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Philips Cook’s Despiser is an eccentric, non-stop menagerie of machine gun battles, early CGI masterwork with an endless array of monsters that make it one of the most unique direct to video features of the VHS and early DVD era. Cook painstakingly crafts a green screen netherworld steeped in brutal violence, religious mythology and action movie tropes, all filtered through a dream-like,…

Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 5 via Visual Vengeance, Wild Eye Releasing's new sister label dedicated to micro budget genre films. Stefan Motmans designed the new cover art.

The 1995 horror film is also known as The Japanese Evil Dead. Shinichi Fukazawa writes, directs, and stars. Asako Nosaka, Masahiro Kai, and Aki Tama Mai round out the cast.

Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell comes with a slipcover with alternate art, mini-poster, VHS stickers, liner notes, and video store rental card. The contents are pictured below, where you’ll also find the special features, trailer, and synopsis.

Heartland of Darkness will be released on Blu-ray on November 8 via Visual Vengeance. The abandoned 1989 horror film has never been released on any format.

Scream queen Linnea Quigley stars with Nick Baldasare, Dino Tripodis, Shanna Thomas, Sharon Klopfenstein, and John Dunleavy. Eric Swelstad writes and directs. It’s also known as Blood Church and Fallen Angels.

The limited edition set comes with a slipcover, Linnea Quigley mini-poster, prayer cloth, VHS-inspired stickers, and booklet featuring liner notes by Weng's Chop’s Tony Strauss.

Heartland of Darkness has been newly mastered in standard definition from original tape and 16mm film elements, approved by Swelstad. Special features are listed below, where you can also watch the new trailer.

Review - Despiser (2003)

Visual Vengeance has resurrected and restored Philip J. Cook's wonderfully batshit tale of a group of brave souls trying to prevent an evil alien escaping from Purgatory into our world.