“Despiser” Explodes Onto Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ October 22

After losing his job and his wife, Gordon crashes his car and lands in purgatory, where he’s attacked by fanatics and enslaved souls. He’s soon saved by a quirky band of freedom fighters from different historical eras, all of whom died in noble sacrifice. Reluctantly joining their cause, Gordon embarks on a wild adventure through surreal, hellish landscapes to battle the Despiser, the malevolent ruler of the realm. Facing shifting realities, monstrous creatures, and intense car chases over lava oceans, their journey leads to the ultimate showdown to save all of humanity.

Philips Cook’s eccentric, non-stop menagerie of machine gun battles, early CGI masterwork, and endless array of monsters make it one of the most unique direct-to-video features of the VHS and early DVD era. Cook painstakingly crafts a green screen netherworld steeped in brutal violence, religious mythology, and action movie tropes, all filtered through a dream-like, hallucinogenic lens that never once takes its foot off the gas.

Starring Mark Redfield, Doug Brown, Gage Sheridan, Frank Smith and Michael Weitz.

For the first time ever on Blu-ray™, “Despiser” features hours of new and archival bonus features, including audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a making-of.

Special Features:

Region Free Blu-ray™
Director-supervised SD master from original tape elements
Limited Edition Slipcase by Andrei Bouzikov – FIRST PRESSING ONLY
Commentary with director Philip J. Cook and stars Mark Redfield and Gage Sheridan
Commentary with Sam Panico of B&S About Movies and Bill Van Ryn of Drive-In Asylum
New 2023 Interview with director Philip J. Cook and star Mark Hyde
The Making of “Despiser”
Deleted Scenes
Blooper Reel
Outtakes Reel
Despiser: Storyboard To Animation
Original DVD Menu Animated Intro
Behind-The-Scenes Gallery
Image and Art Gallery
Despiser Trailers
Visual Vengeance Trailer
Outerworld Trailer
Invader Trailer
Optional French audio soundtrack
‘Stick Your Own’ VHS Sticker Set
Reversible Sleeve Featuring Original VHS Art
Folded mini-poster
2-sided insert with alternate art
Optional English subtitles