Arrow Video announced the UK release of The Count Yorga Collection on Blu-ray and DVD. Also in today's Highlights: a look at six preview pages from the hardcover edition of the Dead Vengeance comic and DVD and Digital HD release details for Sean K. Robb's Scars.
The Count Yorga Collection UK Blu-ray / DVD Release Details & Cover Art: From Arrow Video: "Updating the vampire mythos to early 1970s Los Angeles, these much-loved cult classics star Robert Quarry (Dr. Phibes Rises Again) as the svelte Count Yorga, living in a mansion in the southern California hills with his equally mysterious “brides”. Introducing himself as a mystic from Bulgaria who’s an expert on séances, his true nature is given away by the title of his first film, Count Yorga, Vampire, long before the hapless Donna (Donna Anders, Werewolves on Wheels) and her friends discover the truth.
The sequel, The Return of Count Yorga, sees him relocate to San Francisco, where he has designs on an orphanage as a source of potential victims, but gets distracted by the prospect of the beautiful but innocent Cynthia (Mariette Hartley, Marooned) becoming the latest addition to his harem.
Firm drive-in favourites from the moment they were first unleashed, the Count Yorga films were directed by Bob Kelljan (Scream Blacula Scream) with just the right mix of atmosphere, suspense, and tongue-in-cheek humour, with Quarry’s delivery of the Count’s witty one-liners being a particular joy.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
First pressing only: Booklet featuring new writing on the films by Frank Collins.
Format: Blu-ray
Directed by: Bob Kelljan
Starring: Robert Quarry, Roger Perry, and Michael Murphy.
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Dead Vengeance Hardcover Preview Pages: From Dark Horse Comics: "It’s 1940, and a phony body on exhibit in a carnival side show suddenly springs to life and shambles away. Not so phony after all: he is John Doe, radio commentator and archenemy of Detroit’s notorious Purple Gang. But why did he disappear in 1930, and why did the mayor, the mob, and the cops all want him dead? Collects Dead Vengeance #1–#4.
* Featuring pin-ups by Darwyn Cooke, Mike Allred, and William Stout.
Writer: Bill Morrison
Penciller: Bill Morrison, Tone Rodriguez
Inker: Keith Champagne
Colorist: Carlos Badilla
Cover Artist: Bill Morrison
Publication Date: May 18th, 2016
Format: FC, 104 pages; HC, 7'' x 10''
Price: $19.99."