03-15-2005 -
FREE GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME "SWAG" AT NEWBURY COMICS

Newbury Comics (www.newburycomics.com) is one of the premiere independent alternative music/movies/comic book/pop culture goods retailers in the U.S. with 26 locations throughout New England, and they have been a big supporter of Seduction Cinema, Retro-Seduction Cinema, and Shock-O-Rama Cinema releases over the past couple years.

In honor and support of Seduction Cinema's March 29 release, the London, England-lensed sexy spy movie spoof, The Girl Who Shagged Me, starring 'B' movie starlet Misty Mundae, Anoushka, and A.J. Khan, Newbury Comics will be giving away free The Girl Who Shagged Me posters with purchase at many if not all of their New England locations around the 3/29 street date. Of special note, limited edition The Girl Who Shagged Me lite blue & cherry red ¾ sleeve baseball jerseys will be offered as in-store giveaways, April 16, 2pm - 4pm, at the "Grand Opening" celebration of a sparkling new Newbury Comics store, in the Sullivan Pond Mall, Berlin, MA. The ultra high-quality jersey sports oversized Shagged Me Unrated version box art on the front and the film's seductive tag line - "She Puts the Double Ohhhhh Back in Secret Agent!" - on the back. The Boston area's top rock radio stations, WBCN and WAAF, will be promoting the store opening and announcing the various prize giveaways, so keep an ear open, then make your way to the brand spanking new Newbury Comics store to get your very own colorful The Girl Who Shagged Me jersey. You can check out the shirt on our collectibles page.

In addition to mainstream product, Newbury also carries harder to find films and music as well as items such as games, hats and caps, house-wares, posters, plush toys, lunchboxes, bobble-heads, incense, action figures + more. Newbury's tag line - "A Wicked Good Time" - says it all!

So truck on over to your nearest and/or favorite Newbury Comics to get the latest cult classic erotica spoof from the gang at Seduction Cinema, and get your free Girl Who Shagged Me poster to boot…while supplies last! Or score that freebie jersey in Berlin. Click Here to locate one of the MA, RI, NH, or ME stores. And look for ei to plan an in-store signing/promotional event at a Newbury Comics store to be determined. Stay tuned.

See the GIRL WHO SHAGGED ME Trailer HERE!

03-05-2005 -
LORD OF THE G-STRINGS ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO?

Reliable sources report that Seduction Cinema's hit 2004 spoof, Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String, starring Misty Mundae, Darian Caine, and A.J. Khan and currently airing on the Cinemax and Showtime channels, will make an appearance on the March 8 "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno as part of its "Pitch to America" segment.

It seems the "Pitch to America" producers were at the NATPE trade show (National Association of Television Program Executives) held recently at the Mandalay Bay Resort, in Las Vegas. Happening upon the booth of ei Cinema's foreign sales agent, Vision Films, the producers noticed the Lord of the G-Strings poster prominently displayed within, and knowing a good thing when they see it, they asked Vision Films to, well, basically "pitch" the film to America. And pitch Vision Films did…apparently so well and in such a funny manner that the piece is, according to the producers, 99% sure of airing on the Tuesday, March 8 show - possibly supported by clips from the film, too.

While 99% sounds all but definitive, nothing is ever guaranteed. So while Seduction Cinema is thrilled at the prospect of Lord of the G-Strings' introduction to "The Tonight Show" viewer-ship, it can only tentatively urge its fans to catch the NBC show with the hopes that it will indeed air.

03-05-2005 - POPcinema ATTENDS 2005 VENTURA SUMMIT

POPcinema was a recent participant in the 2005 (and 4^th Annual) Ventura Summit, held February 16 - 18, at the 5-star Bacara Resort & Spa, in Santa Barbara, CA. Each year the Summit brings together top indie labels (Showtime Home Video, Urban Works, Tokyo Pop, ei Cinema, MPI, to name a few) and the buyers from major retailers & e-tailers nationwide including Blockbuster, Best Buy, Musicland, and Netflix. The purpose of the event, thanks to host Ventura Distribution? To open up, nurture, and maintain the direct lines of communication and free flow of ideas between supplier (home video label), distributor (Ventura), and customer (retailer) for the purpose of doing better business together in the ever-changing landscape of the home entertainment marketplace. One-on-one, round-table discussions between labels and buyers, panel presentations, and marketing and technology symposia filled the morning and afternoon sessions; cocktails, dinner, screenings (Showtime premiered the first episode of its new series, "Fat Actress," starring Kirstie Ally), and a Las Vegas-styled poker event made the evenings a special treat.

ei hasn't missed a Summit, and the studio was thrilled to be part of the most productive one yet. On Thursday, it had the opportunity to screen a 4 minute Shock-O-Rama Cinema "A Year of Shocks" promotional reel highlighting the success of the Shock-O-Rama horror label - a label that was officially launched just one short year ago at the 2004 Summit. The captive audience of fellow labels, retailers, and Ventura personnel enjoyed the entertaining, lighthearted, yet informative piece that included clips from 2004 and upcoming 2005 Shock-O releases, footage from an impressive array of promotional events the label attended in 2004, and a detailed breakdown of the strong and creative marketing support and advertising muscle ei puts behind the Shock-O-Rama label and each of its releases.

Click one of the links below to view the "Year of Shocks" promo. (Windows Media Files)
	SHOCK-O-RAMA CINEMA 2005: A Year of Shocks! 56K version (607m) DSL/Cable Modem version (9.5m)

ei also had the chance to premiere its Retro-Seduction Cinema "Retro-Restoration" promotional reel - a 4 minute piece that details the extensive, passionate, and painstaking lengths to which the retro erotica label goes to bring classic erotica features as well as long-forgotten, long-lost, or previously neglected sexploitation films to fans and aficionados worldwide. From film elements recovery and restoration, to producing brand new interviews with and mini-documentaries on legendary erotica producers, artists, actors, and moviemakers and their films, to 16x9 hi-definition mastering, the "Retro-Restoration" promo, featuring ei Cinema President Michael Raso, tells the Retro-Seduction Cinema raison d'etre in entertaining and informative fashion.

Click one of the links below to view the "Retro-Restoration" promo. (Windows Media Files)
	RETRO-SEDUCTION CINEMA Retro-Restoration 2005 56K version (6.7m) DSL/Cable Modem version (9.5m)

Of special note is the longevity of the warm, long-standing, and successful exclusive relationship that has existed between ei Cinema and Ventura Distribution: they are celebrating their ninth year together - an impressive feat considering the mercurial, often cut-throat nature of the home entertainment industry. Over the years, Ventura has grown to become the leading distributor of independent product in the U.S., rivaling and often out-performing the major studios in market share in certain genres, and ei takes pride that its releases on the Seduction Cinema, Shock-O-Rama Cinema, and Retro-Seduction Cinema labels have certainly done their part in making that happen.

This year's Summit retail attendees included Amazon.com, Best Buy, Blockbuster Entertainment, Borders Books & Music, Fred Meyer, Musicland Group (Suncoast Motion Picture, Sam Goody, Media Play), Netflix, Newbury Comics, Tower Video, TransWorld Entertainment (f.y.e., Coconuts, Strawberries, Saturday Matinee), Virgin, and military distributor EURPAC.

02-22-2005 - F.Y.E. STORES CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT OF VHS

VHS at retail is alive and well across the USA, thanks to the commitment and foresight of 900-store-strong, Albany, NY-based TransWorld Entertainment - a leader among U.S. home entertainment retailers. 650 of their premier, customer-centric flagship store, f.y.e. ("for your entertainment"), populate malls nationwide; free-standing retail outlets Saturday Matinee (East Coast), Coconuts Music & Movies (NY area and across the Mid-west), Strawberries Music (New England), Wherehouse Music (West Coast), and Specs Music & Movies (Florida) round out the powerhouse line-up that offers a breadth and diversity of product and unique shopping experiences.

Most if not all of Seduction Cinema and Shock-O-Rama Cinema's past VHS output and all of the labels' new release VHS proudly sit upon the shelves of f.y.e. stores (as does DVD, too, of course!), and ei is both proud and happy to support their dedication to "nice pricing" that quickly moves product off the racks and into the VHS aficionado's or DVD player holdout's collection. Steve Paniccia, veteran VHS & DVD Rental Buyer for f.y.e., observes, "Our stores are among the few places that you can still find a decent selection of VHS. Granted, the market has shifted considerably towards DVD, but we are still seeing a demand for VHS at the right price…and it seems that we've consolidated much of the remaining VHS customers into our stores. We've worked with multiple studios to keep VHS alive in our stores including ei Cinema. Our current plan is to continue carrying VHS into the foreseeable future as the market demands."

Seemingly against all odds and the predictions of market indicators and experts, f.y.e. maintains a healthy VHS business in the face of the continued relentless infiltration and sheer numbers of DVD titles released into the home entertainment marketplace. ei will stick by their side as they fight the good fight to keep the VHS format within consumers' easy reach.

Click on each store's hot link above to locate a store nearest you. For more information on TransWorld Entertainment or each of its nameplate retail stores, log on to www.twec.com/corpsite/stores/

02-15-2005 - MISTY MUNDAE MONDAY NIGHT SCREENINGS

Higher education at Clarion University of Pennsylvania is getting a run for its money thanks to the "Misty Mundae Monday Night Movie Crew" screenings. Clarion U. is located in Clarion, PA, at the western edge of the state, between Pittsburgh and Erie.

The "Movie Crew" is an enthusiastic group of college students who are ravenous fans of Seduction Cinema and Shock-O-Rama Cinema films, and they sponsor a weekly movie screening in their apartment every Monday - hopefully after studies. As the Crew likes to put it, "The Misty Mundae Monday Night Movies have taken a bleak and dreary day and transformed it into an event." They've even formed a production company, inspired by ei Cinema, called AJ & Beeker Productions.

The Movie Crew hopes to take its Misty Mundae Monday Night Movie Madness out of the apartment and onto the campus proper this year. Where else but at a liberal arts college. Good luck to them and keep up the grade point average.

02-15-2005 - JOE SARNO'S SWEDISH WILDCATS REVIEW

READ DVDTalk's very nice review of Retro-Seduction Cinema's upcoming release of the Joe Sarno 1972 cult classic, Swedish Wildcats (March 29), which is partnered with the specially produced 2002 remake, New York Wildcats, starring Misty Mundae, and extensive DVD bonus material. For more information about the Swedish Wildcats Double Feature release, see the 1/7/2005 news below.

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02-15-2005 -
SEDUCTION CINEMA DIRECTOR TONY MARSIGLIA INTERVIEW

Check out the first published on-line interview with prolific, enigmatic and enormously talented Seduction Cinema and Shock-O-Rama Cinema writer/director Tony Marsiglia on the Secret Scroll Digest website.

Always one to shun attention, the soft- yet well-spoken Marsiglia talks about some early, difficult childhood memories, his past and continuing work and close relationship with POPcinema (released films Witches of Sappho Salon, Dr. Jekyll and Mistress Hyde, Sin Sisters, Lust for Dracula; upcoming films Chantal and Sinful), the travails and triumphs of low-budget moviemaking, and his joy in working with actress Misty Mundae, who has starred in all of his films except Witches.

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02-07-2005 -
SEDUCTION CINEMA TO RELEASE WYNORSKI PRODUCED FILMS

Seduction Cinema is extremely pleased to announce that it has licensed the rights to four exciting and scintillating erotica films by director H.R. Blueberry (Busty Cops): Lust Connection, The Breastford Wives, House on Hooter Hill, and The Witches of Breastwicke. All of them star the sultry Glori-Ann Gilbert (Shock-O-Rama Cinema's go-go dancing vampires hit, Vamps 2: Blood Sisters) and were produced by popular and prolific veteran 'B' moviemaker Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall, Not of This Earth, The Bare Wench Project). Lust Connection is the first of the bunch to be scheduled for release - on May 31, 2005.

The deal came about when ei Cinema president Michael Raso, Wynorski, and Blueberry discovered they shared the same TV representative for their films, namely All Channel Films, who suggested to the noted West Coast filmmakers that Seduction Cinema would be the perfect home for their newly produced erotic features noted above. Wynorski and Blueberry agreed, and a figurative handshake and contract quickly followed between the three parties culminating in a Raso/Wynorski get-together for a literal deal-sealing handshake at the 2004 October Chiller Theatre Con, in East Rutherford, N.J. Needless to say, the "B" impresarios look forward to their newly struck business partnership.

The premiere Lust Connection DVD will include as a Bonus Extra the feature film Night Vamps - an early erotic horror film starring the glorious Glori-Ann. Audio commentary with Gilbert and director Blueberry will also be included on the double feature disc.

02-07-2005 - JOE SARNO "GIRL MEETS GIRL" TRILOGY BOXED SET

Fans of Retro-Seduction Cinema and, particularly, Joseph Sarno will finally have the opportunity to experience the legendary erotica director's German trilogy on DVD in a deluxe, limited-edition, 4-disc boxed set. The three films include Vampire Ecstasy (a.k.a Veil of Blood), Girl Meets Girl (a.k.a. Bibi) and Butterflies, which were shot in Germany in 1973 and 1974, and star the young, sensual Swedish beauty, Marie Forsa.

The most provocative, erotic, and beautifully produced films in the Joe Sarno canon, the German Trilogy represents Sarno at his boldest and most unfettered, as each of the films pushes the envelope in its portrayal of human sexuality and psychosexual behavior while delivering exciting stories that pack a literal wallop. And having the luscious Marie Forsa up-front and center stage in all three films doesn't hurt one bit: Her performances are nothing short of intoxicating, whether as a nymphomaniacal young woman seducing all of her aunt's young male and female friends in Girl Meets Girl; a helpless lass succumbing to supernatural seduction in Vampire Ecstasy; or a naïve farm girl setting out to make her way - any way she can! (often, with co-star Harry Reems/Deep Throat)- in the big city in Butterflies.

The Joseph Sarno "German Trilogy" boxed set will be available at retail on May 31, 2005. Each film will be accompanied on its disc by newly produced interviews with and commentary by key players (Sarno, his wife, Peggy Steffans Sarno, producer Chris D. Nebe). In addition to a full color booklet featuring extensive liner notes by NYU sexploitation film historian Michael Bowen, a bonus 4^th disc - a CD - will also be included in the beautiful 10-panel packaging, which will offer the soundtrack music from all three German films.

Fans of Sarno have been patiently awaiting the availability of these films on DVD since their initial VHS release in 1998. Retro-Seduction is thrilled and honored to finally put them to market in a truly special package - Retro-Seduction Cinema's first boxed set - that does Joseph Sarno and his German Trilogy proud.

02-05-2005 - A VALENTINE'S MESSAGE TO MISTY MUNDAE

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Sgt. S. Knight (pictured second from right), of A Company, 319th Signal Battalion, and three fellow soldiers stationed in the Middle East, recently sent a large and heartfelt message to their favorite actress, doe-eyed beauty Misty Mundae.

Posing with a giant-sized "card" in front of an Apache helicopter, the soldiers made it abundantly clear that Misty, who has starred in more than 20 films produced by Seduction Cinema and Shock-O-Rama Cinema Studios, has the charm, the talent and the looks to both get their attention and put them at ease after the stress and strain of being in harm's way all day long.

"Misty keeps you interested," says Sgt. Knight, who began watching independent movies as a teenager. "Her movies aren't like other ones you see, where you can tell what's going to happen next or anticipate the plot. With Misty, you don't know what's going to happen next. It's hard to read her next thought or expression. It's always a surprise."

Not surprising is Misty's growing popularity among the troops. Cards, letters and e-mails requesting photos and posters of the actress arrive at ei Cinema's offices in Butler, N.J., almost daily, with many of the soldiers writing to say how much of a morale boost her movies and her screen presence are.

And Misty isn't the only ei Cinema starlet who's popular with U.S. military personnel. Rachael Robbins, who starred in the company's 2004 release of "Screaming Dead," and Julian Wells, the star of many films produced under the company's Shock-O-Rama Cinema and Seduction Cinema labels, were enthusiastically received at a mammoth welcome home celebration staged last year at Fort Hood in Texas for troops returning from Iraq.

Las Vegas-based sexploitation auteur Nick Philips (Roxanna, Lustful Addiction, Pleasures of a Woman) and his wife Irmi visited the ei Cinema Studios in Butler, New Jersey, on January 18 and 19, to record audio commentaries and interviews for three of his films being prepped for release on the Retro-Shock-O-Rama and Retro-Seduction Cinema labels - namely Criminally Insane (a.k.a. Crazy Fat Ethel) and Satan's Black Wedding (his only forays into the horror genre) and Chantal. Noted grind house cinema historian and writer/reviewer 42^nd Street Pete (the host of mini-documentaries on past Retro-Seduction Cinema DVDs) accompanied the commentaries and brought his keen insights and fond remembrances to bear on the audio proceedings.

In the late 1960s and early 70s, Nick Philips produced and directed dozens of trippy, ultra-erotic, 60-minute films that often pushed the boundaries of what was permissible concerning sexual content in the realm of grind house cinema. Unlike his contemporaries, Philips eschewed recording on-set dialogue and instead chose to add voice-over narration in post-production...and wild, inspired and flamboyant narration it was! His idiosyncratic style was similar to that of Doris Wishman where cinematic craft was often beholden to getting the film in the can as cheaply and quickly as possible for budgetary considerations…although Philips, like Wishman, had trademark artistic flourishes that enriched each film and that no budget, or lack of budget, could deny. His films often obsessed on lesbian fetish and were more likely to portray the kinky side of sexuality.

Largely if not totally ignored on home video until recently and overshadowed by the more prolific and widely distributed and regarded output from higher profile filmmakers such as Joseph Sarno, Radley Metzger, Roberta Findlay and Wishman, Philips and his one-of-a-kind films have none-the-less stood the test of time, and his work is finally experiencing the renaissance and garnering the critical and fan attention it so richly deserves. Much of the thanks must go to the dedicated work of Retro-Seduction Cinema, who have lovingly restored (and continue to do so) many of Philips' cult classic films and premiered them for the first time ever on home video, partnered with specially produced, re-envisioned remakes. (Philips' Chantal will be partnered on DVD with the Tony Marsiglia remake starring Misty Mundae, Julian Wells, Darian Caine, and Julie and Lizzy Strain.) Other Philips films in the Retro-Seduction Cinema library being prepped for release are Wendy's Naughty Night, Siv: A Swedish Girl, Fancy Lady, Les Chic, Scyla, Gunilla, Fire In Her Bed, L'Amore de Femme, Uta, Oddo, and How I Got My Mink.

Philips was kind enough to bring along with him a videotape which included a recent interview he shot in San Francisco with Criminally Insane's cult star Priscilla Alden, a trained theater actor who currently works as an extra on operas. The tape also contained footage of the house used in Criminally Insane. Said material will find its way on to the late summer 2005 release of the horror double feature DVD. It should be noted that Nick and Irmi Philips are still making movies these days: recent projects include Howard Hughes and Dracula in Vegas.

ei Cinema was thrilled and honored to welcome Nick and Irmi to its studios and wishes to thank them and Priscilla Alden for their warm support and involvement.

Retro-Seduction Cinema is thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of two nudie-cutie cult classic films by 1960 and 70s sexploitation cinema pioneer Doris Wishman.

Wishman surely ranks as one of the most prolific female moviemakers in film history having directed over two-dozen staples of the grind house cinema circuit between 1960 and 2002, the year of her passing. Films such as Bad Girls Go to Hell, Double Agent 73 (starring the ultra-buxom Chesty Morgan), A Taste of Her Flesh, Satan Was a Lady (remade by Wishman in 2001), and A Night to Dismember distinguish Wishman from her cinematic contemporaries by the lurid audacity of the subject matter and her idiosyncratic visual style, which charmingly betrayed the low budget, undermanned (-womanned!) reality of the productions. Wishman was also known for being brazenly independent: she wrote and produced (under various, often amusing, pseudonyms) most of her films herself. Today, a growing legion of fans lovingly embrace the true cult elements that imbue each film, whether it is nudist camps, transsexuals, penis transplants, or exploding breasts.

Hideout in the Sun, Wishman's first feature, was produced in Miami, Florida, in 1959. Shot in color and released in 1960, Hideout chronicles the plight of two bank robbers, deadly older brother "Duke" and tag-along "Steve," who kidnap a young woman then make their way to a chic nudist colony to 'hideout in the sun' until the heat blows over. The Prince and the Nature Girl was shot in 1965 and marked Wishman's 8^th feature, which followed her earlier, better-known films Blaze Starr Goes Nudist and Nude on the Moon.

Both films have been the recent recipient of telecine color correction, noise reduction (digital removal of specks, dirt, spots, scratches from the film surface), and stunning transfer to Hi-Definition 16x9 and, thus, have never looked better or more vibrant - likely since their initial grind house cinema screenings 40+ years ago! And look good they must, as each film will be undertaking its home video premiere with Retro-Seduction Cinema at the helm: neither film has ever been officially released on VHS and/or DVD. Hideout in the Sun is currently scheduled for late 2005 and The Prince and the Nature Girl in early 2006.