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More news for fans of Roger Corman pro­duc­tions — a pair of aquat­i­cally themed hor­rors released by Roger Corman dur­ing two dif­fer­ent eras of his career are being paired together on one value-intensive DVD.  January 18th will see the release of a Shout! Factory DVD that pairs Up From The Depths with Demon Of Paradise.  This is a fit­ting pair­ing because Demon Of Paradise is essen­tially a remake of Up From The Depths.  Both films will be pre­sented in new anamor­phic trans­fers and trail­ers for each film will also be included.  Read on for all the frol­ick­ing fish-man details…

roger corman’s cult clas­sics: up from the depths/ demon of par­adise double-feature collector’s edi­tion dvd

In UP FROM THE DEPTHS, staff and vaca­tion­ers at a first-class resort on the island of Maui are begin­ning to mys­te­ri­ously dis­ap­pear. A biol­o­gist believes that an under­wa­ter earth­quake has caused a giant, and very hun­gry dor­mant pre­his­toric fish to be released from his slum­ber. Voraciously, the fish helps him­self to a tourist buf­fet. Now it’s open sea­son for the local fish­er­men to find the crea­ture and kill it! Starring Sam Bottoms (Apocalypse Now, The Outlaw Josey Wales), Virgil Frye (The Hot Spot) and Kedric Wolfe (Mr. Boogedy); writ­ten by Anne Dyer; pro­duced by Cirio Santiago; directed by Charles Griffith.

The hunters become the prey when ille­gal dynamite-fishing pre­ma­turely ends the hiber­na­tion of a mytho­log­i­cal car­niv­o­rous lizard-man in DEMON OF PARADISE. The owner of the local resort, whose patrons have become the appe­tiz­ers on this predator’s menu, and a her­petol­o­gist join forces with the sher­iff to save the tourists from suc­cumb­ing to the feast­ing of the beast. Starring Kathryn Witt (Cocaine Wars, Star 80) and directed by cult film­maker Cirio H. Santiago.

UP FROM THE DEPTHS/ DEMON OF PARAISE Double-Feature Collector’s Edition DVD

Special Features:

UP FROM THE DEPTHS

  • New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78:1)
  • TV and Radio Spots
  • Theatrical Trailer

DEMON OF PARADISE

  • New Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78:1)
  • Theatrical Trailer

Shout! Factory will con­tinue to present Roger Corman’s Cult Classics home enter­tain­ment releases in 2011. Upcoming high­lights include Georgia Peaches, Smokey Bites The Dust, Black Oak Conspiracy, Great Texas Dynamite, Jackson County Jail, Caged Heat, and many others.

Up From The Depths / Demon Of Paradise [Double Feature]

Up From The Depths / Demon Of Paradise [Double Feature]

Up From the Depths: A series of mys­te­ri­ous aquatic attacks indi­cate the pres­ence of a pre­vi­ously unknown giant species of shark that has risen to the sur­face and is prey­ing on tourists and fish­er­men. Demon of Paradise: Hunters become the hunted when ille­gal dyna­mite dis­turbs the age-old slum­ber of a car­niv­o­rous lizardman.