At this point genre fans are started to get a bit spoiled. 2015 was a tremendous year for Blu-ray releases of the genre variety and somehow it looks like 2016 may top that. We’re not even halfway through the year yet and we’ve already enjoyed a number of wonderful releases – The Mutilator, Pieces, Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Bride of Re-Animator, etc. Severin Films is getting in on the action July 26th when they release Doctor Butcher MD AKA Zombie Holocaust on a 2-disc Blu-ray set that is going to be stuffed with extra. And better yet, first 5,000 orders get an official barf bag! I love it!
Full details below.
Synopsis:
It sparked riots on 42nd Street, spawned a generation of gorehounds on VHS, and forever set an insane standard for Italian mad doctor/zombie/cannibal carnage worldwide: Ian McCulloch (ZOMBIE), Alexandra Delli Colli (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Sherry Buchanan (TENTACLES) and Donald O’Brien (EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS) star in this blood orgy of gut-munching, eyeball-gouging and face-chopping originally known as ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST, which a notorious American distributor would then re-edit, re-title and re-release as a certified grindhouse masterpiece. Severin Films now presents both films fully restored for the first time ever from original vault elements discovered in Manhattan and Rome, and loaded with all-new Bonus Features that finally reveal the unbelievable truth behind its bizarre history, infamous marketing and still-deviant legacy.Bonus Features:
DISC 1 DOCTOR BUTCHER MD
• Featurette: Butchery & Ballyhoo: Interview with Aquarius Releasing’s Terry Levine
• Featurette: Down On The Deuce: Nostalgic Tour Of 42nd Street With Temple Of Shock’s Chris Poggiali and Filmmaker Roy Frumkes
• Roy Frumkes’ Segment Of Unfinished Anthology Film ‘Tales That Will Tear Your Heart Out’
• Featurette: The Butcher Mobile: Interview with Gore Gazette Editor & Butcher Mobile Barker Rick Sullivan
• Featurette: Cutting Doctor Butcher: Interview with Editor Jim Markovic
• Illustrated Essay: Experiments With A Male Caucasian Brain (…and other memories of 42nd Street) by Gary Hertz
• Theatrical Trailer
• Video Release Trailer 1
• Video Release Trailer 2DISC 2 ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST
• Featurette: Voodoo Man: Interview With Star Ian McCulloch
• Featurette: Blood Of The Zombies: Interview With FX Master Rosario Prestopino
• Featurette: Filmmaker Enzo Castellari Remembers His Father Director Marino Girolami
• Featurette: Sherry Holocaust: Interview With Actress Sherryl Buchanan
• Featurette: Neurosurgery Italian Style – Interview With FX Artist Maurizio Trani
• Featurette: New York Filming Locations Then Vs. Now. A look at the Big Apple locales as they are today
• Audio Bonus: Ian McCulloch Sings “Down By The River”
• International Trailer
• German Trailer
