Cannibal Orgy and the Films of J.T. IV

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Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, the experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Henry Timmis IV) feel like an unholy alliance between David Bowie and Charles Manson. CANNIBAL ORGY AND THE FILMS OF J.T. IV is an historical archive that collects Timmis's collage-like films for the first time on home video. This includes CANNIBAL ORGY—a Satanic panic ode to BLOOD FEAST, Lucio Fulci, and stoned glam rock. It does not include THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA, Timmis's 85-hour movie that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest film ever made. Although he mainly identified as straight, J.T. IV was refreshingly open about his same-sex relationships in his autobiography FROM THE INSIDE, making these works exciting discoveries in the realm of alternative and underground cinema.

directed by: J.T. IV aka John Henry Timmis IV
starring: various
1977-1985 / 268 min (combined) / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Preserved from the only VHS masters in existence, as the Super 8 film elements are lost
• CANNIBAL ORGY (1985)
• CANNIBAL ORGY: Commentary on the R-rated version with J.T. IV historian Robert Cole Manis, moderated by Bleeding Skull's Joseph A. Ziemba
• NIGHTMARE CITY (1984)
• Short: THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA (EXCERPT)
• Short: DESTRUCTO ROCK
• Short: IN THE CAN
• Short: EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE
• Short: SUNDAY MORNING
• Short: SONG FOR SUZANNE
• Short: DESTRUCTO ROCK (LIVE)
• Short: KILLER SHREDDING
• Short: I LOVE YOU
• Short: REEL TO REEL FOOTAGE
• English SDH subtitles