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The Redemption label has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Jesús Franco's The Demons a.k.a. Les Demons (1973), starring Howard Vernon, Anne Libert, Britt Nichols, Doris Thomas, Karin Field, and Alberto Dalbés. The release will be available for purchase on April 29th.
On April 29th, the Redemption label will also release on DVD Robert Hartford-Davis' The Black Torment (1964), starring Heather Sears, John Turner, and Ann Lynn.
The Demons
In the wake of the massive controversy surrounding Ken Russell's The Devils, several filmmakers rushed to create their own Inquisition horror films, inspired by the true story of satanic possession at the convent of Loudun. THE DEMONS (Les démons) is Jess Franco's stellar entry in the nunsploitation canon, with a degree of sadism and sexual explicitness that overshadows its competitors.
While being burned at the stake, an accused witch curses the principal witchfinder and his minions. As a result, members of royalty and the religious establishment are caused to suffer (or, some might say, enjoy) a series of human depravities. Franco photographs the scenes of torture, sex, and demon possession with a sense of tenderness that is both aesthetically pleasing and deeply unsettling.
Previously unreleased on video in the U.S., this Redemption edition represents the complete, uncensored version of the film.
Special Features:
Newly mastered in HD from the original 35mm elements
In French and German with optional English subtitles
Interview with Jess Franco by David Gregory (16 min.)
Six minutes of deleted footage
Two theatrical trailers
Trailers of other Franco films
The Black Torment
An 18th-century gothic thriller, depicted with the vivid colors and overt eroticism borrowed from the Hammer horror films, THE BLACK TORMENT has emerged from obscurity to become recognized as "a minor classic... basically another retelling of Du Maurier's Rebecca except with blood, guts, and ghostly goings-on."
Returning to his country estate with his new bride, English nobleman Sir Richard Fordyce finds himself under suspicion from angry locals for the rape and brutal murder of a young girl. Despite Sir Richard's professed innocence, a growing hysteria unfolds, as strange and even supernatural events begin to occur around him.
With no one to turn to and his new wife threatening to shoot him, Sir Richard begins to question his own guilt... and sanity!
Special Features:
Mastered in HD from 35mm archival elements
Rare filmed interview with Robert Hartford-Davis (1968, 13 min.)
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