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‘A Serbian Film’ Getting Ultimate Director’s Cut?!
Younger readers looking for shock cinema that they may not have heard much about, Srdjan Spasojevic’s A Serbian Film quietly made waves before Ben Wheatley’s Kill List a few years later. The film is a gorgeous, yet horrific “Alice in Wonderland” tale that follows an aging porn star who agrees to participate in an “art film” in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film. Yes, there is a scene within this movie that’s quite possibly the most disturbing in the history of film. I don’t think A Serbian Film wears it as a badge of honor, especially because I don’t believe this horrible sequence is included just for shock value (that’s an argument for another day). With or without this scene, however, A Serbian Film is a weirdly overlooked classic that deserves a special release, especially if the filmmaker has more footage never-before-seen by fans.
News came out of Texas Frightmare this past weekend, via SFM, that Unearthed Films will be behind an Ultimate Director’s Cut of A Serbian Film. According to the announcement, Spasojevic’s journey into the bowels of depravity is going to have a new cut that will be five minutes longer. Apparently, there are over sixty hours of unreleased footage that will be cut into extended special features for the newly edited release. Watch for more on this as it’s officially announced.
What do you guys think of A Serbian Film?
One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!
The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.
Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…
- Audio Commentaries
- Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
- Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
- Featurettes:
- The Gate: Unlocked
- Minion Maker
- From Hell It Came
- The Workman Speaks!
- Made in Canada
- From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
- The Gatekeepers
- Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Storyboard Gallery
- Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.
If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.
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