Ozploitation Films Dead Kids, Patrick & Thirst To Receive Blu-ray Upgrades

On March 11th Severin is set give Aussie horror films Dead Kids, Patrick & Thirst hi-def upgrades. Pre-order links have just shown up on Amazon and you can find the links to those below:

Dead Kids (formerly released under the alternate Strange Behavior title)

The Ozploitation classic and one of the most unique shockers of the 80s returns like never before: Michael Murphy (MANHATTAN), Dan Shor (BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) and Fiona Lewis (THE FURY) star in this grisly saga of bizarre experiments, butchered teens, New Zealand doubling for suburban Illinois, and a killer in a Tor Johnson mask. Dey Young (ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL), Marc McClure (SUPERMAN), Scott Brady (JOHNNY GUITAR) and Academy Award® winner Louise Fletcher (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST) co-star in this cult favorite released in America as STRANGE BEHAVIOR featuring a hypnotic score by Tangerine Dream, co-written by the Oscar®-winning director of CHICAGO, directed by the producer of TWO LANE BLACKTOP, now loaded with Extras and transferred in HD from the original negative for the first time ever.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary With Director/Co-Writer Michael Laughlin
• Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Associate Producer Bill Condon and Actors Dan Shor & Dey Young
• Featurette: The Effects Of Strange Behavior - An Interview With Makeup Effects Artist Craig Reardon
• US Trailer
• International Trailer 

Patrick

The original Ozploitation classic is back like you've never seen it before: Robert Thompson (THIRST) stars as a comatose killer seemingly unresponsive in a small private hospital. But when a hot new nurse (Susan Penhaligon of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT) begins to question his condition, Patrick will unleash a waking nightmare of psychokinetic carnage. Sir Robert Helpmann (The Child Catcher in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG) co-stars in this international hit shocker produced by Antony I. Ginnane (TURKEY SHOOT, DEAD KIDS), written by Everett De Roche (ROAD GAMES, RAZORBACK) and directed by Richard Franklin (FANTASM, PSYCHO II), now transferred in HD from the original negative for the first time ever and loaded with new & archival Extras never before available in America.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary With Director Richard Franklin
• Interviews With Director Richard Franklin, Screenwriter Everett de Roche, Producer Antony Ginnane and Stars Susan Penhaligon and Rod Mullinar (50 Minutes)
• Vintage TV Interview With Director Richard Franklin (25 Minutes)
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots
• Easter Egg: Patrick Still Lives Trailer 

Thirst


The Ozploitation classic and one of the most unique vampire movies of our time is back like you've never seen it before: David Hemmings (BLOW-UP, DEEP RED) and Henry Silva (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) star as executives of an international blood-drinking cartel known as The Brotherhood. But when they abduct a descendant (Chantal Contouri of THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN ) of Elizabeth Bathory to reboot her depraved legacy, she must escape before the corporation can expand their human blood cow dairies and create a vampire master race. Max Phipps (THE ROAD WARRIOR) co-stars in this gripping shocker directed by Rod Hardy (Prisoner: Cell Block H), produced by Antony Ginnane (PATRICK, TURKEY SHOOT), and now transferred in HD from the original negative for the first time ever anywhere!

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary With Director Rod Hardy And Producer Anthony I. Ginnane
• Isolated Music Score By Brian May
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spots

Also releasing the same day on DVD only is a new trailer comp entitled Ozploitation Trailer Explosion:

In the late 70s and early 80s, films like MY BRILLIANT CAREER and BREAKER MORANT put Australia's 'New Wave' on the map. But at the same time, a depraved generation of young Aussie filmmakers was putting a very different kind of movie on screens. This is the ultimate collection of Ozploitation trailers, packed with ockers, knockers, pubes, tubes, comatose killers, outback chillers, high-octane disasters and kung fu masters, featuring such classics as: ALVIN PURPLE, PATRICK, WAKE IN FRIGHT, MAD DOG MORGAN, BARRY McKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN, STUNT ROCK, STONE, FANTASM, ROAD GAMES, DEAD KIDS, FELICITY, TURKEY SHOOT, THIRST, BMX BANDITS, THE MAN FROM HONG KONG, DEAD END DRIVE-IN ...and many more!