Exclusive “SPLATTERFEST EXHUMED” clips cover bad behavior, video nasties and an early Raimi/Campbell film - Rue Morgue

Thursday, October 24, 2024 | Blu-ray/DVD, Exclusives, News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

This documentary is one facet of a massive celebration of a celebrated cinematic venue.

Below are a pair of exclusive excerpts from SPLATTERFEST EXHUMED, a documentary appearing on Severin Films’ three-disc release of SCALA!!! OR, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD’S WILDEST CINEMA AND HOW IT INFLUENCED A MIXED-UP GENERATION OF WEIRDOS AND MISFITS, coming December 3. Directed by Jasper Sharp with David Gregory as supervising producer, SPLATTERFEST EXHUMED covers Splatterfest ’90, the notorious all-night horror festival held at London’s legendary Scala Cinema. The event was organized by teenage fan Justin Stanley and featured the UK premieres of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, COMBAT SHOCK, BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR and others, with filmmakers including John McNaughton, Buddy Giovinazzo, Roy Frumkes, Scott Spiegel, Greg Nicotero, Brian Yuzna and others in attendance. The first clip below reveals some of the illicit activities that occurred during the event, and the second covers the showing of the early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell/Scott Spiegel short CLEVELAND SMITH: BOUNTY HUNTER.

The SCALA!!! set features that award-winning documentary telling the story of the eponymous theater, which showed an enormous range of offbeat, cult, genre and influential films between 1978-1993 and influenced a generation of moviemakers, writers, musicians and other artists. Directed by Jane Giles and Ali Catterall, it features rare archival footage, copious film clips and interviews with the likes of John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron and many more. Special features are:

Disc 1

Disc 2:

Short Films

Disc 3:

Documentaries

Short Films

Retail price is $39.95, but the set can be pre-ordered at the Severin website for $34. In addition, Severin is releasing first-time-ever stand-alone Blu-rays of two Scala-screened cult favorites: Ray Dennis Steckler’s THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES and the Al Adamson biker double feature SATAN’S SADISTS and ANGELS’ WILD WOMEN.

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