This is NOT a Pre-order and will start shipping on 11/10
This is NOT included in the Terror Vision subscription, but you can opt in for it on the Clubhouse, buy it at discount, or buy it at full price.
Dark Romances is a 1990 SOV anthology filmed at EZTV and conceived by director/producer Patricia Miller and (the late) Mark Shepard. It was originally shot as an episodic TV series for Playboy, but was turned down due to it being deemed too violent & gory for their network. So, Mark and Patricia decided to distribute the 3-hour, 28-minute edited stories directly to video. Film Threat originally released these as a two-volume set. The set features scream queen Brinke Stevens in most of the stories and have a very EC/Tales from the Crypt vibe, with distinctive lighting and set design that truly sets this anthology apart from other shot-on-video films. Six different auteurs who all worked at or frequented EZTV (Patricia Miller, Mark Shepard, Samuel Oldham, John Strysik, Bryan Moore and Rodd Matsui) created a genuine piece of analog cinema you have to see.
VOL. 1:
The Black Veil is a Grand Guignol-inspired gothic story set in 1988 where a psychiatrist’s widow visits a college friend performing in a theatre that enacts mutilations. Listen to Midnight is a film noir style story about a photographer and a woman with a dragonfly tattoo who mates with and then lures men to their death.
VOL. 2:
She’s Bad, She’s Blonde, She’s Lunch starts off with a bang, literally. A couple robs a store, leaving a trail of bloodshed, and then takes a trip to lovers’ lane where they meet a man and his monster. In Cardinal Sin, a young man is tempted by his dreams of Hustler star Elle Rio while dealing with his overbearing religious mom. Pet Shop of Death, a submissive husband who wants to leave his wife for his neighbor (Brinke Stevens) goes to a specialty pet shop to find something to help free him from his matrimony. Last Love a psychiatrist who, depressed over the loss of her husband, ends up having an affair with his ghost! Lastly, in What Goes Around, a composer uninspired to create music after losing his wife and child finds new inspiration with a woman who is not what she seems.
Culture Shock Releasing is proud to bring this forgotten anthology to Blu-ray for the first time ever on disc, with an all-new video transfer of the original D2 masters.
Special Features and Info
Transferred from their Original D2 Masters
Region Free Blu-ray
Sideloader Slipcover w/8-page booklet featuring essay by dir. John Strysik. Poster w/original Dark Romances art from original trade ad.
Dark Romances Vol. 1 & 2
Commentary on Last Love w/ John Strysik
Commentary on Petshop of Death w/ Rodd Mattsui
Commentary on The Black Veil w. Patirica Miller and John Strysik
Interview w/ Brinke Stevens
EZTV promos including opening sequence bumper
John Dorr Tours EZTV studio
Genre Grinder podcast episode on Dark Romances
Clips from Zombie Party short film dir. Rodd Matsui and Samuel Oldham
Nightsearch unaired TV pilot
Dark Romances original promo trailer
What is Dark Romances featurette
BTS slideshow featuring demo music from actor Dukey Flyswatter’s band HAUNTED GARAGE
Culture Shock Trailers
Newly Created Subtitles
Specs :
Year - 1990
Runtime -288 min
Color / NR / 1.33:1
All Region
SDH subtitles
This is NOT a Pre-order and will start shipping on 11/10
This is NOT included in the Terror Vision subscription, but you can opt in for it on the Clubhouse, buy it at discount, or buy it at full price.
Dark Romances is a 1990 SOV anthology filmed at EZTV and conceived by director/producer Patricia Miller and (the late) Mark Shepard. It was originally shot as an episodic TV series for Playboy, but was turned down due to it being deemed too violent & gory for their network. So, Mark and Patricia decided to distribute the 3-hour, 28-minute edited stories directly to video. Film Threat originally released these as a two-volume set. The set features scream queen Brinke Stevens in most of the stories and have a very EC/Tales from the Crypt vibe, with distinctive lighting and set design that truly sets this anthology apart from other shot-on-video films. Six different auteurs who all worked at or frequented EZTV (Patricia Miller, Mark Shepard, Samuel Oldham, John Strysik, Bryan Moore and Rodd Matsui) created a genuine piece of analog cinema you have to see.
VOL. 1:
The Black Veil is a Grand Guignol-inspired gothic story set in 1988 where a psychiatrist’s widow visits a college friend performing in a theatre that enacts mutilations. Listen to Midnight is a film noir style story about a photographer and a woman with a dragonfly tattoo who mates with and then lures men to their death.
VOL. 2:
She’s Bad, She’s Blonde, She’s Lunch starts off with a bang, literally. A couple robs a store, leaving a trail of bloodshed, and then takes a trip to lovers’ lane where they meet a man and his monster. In Cardinal Sin, a young man is tempted by his dreams of Hustler star Elle Rio while dealing with his overbearing religious mom. Pet Shop of Death, a submissive husband who wants to leave his wife for his neighbor (Brinke Stevens) goes to a specialty pet shop to find something to help free him from his matrimony. Last Love a psychiatrist who, depressed over the loss of her husband, ends up having an affair with his ghost! Lastly, in What Goes Around, a composer uninspired to create music after losing his wife and child finds new inspiration with a woman who is not what she seems.
Culture Shock Releasing is proud to bring this forgotten anthology to Blu-ray for the first time ever on disc, with an all-new video transfer of the original D2 masters.
Special Features and Info
Transferred from their Original D2 Masters
Region Free Blu-ray
Sideloader Slipcover w/8-page booklet featuring essay by dir. John Strysik. Poster w/original Dark Romances art from original trade ad.
Dark Romances Vol. 1 & 2
Commentary on Last Love w/ John Strysik
Commentary on Petshop of Death w/ Rodd Mattsui
Commentary on The Black Veil w. Patirica Miller and John Strysik
Interview w/ Brinke Stevens
EZTV promos including opening sequence bumper
John Dorr Tours EZTV studio
Genre Grinder podcast episode on Dark Romances
Clips from Zombie Party short film dir. Rodd Matsui and Samuel Oldham
Nightsearch unaired TV pilot
Dark Romances original promo trailer
What is Dark Romances featurette
BTS slideshow featuring demo music from actor Dukey Flyswatter’s band HAUNTED GARAGE
Culture Shock Trailers
Newly Created Subtitles
Specs :
Year - 1990
Runtime -288 min
Color / NR / 1.33:1
All Region
SDH subtitles
