#He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection

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Interview - William Grefe - He Came From The Swamp

Interview – William Grefe – He Came From The Swamp

Q1: Did you ever think your films would be given the Blu-ray treatment like this? In all my emails and Facebook, people from all over the world love this Blu-ray edition. I’m hearing from strangers and people I’ve met over the years – it’s interesting how people love the old grindhouse movies. It’s a lost art. Arrow have called this boxset He Came From The Swamp – they won’t let me out of the…

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He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection will be released on November 23 via Arrow Video. The four-disc Blu-ray box set contains seven films from B-movie director William Grefé.

It features Sting of Death (1966), Death Curse of Tartu (1966), The Hooked Generation (1968), The Psychedelic Priest (1971), The Naked Zoo (1971), Mako: Jaws of Death (1976), and Whiskey Mountain (1977).

All films have been newly restored from the best surviving film elements. A new, extended version of Daniel Griffith's 2016 feature-length documentary They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé is also included.

Twins of Evil designed the cover art along with reversible sleeves for each film and a reversible poster. A booklet featuring an unpublished interview with Grefé and a foreword by the filmmaker is included.

Special features are listed below, where you can also get another look at the packaging.

Disc 1: Sting of Death &, Death Curse of Tartu:

Introductions to the films by director William Grefé

Audio commentaries for both films by director William Grefé and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

Sting of Death: Beyond the Movie – Monsters a-Go Go! – Film historian C. Courtney Joyner looks into the history of rock ‘n’ roll monster movies

The Curious Case of Dr. Traboh: Spook Show Extraordinaire – Special effects artist Doug Hobart looks into the early spook show days

Original trailers

Still and promotional gallery

Disc 2: The Hooked Generation & The Psychedelic Priest:

Audio commentaries for both films with director William Grefé and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter

Hooked Generation behind-the-scenes footage

Hooked Generation original trailer

Still and promotional gallery

Disc 3: The Naked Zoo & Mako: Jaws of Death:

William Grefé’s original director’s cut of Naked Zoo

Alternate Barry Mahon re-release cut of Naked Zoo

Mako: Jaws of Death original trailer and promo

Still and promotional gallery

Disc 4: Whiskey Mountain & They Came from the Swamp:

Whiskey Mountain original trailer

Still and promotional gallery

They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé – New, extended cut of the 2016 documentary with Grefé, Frank Henenlotter, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Fred Olen Ray, and more

Killer sharks and human jellyfish and living mummies, oh my! Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by William “Wild Bill” Grefé, the maverick filmmaker who braved the deep, dark depths of the Florida everglades to deliver some of the most outrageous exploitation fare ever to go-go dance its way across drive-in screens.

Bringing together seven of Grefé’s most outlandish features, all new to Blu-ray, He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection packs in a macabre menagerie of demented jellyfish men (Sting of Death), zombified witch doctors (Death Curse of Tartu), homicidal hippies (The Hooked Generation) and seductive matrons (The Naked Zoo) – not to mention the ubiquitous go-go dancing college kids – to create one of the most wildly entertaining box-sets of all time!

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He Came From The Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (Special Edition Bluray)

He Came From The Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (Special Edition Bluray)

Killer sharks and human jellyfish and living mummies, oh my! Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by William “Wild Bill” Grefé, the maverick filmmaker who braved the deep, dark depths of the Florida everglades to deliver some of the most outrageous exploitation fare ever to go-go dance its way across drive-in screens. Bringing together seven of Grefé’s most…

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STING OF DEATH (1966) | Movie Review | FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL

A spoiler-y review about a group of students vacationing in the Florida Everglades that comes up against a mad marine biologist's assistant who transforms himself into a Human/Jellyfish Monster hybrid and goes on a murderous rampage.

This was one of the VOD selections available in this year's lineup of the 24th (virtual) edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival held from August 20th to September 2nd 2020.

"Sting Of Death" will be part of a BOX SET released by ARROW VIDEO on November 24th 2020 which you can pre-order now titled "He Came From The Swamp: The William Grefé Collection". The VOD screening I watched was a newly restored 2K transfer from the original 35mm negative and looked quite good.

Directed by: William Grefé.

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