The Dungeon of Andy Milligan boxset from Severin Films - Blu-ray Forum

hudson4k · 01-23-2021, 05:14 PM

Films included:

The Ghastly Ones (first time on Blu-ray!)
The Body Beneath
Nightbirds
Torture Dungeon (ONLY the set exclusive director's cut, Macabre)
Bloodthirsty Butchers (ONLY the set exclusive director's cut, The Demons)
The Rats Are Coming... The Werewolves Are Here! (theatrical cut AND shorter set exclusive director's cut, Curse of the Full Moon)
Man with Two Heads (ONLY the set exclusive director's cut, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Blood)
Guru, the Mad Monk (first time on Blu-ray!)
Legacy of Blood (set exclusive theatrical cut AND TV cut, Legacy of Horror - first time on Blu-ray!)
Fleshpot on 42nd Street (ONLY the director's cut, this specific director's cut is NOT exclusive to this set)
Seeds (ONLY the director's cut, this specific director's is NOT exclusive to this set)
Carnage (first time on Blu-ray!)
Blood

Bonus films included:

The Filthy Five (lost film, one reel only - German dubbed with English subs - first time on Blu-ray!)
Depraved! (lost film, trailer only - first time on Blu-ray!)
Vapors (short film)
Toga Party (Milligan only directed some scenes for the film's re-release, but the entire film is included - first time on Blu-ray!)

Existing films that are NOT included:

Compass Rose (unfinished - available to stream here)
Seeds of Sin (alternate cut of Seeds - Seeds is included, just this cut is not - Existing Blu-ray is OOP - Currently no way to purchase this film digitally or physically outside of eBay scalpers)
House of Seven Belles (unfinished - available to stream here)
Adventures of Red Rooster (5 episode TV series - available to stream here)
Monstrosity (Existing Blu-ray is OOP - Currently no way to purchase this film digitally or physically outside of eBay scalpers)
The Weirdo (Existing Blu-ray is OOP - Currently no way to purchase this film digitally or physically outside of eBay scalpers)
Surgikill (purchase DVD-R here)

Set advertisement (warning: contains gore!):
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Set description/overview (lists special features):

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He’s been described as “The Fassbinder of 42nd Street” (Artforum), “a celebration of hate” (Bleeding Skull) and “an unmatched voice from the underbelly of low-budget cinema” (Rue Morgue). More than a quarter century after his death, he remains perhaps the most divisive name in genre history. Severin Films now presents the cranium-cleaving collection devoted to writer/actor/director Andy Milligan – “a gay sadist who pioneered New York’s avant-garde theater world and made astonishingly unique exploitation movies” (Diabolique Magazine) – on 8 Blu-rays featuring 14 surviving films from his NYC and London years, 10+ hours of trailers, outtakes, interviews & audio commentaries, a bonus CD and an all-new 128-page book by Stephen Thrower that explores the profane madness behind it all. From his provocative underground work through his international scuzz-horror classics, experience the venomous legacy of the filmmaker Time Magazine calls “depraved, degenerate, desperate, damned” like never before.

Special Features:

Disc 1: The Ghastly Ones

Audio Commentary with Actor Hal Borske and Filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
Audio Commentary with CineFear.com’s Keith Crocker
Partial Audio Commentary with Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
Trailer
BLOOD RITES Alternate Title Sequence
Ghastly & Depraved – Interview with Marketing Wiz Samuel M. Sherman
Trailer for Lost Milligan Film DEPRAVED!
Talk Of The Trade – Interview with Early Milligan Actress Natalie Rogers
The Filthy Five – One German Language Reel of Lost Milligan Film
Runtime: 72 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 2: The Body Beneath / Nightbirds

The Body Beneath:
Audio Commentary with Film Scholars Vic Pratt and Will Fowler
Trailer
Runtime: 82 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Nightbirds:
Audio Commentary with Actor Berwick Kaler & Film Scholar Stephen Thrower
Trailer
Runtime: 77 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/B&W/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 3: Torture Dungeon / Bloodthirsty Butchers

Torture Dungeon (Never Before Released Director’s Cut):
Audio Commentary with Milligan Historian Alex Disanto
Trailer
Runtime: 80 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Bloodthirsty Butchers (Never Before Released Director’s Cut):
Trailer
Runtime: 79 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 4: The Curse of the Full Moon (Never Before Released Director’s Cut) / The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here! (Theatrical Cut)

The World of Andy Milligan – Locations Featurette Narrated by Temple of Shlock’s Chris Poggiali
Trailer
The Curse of the Full Moon Specs: Runtime 73 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
The Rats are Coming! The Werewolves are Here!: Runtime: 92 minutes/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 5: Man With Two Heads / Guru, the Mad Monk

Man With Two Heads (Never Before Released Director’s Cut):
Party Sequence – Alternate Version
Trailer
Runtime: 89 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Guru, the Mad Monk (Presented in 1.85.1 and 1.33.1 Versions):
Audio Commentary with CineFear.com’s Keith Crocker
Remembering Andy Milligan – Interview with Set Photographer Tom Vozza
Trailer
Runtime: 56 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1 and 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 6: Legacy of Blood (Never Before Released Theatrical Cut) / Legacy of Horror (TV Cut)

Blood or Horror – Interview with Executive Producer Ken Lane
Legacy of Chris – Interview with Actor Chris Broderick
TV Spot
Legacy of Blood Specs: Runtime: 77 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Legacy of Horror Specs: Runtime: 83 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 7: Fleshpot on 42nd Street / Seeds of Sin

VAPORS (1965, 32 min)
Trailer
Fleshpot on 42nd Street Specs: Runtime: 87 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Seeds of Sin Specs: Runtime: 84 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 8: Carnage / Blood

Toga Party (1971, 84 min)
MONSTROSITY Trailer
Carnage Specs: Runtime: 92 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.33.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region
Blood Specs: Runtime: 69 minutes/Aspect Ratio: 1.85.1/Color/English Mono w/Closed Caps/All Region

Disc 9: The Bearded Lady’s Wake CD – Electronic Music by Frequent Milligan Collaborator Hal Borske

Bonus: Andy Milligan’s Venom (All New 128 page Book by Stephen Thrower)

Restoration/transfer notes (via Severin's Facebook):

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Here is a film by film breakdown of the various sources used to compile this release.
VAPORS was scanned and restored in 4K by Vinegar Syndrome from its 35mm blow-up dupe negative.
THE GHASTLY ONES has been scanned and restored from a 35mm release print. All pre-print elements are believed lost or destroyed.
SEEDS was scanned and restored in 4K by Vinegar Syndrome. This reconstruction of Milligan’s original director’s cut was sourced from a combination of its 16mm camera reversal as well as a 35mm blow-up dupe negative.
THE FILTHY FIVE is represented by its one surviving reel, scanned from a German-language 35mm print with newly created English subtitles.
TORTURE DUNGEON (aka MACABRE) has been scanned and restored from its uncensored 16mm camera reversal, which reflects Andy Milligan’s original director’s cut. Optical credits bearing Milligan’s shooting title MACABRE were never created, so the main title sequence is presented in its initial theatrical version, scanned from a 35mm release print held at the American Genre Film Archive. Audio was assembled from two sources: the 35mm optical soundtrack (which had been edited to conform to an MPAA ‘R’ rating), and the uncensored 16mm mag stripe.
NIGHTBIRDS and THE BODY BENEATH are 2K restorations sourced from their 16mm original camera reversal elements.
BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS (aka THE DEMONS) has been scanned and restored from its uncensored 16mm camera reversal, which reflects Andy Milligan’s original director’s cut, which was X-rated for violence. Optical credits bearing Milligan’s shooting title THE DEMONS were never created, so the title sequences have been sourced from a 35mm blow-up internegative of BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS. Audio was assembled from two sources: the 35mm optical soundtrack (which had been edited to conform to an MPAA ‘R’ rating), and the the uncensored 16mm mag stripe.
THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS (aka DR. JEKYLL AND MR. BLOOD) was scanned and restored from its uncensored 16mm camera reversal, which reflects Andy Milligan’s original director’s cut. This version of the film contains numerous extended and deleted scenes that were removed to secure a PG rating. However, for reasons unknown the edited theatrical cut contains an alternate version of the party sequence, which features different footage than the director’s cut. This version of the party sequence is presented as an extra feature. Optical credits bearing Milligan’s shooting title DR. JEKYLL AND MR. BLOOD were never created, so the title sequence has been sourced from one of the only surviving archival 35mm answer prints, held at the American Genre Film Archive. Audio was assembled from two sources: the 35mm optical soundtrack (which had been edited to conform to an MPAA ‘R’ rating), and the uncensored 16mm mag stripe.
THE RATS ARE COMING – THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE is presented in two versions: the original unreleased director’s cut, filmed in 1969 as CURSE OF THE FULL MOON; and the 1972 cinema release, rated ‘PG’, which featured additional material shot in 1971. CURSE has been scanned and restored from its 16mm camera reversal. This version of the film was never released. No title sequence was prepared and no final mix was done so two options are available for the soundtrack: the mag track with periodic sections of silence and a version reconstructed from the RATS optical soundtrack negative. RATS was reconstructed using the same 16mm camera reversal as CURSE, with the additional sequences sourced from the 35mm blow-up internegative created for the theatrical release, which is the best condition source element believed to survive. All audio for RATS was transferred from the 35mm optical soundtrack negative.
GURU THE MAD MONK was scanned and restored from a 35mm release print held at the American Genre Film Archive. All pre-print materials are believed lost or destroyed. Due to Milligan’s strange framing style, the film is presented in both 1.33:1 as well as 1.85:1. It is unknown how he preferred the film to be screened.
FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET was scanned and restored in 4K by Vinegar Syndrome from its 16mm camera reversal. It is presented in 1.33:1, Milligan’s intended aspect ratio.
BLOOD was scanned from a 35mm answer print, as all pre-print materials are believed lost or destroyed.
LEGACY OF BLOOD is presented in two versions: the 1978 theatrical release print, and the edited TV version, LEGACY OF HORROR. The former was scanned from the only known 35mm theatrical release print, from the collection of the film’s producer Ken Lane. All pre-print materials are believed lost or destroyed. The alternate TV version is presented from a video master, as no film elements for this longer cut are believed to survive.
CARNAGE was scanned and restored from its 35mm camera negative.
TOGA PARTY is included in its entirety as a Special Feature with the following text at the head of the film: The 70s were tough for William Mishkin Motion Pictures. The company would often try to reap as much profit from their tepid offerings by making titles available in R, X, and XXX versions. HOT TIMES became the hotter MY EROTIC FANTASIES while THE SLASHER did the rounds as PENETRATION. This practice is not unheard of in the exploitation world in an effort to squeeze every possible cent off films which failed to find an audience first time round.
Another example is the sexing-up of 1977’s musical comedy mess, PELVIS. Andy Milligan was hired to shoot inserts for a new version to cash in on bawdy comedies like ANIMAL HOUSE and the cult of ROCKY HORROR (complete with Frank ‘N Furter endorsement on the poster), under the title TOGA PARTY in late 1979. A disastrous screening where cast members, outraged at the inserts, wreaked havoc in the theatre was the final nail in its coffin and the film disappeared into obscurity.

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