After releasing remastered versions of Vixen, Supervixens and Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens to 4K [read our reviews here], Severin Films is now prepping another double dose of Russ Meyer’s Bosomania in UHD with pre-orders now open for 1965’s Motorpsycho and 1976’s Up! ahead of their arrival on Dual Edition 4K and Blu-ray later this month; check out the official details and promotional images here…
When a trio of psycho bikers launches a sexual assault and murder spree in a desert town, the local veterinarian (Alex Rocco of THE GODFATHER fame in his screen debut) teams up with a rage-ravaged vixen (the incredible Haji in her first film role) to settle the score. Steve Oliver (WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS), Lane Carroll (THE CRAZIES), Timothy Scott (THE FARMER) and Russ himself co-star in this “slick, violent and well made” (Variety) Meyer milestone, now scanned in 4K from the original negative restored by The Museum of Modern Art with new and archival Special Features curated by Severin Films in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.
Special Features for MOTORPSYCHO
UHD:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
- Trailer
BLU-RAY/DVD:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Filmmaker Zach Clark
- Desert Rats On Hondas – Interviews With Actors Haji And Alex Rocco
- Trailer
Feature Specs for MOTORPSYCHO
- Runtime: 74 mins
- Audio: English Mono
- Closed Captions: English SDH
- Region: A/B/C
- Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
In 1976, producer/director/cinematographer/editor Russ Meyer delivered his penultimate feature film – co-written by BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS screenwriter and Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert – hailed as “jaw-droppingly perverse” (Entertainment Weekly), “Meyer at his most outrageous” (Images Journal) and “definitely not to be confused with the Pixar cartoon” (The Spinning Image): Welcome to a sex-blasted burg in Northern California where sodomised Führers, ravenous piranhas, sapphic ecstasy, murder mystery, Shakespearean appropriation and the remarkable Raven De La Croix collide, with Kitten Natividad – in her RM Productions debut – as The Greek Chorus of it all. Janet Wood (THE CENTERFOLD GIRLS) co-stars in “one of Russ Meyer’s best films” (We Are Movie Geeks), now scanned in 4K from the original negative by Severin Films with new and archival Special Features curated in association with The Russ Meyer Trust.
Motorpsycho and Up! come to 4K Ultra HD on April 28th.
