Cult Epics appreciates SEX MURDER ART: THE FILMS OF JORG BUTTGEREIT (review)

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