Wild Eye’s sister label Visual Vengeance continues to get the ball rolling. Along with the upcoming releases of Born a Ninja, Commando the Ninja, and The Nine Demons, two more titles have been announced for July.

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.

35 years after its initial release in Europe, Robert Sigl‘s film will make its North American debut.

Bonus Features:

  • 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. 

In Scream Dream, 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.

Directed by Indie World Cinema Hall of Famer Donald Farmer, the film will be released on Blu-Ray for the first time with some amazing special features:

  • 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
  • a limited edition Scream Dream guitar pick.

Laurin and Scream Dream will both be released on Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray on July 28 from Visual Vengeance!

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