Messiah of Evil Limited Edition

Details

Released:: 23rd October 2023
Category:: Horror
Studio:: Radiance Films
Format:: Blu-ray
Certification:: 15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over
Barcode:: 5060974680542

Description

A woman arrives in a sleepy seaside town after receiving unsettling letters from her father, only to discover the town is under the influence of a strange cult that weeps tears of blood and hunger for human flesh. From Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, the writers of American Grafitti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Howard the Duck, this dreamy and atmospheric film transposes the post-Night of the Living Dead zombie movie to a surreal small-town American setting, presented through gorgeous Techniscope visuals that echo the stylish European horror of Mario Bava and Hammer. A true cult film, Messiah of Evil, which was also released as Dead People, has overcome distribution challenges to enjoy growing awareness and high acclaim after decades of word-of-mouth enthusiasm among horror cinema fans and critics around the world.

"rarely is a film as ripe with atmosphere and impending dread than this one... a high point in creativity for the independent American horror film movement of the 1970s"
Ian Jane, DVDTalk

"One of the decade's most visually audacious and inventive supernatural tales... certainly a film you'll never forget and well worth discovering, preferably late at night with a big bowl of popcorn."
Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

"This surreal, coastal-set tale of the undead isn’t merely underrated, it’s perhaps the most criminally underseen 70s horror in existence. It’s an unshakably creepy exercise in moody horror."
Michael Gursky, Dread Central

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

New 2023 restoration from a 4K scan of the best-surviving elements of the film, from the Academy Film Archive
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Audio commentary by critics and horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Thrower
Archival interview with co-writer-director Willard Huyck by Mike White from the Projection Booth Podcast
A new documentary on the film with more information to be revealed
Visual essay on the American Gothic by critic Kat Ellinger
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition 80-page booklet featuring new and archival writing
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
More to be confirmed!

Region Code:: Region A,B,C
Duration:: 90 minutes
Extras:: Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, PCM 2.0 Mono, Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Audio commentary by Kim Newman and Stephen Thrower, Documentaries: TBC, Interviews: Archival interview with co-writer-director Willard Huyck, Artwork by Time Tomorrow; Visual essay, Trailers

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