Following on from its 4K releases of Vixen!, Supervixens, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Motorpsycho!, and Up!, Severin Films has announced that it is expanding its Russ Meyer Collection with 4K restoration releases of 1967’s Common-Law Cabin, 1969’s Cherry, Harry & Raquel!, and 1973’s Black Snake. You can check out the official details for the releases below, as well as links to pre-order via Amazon if you’d like to help support us here at Flickering Myth (as an affiliate, we may earn a small commission on purchases, at no extra cost to yourself)…
A year before VIXEN, Russ Meyer triggered an international censorship firestorm – including a two-decade UK ban by the BBFC – with this razor-sharp melodrama “every bit as bombastic and entertaining as FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!” (Xploitation Reviews), now in UHD for the first time ever: At rundown Colorado River tourist trap ‘Hoople’s Haven’, susceptible travelers are seduced into an explosive maelstrom of immoral impulses, amoral violence and precisely how much loving a normal couple needs.
Co-screenwriter Jack Moran (former child star and co-writer of FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!), Babette Bardot (MONDO TOPLESS), Frank Bolger (CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL), Alaina Capri (GOOD MORNING…AND GOOBYE!), John Furlong (MUDHONEY) and Ken Swofford (ANNIE) star in this criminally underseen favorite of Meyer fans, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with new Special Features produced by Severin Films in collaboration with The Russ Meyer Trust.
Special Features for Russ Meyer’s COMMON-LAW CABIN
UHD:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris
- Trailer
BLU-RAY:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris
- Boom… And Busts!: Russ Meyer’s Landscapes After The Gold Rush – Video Essay By
Bill Ackerman, Host Of Supporting Characters Podcast And Filmmaker Chris O’Neill - Repent Or Perish: Russ Meyer In Toronto – Video Essay By Arts Journalist Eric Veillette
- Trailer
Between VIXEN and BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, Russ Meyer unleashed this 1969 classic that took his trademark themes of American immorality and unbridled Bosomania to eye-popping extremes, now presented in UHD for the first time ever: In a corrupt southwestern border town, Sheriff Harry Thompson (Charles Napier of SUPERVIXENS and THE BLUES BROTHERS) is caught between the passions of bisexual prostitute Raquel (Larissa Ely), adventurous nurse Cherry (Linda Ashton) and his double-crossing role in a deadly marijuana smuggling ring.
Frank Bolger (MUDHONEY, COMMON-LAW CABIN) and Adult Entertainment legend Uschi Digard (BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRAVIXENS, THE SCAVENGERS) co-star in Russ’ “lots of fun” (Los Angeles Times) landmark, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with over 2 hours of Special Features that include an all-new/ultra-rare interview with Ms. Digard.
Special Features for Russ Meyer’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL!
UHD:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris
- Uschi Digard’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL! Outtakes
- Trailer
BLU-RAY:
- Audio Commentary With Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell And Film Programmer William Morris
- Supersoul Uschi! – Interview With Actor Uschi Digard
- A Song Of Its Time!: Writing Music For Russ Meyer – Interview With Composer Stu Phillips
- Big Time!: Russ Meyer In Chicago – Video Essay By Archivist Adam Carston
- Uschi Digard’s CHERRY, HARRY & RAQUEL! Outtakes
- Trailer
- Radio Spots
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 in UHD 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 for Russ Meyer’s BLACKSNAKE!
UHD:
- Audio Commentary With Documentarian Jason Fitzroy Jeffers
- Trailer
BLU-RAY:
- 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
Common-Law Cabin, Cherry, Harry & Raquel!, and Blacksnake! will hit 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on January 26th 2027.
