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Crawling up from Full Moon's primordial ooze is Laserblast, a bona fide Charles Band classic and one of the weirdest science fiction tales ever told! Happy go-lucky Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert,making him the target of a pair of aliens (rendered in stop-motion by the late, great David Allen) who had recently executed its previous owner. As Billy revels in the power of the weapon, he begins to change, his skin taking on a green hue and his mind becoming more and more malevolent. As the tainted teen becomes more powerful and lethal, it's up to the local authorities and the aliens to stop him before he blasts his way to oblivion! Laserblast co-stars the legendary Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes, Fright Night) and Keenan Wynn (Kiss Me Kate, Clonus) and marks the first appearace of nerd icon Eddie Deezan. It also makes the first feature length score by Joel Goldsmith (son of Jerry) and Richard Band. Laserblast appears here for the first time in Blu-ray in High-Def, remastered from the original 35mm answer print. Special features include a BRAND NEW feature-length commentary by Charles and Richard Band. Prepare to get BLASTED!

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THEY GAVE THEIR ALL FOR THE TEAM! Jack Hill spent the seventies specialising in tough female characters. He made movies about girl gangs (Switchblade Sisters) and women in prison (The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage), turned Pam Grier a star with Coffy and Foxy Brown, and contributed to the Cheerleaders line of drive-in favourites with The Swinging Cheerleaders. Kate, an undergraduate at Mesa University, goes undercover as a cheerleader for her college newspaper in order to expose ‘female exploitation in contemporary society’. But instead of oppression she finds love, friendship and a bigger fish to fry: corruption in the football team, headed up by the coach and his pals. A favourite of Quentin Tarantino, who screened it at the very first Tarantino Film Fest, The Swinging Cheerleaders features a cast of cult favourites including Colleen Camp (Wayne’s World, Game of Death), Rainbeaux Smith (Caged Heat, The Incredible Melting Man) and future Playmate of the Month Rosanne Katon. DIRECTOR- APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new 2K restoration from original film materials High Definition (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD Presentations Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Audio commentary by writer-director Jack Hill, recorded exclusively for this release Brand new interview with Jack Hill Archive interview with cinematographer Alfred Taylor Archive interview with Hill and Johnny Legend Q&A with Hill, and actors Colleen Camp and Rosanne Katon recorded at the New Beverly Cinema in 2012 TV spots Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys