Piquer Simón Collection

GRINDHOUSE RELEASING is proud to present the sickest and most violent of all the early '80s slasher movies, PIECES. In this wild, unrated gorefest, a psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds and collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother, whom he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old.

The film offers two complete versions: the original, unrated U.S. theatrical version, presented in English as PIECES (83 minutes), and the original uncensored director's cut, MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE (86 minutes), presented in Spanish with the original score by Librado Pastor. Both versions have been meticulously restored with spectacular new 4K transfers, scanned from the original camera negatives.

Special features include a brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor, an in-depth "Vine Theater Experience" 5.1 audio option, and extensive interviews with director Juan Piquer Simón and genre superstar Paul L. Smith. The release also features the all-new feature-length documentary "42nd STREET MEMORIES," containing interviews with a who's who of exploitation icons, including Sam Sherman, Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and more.

Rounding out the release are an extensive gallery of stills and poster art, exhaustive filmographies, liner notes by legendary horror journalist Chas. Balun and Rick Sullivan, and a bonus CD featuring the original soundtrack, newly remastered from the original studio tapes. All of this is housed in a beautiful embossed slipcover, with other surprises in store.

As director Eli Roth proclaims, "One of my top horror films of all time! Not only is this the ultimate chainsaw movie, it's the ultimate slasher film. It has everything you could possibly want, by the bucketful. Full on chainsaw violence, absurd amounts of nudity, and the greatest ending in horror history. A masterpiece of early '80s sleaze."

Rick Sullivan of GORE GAZETTE describes it as "A barrage of great, graphic entrail-spewed slaughter executed in super-gross European gore technician style," while Bill Landis of SLEAZOID EXPRESS lauds it as "One of the most shocking exponents to hit the Deuce in the 1980s. PIECES went straight for the jugular... one of the few movies at the time that silenced the most raucous grindhouse audiences."

Chas. Balun of THE GORE SCORE declares it a "PERFECT 10!" and Joe Bob Briggs hails it as "The best chain-saw flick since the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Head roll before the titles roll. Splatter City. FOUR STARS!"

As Rick Sullivan of GORE GAZETTE so eloquently puts it, "PIECES is one scary flick that changed 42nd Street forever. Nothing will ever top PIECES."

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