Schlock-Wire: RaroVideo Brings WAVES OF LUST To American DVD Shores

Here's a bit of news that will make Ruggero Deodato fans smile: RaroVideo's U.S. division will be giving the director's early film Waves Of Lust a proper domestic DVD release.  This thriller takes place aboard a yacht and presents the viewer with a surefire cocktail of psychological thriller elements and sex.  It also boasts an all-star cast of '70s Italian exploitation favorites like Al Cliver, John Steiner and Silvia Dionisio.  Read on for the early seaside sex & psychosis details, plus a recap of upcoming releases from RaroVideo U.S...

RUGGERO DEODATO’S (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, LIVE LIKE A COP DIE LIKE A MAN) WAVES OF LUST COMES TO DVD JULY 31 FROM RAROVIDEO

(Hollywood, CA and Rome, Italy) Hailed by cinephiles for expertly restoring rare films by influential filmmakers and publishing them with compelling extras, Italian Film Boutique RaroVideo announces RUGGERO DEODATO’S WAVES OF LUST DVD release on July 31, 2012.“It is a film that ranks with the best of Deodato’s output like Cannibal Holocaust and The Washing Machine. Highly recommended.” 10KBULLETS“Deodato’s instincts proved right, Waves of Lust is an entertaining sex flick and an engaging thriller and it delivers a very enjoyable romp making fine use of the confined spaces of the yacht, while generating some real heat with plenty of nudity and teasing sex.” DVD TALKWAVES OF LUST (1975) A superb example of Deodato’s work not to be missed by fans of Italian sex/crime/thrillers. A shocking and frightening version of Polanski’s Knife in the Water. Two carefree youngsters, Irem and Barbara (Al Cliver and Silvia Dionisio), are invited for a weekend cruise on a yacht owned by Giorgio, a ruthless and cynical industrialist, who is married to Silvia, a disturbed woman who allows herself to be physically and mentally abused by him. Silvia then forms a love triangle with Irem and Barbara who conspire against Giorgio, whose misogyny and paranoia pushes him over the edge into murder. RELEASE DATE: JULY 31, 2012RAROVIDEO’S 2012 U.S. RELEASE SCHEDULE:FERNANDO DI LEO’S MADNESS – AUGUSTGIORGIO FERRONI’S THE NIGHT OF THE DEVILS – SEPTEMBERFRANCESCO ROSI’S MANY WARS AGO – OCTOBERROBERTO ROSELLINI’S GENERAL DELLA ROVERE – NOVEMBERTHE FERNANDO DI LEO BOX SET VOL. 2 - DECEMBERAntonioni’s The Vanquished, Fellini’s The Clowns, Pasolini’s The Anger, Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man, Body Puzzle, Come Have Coffee With Us, The Overcoat, Murder Obsession, The Secret of Dorian Gray, Crime of Love, To Be Twenty, Conversation Piece, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, Plot of Fear, Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show and The Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection are all available now from RaroVideo U.S.