Roni here with some big news from the American Genre Film Archive! AGFA and Something Weird Video: AGFA is taking over distribution of a large number of the classic Herschell Gordon Lewis catalog in crisp, new DCP prints. From the press release:
For the first time ever, all 17 of the following H.G. Lewis titles are available on DCP starting October 1:
BLOOD FEAST (1963)
SCUM OF THE EARTH (1963)
TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (1964)
MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN (1964)
COLOR ME BLOOD RED (1965)
A TASTE OF BLOOD (1967)
THE GRUESOME TWOSOME (1967)
SOMETHING WEIRD (1967)
HOW TO MAKE A DOLL (1968)
JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT (1968)
SHE-DEVILS ON WHEELS (1968)
ECSTASIES OF WOMEN (1969)
LINDA & ABILENE (1969)
THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
BLACK LOVE (1971)
THIS STUFF’LL KILL YA! (1971)
THE GORE GORE GIRLS (1972)
I talked a bit about She Devils on Wheels before (here), but if you don't know Herschell Gordon Lewis' filmography: he and his producing partner, Dave Friedman, were kings of low budget exploitation in the 60's and 70's. They are probably best known for inventing the low-budget "gore" genre with BLOOD FEAST and played it to the hilt with follow-up features like COLOR ME BLOOD RED, THE WIZARD OF GORE and THE GORE GORE GIRLS. But they also made notable forays into other exploitation genres like hillbilly horror (TWO THOUSAND MANIACS), youth gone amok (JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT) and girl biker gangs (SHE-DEVILS ON WHEELS). I've talked a bit about SHE-DEVILS before - and I'll be doing a follow up on some other great lesser-known titles in the catalog! Stay tuned!
The DCP titles will be available Oct 1st! Details on how to get them, here:
