Ozploitation Rarities Volume 1 (Blu-ray)

Introducing OZPLOITATION RARITIES VOL 1, three BRAND NEW restorations of lost and overlooked Australian thrillers slathered in sleaze, salacious secrets, and cold-blooded murder, featuring over FOUR HOURS of NEW extras including interviews and commentaries with key cast and crew!

Crosstalk

“Highly atmospheric, gripping, even tense. CROSSTALK is one of the better Australian thrillers of the 1980s”.

- Scott Murray, Australian Film.

Confined by his mysterious employers to a luxury high-rise apartment, wheelchair-bound computer programmer Ed Ballinger (Gary Day), attempts to correct a malfunction in the I-500 – the world’s most sophisticated surveillance system. Confronted by increasingly bizarre readouts, he discovers that not only is the computer’s intelligence growing – but it has witnessed a vicious murder!

Ed becomes obsessed with solving the crime – and soon both man and machine are plunged into a vortex of technological horror…

Boasting a pulse-pounding, blood-soaked finale and one of Ozploitation cinema’s most iconic jolt moments (featuring a severed head in a washing machine), CROSSTALK is a stylish cinematic blend of Hitchcock, Kubrick and Italian giallo shocks.

CROSSTALK is presented in a new 2K transfer approved by the film’s cinematographer, Vincent Monton (LONG WEEKEND, ROADGAMES), showcasing all of its neon lit anamorphic widescreen visuals – and cementing its reputation as Ozploitation’s premiere hi-tech thriller of the 1980s.

Lady, Stay Dead

Final Cut

In the fast lane world of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll, Dominic Black (David Clendinning), a millionaire entrepreneur, reins supreme. Bored with the usual showbiz diversions, he prefers to indulge in playing elaborate mind games – and making movies where the performers end up dead!

After a documentary cameraman (Lou Brown) and his journalist girlfriend (Jennifer Cluff) witness one of Dominic’s party guests being hunted and killed in a chilling, hallucinatory chase, the immoral tycoon fears they may have captured the shocking event on film.

He lures the inquisitive pair to his luxury Surfers Paradise penthouse for a weekend of cat-and-mouse games where there are blood splattered bodies in the pool, on the balcony and in the cupboards… but in this complex, deadly nightmare, nothing is what it seems.

Set against the tranquil backdrop of sundrenched beaches and glittering blue seas, this little seen psychological thriller (from the writer of FANTASM) delivers non-stop twists and turns in a violent, flesh-filled tale of voyeurism, pornography, snuff films and complex human manipulation.

CROSSTALK

NEW! REAR WINDOW MEETS 2001 – a visual essay from screenwriter and author Stephen VaggNEW! SHOOTING HITCHCOCK DOWNUNDER – an interview with cinematographer Vincent MontonNEW! NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with executive producer Ross MatthewsNEW! The VHS Experience

• Archival interviews with director Mark Egerton, executive producer Ross Matthews and composer Chris Neill
• Archival interview with original writer/director Keith Salvat conducted by film critic David Stratton (audio only)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Extended Theatrical Trailer

LADY, STAY DEAD

• NEW! NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with actor Roger Ward

NEW! 2024 interview with actor Chard Hayward (audio only)NEW! The VHS Experience

• THE D.W. GRIFFITH OF OZPLOITATION – a visual essay on the career of filmmaker Terry Bourke by filmbuff Paul Harris
• Archival interview with co-producer John Hipwell conducted by filmbuff Paul Harris (audio only)
• Terry Bourke trailer reel
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer

FINAL CUT

• NEW! Audio commentary with producer Mike Williams moderated by screenwriter Shayne Armstrong (Acolytes, Bait 3D)
• NEW! OZ VOYEURS – a visual essay from Author and TV historian Andrew Mercado
• NEW! NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with director Ross Dimsey
• NEW! The VHS Experience
• Stills Gallery
• Trailer