I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1971) 2-Disc Deluxe Edition (Grindhouse Releasing Blu-ray Review)

I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1971) 

2-Disc Deluxe Edition 

Label: Grindhouse Releasing
Region Code: Region-FREE
Duration: 83 Minutes I 88 Minutes
Rating: Unrated
Audio: English DTS-HD MA Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Director: David Durston
Cast: Bhaskar, Jadin Wong, Rhonda Fultz, George Patterson, Riley Mills, John Damon, Lynn Lowry, Tyde Kierney, Richard Bowler, Riley Mills, Richard Bowler, Iris Brooks

A cult of satanic hippie weirdos known as "Sons and Daughters of Satan" roll into a small town and squat in a dilapidated old hotel that is infested with rats. In between invoking Satan and dropping acid the evil-hippies rape a local girl named sylvia (Iris Brooks), and soon after grandfather Doc Banner (Richard Bowler)comes gunning for revenge with his shotgun in hand but is instead roughed up and dosed with acid, which sends him on a nightmare trip. All this angers his young grandson Pete (Riley Mills)who has had about enough with the hippies raping and drugging his family members, to that end the little shit comes up with the deliriously awful idea of tainting the hippie's morning meat pies with the tainted blood of a rabid dog he killed the night before. Of course all this backfires on the whole town when the Satanic hippies become rabid lunatics foaming at the mouth who descend upon the town with murderous and lunatic intent. 

I Drink Your Blood is a nice slice of 70s drive-in awesomeness loaded with goofy satanism, murderous hippies, bloody gore, an acid-tripping grandpa and a scene-stealing performance by the young actor Riley Mills as the revenge-driven Pete, I love this kid! Viewers will no doubt recognize a young and fresh-faced Lynn Lowry (Radley Metzger's Score, George A. Romero's The Crazies) as a deaf mute who appears in a memorable hand-severing scene, in her first ever movie role. Bhaskar is mesmerizing as the long-haired cult-leader Horace in the movie, and actor George Patterson as the cultist Rollo has the face of nightmares, something about his bone structure and piercing eyes, strange stuff. 

There's also a horny rabies-carrying nymph who gang bangs a construction crew, infecting each of the hard hats with the virulent strain of rabies - this movie has a little bit of everything that was naughty about 70s cinema and it makes for one heck of a fun watch. Everything about this low-budget cult classic is just fun and over-the-top with a nice array of severed heads, severed hands, self-immolation and rabid satanic hippies causing trouble for small town folks - what's not to love? 

Audio/Video: This riotous drive-in classic arrives on deluxe edition Blu-ray from the good folks over at Grindhouse Releasing who continue to astound and amaze with their HD releases. The HD transfer has been re-framed it in 1.66 widescreen and it looks absolutely gorgeous with nicely managed grain, an abundance of fine detail and nicely saturated colors, this is a very nice HD upgrade in all respects. Audio on the disc comes by way of an English DTS-HD MA 1.0 track that sounds great with crisp and clean reproduction of dialogue and cool psycho-tronic score, for a low-budget slice of 70s drive-in cinema this looks and sounds top-notch in HD! 

Grindhouse carry-over all the extras from their 2006 DVD including the commentary from Director David Durston and star Bhaskar, the four deleted scenes which includes an extended scene of gramps freaking out on acid, and the The I Drink Your Blood Show (29 Mins) featurette with interviews from actors Lynn Lowry, Tyde Kierney, Jack Damon and ad-man Barney Cohen, all hosted by the charming Durston himself. They've even included the film of Bhaskar performing "The Evil King Cobra Dance" which is tucked away within the filmographies on the second disc along with some other fun video gems. Grindhouse also include two options for viewing the movie, the shorter X-rated 83-minute cut or the expanded 88-minute director's version which adds in some deleted scenes and outtakes with a different ending, which I love. 

Of course Grindhouse wouldn't think of upgrading an older release without adding some new stuff for fans and they again go beyond expectations for I Drink Your Blood, beginning with a brand new audio commentary from stars Jack Damon and Tyde Kierney who provide loads of information about the making of the movie in Upstate New York and working with the cast and crew. On disc one we also have about 3-mins of outtakes and a 6-min piece wherein the Mahoning Drive-In screens the original double-bill for the movie along with I Eat Your Skin.

There's also a new sit down interview with the now-late David Durston lasting a full hour, he speaks about his early life and career on Broadway, knowing horror legend Bela Lugosi and making his movies, including I Drink Your Blood, going into the origin and retitling of the movie, originally titled "Phobia", which angered him, and the various re-edits and cuts the movie has endured through the years at the hands of local movie houses who feared angering community standards of the time. It's a great interview and he covers a lot of ground with his usual wit and youthful charm. There are also video clips of Durston and Lynn Lowry at Cinema Wasteland in 2004 and a cast and crew reunion of the movie after a screening at the New Beverly from 2003 also featuring stars Arlene Farber and Tyde Kierney.

Grindhouse also pack in two full-length movies on the disc in HD, the first being I Eat Your Skin (1964) which the movie shared an infamous double bill with in cinemas back in the day, plus David Durston's long-lost X-rated psychedelic shocker Blue Sextet (1969) also in nicely rendered HD. 

Extras are finished up with the usual selection of trailers, radio spots, two German language super 8 versions of the movie, and tucked away in the filmographies you can find trailers for the doc They Came from the Swamp (4 mins), the Jerry Gross produced movies Africa Blood and Guts(2 mins, Zombi (2 mins), a 9-min video clip from the 2002 Cult Movie Awards, a radio spot for the movie Stigma (1 min) and the aforementioned video of Bhaskar performing the serpentine King Cobra dance. There are also at least two Easter Eggs tucked away on the first disc I've been able to find, there might be more.

Special Features:
Disc One
- Spectacular new HD restoration of the original uncensored director's cut of the film!
- 4 controversial deleted scenes including the original blood-drenched ending deemed too disturbing for '70s audiences with optional audio commentary! (6 Mins)
- Out-Takes (3 Mins)
- Mahoning Drive-In show (6 Mins)
- Provocative Audio Commentary by Director David Durston and star Bhaskar
- New Audio commentary by stars Jack Damon and Tyde Kierney
- 2 Hidden Easter Egg (18 Mins)
Disc Two
- The I Drink Your Blood Show (29 Mins)
- Going For The Jugular - New Interview with David Durston (60 Mins)
- I Drink Your Blood Reunion at The New Beverly Cinema (2003) (25 Mins)
- Cinema Wasteland Oct. 1st 2004 (17 Mins)
- Cinema Wasteland Oct. 4th 2004 (4 Mins)
- Trailer (3 Mins)
- Radio Spot (1 Mins)
- Still Galleries: Production Stills (37 Images), Cast and Crew (43 Images), Theatrical - US (45 Images), Theatrical-Foreign (33 Images), Video releases (34 Images), Blood-Horrors (51 Images)
- Bios and Filmographies: David E. Durston, Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
- German Super 8 Versions: Hauser Des Blutigens Schreckens (16 Mins), Die Satansbande (24 Mins)
- I Eat Your Skin (1964) - Presented for the very first time in HD (81 Mins)
- Swamp Man - Exclusive interview with 2nd unit director William Grefe (18 Mins)
- Blue sextet (1969) - David Durston's long-lost X-rated psychedelic shocker - presented for the very first time on home video! (89 Mins) HD
- Liner notes by David Szulkin (Wes Craven's Last House on the Left: The Making of a Cult Classic)
- Grindhouse Prevues: An American Hippie In Israel, Pieces, Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, The Tough Ones, Scum of the Earth, The Beyond, Cat in the Brain, Corruption, The swimmer, The Big Gundown, Ice House, Massacre Mafia style, Gone with the Pope (34 Mins)
- Beautiful embossed slipcover
-I Drink Your Blood Horror Hypo! Inject your friends with rabies! Limited to the first 3000 copies!

Proving yet again that no low-budget movie is too weird or too wild for the deluxe treatment from Grindhouse Releasing, Bob Murawski and company have put together the definitive version of the movie in a loving and dynamic 2-disc package. If you're one of the first three thousand to snag this you might have received the limited edition Horror Hypo, which is your very own hypodermic needle to draw blood and infect your friends with rabies! I think this might mark the last of the original Grindhouse releasing DVD releases to be upgraded to Blu-ray, I'm curious to see what comes next, if anything. I seem to recall hearing somewhere that with the sad passing of co-founder Sage Stallone a few years back that the mission was to finish upgrading the original releases to HD and to wrap it up, I hope I am wrong about that. We've seen Grindhouse reach out and beyond with their Blu-rays of the Spaghetti Western The Big Gundown with Lee Van Cleef, the psycho-thriller Corruption with Peter Cushing and the poignant melancholia of The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster, they can pretty much do anything, and as a cinema fan who loves their commitment to the restoration and preservation of the weird and wild side of cult cinema I think it would be a serious loss, for all of us as film fans. 

CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) THREE-DISC LIMITED EDITION BD/CD (Blu-ray Review)

CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) 

THREE-DISC LIMITED EDITION BD/CD 

Label: Grindhouse Releasing

Region: Region-FREE

Rating: Unrated

Duration: 

Audio: English and Italian DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0 with Optional English Subtitles

Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1) 

Director: Lucio Fulci, 
Cast: Lucio Fulci, David L. Thompson, Malisa Longo, Jeoffrey Kennedy, Brett Halsey

Synopsis: Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of ZOMBIE and THE BEYOND , stars in this blood-soaked epic as a director being driven insane by his own movies. Fulci is thrust into an ultra-violent nightmare of death and depravity where murder and madness consume his sanity in a vortex of violence. 

I love the opening of Lucio Fulci's psycho-gore shocker Cat In The Brain (AKA Nightmare Concert) with director Lucio Fulci playing a version of himself, an aging horror director plagued by the grisly visions of his own horror movies, which is visualized by a cat eating away at his brain while he types away on typewriter, a striking and somewhat comically disturbng image which sets the tone for this wildly uneven but fun slice of self-aware horror from the Italian master of gore. 

As stated Fulci plays a fictionalized version of himself, years of making horrific movies have taken a toll on his psyche with the walls between what is real and what is a movie breaking down for the poor guy. Fulci's unsure of what is real and what is coming from his own imagination, to that end he begins to see a psychiatrist (David L. Thompson), a weird sort of doc who tells the director that he's having a mental crisis of some sort, brought on by years of macabre imagery. Unbeknownst to Fulci the doc is up to no good, and begins murdering a series of young women around the area, all the while trying to pin it on the increasingly discombobulated Fulci, who begins to believe that he has committed the murders with no memory of having done it. 

The movie is comprised of various recycled bits from previous Lucio Fulci productions, notably the movie Touch of Death starring Brett Halsey as a murderous creep/cannibal. I remember when I first watched Cat In The Brain years ago, I only had a few of Fulci's more popular movies under my belt at the time and I sort of hated it, sure it had loads of gore and nudity, but the patchwork of scenes and newly shot connective tissue felt forced and poorly assembled. Watching it now I can appreciate the movie a bit more, I see what Fulci was going for with some commentary on movie violence and what if any ill effect these images might have on viewers, including the director himself. It possibly also acts as a commentary of Fulci's own career and how he was received by critics, but it still feels rough and slapdash to me. In my mind Cat In The Brain is lower tier in the Fulci canon but it is also a fun gore movie loaded with non-stop gore and nudity, though most of it culled from other movies... and were not talking about his more polished efforts, he's not pulling clips from The Beyond, The Psychic or Zombie, this is his late era stuff, movies that were cash-strapped and low-budget. The movie serves as a sort of late era highlight reel of his career, one that is loaded with low-budget gore and nudity, which is always fun, regardless of how I feel about the movie as whole. 

I love the post-modern approach Fulci employed with Cat In The Brain, beating Wes Craven to the ironic-horror punch by a few years, but it is choppy, cheap and uniformly poorly acted. Fulci knows his way around a camera but he's not so great in front of one, but there is something charming about this movie, the way that Fulci turned the camera round on himself, and on that level I had a lot of fun revisiting this one, which is primed with some sweet cheap gore including cannibalism, chainsaw massacres, beheadings, hammers to the skull and much much more. 

Audio/Video: The Grindhouse Releasing two-disc Blu-ray edition of Cat In The Brain presents the movie uncut with a new HD restoration framed in widescreen 1.66 and it look the best it has ever looked on home video. The movie is piece meal by design, borrowing lengthy scenes from various sources and stitched together via some new 16mm shot footage that very loosely brings it all together. As expected the varying sources make for an uneven viewing experience with varying degrees of grain and clarity, overall the end product is very watchable and benefits from a more natural grain field and some improved clarity, the source material itself looks nice with very few blemishes of any kind aside from some white speckling.

Audio options include viewer's choice of Italian or English DTS-HD MA 1.0 Mono with optional English subtitles. The track is clean and free of hiss, considering the varying sources the audio does not fluctuate too noticeably from scene to scene. The mix of Fabio Frizzi score, dialogue and horrific sound effects are nicely balanced. 

Disc one is set aside for the uncut version of the movie, the only advertised extras on the first disc are the American and Italian trailers for the film, plus there is an Easter Egg tucked away of Luci Fulci signing at a table for fans, which I presume to be from 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors. 

Onto disc two, which is also a Blu-ray, Grindhouse have stuffed it with a smorgasbord of Fulco goodies, including new interviews with composer Fabio Frizzi, screenwriter Antonio Tentori, cinematographer Sandro Grossi and poster artist Enzo Sciotti. Each is fascinating, I particularly loved the interviews with poster artist Enzo Sciotti who shows off some of his early sketches for his posters, plus a few of his classic finished pieces, the interview ends with him painting the skull from the Evil Dead 2 poster he did All the new interviews are in Italian with the exception of composer Fabio Frizzi who speaks at length about his work scoring film for Lucio Fulci. Fans of Frizzi will enjoy the eight-minute Frizzi footage of the composer performing the main theme for Cat In The Brain.  

Fulci is well represented during two interviews, one a radio interview from 1987 and the other is a video interviews tat has been split into two forty-minute segments, once covering his work for television and the other about his work in the horror and thriller genres. 

Finishing up the bonus content on disc two we have a five minute appreciation from actors Jeoffrey Kennedy, Sacha Maria Darwin, and Malisa Longo, a poster and still gallery and footage from Fulci's Q+A at the 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, which was his only horror convention appearance in the US..Tucked away within the filmographies are trailers for The Beyond (1981), Silver Saddle (1978), Magistrate (1967), Roy Colt and Winchester Jack, Return of the Fly (1959), Hot Rod Rumble (1957), plus a series of outtakes from the Brett Halsey interview discussing his movies Beatrice Cenzi and Esmeralda Bay. There's also a trailer reel of Grindhouse releasing trailers for The Beyond, Pieces, Pigs, Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, The Tough Ones, Massacre Mafia Style, Gone With The Pope, Scum Of The Earth, An American Hippie In Israel, Corruption, The Swimmer, The Big Gundown and I Drink Your Blood. 

This three disc set also includes a bonus CD containing the original score from Fabio Frizzi plus a live version of the main theme from 2015 recorded during the Frizzi and Fulci tour stop in L.A. from 2015. The disc comes housed in its own cardboard slipcase   Packaging extras include a few goodies that are limited to the first 3000 copies including a embossed glow-in-the-dark slipcover, which is pretty cool! This may not be one of my favorite Fulco movies but I love the Enzo Sciotti artwork for it. Also limited to just 3000 is a mini postcard sized portrait of Lucio Fulci. Also included is a 20 Page Booklet with liner notes by Fulci's daughter Antonella Fulci, David J. Schow, director Eli Roth and a fascinating piece by Martin Beine who details the recycled movies that Fulci pulled from to create Cat In The Brain. The booklet is chock-full of awesome, including poster artwork and stills from the movie, plus there is a sleeve of reversible artwork housed in a Criterion-style clear case. . 

Disc 1
- HD digital restoration of the original UNCENSORED DIRECTOR'S CUT
- Presented with English and original Italian language soundtracks

- Italian Trailer (2 Mins) HD 

- U.S. Trailer (2 Mins) HD 

- Easter Egg: Lucio Fulco table signing at 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors (4 Mins) 

Disc 2

- Have a Nice Vacation, Doctor Fulci! - Interview with screenwriter Antonio Tentori (27 Mins) HD 

- A Nightmare in the Brain - Interview with cinematographer Sandro Grossi (28 Mins) HD 

- Frizzi and Fulci - Interview with composer Fabio Frizzi (31 Mins) HD 

- Fabio Frizzi Live in Hollywood October 2nd 2015 (8 Mins) HD 

- Painter of Nightmares - Interview with  poster artist Enzo Sciotti (18 Mins) HD 

- Antonio Tentori Interviews Lucio Fulci - 1987 Radio Broadcast (16 Mins) HD 

- Lucio Fulci Interview Rome, July 27th 1995 - The Television Years (41 Mins), Genre Terrorist (40 MIns) 

- Interview with Breti Halsey - Living La Dolce Vita (46 Mins) 

- Memories of Fulci with actors Jeoffrey Kennedy, Sacha Maria Darwin, and Malisa Longo (5 Mins) 

- Gallery of Stills and Poster Art, plus Lucio Fulci's heroic appearance at the 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors (24 Mins) 

- Lucio Fulci and Brett Halset Bios and Filmographies

- Grindhouse releasing Trailers (34 Mins) HD 

- Easter Egg: Luci Fulci Video Interview Outtakes (2 Mins) 

- Easter Egg: Brett Halsey Video Interview Outtake (1 Mins) 

Disc 3

Bonus CD: The original soundtrack by composer Fabio Frizzi (15 Tracks) 

Packaging Extras 

- 20 Page Booklet with Liner notes by Antonella Fulci, David J. Schow, Eli Roth and Martin Beine

- Chilling GLOW-IN-THE-DARK slip cover - Limited to first 3000 copies

- Mini portrait of Lucio Fulci - suitable for framing - Limited to first 3000 copies

Another gorgeous and definitive slice of gore cinema from Grindhouse Releasing, one that any self-respecting cult cinema sicko will absolutely want to have in their collection. Cat In The Brain is not among my most loved of Fulci's filmography but this sweet three-disc edition is jam-packed with more cool extras than any self-respecting Fulci fan can live without, yet another must-own release from Grindhouse Releasing!

GRINDHOUSE RELEASING BRINGS LUCIO FULCI’S ‘CAT IN THE BRAIN’ TO THEATERS, BLU-RAY!

CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) 

The Most VIOLENT Movie Ever Made - Starring Godfather Of Gore Lucio Fulci!

Grindhouse Releasing has set a July 12 street date for the new deluxe 3-disc Blu-ray edition of Lucio Fulci's nightmare classic CAT IN THE BRAIN. The movie will be touring theaters all over the U.S. this summer, starting June 2.

CAT IN THE BRAIN is a psychological masterpiece in the tradition of such cinematic classics as PSYCHO, STRAIT-JACKET, ERASERHEAD and Fellini's 8 1/2. Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of ZOMBIE and THE BEYOND, stars in this blood-soaked epic as a director being driven insane by his own movies. Fulci is thrust into an ultra-violent nightmare of death and depravity where murder and madness consume his sanity in a vortex of violence.

“CAT IN THE BRAIN is my favorite Fulci movie,” says Grindhouse Releasing co-founder Bob Murawski. “How could it not be? It's wall-to-wall gore and stars Lucio Fulci playing himself. It delivers on all levels.”

As with Grindhouse Releasing's #1 best-selling smash PIECES, the new Blu-ray release of CAT IN THE BRAIN will be issued in two versions: the standard release, and a special edition for collectors limited to 3,000 copies.

The limited version of the CAT IN THE BRAIN Blu-ray includes a glow-in-the-dark slipcover and an original portrait of Lucio Fulci created especially for this release.

Grindhouse Releasing advises all customers who want to be guaranteed a copy of the limited edition to pre-order from Diabolik DVD, as Diabolik customers will get first priority and will receive the set early.

Supplies are not expected to last long -- if you do not pre-order from Diabolik DVD, there is no guarantee of receiving one of the limited collector’s copies.

As an additional exclusive, Diabolik DVD is offering a special bundle that includes the CAT IN THE BRAIN Blu-ray and the official Lucio Fulci bobblehead from Cult Colletibles. This offer is limited to 500 copies, as these are the last of the numbered Lucio Fulci "Weird Wobbler" bobbleheads - when they're gone, they're gone!

CAT IN THE BRAIN Blu-ray specs:
- Hi-definition digital restoration of the original UNCENSORED DIRECTOR'S CUT
- Presented with English and original Italian language soundtracks
- In-depth interviews with director Lucio Fulci and cult superstar Brett Halsey (REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, RETURN OF THE FLY, THE GODFATHER 3)
- New interviews with composer Fabio Frizzi, screenwriter Antonio Tentori, cinematographer Sandro Grossi and poster artist Enzo Sciotti
- Lucio Fulci's heroic appearance at the 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors
- Original Italian theatrical trailer and gallery of stills and poster art
- Liner notes by Antonella Fulci, David J. Schow, Eli Roth and Martin Beine
- BONUS CD - the original soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi!
- Chilling GLOW-IN-THE-DARK slip cover - limited to first 3000 copies
- Mini portrait of Lucio Fulci - suitable for framing - limited to first 3000 copies
- PLUS OTHER SURPRISES!

CAT IN THE BRAIN screening dates:
6/2/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Omaha, NE
6/3/2016 - Moolah Theatre, St Louis, MO
6/4/2016 - Moolah Theatre, St. Louis, MO
6/5/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse S. Lamar, Austin, TX
6/10/2016 - Hollywood Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
6/11/2016 - Hollywood Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
6/15/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Richardson TX
6/17/2016 - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Boston, MA
6/18/2016 - Coolidge Corner Theatre, Boston, MA
6/19/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse Mission, San Francisco, CA
6/20/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes, San Antonio, TX
6/20/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Stone Oak, San Antonio, TX
6/21/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Dallas, TX
6/22/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Ashburn, VA
6/25/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park, Houston, TX
6/25/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Lubbock, TX
6/25/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, El Paso, TX
6/27/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Kansas City, MO
6/27/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Laredo, TX
6/27/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse, New Braunfels, TX
6/27/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse Park North, San Antonio, TX
6/28/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Winchester, VA
6/29/2016 – Alamo Drafthouse, Yonkers, NY
7/1/2016 - Frida Cinema, Santa Ana, CA
7/8/2016 - Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle, WA
7/13/2016 - Film Scene, Iowa City, IA
7/15/2016 - Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK
7/16/2016 - Circle Cinema, Tulsa, OK
7/29/2016 - Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
7/30/2016 - Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL
7/30/2016 - Metrograph, New York City, NY
7/31/2016 - PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
7/31/2016 - Metrograph, New York City, NY
8/1/2016 - PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
8/5/2016 - Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR
8/6/2016 - Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR
8/12/2016 - Cinefamily, Los Angeles, CA
8/31/2016 - Alamo Drafthouse, Littleton, CO

"A shattering exposition of gore, mutilation and sordid sex, certain to satisfy the sick set. A MASTERPIECE!" - David F. Friedman, legendary producer of BLOOD FEAST and ILSA, SHE WOLF OF THE S.S.

"The fun never stops! Sadism, carnage, brutality, lust and utter psychosis delivered as only Lucio Fulci can." - CLIVE BARKER, director of HELLRAISER

More theaters and screening dates coming soon! Visit GrindhouseReleasing.com for updates!

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PIECES (1983) 3 DISC DELUXE EDITION (Grindhouse Blu-ray Review)

PIECES (1983) 

3-DISC DELUXE EDITION BD/CD 

Label: Grindhouse Releasing:
Release Date: March 1st 2016
Region Code: Region-FREE
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 83 Minutes, 86 Minutes
Audio: English DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0, Spanish DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0, Vine Theater Experience English Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Jack Taylor, Christopher George, Paul L. Smith, Lynda Day George, Bruce Le, Robert Purdom

Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón's Pieces (1983) opens in 1942 as an adolescent boy assembles a nudie jigsaw puzzle on his bedroom floor as his mother bursts into the room and catches him with the naughty novelty. She chastises the boy with taunts that he is a louse just like his father before she smashes a picture of dear old dad against a mirror. While she searches the boy's room for more naughty contraband she sends the boy to fetch a garbage bag, but he returns with an axe instead which he thrusts repeatedly into her cranium. With mother properly dead he sets aside the axe in favor of a handsaw which he uses to saw off her head, which he places inside a closet before finishing-up his preciously lewd jigsaw puzzle. Eventually the police are alerted by a worrisome nanny and arrive on scene, when they find the young boy in the closet they assume he's the survivor of the grisly ax-attack and not the fiendish culprit.

Some forty years later the adolescent murderer now a disturbed adult who keeps mementos from the massacre hidden away in a shoe box, inside are his mother's blood spattered flower print dress and shoes, plus the naughty jigsaw puzzle now stained with mother's blood. The killer appears to have kept his murderous urges at bay for all these years but when he witnesses a young girl skateboard into a pane of mirrored glass it resurrects his long dormant blood lust and fascination with kinky jigsaw puzzles. The killer begins to terrorize a Boston area college slaughtering young ladies with a chainsaw, collecting their body parts and assembling them into a perverse human jigsaw puzzle of his own creation.

The first piece of the heinous body-puzzle is a co-ed who the killer finds sprawled out on the campus lawn, her head severed with a chainsaw in an artfully shot kill as her head spins through the air followed by a crimson wave of blood. The shocking murder is investigated by Lt. Bracken (Christopher George, The Exterminator) and Sgt. Holden (Frank Brana, Slugs) who arrive on campus to inform the Dean of Students (Robert Purdom, Don't Open Till Christmas) of their odd plan to place police woman Mary Riggs (Linda Day George, Day of the Animals) undercover as a tennis coach in an effort to identity the maniac. Top on the list of suspects is a cock-eyed gardener maned Willard (Paul L. Smith, Sonny Boy) who appears in near every scene with chainsaw in hand, after that we have the odd Prof. Brown (Jack Taylor, Eugenie ...the story of Her Journey into Perversion), and young college student named Kendall (Ian Sera, The Pod People) who has been near the scene of each of the murders ...so of course the cops deputize him and make him part of the investigation. With this brilliant dragnet in place what could possibly go wrong?
  
The investigation does little to deter the chainsaw slasher who dismembers several more co-eds in quick succession. The killer decked in the latest Giallo fashions sports a black trench coat, black leather gloves and a black fedora, it is a very stylish and menacing get-up to be sure. He literally nets the next victim while she skinny dips in a pool and then dismembers her leaving a neat pile of severed limbs right next to the instrument of her death. When the body is discovered the Lt. calls Prof. Brown to the scene and asks if he thinks that perhaps the chainsaw next to the corpse, it's teeth covered in chunks of meat and gore, might possibly be the murder weapon, which is a nice bit of what-the-fuckery. A third victim is a dancer caught in an elevator by our stealthy sicko who somehow sneaks a running, yellow chainsaw into the confines of a small elevator. The woman recognizes the killer's identity but doesn't seem to notice the gas-powered chainsaw behind his back until it's too late. The gore effects in the film are surprisingly gruesome, with plenty of disembowelment, dismemberment, chainsaw savaged flesh and multiple stabbings perpetrated against a variety of nude women. Two of the best kills are left for last, we get an artful Argento worthy slow-mo stabbing on a water bed and a gruesome locker room evisceration with the chainsaw tearing through flesh. It may be a bit surprising just how much great gore is crammed into such a silly film, particularly considering how goofy some of the film's more dramatic elements are. Let's not forget a nutty kung-fu professor which is perhaps one of the most random chop-suey fueled nonsensical moments in all of horror film history, a scene that will leave you scratching your head in wonderment.

One of my favorite scenes comes immediately following the elevator death when all of the film's red-herrings are gathered together in a hallway looking suspicious beyond belief as the lightning dramatically illuminates their faces, a completely hilarious moment straight out of  an episode of Scooby-Doo. The film's final moments are bat-crap insane as one shocking reveal careens preposterously into a shocking, ball-shredding, ending that will leave you speechless and gasping for air. There's nothing else like it out there, not sure if the inherent camp is intended but I don't see how it possibly could be, this is the kind of stuff you just can't plan for and is most likely a happy accident of schlocky b-movie cinema. While there's no other film quite like it I would make a comparison toe Lucio Fulci's The House by the Cemetery which is equally gore-tastic while also uniquely absurd.

Pieces is a very silly movie, it borders on a slasher-parody, but what saves it from pure-camp are some gloriously gruesome gore scenes that rival anything you will see in a more venerated classic slasher. Some of the funky English dubbing might actually enhance the charm of the movie, the dialogue is straight-up crazy. Perhaps the most memorable quote from the movie is Linda Day George's notorious blood curdling shrieks of "BASTARD!" in a bizarre, oddly paced succession, just one of the weird and wonderful oddities of this splatter-classic. Plus we have some fine appearances from Euro-cult all-stars Jack Taylor, Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, and the reddest herring in all of cinema, Mr. Paul L. Smith. The cinematography is above average for an early 80's slasher, too. Perhaps not on par with the works of Argento or Fulci but not too shabby either, that water-bed murder sequence definitely stands out

Audio/Video: Grindhouse Releasing have gone back to the original camera negative for a brand new 4K scan of the movie, and WOW is all I can say about the results. Film grain is nicely managed, the details and textures have never been more crisp and the the colors are more vibrant than ever. I wasn't quite prepared for how robust this gory grindhouse classic would look in 1080p with improved depth and clarity, this is well worth a double or triple dip, as some who own both eh previous Grindhouse and Arrow Video releases I can assure you that you need this in your life. 

The main feature has two audio options, we have the English language version with the library music score featuring Steve Cipriani, Carlo Maria Cordio and Fabio Frizzi and the original, uncensored director's cut presented in Spanish with an original score from Librado Pastor (Don't Panic), both presented with DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0 audio. Both come through clean, with the English version having not just the better fidelity, but the better score in my opinion. The Librado Pastor piano score seems a bit clunky in comparison, but both pale in comparison to the Umberto synth re-score also found on this disc. 

The first disc contains the feature length movie, in two version, we now have the Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche (86 Mins) version – the original uncensored director’s cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastoras, the versions are seamlessly branched. There's a brand new commentary from Eurocult star Jack Taylor moderated by Calum Waddell with the star reflecting on how he came to appear in the gore-classic, also touching on other facets of his career, reminiscing about the director and his co-stars, mentioning that this was not some great piece of art, ha ha.  A very cool extra is the option to watch the movie with the Matt Hill (Umberto) re-score which he performed live an Beyond Fest and Mono Con. This score is available on CD and vinyl under the title 'The Night Has A Thousand Screams'. Unfortunately the audio option is a music only track, too bad they couldn't have it re mixed into the film as a viewing option with dialogue and sound effects.

Finishing up disc one we have a collection of stills galleries, each focusing on the various video releases, lobby posters, and print ads for the movie. Among these is a video of Simon culling through various lobby cards for the film and nudie pics from the audition process, which are also included in one of the galleries. There are at least two Easter egg tucked away on the main menu of the first disc, one of Eli Roth introducing the film at the New Beverly Cinema and mixing it up with fans waiting in line, while singing the praises of Pieces. This video also has a snippet of actor Clu Gulager (The Initiation) giving an appreciation of the gore-classic! Also hidden away is a an additional five-minutes of J.P. Simon looking at more lobby cards and more  nude shots from the audition process.

Onto disc two of this magnificent set we find the interviews with director Juan Piquer Simón and actor Paul L. Smith from the previous DVD release, both are great, with the Paul L. Smith not just touching on Pieces, but also David Lynch's Dune, Popeye, Red Sonja and Crimewave with Sam Raimi. Grindhouse have also added a brief three-minute audio only interview with Producer Steve Minasian who speaks a bit about the troubled distribution of the movie and being ripped-off by another producer.

The main course on the second disc is the Calum Waddell and Naomi Holwill produced documentary '42nd Street Memories' which is a ton of fun. This is the story of the rise and fall of 42nd street, beginning with its history as a pre-depression era venue for vaudeville acts, descending into a pit of sleaze in the '70s and '80s until it was cleaned-up by Mayor Rudolph Guilliani in the '90s. What makes this one so damn fun is the slew of notable directors and distributors speaking first hand about what a cesspool many of the theaters were. We have appearances from directors Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, Matt Comber, and Joe Dante among others. Well worth a watch, and a lovely tribute to the seedy underbelly of NYC cinemas. The doc is stuffed with vintage video and images of the infamous block, including clips from movies like Nightmare in a Damaged Brain, The Exterminator, Basket Case and The Massage Parlor Murders that features the neon-lit strip in it's heyday. 

Easter eggs tucked away on disc two include a clip of J.P. Simon speaking about Christmas themed horror films, mentioning the the Dick Randell produced Don't Open Till Christmas. The bios contain a few videos, too. One is a funny one-minute promo for Don't Open Till Christmas with producer Dick Randell, the other is a three-minute clip of producer Steve Minasian speaking about promoting Mark of the Devil with the now infamous vomit-bag. You may also find a one-minute clip of Paul L. Smith speaking about a few movies he enjoys, plus another brief clip of Smith behind-the-scene during the interview. Author Michael Worth chimes in with a hidden two-minute clip shedding some light on how Bruce Le happened to appear in the movie in that weird kung-fu scenario. The last hidden interview I found was a two-minute clip of J.P. Simon going through some behind-the-scenes shots of his other movies like Devil's Island and The Crack, some cool special effects make-up shots.

Among the in-depth bios and filmographies are trailers for Primative World (4 Mins), Ecco (4 Mins), Don't Look in the Basement (1 Mins), Mark of the Devil (1 Mins), Last House on the Left (1 Mins), City of the Living Dead (3 Mins), Day of the Animals (1 Mins), and Witchcraft '70 (2 Mins). There are also a videos of Smith speaking about working on his Russian accent for Richard Donner's Maverick, and a three-minute clip of J.P. Simon speaking about his own personal favorite movies.

Separate from the disc extras we have a very handsome embossed slipcover with vibrant coloring - this one really pops and looks stunning on the shelf. Inside there's an eight-page collector's booklet with liner notes by horror journalists Rick Sullivan (Gore Gazette) and Chas. Balun (Deep Red). The Balun notes are also fond on the 2008 DVD release from Grindhouse, the Rick Sullivan entry is new to this release.  

Again Grindhouse have included the original motion picture soundtrack for the English version on a separate CD with a slipcase, much like they have for Cannibal Holocaust, Cannibal Ferox, The Big Gundown and The Beyond. I hope they keep this up, love getting the soundtrack with the movies. Also of note, the first 3000 units include an actual 15-piece jigsaw puzzle of the infamous nude puzzle from the movie, which is just all kinds of awesome. 

Special Features:
– Two complete versions of this shocking gore classic: PIECES (83 min.) – the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English. MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 min.) – the original uncensored director’s cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor
– Spectacular new 4K transfers – scanned from the original camera negative
– Brand New Audio Commentary by star Jack Taylor moderated by Callum Waddel
– Special 5.1 audio option – the Vine Theater Experience!
– In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simón (55 Mins) and genre superstar Paul L. Smith (58 Mins)
- Audio Interview with Producer Steve Minasian (3 Mins)
– 42nd STREET MEMORIES – all-new feature-length documentary containing interviews with Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons (82 Mins)
– Extensive Gallery of Stills and Poster ArtL Production stills (20 Images) HD, Publicity Materials (22 Images) HD, Video Releases (39 Images) HD, Bits and Pieces (60 Images) HD, Juan Piquer's Still Show (8 Mins) SD
– Exhaustive Filmographies
- Grindhouse Releasing Previews (36 Mins) HD
- Theatrical Trailer (1 Mins) HD
– Liner notes by legendary horror journalists Rick Sullivan (GORE GAZETTE) and Chas. Balun (DEEP RED)
– BONUS CD – original soundtrack – newly remastered from the original studio tapes
- Beautiful embossed slipcover
– First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle! Strictly limited to 3000 units!

Pieces could be considered an awful film, that beyond reason has turned into one of my favorite slasher movies of all time. A none too subtle demented chainsaw slasher that's straight-up ridiculous and bat-crap crazy, but I love it and consider this a must own schlockfest. Te new Grindhouse 3-Disc Deluxe Edition BD/CD is the finest it has ever looked. Worth the double-dip alone for the '42nd Street Memories' doc, this is a knock out of a release.  5/5

PIECES (1983) Coming On Blu-ray March 1, 2016 from GRINDHOUSE RELEASING!

PIECES (1983) 

Label: Grindhouse Releasing
Release Date: March 1st 2016
Duration: 83 Minutes 
Region: Region-FREE
Video 10180p HD Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio: English DTS-HDMA Mono with Optional Englisg Subtitles 
Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Cast: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Paul L. Smith, Edmund Purdom, Jack Taylor

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO TEXAS FOR A CHAINSAW MASSACRE!

Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present the sickest and most violent of all the early '80s slasher movies. A psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old! PIECES is a wild, unrated gorefest, with enough splatter and sleaze to shock the most jaded horror fan.

Bonus Features:
- TWO complete versions of this shocking gore classic:
PIECES (83 minutes) - the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English
MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 minutes) - the original uncensored director's cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor
- Spectacular new 4K transfers - scanned from the original camera negative
- Brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor
- Special 5.1 audio option - the Vine Theater Experience!
- In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simon and genre superstar Paul L. Smith
- 42nd STREET MEMORIES - all-new feature-length documentary produced by Calum Waddell containing interviews with Sam Sherman, Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons
- Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
- Exhaustive filmographies
- Liner notes by legendary horror journalists Chas. Balun and Rick Sullivan
- BONUS CD - original soundtrack - newly remastered from the original studio tapes
- Beautiful embossed slipcover
- First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle! Strictly limited to 3000 units!
AND OTHER SURPRISES!

Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIaOh2PHn24

CANNIBAL FEROX (1981) (Grindhouse Releasing Blu-ray Review)

CANNIBAL FEROX (1981) 

3 DISC DELUXE EDITION 

Label: Grindhouse Releasing
Region Code: Region FREE
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 93 Minutes
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 1.0 Mono, English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo, Italian DTS-HD MA 1.0 Mono with Optional English Subtitles 
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1) 
Director: Umberto Lenzi. 
Cast: Giovanni Lomardo Radice, Lorraine De Selle,  Zora Kerova, Danilo Mattei, Perry Pirkanen, Robert Kerman

Synopsis: They were cold, sadistic killers who thought they could hide from justice. But now they must face the harsh law of the jungle.  Shot on location in the savage Amazon wilds of South America, Cannibal Ferox is one of the most violent and shocking films ever made. There are at least two dozen scenes of barbaric torture and sadistic cruelty graphically shown. If the presentation of disgusting and repulsive subject upsets you, please do not view this film. They must now pay for their crimes with blood and pain. For what they have done, Make Them Die Slowly. 

Cannibal Ferox is a very clear knock-off of Ruggero Deadato's superior effort Cannibal Holocaust (1980), have no doubt about that. While it's true that Umberto Lenzi kick-started the cannibal cycle with Man From Deep River in 1972 it was Deodato who put the definitive stamp on it with hos own controversial and putrid classic -- a film that really puts the spotlight on who the real savages are, and it's not the indigenous people of South America, no, it is without fail the Westerners who come into a pure place and pollute it with their corrupt morality and exploitation of the indigenous people, which again without fail, comes back upon them in the most horrific of ways, and deservedly so. 

Umberto Lenzi's film amps up the gore and shock-value with out any of the more redeemable underpinnings of the superior Cannibal Holocaust, but that doesn't mean you cannot enjoy this slice of cheap jungle exploitation that it is. We begin with a trio of anthropological students headed to the jungles of South America to prove Gloria's (Lorraine De Selle) theory that cannibalism is only a myth --  which already sounds like a recipe for disaster. Gloria is joined by her cameraman/brother Rudy (Danilo Mattei) and promiscuous friend Pat (Zora Kerova). After becoming stranded in the jungle without a vehicle jungle the trio encounter Mike (Giovanni Lombardo Radice) and his partner Joe (Walter Lloyd), two American on the run from the mob and the law in New York City. A parallel story involving Lt. Rizzo (Robert Kerman) investigating Mike's time back in the U.S. plays out during the film, but you have to wonder why. 

Back in the jungle our five Americans band together but it comes to light that Mike and his friend are a pair of coke fiends who have enslaved a local tribe whom they force to harvest cocoa for cocaine and emerald riches. After killing several of the indigenous people, including the tribal leader's daughter, the tables have turned and the five Americans are now hunted by the indigenous people who are out for revenge against the murderous coke-fiend Mike. 

The movie is aggressive and gruesome with plenty of shocking atrocities committed, we really get an eyeful of awfulness with this one, including genital mutilation and some fun brain-eating. The film is particularly notorious for a scene of a women being impaled by two large hooks through her breasts and then suspended from ropes till she bleeds to death, it might me cheap but this shot is very well executed. Additionally we have some brutal amputation a piranha attack and loads more awful stuff, a lot of wince-inducing violence with this one, but it lacks the resonance of Cannibal Holocaust. 

Unfortunately that most regrettable of the Italian cannibal movies trademarks is fully intact - the onscreen death of animals. Like some nightmare version of Animal Planet a pig is stabbed to death onscreen, a jaguar kills a monkey, and an anaconda crushes a large rodent as cameras roll in the most exploitative way possible, unfortunately there is not animal-cruelty free version as we saw with Grindhouse's Cannibal Holocaust Blu-ray, that would have been a good alternative viewing option, maybe it lacks the visceral gut-punch of the slaughtering of the turtle but any death of an animal for the sake of entertainment is not justifiable in my opinion and that viewing option would be warranted and appreciated. 

The basic storytelling process is similar to Cannibal Holocaust, in fact quite derivative of it on many levels,, but this movie is way more exploitative and cheap, and that's saying a lot. This is probably due to the fact that director Umbert Lenzi set out to top Deodato's repulsive film by amping up the gore and violence, but in doing so he loses any of the resonance and deeper meaning that Deodato managed to infuse his film with, it's a cheap and gruesome cash-in, but as cannibal films go it's pretty potent stuff.

Audio/Video: Cannibal Ferox arrives on Blu-ray from Grindhouse Releasing as a massive 3-disc Deluxe Edition with a brand new 2K transfer from the original camera negative and the result are pleasing. The repulsive film is looking pretty sharp in HD, sure there's a ton of grain but it is nicely managed with more fine detail and clarity than we've ever seen before, which is both a plus and a negative -- this is some truly grotesque stuff, and the HD presentation puts it right in your face, more than ever before.  Sure, the jungle canopy greens pop but so too does the stomach-churning scenes of animal cruelty -- that pig killing is still awful. 

There are three audio options to choose from  - we have the Italian DTS-HD MA 1.0 Mono, English DTS-HD 1.0 Mono and a newly created stereo English re-mix by academy Award winner Paul Otterson. Of the three I preferred the new stereo mix, which is nicely balanced and free of the hiss of the mono presentation. The score from Budy-Maglione sounds fantastic, a strange mix or funk, winds and string instrumentation, synth and electronic noise, highlighted by the easily recognizable eerie "Jungle Theme" and foot tapping funk of "NYC Main Title" themes. 

The amounts of gut-munching extras on this three-disc set is just crazy, beginning with a great commentary from director Umberto Lenzi and star Giovanni Lombardo Radice, the commentaries are recorded separately and stitched together. These two hate each other and having them in the same room to record a commentary might have ended in a fist-fight!

Then we have the feature-length documentary  Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film produced by Arrow Video ex-patriot High Rising productions, featuring interviews with Umberto Lenzi, Luigi Cozzi, Me Me Lei, Kim Newman, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Ruggero Deodato, Sergio Martino and Robert Kerman - a fantastic watch and a great Cannibal 101 introduction to the genre. The piece is moderated by author Shelagh Wowan-Legg.  Finishing up the extras o disc one we have a variety of trailers for the movie, and footage from the 1997 Hollywood premiere of the film, which looked like a blast.

Digging into disc two we have a collection of interviews from Umberto Lenzo, a particularly venomous Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Danillo Mattei, special effect legend Gino De Rossi, and starlet Zora Kerova. There's an exhaustive amount of production stills, behind the scenes images and other promotional materials including video artwork, press clippings.
As of this review I have found five Easter Eggs hidden away on the various menus of both Blu-ray discs. revealing additional interviews material with Gino De Rossi and Danillo Mattei. 

Packaging extras include a fantastic embossed slipcover  with vibrant orange/red/yellow color scheme that leaps off the box. Inside the Criterion-style clear case we have a 12-page booklet with Liner notes by legendary Times Square historian Bill Landis (SLEAZOID EXPRESS) and director Eli Roth with stills and behind-the-scenes photographs, plus the reverse side of the sleeve includes a extensive Umberto Lenzi filmography ranging from '58 through '92 with selected poster art inserted. Separate from the Blu-ray discs we have the original motion picture soundtrack by Budy-Maglione housed in a separate slipcase of it's own, just like we saw with the Grindhouse Releasing deluxe editions of Lucio Fulci's The Beyond and Ruggero deodato's Cannibal Holocaust, a very nice addition, and a fantastic soundtrack to boot. We have the original 20 track score plus an additional 28 tracks of bonus material and alternate takes, this is a fantastic supplement. 

Disc 1 Special Features (Blu-ray) 
- Original uncensored director’s cut
- Spectacular new 2K transfer - scanned from the original camera negative
- Candid and shocking audio commentary by director Umberto Lenzi and star John Morghen
- Shocking Deleted footage - Lost for Over 30 years! "Killing Pig (2 Mins), "Pirahna Scene"  (1 Mins) 
- Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film (86 Mins) 
- International Trailer  (3 Mins) 
- German Trailer (3 Mins) 
- U.S. Trailer (4 Mins) 
- Mexican Trailer (4 Mins) 
- Hollywood Premiere - February 15th 1997 (5 Mins) 
- Easter Egg - Still Gallery (9 Mins) 

Disc 2 Special Features (Blu-ray) 
- Umberto Lenzi: Hooked on You (20 Mins) 
- The Many Lives and Deaths of Giovanni Lombardo Radice (51 Mins) 
- Zora in Cannibal Land - Interview with Zora Kerova (25 Mins) 
- Danillo Mattei's Amazon Adventure (21 Mins) 
- They Call Him Bombadore - Iterview with Gino De Rossie from May 2011 (25 Mins) 
- Umbert Lenzi Interview - May 1998 (8 Mins) 
- Production Stills (56 Images) 
- Behind the Scenes (35 Images) 
- Promotional Materials: Italy (13 Images), Germany (37 Images), France (15 Images), Spain (16 Images), US (26 Images), Various (9 Images) 
- Video Releases (41 Images) 
- Ferox Fever - Press Clippings (58 Images) 
- Grindhouse Releasing Previews (32 Mins) 
- Easter Egg - Gino De Rossi (3 Mins) 
- Easter Egg - Danillo Mattei (1 Mins) 
- Easter Egg  - Danillo Mattei (1 Mins) 
- Easter Egg - Gino De Rossi (1 Mins) 

Cannibal Ferox (1981) is a truly vile and repulsive cannibal entry, that on a surface level is on par with Cannibal Holocaust, though one I would be cautious to recommend to the average movie fan fr fear it might have the more casual horror fan spewing chunks. This is hands-down the definitive version of the infamous cannibal classic for what will be a very long time, I cannot imagine anyone topping this stunning three-disc set, a very high recommend to the strong stomached cannibal connoisseurs out there. 3/5