Grindhouse Releasing To Begin New Distribution Deal With MVD Entertainment With William Shatner Psycho-Thriller

Legendary independent film label Grindhouse Releasing has signed a new deal to distribute its acclaimed home video releases through MVD Entertainment, starting March 12 with the worldwide release of the psycho-thriller Impulse, starring William Shatner.

Launched in 1996 by Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski, Grindhouse Releasing led the way to a physical media revolution as the first label to produce lavishly restored home video editions of Italian exploitation epics by Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, and Ruggero Deodato. In the U.S., the work of these directors had formerly been hacked up, re-titled, and shown only in battered prints that were put through the meat-grinder of drive-ins and inner-city theaters, and cropped, murky tape transfers. Grindhouse Releasing came to the rescue, sparing no effort or expense to restore the fully uncut and uncensored luster to such films as Fulci’s The Beyond, Lenzi’s Cannibal Ferox, and Deodato’s widely banned, still controversial Cannibal Holocaust. The company has won worldwide acclaim for its high standard of quality, producing exhaustive bonus features to make each release as complete and definitive as possible.

The new deal with MVD Entertainment will bring Grindhouse Releasing’s lineup of movies to retailers and audiences around the world. Upcoming Grindhouse Releasing titles include new restorations of three long-unavailable and overlooked cinema classics: Hollywood 90028, Scum of the Earth, and Palmer Rockey’s Love is Deep Inside. Grindhouse is currently finishing the highly anticipated 4K UHD disc editions of The Beyond and Cannibal Holocaust with more UHD titles to follow. Details on the first release under this new partnership can be found below:

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Impulse features Shatner in the most unhinged performance of his career as homicidal maniac Matt Stone, a con artist and gigolo who preys on rich widows, viciously murdering the victims of his playboy scam when he loses control of his sick psycho-sexual urges. The supporting cast includes Ruth Roman (The Baby, Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train), Kim Nicholas, Jenifer Bishop, and James Bond villain Harold “Oddjob” Sakata (Goldfinger) as Matt’s former cellmate “Karate Pete.”

The two-disc Blu-ray set boasts a beautiful new 4K transfer of Impulse lovingly restored from archival 35mm elements, and more than 15 hours of bonus features produced with the full cooperation of the film’s legendary director William Grefé (Stanley, Death Curse of Tartu, Mako: The Jaws of Death). The extras include Kingdom of the Shatner, a 2022 live festival appearance from William Shatner in top form as he reflects on making of the movie, his memories of starring in other ‘70s cult hits like Kingdom of the Spiders and The Devil’s Rain, and his experience going into space! A must for Shatner’s fans, the set also offers a great in-depth look at the actor’s career in the ’70s from director, screenwriter, and film historian C. Courtney Joyner (The Offspring); on-camera interviews with Grefé, producer/makeup artist Doug Hobart, and art director Roger Carlton Sherman; audio commentary with Grefé; a haunting alternate French soundtrack; still galleries, trailers and hours of rare treasures from Grefé’s vaults, including two complete feature films. A full-color glossy illustrated booklet with liner notes from underground filmmaker Jacques Boyreau rounds out the package, which comes with a beautifully embossed slipcover and a collectible postcard of an original oil portrait of William Shatner, both by esteemed painter Dave LeBow.

Bonus Materials

Spectacular new 4K restoration created from rare archival film elements
Provocative, in-depth interviews with director William Grefé
KINGDOM OF THE SHATNER – William Shatner Live in Santa Monica – Oct. 9, 2022
Additional interviews with producer and make-up artist Doug Hobart (FLESH FEAST, SCREAM BABY SCREAM) and art director Roger Carlton Sherman
Audio commentary by William Grefé
Haunting alternate French soundtrack
Hours of rare cinematic treasures from the vaults of William Grefé
Two bonus features! – THE DEVIL’S SISTERS and THE GODMOTHERS
Glossy illustrated booklet with liner notes by acclaimed underground filmmaker Jacques Boyreau
Beautiful embossed slipcover with new art by esteemed painter Dave Lebow
Still galleries, trailers AND OTHER SURPRISES!

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