Switchblade Sisters (1975) from Arrow

[DR Herbert West]

the wildest girl gang that ever blasted the streets!

From jack hill, legendary director of spider baby, coffy, foxy brown, and the swinging cheerleaders comes another iconic cult classic, switchblade sisters!

Lace (robbie lee), the leader of inner city girl gang the dagger debs, meets her match when new girl maggie (joanne nail) moves into the neighbourhood. Mistrust and conflict turn to friendship as the girls end up in juvenile detention together at the mercy of abusive guards. Meanwhile, the dagger debs’ male counterparts the silver daggers have to contend with the arrival of a new gang, led by the villainous crabs (chase newhart).

But when the girls get back on the streets, a planned retaliation strike in tandem with the silver daggers backfires and puts lace in hospital. Maggie assumes control, teaming up with muff (marlene clark) and her gang of african-american militants from across town to declare all out war. But there’s a traitor in their midst...

Filled with sharp, clever dialogue and tongue in cheek humour, this shakespeare-influenced girl gang/women in prison/action movie medley is a stone cold grindhouse classic!

Special edition contents:

High definition blu-ray (1080p) presentation
original uncompressed mono audio
optional english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
brand new audio commentary by historians/critics samm deighan & kat ellinger
we are the jezebels, an archival documentary featuring director jack hill, producer john prizer, casting director geno havans, production designer b.b. Neel, stunt coordinator bob minor, and stars joanne nail, asher brauner, and chase newhart
gangland: The locations of switchblade sisters, an archival documentary in which jack hill and filmmaker elijah drenner revisit the shooting locations of switchblade sisters
jack hill and joanne nail at the grindhouse film festival, a 2007 archival interview with the director and actor
interview with jack hill, robbie lee, joanne nail, an archival 1990’s interview with the director and stars in conversation with johnny legend
galleries of behind the scenes stills, international posters, video covers, and lobby cards
theatrical trailers
reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the twins of evil
first pressing only: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing by alexandra heller-nicholas and heather drain

[DR Herbert West]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5iuZEZHfs

[bsend]

Been waiting for this instead of buying the Rolling Thunder pictures DVD

[meremortal]

No archival of Tarantino's commentary track?

[Ruemorgue10]

Looks like they omitted the Jack Hill/Quentin Tarantino commentary. With this being a 1080p transfer, I think I'll skip this one and keep my Subkultur disc.

[The Great Owl]

I've got the Subkultur edition, but will probably double-dip on this anyway.

[Savage_Blu]

Never heard of this...but definitely my brand of goods...in for day 1!

[dwk]

I wonder if Criterion owns the laserdisc commentary as they produced, in partnership with Miramax, the Rolling Thunder Pictures laserdiscs.

[PowellPressburger]

I own the Subkultur edition but this is a must own for the Samm Deighan & Kat Ellinger commentary track.

Probably my favorite Jack Hill film.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I've got the Subkultur edition, but will probably double-dip on this anyway.

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

I own the Subkultur edition but this is a must own for the Samm Deighan & Kat Ellinger commentary track.

Probably my favorite Jack Hill film.

Same here. I have the Subkultur "English" release, but I'll definitely grab this one too. It's easily one of my favorite 70's films...from the USA at least.

The Subkultur release sounds like it'll be a keeper anyway, if the Jack Hill/Quentin Tarantino commentary indeed isn't ported over on the Arrow release.

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by Savage_Blu

Never heard of this...but definitely my brand of goods...in for day 1!

It gets a heavy endorsement from me. A bona-fide classic of 70's exploitation!

[bigshot]

I worked for one of the Switchblade Sisters. It's an interesting experience to watch a movie and see your boss flash her tits!

[BladeRunner2007]

Day fuggin 1 purchase!

[thebigcheese3k]

30 seconds into the trailer I’ve seen enough, I’m buying this!

[Mr. Entertainment]

This will be a blind buy for me. I already love and own The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, and Foxy Brown. Quentin Tarantino says this is Jack Hill's masterpiece, I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

[AnimalCMan]

Originally Posted by Mr. Entertainment

This will be a blind buy for me. I already love and own The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, and Foxy Brown. Quentin Tarantino says this is Jack Hill's masterpiece, I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

I will back up Mr. Tarantino on that claim and I'm a massive Jack Hill fan. Very excited for Arrow to have picked this up.

[StarDestroyer52]

Will be grabbing this. Been a huge fan of the Jack Hill titles I've seen and the trailer has also sold me.

[dallywhitty]

Yup, definitely picking this up. I watched it on a whim via Netflix ages ago and thought it was tonnes of fun.

[Jobla]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I worked for one of the Switchblade Sisters. It's an interesting experience to watch a movie and see your boss flash her tits!

Okay, which "sister" did you work for?

[Jobla]

Saw this in a grindhouse theater back in 1976, and have loved it ever since.