Horror News Indiegogo Campaign: 88 Films to remaster Zombi Holocaust in 4K from OCN

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This is your opportunity to be involved in the remaster of Zombi Holocaust from the OCN.

Who we are

Horror has a home at 88 Films. For the past two years we have attempted to build our little label, headed by two unassuming guys from Leicester, into a company that answers the prayers of shock-cinema fans across the UK. From our Slasher Classics Collection, to the launch of 88 Italian, we want to be the most fan-friendly DVD outfit on the planet - bringing classics, and cult obscurities, to British shelves.

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What we plan to do

We began 88 Films with some HD debuts from Charlie Band's Full Moon Pictures enterprise - including PUPPET MASTER and SUBSPECIES - and now we embrace all sorts of sanguine-packed pot-boilers, from Troma's THE TOXIC AVENGER to the slice and dice sickie GRADUATION DAY. Coming soon, however, is one such work of video nasty era genius that we really want to deliver in a pristine new uncut print - Marino Girolami's masterpiece ZOMBI HOLOCAUST.

Also known as DOCTOR BUTCHER MD we have big plans for this classic flesh-feasting favourite, including a new feature length documentary: EATEN ALIVE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN CANNIBAL FILM which highlights new interviews with such genre giants as Ruggero Deodato, Umberto Lenzi and Sergio Martino! Yet, we also have a dichotomy - as a team of two, with limited funds, how can we give you ZOMBI HOLOCAUST in the condition that you demand? The current transfer, as seen on the USA BluRay from Media Blasters, has been roundly criticised. This means we want to go one better - we want to give you a fresh presentation from a new scan of the original negative.

As such, we offer you this IndieGoGo - with some GREAT rewards - so that ZOMBI HOLOCAUST can finally be remastered in eye-wateringly awesome HD, and brought to you with the love and care that 88 Films wants to deliver.

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What your money will finance
  • New HD transfer of the Original Negative without digital tampering
  • Dust and scratch cleanup and removal of damage
  • Full shot-by-shot grade
  • Restored English dub soundtrack
  • Italian soundtrack with newly created subtitles
  • Even more additional goodies (if we exceed our financing goal)
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A little bit more about Eaten Alive
EATEN ALIVE! THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN CANNIBAL FILM is an upcoming feature length documentary, produced for our BluRay release of ZOMBI HOLOCAUST (1980). Don't let the name deceive you though - this awesome arterial-spraying sickie is actually a cross-pollination of ghoulish thunder and tribal torment that successfully works as both a cannibal creeper and a Fulci-esque creature feature. And in some ways it even represents the very last creative breath of jungle jaunting!

EATEN ALIVE! THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN CANNIBAL FILM will, of course, focus on spaghetti splatter's most controversial movie genre. Insitgated by Umberto Lenzi's Thai-set THE MAN FROM DEEP RIVER (1972), and reaching a notorious peak with Ruggero Deodato's horrifying CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980), the form would eventually fade from view with such lesser known romps as AMAZONIA (1985) and MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY (1985). More recently, with the Hollywood-made WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (2007), and Eli Roth's THE GREEN INFERNO, terrifying tales of meat-muncing tribes have made their return to the big screen. As such, the time is ripe to share some of the true stories behind the making of some of shock cinema's most stomach turning shockers.

With EATEN ALIVE! THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN CANNIBAL FILM, High Rising Productions and 88 Films turn the camera upon such groundbreaking filmmakers as Lenzi, Deodato and MOUNTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD's Sergio Martino. Also participating are LAST CANNIBAL WORLD actress Me Me Lai, in her first ever recorded interview, CANNIBAL FEROX's main man Giovanni Lombardo Radice and HOLOCAUST's Robert Kerman. Offering a critical perspective are respected journalists John Martin and Kim Newman, author Mikel Koven, academic Shelagh Rowan Legg, director Luigi Cozzi (CONTAMINATION) and Italian genre scholar and screenwriter Antonio Tentori (CAT IN THE BRAIN).

EATEN ALIVE! THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ITALIAN CANNIBAL FILM is the "one that goes all the way" - probing into the facts behind the legends and revealing how a trend that has fascinated, and revolted, viewers in equal measures first came to prominence. From the exotic locations to the most controversial aspects of these frequently censored eat-a-thons - everything is explored, including - of course - the idiosyncratic identity of ZOMBI HOLOCAUST itself: a bizarre blend of native fry-up and living dead delirium!
When will this happen
As soon as the campaign had finished the restoration work will commence and the special features will be created. We anticipate being able to deliver finished stock in April.


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titles already announced and confirmed for 2015:

Toxic Avenger III
Citizen Toxie (T.A. IV)
Night Train Murders
Burial Ground
Spasmo
Bloodstained Shadow
Mother's Day
Tromeo & Juliet
Don't Go In The Woods
Scalps
Splatter University
Slaughterhouse
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Eskimo Nell
The Dead Next Door
Zombi Holocaust
 
I wish I had £250 spare!!

i went for level 9.5 :rolleyes::emb:

while it absolutely destroys my wallet AND my bank account at this time of the year, it's a great campaign that deserves support. the last 4K mastered scans of 70ies/80ies horror i watched ("graduation day" and "stagefright" come to mind) look absolutely gorgeous, and i'm a total sucker for this kind of sleazy underground gems, + would've bought quite everything from 88films anyway... from their announcements i only have "night train murders", the rest is no double-dipping for me.
so, money well spent!

2x zombi holocaust limited slipcover
25x new BD titles in 2015 before street date
2x catalogue BD titles from 88 films
limited t-shirt
limited postcard set
my name in the booklet
my name in the restoration credits at the end of the film
my name as "associate producer" in the documentary
my name on IMDB
=
one hell of a deal!
 
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just a heads-up: not much time left to secure your copy of the limited edition slipcase version of cannibal holocaust and burial ground in the indiegogo campagin. :)