Nico B, founder of the legendary Cult Videotheek, started Cult Epics in the Netherlands in 1991 due to demand. Cult Epics’ first releases were “The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page,” “Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Cannibal Holocaust,” “The Beast,” and “Tokyo Decadence.”
Moving to the US in 1998, Nico B continued releasing arthouse, horror, and erotica films in North America, while having personal relationships with directors such as Walerian Borowczyk, Tinto Brass, Fernando Arrabal, Radley Metzger, Jorg Buttgereit, Abel Ferrara, Agusti Villaronga, and Dutch filmmakers Rene Daalder, Pim de la Parra, and Nouchka van Brakel, as well as other cult icons such as Bunny Yeager, Bettie Page, and Rozz Williams, all of whom inspired his filmmaking.
Cult Epics’ catalog includes over 250 releases to date, in definitive editions on DVD, Blu-ray™, and 4K Ultra HD.
2026 4K Ultra HD™ World Premieres:
- February: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time with Tomoyo Harada by Nobuhiko Obayashi
- March: The Key with Stefania Sandrelli by Tinto Brass
- April: Girls with Anne Parillaud by Just Jaeckin
- TBA: Kriminal by Umberto Lenzi
- TBA: P.O. Box Tinto Brass
- TBA: The Ornella Muti 1970s Collection featuring The Most Beautiful Wife (4K UHD), Summer Affair, First Love, and Nest of Vipers (4K UHD)
- 4K UHD Encoding: Fidelity in Motion & LSP Medien
Also available on Blu-ray™ & DVD.
Upcoming Blu-ray™/DVD releases:
- May: VD by Wim Verstappen
- June: Don’t Play with Fire, aka Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind by Tsui Hark
Theatrical:
- Rozz Williams: Romeo’s Distress by Nico B + Christian Death reunion, premieres at the United Theater on Broadway, Los Angeles, April 18th.
Furthermore, as of 2010, Cult Epics started publishing deluxe coffee table books, such as ‘Cult Epics: Comprehensive Guide to Cult Cinema’ (out of print), ‘Christian Death: Only Theatre of Pain,’ ‘Women of the Sun: Bunny Yeager in Mexico,’ ‘Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol,’ and ‘Tinto Brass: From the Avant-garde to Erotica,‘ related to its releases and beyond.
For more information, please visit cultepics.com.
Cult Epics is distributed by MVD Entertainment, books by SCB Distributors, and theatrical by AGFA.
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