Schlock-Wire: Andy Copp Unleashes THE MUTILATION MAN On Limited Edition VHS!

One of the more inter­est­ing recent trends in hor­ror fan­dom cir­cles is the pop­u­lar­ity of releas­ing lim­ited edi­tions of off­beat hor­ror fare on VHS tape.  Veteran under­ground hor­ror film­maker Andrew Copp has thrown his hat in the ring with 100-copy run of his 1998 film The Mutilation Man.  This edi­tion will sport unique new pack­ag­ing, not to men­tion some exclu­sive extras.  Read on for the full sur­re­al­is­tic splat­ter details, includ­ing a direct link for ordering…

PRESS RELEASE: October 04, 2011

Coppfilms is proud to release a very lim­ited edi­tion of ANDREW COPP’S THE MUTILATION MAN in a col­lec­tors VHS pack­age. Only 100 pieces are being man­u­fac­tured, each one hand num­bered and signed by the director.

This new edi­tion fea­tures a pre­vi­ously unseen longer edit of the film, that includes 10 min­utes of footage with slightly bet­ter visual qual­ity than the older out of print DVD edi­tions. The Collectors Edition VHS Tape comes in a RED Clamshell case on an actual blood RED VHS tape. The cover art comes in Two dif­fer­ent designs cre­ated by renowned under­ground film­maker Andrew Shearer, each sold sep­a­rately, with only 50 pieces avail­able of each design for a total of 100 pieces.  Extras on the tape include a pre­vi­ously unseen short film, trail­ers for other Andrew Copp films and a fun neg­a­tive You Tube review for the film.

ANDREW COPP’S THE MUTILATION MAN came out in 1998 dur­ing the tail end of what can be con­sid­ered the last wave of the 90’s under­ground film move­ment. The film starred Terek Puckett (from MY SWEET SATAN) as a wan­der­ing per­for­mance artist in a burned out waste­land who does shows of self muti­la­tion to relive his mis­er­able past of hor­ri­ble child abuse. In flash­backs we see this abuse meted out by his drunken and psy­chotic Father in a ter­ri­fy­ing per­for­mance by under­ground film­maker Jim VanBebber. The film approaches the sub­ject mat­ter in an obses­sive, sur­real man­ner that is com­pa­ra­ble to the films of panic move­ment favorites like Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal melded to the Italian gut slingers of the 80’s.

The film polar­ized view­ers and crit­ics alike when released with some crit­ics say­ing “a movie that pushes the enve­lope for under­ground filmmaking…After watch­ing this the images will be burned into your brain ” -(B-Independent.com), “Producer/director Andrew Copp has cre­ated a film that goes beyond the usual low bud­get shot on video crap, and offers some­thing that’s orig­i­nal and mind bend­ing” — (Reel Terror),

“This is an all out assault on the senses of sight, sound and san­ity.” -(Horrornews.net) and pos­si­bly the best review for the film from Hollywood is Burning, “Some movies you watch, some you endure. Andrew Copp’s The Mutilation Man drags you, naked, over bro­ken glass…The Mutilation Man is as hard to watch as it is impos­si­ble to look away.” Yet that same year on the IMDB the film made the bot­tom ten as the worst films of the year. With many casual view­ers find­ing the film dif­fi­cult, dis­turb­ing and just too much for them to stomach.

Due to the film being edited ana­logue and shot on a vari­ety of film for­mats that were trans­ferred to video for offline edit­ing the movie will prob­a­bly never see a remas­tered HD presentation. This col­lec­tors edi­tion may rep­re­sent the last time the movie will be avail­able to the pub­lic. So get them while they are still avail­able, these tapes are already sell­ing fast!

Price  $23 post paid in the United States.

Overseas please add $5 more to cover extra shipping.

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Andrew Copp has writ­ten, pro­duced and directed seven fea­ture fea­ture films includ­ing his debute motion pic­ture THE MUTILATION MAN and his cur­rently in prod­cu­tion film CHURCH OF THE EYES which should see release some­time in 2012. He is also a writer, genre critic, artist, pho­tog­ra­pher and has directed hun­dreds of hours of local live music and TV in Dayton, Ohio and has been known to occas­sion­ally act in other under­ground film­mak­ers projects.