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Black Devil Doll From Hell DVD Delay Explained

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In August it was announced that Chester Turner’s mid-80’s blaxploitation killer puppet pic Black Devil Doll From Hell was coming to DVD with extensive extras, like Turner’s whole other film, Tales From The Quandead Zone. The plan was for an October release, but due to distributor issues and extra time needed to record audio commentaries, that was changed to December 15th. That too was jettisoned when a snowpile of special features opportunities presented themselves.

Project head Shawn Lewis, director of the recent unrelated but inspired Black Devil Doll, explained the delays as follows:

“Chester Turner fans are in for a treat. After speaking more with, Chester’s brother, Keefe Turner, we learned that he as the original doll from Black Devil Doll From Hell, as well as some other props from the film! As most of you know, Keefe did the voice of the doll…

The release is looking better and better everyday. But I am afraid that we may need to post pone it again, we had not originally planned on having as much involvement from Keefe, so we are going to need a bit more time to produce the audio commentary with him and some interviews.

You have waited this long to have an official Chester Turner dvd, a few more months for a killer release featuring interviews/audio commentary with Keefe and the original doll from the film won’t be too bad, no? We are doing everything in our power to make sure this dvd is everything it needs to be.”

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Black Devil Doll From Hell Coming To DVD

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We received a special features list from Shawn Lewis regarding the long awaited debut of the err, inspiring curio behind Black Devil Doll – Chester Turner’s Black Devil Doll From Hell which he announced to be coming out on October 26.

-Collector’s edition Lenticular 3D Cover for the first 1000 sold

-Audio commentary by Art (Ultra Violent Magazine) Ettinger and Louis (Massacre Video) Justin!

-Special bonus feature, Chester Turner’s Tales From The Quadead Zone, first time on DVD!

-Liner notes by Greg Goodsell

-Trailers

Pre-orders start Monday Sept 6th 2010.

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Black Devil Doll Weird Wobbler Cumming

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Press Release:

Cult Collectibles is proud to announce the release of its first “Weird Wobbler” bobblehead style figure from one of the most outrageous underground films ever made: BLACK DEVIL DOLL! Pre-orders are available now with product shipping in September 2010!

The 2008 film is the story of an executed Black militant who is reincarnated into a vicious ventriloquist’s puppet, causing endless mayhem and murder (to put it mildly). Widely hailed by cult film aficionados and simultaneously condemned for its overt (yet completely tongue-in-cheek) offensiveness, Art Ettinger of Ultra Violent magazine stated, “Black Devil Doll is a triumph, seamlessly blending crass un-PC humor with cerebral artistry. The Lewis Brothers deliver one of the most original exploitation films of the new millennium, a singularly unique mix of brain and brawn.”

Owner of Cult Collectibles, Mark Jason Murray comments, “I became a tremendous fan of the film even before I saw it and when I started brainstorming what would be the perfect license to launch my toy company, BLACK DEVIL DOLL seemed to be the best fit. Thinking as a collector and fan, this is something that I would love to have in my own collection and since the film character is essentially a “toy” it was an easy choice. From a business perspective, I know the film already has a rabid fan following and that the film’s creators would be able to provide an incredible amount of publicity for it right out of the gate. I am also very keen to work with people who I considered friends.”

The figure was created with great attention to detail while still allowing it to have an identity of its own. “A lot of time was spent getting the details of the figure just right,” states Murray. “It was still important for the figure to appear as a characature, which the bobblehead format is famous for, but only slightly as anything “cute” would have gone against the character in the film. It’s really very accurate, from the subtleties of the facial expression down to its boots.”

Besides holding a knife in one hand, even further details were included to help bring out the spirit of the film character and one of the film’s biggest jokes. “What started as a simple afterthought during the initial planning of the figure turned out to be one of the figure’s best features and one of the most difficult to obtain. We wanted the figure to be holding a bucket of “Oakland Fried Chicken” and initially it came back looking like Colonel Sanders on the bucket which was the exact opposite of what it’s supposed to look like so after multiple design revisions it finally got to where it needed to be and it brings a whole new level of hilarity to the figure that I am sure fans of the movie will really enjoy. I am very happy with everything about this figure. It was great to work with the creators of the character and film and perhaps we can collaborate on something else in the future.”

Murray’s company strategy is simple. “I really want to do figures that put Cult Collectibles in a category of its own and this provided me with the ability to do just that. I anticipate the figure will sell out quickly.”

Cult Collectibles is already at work on three future limited edition “Weird Wobbler” figures scheduled for release late 2010/early 2011:

-The “Demon Doll” will pay tribute to the Italian horror films of actress Geretta Geretta (Lamberto Bava’s DEMONS, Lucio Fulci’s MURDEROCK, RATS: NIGHTS OF TERROR, etc.)

-The “head wound girl” from Lucio Fulci’s THE BEYOND (in association with GRINDHOUSE RELEASEING)

-Lucio Fulci from his film CAT IN THE BRAIN (in association with GRINDHOUSE RELEASING)

BLACK DEVIL DOLL “Weird Wobbler” details:

-Limited edition of 1,000 hand numbered figures

-7 inches of lightweight polyresin

-housed in a full color retail box designed by BLACK DEVIL DOLL poster artist, Stephen Romano

-Special exclusive BLACK DEVIL DOLL trading card available ONLY during pre-order period through www.cultcollectibles.com

-Pre-orders available now with figure scheduled to ship by mid-September 2010

For more information on Cult Collectibles visit: www.cultcollectibles.com

For more information on Black Devil Doll visit: www.blackdevildoll.com

DVD Reminder: Black Devil Doll (2009)

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bddOn October 27, Jonathan Lewis’ BLACK DEVIL DOLL is finally released! See what all the fuss is about.

Five beautiful young women… one evil, murderous puppet.

Heather thought that a Ouija board was nothing but an innocent child’s game. Little did she know, this child’s game would open a flaming door to hell and re-animate the soul of a recently executed black militant serial killer! With his spirit now trapped in the body of a trash-talking ventriloquist doll, Heather and her friends must fight off the unrelenting horrors and unspeakable deviant advances of a three foot killer with a taste for young flesh and warm blood. Can they stop the BLACK DEVIL DOLL?

Check out the most talked-about independent cult film of the year of the year and find out for yourself–or ELSE!

SPECIAL FEATURES :
-5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound mix
-Five (!) Audio Commentaries, one by the Black Devil Doll Himself!
-Three Exclusive Black Devil Doll Trailers
-Film Festival Clips
-Rare Footage from the New Beverly Cinema Hollywood Premier!
-Three Black Devil Doll animated short films!
-Behind the scenes still gallery!
-Rare interviews with the Black Devil Doll!!!

WARNING – THIS FILM OFFENDS EVERYONE!