Austrian DVD company Sazuma are sending giallo and poliziesco film fans into giddyish delight with the news of their new line the 'Italian Genre Cinema Collection'. 
Who would have believed it, this is the 7th year running you folk have been voting en masse for your favourite genre DVDs, companies, books, magazines and suppliers. Each year the votes pile in and each year we look forward to seeing who you voted as your favourites, so at last it's time to unveil who you voted for in the SGM Awards for 2006 (and we also have extensive reports from several of the SGM team on their 'highs and lows of 2006' also!) So cue the fanfare, raise your glass and click here for the results…
It's not often that the team at SGM virtually implode at just how stunning a new horror movie is, but when we viewed new indie Brit horror gem 'Broken' we knew we had just seen one of the finest horror movies produced in quite some time.
Following its massive success at the recent 'Dead By Dawn' Festival screening and ahead of its showing at 'Fright Fest' SGM's Stu Willis takes time out to not only review this must see horror event but also kick back and interview writer/directors Adam Mason and Simon Boyes along with lead femme fatale Nadja Brand - check it out!
Austrian DVD company Sazuma are sending giallo and poliziesco film fans into giddyish delight with the news of their new line the 'Italian Genre Cinema Collection'.
First up for release will be the rare Sergio Martino gem 'Morte Sospetta di una Minorenne' (aka Too Young to Die). Transferred from its original negative into a great-looking 2.35:1 anamorphic DVD-master, 'Morte Sospetta' will come packaged in a numbered digipak with optional English and Italian Language audio in Dolby Digital Mono along with English, German and Dutch Subtitles and a slew of specially created extras (to be announced). Stay tuned for updates on this exciting line here at SGM.
Welcome to SGM's Mondo Macabro Update Special! For several years now (since SGM's inception in fact) we have long admired and respected the workload of Pete Tombs and Andy Starke; the brains behind much loved Mondo Macabro DVD label. To celebrate the continuing growth in deserved popularity in Mondo Macabro's diverse and wildly exciting line, top bloke Pete Tombs talks exclusively to SGM's very own Al Sex Gore about their work. Click here for the full Macabro low-down.
Regular SGM readers should be familiar with the work of the talented Darren Ward (of 'Sudden Fury' fame), well the good news is that the upcoming director is currently seeking to start work on his second full length feature 'Nightmares' (based on his successful short film with the same name). The bad news as ever with indie genre features is that he's still somewhat short of funding to get things rolling. So what has that got to do with you the SGM reader? Well, unless you are a canny investor with some cash to spare (if you are the team there want to hear from you too!) you can still help the folk there out by purchasing a copy of the long overdue DVDR release of Darren Ward's 'Three Tickets To Hell' - previously only ever released on tape in Germany back in the heyday of horror video (remember that!?) this rarely seen treat packages three early shorts by Ward including 'Bitter Vengeance' (the precursor for 'Sudden Fury'), 'Blue Fear' (Ward's Argento inspired giallo) and 'Paura Il Diavolo' (a blood filled demonic romp) into a 2 hour long low budget horror treat! Expect a full review here at SGM soon, but meantime you can do your bit for indie filmmaking by ordering a copy now at the Giallo Films website here.
SGM are thrilled to hear that our friend Phil Hall's genre tome the 'Encyclopedia of Underground Movies (Films From the Fringes of Cinema)' is being released this November by Wiese, Michael Productions in the USA. This weighty 300 page tome looks in depth at the ever popular underground genre scene so expect some lovely coverage of some of our favourite indie filmmakers and even some wise words from our very own Al Sex Gore in there too! Get those pre-orders in now!
Following the initial disapointment of the poorly packaged 'Amicus Collection' coffin box set, Anchor Bay have welcomingly put into place a return policy for anyone that has received scratched or damaged discs. As well as expressing their sincere apologies for the situation they have announced that you should contact them via email by clicking here (noting faulty disc details as well as your name and address) to arrange replacment of said damaged discs. You can also send your damaged discs to Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Ltd, PO BOX 4425, London, W1A 7QT (remember to get a reciept of posting!). All box sets shipping now have rectified the packaging problem with the inclusion of a foam sticker.
Meantime if you wish to store your 'Amicus' DVD's in standard DVD cases we are offering SGM readers the opportunity to download exclusive individual covers for each release in the set. Thanks to SGM regular Flyboy for his time and work on these simply gorgeous cover designs (note: these are all new cover designs!) Click here and enjoy!