Blacksnake! (Blu-ray)
Blacksnake! (Blu-ray)
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THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15+ YEARS, RESTORED UNCUT WITH 2+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES!
After the termination of his deal with 20th Century Fox, Russ Meyer returned to independent filmmaking with perhaps his most wildly ambitious work - combining elements of blaxploitation, period epic and sexual melodrama - now presented on Blu-ray for the first time ever: In 1835 colonial West Indies, cruel plantation owner Lady Susan Walker (future British aristocrat Anouska Hempel, who would successfully block the film's UK release) rules her slaves with racist brutality and a black bullwhip. But will the arrival of a studly nobleman (David Warbeck of THE BEYOND) trigger an island inferno of lust, violence and vengeance? Percy Herbert (THE WILD GEESE), Thomas Baptiste (AMIN: THE RISE AND FALL) and Dave Prowse (STAR WARS, THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN) co-star in the film Russ himself called "hellishly entertaining" - also known as SWEET SUZY, THE DUTCHESS OF DOOM and RUSS MEYER'S SLAVES - shot on location in Barbados, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and seething with over 2 hours of all-new Special Features.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Documentarian Jason Fitzroy Jeffers
- Stunts Upon A Time In Hollywood!: The Breakthrough Stunt Work Of Blacksnake! – Interview With Stunt Coordinator/Actor Bob Minor
- Uncle Russ!: The Racial Politics Of Blacksnake! – Interview With Film Historian Dr. Mireille Miller-Young
- Radical Talent!: Milton McCollin And The 1970s Bajan Theatre Scene Remembered – Interview With Actor/Poet Robert Lee And Actor/Broadcaster Tony Thompson
- Trailer For Russ Meyer's Unfinished Film FOXY
- Post-Film Promo For Russ Meyer's FOXY
- Trailer
- G-Rated Trailer
“The thought alone of Russ Meyer making a period piece is perverse... Meyer sensationalizes the whip and maniacal slaveowners in this screwy vision of a colonial plantation circa 1835.” - Film Threat
“Not your run-of-the-mill Russ Meyer movie... A lurid yarn with a sensational ending, it will quite probably suck your bottom jaw to the floor in stunned silence.” - Images Journal
“A completely new experience... It remains a vital yet underappreciated part of Meyer's vision and a necessary component to any assessment of his work.” - Not Coming To A Theater Near You