Cult Epics combines the major features and shorts of outrageous German cult director Jorg Buttgereit together in one four Blu-ray/two CD set. In NEKROMANTIK, a forensic janitor brings home the ideal partner for a threesome with his girlfriend, only this one's dead and rotting. In DER TODESKING, Buttgereit presents an essay on suicide with seven vignettes taking place over the course of a week. In NEKROMANTIK 2, a female necrophiliac is torn between a tender relationship with a living man and the caresses of a dead mate. In SCHRAMM, taxi driver turned serial killer Lother's mind comes unraveled in a series of surrealistic and nightmarish hallucinations and real bloodbaths. Also included are several short films, commentaries on all four films, making-of featurettes (including the underground outrage CORPSE FUCKING ART), and the full soundtracks on CD along with the full scores and additional cues as Blu-ray extras.
REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)
SEX MURDER ART: THE FILMS OF JORG BUTTGEREIT Blu-ray specs:
- Disc One (Blu-ray): Nekromantik (1987)
- HD transfer from 8mm
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
- German Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 mono
- Optional English subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Jorg Buttgereit and Franz Rodenkirchen
- Optional Introduction by director Jorg Buttgereit
- Grindhouse Transfer from 35mm Blow-up (8mm to 16mm internegative to 35mm)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
- German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- Burnt-in English subtitles
- Q&A with Jorg Buttgereit (40 minutes)
- "The Making of Nekromantik" featurette
- The Building of the Corpse Prop
- Still Photo Gallery
- 1985 Short Film "Hot Love" with optional audio commentary by director Jorg Buttgereit
- "Hot Love" featurette
- Jorg Buttgereit Trailers:
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (74 minutes)
- Disc Two (Blu-ray): Der Todesking (1990)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen
- German Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 mono
- Audio Commentary by Jorg Buttgereit and co-atuhor Franz Rodenkirchen
- Optional Introduction by director Jorg Buttgereit
- Making of featurette
- Still Gallery
- "Corpse Fucking Art" documentary (58 minutes)
- Trailers
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (28 minutes)
- Disc Three (Blu-ray): Nekromantik 2 (1991)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1
- German Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 mono
- Audio Commentary by director Jorg Buttgereit, co-author Franz Rodenkirchen, and actors Monika M. and Mark Reeder
- Optional Introduction by director Jorg Buttgereit
- "The Making of Nekromantik 2"
- Photo Gallery
- Outtakes
- Jorg Buttgereit Trailers
- "20th Anniversary Live Concert" performed by Monika M. and Friends
- "A Moment of Silence at the Grave of Ed Gein" short film
- "Half Girl - Lemmy, I'm a Feminist" music video
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (57 minutes)
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Live (47 minutes)
- Disc Four (Blu-ray): Schramm (1993)
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1
- German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
- Optional Introduction by director Jorg Buttgereit
- Audio Commentary by director Jorg Buttgereit and Franz Rodenkirchen
- Audio Commentary by Florian Von Gustorf and Monika M
- "The Making of Schramm"
- Still Gallery
- "Horror Heaven" short film wwith optional commentary by Jorg Buttgereit
- "Blutige Exzesse im Fuhrerbunker short film
- "Mein Papi" short film
- Jorg Buttgereit Trailers
- Soundtrack in Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (54:08)
- Disc Five (CD):
- Soundtracks for Nekromantik (19 tracks) and Der Todesking (11 tracks)
- Disc Six (CD):
- Soundtracks for Nekromantik 2 (16 tracks) and Schramm (21 tracks)
- Forty-page booklet featuring interviews with director Jörg Buttgereit and filmographies
- Cardboard Slipcase