Available For the First Time, Remastered in High Definition;
Materializing on DVD August 21st
BCI Eclipse, a Navarre Corporation Company, under their Deimos label, announces the August 21st DVD release of two Spanish horror cult classics straight out of the belly of the beast. Exorcism (Exorcismo), starring and written by legendary Spanish horror filmmaker Paul Naschy, and Amando de Ossorio’s Night of the Sorcerers (La Noche De Los Brujos) are two nightmare visions certain to make even the bravest quiver. Remastered from the original negative in high definition, Deimos will be releasing these two horror classics, presented complete and uncut for the first time on DVD in anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1) and accompanied by a crypt-full of bonus features including the original Castilian and English-dubbed audio tracks, theatrical trailers, still and advertising galleries, and alternate scenes. SRP is a fiendishly low $19.98 for each title. Order date is July 13th.
Filmed in Barcelona, with exteriors shot in London, Paul Naschy wrote the Exorcism script before William Friedkin’s 1973 classic The Exorcist came out, but could find no one interested in producing the film until the Friedkin film became an international hit. In a quaint English village, gruesome crimes are being committed. The townspeople are terrified, and yet nothing has changed on the surface of this English country setting. Or has it? Paul Naschy stars and writes (as Jacinto Molina) in the terrifying story of a beautiful aristocrat (Maria Perschy) who has fallen victim to a bizarre illness while her sister is beginning to think herself possessed. The horrifying crimes have the police baffled--until they stumble upon a satanic cult operating under their very noses. What they uncover is an evil the likes of which had never been depicted on-screen before. For years, fans of this excursion into the supernatural realm have claimed that the film is “too powerful to be seen more than once.”
Amando de Ossorio, the director of the notorious Blind Dead films, strikes again with Night of the Sorcerers. In 1910 Africa, a brutal ceremony takes place in Bumbasa, starting with the whipping, defiling and beheading of a European woman. The ceremony is interrupted by British soldiers and the natives are killed, but the ceremony is completed and a new evil is born – the victim’s head comes to life and she screams, exposing her new vampire fangs. Decades later, a group of explorers arrive near the same location for wildlife study. All is tranquil until nighttime comes and distant drumming draws one of the female members of the group to investigate. Thus begins a nightmare is re-awakened – of zombie natives and vampire women, prowling the moonlit jungle in search of fresh blood. A wild foray into unabashed exploitation that far outdoes anything else in de Ossorio’s body of work, Night of the Sorcerers -- with its over-the-top political incorrectness and brazen sadistic elements -- is a film that still possesses the power to shock contemporary audiences.
“Exorcism” Special Features:
o Complete and uncut version of the film
o Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)
o Two audio tracks: In Castilian with English subtitles and English dubbed track
o Introduction by star Paul Naschy
o Interview with Paul Naschy
o U.S. Theatrical trailer
o Spanish credit sequence
o Alternate “clothed” versions of the nude scenes used for the original Spanish theatrical release
o Still gallery of photos, posters and other international advertising materials
Night of the Sorcerers Special Features:
o Complete uncut version
o Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)
o Two Audio Tracks: In Castilian with English Subtitles and English Dubbed Track
o Alternate scenes
o U.S. Theatrical Trailer
o Spanish Credit Sequence
o Still Gallery