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CINEMA
OF
DEATH
Underground
Cinema first
appeared in the
1960s with
groundbreaking
works by
filmmakers as
Kenneth Anger,
Stan Brakhage
and Andy
Warhol, whose
films dealt
with
provocative
subjects such
as politics,
sex, magic and
death. CINEMA
OF
DEATH compiles some
of the most
recent extreme
films made,
featuring raw,
poetic,
explosive
images that
will enter into
and linger in
the
subconscious.
ADORATION (Olivier
Smolders,
Belgium/1987)
is the true
story of a
Japanese
man’s
love crazed
obsession for a
woman, which
ends in
cannibalism. DISLANDIA (Brian M.
Viveros,
USA/2005), a
disturbing
observance of
Lindsey –
a child
existing in an
indistinguishable
time and place,
haunted by
surrealist
visions. PIG (Nico B,
USA/1999), a
poetic film in
which we see
the
subconscious of
a killer
transform into
abstract forms
and material,
all deriving
from his
suffering and
desperation.
Featuring Rozz
Williams
(Christian
Death). HOLLYWOOD
BABYLON (Nico B,
USA/2000), an
homage to
Kenneth
Anger’s
Hollywood
Babylon, shot
at the Museum
of Death, Ca. LE
POEM (Bogdan
Borkowski,
France/1986),
an actual
autopsy of a
human body
accompanied by
the poem
‘The
Drunken
Boat’ by
Arthur
Rimbaud.
SPECIAL
FEATURES
• Limited
Edition release
of 2500 Copies
only,
numbered.
• Includes
5 Extreme
Postcards.
•
Director’s
Video
Introductions.
REVIEW
10K
Bullets
The Sins of Cinema
Tortured Soul Asylum
CINEMA
OF DEATH
DVD043 •
$29.95 •
93 Minutes
•
B&W/Color
• NOT
RATED
Full Screen 4x3
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Gritty masterpiece from the
director of Bad Lieutenantand King of New
York!
Long available in incomplete or full screen editions,
Abel Ferrara's 1979 cult classic The Driller
Killer here receives its definitive presentation.
The Driller Killer stars Ferrara himself (under
the pseudonym 'Jimmy Laine') as Reno Miller, an artist
being driven mad by the pressures of New York life who
takes to the streets and begins murdering derelicts
with a power drill. Although Ferrara intended to make a
film in the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, the end result bore an even greater
resemblance to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
The Driller Killer is an indispensable addition
to the collection of anyone interested in 1970s horror,
the work of Abel Ferrara, or off-the-wall
cinema. |
THE
DRILLER KILLER
(Single Disc) DVD024
$19.95 Director: Abel Ferrara
96
minutes 1979 Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Release date: September 27, 2005 |
SPECIAL
FEATURES
Driller Killer Widescreen version
Audio Commentary by Abel Ferrara
French & Spanish Subtitles
Trailer
Porto-pack Commercial |
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"Manson Family Movies is a primitive,
obsessional, fetishistic tribute to mayhem, murder and
madness.
Enough to appall even the most jaded video junkie
The
home movie effect really added to it.
Attention to fetishy detail was really astounding
Abigail's scarf, Tex's gun, plus Sadie, Tex and G.
Spahn looked more like the originals than Helter
Skelter. Very rude all the rumors, MDA deal, Leno
the bookie, Tate S&M
I liked the Valley of the
Dolls touch. The most obscure was Leno's vacation
I had never even imagined those sights."
- John Waters |
MANSON FAMILY MOVIES
A
film by John Aes-Nihil
DVD032 $29.95 USA
1984 88 Minutes
Release date: July 26, 2005 |
SPECIAL
FEATURES
Director's Commentary Track
Outtakes with Director's Commentary
Last Interview with Charles Manson (30 min.)
The Original LAPD Murder Photos
Original Charles Manson Artwork |
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In 1930, Grant Wood won a painting competition
with his masterpiece, American Gothic. Although
it's considered to be a visual satire on rural American
Life, perhaps the story goes deeper than canvas.
In this provocative horror tale by acclaimed
photographer, Carlos Batts, we see a different
interpretation of a rural American family on the 75th
anniversary of Wood's painting, American Gothic. Batts
paints his own story and invites us into a world where
the old farmer struggles with his crime of passion, the
consequences and his iconic fate. A picture may be
worth a thousand words, but this painting's story will
leave you speechless.
New Music by Swarm of the Lotus, Dog Fashion Disco,
Mastodon, Buzz Oven
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AMERICAN GOTHIC
A
film by Carlos Batts
DVD031 $24.95 USA 2005 50 Minutes
Release date: June 28, 2005 |
SPECIAL FEATURES
3 Short Films: Puppadere Choke
Clone
Director's Introductions
Photo Gallery
REVIEWS
Penny Blood
New Egg
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Constantin Werner's award winning debut
feature Dead Leaves is the story of a young man
who travels with the corpse of his deceased girlfriend
from New York City to West Virginia.
When Laura (Elizabeth Gondek) falls to an
accidental death her already unbalanced boyfriend Joey
(Haim Abramsky) suffers a breakdown. He steals
her body and escapes on a self-destructive journey
through lonely motels and rainy villages. While Joey is
trying to preserve Laura's fading beauty in strange
rituals he is haunted by the memories of the happy and
dark moments of their relationship. As she starts to
decay physically, he descends mentally and
emotionally.
New Music by Rozz Williams, Gitane Demone, Soma Music,
Camarillo Blues Triangle, Mutant Press.
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DEAD LEAVES
A film by Constantin Werner
DVD030 $19.95 USA 1998 95 Minutes
Release date: May 31, 2005 |
SPECIAL FEATURES
Director's Commentary
The Making of Dead Leaves, a film by Roland
Andrijauskas
REVIEWS:
DVD
Maniacs |
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Gritty masterpiece from the
director of Bad Lieutenantand King of New
York!
Long available in incomplete or full screen editions,
Abel Ferrara's 1979 cult classic The Driller
Killer here receives its definitive presentation,
accompanied by three of the director's
never-previously-released short films from the 1970s.
The Driller Killer stars Ferrara himself (under
the pseudonym 'Jimmy Laine') as Reno Miller, an artist
being driven mad by the pressures of New York life who
takes to the streets and begins murdering derelicts
with a power drill. Although Ferrara intended to make a
film in the tradition of The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, the end result bore an even greater
resemblance to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
The Driller Killer is an indispensable addition
to the collection of anyone interested in 1970s horror,
the work of Abel Ferrara, or off-the-wall cinema.
REVIEWS:
FangoriaOOOLDVD
ManiacsOLOLCut
CutsOLOLMondo
Digital
SPECIAL DVD FEATURES
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DISC
ONE
Driller Killer Letter-boxed version
Audio Commentary by Abel Ferrara
French & Spanish Subtitles
Trailer
Porto-pack Commercial
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DISC
TWO
The early short films of Abel Ferrara:
Could This Be Love (1973)
The Hold Up (1972)
Nicky's Film (1971)
Trailer - Nine Lives of A Wet Pussy
Audio Commentary by Abel Ferrara
New Liner Notes Brad
Stevens |
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DRILLER KILLER/THE EARLY SHORT FILMS OF
ABEL FERRARA
2-DISC Limited Edition of 10,000 copies DVD023
$29.95 Director: Abel Ferrara
DISC ONE
96 minutes 1979 Aspect ratio 1.85:1
DISC TWO
62 minutes 1971-1976 Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Release date: June 29, 2004
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"A
Nightmarish Masterpiece!" - Elliot Stein,
Village Voice
Klaus (Gunter Meisner of The Boys From
Brazil) is an ex-Nazi, a doctor whose
war-time post in a concentration camp enabled him to
commit the most appalling sex crimes against boys.
After the war, living incognito in Spain, he again
gives in to his depraved desires, until shame and
despair drive him to an unsuccessful suicide
attempt...
Now confined to his room and kept alive on an iron
lung, he is ministered to by his resentful wife
Griselda (Marisa Paredes of All About My
Mother) and her daughter Rena (Gisela
Echevarria). Into this environment comes Angelo
(David Sust), a strange, handsome young man who
offers his services as a nurse. Against Griselda's
judgement, Klaus insists that the visitor be allowed to
take the post. A perverse relationship develops between
Angelo and Klaus, becoming ever more macabre as Angelo
reveals he has found diaries detailing his employer's
war-time activities. Words turn to deeds, Klaus's shame
turns once again to desire, and a new spate of child
killings begin...
Described by filmmaker John Waters as more intense than
Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salo.
IN A GLASS CAGE (Special edition)
DVD DVD019 (NTSC) $24.95 Director: Agustνn
Villaronga 1986 108 Minutes Not Rated Spanish
language with optional English subtitles
Release date: May 25, 2004 |
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SPECIAL
DVD FEATURES
Uncut, Uncensored Version
Exclusive Interview with director Agustνn
Villaronga
4-Page Liner
Notes
Letterbox
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"Lost Horror Film of the
Seventies"
Prepare yourselves... The strangest bedtime story
ever told! Released for the first time here after 25
years in obscurity, Cult Epics brings you Death
Bed, George Barry's uniquely weird journey through
a world of wind demons, carnivorous furnishings and the
spirit of Aubrey Beardsley!
At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old
mansion lies a strange stone building with just a
single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born of
demonic power, the bed seeks the flesh, blood and life
essence of unwary travellers
Three pretty girls arrive
on vacation, searching for a place to spend the night.
Instead, they tumble into nightmares - and the cruel,
insatiable hunger of the Bed! Death Bed is a
one-of-a kind experience: comic, horrific and
dreamlike, that truly has to be seen to be believed.
Discover this neglected marvel of American horror for
yourself!
REVIEWS:
"Death Bedis one of
the weirdest films ever made, and it's great!"
- Bruce Fletcher, SF Indiefest
"Downbeat and narcotic, Death
Bedis the rather glorious result of one demented
lotus eater's wild stab at acid horror. It's a trip,
baby. Highly recommended.."
- Sleazegrinder....more...
"Just when you thought you'd seen it
all - along comes Death Bed."
- Mondo-digital....more...
"Death Bedearns its
rightful place in the annals of 1970s midnight cult
cinephilia along with such films as Eraserhead,
Pink Flamingos,and El Topo"
- Donato Totaro,
Offscreen.com....more...
"Death Bedis a
singular experience; and is one of the most surreal,
creative, and imaginative films of the past 50
years.
- Sins of Cinema....more...
Release date: April 27, 2004 |
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DEATH BED - The Bed That Eats
DVD DVD020 (NTSC) $19.95 Director: George
Barry 1977 80 Minutes USA Not Rated
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SPECIAL
DVD FEATURES
Uncut, Uncensored Version
New Transfer
Video Introduction by the Director
4-Page Liner
Notes
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Based partly
on fact Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer tells the
shocking tale of a killer who selects his victims at random.
Having served time for murdering his mother, Henry (Michael
Rooker) travels to Chicago where he and his former jailmate
Otis (Tom Towles) start a senseless killing spree. When Otis'
sister Becky (Tracy Arnold) comes to visit, she unsuspectingly
falls in love with Henry.
Henry was
the directorial debut of John McNaughton (Wild
Things), now regarded as a masterpiece of modern horror by
critics from all over the world. The film paints a bleak
picture of American society, where serial killers apparently
can operate as long as they keep drifting and changing their
tacticts. Based on the life of Henry Lee Lucas.
SPECIAL DVD FEATURES:
Exclusive Audio Commentary by John McNaughton
Interview with John McNaughton
Director Filmography
Trailer
Dutch subtitles option
New Transfer from negative (1.33:1)
HENRY:
PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (Out of Print)
DVD005 (Benelux release PAL only) f69,95 82 minutes
film / 25 minutes documentary 1989 Color English Language
Not Rated
Director: John McNaughton
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