The Bar

Steve at Unearthed Films has been sending me their press releases for a while now, and I have been criminally forgetting to put them up. Well no longer. I’ve been keeping tabs on them since they released the maaaaad underrated “Frankenhooker”. They put out really good editions of some obscure gems.

Greetings Gore Hounds and Dead Women,

Time yet again for another Unearthed Films Newsletter #20! Lets see, where should I
start? Yes, Hunting Creatures is hitting the shelves on March 11th and it’s the 1st in our
German Underground Splatter line of dvd’s. Filled with gore, cheesy acting and
underground death metal, this should give you a taste of what’s in store for you from the
deep recesses of Germany.

What’s it about, an underground rave in an abandoned chemical plant unleashes a vile
toxin that changes people into ravenous, flesh eating monsters. A small band of hitmen
and scientists are on the hunt to kill em good.

Hunting Creatures is 72 Minutes and has a behind the scenes featurette, deleted scenes,
photo gallery and trailers for upcoming Unearthed Titles.

Next up is Das komabrutelle Duell, an in your face slaughterfest that rivals Premutos and
Braindead with outrageous gore and sumptuous geysers of blood! This is underground
gore from Germany so expect crazed decapitations, disembowelment, chainsaw
eviscerations and crazy glue brain surgery. Did I mention the squishing fetuses and
eyeball gouging much less the total disregard for decency and moral values? Hell no! Das
Komabrutelle Duell was banned in 2007 by the German Government. They actually raided
the company that owned the film and actually took all of the elements and everything they
had on the film. Needless to say, we were lucky to get the elements before this happened.

Das Komabrutelle Duell is set for April 1st and extra features will include, behind the
scenes, digital effects comparison, outtakes, deleted scenes and of coarse… more trailers
for future Unearthed Product.

Then we have Patrick Roddy’s MERCY slated for May 6th and then Red Room 2 for June! I’ll
tell you more about these films as we get closer but your in for a treat!

I’m really excited to be releasing the underground German gore films. Cannibal was our
first and those who saw it in it’s very limited release was shocked and appalled by the
brutality of it. Speaking of Cannibal, we will be giving it it’s official release thru TLA
Releasing. Probably in the summer so keep an eye out for it.

Speaking of TLA Releasing, they have been a wonderful company to work with. Their doing
their very best to get our whole OOP inventory back out into the marketplace. Yeah, we
have had more problems with distribution then any other company out there. I think you
can tell when our titles are released then disappear and then reappear and then disappear
again, off the shelves.

Well, for the 1st time in a long time, everything is available. Frankenhooker, Aftermath,
Bonesickness, City of Rott, Ichi-1, Black Sun the Nanking Massacre, Rubber’s Lover,
Pinocchio 964, Boy Meets Girl, Rock and Rule, Evil Dead Trap 2, Frankenstein’s Bloody
Nightmare, Lethal Force, Nails and Visions of Suffering and Red Room. Red Room was a
very limited release and as were all of our titles that came out in 2006 and early 2007 so if
you wanted to see them, now they have the distribution they deserve thanks to TLA.

Now for some awesome news. As you all know, our 1st produced film is called Philosophy
of a Knife and it’s directed by Andrey Iskanov. We have all of the elements in our greedy
little hands and we have kept this very close to our hearts. No longer, we are now into
overdrive with it since it seems that we cannot get it into any film festival what-so-ever.
Due to the horrific content and non stop violence of the film, it has been a fight but we
will be finally releasing it in July. There will be two versions of the dvd. One will be the 4
hour long film with no extra’s and a single dvd disc. The other version will be a limited
edition of 5000 numbered copies and comes in a two disc set with all of the trimmings.
Music video’s, behind the scenes, deleted scenes and the whole shebang. It will also come
with a different cover and some very nasty artwork. We are talking to retailers now about
how far we can push the envelope with it. We will already be pushing the envelope with
the film as I’ve had several people refuse to watch it after watching the trailer. DO NOT
expect to see this dvd in too many retailers. If you do, grab it and run away like you just
found the Holy Grail!

Yes, we are back into hard-core violent mode and with our 1st film, you can expect to be
blown away. I’ve sent several screeners, actually just a handful to magazines and websites
to watch and review so expect to see the reviews start to pop up on Philosophy of a Knife. I
am dying to see how the reviews play out since it’s 4 hours long and filled with some of
the most brutal footage ever shown and I am not kidding around. You will have to have a
very hard stomach to watch it and I am dying to see what happens when normal horror
reviewers watch it. I mean, what would happen if Cannibal Holocaust, Nekromantic or
Make Them Die Slowly was shot now with the animal deaths? How would it be perceived
much less reviewed? There wasn’t a single animal hurt or abused in Philosophy of a Knife.,
But humans. That’s another question entirely. I’ll let your mind wrap around that question
for a moment.

I have a very limited amount of screeners for those in the press so contact us at
unearthedfilms@aol.com to request a screener of the film. This is only for you big boys
out there since we have a small amount and we will build the momentum as the months
count down for the July release.

So that’s it for now. I’ll stay in touch more as new news comes across the embalming
table.

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

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