The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing
The Acid Eaters + Space Thing

American Genre Film Archive

The Acid Eaters + Space Thing

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Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video...

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) represents the world's largest theatrical catalog of exploitation cinema. Their home video line presents a diverse selection of movies, ranging from new preservations of classics from the vast library of Something Weird to the wildest in shot-on-video (SOV) titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

A double dose of psychotropic anti-time capsules from producer David F. Friedman (Blood Feast) and director Byron Mabe (She Freak)! Billed as "the first Hollywood underground film," The Acid Eaters tells the mind-expanding story of a group of working class swingers (including Pat Barrington, Orgy of the Dead) who drop acid and melt into sex, knife fights, and a literal trip to hell. Then it's time to blast-off with Space Thing, a warped homage to 1960s sci-fi and pulp fiction that follows Col. James Granilla as he hops a flying saucer and enjoys close encounters of every kind with a crew of "space dolls." AGFA and Something Weird are overjoyed to bring these campy Friedman gems to Blu-ray for the first time—"in psychedelic color" and newly restored from their original 35mm camera negatives.

directed by: Byron Mabe
starring: Pat Barrington, Cara Peters
1967, 1968 / 132 min (combined) / 1.37:1, 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Restored from the original 35mm camera negatives
  • THE ACID EATERS: Previously unreleased archival commentary with Something Weird founder Mike Vraney and David F. Friedman
  • SPACE THING: Archival commentary with Something Weird founder Mike Vraney and David F. Friedman
  • Shorts from the Something Weird S-VHS archive: DRUG FREAKS (18 mins), THIS IS THE MOON (10 mins)
  • Trailers for both features
  • Photo gallery
  • Booklet with essays by Britt Rhuart & Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.857143 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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the AGFA release feel like a genuine treat for exploitation obsessives

"The AGFA Blu-ray of The Acid Eaters / Space Thing is a very cool excuse to dive into this gloriously cheap, sleazy, psychedelic David F. Friedman double feature. The Acid Eaters in particular is a wonderfully bizarre jumble of bikers, nudie-cutie nonsense, bongos, Satan, giant LSD pyramids and ’60s psychedelia that’s so homemade it occasionally feels avant-garde; pure trash-cinema delirium."

— Mitchell C. (5/5)

It has been a while

"It has been a while since I saw these exploitation gems and I look forward to catching up with them on this new release!"

— Robert F. (5/5)

Trippy double feature

"Love digging into cinema's past like this - what a strange duo of films!"

— Michael W. (4/5)

Awesome

"Wow, these were a lot of fun!"

— Aaron M. (5/5)

Crazy AGFA per usual

"I loved this crazy and wonky films. Bizarre but enjoyable"

— Grant M. (5/5)

The Acid Eaters + Space Thing

"Fun."

— Corey S. (5/5)

Yeah free love!

"There's nothing more I love than 60s Raquel Welch-esque chicks and ACID EATERS doesn't disappoint. I've only seen this on a subpar split DVD with the equally insane WEED but the VS transfer is amazing. Haven't watched SPACE THING yet but looking forward to it."

— Nathan I. (5/5)

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