CULT EPICS BLU RAY RELEASE: The Last Island (1990)

Cult Epics has released several Marleen Gorris movies, including Broken Mirrors and A Question of Silence. This is the best of the three that I have watched.

The world has ended and seemingly the only survivors are those who escape from a plane crash: Sean (Paul Freeman), Frank (Mark Hembrow), military man Nick (Kenneth Colley), naturalist Pierre (Marc Berman), Jack (Ian Tracey), Joanna (Shelagh McLeod) and Mrs. Godame (Patricia Hayes). They figure that if they’re the last one left, every man should impregnate Joanna, which doesn’t seem like something she’s interested in.

Produced by Alex Maas and shot by cinematographer Marc Felperlaa, who filmed his Amsterdamned, this gets dark as Nick tries to impose religion on the island. When faced with some of the men being gay or becoming gay as the days become months and years, something bad has to happen. But man, it gets really horrible for everyone. This is a bigger movie from Gorris but it’s also really well done.

The Cult Epics blu ray has a new 2K HD Transfer from the original 35mm print, commentary by Peter Verstraten, behind the scenes footage, news footage, a trailer, a promotional gallery and an audio introduction by Dick Maas. You can get it from MVD.