Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD11085BR
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 760137110859
- Street Date: 11/22/22
- PreBook Date: 10/18/22
- Label: Visual Vengeance »
- Genre: Horror
- Run Time: 101 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1989
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Nick Baldasare as Reverend Donovan
- Linnea Quigley as Julia Francine
- Dino Tripodis as Paul Henson
- Shanna Thomas as Shannon Cornell
- Sharon Klopfenstein as Christine Henson
- John Dunleavy as Reverand Kane
- Director: Eric Swelstad
Product Assets
Heartland Of Darkness [Visual Vengeance Collector's Edition]
A newspaper journalist discovers that an entire town may be under the spell of a Satanic reverend and his flock.
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In the small town of Copperton, Ohio, Paul Henson, a former big-city journalist, buys a small local newspaper. He quickly falls into a wide-reaching conspiracy of ritualistic murder and cult mind control when he discovers that the entire town may be under the spell of a Satanic reverend and his flock. As the clues and corpses pile up, Henson and his family are thrust into a life-or-death struggle to expose the truth and stop the demonic cabal's reign of evil. Often cited as the 'lost' Linnea Quigley movie, Heartland of Darkness (sometimes also referred to as Blood Church) was shot in 1989 by director Eric Swelstad on 16mm film and lost in obscurity and distribution false starts for over 30 years. This never-before-seen "Satanic Panic" epic finally arrives on home video for the very first time in any format and is packed with bonus features that spotlight the original creators and document the film's long history and final completion.
Media
Bonus Materials
- All region Blu-ray
- New director-supervised SD master from original tape and film elements
- Deeper Into the Darkness: New 40-minute BTS documentary
- Commentary with director Eric Swelstad, star Nick Baldasare, cinematographer Scott Spears and composer Jay Woelfel
- Commentary with Tony Strauss of Weng’s Chop magazine
- Linnea Quigley Remembers: new interview
- Archival Linnea Quigley 'Close Up' TV interview
- Original TV spots, trailers and behind-the-scenes footage
- Complete original “Fallen Angels” 1990 workprint
- “Fallen Angels” 1990 workprint commentary track with director Eric Swelstad
- The Making of Fallen Angels - vintage cast & crew newscast interviews
- Blood Church – original distributor promotional video
- Behind-the-scenes image gallery
- Six-page liner notes
- Fantasm Magazine excerpt — Director spotlight
- Limited Edition Heartland of Darkness “Prayer Cloth” - FIRST PRESSING ONLY
- Limited Edition slipcase - FIRST PRESSING ONLY
- Collectible Linnea Quigley folded mini-poster
- ‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker set
- Reversible sleeve featuring original Blood Church promotional art
- Visual Vengeance trailers
- Optional English subtitles
Sales Points
- First time available in any format
- Blu-ray packed with hours of new and archival bonus features
- Music by Jay Woelfel (The Screaming, Hell's Highway, Beyond Dreams Door)
- For fans of: Night of the Demons, Race With The Devil, The Devil's Rain, Trick or Treat, The Exorcist, The Omen, House of the Devil, Return of the Living Dead
- Stars Nick Baldasare (They Bite, Beyond Dream's Door, Asylum of Darkness)
- Stars iconic 1980s Scream Queen Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons, Return of the Living Dead, Silent Night Deadly Night)
- Never before seen 1980s 'Lost' Linnea Quigley horror film
Press Quotes
I have no idea why this ever got lost. It’s a perfect early 90s direct to video horror film, but perhaps even better than the other movies you would have found on the shelf.
—SAM AND BECCA, B&S About Movies
An unreleased rarity that rises above most of the shot on video fan films of the day
—GREG WALTON, Movieline Online
boy-oh-boy, does not disappoint, living up to the expectational hype surrounding the film’s once stagnant, hidden from the world existence.
—STEVEN LEWIS, It’s Bloggin Evil!
jokes and a satirical edge
—GABE POWERS, Genre Grinder