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[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Hints for the 2 Black Friday secret titles...

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Fugitive Girls is coming in January.

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=22399

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

In the past, it was said that there were two different cuts of FUGITIVE GIRLS, one much sexier than the other. It's been a long time since I saw the two cuts, but I seem to recall that Ed Wood himself plays two small roles in the film, and that Wood was more prominent in the less sexy cut.

I'm unfamiliar with a "Director's cut" of FUGITIVE GIRLS. Perhaps that cut combines the sexier material with the body of the regular release version of the film?

[John Lyons Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close John Lyons]

In the past, it was said that there were two different cuts of FUGITIVE GIRLS, one much sexier than the other. It's been a long time since I saw the two cuts, but I seem to recall that Ed Wood himself plays two small roles in the film, and that Wood was more prominent in the less sexy cut.

I'm unfamiliar with a "Director's cut" of FUGITIVE GIRLS. Perhaps that cut combines the sexier material with the body of the regular release version of the film?

It's somewhat confusing, but yes, there are two versions (though kinda three).
The X rated (adults only) cut runs 96 min, and that's the longest version that ever existed and it contains both the full length sex scenes and also all of the plot scenes. That's the version we're releasing.

An approximately 10 minute shorter MPAA R cut removes all the most explicit sex bits (most notably the lengthy lesbian encounter in the jail) and that's what made it to the old DVD and possibly even some of the later VHS issues.

As for the third version, an 80s VHS release, which retitled it Women's Penitentiary VIII, includes the uncut sex scenes but cuts just over 5 min of plot, most notably the sequence involving the bikers harassing Ed Wood.

Now, the most confusing bit: The film was released initially in its R rated version as FUGITIVE GIRLS, then almost a year later in its X cut, as FIVE LOOSE WOMEN. It's unclear if the X rated cut ever played theatrically as FUGITIVE GIRLS, although this would appear to be the original title and is the title on the X rated negative. Stranger still, the R rated version has a slightly different version of the FUGITIVE GIRLS title card (different font, no copyright notice).

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

Great to hear that you will be releasing the longest-possible cut.

With the confusion regarding the film's titles and the title card, I wonder if FUGITIVE GIRLS was distributed as a "States' Rights" item, with local distributors allowed to select whichever title they preferred for their territories?

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

Hard to believe that we are nearing the 200th release for this fine label, congrats VS on being such a great and consistent company.

[Lorne Marshall Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lorne Marshall]

Hard to believe that we are nearing the 200th release for this fine label, congrats VS on being such a great and consistent company.

I agree. Although I don't have many of their releases (I have zero interest in the x-rated titles), I have been happy with everything I have gotten from them.

[Ignatius Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ignatius]

Posted on The Official VS Fan Group on FB:

I met with the owner of a bunch of lost exploitation and sexploitation/hardcore films today. Literally all but two films in their library have never come out on video (and those video releases were unauthorized). We will hopefully be signing an agreement soon. Although many of these films will be obscure finds, even for sleaze aficionados, they're a fascinating bunch, one of which was directed by a future oscar winner (and no, don't try to guess...his name in association with it is nowhere on the internet).

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

Sounds very promising. Since I'm not a fan of hardcore, here are some titles that I would love to have unearthed:

MME. OLGA'S MASSAGE PARLOR
NOT MY DAUGHTER (1970, aka LIKE IT IS)
MOVIE STAR AMERICAN STYLE, OR LSD I HATE YOU
THE STREET IS MY BEAT
THE WORLD IS JUST A "B" MOVIE
WE DO IT!
and many other lost films from the sixties and early seventies

I won't list TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE, since AGFA/SWV seems to have the only-known surviving print of it

[Fundi Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Fundi]

This is great news rare stuff I never heard of o I hope it's some lost Jamie gillis movie with him fucking a watermelon or something lol

[Rakesh R. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rakesh R.]

I'm hoping that one of the titles is "Anna Obsessed". That is a truly exceptional adult film with great performances by John Leslie, Constance Money, and Annette Haven.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Black Friday sale info.

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From the new email newsletter:

"And, for a taste of what's in store in 2018, besides the already announced January Blus of Jamaa Fanaka's PENITENTIARY and AC Stephen's FUGITIVE GIRLS (fully uncut for the first time on home video), January will also feature the home video debut of the Anton LeVay approved and until now lost mid 70s San-Fran Satanism epic, LUCIFER'S WOMEN paired with Al Adamson's equally bizarre recut, DOCTOR DRACULA, both making their Blu-ray debuts! Later in the year, we'll be bringing Norman J. Warren's flesh eating alien/lesbian domestic drama and all around jaw dropper PREY to Blu-ray, along with Bernard Morris' X rated classic, MARY! MARY!, plus one of the most unique concepts in the history of exploitation cinema, Jamaa Fanaka's WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES. And remember, we've pledged to bring at least one horror movie to Blu-ray every single month (with quite a few months having more than one)."

[Fundi Guest Find all posts View Profile Close Fundi]

Lucifef's Women sounds interesting the rest I can skip over but Anton lavey approved sounds good haha

[Jobla Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jobla]

I'm looking forward to FUGITIVE GIRLS, and may well blind-buy LUCIFER'S WOMEN unless it's hardcore.