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• Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joëlle Cœur (The Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio (Tender and Perverse Emanuelle) star in Girls Without Shame (Jeunes filles impudiques), Jean Rollin's first foray into the world of erotic cinema, made under the pseudonym ˜Michel Gentil'. Two curious young women, Monica (Cœur) and Jackie (Arancio), find an abandoned old house whilst out hiking. Retiring to bed, they soon find that the house is a hangout for a criminal gang who suspect them of stealing their loot... Restored in 4K from the original negative, Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) features a score by regular Rollin composer Pierre Raph (Requiem for a Vampire) and supporting turns by Willy Braque (Lips of Blood) and Rollin himself, and sees the director successfully transfer his trademark images and themes to a new genre. This edition also includes a new restoration of Hubert Lacoudre's rare 1972 short film Sexana, an erotic spin on Alice in Wonderland, also starring Cœur. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Three presentations of the film: Jeunes filles impudiques, Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and alternative English-language presentations, Girls Without Shame and Schoolgirl Hitchhikers Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian David Flint (2025) Critical appreciation by musician and journalist Nicolas Stanzick (2025) Video appreciation of enigmatic actor Joëlle Cœur by actor, director and film historian Christophe Bier (2025) Sexana (1972): new 4K restoration of Hubert Lacoudre's surreal erotic short film starring Joëlle Cœur, featuring a new score by Peninsula Critical appreciation of Sexana by Nicolas Stanzick (2025) Original theatrical trailers Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes Sexana image gallery New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, material from the film's pressbook, an archival article on the French sex film industry featuring an interview with 'Michel Gentil' (Jean Rollin), an archival interview with Willy Braque, new writing on Sexana, and full film credits Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) (Limited Edition 4K UHD) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £27.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Joëlle Cœur (The Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio (Tender and Perverse Emanuelle) star in Girls Without Shame (Jeunes filles impudiques), Jean Rollin's first foray into the world of erotic cinema, made under the pseudonym ˜Michel Gentil'. Two curious young women, Monica (Cœur) and Jackie (Arancio), find an abandoned old house whilst out hiking. Retiring to bed, they soon find that the house is a hangout for a criminal gang who suspect them of stealing their loot... Restored in 4K from the original negative, Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) features a score by regular Rollin composer Pierre Raph (Requiem for a Vampire) and supporting turns by Willy Braque (Lips of Blood) and Rollin himself, and sees the director successfully transfer his trademark images and themes to a new genre. This edition also includes a new restoration of Hubert Lacoudre's rare 1972 short film Sexana, an erotic spin on Alice in Wonderland, also starring Cœur. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Three presentations of the film: Jeunes filles impudiques, Jean Rollin's original French-language version; and alternative English-language presentations, Girls Without Shame and Schoolgirl Hitchhikers Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian David Flint (2025) Critical appreciation by musician and journalist Nicolas Stanzick (2025) Video appreciation of enigmatic actor Joëlle Cœur by actor, director and film historian Christophe Bier (2025) Sexana (1972): new 4K restoration of Hubert Lacoudre's surreal erotic short film starring Joëlle Cœur, featuring a new score by Peninsula Critical appreciation of Sexana by Nicolas Stanzick (2025) Original theatrical trailers Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes Sexana image gallery New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, material from the film's pressbook, an archival article on the French sex film industry featuring an interview with 'Michel Gentil' (Jean Rollin), an archival interview with Willy Braque, new writing on Sexana, and full film credits World premiere on 4K UHD Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change

• Female Vampire | DVD | (22/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Eurotrash sex/horror auteur Jesus Franco's Female Vampire delivers nudity, drinking of human body fluids, plentiful zoom shots, languorous music, a vestigial storyline and the odd moment of surrealism (a flapping bat car ornament). It opens with a soulful-eyed brunette (Lina Romay) striding through misty woods wearing only thigh-boots, a leather belt and a black cloak, then chancing across a breeder of tropical birds upon whom she performs an act of oral sex that winds up painfully and fatally for the poor chump. One of Franco's better films, this still has an extremely leisurely pace which means that the story drifts dreamlike (or tediously, depending on your point of view) between protracted but unappealing sexual encounters as a smitten fellow with the requisite 70s porno moustache (Jack Taylor), a vampire-hating doctor (director Franco) and a blind coroner pursue the gloomy Countess for their own reasons. The vampire is mute but has an Anne Rice-style whining voice-over, and the dubbing means that everyone else seems equally dissociated from the words that fail to approximate their lip movements. Fans of Lina's frustrated naked writhings get to see her do the thing on top of several men and women, a bed, a tree and in a bath of blood. To Franco-philes, it's a masterpiece; to everyone else, wearisome tat. On the DVD: Female Vampire on disc comes with a nice widescreen transfer of a print that goes on longer than any previous UK release (though it runs 94 mins, not the 101 listed on the cover); an alternate opening sequence (with the title The Bare Breasted Countess); a fairly complete list of Franco credits; a French trailer (for La Comtesse aux Seins Nus); and four brief alternate scenes from a version of the film with less explicit sex but more blood (i.e., necks are bitten but not private parts). --Kim Newman

• Schoolgirl Hitchhikers | Blu Ray | (06/11/2017) from £8.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Best known for his erotic horror films, such as THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE, LIPS OF BLOOD, and THE LIVING DEAD GIRL, French filmmaker Jean Rollin frequently indulged in the softcore (and occasionally hardcore) sex film. Among the more personal of these films is SCHOOLGIRL HITCHHIKERS (Jeunes filles impudiques), which reflects many of the themes and fascinations that run through his esoteric body of work. Joelle Coeur (Rollin's THE DEMONIACS) and Gilda Arancio star as a pair of lovers enjoying a blissful cross-country hike. But the carefree erotic film turns suddenly dark when the women are set upon by a band of thieves who think they have stolen their loot, and use sadistic means to force a confession.

• The Man With the Severed Head | DVD | (10/10/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £1.00 (11.12%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The mind of a man the head of a killer! From the dusty vaults of Eurocin the production grindhouse that's left a permanent stain on cinema's reputation ARROWDROME brings you... The Man With The Severed Head. Spain's greatest horror icon Paul Naschy is transformed into a raging psychopath in this sleazy ride to murder and depravity from a time when exploitation cinema ruled the fleapits of Europe. When a jewellery heist goes awry Jack Surnett (Naschy) finds himself with a bullet in his head and few options. Luckily his gang have the novel idea to transplant his brain into the corpse of their arch nemesis a gangster called 'The Sadist'. But as he settles into his new body Jack feels sinister urges welling up inside urges that will lead him down a path to madness torture and crimson murder!

• Schoolgirl Hitchhikers | DVD | (16/06/2014) from £9.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (37.46%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two lesbian girls Joëlle Coeur (The Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio (Tender and Perverse Emanuelle) set off hiking through the countryside and finding what they assume is an empty house break in for the night with disastrous results. Captured by a gang of thieves who think that the girls have stolen their loot the girls are abused to force a confession. Encouraged by the popularity of the sex scenes in his horror films Jean Rollin began to experiment with a series of sexploitation movies using the pseudonym Michel Gentil. Schoolgirl Hitchhikers was the first of many and for years was almost impossible to see.

• The Man With The Severed Head | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £4.84   |  Saving you £5.15 (51.60%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When a jewel robbery goes horribly wrong and their leader Jack is shot in the head a group of criminals go to extreme measures to save their friends life... With the help of a local doctor the gang devise a uniquely gruesome plan - to kill their worst enemy throw his body in front of an oncoming train and use the brain from the severed head as a transplant! The operation is a success all seems well...that is until the brains former owner starts living out his murderous past thro

• Schoolgirl Hitchhikers | DVD | (30/01/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Two lesbian schoolgirls get mixed up with a gang of jewel thieves in the first of a number of pure sexploitation films from Jean Rollin Schoolgirl Hitchhikers. Spurred on by the popularity of sex scenes in his horror films Rollin began to experiment with a series of softcore sexploitation movies under the pseudonym of Michel Gentil. The first of these was Schoolgirl Hitchhikers starring the stunning Jo''lle Coeur. This is S&M-themed erotica with a Jean Rollin twist reminiscent of The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) and prerequisite to the iconic Demoniacs (1974).