The Zodiac Killer 4K Restoration Trailer and Blu-ray
HomeThe Zodiac Killer 4K Restoration Trailer and Blu-ray
Posted April 13, 2017 04:08 PM by Webmaster
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.
Included with this announcement is a brand new trailer for the recent restoration of the film.
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:
Included with this announcement is a brand new trailer for the recent restoration of the film.
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:
- NEW 4K restoration completed from the only surviving 16mm blow-up elements
- Audio Commentary track with Tom Hanson, Manny Nedwick, and more
- Interview with director Tom Hanson and actor Manny Nedwick
- Tabloid-horror trailers from the AGFA archive
- Bonus movie: Another Son of Sam (1977) - NEW 2K restoration from a 35mm theatrical print
- Liner notes and director Tom Hanson interview by Chris Poggiali of Temple of Schlock
- Reversible cover art
