The underground auteur of horror and exploitation fare from the ’60s through the ’80s is being celebrated in an exhaustive disc package.
Severin Films has announced that its nine-disc (eight Blu-rays plus a CD) boxed set THE DUNGEON OF ANDY MILLIGAN is coming in mid-March, currently set to ship March 16. It contains brand new restorations of all the movies Milligan made while working in New York and London, a number of them making their Blu debuts. The complete list of features and contents:
Disc 1: THE GHASTLY ONES (1968)
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio commentary by actor Hal Borske and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
- Audio commentary by CineFear’s Keith Crocker
- Partial audio commentary by filmmaker Fred Olen Ray
- Trailer
- BLOOD RITES alternate title sequence
- “Ghastly & Depraved”: Interview with marketing wiz Samuel M. Sherman
- Trailer for lost Milligan film DEPRAVED!
- “Talk of the Trade”: Interview with early Milligan actress Natalie Rogers
- THE FILTHY FIVE: One German-language reel of lost Milligan Film
Disc 2: THE BODY BENEATH/NIGHTBIRDS (1970)
BODY BENEATH specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio commentary by film scholars Vic Pratt and Will Fowler
- Trailer
NIGHTBIRDS specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio commentary by actor Berwick Kaler and author Stephen Thrower
- Trailer
Disc 3: TORTURE DUNGEON/BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS (1970)
TORTURE DUNGEON (never-before-released director’s cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio commentary by Milligan historian Alex DiSanto
- Trailer
BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS (never-before-released director’s cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Trailer
Disc 4: THE RATS ARE COMING! THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE! (1971)/THE CURSE OF THE FULL MOON (never-before-released director’s cut)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio options:
1. Dialogue only
2. Cut down audio from THE RATS ARE COMING…
THE RATS ARE COMING! THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE! (theatrical cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- “The World of Andy Milligan”: Locations featurette narrated by Temple of Schlock’s Chris Poggiali
- Trailer
Disc 5: THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS (1971)/GURU THE MAD MONK (1970)
MAN WITH TWO HEADS (never-before-released director’s cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Party sequence: alternate version
- Trailer
GURU THE MAD MONK specs:
- Aspect ratios: 1.85:1 and 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- Audio commentary by CineFear’s Keith Crocker
- “Remembering Andy Milligan”: Interview with set photographer Tom Vozza
- Trailer
Disc 6: LEGACY OF BLOOD/LEGACY OF HORROR (1978)
LEGACY OF BLOOD (never-before-released theatrical cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English mono
- “Legacy of Chris”: Interview with actor Chris Broderick
LEGACY OF HORROR (TV cut) specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- “Blood or Horror”: Interview with executive producer Ken Lane
- TV spot
Disc 7: FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET (1973)/SEEDS OF SIN (1968)
FLESHPOT ON 42ND STREET specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English Mono
SEEDS OF SIN specs:
- Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- VAPORS (1965, 32 min.)
- Trailer
Disc 8: CARNAGE (1984)/BLOOD (1973)
CARNAGE Specs:
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audio: English mono
- MONSTROSITY trailer
BLOOD specs:
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Audio: English mono
- TOGA PARTY (1971, 84 min.): Feature film with inserts shot by Milligan
Disc 9: THE BEARDED LADY’S WAKE CD: Electronic music By frequent Milligan collaborator Hal Borske
Plus the all-new 128-page book ANDY MILLIGAN’S VENOM by Stephen Thrower. The set is currently available for pre-order at Severin’s webstore, along with bundles including an enamel pin, a fridge magnet and more.
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