Redemption Films' Original VHS Releases

[Mojo]

Redemption were really unfortunate to have been submitting their films during the reign of James 'I Know How To Direct Your Films Better Than You' Ferman. So many of those which were cut ( for stupid reasons ) would sail through today.

Redemption were one of the reasons I got back into horror movies after a bit of a ( brief ) lull. They released so many of the kind of films we clamour for here.

[Someone Weird]

I still have an old copy of The Darkside (back in the days when it was a fairly good read), which had a brilliant in-depth review section of all their VHS releases (up to that time) by John Martin. It opened my eyes to films like 'Haxan', 'Flavia the Heretic' etc. etc.

Are there any plans to re-release the Jezebel's The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra on DVD, which I believe was passed uncut by the BBFC.

[MarcMorris]

Are there any plans to re-release the Jezebel's The Erotic Dreams of Cleopatra on DVD, which I believe was passed uncut by the BBFC.

No, Redemption's rights expired years ago.

[weegieboi]

Marc,
Did the titles cost an arm & a leg to license back then?.........and the ones that Redemption no longer have rights to....would the price for them be sky high now there is more of a market for such titles?

[MarcMorris]

Did the titles cost an arm & a leg to license back then?

No, they didn't. Before DVD came along the asking prices were much fairer (you wouldn't believe how low some of the asking prices were!). The titles we released back in the nineties were not being pursued by other companies. We were the only company putting this obscure stuff out.

This obviously makes a huge difference now, where you might have three companies bidding on the same title.

[pej]

Okay. Here's my collection so far (like I said still a long way to go):

RED001 - The Mask of Satan
RED002 - Lisa and the Devil
RETN007 - Succubus
RETN020 - The Nude Vampire
RETN022 - Cannibal Man
RETN027 - A Bay of Blood
RETN029 - A Virgin Among the Living Dead
RETN031 - Tender and Perverse Emanuelle
RETN047 - The Cat's Victims
RETN050 - Salome / The Forbidden
RETN052 - The Nuns of Sant' Arcangelo
RETN053 - What Have You Done to Solange?
RETN054 - The Black Cat
RETN059 - Crazy Desires of a Murderer
RETN060 - Devil's Nightmare
RETN061 - House of Whipcord
RETN062 - Witchfinder General
RETN064 - The Bloody Judge
RETN066 - Vampyros Lesbos
RETN067 - She Killed in Ecstasy
RETN070 - Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
RETN071 - What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
RETN072 - The Pyjama Girl Case
RETN073 - In the Folds of the Flesh
RETN074 - The Fifth Cord
RETN076 - Who Saw Her Die?
RETN077 - My Dear Killer

I'd be interested in getting hold of any spare catalogues.

[Mojo]

Any chance of posting up some of the unseen Redemption covers, Marc?

[fredzilla]

Redemption and Jezebel was my first adventure into sleaze-land and my first experiences with Franco and Rollin came from that. And of course my nr 1 favorite movie, Bay of blood. So that company has meant a lot to me during my "childhood" in eurocinema.

[MarcMorris]

I'm getting all tearful now

[Mojo]

I'm getting all tearful now

So, any chance of an ABUK Special Edition of Revenge Of The Living Dead Girls, then?

[Mark Y]

There's a Jezebel VHS release of School For Sex currently fetching £21 on ebay with two days to go...

[pej]

The collection grows. Just picked up:

RED003 - Tis Pity She's a Whore
RETN012 - Nosferatu
RETN015 - Deep Red
RETN056 - Stagefright
RETN080 - Behind Convent Walls

[john]

God, i remember picking up KILLER NUN at the forbidden planet in Dublin in the early '90s...and bringing up my VCR to a long gone mate's house to rip FLAVIA THE HERETIC and MARK OF THE DEVIL...shame on me!

Ack, it was all sharing and caring then...er, a belated sorry Marc for the lost revenue...

[tall dude]

I remember going into a high street store in glasgow for a browse, and whats lookin back at me from the racks.. mask of satan! Needless to say it was bought immediately. thats when I started collecting the redemption titles along with the vipco re-releases which came out about the same time.

[cloud]

I´ve just picked up a copy of The Cat´s Victims on VHS, the Redemption release obviously, can anyone confirm whether it´s the full version because the bbfc state that no cuts were made, problem is they´re not always that accurate with what they say.

[Someone Weird]

I'd suspect it is the full version (I'm not 100%), as Redemption often submitted complete prints without pre-cutting. I was thinking of buying that one too, so if you could post your thoughts after you see it I'd appreciate it. Feel free to mention if there is a priest in the film. If there is, my money's on him. You can get alot of these Redemption VHS titles 2nd hand at Amazon for about £2.

[MarcMorris]

I´ve just picked up a copy of The Cat´s Victims on VHS, the Redemption release obviously, can anyone confirm whether it´s the full version

It's uncut, and features a much better print than that found on the American DVD release (as Watch Me When I Kill).

[Mark Y]

During a sleepless night last night I was looking through issue 10 of the Cold Sweat fanzine published in 1994 by Trevor Barley and Media Publications. It had an overview of the first 43 tapes issued by Redemption. An interesting tale of masters promised but not delivered or unable to be found, as well as some notable restorations (Baron Blood to name just one).

How much more complicated it must be now when movie fans expect their films to be not only uncut, but top notch quality and in the correct aspect ratio...

Also interesting to see how times have changed, when Sadomania was rejected outright by the BBFC and Mark of the Devil had to be totally eviscerated to even be granted a certifitate.

[CJ34]

It's uncut, and features a much better print than that found on the American DVD release (as Watch Me When I Kill).

You're not wrong there, the DVD is awful. The Redemption VHS was in far better shape - it's a great movie too! But hasn't someone else now picked this up for R1, or was it VCI who went back and did a remastering job..? Whatever it is, I'm sure I've read that a better release is on the cards.

[Someone Weird]

I ended up going for the Redemption VHS a while back. Found the film kind of dull but it had its moments.