British label 88 Films has detailed four upcoming Blu-ray releases: Lucio Fulci's
Touch of Death (1988), Bruno Mattei's
Zombie Creeping Flesh (1980), Brian Owens'
Happy Hell Night (1992), and Carlton J. Albright's
Luther the Geek (1987).
Touch of Death
Synopsis: The financially strained and increasingly desperate, Lester Parsons (50s matinee star Brett Halsey), concocts a brilliant get-rich-quick scheme; cruise the lonely hearts adds for rich women to fleece. Too bad then, that Lester's also a psychotic cannibal who enjoys mutilating these lovelorn souls, via his trusty chainsaw, and using their flesh for his dinner. When a copycat killer threatens to bring him down, Lester must do all he can to prevent this new killer's sloppy work from ruining them both.
From the Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (
Zombi 3), comes this darkly humorous gore-fest; which sits proudly as the crowning achievement in the late master's latter career. Re-discover the morbidly dark sense of humour of the beloved maestro of cruelty today, thanks to this stunning HD presentation from 88 Films.
Special Features and Specs:
- High-definition transfer sourced from the Original Negative.
- Uncompressed English Soundtrack
- Uncompressed Italian Soundtrack with English subtitles
- Refections in a Broken Mirror - Working with Lucio Fulci and Making Touch of Death - Featurette with contributions from Michele De Angelis and Marco Di Stefano
- Reversible Sleeve
- REGION-FREE
STREET DATE: AUGUST 7.
Zombie Creeping Flesh
Synopsis: Legendary schlock-master Bruno Mattei (
Rats: Nights of Terror) really outdid himself with 1980's classic video nasty bile-fest
Zombie Creeping Flesh. Banned by the British authorities back in the early days of VHS, thanks to its scenes of innards-chewing, eye-popping and throat-ripping excess,
Zombie Creeping Flesh is a strangely moral eco-horror film that warns against the very real terrors of nuclear pollution and chemical fallout as residents in Papua, New Guinea are turned into flesh-hungry undead denizens! Directed with the splatter-enthusiastic aplomb that one would expect from Mattei - one of the underrated auteurs of golden age Italian gore - and penned by the iconic Z-movie maverick Claudio Fragrasso (
Zombie Flesh Eaters 2), it is tough to deny that
Zombie Creeping Flesh is every bit as eerily entertaining as it was almost 40 years ago!
Now presented uncut and uncensored, in an aesthetic presentation that will sizzle your senses,
Zombie Creeping Flesh is back to chew its way into your living room - courtesy of 88 Films and its ever-impressive Italian Collection!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer sourced from the Original Negative.
- Uncompressed English Soundtrack
- Uncompressed Italian Soundtrack with newly translated English subtitles
- Margie Among the Living Dead - A 2017 Interview with star Margie Newton
- Hell on Earth - A 2017 Interview with writer Claudio Fragasso
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve
- REGION-B
STREET DATE: AUGUST 28.
Happy Hell Night
Synopsis: On October 31, 1963, seven members of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity were found brutally mutilated following an occult ritual inside Winfield Mausoleum. The sole suspect, depraved priest Zachary Malius, was immediately locked away in the bowels of the state Asylum. Twenty-five years later, a fraternity-hazing prank goes terribly wrong and the psychotic ghoul escapes. Now a relentless evil has been unleashed, and the coeds of Winfield College will once again face the bloody horror - and learn the shocking truth - of
Happy Hell Night.
Darren McGavin (
The Night Stalker), Jorja Fox (
C.S.I.), Ted Clark (
Wrong Turn) and Sam Rockwell (
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) star in this rarely-seen slasher sickie packed with gratuitous nudity and gore galore.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer sourced from the Original Negative.
- Uncompressed LPCM Audio
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Genre Experts Nathaniel Thompson and Tim Greer from Mondo-Digital.com
- The Kappa Sig Girl - An Interview with Jorja Fox
- Murder Music - An Interview with Composer Nenad Bach
- Original Trailer
- Collector's Booklet by Dr. Calum Waddell
- Reversible sleeve with alternative UK Frat Fright VHS cover
- REGION-B
STREET DATE: AUGUST 7.
Luther the Geek
Synopsis: A young country boy is plunged into the depths of homicidal madness after witnessing the strange exploits of a carnival "geek," a caged drunk so desperate for whiskey that he bites the heads off of live chickens in front of a freak show audience. Thirty years later, Luther is all grown up and out on parole after spending his childhood behind bars for a series of grisly murders.
Armed with a pair of razor-sharp metal dentures and only able to communicate through chicken clucks, Luther restarts his bloody rampage as he terrorizes the citizens of a small town and takes a young mother and her family hostage in their isolated farmhouse. Featuring one of the most intense endings ever put on film, Luther the Geek is good gory fun in the splatter flick tradition!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 2K RESTORATION from the Original Negative
- Uncompressed LPCM Audio
- Optional English Subtitles
- Bite Me - An Interview with Stacy Haiduk
- Geekdom - Remembering Luther with Dr. Calum Waddell
- Archive Interviews - Director Carlton J. Albright Discussed Luther the Geek
- Archive Interview - Interview with Actor Will Albright
- Original Trailer
- Collector's Booklet by Dr. Calum Waddell
- Reversible sleeve with alternative cover
- REGION-B
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 11.