Severin Films will reissue The Dungeon of Andy Milligan box set. The nine-disc Blu-ray releases will be available for purchase on September 21.
Label description: He's been described as "The Fassbinder of 42nd Street" (Artforum), "a celebration of hate" (Bleeding Skull) and "an unmatched voice from the underbelly of low-budget cinema" (Rue Morgue). More than a quarter century after his death, he remains perhaps the most divisive name in genre history. Severin Films now presents the cranium-cleaving collection devoted to writer/actor/director Andy Milligan – "a gay sadist who pioneered New York's avant-garde theater world and made astonishingly unique exploitation movies" (Diabolique Magazine) – on 8 Blu-rays featuring 14 surviving films from his NYC and London years, 10+ hours of trailers, outtakes, interviews & audio commentaries, a bonus CD and an all-new 128-page book by Stephen Thrower that explores the profane madness behind it all. From his provocative underground work through his international scuzz-horror classics, experience the venomous legacy of the filmmaker Time Magazine calls "depraved, degenerate, desperate, damned" like never before.
BOX SET CONTENT AND SPECIAL FEATURES
DISC ONE: THE GHASTLY ONES
BRAND NEW MASTER OF THE FILM STRUCK FROM A 35MM RELEASE PRINT
Audio Commentary with Actor Hal Borske and Filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
Audio Commentary with CineFear.com's Keith Crocker
Partial Audio Commentary with Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
Trailer
BLOOD RITES Alternate Title Sequence
Ghastly & Depraved – Interview with Marketing Wiz Samuel M. Sherman
Trailer for Lost Milligan Film DEPRAVED!
Talk Of The Trade – Interview with Early Milligan Actress Natalie Rogers
The Filthy Five – One German Language Reel of Lost Milligan Film
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 72 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
DISC TWO: THE BODY BENEATH/NIGHTBIRDS
The Body Beneath
NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Audio Commentary with Film Scholars Vic Pratt and Will Fowler
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 82 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
Nightbirds
NEW 2K RESTORATION FROM THE 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Audio Commentary with Actor Berwick Kaler & Film Scholar Stephen Thrower
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 77 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
DISC THREE: TORTURE DUNGEON/BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS
Torture Dungeon
NEVER-BEFORE RELEASED DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE FILM
BRAND NEW RESTORATION FROM THE UNCENSORED 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Audio Commentary with Milligan Historian Alex Disanto
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 80 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
Bloodthirsty Butchers
BRAND NEW RESTORATION FROM THE UNCENSORED 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 79 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
DISC FOUR: THE CURSE OF THE FULL MOON/THE RATS ARE COMING! THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE!
NEW RESTORATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Two versions: the original unreleased director's cut, filmed in 1969 as Curse of the Full Moon, and the 1972 cinema release
The World of Andy Milligan – Locations Featurette Narrated by Temple of Shlock's Chris Poggiali
Trailer
The Curse of the Full Moon Specs: Runtime 73 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here!: Runtime: 92 minutes
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
REGION-FREE
DISC FIVE: MAN WITH TWO HEADS/GURU, THE MAD MONK
Man With Two Heads
NEVER-BEFORE RELEASED DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE FILM
BRAND NEW RESTORATION FROM THE UNCENSORED 16MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
Party Sequence – Alternate Version
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 89 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
REGION-FREE
Guru, the Mad Monk
NEWLY RESTORED FROM A 35MM RELEASE PRINT HELD AT THE AMERICAN GENRE FILM ARCHIVE (AGFA)
Two presentations of the film: in 1.85.1 and 1.33.1 ratios
Audio Commentary with CineFear.com's Keith Crocker
Remembering Andy Milligan – Interview with Set Photographer Tom Vozza
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Runtime: 56 minutes
REGION-FREE
DISC SIX: LEGACY OF BLOOD
NEWLY RESTORED FROM A SURVIVING 35MM PRINT SUPPLIED BY PRODUCER JEN LANE
TWO VERSIONS: Legacy of Blood (Never Before Released Theatrical Cut) / Legacy of Horror (TV Cut)
Blood or Horror – Interview with Executive Producer Ken Lane
Legacy of Chris – Interview with Actor Chris Broderick
TV Spot
Legacy of Blood Specs: Runtime: 77 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1
Legacy of Horror Specs: Runtime: 83 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
REGION-FREE
DISC SEVEN: FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET/SEEDS OF SIN
4K RESTORATION OF FLESHPOT ON 42N STREET COMPLETED BY VINEGAR SYNDROME
4K RESTORATION OF SEEDS OF SIN COMPLETED BY VINEGAR SYNDROME
4K RESTORATION OF VAPORS COMPLETED BY VINEGAR SYNDROME (1965, 32 min)
Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
REGION-FREE
DISC EIGHT: CARNAGE/BLOOD
NEW RESTORATION OF CARNAGE FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGAITVE
NEW MASTER OF BLOOD FROM A 35MM RELEASE PRINT
Toga Party (1971) - The 70s were tough for William Mishkin Motion Pictures. The company would often try to reap as much profit from their tepid offerings by making titles available in R, X, and XXX versions. HOT TIMES became the hotter MY EROTIC FANTASIES while THE SLASHER did the rounds as PENETRATION. This practice is not unheard of in the exploitation world in an effort to squeeze every possible cent off films which failed to find an audience first time round.
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
REGION-FREE
DISC NINE: CD DISC
The Bearded Lady's Wake CD – Electronic Music by Frequent Milligan Collaborator Hal Borske
BONUS: BOOK
Andy Milligan's Venom - ALL NEW 128-page Book by Stephen Thrower