Chatsworth, CA – He’s been hailed as a visionary and as a provocateur. His films have legions of fans, and just as many detractors. In 1963, he introduced stunned audiences to a new kind of cinema with Blood Feast – and in the process single-handedly launched “splatter cinema.” He is writer/director Herschell Gordon Lewis and he is truly the “Godfather of Gore.” On September 27, Image Entertainment and Something Weird pay homage to a true cinematic legend with the DVD release of Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore, and the high definition premieres of grindhouse classics Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs and Color Me Blood Red with The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™ Special Edition!
Buy Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore on DVD and The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray
With a $14.98 SRP for the DVD, and a $17.97 SRP for the Blu-ray™, fans will have a chance to not only explore the wild world of Lewis and his exploitation films, but they will be able to experience every splat, every slice and every drop of fake blood and guts in full 1080p glory! In addition, each release contains a crypt-full of special bonus features including audio commentaries, deleted scenes, outtakes, original theatrical trailers and art galleries. Pre-book is August 30th.
Featuring interviews with cast, crew and critics such as director John Waters, drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs and Herschell Gordon Lewis himself, The Godfather of Gore traces Lewis’ start in the innocent bare-naked world of “Nudie Cuties” before he shocked the world with Blood Feast, the first-ever gore film! Lewis then continued to assault audiences with such audacious shockers as She-Devils on Wheels, Blast-Off Girls, Just for the Hell of It, Two Thousand Maniacs!, The Gruesome Twosome, The Gore Gore Girls, and the incredible Wizard of Gore! Packed with tons of clips, rare outtakes, and testimony from the people who were there, Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore will leave you laughing and screaming at some of the most amazing motion picture madness to ever play American movie theaters!
Bonus Features on Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore:
•Over an Hour of Deleted Scenes!
•Herschell Gordon Lewis Trailer Reel!
•Rare Lewis Short: Hot Night at the Go-Go Lounge!
•Gallery of Herschell Gordon Lewis Exploitation Art!
The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™ presents three pioneering features from Herschell Gordon Lewis with all-new 1080p high-definition transfers and remastered 5.1 DTS HD audio, along with some bloody-good supplements.
Blood Feast (1963)
Nothing so appalling in the annals of horror has ever been seen before. When Mrs. Fremont hires crackpot Egyptian cultist Fuad Ramses to cater a party for her daughter, Suzette, she commits the culinary catastrophe of the century! Fuad immediately prepares a Blood Feast made from the grisly body parts of nubile young women. The world's first (and most notorious) "gore" film, Blood Feast is both shocking and hilarious. It's also the first of the infamous "blood trilogy" from director Herschell Gordon Lewis and producer Dave Friedman.
Two Thousand Maniacs (1964)
An entire town bathed in pulsing human blood from madmen crazed for carnage! The Two Thousand Maniacs of a small Southern town celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Civil War by forcing a handful of Northerners to serve as "guests" for a variety of blood-crazed fun and games. The festivities include a screaming man placed in a rolling barrel lined with nails, a hit-the-bull's-eye carnival game with a pretty gal and a boulder, and a blonde sexpot whose arm is hacked off and barbecued! But before they can slaughter the only smart Yank (Thomas Wood), he and the lovely Terry Adams (Connie Mason, "Playboy's Favorite Playmate") try to escape.
Color Me Blood Red (1965)
The newest trend in art is type O negative! When his girlfriend, Gigi, cuts her finger on a frame, maniacal artist Adam Sorg (Don Joseph) discovers a new shade of crimson that will make his artwork so special—human blood! Squeezing all he can out of his sliced-up fingers, Adam then stabs Gigi in the head, smears her face on a canvas and—voila!—a macabre masterpiece is created. After his bloody new painting causes a sensation on the local art scene, a crazed Adam continues creating sanguine specialties by extracting art supplies from victims outside his beach house. It all goes bad, however, when he zeros in on April (Candi Conder), whose scarlet pigment he plans to remove with an axe.
Bonus features on The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™:
•3 Audio commentaries by Herschell Gordon Lewis and David Friedman
•Outtakes
•Carving Magic with William Kerwin and Harvey Korman
•Blood Feast theatrical trailer
•Two Thousand Maniacs theatrical trailer
•Color Me Blood Red theatrical trailer
•Galleries of exploitation art
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore DVD
Genre: Horror, Special Interest, Something Weird, Biography, Documentary, Slasher Flicks
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
Year: 2011
SRP: $14.98
Street Date: September 27, 2011
Pre-Book: August 30, 2011
Length: 106 minutes
UPC: 014381733624
Cat#: ID7336SWDVD
The Blood Trilogy Blu-ray™
Genre: Horror, Something Weird, 60s, Cult Classics, Slasher Flicks, Triple Feature
Rating: Not Rated
Languages: English
Format: Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio: DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Year: 1963 - 1965
SRP: $17.97
Street Date: September 27, 2011
Pre-Book: August 30, 2011
Length: 233 minutes
UPC: 014381728651
Cat# ID7286SWBD
No comments:
Post a Comment