By MICHAEL GINGOLD
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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