Unobstructed View is proud to be releasing the only North American licensed version of Hellgate on Blu-ray, coming to stores and in digital release on 27th June 2023.
This 1989 cousin to the Hellraiser series is a classic example of the era of South African cult horror production. Directed by schlockmeister extraordinaire William A. Levey (Skatetown USA, The Happy Hooker Goes To Washington) Hellgate opens with a motorcycle gang kidnapping a young woman, Josie, from a diner and brutally killing her. Many years later, the girl’s father finds a magic crystal that can bring the dead back to life and uses it to re-animate his daughter. He lets her seduce any young men who visit the small town–Hellgate–then kills them.
This release includes all the bonus features from Arrow’s UK release of Hellgate plus the full-length documentary Images of Apartheid: Filming On The Fringe In Old South Africa and the limited first pressing will come with a collectible O-Card.
Extras:
Road to Perdition, B-Movie Style: An extensive interview with Hellgate director Willian A. Levey
Alien Invasion, Blaxploitation and Ghost Busting Mayhem: Scholar, Filmmaker and fan Howard S. Berger reflects on the intriguing film career of Willian A. Levey.
Video Nasty: Kenneth Hall, writer of the Puppet Master series, speaks about the direct-to-video horror boom that allowed Hellgate to become a classic of the cassette rental era.
Images of Apartheid; Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa – feature length documentary on the explosion of cheap action and horror films which took place in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s, and which includes the production of Hellgate.
Hellgate is now on pre-order at unobstructedview.com