Can you believe there are still some people who haven’t seen Ms. 45? If you answered “yes” to that question, then there’s a good chance that you’re one of them. You should fix that right now, but don’t take our word for it. Drafthouse Films has cut together this CraveOnline Exclusive trailer for Abel Ferrara’s groundbreaking female vigilante thriller from 1981 explaining exactly why it’s the best movie you’ve never seen. And if you have seen it, then you should still watch this trailer, if only to remind you that you’re long overdue to revisit the carnage all over again.
Ms. 45 is now available on DVD & Blu-ray from Drafthouse Films.
From the Press Release:
Drafthouse Films, in conjunction with Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM), will bring its recent theatrical success stories to Blu-ray and DVD in restored and remastered editions: MS. 45, legendary director Abel Ferrara’s gritty, gore-filled New York revenge thriller. The films will arrive, respectively, on March 4 and on March 25, 2014, with SRPs of $29.95 for Blu-ray and $27.95 for DVD. They come packed with bonus material in both formats.
Fiercely independent auteur feature (originally rated X) was instantly regarded as a uniquely feminist entry in the urban revenge subgenre. In Brad Stevens’ biography “Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision,” Ferrara recalls of the film, “It shook people up to see an innocent person like themselves suddenly becoming a wanton murderer.” Combining the rampaging angst of Death Wish and Roman Polanski’s surreal post-traumatic shocker Repulsion, MS. 45 returns from the cult underground over 30 years later to reclaim its title as perhaps the most shocking, complex and empowering vigilante film of the 1980s.
Special Features on MS. 45 include:
• Interviews with director Abel Ferrara, composer Joe Delia, creative consultant Jack McIntyre
• “Zoë XO” and “Zoë Rising,” two short films on star Zoë Lund by American Hardcore director Paul Rachman
• Theatrical trailer
• 32-page booklet featuring essays by Zoë Lund, Ferrara biographer Brad Stevens and “House of Psychotic Women” author Kier-la Janisse
• Digital download
