42nd Street Forever Vol. 1

Released by: Synapse Films / Ban 1 Productions
Release date: November 15th, 2005

Duration: 128 minutes

Video: 1.78:1 and some in 2.35:1, colour and black/white
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, English
Subtitles: none

Region: 1 (NTSC)

Note from the distributor:

Sit back, grab some friends, and relive those wonderful days when New York City's 42nd Street was a haven for some of the most violent, disturbing, erotic, and mind-numbing films ever made. There was an "art" to advertising some of these low-budget wonders and, most of the time, the trailer advertisements were better than the actual movies! Relive some of the glory days of exploitation cinema with this DVD.

Trailers:

1. The Undertaker and His Pals
2. Flesh And Blood Show
3. Women and Bloody Terror / Night of Bloody Horror
4. I Dismember Mama / The Blood Spattered Bride
5. Corruption
6. The Butcher of Binbrook
7. Ginger
8. Italian Stallion
9. Creampuffs
10. The Three Dimensions of Greta
11. Hard Candy
12. The Centerfold Girls
13. Panorama Blue
14. Wicked Wicked
15. Teenage Mother
16. Charlie and the Hooker
17. Matango
18. The Green Slime
19. Destroy All Monsters
20. The Crippled Masters
21. Werewolves on Wheels
22. The Pink Angels
23. The Depraved
24. They Call Her One
25. Maid in Sweden
26. Behind Convent Walls
27. Secret Africa
28. Shocking Asia
29. Chappaqua
30. Welcome Home, Brother Charles
31. The Legend of Nigger Charlie *
32. Boss Nigger *
33. The .44 Specialist
34. The Bullet Machine
35. Death Drive
36. The Raiders of Atlantis
37. Star Crash
38. Confessions of a Summer Camp Counselor
39. Sunset Cove
40. Superfuzz
41. Death Will Have Your Eyes
42. Death Has Blue Eyes
43. A Black Veil for Lisa
44. Ironmaster
45. The Deadly Spawn
46. The Rape of the Sabines
47. The Devil's Nightmare

Extras:

None

Comment:

This is a collaboration with Ban 1 Productions, who released 42nd Street Forever! Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street the year before. Some of the trailers are on both discs.

The trailers marked with an * are not listed on the back of the DVD. They're not exactly politically correct.

Reviews:

• Monsters at play
• Cinema Nocturna
• DVD Verdict
• DVD Drive-In

42nd Street Forever! Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street

Released by: Ban 1 Productions
Release date: 2004

Duration: 96 minutes

Video: 1.33:1, colour and black/white
Audio: Mono, English
Subtitles: none

Region: 1 (NTSC)

Note from the distributor:

Warning: This DVD contains graphic violence, gratuitous nudity and material many may find offensive, vulgar, crude or just plain disgusting. It's 42ND STREET FOREVER, what did you expect?!

Ban 1 Productions is proud to present 42nd Street Forever Volume 1. 42nd Street Forever is a celebration of exploitation films from the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s. 40 crazy film trailers remastered directly from the original prints (with no distracting on screen logos) that inhabit the Ban 1 Productions vault are featured full-length as they were seen years ago by audiences on the famous 42nd Street grindhouse movie theaters in New York City.

Many of these trailers haven’t been seen in years. Some have never been seen before by many audiences worldwide. This all-star line up of splatter, sleaze and wall to wall guffaws includes the notorious blaxploitation Welcome Home Brother Charles, the sickening Pier Paolo Pasolini vomitous masterpiece Salo: 120 Days Of Sodom, the 1930’s horror classic Freaks, the talking vagina sex comedy Chatterbox, the Klaus Kinski thriller Creature with the Blue Hand and the 70’s revenge flick that was one of the big influences on Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, The Hooker's Revenge.

Is that it? No way! There's over 30 other equally off the wall, eye popping trailers.

Trailers:

1. Freaks
2. The Crippled Masters
3. The Mutations
4. Aroused
5. Skidoo
6. The Wild Scene
7. The Wild Eye
8. The Animals
9. Hooker's Revenge / Photographer's Model
10. Vigilante Force
11. Dixie Dynamite
12. Fighting Mad (Teaser and trailer)
13. Welcome Home, Brother Charles
14. Shantytown Honeymoon
15. The House of Missing Girls
16. Sins of the Daughter
17. School Girl Bride
18. Josie's Castle
19. Chatterbox
20. The Blood Spattered Bride / I Dismember Mama
21. Carnivorous
22. The Food of the Gods
23. Tales of the Bizarre
24. The Devil's Rain
25. Black Christmas
26. The Creature with the Blue Hand
27. Mark of the Witch
28. Mark of the Devil Part 2
29. Virgin Witch
30. Women and Bloody Terror / Night of Bloody Horror
31. The Revenge of the Blood Beast
32. Wonder Women
33. Savage Sisters
34. Salo, or the 100 Days of Sodom

Extras:

• Preview: Worldwide Trash (unreleased compilation)
• Galleries: Stills, advertising, publicity stunts
• Easter egg: in the main menu: pressbook and poster for She Beast

Comment:

Limited edition of 1500, now out of print. Some of these trailers was later featured in the Synapse Films/Ban 1 Productions collaboration disc 42nd Street Forever Vol. 1

Reviews:

• DVD Drive-In
• Monsters at play
• DVD Talk / DVD Savant

Extra Weird Sampler

Released by: Something Weird Video (http://www.somethingweird.com/)
Release date: October 7th, 2003

Duration: ? minutes

Video: 1.33:1, colour and black/white
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono, English
Subtitles: none

Region: 0 (NTSC)

Note from the distributor:

Explore the wild and wonderful world of Something Weird Video with this outrageous collection of trailers for over 100 of the craziest movies ever made! You'll see mad scientists, lunar nudist camps, amorous gorillas, killer jellyfish, sexy strippers, blood-crazed killers and much, much more! Already one of the hottest DVD collectibles ever, this treasure chest of pure cinematic dementia will change your movie-viewing habits forever! OVER 100 Mind-Bending Movies Including: "Blood Feast," "Two Thousand Maniacs," "Kiss Me Quick," "Blaze Starr Goes Nudist," "Double Agent 73," "Satan in High Heels," "Doctor Gore," "Confessions of a Psycho Cat," "Mantis in Lace," "Basket Case," "The Mad Butcher," "Dracula the Dirty Old Man," "The Defilers" and much, much more. Warning!! This program contains violence, nudity, gorillas, wrestlers, and mutant sheep!

Trailers:

1. The Adult Version Of Jekyll & Hyde (1972) (Clip)
2. The Amazing Transplant (1970) (Trailer)
3. Axe (1977) (Trailer)
4. Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965) (Trailer)
5. Another Day Another Man (1966) (Trailer)
6. Basket Case (1982) (Trailer)
7. The Beast That Killed Women (1965) (Clip)
8. Monster Of Camp Sunshine (1964) (Clips)
9. The Black Cat (1966) (Trailer)
10. The Fat Black Pussycat (1963) (Trailer)
11. Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1960) (Trailer)
12. Blood Feast (1963) (Trailer)
13. Bloody Pit Of Horror (1965) (Trailer)
14. Blood Suckers (1972) / Blood Thirst (1971) (Trailer)
15. The Body Beneath (1970) (Trailer)
16. The Child (1977) (Trailer)
17. Color Me Blood Red (1965) (Trailer)
18. Confessions Of A Psycho Cat (1968) (Trailer)
19. The Curious Dr. Humpp (1971) (Trailer)
20. Deadly Weapons (1974) (Trailer)
21. Sting Of Death (1965) (Clip)
22. The Defilers (1965) (Trailer)
23. Scum Of The Earth (1963) (Clip)
24. Double Agent 73 (1974) (Trailer)
25. The Erotic Adventures Of Zorro (1972) (Trailer)
26. Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks (1974) (Trailer)
27. Godmonster Of Indian Flats (1973) (Clip)
28. Goliath And The Dragon (1960) (Clip)
29. The Gore Gore Girls (1972) (Clip)
30. The Gruesome Twosome (1967) (Trailer)
31. Horrors Of Spider Island (1963) (Clip)
32. Just For The Hell Of It (1968) (Clip)
33. Blast-Off Girls (1967) (Trailer)
34. Kiss Me Quick! (1964) (Trailer)
35. House On Bare Mountain (1962) (Trailer)
36. The Mad Butcher (1971) (Trailer)
37. Mantis In Lace (1968) (Trailer)
38. Marihuana (1936) (Trailer)
39. Monsters Crash The Pajama Party Spook Show Spectacular (1965) (Trailer)
40. The Notorious Daughter Of Fanny Hill (1966) (Clip)
41. Nude On The Moon (1969) (Clip)
42. The Pigkeeper's Daughter (1972) (Trailer)
43. Please Don't Eat My Mother! (1973) (Trailer)
44. Primitive Love (1964) (Clip)
45. Satan's Bed (1965) (Trailer)
46. A Scream In The Streets (1973) (Trailer)
47. She-Devils On Wheels (1968) (Trailer)
48. She Freak (1967) (Clip)
49. Something Weird (1967) (Trailer)
50. Space-Thing (1968) (Trailer)
51. A Taste Of Blood (1967) (Trailer)
52. Teaserama (1955) (Trailer)
53. Teenage Gang Debs (1966) (Music Video - Black Belt)
54. Teen-Age Strangler (1968) (Clip)
55. Terror In The Midnight Sun (1959) (Clip)
56. Trader Hornee (1970) (Clip)
57. Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) (Trailer)
58. Varietease (1954) (Trailer)
59. The Veil (1958) (TV Show Opening)
60. The Violent Years (1956) (Trailer)
61. Wham-Bam-Thank You Spaceman (1975) (Trailer)
62. The Wizard Of Gore (1970) (Trailer)
63. Pin Down Girl (1951) (Trailer)
64. Asylum Of Satan (1975) (Trailer)
65. Atomic War Bride (1960) (Trailer)
66. Blood Freak (1971) (Trailer)
67. Carnival Of Blood (1970) / Curse Of The Headless Horseman (1974) (Trailer)
68. Country Cuzzins (1970) (Trailer)
69. Crypt Of Dark Secrets (1976) (Clip)
70. Diary Of A Nudist (1961) (Clip)
71. Doctor Gore (1973) (Music Video - A Heart Dies Every Minute)
72. Dracula The Dirty Old Man (1969) (Clip)
73. Fiend Of Dope Island (1961) (Trailer)
74. Pagan Island (1961) (Trailer)
75. Fuego (1968) (Trailer)
76. Hitchhike To Hell (1977) (Trailer)
77. Kidnapped Coed (1976) (Trailer)
78. Johnny Firecloud (1975) (Trailer)
79. Jacktown (1962) (Trailer)
80. The Mighty Gorga (1969) (Clip)
81. Mondo Mod (1967) (Music Video - It's A Mod World)
82. Monster A-Go Go! (1965) (Trailer)
83. Night Of The Bloody Apes (1968) / Feast Of Flesh (1967) (Trailer)
84. The Notorious Concubines (1969) (Trailer)
85. Rattlers (1976) (Clip)
86. Satan In High Heels (1962) (Music Video - More Deadly Than The Male)
87. The Secret Sex Lives Of Romeo & Juliet (1969) (Trailer)
88. Street Of A Thousand Pleasures (1970) (Trailer)
89. Swamp Girl (1971) (Trailer)
90. Wild Guitar (1962) (Music Video - Twist Fever)

Extras:
None

Comment:
Not all the titles listed are real trailers. Some (see list) of them are just a scene with a title added to it. They are fun though. And not all trailers listed on the DVD sleeve are on the disc. See commentsection below for the ones that are not on the disc.

All the trailers have a watermark ("SWV") in the bottom right corner.

All the titles are available on DVD from SWV.


Reviews:

• Prevues of Coming Attractions
• Amazon.com (Customer reviews)
• Baron Von Blakula

Cheezy Flicks

Website:

Official: http://www.cheezyflicks.com/

About the company:

Cheezy Flicks was created expressly for the promotion of a specific genre of movies - "Cheezy Flicks". By that, we mean the cheeziest films on the planet - classic, horror, sci-fi, sword and sandal, euro-trash, you name it. They just have to meet our "cheezy" standards; typically things like horrible acting, an abysmal story line, and the worst set props possible will qualify a film as a Cheezy Flick.


Over the last thirty years, we've amassed a collection of thousands of the cheeziest flicks known to humankind. We have fun here at Cheezy Flicks - but we are very serious about producing our titles. Every Cheezy Flick DVD we release on this site is produced in our own state-of-the-art, digital post-production and DVD duplication facility in Portland, Oregon.

We hope that you will enjoy our Cheezy Flicks as much as we do!!!

Discs released:

1. Cheezy Action Trailers
2. Cheezy Fantasy Trailers
3. Cheezy Science Fiction vol. 1
4. Cheezy Science Fiction vol. 2
5. Cheezy Horror Trailers vol. 1
6. Cheezy Horror Trailers vol. 2
7. Cheezy Exploitation Trailers
8. XXX Trailers vol. 1
9. XXX Trailers vol. 2
10. XXX Trailers vol. 3
11. XXX Trailers vol. 4
12. XXX Trailers vol. 5

Lucky Banana

Lucky Banana

Website:

Official: none

About the company:

Nothing. As far as I know they have only released one DVD.

Company based in Paris, France.

Discs released:

1. Cumming Soon!

Shock DVD Entertainment

Website:

Official: http://www.japan-shock.com/

About the company:

Dutch based Shock DVD Entertainment was established as Japan Shock Video back in the glorydays of VHS. Japan Shock Video was the first company to bring you fans English subtitled versions of the best, and sometimes notorious, Japanese shockers like Evil Dead Trap, Mermaid in a Manhole, Naked Blood and many more.

As DVD Became popular we expanded our catalogue with genrefilms made in Europe and the US.

Discs released:

1. Shock DVD 66 Trailers

All Day Entertainment

Website:

Official site: http://www.alldayentertainment.com/

About the company:

All Day Entertainment is an independent DVD label dedicated to motion pictures of artistic merit and entertainment value that have been overlooked by the Hollywood mainstream.

From classic to foreign to independent to cult films, All Day is committed to giving the red carpet treatment to movies that fell through the cracks.

Many of these films have never been available on home video before. Some have never been released in the United States in any way at all. All are presented here in exclusive DVD editions, lovingly mastered from the highest quality sources available, with unique supplemental bonus features.

For the unloved and the obscure, the lost and forgotten, All Day Entertainment is dedicated to the very best movies you’ve never heard of. Every one of these discs is a treasure, and I personally recommend them all.

David Kalat
LaGrange Park, Illinois

Discs released:

1. The Horror of Hammer
2. All Monsters Attack!
3. The Pulp Cinema Trailer Collection
4. Tales of Frankenstein [Bonus]

Dutch Filmworks

Website:

Official: http://www.dfw.nl/

About the company:

Unknown. It's all in Dutch...

Discs released:

1. De Nacht van de Wansmaak (The Night of Bad Taste): The very best of
2. De Nacht van de Wansmaak 2 (The Night of Bad Taste 2): More of the very best

VCX

Website:

Official: http://www.vcx.com/

About the company:

VCX sells classic porn movies on DVD like Debbie Does Dallas, The Devil In Miss Jones, Taboo, Little Girls Blue and Behind The Green Door. Our classic porn movies feature erotic stars from the golden age, such as John Holmes, Kay Parker, Ron Jeremy, Desiree Cousteau, Seka, Dorothy LeMay, Annette Haven and Vanessa Del Rio to name a few! VCX.com also sells many newer porn movies from powerhouse studios including Adam and Eve, NuTech Digital, Video-X-Pix and Vivid.

Discs released:

1. The Best of VCX Classics
2. The Best of VCX Classics II

Nucleus Films

Website:

Official: http://www.nucleusfilms.com/

About the company:

NUCLEUS FILMS is a DVD releasing company established by writer/film researcher Marc Morris and filmmaker Jake West with the intention of creating a high quality collector's film label for lovers of cinema run by people whose passion for film is equal to that of the fans..


In addition to their DVD releases, Nucleus Films also produces high quality DVD extras for other clients, ranging from extensive featurettes to audio commentaries. Examples of Nucleus' work can be seen on Anchor Bay UK's DVD releases of The Evil Dead, Hellraiser, Bubba Ho-Tep, Scanners and The Pete Walker Collection. Nucleus Films also produced the highly acclaimed 98-minute documentary on the Phantasm series, entitled Phantasmagoria, which was included in Anchor Bay UK's five-disc Phantasm Box Set..


Nucleus's latest project is the 42 minute featurette Stormy Seas: The Journey from Blood Star to Death Ship which will be included on the March 2007 release of the 1980 cult classic Death Ship.

Discs released:

1. Grindhouse Trailer Classics
2. Grindhouse Trailer Classics 2
3. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide (Bonus)
4. Grindhouse Trailer Classics 3
5. Grindhouse Trailer Classics 4
6. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide 2

Something Weird Video

Website:

Official: http://www.somethingweird.com/

About the company:

Here on your screen is a whole world of film that just a few short years ago was considered lost or worthless. The industry that produced and distributed these films had long since vanished and there was no sign of the men who actually created these bottom of the barrel celluloid wonders. That is until now.

In 1990 (roughly), we started Something Weird Video with the idea of releasing films that had never been on video. In my mind, the last great genre to be scavenged were the exploitation/sexploitation films of the 30's through the 70's. After looking into this further, I realized that there were nearly 2,000 movies out there yet to be discovered. So with this for inspiration, my quest began and wouldn't you know, just out of the blue I fell into a large collection of 16mm girlie arcade loops (which became the first compilation videos we put together!) Around the same time I received an unexpected phone call that suddenly made all this real - my future and hands-down the king of sexploitation Dave Friedman was on the other end of the line - this would be the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship for both of us. Dave's films became the building blocks for our film collection and he has taught and guided me through the wonderful world of sexploitation - introducing me to his colleagues (Dan Sonney, Harry Novak, H.G. Lewis, Bob Cresse, and all the other colorful characters who were involved during his heyday) and they've been eager to dive into the business again. (And initially, most are shocked that anyone is even interested in this stuff to begin with!)

The next major accomplishment was figuring out a way to get these films onto video. Jimmy Maslon of QC Video (he also owns the H.G. Lewis and Doris Wishman collections) solved this problem when he and his lab took on the responsibility of transferring the thousands of 35mm prints and negatives we've collected, making the highest quality videos of these titles available anywhere (to satisfy our growing and demanding collector base).

Very early on in this business, I decided that full-color packaging was the only way to go. Besides looking really cool all lined up together, it was important to use the original ad art (as abrasive as it can be sometimes) to capture that special sleazy quality of Main Street USA.

Every racy and taboo subject known to man can be found in our catalog. Consider it as one-stop shopping for all your exploitation/sexploitation/world of the Weird indulgences. The true video nut need not look further than here!

The future looks bright for us with over 1,500 films left to find, cable and television opportunities, CD-Roms, and all the other endless possibilities out there. We're well on our way to being in your lives for years to come.

So, enjoy this labor of love and start collecting the most amazing and Weirdest films of all time.

Discs released:

1. Extra Weird Sampler
   

Southern DVD / Global Video / Rare-DVD.com

Southern DVD/Global Video/Rare-DVD.com

Website:

Official: none

About the company:

Nothing. They have released some spaghetti westerns in addition to some trailer compilations. Maybe more.

According to The Spaghetti Western Database the "Shoot..." compilation is released by a company called Global Video. It may seem like Global Video and Southern DVD is the same company. And apparently Rare-DVD.com is the same guys.

Based in South Africa.

Discs released:

1. Best of Italian Movies Volume 1 (Southern DVD)
2. Best of Italian Movies Volume 2 (Southern DVD)
3. Best of Kung Fu Movies Vol. 1 (Southern DVD)
4. Best of Kung Fu Movies Volume 2 (Southern DVD)
5. Shoot Previews Shoot (Global Video)
6. Sword and Sandal Trailers (Southern DVD)
7. Previews To Kill: Volume one (Rare-DVD.com)
8. Celluloid Fury: Essential Kung Fu Trailers - Volume one (Rare-DVD.com)

Alternative Cinema

Website:

Official: http://www.alternativecinema.com/
42nd Street Pete: http://www.42ndstreetpete.com/

About the company:

Nothing listed on official website.

Releases lots of different genres, from trashy camp, to porn.

Porn "historian" 42nd Street Pete releases his stuff through AC. These discs usually features lots of vintage porn trailers as a bonus.

Disks released:

1. Trailer Trash!
2. Trailer Trash Part 2: Grindhouse Sleaze Sampler

Rare-DVD.com

Rare-DVD.com

Website:

Official: gone
Incomplete list of DVDs @ Xploited Cinema: http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Rare-DVD.com

About the company:

Nothing. I think they have released some kung-fu flicks and a western in addition to some trailer compilations.

Disks released:

1. Previews To Kill: Volume one
2. Celluloid Fury: Essential Kung Fu Trailers - Volume one

Other Cinema Digital

Website:

Official: http://www.othercinemadvd.com/

About the company:

The Other Cinema Digital label provides an alternative platform for the distribution of extraordinary film works. We celebrate peculiar visions and offbeat sensibilities, drawn from the contemporary underground as well as the archives. Be it auteur, exploitation, or industrial, OCD delivers a decidedly different audio-visual experience -- ingenious, comic, critical... dangerous.

Discs released:

1. Afro Promo: Black Cinema Trailers 1946-76

Ban 1 Productions

Website:

Official: http://www.ban1productions.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/filmtrashcan

About the company:

I'm part owner of a small independant dvd company and film archive called Ban 1 Productions that specializes in cult ,horror and all sorts of odd cinema. You might know us as the creators of 42ND STREET FOREVER. We've done 5 dvds so far, HORROR ON 42ND STREET in 2004 (limited run), as well as 3 recent productions with SYNAPSE FILMS: 42ND STREET FOREVER Volume 1, 42ND STREET FOREVER 2: THE DEUCE and Rene Cardona's trash epic, CYCLONE. Currently SMUT PALACE INSANITY, our 5th dvd IS availble at Xploited Cinema, Diablolik dvd,Luminous Film Works, Ban 1 productions and a handful of other fine folks who appreciate grindhouse filth. I'm a huge fan of horror, exploitation movies, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, and Burt Reynolds. Enjoy the show folks!

Discs released:

1. 42nd Street Forever Volume 1: Horror on 42nd Street
2. 42nd Street Forever Vol. 1 [collaboration with Synapse Films]
3. 42nd Street Forever Vol. 2: The Deuce [collaboration with Synapse Films]
4. Smut Palace Insanity
5. Grindhouse Universe

Wild East Productions

Website:

Official: http://www.wildeast.net/

About the company:

Established in 2000 as a film and DVD production company, we specialize in the revitalization of genre product. Born out of a love for spaghetti westerns, horror films, and other cult gems of the past, Wild East's mission is to produce and revive both classic and forgotten genre films on DVD presentations.

Wild East has been involved in the restoration of many films, all of which have not been seen in the U.S. in many years ... if at all. Wild East's limited edition kick-off project, A FISTFUL OF TRAILERS combined dozens of rare theatrical previews on the DVD format, and has long been sold out.

Founded by true fans of these films, Wild East features rare artwork and printed material geared to the serious collector. So be sure to bookmark this site and keep a lookout for Wild East Production's next exciting release!

Discs released:

1. A Fistful of Trailers
2. For a Few Previews More
   

Synapse Films / Impulse Pictures

Website:

Official: http://www.synapse-films.com/

About the company:

Everything you ever wanted to know about the crazy Synapse guys...and more! Synapse Films is a company started by Don May, Jr. in 1997. Partnering with his friend of fifteen years, Jerry Chandler and associate Charles Fiedler, the goal of Synapse Films is to release new, digitally remastered films in the Horror, Science Fiction, Cult and Independent genres on available Home Video formats.

"I love horror and science-fiction, " says May. "They are my favorite kinds of movies and I think I am doing the fans a huge service by paying attention to them and treating them with the respect they deserve. I've been in the home video industry for a number of years and it used to be that only 'important' films received the 'remastering' and 'Special Edition' treatments, but no more. For the past few years, horror and science-fiction have been treated a lot differently on home video and I like to think I had a hand in setting this trend."

Graduating from Illinois State University with a degree in Broadcasting in 1990, May always had an interest in television and film. "I caught the laserdisc bug while working at a local laserdisc store while I was in college. I was selling laserdisc players and buying product and I pretty much spent every extra dollar I had on laserdiscs. I loved movies and the disc format and knew this was a business I wanted to be in."

After quitting his job at the laserdisc retailer, he became part owner of Elite Entertainment. "I have a lot of good and bad memories from that experience, " says May. "I never dreamed I'd be working on restoring great horror films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead and Re-Animator. I had some of the best times in my life working on them. But, after a while, I became unhappy both personally and professionally. I'd just had enough and decided to leave. I will say I'm extremely happy with my decision to start my own company, Synapse Films."

"Don and I have been friends for many, many years and we've always shared the same interests in horror films, " says May's new partner, Jerry Chandler. "I've loved horror even longer than Don because I'm ten years older (laughs). Horror films have been a favorite of mine since childhood and I've always wanted to work in this industry. I even had my own horror show in the basement of a punk rock bar in Detroit in the mid eighties. Knowing Don's previous involvement with Elite Entertainment, which created many horror and science-fiction laserdisc products, choosing him as a partner was a natural decision. He knows more about horror films than anyone else I know... foreign and obscure classics... just about everything. He's seen them all. He also knows a lot about film in general and has the knowledge and capability to continue remastering and producing excellent product. He produced supplements and did a lot of film transfers himself and I've seen his work. Don proved to me a long time ago that he was the one I wanted to get involved with and that's why I didn't partner with him until he left and got out on his own."

Now, having worked in the Home Video industry for over thirteen years, May has brought his knowledge of film restoration and film.

About Impulse Pictures:

Synapse Films is distributing films (through Ryko) for Impulse Pictures. Synapse Films is basically just the "U.S. arm" of Impulse and we do not do any of the transfers, nor supervise the extras for them. We basically give them a UPC code and distribute them through our Ryko Distribution connection.

Synapse Films is distributing the Impulse Pictures product in the U.S. just to give these films an "outlet" into the U.S. market.

Discs released:

1. 42nd Street Forever Volume 1 [collaboration with Ban 1 Productions]
2. 42nd Street Forever Vol. 2: The Deuce [collaboration with Ban 1 Productions]
3. 42nd Street Forever: XXX-Treme Special Edition
4. 42nd Street Forever Vol. 3: Exploitation Explosion! [collaboration with AV Maniacs.com]
5. 42nd Street Forever Vol. 4: Cooled By Refrigeration [collaboration with AV Maniacs.com]
6. 42nd Street Forever Volume 5: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
7. Nikkatsu Roman Porno Trailer Collection (Impulse Pictures)
8. 42nd Street Forever: The Blu-Ray Edition (BD)