Darkside Releasing, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, will be presenting a Blu-ray double feature on Mar. 16 that genre fans will immediately recognize as a salute to legendary filmmaker Keith J. Crocker.
Titled Extreme Underground Horror, this homage to Crocker marks the Blu-ray debut of both The Bloody Ape and Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69.
Let’s be honest, there are filmmakers like Scorsese, Spielberg and Welles, and then there are guys with a camera, guts and the willingness to plow ahead no matter what. Ed Wood immediately leaps to mind. And, so does Keith J. Crocker, who has made exactly two feature films, The Bloody Ape in 1997 and Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69 in 2008 … the rest of the time he has been publishing “The Exploitation Journal” (beginning in 1987) and then he founded CineFear Video (cinefear.com), an online site for rare films with the catchline “The connoisseur's source for horror and exploitation.”
For genre fans, there is nothing quite like his film The Bloody Ape, which was shot on 8MM (yes, seriously) and is by any standard, so horrible as to be good, no, wait, make that great. A guilty pleasure of the first order.
We’ve seen it, have it on DVD and it is truly horrible, but in a great way. Blitzkrieg: Escape from Stalag 69, on the other hand, has escaped us, but it must be bad, but in a good way. Looking forward to the Blu-ray celebration on Mar. 16 … as will every true genre fan!!
Bonus goodies include commentary from filmmaker Keith J. Crocker on both films, deleted scenes and making-of featurettes.
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