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This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Michael Bukowski) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Saturn's Core Audio & Video is a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn's Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

Artist Sara has sex with a corpse in the local funeral home and soon finds herself infected with a mysterious disease. After infecting her crust punk boyfriend Muzzy, the pair sets out on a reckless spree of carefree crime and chaos. They soon discover the virus is the deranged creation of the disgraced government genetic scientist turned janitor Dr. Robert Olsen (Joel D. Wynkoop). Developed as an experimental population control method, the virus causes its living victims to deteriorate and decompose. Shooting fermaldyde intravenously to avoid their inevitable decay, Sarah and Muzzy desperately traverse the Florida backstreets and underground punk clubs in search of an antitode to the Rot.

The third SOV feature from Florida based filmmaker Marcus Koch known concurrently for his transgressive directorial output (100 Tears, Fell, Bad Blood) as well as his masterful special FX work (Jakob’s Wife, We Are Still Here), Rot combines a rudimentary take on Cronenberg’s body horror ruminations with the grimy, analog aesthetics of Hugh Gallagher’s Gorotica. With an unhinged performance from B-Movie legend Joel D. Wynkoop (Creep, Lost Faith) and a riotous soundtrack featuring The Casualties, Blanks 77, and The Scams, Rot is a gooey and gruesome cinematic explosion of punk, puke, and necrophilia. And for the analog completists, Rot now comes accompanied by Koch’s long sought after, suburban teenage metalhead splatter epic Lunch Meat from 1989 plus over 8 hours of slimy special features!

directed by: Marcus Koch
starring: Billy Scam, Tiffany Stinky, Joel D. Wynkoop, Tim Leavey, Dane Maddison
1999 / 80 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

Region Free Blu-ray
Audio commentary with director Marcus Koch and actor Joel D. Wynkoop
Cast commentary with director Marcus Koch and actors Billy Scam, Tiffany Steinke, & Joel D. Wynkoop
Dead Like a Piece of Old Wax: A Celebration of Marcus Koch’s Rot” -a visual essay by writer & cult film expert Heather Drain
Interview with writer / director / FX artist Marcus Koch
“Ladies of the Punk House”: an interview with actress Tiffany Steinke and production manager Karaly Clubb
“The Man, the Myth, the Legend”: an interview with actor Joel D. Wynkoop (63 min.)
“The Man in Black”: an interview with actor Walter Maseda
An appreciation by horror author and filmmaker David C. Hayes
Archival behind the scenes footage
Bloopers & outtakes
Trailer
BONUS MOVIE: Lunch Meat (1992) Marcus Koch’s suburban teenage metalhead splatter epic with optional director’s commentary (60 min.)
White Massacre (1989) Marcus Koch’s early short film with optional director’s commentary (35 min.)
Reversible sleeve
English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.439394 / 5 from 66 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Rot is a limited edition slipcover for a unique home video release, featuring mixed customer opinions on the film's quality and entertainment value. The product is praised for its aesthetic appeal and the inclusion of special features, but some find the movie lacking in gore or excitement.

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Film Quality: 15%
Aesthetic Appeal: 11%
Special Features: 9%
Release Enjoyment: 13%
Movie Gore and Excitement: 9%

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Review highlights

"Interesting film and release." — Blake B.
"Big fan of sov and I love Saturns Core and this is no exception, crazy stuff" — Eric W.
"Custom artwork looks great." — Jerame L.

Reviews

Sure is something

"crazy movie."

— Adam R. (4/5)

Put it on and rot

"This is "mumblecore meets Cronenberg," trading high-octane action for tense, claustrophobic apartment drama. It’s a uniquely unsettling experience that feels less like a traditional horror movie and more like a feverish snapshot of societal decay."

— Kevin G. (5/5)

Grimy SOV gorefest

"Saturn's Core did an amazing job with this gruesome SOV title. The physical release treats the movie with serious respect, and the custom artwork on the slipcover looks absolutely incredible on the shelf. Perfect for underground horror fans."

— JIN L. (5/5)

Sitting at home and rotting

"Sitting at home and rotting w rot"

— Ian C. (4/5)

Punk SOV horror

"Punk SOV horror with a lot of energy. Enjoyable"

— Brice D. (4/5)

Poor quality but fun

"Hard to see, even for an SOV release, but underneath the grime there is a great movie"

— Ian S. (3/5)

Billly Scan

"I thought Billly Scam's performance was very natural and worked out great, he was my favorite part of Rot Neat to see a Casualties show, and the director's interview shed some light on the punk house everyone stayed at in that section of Florida. The story itself is interesting, the execution isn't that great and Wynkoop is annoying as hell. But it's stacked with extras and I probably will rewatch, maybe it'll grow on me."

— Fin L. (3/5)

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"Saturn's Core gives us another curious debut feature of a director who went on to make more well known horror films, this time Marcus Koch (100 Tears, American Guinea Pig: Bloodshock), who was in his early 20s when he directed "Rot". As a punk and hardcore guy, I was immediately hooked by the whole snotty and dirty tone of style of this 80 minute flick. The soundtrack is perfect and features several well known punk bands like The Casualties. There are a couple of nasty and gory moments, but don't expect this to be as brutal and realistic looking as "American Guinea Pig" or a Brian Paulin. The parton saint of American SOV Joel D. Wynkoop appears in this, and that's always good. There is hardly any other partner label that puts so much work and love into its bonus features as Saturn's Core, and this release is not different. It's jam packed with two audio commentaries, tons of interviews, a very interesting visual essay by great Heather Drain (I want one on every SC release please!!!) and two bonus movies/shorts by Koch, which he did as a teenager. So much stuff on here, it's insane. I love the unusual, but fitting artwork on the slipcover. Very well done."

— Dominik F. (4/5)

Rot Is A Really Awesome Saturn's Core Flick!

"The slipcover artwork is awesome, as always with anything VS or their awesome partner Labels release! The special effects are low budget but that is how I like them sometimes! The soundtrack is really kicking, and cool and the movie was a fun watch from beginning to end! The peerless VS restoration process was on full display with stellar sound and picture! Thank you, VS, for continuing to lovingly restore and release so many wonderful films from every conceivable genre! You are keeping physical media alive in this streaming world we now live in! Highly recommended!"

— Paul K. (5/5)

Saturn Core

"Well, the cover definitely got my attention haha. Very much enjoyed it."

— Justin M. (5/5)