AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive) will be joining forces with Bleeding Skull on Oct. 26 for the Blu-ray debut of writer/director John Wintergate’s 1983 film release of Boardinghouse.
Jim Royce (played by John Wintergate) is, by any standard, a creep, a low life. But, as fate would have it, he has come into possession of an old rooming house, which comes complete with a history of lots and lots of weird goings-on … “paranormal” activity.
In his alternate universe, the house is the perfect place for attractive young women to become boarders and since Jim is a creep, he’s willing to negotiate the rent, which gives you a pretty good idea of what the “boardinghouse” has really become, a bordello.
Boardinghouse is one of those rare “horror” films that easily feels at home in the world of sexploitation. It is as if the horror elements are mixed in to break up all of the “special” time that we spend with half-naked women … the pain of it.
Also, as near as anyone can figure out, Boardinghouse was the first filmed-on-video production to be blown up to 35mm and released theatrically (although there might be a couple of adult (X-rated) films that might have been there, but this appears the first “main stream” theatrical release.
As to bonus goodies, we have a 2K film restoration from the 35mm release print, which is the theatrical cut of the film. AGFA has also included the original “home video” cut of the film and an “unreleased” alternate cut of Boardinghouse that is titled Psycho Killer.
There are also two commentary options, a tag-team from AFGA and Bleeding Skull, plus one with actors Maryel McKinely and Sean King, plus a bonus feature titled Sally and Jess (with commentary from actors Kalassu, John Wintergate and Sean King.
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