New on Blu-ray: THE ITALIAN CONNECTION (1972) Starring Mario Adorf, Henry Silva and Woody Strode

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Product Description: The explosive second film in Fernando Di Leo’s Milieu Trilogy (following 1972’s Caliber 9) is an Italian action classic that was a major influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan (Mario Adorf, The Tin Drum) is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen (Woody Strode and Henry Silva) are dispatched from New York to rub him out, while the real thieves are rushing to kill him first so the Americans don’t learn the truth. When the pimp's wife and daughter are murdered in the course of the manhunt, he swears revenge on everyone. Presented in a 4K restoration from the original negative.

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New on Blu-ray: KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977) Starring William Shatner

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Product Description: A living, crawling HELL ON EARTH! This classic 1977 creepshow stars the legendary William Shatner (Star Trek, The Devil’s Rain) as veterinarian “Rack” Hansen, faced with the puzzling death of a number of local farm animals. As even greater numbers of the helpless animals meet their deaths it is discovered that hundreds of tarantulas occupy the farm land. This is strange indeed! Tarantulas don’t live in colonies…or do they? An attractive entomologist (brilliantly portrayed by Tiffany Bolling, The Candy Snatchers) is called to the dusty little Arizona town to explain the sudden arrival of the spiders and their usual behavior. But is it too late? Time seems to be running out as the new species of eight-legged freaks now number in the thousands! Is it even possible to halt this arachnid explosion? The spiders are everywhere—and man is their prey! Directed by John “Bud” Cardos (The Dark, Mutant) and featuring Woody Strode (The Violent Breed), Lieux Dressler (Truck Stop Women) and Altovise Davis (Can’t Stop the Music).

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New on Blu-ray: LOADED GUNS / COLPO IN CANNA (1975) Starring Ursula Andress

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Product Description: Action movie maestro Fernando Di Leo (Caliber 9) directs another wildly entertaining crime film with Loaded Guns (Colpo in canna), starring the incomparable Ursula Andress (Dr. No, Casino Royale). Andress plays Nora, a stewardess who finds herself in the center of a gang war in Naples. If anyone can undermine an ancient mob blood feud and come out on top, it’s the effortlessly clever, sexy and downright devious Nora, played with verve by the stunning Andress. More of an action-comedy than the gritty cop films Di Leo was known for, Loaded Guns shows that Di Leo was more than a one-trick pony.

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New on Blu-ray: THE VIOLENT BREED / RAZZA VIOLENTA (1984)

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Product Description: Danger and adventure are the business of The Violent Breed in this explosive action thriller from the maestro Fernando Di Leo, director of Caliber 9, The Italian Connection, The Boss and Shoot First, Die Later. Stone-faced CIA boss Kirk Cooper (Henry Silva, Almost Human) gets word of a renegade American working the world’s richest drug source, the Golden Triangle. It’s a billion-dollar business with Mafia connections on one side, and a Russian arms deal on the other. And it must be stopped. He sends Vietnam vet Mike Martin (Harrison Muller, She) into the jungles of Southeast Asia to eliminate the tough-as-nails kingpin, Polo (Woody Strode, The Unholy Four). It’s one man against an army of cutthroats in The Violent Breed a.k.a. Real Soulja, also starring Carole André (Face to Face) and Luigina Rocchi (Slave of the Cannibal God) with a rousing score by Paolo Rustichelli (The Dirty Seven).

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New on Blu-ray: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES (1963)

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Product Description: "No stranger from Africa can turn the course of our destiny." But never underestimate a stranger named Tarzan (Jock Mahoney). Over miles and obstacles, he will lead a young heir to Thailand's spiritual throne to his ordination and undo warlord Khan's (Woody Strode) plot to secure the title for his son. First however, the Ape-Man must prove to the heir that he is Tarzan by passing tests of skill, strength and wisdom. Ahead lies a still greater challenge: Tarzan vs. Khan in a bungee-jumping, sword-clanging, flame-dancing death duel! This second and last of Mahoney's Tarzans (filmed to colorful effect in Thailand) was not without real-life challenges: Illness caused Mahoney to lose 40 pounds from his taut, athletic frame.

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