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I, Madman and Sugar Hill are returning to Blu-ray in June as spines #31 and #32, respectively, in Kino Lorber‘s Kino Cult line.

1989 supernatural slasher I, Madman will be released on June 17.

Tibor Takács (The Gate) directs from a script by David Chaskin (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge). Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, and Randall William Cook star.

Special Features:

Audio commentary by Director Tibor Takács and Actor and Artistic Supervisor Randall William Cook Much of Madness, More of Sin – Visual Essay by Chris O’Neill Ripped From the Pages: The Making of I, Madman – Interviews with Director Tibor Takács, Actor and Artistic Supervisor Randall William Cook, Screenwriter David Chaskin, and Actors Clayton Rohner and Stephanie Hodge Behind the Scenes Footage with Commentary by Randall William Cook Theatrical Trailer

Book store clerk Virginia loves to lose herself in a good novel, but when she cracks the spine of a horror pulp called I,...

General Hospital (Gh) fans are mourning the death of another alum. Betty Ann Rees passed away this past Monday, June 3 at the age of 81.

She had been in a number of movies, appeared on several primetime television shows, and did a couple of soaps, including Gh.

An actress, as well as an entrepreneur, Betty Anne had multiple sclerosis (Ms) and had a “possible stroke” before passing away.

General Hospital Alum Betty Anne Rees – Her Acting Legacy

Rees was famous for her role on the sitcom My Three Sons, playing Fred MacMurray’s secretary in the show’s final 12th season from 1971 to 1972.

She was also well known for her appearances in movies like The Unholy Rollers in 1972, as well as The Photographer and Sugar Hill in 1974.

In addition, Betty Anne guest starred on primetime television shows like the Mod Squad, Mannix, The F.B.I., The Incredible Hulk, Barnaby Jones, The Streets of San Francisco,...

Betty Anne Rees, who appeared on My Three Sons but was better known for the films The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill, has died at age 81. Rees died on June 3 at home in Hemet, California, niece Kathleen Loucks told The Hollywood Reporter. The retired actor had suffered a series of falls recently and had possibly endured a stroke, and she was also living with multiple sclerosis. Born Elizabeth Anne Rees in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on April 14, 1943 — and educated at Shaker Heights High School, the University of Miami, and the Pasadena Playhouse — the actor made early appearances on the daytime soaps General Hospital and The Doctors, per THR. In the early 1970s, Rees guest-starred on the TV shows The F.B.I., Adam-12, Mannix, and Mod Squad. Then came her role in the ABC-turned-CBS sitcom My Three Sons. Rees played Janet Ingram, the secretary of Fred MacMurray’s character, in the final season.

Betty Anne Rees, who portrayed tough women who weren’t very nice in The Unholy Rollers and Sugar Hill, two 1970s offerings from the B-movie factory American International Pictures, has died. She was 81.

Rees died Monday at her home in Hemet, California, after a series of falls and a possible stroke, her niece, Kathleen Loucks, told The Hollywood Reporter. She also was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s.

The Ohio native played Janet Ingram, the secretary for Fred MacMurray’s Steve Douglas, on the last of My Three Sons’ 12 seasons in 1971-72. (Abby Dalton was Janet on an episode three years earlier.)

In The Unholy Rollers (1972), directed by Vernon Zimmerman, Rees portrayed Mickey Martinez, a star of the Los Angeles Avengers roller derby team who does not get along with popular new player Karen Walker (1970 Playboy Playmate of the Year Claudia Jennings).

The film, executive produced by Roger Corman...

Fans of classic horror and cheesy Eighties movies have just received the green light to shit their pants with joy! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Mod (Manufacturing on Demand) initiative is once again unleashing MGM's vaults with a stellar collection of long gone classics!

In September be prepared to break your banks as we have your first look at some of the upcoming hard to find titles that lay in the not too distant future!

The Living Ghost (1942) - James Dunn stars as Nick Trayne, a retired detective, hired to look for missing banker Walter Craig. During the investigation Craig shows up in a zombie-like state and murders his brother-in-law. But is the banker the killer or is someone controlling him? The trail leads Nick to the real culprit, a mad scientist, who has been conducting experiments on Craig. Stars James Dunn; Joan Woodbury; Paul McVey. Directed by William Beaudine.

Roller Derby, a sport that peeked in popularity in the early 70’s, is based on formation roller skating around an oval track, with points scored as certain (mostly female) players lap members of the opposing team. Judging by last week’s poor box-office performance of Whip It, it appears that Roller Derby is not a fad currently in vogue, but Drew Barrymore’s new film gives me an excuse to revisit the greatest movie of all about the rough, tough world of this trashy sports phenomenon. That would be 1974’s Unholy Rollers, starring the late Claudia Jennings, a grimy, low-brow slice of 70’s exploitation that perfectly captures the grimy, low-brow sport that is roller derby. From its then-trendy premise, to its goofy use of humor, to its energetic but clumsy execution, Unholy Rollers is truly one hell of an entertaining R-rated 70’s time capsule but one that is Not available on DVD.