Roger Corman Cult Classics series has been this year’s best revival of the films that once dominated the drive-ins, grindhouses and videostores from the ’70s onward. THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS and BARBARIAN QUEEN is the next double feature on the release slate for October 19. Don’t go looking for it at your favorite DVD retailer since you can only buy it from Shout! Factory’s website. Both films take us back to the time when rugged men and women solved their problems with huge swords. They also share the creepy fact that their leads died in extremely tabloid ways. THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS‘s David Carridine supposedly hung himself in a Bangkok hotel room while pleasuring himself. There’s plenty of speculation that others might have been involves. BARBARIAN QUEEN‘s Lana Clarkson was shot to death at Phil Spector’s mansion. The musical genius is currently in prison having been convicted of her homicide. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory:
THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS and BARBARIAN QUEEN
This October 19, 2010, get ready to embark on two Roger Corman epic action-adventures filled with sword-and-sorcery fantasy, explosive battles and exotic beauties as The Warrior And The Sorceress, starring the late David Carradine, and Barbarian Queen, starring the late B-movie goddess Lana Clarkson, debut as a special double-feature DVD from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation. Featuring all-new anamorphic widescreen transfers, this highly collectible double-feature DVD set is a must-have for movie collectors and fans of Roger Corman, David Carradine and Lana Clarkson. Fans can pre-order now to own The Warrior and The Sorceress/ Barbarian Queen double-feature DVD set directly from Shout! Factory’s ShoutFactoryStore.com.
Welcome to a distant world of exciting battles, mystical secrets and evil wizards in The Warrior And The Sorceress. Kain (David Carradine) is the last survivor of a mighty warrior tribe. Once an exalted warrior-priest, Kain now wanders the planet Vra as a mercenary sword-for-hire. In the small village of Yam-A-Tar, he finds two vicious clans struggling for power and becomes embroiled in the treachery and battles, the mighty wizardry and rampant debauchery.
On the eve of her wedding, Amathea (Lana Clarkson) sees her world dissolve: her groom imprisoned, her village razed, and her friends attacked and slaughtered. Becoming the Barbarian Queen, she vows revenge and retribution. Along with her female warriors, she entices and then destroys her adversaries. Barbarian Queen also stars Katt Shea (Psycho III) and Dawn Dunlap (Forbidden World).
THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS (1984)
New World Pictures
Starring David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas, Anthony DeLongis, Harry Townes
Directed by John Broderick
Screenplay by John Broderick
Story by John Broderick and William Stout
Produced by Frank K. Isaac, Jr.
DVD Special Features:
- New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78:1)
- Theatrical Trailers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310dh_XWz0o
BARBARIAN QUEEN (1985)
New Concorde Pictures
Starring Lana Clark Clarkson, Katt Shea, Frank Zagarino, Dawn Dunlap
Directed by Hector Olivera
Produced by Frank Isaac, Alex Sessa
Screenplay by Howard R. Cohen
Music by Chris Young, James Horner
DVD Special Features:
- New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78:1)
- Theatrical Trailers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVYqApkFv4
Shout! Factory will continue to present ROGER CORMAN’S CULT CLASSICS home entertainment releases on a monthly basis. Upcoming highlights include The Evil/Twice Dead, The Slumber Party Massacre, Not of This Earth, Terror Within, Streets, Angel in Red, Lady in Red, Crazy Mama, Big Bad Mama, among others.
