In 1972, a team of new york city exploitation outlaws that included ed adlum shriek of the mutilated, ed kelleher prime evil and michael roberta findlay the touch of her flesh, snuff – along with first time assistant cameraman and future award winning cinematographer frederick elmes eraserhead, blue velvet – descended on bucolic westchester county with 8½ bottles of stage blood to make a movie about a druid cult seeking to resurrect their dead queen'. '.strtoupper('t')he budget was 24,000'. '.strtoupper('t')he cast was paid in beer'. '.strtoupper('a')nd the result remains one of the greatest achievements in schlock shock cinema history'. '.strtoupper('s')everin films is proud to present this “accidental masterpiece” horror news like you’ve never seen it before, now scanned from the original negative for the first time ever and spurting with all new special features.audio commentary with director ed adlum and actress ortrum tippel, moderated by kier la janisse, author of house of psychotic womennothing you’d show your mom eddie adlum’s journey through exploitation, coin op rock n’ rollharvesting the dead interview with actor jack neubeckpainful memories an interview with cinematographer frederick elmestrailer