ARROW VIDEO BLU RAY RELEASE: Perpetrator (2023)

Directed and written by Jennifer Reeder, this is the tale of Jonny (Kiah McKirnan), a teenage girl living in a town where young women keep disappearing. Before she turns 18, her father sends her to live with Aunt Hilde (Alicia Silverstone) and undergo a family spell, the Forevering.

Now, Jonny thirsts for blood and is filled with power. She decides that she will be the one to find these women and to destroy whoever has been stealing them. That sounds basic, but when you see the dynamic colors by director of photography Sevdije Kastrati, you’ll realize this is something special.

This is a serial killer movie, a coming-of-age tale, a feral beast inside a young woman, a detective story, a superhero movie of sorts, and so many other things. It is many things, sometimes too many things and yet the one thing it is never safe. It’s in no way boring, either. It’s a bright burst of color, of ideas, of blood and gore, of a filmmaker going for it.

This limited edition Blu-ray has new audio commentary by writer-director Jennifer Reeder and director of photography Sevdije Kastrati, a video essay by filmmaker Jen Handorf, on-set cast interviews with Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Melanie Liburd and Christopher Lowell, two music videos and three short films directed by Reeder, a trailer, a reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options by Creepy Duck Design and Duke Aber / Shudder and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Kat Hughes and Marianne Lampon. You can order the film from MVD.