Wild Eye Releasing has announced that they are launching a new sister label called Visual Vengeance, a Blu-ray collector’s label that will be “dedicated to vintage, sometimes overlooked micro budget genre independents from the 1980s though 2000s.”
The label will include movies from enduring fan favorite directors like Todd Sheets, Bret McCormick, Mark Polonia, Brad Sykes, Kevin Lindenmuth and Donald Farmer, as well as many others – and a good selection of the featured movies have been feared ‘lost’ or remained out of print for decades. All releases will include participation on brand new bonus features with the original creators and stars of the movies, and be released in deluxe collector’s editions with limited edition Slipcase packaging – as well as being loaded with special features. Plus, many will have the addition of liner notes and premium items such as posters, stickers and more surprises.
The first two Blu-rays from Visual Vengeance will be released in July, and the movies getting this special edition treatment are Bloody Muscle Body Builder from 1995 and The Necro Files from 1997. The trailer for Bloody Muscle Body Builder can be seen above, and the trailer for The Necro Files is at the bottom of this article.
Here’s the info on Bloody Muscle Body Builder:
SYNOPSIS: Alternately known as “The Japanese Evil Dead,” this legendary, sought after Super 8 independent Japanese cult film will enjoy its first ever North American release in any format and features new bonus content. Trapped inside a haunted house, a body builder must survive a blood soaked night of insanity to save himself and his friends from a demonic ghost that is hell-bent on revenge.
Select Bonus Features:
New interview with director Shinichi Fukazawa
Commentary track with directors Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) and Joe Lynch (Shudder’s Creepshow, Mayhem)
Commentary track with Japanese film historian James Harper
Liner notes
Limited Edition Slipcase
Collectible Mini-poster
‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker set
Vintage style laminated Video Store Rental Card
And More
And here’s the info on The Necro Files:
SYNOPSIS: An often referenced and notorious underground classic for the last 25 years, this “American Video Nasty” is finally available to a mass audience and for the first time ever in Blu-ray format. A serial killer rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie maniac! Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon baby try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul before he can kill again. The Necro Files is stacked with intense scenes of gore and sadism, and boasts some of the most WTF moments in the history of shot on video cinema.
Select Bonus Features:
Brand new commentary with director Matt Jaissle
Brand new on camera interview with director Matt Jaissle
Bonus Movie: Necro Files 3000 (2017 sequel)
Dong of the Dead: The Making of The Necro Files
Limited Edition Slipcase
Collectible Mini-poster
‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker set
And More
I haven’t seen either of these movies yet, but they both sound like a “must watch”. It’s also very cool that Adam Green and Joe Lynch recorded a commentary for Bloody Muscle Body Builder.