! Major Harry Grigsby (Stanley Baker, ZULU, GUNS OF NAVARONE) has a mission...to seek out and destroy his former best friend, Kip Thompson (Alex Cord, tv's AIRWOLF). Kip changed sides and wiped out Grigsby's army and even left Grigsby for dead!When the HM Government contacts Grigsby to take Kip out, as he is now in Hong Kong causing international border incidents, Grigsby takes the job to get vengeance on his double-crossing friend.

Street date: 2/23/2010

UPC: 891978002758

Power Play

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In the mold of such political thrillers as Z and DAY OF THE JACKAL, the 1978 thriller POWER PLAY, starring legendary Academy Award® winner Peter O'Toole, is the exciting tale of a group of military men led by two revolutionaries, Colonel Narriman (David Hemmings, BLOW UP, DEEP RED) and Dr. Rousseau (Barry Morse, TV's THE FUGITIVE, SPACE 1999). Both of these freedom-fightersplot to overthrow their corrupt government and race against time to stage their coup d'etat before the secret police, led by sadistic inspector Blair(Donald Pleasence HALLOWEEN), uncovers their plot.

Street date: 2/23/2010

UPC: 891978002208

Voyager

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Oscar nominee Sam Shepard takes on the role of a lifetime in award-winning director Volker Schlondorff's powerful story of a monumental love affair that spanned two generations and six continents. Following a trail of odd coincidences that leads him from a plane crash in Mexico to a transatlantic voyage, engineer Walter Faber (Shepard) meets the beautiful young Sabeth (Julie Delpy). Traveling across Europe together, Faber's life is rejuvenated by Sabeth's love until phantoms from his past confront him with an unbelievable truth.

Street date: 4/27/2010

UPC: 891978002703

Old Enough

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Two young girls discover friendship and their own blossoming sexuality in this sensitive, gently humorous coming of age portrait. 12 year old Lonnie (Sarah Boyd) had barely glimpsed the world beyond her parents’ upper-class New York townhouse, until Karen (Rainbow Harvest), streetwise at 14, reveals an exhilarating, unseen side of city life. Karen’s older brother Johnny (Neill Barry, O.C. & STIGGS) also sees something special and alluring in the adventurous Lonnie. As their summer draws to an end, the appearence of a seductive older woman (Roxanne Hart, HIGHLANDER) brings the three teenagers to an emotionally charged confrontation that threatens to end their delicately balanced relationship.

Street date: 4/27/2010

UPC: 891978002680

Anna To The Infinite Power

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This acclaimed drama with a sci-fi twist follows the travails of a young girl desperately seeking to unravel the mystery of her own life. Strange things are happening to Anna Hart (Martha Byrne, Daytime Emmy® winner, AS THE WORLD TURNS, GENERAL HOSPITAL), a precocious student at a school for gifted children. Anna has become a compulsive liar and thief, and has vivid nightmares about disasters yet to occur, as well as a fear of flickering lights. And stranger still, Anna’s mother (Dina Merrill, BUTTERFIELD 8, DESK TOP) flatly refuses to get her daughter psychiatric help. But when Anna sees another girl with her own name and her own same face on TV, Anna sets out, with the aid of her older brother Rowan (Mark Patton), to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and solve the mystery of why there is another Anna. In doing so, Anna learns she’s part of a monstrous experiment in genetic engineering, headed by a Dr. Jelliff (Jack Gilford, COCOON, Academy Award® nominee SAVE THE TIGER) who will stop at nothing in his scientific madness. Based on an acclaimed children’s novel by Mildred Ames, ANNA TO THE INFINITE POWER is a sci-fi drama that will keep viewers of all ages at the edge of their seats.

Street date: 4/27/2010

UPC: 891978002697

Say Hello To Yesterday

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Jean Simmons is a housewife on a brief shopping trip to London. A young, unemployed lout (Leonard Whiting) who, seeing her on the inbound train, sets his sights on her, and tries to get a response from her as he chases her all over town. At one point desperate, he steals her purse so that he will be the one chased. Eventually, he breaks down her reserve and they are able to meet properly, converse, and get to know one another. A romantic energy has developed in their relationship as the unlikely twosome joins together briefly.

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Skateboard

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The story of a Hollywood agent who finds himself in deep trouble with a powerful bookie. Now he must come up with the cash he owes or face certain death. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000. Meanwhile, an evil gangster tries to persuade the agent and his team to deliberately lose.

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Greaser's Palace

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In Robert Downey's Greaser's Palace, Alan Arbus plays a zoot-suited character named Jesse, who is not only a Christlike figure, he is Christ. En route to Jerusalem, where he hopes to find work as a "singer-dancer-actor," Jesse finds himself in a dusty western town. At first, he is targeted for extermination by town boss Seaweedhead Greaser (Albert Henderson) but all this changes when he brings Greaser's son Lamy (Michael Sullivan) back from the dead. Jesse's healing powers lead to all sorts of wacked-out complications and, inevitably, a bizarre confrontation with the town looney, exotic dancer Cholera (Luana Anders). A very young Robert Downey Jr. (the son of the director) appears as a Quasimodo-like child.

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Follow Me

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Follow Me follows the exploits of three young surfers. Touring the world in search of "the perfect wave," our protagonists pause on occasion for romance and adventure. The surfing scenes are breathtaking .

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