Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SEV10374BR
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 760137103745
- Street Date: 11/29/22
- PreBook Date: 10/25/22
- Label: Severin Films »
- Genre: Mystery/Thriller
- Run Time: 94 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1988
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Towje Kleiner as Dr. Dieter Hildesheimer
- Rufus Swart as Paul
- Adrienne Pearce as Stephanie
- Trish Downing as Nurse Helen
- Simon Poland as Matthew
- Evan J. Klisser as Kurt
- Jennifer Steyn as Alice
- Nicholas Ashley Nortier as Nicholas
- Hayley Dorskey as Julia
- Debra Kaye as Brenda
- Simon Sabela as The General
- David Hannay as Gantry
- Marvin Trump as Nelson
- Director: Cedric Sundström
- Producer: David Hannay
- Producer: Max Montocchio
- Producers: David Hannay
- Producers: Max Montocchio
Product Assets
The Shadowed Mind
The story of an unorthodox asylum for the sexually insane: From a semi-improvised script, featuring startling bursts of graphic violence and nudity.
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THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE OF ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE BANNED FILMS OF OUR TIME
In 1988, South African filmmaker Cedric Sundström - whose underground short SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN... had provoked global outrage and accolades - took a group of skilled actors to a disused railway warehouse in Pretoria to shoot the story of an unorthodox asylum for the sexually insane. With a semi-improvised script, a Roeg-meets-Argento style palette, and startling bursts of graphic violence and nudity, it was immediately banned by the government. It has remained virtually unseen - anywhere in the world - until now. Rufus Swart (DUST DEVIL), Adrienne Pearce (PURGATORY) and Simon Sabela (ZULU DAWN) star in this psycho-sexual shocker from the producer of STONE, now scanned uncut in 2K from the director's own 35mm print - the only film element in existence - and featuring a career-spanning interview with Sundström.
SPECIAL FEATURES
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Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary With Director Cedric Sundström
- Into The Shadowed Mind — Interview With Director Cedric Sundström
- Short Films
- Promos
Sales Points
- For fans of unusual slasher films
- For fans of psychosexual thrillers
- For fans of outré cinema
Press Quotes
An overpowering atmosphere of surreal insanity... Banned for several years in its native land and largely unknown here, it ranks as a standout South African horror-sexploitation film.
—The Bedlam Files
Often breathtaking... Not surprisingly, it was banned for general release and never released commercially in South Africa.
—Critical Approaches to African Cinema Discourse
