Dark Romances Vol. 1+2 Blu-ray
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Posted November 9, 2026 07:44 PM by Webmaster
Culture Shock Releasing will release on Blu-ray Dark Romances Vol. 1+2 (1990). The release will be available for purchase on November 10.
Description: Dark Romances is a 1990 SOV anthology filmed at EZTV and conceived by director/producer Patricia Miller and (the late) Mark Shepard. It was originally shot as an episodic TV series for Playboy, but was turned down due to it being deemed too violent & gory for their network. So, Mark and Patricia decided to distribute the 3-hour, 28-minute edited stories directly to video. Film Threat originally released these as a two-volume set. The set features scream queen Brinke Stevens in most of the stories and have a very EC/Tales from the Crypt vibe, with distinctive lighting and set design that truly sets this anthology apart from other shot-on-video films. Six different auteurs who all worked at or frequented EZTV (Patricia Miller, Mark Shepard, Samuel Oldham, John Strysik, Bryan Moore and Rodd Matsui) created a genuine piece of analog cinema you have to see.
VOL. 1
The Black Veil is a Grand Guignol-inspired gothic story set in 1988 where a psychiatrist's widow visits a college friend performing in a theatre that enacts mutilations. Listen to Midnight is a film noir style story about a photographer and a woman with a dragonfly tattoo who mates with and then lures men to their death.
VOL. 2
She's Bad, She's Blonde, She's Lunch starts off with a bang, literally. A couple robs a store, leaving a trail of bloodshed, and then takes a trip to lovers' lane where they meet a man and his monster. In Cardinal Sin, a young man is tempted by his dreams of Hustler star Elle Rio while dealing with his overbearing religious mom. Pet Shop of Death, a submissive husband who wants to leave his wife for his neighbor (Brinke Stevens) goes to a specialty pet shop to find something to help free him from his matrimony. Last Love a psychiatrist who, depressed over the loss of her husband, ends up having an affair with his ghost! Lastly, in What Goes Around, a composer uninspired to create music after losing his wife and child finds new inspiration with a woman who is not what she seems.
Culture Shock Releasing is proud to bring this forgotten anthology to Blu-ray for the first time ever on disc, with an all-new video transfer of the original D2 masters.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Dark Romances is a 1990 SOV anthology filmed at EZTV and conceived by director/producer Patricia Miller and (the late) Mark Shepard. It was originally shot as an episodic TV series for Playboy, but was turned down due to it being deemed too violent & gory for their network. So, Mark and Patricia decided to distribute the 3-hour, 28-minute edited stories directly to video. Film Threat originally released these as a two-volume set. The set features scream queen Brinke Stevens in most of the stories and have a very EC/Tales from the Crypt vibe, with distinctive lighting and set design that truly sets this anthology apart from other shot-on-video films. Six different auteurs who all worked at or frequented EZTV (Patricia Miller, Mark Shepard, Samuel Oldham, John Strysik, Bryan Moore and Rodd Matsui) created a genuine piece of analog cinema you have to see.
VOL. 1
The Black Veil is a Grand Guignol-inspired gothic story set in 1988 where a psychiatrist's widow visits a college friend performing in a theatre that enacts mutilations. Listen to Midnight is a film noir style story about a photographer and a woman with a dragonfly tattoo who mates with and then lures men to their death.
VOL. 2
She's Bad, She's Blonde, She's Lunch starts off with a bang, literally. A couple robs a store, leaving a trail of bloodshed, and then takes a trip to lovers' lane where they meet a man and his monster. In Cardinal Sin, a young man is tempted by his dreams of Hustler star Elle Rio while dealing with his overbearing religious mom. Pet Shop of Death, a submissive husband who wants to leave his wife for his neighbor (Brinke Stevens) goes to a specialty pet shop to find something to help free him from his matrimony. Last Love a psychiatrist who, depressed over the loss of her husband, ends up having an affair with his ghost! Lastly, in What Goes Around, a composer uninspired to create music after losing his wife and child finds new inspiration with a woman who is not what she seems.
Culture Shock Releasing is proud to bring this forgotten anthology to Blu-ray for the first time ever on disc, with an all-new video transfer of the original D2 masters.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW TRANSFERS FROM THE ORIGINAL D2 MASTERS
- Audio Commentary on Last Love w/ John Strysik
- Audio Commentary on Petshop of Death w/ Rodd Mattsui
- Audio Commentary on The Black Veil w. Patirica Miller and John Strysik
- Interview w/ Brinke Stevens
- EZTV promos including opening sequence bumper
- John Dorr Tours EZTV studio
- Genre Grinder podcast episode on Dark Romances
- Clips from Zombie Party short film dir. Rodd Matsui and Samuel Oldham
- Nightsearch unaired TV pilot
- Dark Romances original promo trailer
- What is Dark Romances featurette
- BTS slideshow featuring demo music from actor Dukey Flyswatter's band HAUNTED GARA
- Sideloader Slipcover w/8-page booklet featuring essay by dir. John Strysik. Poster w/original Dark Romances art from original trade ad.
- Dark Romances Vol. 1 & 2
- REGION-FREE
