101 Black Films Announces UK Blu-rays For Cronenberg’s RABID And Nagy’s SKINNER

Jonathan Barkan |

Jul 12, 2019

101 Black Films has announced that they will be releasing Blu-ray special editions of David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid as well as Ivan Nagy’s 1993 film Skinner, which was thought to be a lost film. The former will be released on August 26 while the latter hits shelves on September 23.

Both releases come packed with special features and bonus content. We’ve got everything about each title below:

Rabid:

“When Rose suffers terrible injuries in a motorcycle crash, she is taken to a nearby clinic run by Dr. Keloid for experimental skin-graft surgery. At first, the revolutionary procedure proves successful, but it soon leaves Rose with a strange orifice protruding from her armpit and an insatiable thirst for human blood. Hell-bent on satisfying her bloodlust, Rose leaves a trail of insane and uncontrollably aggressive victims, as the unknown virus engulfs North America in an orgy of frenetic violence.“

Starring: Marilyn Chambers, Howard Ryshpan, Frank Moore and Patricia Gage (American Psycho). Rabid is written and directed by David Cronenberg (Videodrome) and produced by John Dunning, Ivan Reitman and Don Carmody.

Brand new extras

The Quiet Revolution: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film – Part One: Gimme Shelter: Cinepix and the Birth of the Canadian Horror Film, a brand new feature-length documentary exploring the social contexts behind Canadian horror cinema from filmmaker and author Xavier Mendik
Audio commentary with filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska (directors of the 2019’s Rabid reimagining)
Limited edition booklet: Includes ‘The Birth of Rabid’ by Greg Dunning and ‘Stunned. Shocked. Exhilarated: Horror in the Early Films of David Cronenberg’ by Alex Morris

Additional extras

Audio commentary with writer-director David Cronenberg
Audio commentary with William Beard, author of ‘The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg’
Audio commentary with Jill C. Nelson, author of ‘Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women Of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985’ and Marilyn Chambers’ Personal Appearances Manager Ken Leicht
Young And Rabid – An interview with actress Susan Roman
Archive interview with David Cronenberg
The Directors: David Cronenberg – a 1999 documentary on the filmmaker
Interview with executive producer Ivan Reitman
Interview with co-producer Don Carmody
Trailer
Radio spots

Tech specs

2K scan from the original camera negative at director David Cronenberg’s preferred aspect ratio (1.66:1)
Cert: 18
Feature runtime: 91 mins
Extras runtime: 200 mins approx
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Subtitles: English HOH
Region: B
Format: two-disc Blu-ray (all extras aside from commentaries on disc two)
Cat no.: 101BL009
First 3,000 copies come with limited edition slipcase and booklet

Skinner:

“Dennis Skinner seems like a normal enough guy but he has a very abnormal hobby. At night, he creeps through the back streets looking for potential victims, and when he finds one, carefully removes their skin with an elaborate collection of knives. Heidi, one of Dennis’ victims, is on his trail, waiting for a chance to get her revenge, but in the meantime, Dennis has developed a crush on Kerry and wants to find a way to show her he really cares.“

Starring: Ted Raimi (Spider-Man), Traci Lords (Blade), David Warshofsky (There Will Be Blood), Richard Schiff (Se7en) and Rikki Lake (Hairspray). Directed by Ivan Nagy (The Hitchhiker) and written by Paul Hart Wilden (Alone). This marks Skinner’s UK debut on any format.