CHARLES NAPIER DIES AT AGE 75

The first time I met Charlie, I was introduced to him by Russ Meyer. I had a video store at the time and bought several vhs tapes off Russ and I mentioned that I would like to make a movie with Charlie. 24 hours later, I got a call from Charlie. He told me Russ hardly ever called him and he was really surprised Russ called him out of the blue and told him all about this young man that talked highly of him and wanted to make a film with him in it. A few months later I was having dinner with Charlie, Russ, and Buck Flower. No film was ever made, and all three people are no longer with us. When I was in Los Angeles at the Century Hotel in May 2011, producer Igo Kantor told me that Charlie was in the hotel doing Igo's film. I could have stayed and talked to him (since I hadn't seen him since 1993), but I had a previous engagement to attend. I guess we'll go drinking in another life, sorry I missed you in this life. You'll always be a pal...Charlie.

EMMETT ALSTON GIVES CODE RED AN AUDIO COMMENTARY FOR "VAMPIRE HOOKERS"

Director Emmett Alston (NINE DEATHS OF THE NINJA, NEW YEAR'S EVIL) gives CODE RED an audio commentary for the 1978 comedy VAMPIRE HOOKERS. Emmett was the production supervisor on the film and was on the location 50% of the time. He helped edit, coordinate, and also cast this funny drive-in classic. Emmett gives us the ins and the outs for the film, which he also acted in (!) VAMPIRE HOOKERS will be released with WEEKEND PASS in an upcoming MARIA'S B MOVIE MAYHEM.

ROBERT VINCENT O'NEILL GIVES US AN COMMENTARY FOR BLOOD MANIA

Recently, Bob was kind enough to come in to give us an audio commentary for BLOOD MANIA. The moderator did not show up, so Code Red president Bill sat with Robert to do the commentary, which didn't turn out as planned. Bob admitted that of all the films he made, this is one that he was not pleased with, so the sluggish film turned into a sluggish commentary. The film takes place in one location (one house) so very little can be said about the location, so the commentary turned into a retrospective of Bob's career. The majority of web critics hate when a commentary shifts away from the film on hand, but when nothing is happenning in the film, shifting the conversation to another subject is the only thing to do. Also, the DVD we viewed skipped and ended early at the 70 minute mark. Bob is willing to do a 2nd commentary with cast and crew, so BLOOD MANIA might be blessed with 2 commentaries.

PAUL HUNT PASSED AWAY AT AGE 67

PAUL HUNT DIES AT AGE 67

CODE RED has learned that PAUL HUNT, director, producer, and writer of many exploitation films has passed away on September 13. Paul wanted CODE RED to release TWISTED NIGHTMARE, DEMON WIND, and THE GREAT GUNDOWN, but we were unable to find 35mm prints of these films. The last conversation I had with Paul was back in April when he called me at 1:00am telling me that his mother was in the hospital. He wanted to talk to me to get his mind off what was happening and he started to tell me all these crazy stories about his past films (e.g. Quincy Jones was originally supposed to do the music for ERIKA'S HOT SUMMER!!!) He kept telling me that Gary Graver's family have his 35mm prints and that we can put out deluxe editions of the films he made, but it's a shame nothing was found and we never were able to do anything. We'll miss you Paul and will remember you for all the films you worked on.

CODE RED SANCTIONS PHOTO SHOOT FOR MARIA KANELLIS

With Maria Kanellis' new B movie line starting on 9/13 with LOVE ME DEADLY/CAMPUS CORPSE, then HAUNTED on 9/20, and both MARDI GRAS MASSACRE and SCREAM/BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD on 9/27, CODE RED decided to let Maria have a photo shoot (sort of like WWE does) to promote her vision on horror films and B movies. These photos are what Maria's fans are looking forward to, and hopefully everyone can enjoy looking at them. We are going to show a few photos at a time on the Code Red website!!! Hopefully, Code Red and Maria Kanellis can bring more product to the DVD arena and maybe we can raise some interest for a TV show one day.

CODE RED GETS AN AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR MARK HERRIER FOR THE UPCOMING DVD RELEASE OF "POPCORN"

Mark Herrier was kind enough to drop by to give us a very informative audio commentary that answers many of the behind-the-scenes questions regarding POPCORN. Mark explained everything about Bob Clark's involvement in the production and why Clark didn't want any billing credit on the finished film. Mark also explained that the Bob Clark who was billed on the film as a make-up guy was coincidentally just someone else with the same name (!) Finally, Mark goes into detail about the troubled production and how he ended up directing about 70% of the film, with Alan Ormsby having directed about 15% and Clark directing 15%. The day Mark arrived on the set to take over the directing reigns, he was simply handed the script with basically no time to prepare before he had to start shooting. Lots of great trivia and behind-the-scenes details were revealed in this very frank commentary that shines new light on a very-troubled production. POPCORN has definitely found its way into many horror film fans' hearts and has become a cult classic regardless of its problematic production issues. Now genre fans can finally hear the raw truth about the creation of one of their most beloved horror films and see how all the pieces finally came together. POPCORN is coming back soon. Buy a bag...come home in a box! Stay tuned for more updates...

EDWARD MURPHY CAME BY TO GIVE US AN AUDIO COMMENTARY FOR RAW FORCE.

EDWARD MURPHY, director, writer, producer, gave us an audio commentary for the cult hit RAW FORCE. The film was out on a few multi-pack labels some years ago that everyone enjoyed and supported, but it'll finally be out in a quality presentation. RAW FORCE has never been requested by internet action fans for CODE RED to handle, but since no other company stepped up to the plate, we are going to release it in 2012. Sorry to disappoint many people out there, but if we didn't move on it, the film would've just sat there indefinitely.

JAG MUNDHRA PASSED AWAY. AGE 64

CODE RED was in email talks with cult director JAG MUNDHRA to do an audio commentary for many of his films this month such as HACK-O-LATERN (aka HALLOWEEN NIGHT). Jag was very happy and excited to tell all the behind the scene stories about this film and many erotic thrillers he directed. jag was supposed to be in Los Angeles in mid-September to do a series of audio commentaries he was going to conduct. He died on the 4th in Bombay.

ACTION DIRECTOR STEVE CARVER DOES AN AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH MARIA KANELLIS!

Steve Carver was kind enough to drop by to give us an audio commentary for the upcoming dvd of JOCKS (1986) which will be featured in MARIA'S B MOVIE MAYHEM series. Maria sat in with him on the commentary and Steve Carver told us afterwards that she was the best moderator he ever had and was delighted to sit with her to watch & talk about the film.

WEEKEND PASS AUDIO COMMENTARY

Director Lawrence Bassoff and actor D.W. Brown were kind enough to show up to give us an audio commentary for our upcoming WEEKEND PASS dvd. The film will be featured in MARIA'S B MOVIE MAYHEM DOUBLE BILL line with another Sailor-out-on-the-town film, VAMPIRE HOOKERS. Two sailor comedies and maybe more extras to come!