6.14.06

Greetings Gore Hounds and Dead Girls,

It's time again for another installment of the Unearthed Films Newsletter! We have good news! After a year of screwing around with our old distributor, we have found a new home. The company is called Anthem Pictures and we are working closely with them for the release of the whole Unearthed Catalog. This will include the re-release of all our older titles and yes, at long last, our new films will finally start coming your way.  Anthem DVD is a great company and u can find them at www.anthemdvd.com

Here is the low down on our new releases. CITY OF ROTT, the extended version, made exclusively for Unearthed Films will be coming out on August 8th. Filled with tons of extras and one of the most beautiful conversions I have ever seen. This animated gore-fest will blow you away. Made by Frank Sudol who worked on the South Park films, you can guess what you're in store for.

Next up is Andrey Iskanov's Russian horror film NAILS. This is Andrey's first film, a kaleidoscope of gore, surrealism and whacked-out philosophy that literally hits the nail on the head. This is the first film in our upcoming Russian Horror Collection. Release date for NAILS is August 15th.

Next up is Brian Paulin's BONE SICKNESS. This is another in an exclusive line of films that have additional gore-filled scenes made exclusively for us. This over the top, zombie gut-muncher is loaded with gore, boobs, decaying zombies and just plain old sticky sickness. Filled with tons of extras. Release date for this monstrosity is Aug 29th. And yes, if you have seen the original, the Sickness just got sicker!

So, that's three new DVDs for the month of August. Next up for September is VISIONS OF SUFFERING, Andrey Iskanov's second feature film containing an extra 40 minutes worth of added gore and computer effects made exclusively for Unearthed Films. Talk about Directors Cuts! This surrealistic splatter film would have Cronenberg and Lynch jealously wishing they had made it! Seriously, Andrey is such a fantastic director that we are in the middle of producing more films with him. More later about this! Release date for VISIONS OF SUFFERING is not yet set in stone BUT it will be in September and we will let you know in a week or two.

FRANKENHOOKER is set for. you guessed it, October, just in time for Halloween. This is the uncut director's version. Tons of extras, like u have come to know and love from us including a commentary by Frank Hennenlotter and Gabe Bartalos, a 19 minute featurette called A Stitch In Time with behind the scenes footage and starring Gabe and the rest of the crew of Frankenhooker. A crazed Jennifer Delora Interview and a sneak peek in her scrapbook and last but not least, an interview with Penthouse Playmate of the Year and Frankenhooker star, Patty Mullen!

Then for November, it's LETHAL FORCE! An outrageous mix of kung fu, comedy and gore with a 70's atmosphere and a John Woo directorial feel about it. Sort of hard to explain but it's got the goods and I'm sticking to my story. LOL Loaded with extras including a commentary, short films, extensive photo gallery and more.

For December, we are hoping to have ready the first in our series of German Gore Films. First up will be the new and outrageous CANNIBAL (based on the true story of the crazed guy in Germany who advertised on the internet for a victim to eat, an ad that was answered and a victim duly eaten). This film has been banned in Germany. We will follow up with the infamous DAS KOMABRUTALE DUELL and HUNTING CREATURES, to be quickly followed by a slate of new and known German-made splatter and gore. We are looking at releasing at least one DVD a month from now on. I know a lot of you have complained about not getting a steady flow of sickness from us and it's been mostly due to troubles with our old distributor but, with Anthem, we are hoping to get into a nice groove and never looking back.

Now onto some of the other new films we have picked up for you. In the spirit of the RED ROOM films, we have also acquired MU ZAN E, GIRLSCHOOL HELL and KYOKO VS YUKI from Japan. These vile films from the Tokyo underground should give you a good kick in the teeth. You can find the trailer for MU ZAN E and RED ROOM on our DVD of FLOWER OF FLESH AND BLOOD. It's in the "making of chapters" on the Making of The Guinea Pig Films disc. If u find em, check em out!

We have been busy little cadavers over here and have almost finished producing our new film in Russia with Director Andrey Iskanov, PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE. Yes, Unearthed Films has now moved into production mode and, if you think we have dished up the gore to date, wait until you see what we have in store for you here. In fact, we have a trailer cut for PHILOSOPHY and it's now on Unearthed's MySpace site. Go to www.myspace.com/unearthedfilms and check it out.

PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE is based on the Japanese chemical and biological experiments of the infamous Unit 731. We tracked down an actual survivor of the atrocities for added realism. This film is balls-to-the-wall and is destined to become one of the all time great cult-gore films; a film that will be heralded as a masterpiece of atrocity. I'm serious, two people ended up badly hurt in the hospital while making this film. The gore sets and scenes or so over the top that I even had to yell at Andrey for going overboard. And that's a first for me!

Next up from Andrey Iskanov and Unearthed Films is ANGEL DUST. The story is in development and we will be working closely with Andrey to make yet another Siberian gem, an atrocity with teeth that will take a bloody chunk out of the soul of the viewer. Will tell you more on this as development proceeds.

Brian Paulin is now in the editing stages of FETUS. This is another film we have helped produce with Brian and it looks like it's going to be very rough. The story of a man whose wife dies during childbirth and who slowly begins to lose his mind as he tries to find a way to contact his dead spouse. He murders the doctors that were involved in his wife's death and tries to resurrect her using the dead body parts of all who were involved. The demonic forces released by his insanity proceed to rip and tear everyone apart Brian Paulin-style. This film crosses way over the line and if u think BONESICKNESS had a lot going for it, wait until you see this film!

We will also be producing Brian Paulin's BONE SICKNESS 2. We are working on the script as we speak and finalizing special effects and zombie prosthetics to make it even more disgusting then the original Bone Sickness.

I am so thrilled about all of these releases. Most of them are brand new or exclusive directors cuts that have never been seen before. If you own any of the Unearthed Films Library, you know what your in store for. So be prepared. be forewarned. Unearthed is coming back with a vengeance!

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

2.14.06

Hey Unearthed Films Fans,

Long time no hear. Hope everyone is doing well and up to their armpits in gore. Lots going on as always and all sorts of goodies are getting ready to get churned out. I bet you're wondering where we have been for the last couple of months. We have been finalizing our new deal with our distributor so it took us out of the loop for a little bit but it looks like we will be back in action really soon.

Some of you might have noticed that we sold Discotek Media the rights for Electric Dragon. Discotek is a great company and since we do sell film rights to other companies and they are the new guys on the block, we decided it would be a great release for them. I think some of you know that we were film agents before Unearthed and we still are. If you make indie horror films or have a library of films to sell, contact us for worldwide representation. Check out our International Film Agent Company called Cine Sales at www.cine-sales.com we handle tons of films for foreign sales to DVD companies across the globe. If you are looking to buy films for domestic release, contact us at Heneverdies@aol.com to see what we have for you.

We have been very busy getting ready to start producing films ourselves. As you know, we strive to bring you the best in ultra hardcore splatter films. You can only guess what we have in store for you. Below, you can see some of what we are doing for our own releases. We have been lucky enough to work with the producers and directors of upcoming films in the Unearthed line up and you will see a pattern. Some of these films have been extended and extra gore added for exclusive Unearthed DVD content. No one in any other company does this except us.

Now we have DVDs finished and ready to go. 1st up will be Andrey Iskanov's Nails followed by Visions of Suffering. Russian Horror films, how can u not love that! Then City of Rott, Lethal Force and then Frankenhooker! Read below for some of the fun we have in store for you for 2006!

We also decided to look for splatter across the globe and we found the mother load, in Germany! The German Ultra Splatter Collection will be the finest in splatter from the land of, well you know. We are going to wash you in the blood of Germans for quite a bit so stay tuned and be afraid, very afraid.

Also, we have joined the ranks of myspace and you can check us out at www.myspace.com/unearthedfilms to see what we are up to. I'll be doing a blog very soon so watch out. I think you guys will find out just how crazy we really are. So check us out and become one of our many friends.

The Guinea Pig Contest is OVER! We will be announcing the winners by 1st name on the website and we will be contacting you officially in a week Feb 17th 2006. The Grand Prize will now be announced and it will be the original Flower of Flesh and Blood painting that was used for the DVD cover! How freaking cool is that! All runner-ups will get the oversized prints we promised. Sorry it took so long to finish the contest but we wanted to make sure everyone had the chance to enter.

Stephen Biro
President of Unearthed Films

3.14.05

Greetings Gorehounds,

Good news, Rock & Rule is finally finished and the street date is June 7th. We have a 2 disc and a single disc version filled with so many extras it should make your head spin. We did a total frame-by-frame Hi-Def film restoration that should make it one of the sweetest DVDs we have released to date. It also includes a newly remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 surround soundtrack.

Anyway, Ichi-1 looks like a July release and then followed by the Aftermath/Genesis Double Feature in August/early Sept. The Russian gore film Nails is almost done and should be out Oct. The film Angst by Andrey Iskanov out of Russia has had a title change. We found that another company is releasing a DVD with the same name so we talked to the director and since the film is brand new, he changed the title to Visions of Suffering. Now Visions of Suffering is a hallucinogenic gore film that had a running time of about 75 minutes. We talked to the director and he wanted to do something special for us so he went back to the film and shot another hour of total gore and hallucinations for the film. He mentioned that he wanted to do that in the first place and with our picking up the film, he could go back and make it the way he wanted to in the 1st place. I mean, what can I say, another hour worth of gore and demented visuals just for us? Freaking awesome if you ask me.

Speaking of adding new scenes to already outrageous gore films, director Brian Paulin is almost finished shooting another 10 to 12 outrageous gore scenes for the already over the top indie zombie film Bone Sickness. I do have to say, Bone Sickness is making a splash on the net and everyone who has seen it is saying it's one of the best zombie films of the year, and these guys have only seen the regular version. It's like if Peter Jackson went back to Braindead and shot another 30 minutes of zombie gore action for a release on DVD. The fans would go wild and this is exactly what Paulin is doing for us. From what Brian described to me, the scenes are so over the top, that Bone Sickness should be in everyone's collection.

Oh, I get to announce the new films we picked up. Some of them might not be a surprise to you if you know the easter eggs on the Flower of Flesh and Blood DVD. I finally get to announce THE RED ROOM movies. Yeah baby, Red Room #1 and Red Room #2 are so vile and nasty and just oh so over the top, they give the Guinea Pigs a run for their money. The story behind these monstrosities out of Japan is... It's a game show for the demented, "That means us folks!" 4 people are trapped in a room and they have to play a game of cards. The winner of each hand and the loser has to go into a cage for a limited amount of time. The winner gets to do whatever he wants to the loser and I do mean anything. When the time is up, the 4 people play another hand and so on and so forth. Now a gimmick they have, is that they have a drawer full of things, light bulbs, toothbrushes, tape... you know odds and ends and the people get to use these instruments in whatever they want to do to the loser of each hand. As each round of the game moves ahead, they begin to tear each other apart until only one person is left. These films are vile and we had to check with our lawyer to see if could actually release them. We have the making of the films and some other goodies to go with the DVDs.

We also picked up another freaking outrageous Japanese gore film called Sisters of Blood. This is really vile as well and I do mean sick. It's about two sisters who are raped so horribly, I think it makes I Spit On Your Grave look like a walk in the park. They fight back of course by killing any guy they come across, rather viciously I might add. Really cool story and a nice surprise ending. We had to check with our lawyer about this release as well. It seems that the level of outrageousness and disgustingness is going up in the horror films. Actually, so much that I'm having to write an article for Ultra Violent Magazine about it and the state of the underground versus legitimate releases through mainstream retailers and the laws of the good ole US of A and how it can effect the whole horror industry. Should be a cool read.

What else, what else, oh yeah, we just picked up this cool kung fu, comedy, gore spoof film called Lethal Force. Lots of kung fu chop socky action mixed with gore and comedy that spoofs John Woo films. I could almost say it's exactly like Kill Bill except it was made, before Kill Bill. Shot on 16 MM with tons of great reviews. We are working closely with Sir Alvin D. Ecarma on this release.

Frankenhooker is working hard for us. Henenlotter will be going over the telecine from the uncut print for us so I think it's going to look smashing. Sounds like we have some behind the scenes footage from Gabe Bartalos of the effects so the DVD sounds like it's going to be Super Crack!

More films on the way as always. I'll keep you informed as best as I can.

Oh, almost forgot. The TF Mou contest, the winner who guessed the most films that TF has worked on was a total of 124 films! Yep, you heard it right, 124 films. TF worked on more then that but he doesn't even remember em all. Also, we had a total of 4 other people who entered the contest and they all got a free DVD just for entering. Yep, you see what you missed by not sending us an email with a couple of titles listed.

Bleedingly yours,

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

12.19.04

Frankenhooker!

Yeah baby! Frank Henenlotter’s best film to date will be given the whole ultimate DVD treatment, as Frank is willing to work with us to make this a true collectors edition with all of the trimmings. This DVD release should be finished rather quickly, in 3 to 4 months then we can start presales which take another 3 to 4 months. Shooting for a Sept / Oct 2005 release just in time for Halloween. All of the materials are around so we won't have to search high a low like we do for some of our films so this will make things easier.

We also picked up an ultra gruesome, massive gore heavy independent zombie film called Bone Sickness. Director Brian Paulin pulls no punches and unleashes one of the coolest indie zombie films that gives Premutos a run for its money. If you'd like, check out the review from Uncle Creepy over at the Horror Channel. Click here: The Horror Channel :: It's gonna be a MONSTER!!!

Now Uncle Creepy has seen the regular version of Bone Sickness and gives it 5 stars, Dir. Paulin is actually going back to the drawing board, just for the Unearthed Films release and adding about 5 to 8 more ultra gore scenes that are supposed to knock your dicks in the dirt. Bone Sickness already goes into massive splatter territory so you can just imagine what is going to be added for our release. It will have commentary, outtakes, deleted scenes, you know the whole shebang.

We are finally getting our gore-encrusted groove on as Pinocchio and Rubber's Lover just arrived from the manufacturers and the discs look freaking awesome! DVD reviews are starting to churn the Internet and the films so far blow everyone away. Release date is Dec 28th, so find these bad boys, alter your state and enjoy. I'm tickled red that everyone is digging the cyberpunk.

Guinea Pig #4 Devil Doctor Woman and the Guinea Pig Box Set are coming out Jan 25th. Box set looks great, alternate flip covers are cool and we redesigned the actual DVD’s labels themselves so they look cool and the price can't be beat for the box set. People have asked if we were going to put in a t-shirt like the German box set that was released almost 3 years ago. I have one of those t-shirts and the box set and it sucked, no graphics on it, flimsy, fell apart and it just said, "Would you be my... Guinea Pig?" I, as a horror fan, would rather put the GP set out as cheap as we could, so everyone that hasn't watched them, could actually afford them.

R&R is almost finished, it's in the final stages of restoration, going through the MTI Digital Restoration System for final clean up and then it's done! Freaking about time huh? Ichi-1 is almost finished, subtitles done, menu design done. Nails is being converted this week, subs for that done, materials going over. Aftermath now has a fresh HD anamorphic transfer with a 5.1 surround sound track that's going to leave your lifeless date breathless. I'm telling ya, necrophilia has never looked so good.

We are running in a problem with Revenge of Billy the Kid. It seems that this DVD company that has released bootlegs on DVD of some very high profile films, Cannibal Holocaust, Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, is now taking a crack at one of our films Revenge of Billy the Kid. Our lawyers are working on this and we do plan on making these bastards pay. These cheap bastards are making a DVD of a bad videotape dup anyway so it won't be worth it but it still pisses me off since we announced this film a long time ago. The hold up has been finding good materials and prints.

What else.... Black Sun is freaking some normal people out since it has become available through a lot of mainstream outlets but hey, war is Hell. Been getting a lot of kudos on our releases so we are pleased that our hard work is paying off. This is only a quick update, just had to tell you about Frankenhooker and Bone Sickness.

Yours in Blood,

Stephen Biro

"I'll suck your brains out and fuck your empty head!!!" - Motomiya from Rubber's Lover

11.04.04

Stephen here from Unearthed. We finally tracked down T.F. Mou and managed to get him to sign and number 50 Black Sun DVDs for us. We wanted to offer the collectors something exceptional for their DVD library and what better than a very limited supply of collectible DVD's from the recluse director of Men Behind the Sun and Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre.

And for everyone that was looking for us at Chiller Theater, I'd like to apologize for not showing up. We got flooded with new materials and working on procuring new films and I just didn't have the time to go. Hope you understand.

Lots more going on over here then I can write in this quick blurb in the news section. Will update next week with all the happenings then.

Reddest regards,

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

8.27.04

Stephen here from Unearthed. Figured I'd send you an update cause new info came down the pipeline. Distribution is set thru Ventura Distribution and we now have the exact release dates for three of our films. Here you go...

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre - Release Date - 11.16.04
1:77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
Chinese Language with Removable Subtitles
Why We Fight: The Battle for China' 1944 Govt. Propaganda Film
Production and Historical Photos
TF Mou Interviews
History of Nanking Massacre Essay
Interactive Map of Nanking
Trailers



Rubber's Lover – Release Date – 12.28.04
1:33:1 Full Frame Presentation
Interview with Shozin Fukui for Rubber's Lover
1987 Short Film "Gerorisuto"
Gallery
Trailers



Pinocchio 964 – Release Date – 12.28.04
1:33:1 Full Frame Presentation
Interview with Shozin Fukui for Pinocchio 964
1988 Short Film "Caterpillar"
Gallery
Trailers

The next Guinea Pig DVD: Devil Doctor Woman / Guinea Pig's Greatest Cuts Double Feature is slated for January as well as the Box Set. We will let you know the date in the middle of September as well as the rest of our release dates for everything else. Since we now have a home for distribution and we are working closely with Ventura so we can start fucking up North America. Unearthed Films will be running a whole lot smoother then ever before. Here's what we have lined up and the months..

Devil Doctor Woman / Guinea Pig's Greatest Cuts Double Feature – January 2005

Guinea Pig Box Set – January 2005

Rock and Rule and Rock and Rule Double Disc Collectors Set – February or March 2005. It really depends on what the mainstream DVD companies are releasing in those months. It will be one of those two months, just figuring out when would be the best.

Ichi-1 – March 2005

Aftermath / Genesis Double Feature – April 2005

Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts – May 2005

Angst – June 2005

Nails – July 2005

Revenge of Billy the Kid – August 2005

6 More films to be announced...

We were trying our best to get Black Sun out for October or September but the retailers pre-order the stuff 3 to 4 months in advance. The release for Black Sun on November 16th is sort of a last ditch effort to get it out the earliest it can.

Now I know I've been talking for a long time about us getting our DVD’s released once a month. We just went through the same problems as Synapse trying to wrangle with distributors and such and everything is taken care of now so you will be seeing our product come out on time, in retail stores and at least once a month.

I'll be at the Chiller Theater Horror Convention on Oct 29-31. I finally got a table and will be hanging out. If your there, come scream at me and I'll give you a discount and enter you into a contest for free DVD’s I'll be giving away at the show. Make sure you yell loud so people look at us questionably.

Oh, we are looking for painters for future DVD covers. If you know of any, send em our way. Also, we will be having future contests and stuff for everyone that is a member of the Unearthed Films Newsgroup. We will let you know when it happens. Guinea Pig contest will finally end in February. We will probably give away a couple of the negatives to some of you as well since we have a lot.

So stay tuned and thanks for the support.

High Priest of the Cathode Ray Tube
Stephen Biro

7.29.04

Hope all is well with everyone. Lots going on here at Unearthed Films. We are finishing up our new distribution deal and will soon be releasing a whole slate of films. I apologize to you guys for having kept you waiting so long but the red tape and legal mumbo jumbo has taken forever.

We have picked up more films and, if you check out the website at www.unearthedfilms.com, you will find Ichi-1 splattered all over the front of our site. Yes, we have picked up the "kick in your face till you're spitting teeth" prequel to Ichi the Killer. Starring Nao Omori of course as Ichi from Ichi the Killer and Teah as Mr. Dai, star of Takashi Miike's City of Lost Souls. The Ichi-1 DVD will have an interview with Takashi Miike and director Masato Tanno and anything else we can dredge from the depths of Japanese coolness.

We have also picked up two ultra gore-fests from Russia called.... Nails and Angst. Up and coming director Andrey Iskanov splatters the screen with these two highly psychedelic, over-the-top blood feasts that need to be seen to be believed. Nails is about a detective that uses the art of "Trepan" (crudely hammering holes in his head with nails) in order to see the demons that await us beyond the veil of reality. Angst is a visually intoxicating gore-fest about an alien disguised as a man whose friends get killed in ferociously compelling ways. I've been lucky enough to preview some of the footage from Mr. Iskanov's latest film that he's still working on in Moscow and I do have to say...it looks vicious! The DVDs will be filled to the gills with so many extras that I'm hoping we can fit them all on!

As for our other upcoming DVD’s, we have finished the mastering of Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre and Pinocchio 964, and, with a little clean up on the subs of the video interview with director Shozin Fukui, Rubber's Lover will also be done. The Devil Doctor Woman menu design is finished and so are the subs for this and The Making of Devil Doctor Woman. The complete Guinea Pig Box Set will be released at the same time as Devil Doctor Woman for those people waiting to pick up all the Guinea Pigs at one time.

We will be releasing Black Sun in late September/early October but, no matter what, we won't keep you waiting any longer. Then it looks like a DVD a month from then on, though we might skip December because the retail outlets will be concentrating on the Hollywood crap and retailers would rather kick their own mothers in the gut then carry something cool and edgy like the Guinea Pig Box Set for Christmas. Everyone knows pseudo snuff and gore is what everyone really wants to watch on TV for Christmas instead of those crappy parades your Mom wants you to watch while your uncle Harry is drunk on too much eggnog.

The Aftermath/Genesis DVD is scheduled for release right after Rock and Rule. We picked up an audio extra from Mental Funeral Zine. It's an audio interview with Nacho Cerda, Bill Connolly and Devon Gardner. Nice added bonus for the disc. Working on a background visual thing for the DVD to accompany it.

Rock and Rule baby! Oh man, so much stuff, so many freaking extra's it's not even funny. Looking at a February release for it. If you want to know more, join the Yahoo group Rockrule in Yahoo or on our website in the news section. Just sent out a massive newsletter that was 5 pages long on all the extra's, print specs, polls that need to be filled out to see what everyone wants on the DVD since we have so much stuff. Won't add it here since this seems to be the gore hounds newsletter. Will ask my webmaster to add that newsletter on the site somewhere for people to check out.

What else, what else... Okay, You can pre-order all of our upcoming DVD’s and save some cash. About 30 days before each release date, we will email you about this. Working on more contests. The Guinea Pig contest is almost over; check it out at www.guineapigfilms.com if you don't already know about it. On future DVDs we'll have more of our graphic covers for the real gorehounds who want their DVD’s blood soaked and not retailer safe so you can show the kiddies. We have more exciting films lined up that we haven't announced due to the red tape of figuring out distribution but we're almost there. We're also working on the production of some really off-the-wall films, as some of you already know, but that's another story. Here are a couple of more websites with info on our upcoming releases.

Check em out...
http://www.cyberpunkfilms.com/
http://www.menbehindthesun.com/

Cyberpunkfilms is new...if you have seen any of the films, send us a review and we will put it on the site and give you credit, URL address and whatever. You might get something and you might not.

So that's it...No that's not it but I'm not going to say anymore since I won't have anything else to say in the next letter.

Reddest regards,

Stephen Biro
Unearthed Films

3.11.04

Hey Guys!

Stephen from Unearthed here to give you the skinny on the happenings and lowdown of what's going on at Unearthed Films. I do apologize for Unearthed disappearing for a little bit. We are working on a new distribution deal right now so as you can guess, it's a lot of work and we will be back on track for the summer. The new distributors we are talking to will get all of our films into all of the major retailers so this is a good thing and our films we be a lot easier to find.

We will start releasing the films one a month and will continue to do so till we hit two a month. As you can guess we have a lot of films we haven't announced yet, but we will around the end of the month.

We finally started work on Rock and Rule and the anamorphic master is being struck as I write this. Extras are finally showing up from Nelvana so a lot of work is being put into this animated masterpiece that I hope all of you will really appreciate.

Devil Doctor Woman and The Guinea Pig’s Greatest Cuts, (aka the Slaughter Special) is almost finished, menu design is done and tightening up the subtitles. The Guinea Pig Box Set will be just around the corner.

Pinocchio 964 is finished and we are finishing the subtitles for the Shozin Fukui Interview that will be an extra on the disc.

Rubber's Lover is in the finishing stages as well.

Aftermath / Genesis Double Feature. Waiting on Nacho Cerda to finish mixing the 5.1 surround sound for Aftermath. This is an extra bonus so we decided the wait is worth the surround sound experience for one of the most repelling films ever made.

Black Sun is done, looks phenomenal and we are waiting to finalize the new distribution deal to release it. Again I do apologize for the wait.

For now check out the official site for the DVD release.

http://www.menbehindthesun.com/

We will be making more convention and film festival appearances and we are working on some major things I’m not allowed to discuss yet or at least on this website. We will keep you posted as the news comes in.

Reddest Regards,

Stephen Biro

12.10.03

Hey guys, a couple of quick updates on our upcoming films. Figured we would let you guys know what's going on behind the scenes.

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre

Working hard and almost done. We're fine tuning the subtitles due to finding a couple of last minute errors. This will be the first ever official release of this historical film.

Devil Doctor Woman / Making of Devil Doctor Woman / Slaughter Special Triple Feature AKA Guinea Pig DVD #4

Finally received the elements from Japan and we're already looking at the compression check discs. I do apologize for the wait. We had to wait for the Slaughter Special and it took a little bit of time finding it. As you know, the Slaughter Special was not included in the Guinea Pig box set from Germany since it was not available and we had to wait for it to make the perfect collection. We also had some scenes added to it since it's the greatest hits of the Guinea Pig films and Android of Notre Dame and Mermaid in a Manhole were not included. You can't have the greatest hits without some of the greatest spills if you catch my drift. Also, Chas Balun will be creating the DVD cover for this infamous title. He's working on it as we speak. If you want to see any of his work go to www.chasbalun.net

Rubber's Lover

Now getting more closer than ever. The DVD will include a new interview with Shozin Fukui, his 1987 short Gerorisuto and will be presented in its original full frame aspect ratio. Trailers and a Gallery will also be present. Menu design is done, finishing up the subtitles.

Pinocchio 964

Being completed at the same time as Rubber's Lover. The DVD will include a new interview with Shozin Fukui, his 1988 short Caterpillar and will be presented in its original full frame aspect ratio. Trailers and a Gallery will also be present. Menu design is done, finishing up the subtitles.

I just finished watching both and they look gorgeous. Cyberpunk fans will go out of their minds when they see these.

Aftermath / Genesis Double Feature

Materials are on their way from Nacho Cerda! We are looking at a late spring release. It will not disappoint.

Rock and Rule

We have been getting tons and tons of email for this title. This animated classic will be ready for a summer release in 2004. Working on all aspects of the film and figuring out what's going on with distribution for it. Due to the immense amount of email we have been getting for this film I was wondering if you guys can do us a favor; Please sign up above to the Rock and Rule | DVD Newsletter group we started.

With over 20 to 30 emails a day about this title, it's starting to flood our email boxes and it takes us a long time to answer them all. If you join the newsletter, all of your questions will be answered and you will be the 1st to know what's going on with this title.

Revenge of Billy the Kid

Waiting on everything for this title. The cover will also be designed by the great Chas Balun.

Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts

Waiting on everything for this title so it will be awhile.

Also, we have a couple more films in the pipeline we're about to announce. I can't say what they are just yet but here's a tease. One over the top gorefest that should give the gorehounds something to write home about. One prequel to one of the biggest films of the year. Two animated OAV's that were made into a live action film that took the world by storm and last but not least. A horror film that should belong in every horror fan or DVD aficionado's library.

So that's it. I just want to say thank you guys and gals very much for checking out our site and reading this little update of ours. It means a lot to us and I hope that you enjoy every DVD we release. This will most likely be the last update before the new year so Happy Holidays from everyone here at Unearthed Films.

Reddest regards,

Stephen S. Biro

11.11.03

BOY MEETS GIRL IS NOW AVAILABLE!

A man meets a woman in a bar and goes home with her for what he expects to be a night of wild sex. As they sit back to watch her home porno movies, the woman slips something into his drink and the man passes out. Hours later he awakes to find himself strapped to a dentist chair and the woman and her accomplice hovering around him. An unrelenting film of true horror that poses disturbing questions that everyone has thought of at one time or another.

Special Features:
(1:33:1) Full-Frame
Director's Commentary
Rehearsal / Scene Comparisons
Production Stills
Trailers
Script (DVD-ROM Only)

11.10.03

ELECTRIC DRAGON 80,000 VOLTS!!!!

Yep, you heard it right. Sogo Ishii's extreme cyberpunk film is now under the Unearthed Film’s banner. Starring Tadanobu Asano from Ichi the Killer and Masatoshi Nagase from Gojoe, Mystery Train. This high voltage, rock and roll film storms out of the gate and in your face with outrageous visuals and a pulse pounding soundtrack sure to make your blood pump and your senses reel.

What's the story about? Check this out: A young boy is struck by lightning. It stimulates the reptilian part of his brain so he becomes violent and starts kicking ass. Each time he gets busted they give him shock treatments to calm him down. As each shock treatment commences it unleashes more of his reptilian brain making him more violent. By the time he's grown up he becomes electrified to the max. What's Dragon Eye Morrison to do with the megawatts of power coursing through his body? He gets rid of it by playing high voltage rock and roll, discharging
the electricity through his guitar.

And if that's not enough high voltage for you, a hitman by the name of Electric Buddha comes onto the scene killing gangsters with his high-powered love of electrified technological devices. And get this, he's schizophrenic and has to battle himself several times to gain control over himself. Why does he have to gain mastery of his psychotic episodes? To do battle with Dragon Eye Morrison that's why. An all out electrified rock and roll battle for the supremacy of Tokyo!

Sogo Ishii's visual style in this film is truly out of this world and it should leave your senses on the floor. No kidding, I saw this film and had to release it. The DVD will have a ton of extras, anamorphic widescreen, 5.1 and DTS sound. The soundtrack for the film truly kicks major ass so those with powerful systems should watch it with the volume cranked.

A quick tidbit on Rock and Rule. We apologize for the wait guys, we're working on the rights to release a CD soundtrack of all the music at the same time and as you know, music rights are a little bit of a hassle. But if everything goes as planned, a separate CD release and the double disc set could have a 3rd disc in it with the music as well. Hope this helps you understand the hold up on Rock and Rule.

8.18.03

Figured I'd give a quick update on the projects we've been working hard on here at Unearthed Films.

Evil Dead Trap 2 came out August 5th, which was only a couple of days ago, so do us a favor and pick it up. Sequel in name only, Evil Dead Trap 2 should satisfy your craving for the weirdest in Japanese horror.

We're working hard on Black Sun - The Nanking Massacre, T.F. Mou's sequel to Men Behind the Sun 731. Just as disturbing and an instant classic. It's more than a mere horror film due its historically accurate portrayal of the atrocities that occurred in Nanking during the Japanese occupation of the city in 1937. Our release will be the first time the film will ever have been made available to the general public due to its unflinching depiction of the terrible acts of violence perpetrated upon the residents of Nanking by the Japanese army.

It will be our first anamorphic release. Extras will include a 63 minute documentary film called "Why We Fight - The Battle for China", a B&W film made in the 1940's by director Frank Capra. The film is a little politically incorrect in its ultra patriotism owing to the fact that it was produced during the Second World War, however, it gives a fascinating and informative overview of the events that led up to the "Rape of Nanking". It also includes some footage shot by Reverend Henry Magee during the actual massacre at Nanking. We're also working on an interactive map of Nanking and compiling historical documents and photos. Looks to be a November / December release.

Also, we have completed work on the infamous British film Boy Meets Girl. Banned for 7 years in the UK and finally available for the first time in the US, this shocker is bound to please. We have a plethora of extras for this release: comparisons of rehearsal footage to the completed scenes, director's commentary and the complete shooting script in PDF format.

Here are the full specs:

(1:33:1) Full-Frame
Director's Commentary
Rehearsal / Scene Comparisons
Production Stills
Trailers
Script (DVD-ROM Only)

Waiting on more extras for the release of Rock and Rule. We find more exciting stuff everywhere we look. We obtained a copy of the Making of R&R and some actual music videos that were being run on MTV when the film was initially released. Searching for better copies of them since the only version we have in our possession is a dupe from a video made back in 1984. A little scratchy but it gives us more to hunt for. More information will be released in the coming months.

Rubber's Lover and Pinocchio 964 are on their way from Japan as I write this newsflash. We are trying to get in contact with Shozin Fukui to see if we can obtain any worthy extras to add to these crazy japanese cyberpunk classics. We will see...

So that's a quick update on what we have been working on. Thanks for taking the time to read this and if you want updates on what we're doing on a little bit of a more personal level, join one of our many newsletters. The Rock and Rule newsletter is for info on the film to keep you up to date on release dates, extras and any other happenings. The Unearthed Newsletter will keep you up to date on our latest acquisitions, convention appearances, and film showings and contests that we have planned.

Reddest Regards,

Stephen Biro
 

UPCOMING FILMS (no release dates set)