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Blood Sucking Freaks

4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 Stars (262 Reviews)
Regular price  $35.99
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Edition Type: Limited Edition Reversible Slipcover
Only 640 items in stock!

This special limited edition double-sided magnetically reversible embossed slipcover is limited to 7,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Description

Sardu, with the help of his dwarf servant Ralphus, operates New York’s most controversial theatre, Sardu's Theatre of the Macabre, where each performance is an expertly staged display of gruesome acts of torture. Divisive as his take on “entertainment” might be, arrogant theatre critic, Creasy Silo, is having none of it and makes it his mission to put an end to Sardu’s grisly “dramas.” However, what audiences and critics alike do not realize is that each of these shocking shows is completely real; with innocent nude women being maimed and murdered live on stage! When Sardu sets his eyes on beautiful ballerina Natasha, he’s immediately smitten and determines that she must “star” in his next production, whether she wants to or not, and that her stage partner will be none other than Creasy Silo…

A foundational film in establishing legendary genre cinema distributor, Troma Entertainment, Joel M. Reed’s masterpiece of gore-fueled debauchery, BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS (aka Sardu, Master of the Screaming Virgins), remains one of the most notorious, disgusting, shocking, perverse, and outrageously funny cult horror films to emerge from the sick and twisted 1970s. Starring acclaimed Shakespearian actor, Seamus O’Brien as the fiendish Sardu and Luis De Jesus (Let My Puppets Come) as the equally deranged Ralphus, and featuring a host of New York’s top sex starlets as the demented duo's assorted victims, Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to present the world 4K UHD debut of the fully uncut version of BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS, exclusively restored from the best surviving film elements and presented with a consummate selection of extras.

Details

Director(s): Joel M. Reed

Starring: Seamus O'Brien, Luis De Jesus, Viju Krem, Niles McMaster, Dan Fauci, Alan Dellay, Ernie Pysher, Helen Thompson, Ellen Faison

Release Year: 1976

Runtime: 89 min

Aspect Ratio(s): 1.37:1

Language(s): ENG- English

Sound: Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Format: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

Disc Info: 2-disc Region Free Set: 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray

Restoration: 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range; Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm internegative

Genre: Horror

VS Release Date: October 1, 2023

SKU: VS-448 SLIP

Bonus Content
  • Brand new commentary track with John Szpunar, author of Blood Sucking Freak: The Life and Films of the Incredible Joel M. Reed
  • Archival commentary track with Eli Roth, filmmaker and fan of BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS
  • "Freaks Come Out at the Drive-In" - a featurette about the TROMA-THON 2023 screening of BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater in Lehighton, PA - including an interview with Troma president Lloyd Kaufman
  • Live commentary from a 2009 screening with director Joel M. Reed, Art Ettinger and Ken Kish
  • Q&A with Joel M. Reed
  • Cinema Wasteland hotel room interview with Joel M. Reed
  • Archival introduction by Lloyd Kaufman
  • Archival cast & crew interviews
  • Archival interview with Eli Roth, BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS fan & filmmaker
  • Archival interview with Chris Jericho, BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS fan & professional wrestler
  • Alternate title sequence
  • Reversible cover artwork
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Vinegar Syndrome was founded to rescue, restore, and preserve genre cinema. Our more than 500 releases to date offer ultimate editions of lost, forgotten, under-seen, under-appreciated, and essential works from around the globe.

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Customer Reviews
4.7
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
Based on 262 reviews
93%would recommend this product
262 reviews
  • SD
    Sean D.
    Verified Buyer
    23 seconds ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Oddball and out there

    I remember seeing this movie in my local Video Store when I was a kid. Glad to finally get it on Blu Ray. Love the packaging and slipcover. And the movie itself is great, esp if you’re looking for an obscure and off the walls type flick. Definitely worth owning.

    Quality / PackagingRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
    Shopping ExperienceRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
  • P
    Paul
    4 days ago
    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    3 Stars

    Nothing to really add for this film if you already know it. Classic shock from a bygone era

  • LR
    Luiz R. P. J.
    Verified Buyer
    6 days ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Classic family movie

    Bring all the joy for granny, pa and kids with this marvel of good manners and gender education.

    Quality / PackagingRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
    Shopping ExperienceRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
  • CC
    chris c.
    Verified Buyer
    2 weeks ago
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Sick and perverted

    What more can you say about this scuzzy, sadistic, brain sucking classick? Amazing to live at a time when titles like this are getting the deluxe 4K treatment. Love the magnetic reversible slipcase, but I wouldn’t try to flip it right over, because it seemed to me like the edges would tear. I do appreciate that VS are playing around with new packaging gimmicks though. Very nice.

    Quality / PackagingRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
    Shopping ExperienceRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
  • DP
    Dean P.
    Verified Buyer
    3 weeks ago
    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    Not for all tastes but still an essential purchase !

    I've never owned a copy of this film before but had interested in obtaining it in an upgraded presentation. This looks and sounds absolutely amazing !

    Quality / PackagingRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
    Shopping ExperienceRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5

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