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Check The Locks, “The Boys Next Door” Are Headed Your Way!

By ROCCO THOMPSON

It’s been called “Grim and vivid” (The New York Times), “sadistic and gripping” (Arrow In The Head), and Severin Films is setting it loose this November! Starring Charlie Sheen and Maxwell Caulfied as two homicidal teens, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR is a harrowing crime drama never before released on Blu-ray. 

 From the press release:

Maxwell Caulfield and Charlie Sheen star as high-school outcasts who head to Los Angeles for a spree of petty crime, senseless violence, and savage murder, “that will stick in your head for a long time” (The-Unknown-Movies.com). Patti D’Arbanville (BILITIS) and Christopher McDonald (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) co-star in this “Descent into Hell” (BirthMoviesDeath.com) featuring music by Iggy Pop, Tex & The Horseheads and The Cramps, scanned in 4k from the original negative.

Special Features Include:

  • Audio Commentary with Director Penelope Spheeris and Actor Maxwell Caulfield.
  • Blind Rage – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Nightmare USA.
  • Both Side of the Law – Interview with Actors Maxwell Caulfield and Christopher McDonald.
  • Give Us Your Money – Interviews with Street Band Performers Texacala Jones and Tequila Mockingbird.
  • Caveman Day – Cinemaniacs Interview with Director Penelope Spheeris and Actor Maxwell Caulfield.
  • Tales from the End Zone – Interview with Actor Kenneth Cortland.
  • The Psychotronic Tourist – The Boys Next Door.
  • Alternate Opening Title Sequence & Extended Scenes (Silent).
  • Trailer.

Pre-order THE BOYS NEXT DOOR from Severin Films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0inB-ARyHkM

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