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The concept was unprecedented: Enlist seven of horror’s most transgressive filmmakers – Douglas Buck (FAMILY PORTRAITS), Buddy Giovinazzo (COMBAT SHOCK), David Gregory (PLAGUE TOWN), Karim Hussain (SUBCONSCIOUS CRUELTY), Jeremy Kasten (THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS), splatter FX legend Tom Savini and Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) – and give them total creative freedom to create their own short films inspired by the Grand Guignol. The result – starring genre icons like Udo Kier (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN), Catriona MacColl (THE BEYOND), Lynn Lowry (THE CRAZIES) and Debbie Rochon (AMERICAN NIGHTMARE) – has been called “wildly unique” (Dread Central), “hilarious, grotesque and scary” (Bloody Disgusting) and “one of the best horror anthologies of all time” (Paste). Experience “a trip you’ll never forget” (Mondo Digital), finally officially available on Blu-ray with hours of Special Features. Special Features: 2020 Filmmakers Audio Commentary 2012 Filmmakers Audio Commentary Backstage: The Making of THE THEATRE BIZARRE - New feature length documentary featuring interviews with Directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley, Producers Daryl J. Tucker, Fabrice Lambot, Michael Ruggiero, Actors Udo Kier, Catriona MacColl, Lynn Lowry, Victoria Maurette, Kaniehtiio Horn and more. French TV On-Set Report on Richard Stanley's Return to Genre Filmmaking Making of VISION STAINS by Filmmaker Pat Tremblay Making of THE ACCIDENT by Filmmaker Pat Tremblay Shock Till You Drop's Choice Cuts with Buddy Giovinazzo Shock Till You Drop's Choice Cuts with David Gregory Shock Till You Drop's Choice Cuts with Jeremy Kasten Boswell Scores - Interview with THE MOTHER OF TOADS & VISION STAINS Soundtrack Composer Simon Boswell THE MOTHER OF TOADS - Extended Cut Trailers Disc Specs: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audio: English 5.1 & 2.0 / French 2.0 Closed Captions Region Free Run time: 114 mins
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The Theatre Bizarre (2011)
114 min
Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep.