Grindhouse Releasing

Type	Private / Independent
Founded	1996
Founder(s)	Sage Stallone & Bob Murawski
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, USA
Industry	distribution - DVD / home video
Owner(s)	Sage Stallone & Bob Murawski

Grindhouse Releasing (also referred to as "Grindhouse") is a Hollywood-based cult film distribution company owned by director/actor Sage Stallone and headed up by film editor Bob Murawski (who most often works with film director Sam Raimi). The Grindhouse Releasing team digitally re-masters, restores, and puts together bonus materials and video documentaries for their cult film DVDs which they distribute on the Ryko label.

Grindhouse Releasing focuses on the distribution of rare and little-seen independent cult and "exploitation films." "Exploitation film" is a loosely defined term for a sub-genre of films that typically sacrifice traditional notions of artistic merit for more sensationalist uses of violence, sex and/or gore, and where the emphasis is on the style and independent filmmakers' point-of-view.

Grindhouse Releasing was the first company to digitally remaster and restore cult classic horror films such as: Make Them Die Slowly (aka Cannibal Ferox and Lucio Fulci's spaghetti-horror masterpiece, E tu vivrai nel terrore (aka The Beyond) as well as the notorious cult classic, Cannibal Holocaust.

Grindhouse Releasing has been called the "Criterion" of horror film distribution, employing the highest standards for quality and deluxe bonus materials on their DVD releases. Grindhouse releases on the Ryko label. New York City-based Ryko Distribution Filmworks is an industry acclaimed, culturally based, award-winning independent distributor of DVD theatrical works representing a roster of studios including the works of filmmaker David Lynch, Blue Underground, Troma, and Rhino Home Video.

[edit] Grindhouse Releasing distributions

Film Title	Director	Original Release Date	Grindhouse Re-release Date(s)	Notes:
An American Hippie in Israel (aka Ha-Trempist)	Amos Sefer	1972	(Work in Progress)
Gone with the Pope (aka Kiss the Ring)	Duke Mitchell	1975	(Work in Progress)	Never-before-released film from director of Massacre Mafia Style
Cannibal Holocaust	Ruggero Deodato	1979	October 2005 (Limited edition, only 11,111 copies available) 2nd re-release on DVD: 2008	On Ryko label
Cannibal Ferox (aka Make them Die Slowly)	Umberto Lenzi	1980	LD: 1997; VHS: 1999: DVD: July 2000 (on Ryko label)
The Beyond (aka E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldilà)	Lucio Fulci	1981	October 2000 (Limited edition tin, only 20,000 copies available)	In association with Rolling Thunder/Miramax on Anchor Bay label

[edit] Box Office Spectaculars Distributions (in Association with Grindhouse)

Film Title	Director	Original Release Date	B.O.S. Re-release Date(s)	Notes:
I Drink Your Blood (aka Hydro-Phobia)	David E. Durston	1970	1st release on DVD: 2000; 2nd release on DVD: 2006	1st DVD release in association with Fangoria; 2nd DVD release on Ryko label
Pieces (aka Mil gritos tiene la noche)	Juan Piquer Simón	1982	1st release on DVD: October 2008	On Ryko label
Cat in the Brain	Lucio Fulci	1990	LD: 1998; DVD (Deluxe Edition): March 2009	On Ryko label

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Interview with exploitation film distributor Bob Murawski of Grindhouse Releasing
• The Beyond DVD release information
• Cannibal Holocaust DVD release information