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Garagehouse Pictures to Release Lost Horror-Comedy ‘The Dismembered’ on Blu-ray!
When Garagehouse Pictures launched back at the tail end of 2015 it was exciting simply because the more boutique genre labels we have out their releasing films on physical media, the better. But in their short existence they have been so much more than that. Garagehouse isn’t just putting out great Blu-ray release after Blu-ray release, they’re literally saving lost films.
It started with Paul Kyriazi’s Ninja Busters and was followed up by another long-lost film, The Satanist. Keeping up with that spirit Garagehouse has announced their next release and you guessed it, it’s for another film thought to be lost forever. This time the film is the horror-comedy The Dismembered. Originally shot in 1962 the film has been lost for the past 50 years. On April 25th that all changes with a brand-new HD Blu-ray release!
Check out the trailer below to get a little sneak peak at the fun. There’s a particularly great shot of a bunch of wide-eyed reactions.
Synopsis:
After a daring jewel heist, a trio of thieves hold up in an old dark house inhabited by a motley bunch of restless ghosts that only want to dispatch their new guests in the most horrible manner possible – that is if they can get to them before the spirits of an unruly group of dismembered corpses from the nearby cemetery!Shot in Philadelphia in 1962, THE DISMEMBERED claws its way out of the grave of cinematic obscurity to debut on home video for the very first time courtesy of a new HD Blu-ray from Garagehouse Pictures. THE DISMEMBERED is a film so forgotten that at the time of this writing it doesn’t even have a listing on the Internet Movie Database. Directed by Ralph S. Hirshorn, THE DISMEMBERED is an offbeat ghosts-and-gangsters satire that plays like a cross between Roger Corman and Casper the Friendly Ghost, and the evokes the spirit of American International Pictures and the drive-in B movie. Featuring homicidal ghosts, creeping severed limbs, cobwebbed sets, graveyard atmosphere and weird musical improvisations by the Main Street Ghouls, THE DISMEMBERED is one strange little movie with lots of ghoulish charm.
Specs for THE DISMEMBERED are as follows:
• Transferred & digitally mastered in 4K from the director’s only 16mm film print
• Sound digitally remastered from the original optical tracks
• Audio commentary with director Ralph S. Hirshorn and Andrew Repasky McElhinney (CHRONICLE OF CORPSES)
• THE END OF SUMMER (1959) – 11 minute short film by Ralph S. Hirshorn
• Liners notes by Dan Buskirk (Phawker.com film critic and host of the Fun 2 Know podcast)
•Trailers for Garagehouse Pictures releases
• Art by Stephen Romano
• All regions
1962 / 65 mins. / B&W / Mono / 1.66:1 / Not Rated
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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