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Better Noise Films’ “THE RETALIATORS” Comes To VOD on October 21

Los Angeles, CA – Just in time for Halloween, Better Noise Films, the team behind hit Netflix Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt, announce the North American VOD release of their brutal horror-thriller THE RETALIATORS. The acclaimed revenge odyssey inspired by a true story of one woman’s battle for survival, will be available everywhere you rent or buy movies, including iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, Comcast and Verizon, on October 21, 2022.

After a hugely successful global film Festival run leading into a global theatrical release, THE RETALIATORS comes to VOD, telling the story of an upstanding pastor whose faith is tested when he uncovers a dark and twisted underworld while searching for answers surrounding the brutal murder of his daughter.

Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”) headline the cast alongside Jacoby Shaddix, front man of Papa Roach, making his acclaimed acting debut. THE RETALIATORS features cameos and music by Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody, Zoltan Bathory, and Chris Kael, Papa Roach, Jaya of The Hu, Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills, Eva Under Fire’s Amanda Lyberg, Matt Brandyberry, Danny Case, Lance Dowdle, and Matt Madiro of From Ashes to New, Cory Marks, and Dan Murphy and Miles Franco of All Good Things, anchored by an original score from Emmy-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein renowned for their score work for Netflix’s series “Stranger Things”.

In addition to THE RETALIATORS’ theme song “21 Bullets” (co-written by Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe), the killer soundtrack features a lineup of hard-hitting tracks from Five Finger Death Punch, The Hu, Papa Roach, Tommy Lee, Asking Alexandria, Eva Under Fire, From Ashes To New, Cory Marks, Hyro The Hero and many more. Fans can stream the soundtrack now on all music-streaming services. Releasing this fall is a limited collector’s edition of the soundtrack on 180-gram red and black splatter vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with exclusive movie stills and a 24×36 movie poster. Fans can find the soundtrack on streaming platforms, or pre-order their copy of the limited edition vinyl here.

 

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