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THE SWORD AND THE CLAW & THE AGFA HORROR TRAILER SHOW Available on Blu-ray from 101 Films & AGFA (17 April)

THE SWORD AND THE CLAW & THE AGFA HORROR TRAILER SHOW Available on Blu-ray from 101 Films & AGFA (17 April)

The 101 Films x AGFA collection returns with The Sword and the Claw (1975), a psychotronic masterpiece of 70s Turkish cinema, and The AGFA Horror Trailer Show, a senses-shattering trailer compilation unleashed from the American Genre Film Archive dungeons.

“Blood and guts action!”

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SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES + SEVEN TO ONE Available on Blu-ray from American Genre Film Archive (28 March)

SHAOLIN INVINCIBLES + SEVEN TO ONE Available on Blu-ray from American Genre Film Archive (28 March)

American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) are incredibly excited to announce Shaolin Invincibles + Seven to One – AGFA’s 50th Blu-ray release – is now available to pre-order. Preserved from AGFA’s 35mm theatrical prints (the only known elements in existence).

“Gorillas! Wizards! Bloodsplurts!”

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GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING Available on Blu-ray from American Genre Film Archive (28 February)

GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING Available on Blu-ray from American Genre Film Archive (28 February)

American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is thrilled to bring GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling to Blu-ray for the first time, complete with enough extras to fuel three-thousand suplexes.

“It was politically incorrect, and everybody loved it.”

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American Genre Film Archive Announces Theatrical Screenings of the 4K Restoration of John Carpenter’s ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

American Genre Film Archive Announces Theatrical Screenings of the 4K Restoration of John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, is thrilled to announce theatrical screenings of John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13.

“The gang that swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13… and every cop in it!”

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SCARY MOVIE & WAKALIWOOD SUPA ACTION VOLUME 1 Available on Blu-ray from AGFA & 101 Films (13 February)

SCARY MOVIE & WAKALIWOOD SUPA ACTION VOLUME 1 Available on Blu-ray from AGFA & 101 Films (13 February)

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) collection from 101 Films returns with Scary Movie (1991), a joyous early ’90s horror triumph starring Academy Award nominee John Hawkes, and Wakaliwood Supa Action Volume 1, a pair of DIY action movies from Uganda that will blow you away!

“Fear is a state of mind.”

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101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive): SCARY TALES, SMUT WITHOUT SMUT VOL.1, WICKED WORLD & SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS Available Now on Blu-ray

101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive): SCARY TALES, SMUT WITHOUT SMUT VOL.1, WICKED WORLD & SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS Available Now on Blu-ray

Available now in the 101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) collection: a wild shot-on-video horror anthology from Baltimore, a double bill of ’70s adult movies with the stories brought to the fore, an ultra-violent slasher from Toronto that tackles the toxicity of early 90s society, and a violent and histrionic psychodrama that represents an overlooked early entry in the canon of queer cinema.

“A public access version of Creepshow from the wilds of Baltimore.”

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101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive): THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP & TREASURE OF THE NINJA AND THE FILMS OF WILLIAM LEE Available Now on Blu-ray

101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive): THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP & TREASURE OF THE NINJA AND THE FILMS OF WILLIAM LEE Available on Blu-ray (18 July)

The 101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) collection is back with a vengeance with a mindbending slice of sci-fi sexploitation from Argentina, and a beloved piece of kung fu DIY moviemaking from Columbus, Ohio’s William Lee.

“The most curious picture of them all…”

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101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS & THE SCARE FILM ARCHIVES VOL. 1: DRUG STORIES! Available on Blu-ray (18 April)

101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS & THE SCARE FILM ARCHIVES VOL. 1: DRUG STORIES! Available on Blu-ray (18 April)

Coming soon to the 101 Films x American Genre Film Archive collection, a rampaging toxic sheep monster terrifies the residents of a remote town in Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973), and the most out-there educational drug-scare films are collected for The Scare Film Archives Vol. 1: Drug Stories!

“WANTED! Have you seen this sheep?”

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101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): THE ZODIAC KILLER & SHE FREAK Available on Blu-ray (14 March)

101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): THE ZODIAC KILLER & SHE FREAK Available on Blu-ray (14 March)

The 101 Films x American Genre Film Archive collection continues to grow with a new 4K transfer of The Zodiac Killer (1971) – the only movie in history made explicitly to catch a serial killer – and Something Weird’s dazzling 4K restoration of the essential weirdo classic, She Freak (1967).

“In the corridors of every woman’s soul there lurks a … She Freak!”

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101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): THE MCPHERSON TAPE, JUNGLE TRAP & RUN COYOTE RUN Available on Blu-ray (UK / 14 February)

101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): THE MCPHERSON TAPE, JUNGLE TRAP & RUN COYOTE RUN Available on Blu-ray (UK / 14 February)

Considered to be the first found footage movie, Dean Alioto’s The McPherson Tape (1989) wasn’t legitimately released at the time due to a warehouse fire, while Jungle Trap (1990) and Run Coyote Run (1987) are two lost horror projects from director James Bryan and producer-writer-star Renee Harmon.

“You are in for a hell of a shock!”

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101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): EFFECTS & LADY STREET FIGHTER Available Now on Blu-ray (UK)

101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): EFFECTS & LADY STREET FIGHTER Available Now on Blu-ray

Founded in 2009, the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) exists to preserve the legacy of genre movies, and now some of the weirdest and wildest films ever committed to celluloid have been released on Blu-ray – on the other side of the Atlantic – for the first time.

“Making movies can be MURDER!”

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Mondo Celebrates Exploitation Cinema in WARPED & FADED: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive

Mondo Celebrates Exploitation Cinema in WARPED & FADED: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive

Mondo is excited to announce the book release of Warped & Faded: Weird Wednesday and the Birth of the American Genre Film Archive, a definitive guide to exploitation cinema, from author Lars Nilsen, and editor Kier-La Janisse, along with several genre enthusiast contributors.

“Texas became ground zero for a revolution in film exhibition.”

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