Screenbound Pictures' recently launched genre arm, Miason Rouge, will release on Blu-ray director Jean Rollin's film
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973), starring Joëlle Coeur, Gilda Arancio, Marie Hélène Règne, Willy Braque, and Pierre Julien. The release will be available for purchase on November 6.
Synopsis: Best known for his erotic horror films, such as
The Rape of the Vampire,
Lips of Blood, and
The Living Dead Girl, French filmmaker Jean Rollin frequently indulged in the softcore (and occasionally hardcore) sex film. Among the more personal of these films is
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers a.k.a.
Jeunes filles impudiques, which reflects many of the themes and fascinations that run through his esoteric body of work. Joelle Coeur (Rollin's
Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio star as a pair of lovers enjoying a blissful cross-country hike. But the carefree erotic film turns suddenly dark when the women are set upon by a band of thieves who think they have stolen their loot, and use sadistic means to force a confession.