Directed By: Radley Metzger
Starring: Mary Mendum, Carl Parker, Marilyn Roberts
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: June 14, 2011

Mature Viewers Only / You Must Be 18 Years or Older to Order this Title

From highly acclaimed director Radley Metzger, THE IMAGE (aka THE PUNISHMENT OF ANNE / THE MISTRESS AND THE SLAVE) is a fascinating study of the sadomasochistic relationship between a man, a young girl, and an older woman. Jean (Carl Parker, SCORE) meets his old friend Claire (Marilyn Roberts) at a party and is introduced to the young, seductive Anne (Mary Mendum). Jean discovers the two women have a master/slave relationship and gets seduced into their perverse sexual games.

Based on the classic novel “L’Image” from Catherine Robbe-Grillet (under the pseudonym of Jean de Berg), this masterpiece of cinema is hailed by critics as one of the best erotic films ever made. Beautifully photographed with highly explicit imagery and provocative situations, THE IMAGE will titillate, arouse and shock you like no other film you’ve ever seen. Newly remastered in high definition and created directly from the original 35mm camera negative, this version of THE IMAGE is presented uncut and uncensored with a newly remixed 5.1 surround soundtrack.

Directed By: Radley Metzger
Starring: Mary Mendum, Carl Parker, Marilyn Roberts
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: June 14, 2011

Mature Viewers Only / You Must Be 18 Years or Older to Order this Title

From highly acclaimed director Radley Metzger, THE IMAGE (aka THE PUNISHMENT OF ANNE / THE MISTRESS AND THE SLAVE) is a fascinating study of the sadomasochistic relationship between a man, a young girl, and an older woman. Jean (Carl Parker, SCORE) meets his old friend Claire (Marilyn Roberts) at a party and is introduced to the young, seductive Anne (Mary Mendum). Jean discovers the two women have a master/slave relationship and gets seduced into their perverse sexual games.

Based on the classic novel “L’Image” from Catherine Robbe-Grillet (under the pseudonym of Jean de Berg), this masterpiece of cinema is hailed by critics as one of the best erotic films ever made. Beautifully photographed with highly explicit imagery and provocative situations, THE IMAGE will titillate, arouse and shock you like no other film you’ve ever seen. Newly remastered in high definition and created directly from the original 35mm camera negative, this version of THE IMAGE is presented uncut and uncensored with a newly remixed 5.1 surround soundtrack.

Directed By: Scott Spiegel
Starring: Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Renée Estevez, Elizabeth Cox
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: December 13, 2011

It’s 10 pm and the employees of Michigan’s Walnut Lake Supermarket are in for a really bad night.  The place is shutting its doors for good, and the night crew has a long shift ahead of them… longer than they think!  The lovely check-out girl has a deranged ex-boyfriend, the store’s phone lines are cut, and the employees start dying in the most stomach-churning ways imaginable (courtesy of Academy Award®-winning KNB EFX Group).   A deranged killer is on the loose in the grocery store!  Can anyone stop this murderous intruder? 

Synapse Films is proud to present Scott Spiegel’s INTRUDER, the “holy grail” of extreme gore cinema, in an all-new 2K high-definition transfer of the original uncut, uncensored version.  Sam Raimi (director of THE EVIL DEAD and SPIDER-MAN) and Renée Estevez (TV’s THE WEST WING) star in this cult film classic that critics call “a gorgeous low-budget shocker that has long been one of the best kept secrets of the genre scene” (Alan Simpson, Sex Gore Mutants).  Be sure to look for Bruce Campbell (THE EVIL DEAD, TV’s BURN NOTICE) in a cameo role! 

Directed By: Alfred E. Green
Studio: Synapse Films

The exploitation masterpiece INVASION USA begins when a mysterious stranger (Academy Award ® nominee Dan O’Herlihy) engages a diverse group of Manhattan bar patrons in a discussion on the best way to beat Communism. Suddenly, a real Red Alert is declared and enemy parachutists by the thousands begin landing on American soil! Soon atom bombs are dropping, skyscrapers are crumbling and fifth columnists are taking over key industries. Through it all, a suave, street-smart reporter (Gerald Mohr) and a beautiful debutante (Peggie Castle) desperately try to find time for romance amid the chaos.

Directed By: Tetsuo Shinohara
Studio: Synapse Films

From the mind of writer Ryu Murakami (AUDITION) comes the satirical tale of two groups of outsiders who make war on each other, set to a soundtrack of retro karaoke hits. A gang of young slacker guys (the Gakis) idle away their time just hanging out, their sole passion in life being elaborate karaoke recreations of their favorite Showa-era songs (oldies from the 40s to the 80s).

Directed By: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Studio: Synapse Films

The stunning Junko Miyazono stars in the first entry of the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series, FEMALE DEMON OHYAKU, as a quiet actress wrongly sent to prison and pushed by her tormentors to the point of no return. With a demon tattoo splayed across her back and a sword in her hand, she embarks on a crusade of vengeance against all those who have wronged her, laying waste to man and woman alike in her quest for bloody retribution.

Directed By: Nobuo Nakagawa
Studio: Synapse Films

Junko Miyazono returns as QUICK-DRAW OKATSU, the daughter of a swordplay instructor who takes on a power-hungry magistrate in the second entry in the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series. Joined this time by Rui, a wild young swordswoman, the two sexy avengers embark on a blood-soaked quest for revenge after Okatsu is raped and her father slaughtered by one of his assistants. Okatsu and Rui slash their way through dozens of evil men in order to settle the score with those who wronged them, in this swordplay classic which features some of the best fight scenes of the series.

Directed By: Nobuo Nakagawa
Studio: Synapse Films

In the final episode of the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series, OKATSU THE FUGITIVE, Junko Miyazono appears one final time as the legendary swordswoman, but this time seeking a corrupt merchant responsible for the death of her parents. Betrayed by her fiancé, Okatsu finds herself aided in her quest by a handsome stranger – who happens to be as handy with a sword as she is! What is the reason for his kindness, and will Okatsu be able to prevail? Whatever the end may be, the restless spirits of her murdered parents drive Okatsu along her crimson-colored road of vengeance.

Directed By: Richard Blackburn
Studio: Synapse Films

figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee (played by the late Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith), receives a letter stating that Lila's father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian (Richard (EATING RAOUL) Blackburn, who also writes and directs), Lila embarks on a terrifying journey to find her father that leads her to a mansion run by Lemora, a seemingly loving woman who cares for a group of gypsy children and a witch-like servant. Once the terrifying secret of Lemora is revealed, Lila must uncover what happened to her father and fight for dear life as she tries to escape the clutches of the undead!

Directed By: Mladen Djordjevic
Starring: Mihajlo Jovanovic, Ana Acimovic, Predrag Damnjanovic, Radivoj Knezevic
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: August 14, 2012

More powerful than A SERBIAN FILM, this violent, gory and thought-provoking film is one of the most controversial releases of this or any year! During the final days of Slobodan Miloševic’s Serbian rule, a young film student named Marko becomes desperate to make a feature film. Finally getting a job as an adult film director, he quickly runs afoul of the mob and needs to get out of town fast! Assembling a traveling “porno cabaret” with a group of misfits, Marko and his new friends ride though the quiet countryside in a beat-up van performing live sex acts for peasants and farmers.

Directed By: Mladen Djordjevic
Starring: Mihajlo Jovanovic, Ana Acimovic, Predrag Damnjanovic, Radivoj Knezevic
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: August 14, 2012

More powerful than A SERBIAN FILM, this violent, gory and thought-provoking film is one of the most controversial releases of this or any year!

During the final days of Slobodan Miloševic’s Serbian rule, a young film student named Marko (Mihajlo Jovanovic) becomes desperate to make a feature film. Finally getting a job as an adult film director, he quickly runs afoul of the mob and needs to get out of town fast! Assembling a traveling “porno cabaret” with a group of misfits, Marko and his new friends ride though the quiet countryside in a beat-up van performing live sex acts for peasants and farmers.    

Directed By: Colin Eggleston
Studio: Synapse Films

Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) set out on a camping trip to a deserted stretch of the Australian coastline in the hope that a long weekend in the sunshine will help them patch their differences. They are a careless couple, littering the countryside with garbage, shooting guns and even driving away after wounding a kangaroo with their automobile. Their callous disregard for the environment soon becomes apparent when the animals start to seek vengeance. Marcia and Peter have proved themselves to be destroyers of nature. Will the animals allow them to leave or will they be destroyed?

Directed By: Seiichi Fukuda
Studio: Synapse Films

At the tender age of sixteen, Seiko (Michiko Aoyama) was sexually abused by three men. This horrifying attack scarred her mentally and resulted in her getting pregnant and infected with syphilis.

Now a well-respected doctor in Japan, she practices medicine by day and prowls the city streets at night in search of lovers. Possessing a raging desire for revenge against man, she destroys them with the one weapon they cannot resist...sex! Finally marrying and settling down, Saeko’s life changes for the better. But, her new husband (Akihiko Kaminara) may have a dark secret of his own…

Directed By: William Lustig
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Robert Z'dar, William Smith, Richard Roundtree
Studio: Synapse Films
Release Date: October 11, 2011

Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer.  A young cop, Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell, TV’s BURN NOTICE and The EVIL DEAD Trilogy) finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.  As Lieutenant Frank McCrae (Tom Atkins, DRIVE ANGRY and LETHAL WEAPON) investigates, the death toll rises and he suspects a mysterious police cover-up.  This “maniac” cop must be stopped, but it might not be so easy.  He seems inhuman, and ready to take on the entire police force, hell-bent on revenge!

Directed By: Terry Lofton
Studio: Synapse Films

As the increasingly mutilated bodies begin to pile up, a local sheriff and the town doctor begin an investigation to solve the deadly crimes before the Nail Gun Killer finishes his gruesome masterpiece of industrial strength horror! Will they be able to stop this wisecracking madman in time, or will they be the last unlucky souls to get nailed?

NAIL GUN MASSACRE is the low-budget kill-crazy masterpiece from Texas filmmaker Terry Lofton that has delighted gore fans for over two decades.

Directed By: Raphael Delpard
Studio: Synapse Films

There’s something strange going on at Deadlock House, a secluded French retirement home. The residents seem like nice people, but employees are disappearing and the whole place seems a bit odd. The boarders are vegetarian, the house director plays the same creepy tune on the piano over and over again, and one man, in particular, seems overly violent and aggressive. Unfortunately for Martine (Isabelle Goguey), the new staff nurse, she’s about to discover the horrifying secret of Deadlock House…

Directed By: Les Bernstien
Studio: Synapse Films

TIJUANA, MON AMORE!

In this dark and dangerous Film Noir-meets-German Expressionism directorial debut from veteran visual effects man Les Bernstien, paunchy ex-con Joe Butcher (John Voldstad of THE NEWHART SHOW) heads south of the border, tumbling head first into the boiling vat of corruption that supports Tijuana's thriving snuff film industry. Through a booze-induced haze, Butcher encounters a Mexican spitfire, a grizzled drunk, a villainous dwarf and an obese sexpot, as he frantically retraces his brother's final steps through seed and grime to unravel his mysterious death.

Directed By: various
Starring: various
Release Date: November 9, 2010
Studio: Impulse Pictures

Nikkatsu, Japan's oldest major movie studio, launched their Roman Porno erotic film line in 1971. Until 1988, the studio released more than one thousand of these films, made in a diverse range of styles and genres aimed squarely at the adult market. Impulse Pictures will be releasing over twenty-five Nikkatsu films, and this amazing trailer collection will give you a taste of these great Japanese sexploitation classics! As an added bonus, this DVD also includes a short Nikkatsu shot-on-video feature entitled RYOKO'S LESBIAN FLIGHT.

Directed By: Shinichi Shiratori
Starring: Etsuko Hara, Asami Ogawa, Hiroshi Unayama
Studio: Synapse Films & Impulse Pictures
Release Date: July 9, 2013

Ryoko leaves the chaos of her dorm for the peace and quiet of her own place because she wants to keep her relationship with a doctor at Murata Hospital a secret. Unfortunately, that privacy is short-lived as she discovers a “peeping tom” next door neighbor that spies on her all the time.  

Directed By: Atsushi Fujiura
Starring: Anzai Eri, Ezaki Kazuyo, Aono Rima, Maria Mari
Studio: Synapse Films & Impulse Pictures
Release Date: September 11, 2012

From the Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection!

A once thriving Japanese village is in dire need of young, beautiful ladies to help with diving duties.  Times are tough and the current diver is definitely no spring chicken, so the mayor’s son finds some beautiful maidens to fill the position.  Plot quickly takes a back seat, as the arrival of the new recruits gets a rise out of the village’s male members.  Let the sex games begin!