The
Indie Distribution Company Announces a Diverse Slate of Genre Films
April
22, 2015 (Philadelphia, PA) - After a hiatus of 16 months, alternative
North American film distribution company Artsploitation Films (www.artsploitation.com)
has announced its upcoming summer line-up of international films. From the
comedic to the horrific; the unsettling to the blood-curdling; and from the
erotic to the controversial, the films showcase the best and most innovative
genre movies the world has to offer.
The
announced selection of 10 titles begins June 9th with the DVD and
Blu-Ray release of the German slasher film and film festival favorite DER
SAMURAI and features films from 6 different countries. Showcased is a
cross-dressing, samurai sword-wielding killer (DER SAMURAI); a middle-class
snuff-making suburban couple (THE HOUSE WITH 100 EYES); a group of cub scouts
who should not have gone into the woods (CUB); a porno director’s bed-hopping
search for his next female star (TRANSGRESSION); a young girl tormented by
psycho-sexual dreams (HORSEHEAD); a money-desperate drug dealer who will stop
at nothing (DEALER); a kidnapped woman more duplicitous than her abductors (RECKLESS);
and, coming this Fall, a severed hand bent on bloody revenge…and bodily
reunification (BLOODY KNUCKLES). And there is not a G–rated children’s film in
the bunch!
There
will be several limited theatrical releases (FEVER and DEATH IN
BUENOS AIRES this summer) and most films will go out day and date on
DVD/Blu-Ray and VOD. Artsploitation’s founder, Raymond Murray, sums up the
company’s acquisitions philosophy as, “We seek entertaining and provocative
films that encompass our admittedly left-of-center film esthetic. My goal is to
find films that my team and I love but then the hard work begins: connecting
each film with its targeted, often quite specialized audience. And remember,
hundreds of fictional men, women and children have been killed, kidnapped,
tormented, or have had their blood sucked out of them and the least we can do
is connect their stories with their future fans.”
The slate of titles are below with more films to be announced in the
coming weeks.
DER
SAMURAI
(2014, Germany, Director: Till Kleinert)
Blu-ray/DVD
Release Date: June 9, 20015
A
young police officer stalks a cross-dressing villain with a sword and a
predilection for beheadings.
"A
fantastic piece of cinema...beautiful and blood drenched."
Ain't
It Cool News
Bonus
features:
Director's
commentary
Making of featurette
THE
HOUSE WITH 100 EYES
(2013,
USA, Directors: Jay Lee and Jim Roof)
DVD
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This
grisly horror-comedy follows a nice couple who happen to also be serial killers
and snuff filmmakers.
"One
of the greatest horror films of the century."
Film
Radar
Bonus
features:
Director's
commentary
Sizzle
reel
Gag
reel
HORSEHEAD
(2014,
France, Director: Romain Basset)
Blu-ray/DVD
Release Date: June 23, 2015
A
shocking horror-fantasy about a young woman haunted by nightmares involving a
horse-man.
"Well
acted, gorgeously and nightmarishly executed."
Ain't
It Cool News
Bonus
features:
Making
of featurette (60 minutes)
Four short films
THE
TREATMENT
(2014,
Belgium, Director: Hans Herbots)
Blu-ray/DVD
Release Date: July 7, 2015
A
murder-mystery about a cop seeking a maniac who torments the parents before
abducting their kids. Based on the international best seller by Mo Hayder.
"Exceptionally
well made…incredibly creative and the twists come as huge surprises."
Influx
Magazine
Trailer:
RECKLESS
(2014,
Netherland, Directed by Joram Lürsen)
DVD
Release Date: July 14, 2015
A
wealthy beautiful woman is kidnapped by two ex-cons but their plan goes all
wrong in this twisted thriller. Based on 2009's The Disappearance
of Alice Creed.
Trailer:
TRANSGRESSION
(2014,
France, Director: Jean-François Davy)
DVD
Release Date: July 28, 2015
A
semi-documentary about a seasoned French erotic filmmaker who goes on an
unusual flesh and sex filled tour of Eastern Europe in search of his next
leading lady.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/124357796
Bonus
feature:
Director's cut of EXHIBITION, Jean-François Davy's 1975 documentary on
the French porn industry.
CUB
(2014,
Belgium, Director: Jonas Govaerts)
Blu-ray/DVD
Release Date: August 18, 2015
A
camping trip turns into a carnage for a troop of cub scouts as a killer, aided
by his feral young assistant, stalks them with deadly traps.
Trailer:
Festival
screenings:
2014 Toronto International, 2014 Sitges Film Festival, 2014 London Film
Festival
THE
SUMMER HOUSE
(2014,
Germany, Director: Curtis Burz)
DVD
Release Date: August 25, 2015
A psycho-sexual drama in which a middle-aged family man’s sexual
attraction to his daughter’s young friend threatens the stability of his
family.
DEATH
IN BUENOS AIRES
(2014,
Argentina,
Director: Natalia Meta)
DVD
Release Date:
September 8, 2015
A
rookie cop to goes undercover in Buenos Aires’ gay underworld to solve a murder
in this crime thriller that was one of Argentina’s top grossing films of 2014.
Trailer:
DEALER
(2014,
France, Director: Jean-Luc Herbulot)
DVD
Release Date: September 29, 2015
A
stylish, violent thriller about a drug dealer who is thrown into an urban hell
when a deal goes sour.
Trailer:
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