Visual Vengeance has three releases in July that seriously are the most exciting that they’ve ever put out: A Chang Cheh burst of strange, a movie I never thought would be released and a movie that is the defintion of SOV. I couldn’t be more excited!

The Nine Demons: After striking a Faustian deal with the devil, fighter Zou Qi gains the power to summon nine demon spirits to do his bidding. Armed with new supernatural abilities and bound to a chain of skulls that unleashes the flesh-hungry minions, he sets out to settle a bloody score between rival families and save his childhood friend. But he quickly finds himself losing control as the demons consume everything and everyone around him. He must confront the true cost of the wicked power he’s unleashed before it devours him completely in this hybrid horror/ martial arts wuxia classic.

Directed by Shaw Brothers visionary and Godfather of Hong Kong Cinema Chang Cheh (Five Deadly Venoms, The One-Armed Swordsman, Invincible Shaolin), The Nine Demons sees him reunited with members of the legendary Venom Mob in one of the weirdest and wildest late-era offshoots of that iconic collaboration. Though not a Shaw Brothers production, it carries over the Venoms’ signature fight choreography into a surreal fantasy world packed with flying skull demons, vampiric children, and chaotic low-budget and bloody effects. The result is a feverish, anything-goes blend of old school martial arts heroics and occult horror that stands as a truly unhinged and unforgettable cult artifact of the classic martial arts era.

The Visual Vengeance release of The Nine Demons has a new 2K transfer from original film elements supervised by film archivist Toby Russell, commentary with martial arts film historians Justin Decloux and Dylan Cheung, video essays on The Discovery of James Wu Kuo-Ren and The Late Period Chang Che, an intervierw with actor Yu Tai-Ping, an episode of the Unsung Horrors podcast, a complete old school dirty VHS version, an image gallery, a trailer, a folded mini-poster featuring original theatrical art, a reversible sleeve featuring original alternate art, “Stick Your Own” VHS sticker set, Enter: The Venom Mob liner notes booklet by C.J. Lines, a limited edition O-card featuring art by Uncle Frank, trailers and more! Get it from MVD and Diabolik DVD.

Laurin: Laurin is a quiet and precocious adolescent girl living in rural 1901 Germany. She voyeuristically observes the behavior of the self-absorbed grownups around her, all of them seemingly oblivious to the fact that this strange little girl is growing up alone. While her father is away at sea, her mother’s violent death leaves Laurin effectively orphaned and unsupervised. Now, a murderer has begun targeting Laurin’s classmates, and Laurin has begun having terrifying hallucinations of the children. The grownups are desperate to catch the killer, but they’re woefully ignorant of the dark, secret world right under their noses. An evil has surfaced in their seemingly idyllic village, deeply rooted in childhood traumas and long-buried secrets…and no child is safe.

Writer/director Robert Sigl’s ambitious and powerful debut shocked audiences on its initial release, and never failed to spark controversy across Europe. For the film’s 35th anniversary, Visual Vengeance proudly presents Laurin in its first-ever North American release – and Sigl’s moody, atmospheric Gothic thriller has lost none of its impact in the intervening years. This director-approved special edition of the critically acclaimed film is loaded with extras, including archival materials from the director’s private vaults as well as new bonus features created exclusively for this release.

The Visual Vengeance release of Laurin has a director-approved 2K HD transfer from the original 35mm film elements, complete and uncut, in both English- and German-language versions; feature-length audio commentary by film historian Troy Howarth, author of Innocence Lost and Robert Sigl and the Curse of Laurin; updated subtitle translations for the German version assisted by Robert Sigl; the original VHS rough cut of Laurin from Sigl’s private collection, featuring set-recorded audio allowing viewers to hear the actors’ real voices prior to overdubbing, a new interview with Sigl; two shorts, The Christmas Tree and Coronoia 21: It Comes with the Snow; The Making of Laurin archival documentary; interviews with Dóra Szinetár, Barnabás Tóth, cinematographer Nyika Jancsó and film historian Jonathan Rigby; Robert Sigl Bavarian Film Awards Presentation; 8 photo galleries featuring never-before-seen images from Robert Sigl’s personal archives; a collectible folded mini-poster; a blu-ray sleeve featuring original home video art; a 6-page liner notes essay by Tony Strauss of Weng’s Chop magazine; a limited edition mini-postcard set reproduced from German promotional materials; a “Stick Your Own” VHS sticker set; a limited edition O-card by Justin Coons and a trailer. This will be available from MVD and Diabolik DVD.

Scream Dream: When heavy metal front woman Michelle Shocked is fired from her band for bad press related to Satanic rumors, she proves everyone right by transforming into a bloodthirsty demon who embarks on a spree of killing and possession.

Donald Farmer’s Scream Dream is both the perfect example of a regional Shot-On-Video film, and one of the most insane heavy metal horror movies of all time. Made during the height of 1980s Satanic Panic’in the USA, Scream Dream is overflowing with rubber monster action, gore-drenched murders, unisex teased hair and more bar band metal music than you can shake a studded wristband at. Available for the first time ever on Blu-ray with brand new bonus features with the original creators.

Extras on the Visual Vengeance release include commentary with producer/director Donald Farmer, a Heavy Metal Horror Primer  Video Essay with Justin Decloux and Adam “Riot” Thorn; interviews with Nick Riggins, Jesse Raye and Rick Gonzales; behind the scenes image gallery; excerpts from a Donald Farmer Q&A; trailers; a reversible sleeve featuring original VHS art; a folded mini-poster; “Stick Your Own” VHS sticker set; a limited edition O-Card and a limited edition Scream Dream guitar pick. You can get this from MVD and Diabolik DVD.