The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), in association with Something Weird Video, will release on Blu-ray Tom Hanson's thriller
The Zodiac Killer(1971), starring Hal Reed, Bob Jones, and Ray Lynch. The release will be available for purchase on July 25.
Synopsis: What kind of lunatic goes around cheerfully killing total strangers, then writes letters to newspapers taunting the police? Yup, the kind who also goes down to the basement, dons a ceremonial robe and prays to a plaster idol, "I am the Supreme Zodiac! All those I kill in this life will be my slaves when I am reborn in Paradise! Atlantis shall rise again!" Based on the still-unsolved "Zodiac" murders from 1966-1969,
The Zodiac Killer is a tabloid blend of truth, fiction and sick humor "based on known facts."
*After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015,
AGFA purchased a 4K film scanner to create new digital transfers of titles from the Something Weird library. AGFA will begin distributing their new transfers theatrically and on home video in the summer of 2017.
The Zodiac Killer is the first of the newly restored titles to transition to Blu-ray.
Special Features:
- Interview with director Tom Hanson conducted by Chris Poggiali of Temple of Schlock
- Bonus film: Another Son of Sam (1977)
- Collection of tabloid-horror trailers from the AGFA archive
- On-camera interview with director Tom Hanson and producer Manny Nedwick
- Audio Commentary with director Tom Hanson and producer Manny Nedwick
- Booklet with liner notes