Independent distributors Raro Video U.S. have confirmed that they are working on a Blu-ray release of maverick director Monte Hellman's (
Two-Lane Blacktop The Shooting) cult film
Iguana (1988). The release is expected to arrive on the U.S. market later this year.
Synopsis: Everett McGill (
Twin Peaks) stars as the 19th Century sailor whose bizarre facial deformity earns him the name Iguana. Beaten and tortured by his shipmates, he escapes to a deserted island where he declares war on all of mankind. Soon, a group of shipwrecked sailors and one kidnapped young maiden are made prisoners of Iguana's brutal slave empire. In a kingdom ruled by savagery and lust, can these survivors face the greatest evil of all? Michael Madsen (
Reservoir Dogs) and Fabio Testi (
What Have You Done to Solange?) co-star in this rarely-seen and disturbing drama directed and co-written by acclaimed cult filmmaker Monte Hellman.