UK: Andy Warhol's Bad in September

[MarcMorris]

On September 21 2009 Video International will issue Andy Warhol's Bad (Jed Johnson, 1977) on DVD. This is a personal all-time favourite of mine, so let's hope this is a decent widescreen release with a trailer at least. Does anybody know anything about releasing company Video International?

The final film released under the Andy Warhol moniker is a much more polished affair than Flesh, Trash or Heat, but preserves the oddball wit and eccentric flair that made those films so memorable. A New York housewife has to support a houseful of relatives on her own. She pays the bills by operating an electrolysis service out of her home and by running a murder-for-hire service staffed exclusively by women.

Andy Warhol's Bad: amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002BF51CY/ref=nosim?tag=mondoerotico05)


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X6BTEWygL._SL500_AA240_.jpg (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002BF51CY/ref=nosim?tag=mondoerotico05)

[mrb]

I've wanted to see this film ever since reading about it in Danny Peary's Cult Movies book.

Although that review does give some stuff away.

[CRD]

God, I hope it isnt good ole Jef Films, as they released it ehre in the U.S, as did cheezyflicks. The box art certainly hints it is a bootleg (it is the VHS cover!)

[loops]

Video international are the same people who put out bootlegs of The Bogeyman, Eaten Alive, Fiend, Grave of the Vampire etc last year.

Amazon uk
Video International (http://www.amazon.co.uk/video-international-Horror-Blu-ray-DVD/s/qid=1244807799/ref=sr_nr_n_0?ie=UTF8&rs=283926&keywords=video%20international&bbn=573406&rnid=573406&rh=n%3A283926%2Ck%3Avideo%20international%2Cn%3A162441011)

[dbeefy]

I guess it's - http://www.videointernational.eu/

I've seen some of these discs in my local HMV so they must have retail distribution..

Website domain is registered in Dublin , Technical registrant Cork City.

[Dave Jay]

As Loops says, I'm also pretty sure they're a bootleg merchant a la Blackhorse... I've seen many releases of theirs in HMV, such as GRIZZLY and GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE, featuring impressive original artwork... but they look a little dodgy to me... anyone actually bought a VI release so they can comment?

How do these people get away with it?

[streetrw]

I've rented a couple from LoveFilm: COMMUNION (aka ALICE SWEET ALICE) and GRIZZLY and those two at least are botch jobs: horrible prints that look like VHS, poor picture quality, and GRIZZLY is pan-and-scan as well. There isn't even a menu - they launch straight into the movie.

They're not even resubmitting them to the BBFC - GRIZZLY's last certificate was in 1986!