Available on 4K and Blu-ray August 13th, 2024
Following on the footsteps of Demons (1985), this sequel takes place, mostly, in an apartment building where a woman celebrates her birthday and where the zombies are coming by way of television this time.
BOOTLEG FILES 623: “Cozzilla” (1977 Italian riff on “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!”).
LAST SEEN: It is on YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Never commercially released outside of Italy.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Utterly unlikely.
In 1976, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis unleashed a remake of “King Kong” on the moviegoing public. Inspired by the commercial success of this endeavor, Italian filmmaker Luigi Cozzi figured that he could score his box office hit with a monster film. But rather than create a new film from scratch, he sought to re-release the 1954 Japanese classic “Godzilla.” But Cozzi’s simple plan turned out to become a lot more complex than he anticipated, and what he eventually put into theaters is widely regarded as one of the most bizarre productions ever made.