The tale of the “kindly”
Mrs. Pringle (Elizabeth Davis), landlord and proprietor of the Little Wig Shop
(a home-based business), is the subject of horror icon Herschell Gordon Lewis’
1967 horror gem, The Gruesome Twosome, which will be a getting a hi-def spin on
Blu-ray from Arrow Video — MVD Entertainment Group provides the domestic sales
and distribution expertise — this coming Feb. 6.
You can put the pieces
together. Mrs. Pringle runs a wig shop
that features real human hair. Mrs.
Pringle rents out a room to young women attending the local college. Mrs. Pringle’s son, Rodney (Chris Martell —
Scream
Baby Scream, Flesh Feast), is nuts.
Girls are scalped and Mrs. Pringle’s business has a steady supply of new
raw materials.
Don’t you just love it
when it all just fits together! The
“Godfather of Gore” nailed this one, right down to talking mannequin heads and
a stuffed bobcat (or whatever it is) named Napoleon. It’s a gore-fest of the first order
featuring young women being scalped, decapitated and gutted — the innards of
beautiful corpses can be a delight to play with, just ask Rodney!
As to bonus features, we
have an introduction to the film by the late Herschell Gordon Lewis, a vintage
commentary track featuring the filmmaker and a trio of featurettes — “Peaches
Christ Flips Her Wig!,” “It Came from Florida” and “HG Lewis vs. the Censors.”
And, as an extra special
bonus, Arrow Video is including Herschell Gordon Lewis’ 1967 film release of A
Taste of Blood, starring Bill Rogers (Flesh Feast) as a newly minted
vampire (the result of drinking brandy sent to him by a distant relative).
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