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This special limited edition slipcover 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!
Saturn’s Core presents a double feature of SOV features from visionary Springfield, Missouri based writer / director Todd Reynolds. A vital component in the Borderline Entertainment film collective, Todd consistently applied a unique, incongruous, and often absurdist approach to the conventions of whichever genre he chose to explore. Boasting the frequent collaboration of producer / editor Ronnie Sortor (Sinistre, Ravage) and special FX artist Mike Strain Jr. (Vile 21), Reynolds represents a singular voice from the ‘90s video underground that’s ripe and rightful for rediscovery.
In Living a Zombie Dream, a man discovers his brother is having an elicit affair with his girlfriend. After a heated confrontation, he witnesses his brother being captured and disemboweled by a flesh-eating psychopath. After murdering the maniac, he begins suffering from violent and perplexing hallucinations. Both his brother and the killer return from the dead amidst a horde of zombies and their desire to consume the flesh and blood of the living soon compels the man to follow in their footsteps. A Lynchian, analog meditation on life and death rife with shocking gore, bleeding handguns, and static filled TV sets, Reynolds’ arresting debut feature boldly bears the hallmarks of both an experimental art film and a homespun SOV zombie gore epic.
In Kitty Killers, a gang of eccentric, working class hitmen are ordered to torture and hold hostage the duplicitous business rivals of their psychotic, wheelchair bound boss Mr. Hill. Things go haywire once the junior hitman falls for an innocent coffee shop poet named Kitty and his rampant narcissism leads to a chaotic crossroads of exploding squib hits, zen meditation, human flesh tic-tac-toe, and gluttonous doughnut consumption. A hyperviolent, post-Tarantino crime caper with self-reflective, transcendental underpinnings, Kitty Killers remains a predominant illustration of Reynolds’ idiosyncratic approach to genre storytelling.
directed by: Todd Reynolds starring: Michelle White, Frank Alexander, Ronnie Sorter, Dan Rowland, Amon Elsey 1996, 2001 / 145 min (combined) / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Additional info:
Living a Zombie Dream (1996)
Region Free Blu-ray
Newly restored director’s cut
New 2023 audio commentary with director Todd Reynolds
New 2023 audio commentary featuring writer / director Todd Reynolds & producer / editor Ronnie Sorter
Archival behind the scenes footage
Photo gallery
Trailer
Todd Reynolds short films:
“Always the Griever” (2:27)
“The Forest” (5:18)
“I Need to Pee” (2:06)
English SDH subtitles
Kitty Killers (2001)
Region Free Blu-ray
Newly restored director’s cut
New 2023 audio commentary featuring writer / director Todd Reynolds & producer / editor Ronnie Sorter
Original VHS cut
Archival commentary with writer / director Todd Reynolds
Archival audio commentary featuring writer / director Todd Reynolds, producer / editor Ronnie Sorter, and actors Dan Rowland, Frank Alexander, & Mike Smith
“Kitty Killers in the Multiverse” -rare early footage featuring an alternate cast
Archival behind the scenes footage
Outtakes
Photo gallery
Trailer
English SDH subtitles
Overall rating: 4.5636363 / 5 from 55 reviews.
AI Generated Review Summary
Living a Zombie Dream / Kitty Killers is a special limited edition slipcover available only on the website and select indie retailers. Customers praise the release and find the movies interesting, though opinions vary on the double feature and bonus content.
"What an Interesting Double Feature, I love Saturns Core so much!" — Eric W.
"super fun double feature from Saturn’s Core." — Teegan M.
"A nice double feature from saturn core" — Andrew D.
Reviews
Fantastic
"Moody, ambitious, great special effects."
— Sean T. (5/5)
SOV
"A nice little SOV."
— Justin M. (5/5)
Such a nice set of
"Such a nice set of blu rays from Saturns Core. I got the 10 pack and they have such a nice presentation to each. The slipcovers have both embossing and spot gloss art. And the insert is reversible with different art to show. Just overall really impressed and happy with my purchase. I’m looking forward to watching these!"
— JP D. (5/5)
Dreamy!
"This double feature is a grindhouse cinema graveyard smash—Living a Zombie Dream lurches with lo-fi charm, while Kitty Killers claws its way into your heart with feline fury. Vinegar Syndrome’s transfer preserves every grainy frame and midnight movie vibe, making these oddities feel right at home on your shelf. The Saturn’s Core extras are as wild as the films themselves, offering a peek behind the curtain of true indie madness. For fans of the weird, the wild, and the undead, this disc is pure catnip."
— Bryan K. (5/5)
Two
"Crazy sov double feature that should be watched that way"
— Scott D. (5/5)
Raw, unsettling artistry!!!!
"Awesome experimental, ultra‑low‑budget horror with Lynch‑meets‑zombie aesthetics."
— Trent B. (5/5)
Zombies and killers
"More SOV weirdness from Saturn's Core. Always a delight. Not the best but well worth a watch"
— Ian S. (4/5)
A mesmerizing double dose of
"A mesmerizing double dose of surrealist SOV horror and anarchic crime absurdity—Todd Reynolds’ genre-bending vision gets the Blu-ray treatment it deserves."
— Danny W. (4/5)
Killer Double Feature
"super fun double feature from Saturn’s Core. Every release of theirs is something i’ve never heard of but is always a blast."
— Teegan M. (5/5)
Living a zombie dream
"Charming low budget sov movies, recommended for sov diehards only"
— Jeffrey W. (5/5)
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