According to those in the know, the first run & release of
Region 2 Dead Hooker In A Trunk DVDs have sold out completely and a second run of discs are being promised soon from those at Amazon (Artwork from Australian release pictured above) The features and some of the menu images from the UK Bounty Films version have been released, along with a semi-favorable review, on
DVD Beaver:
Edition Details:
• Directors' Commentary with Jen and Sylvia Soska
• Production Commentary with C.J. Wallis, and Jen and Sylvia Soska
• Deleted Scenes (16:9; 5:37)
• Behind the Scenes Featurette (16:9; 14:33)
• Discussion with actor Carlos Gallardo (16:9; 1:44)
• Theatrical Trailer (16:9; 2:22)
• Preview Trailer (16:9; 2:56)
• Festival Trailer (16:9; 1:13)
14 DVD Chapter Titles:
01. The Night Before The Morning After
02. Youth Group
03. A Dead Hooker In The Trunk
04. Visitors
05. Getting To Know Goody Two-Shoes
06. Losing Limbs
07. Burial
08. Cowboy
09. Heavenly Advice
10. The Hooker's House
11. Catching The Killer
12. A Face From The Past
13. Friends To The Rescue
14. End Credits
DVD Menu Art By Bounty Films:
Bounty has also sent around a good chunk of screeners to various established UK print magazines and websites.
TotalFilm Magazine reviewed the film and had this to say:
Hobo With A Shotgun might be getting all the buzz, but…there's another grindhouse gem equally worthy of your attention, out on DVD on Monday.
Like Hobo With A Shotgun, Dead Hooker In A Trunk easily lives up to the promise of its title. If you want a nuanced plot, watch Chinatown. If you want a thrill-ride that'll occasionally make you spit-take your popcorn and Coke, watch Dead Hooker In A Trunk. Case in point, none of the characters have proper names, they all go by ridiculous nicknames. But that doesn't stop you from falling in love with each and every one of them.
Ben Bussey, a self-proclaimed fed-up-with-DV-Low-Budget-Horror film writer for the popular genre website
Brutal As Hell, has already once previously, and positively, reviewed an earlier/rougher edit of the film and had the task of doing
a second review for the DVD release now complete with our final DVD-exclusive spit-shines.
Ricki Gagne[sic], CJ Wallis and of course the Soskas themselves are genuinely...people you enjoy spending an hour and a half with. It is their charisma as individuals, and overall chemistry as a group, that will bring people back to watch this movie over and over. And their work is all the more impressive when you consider all but Gagne were doing multiple jobs on the film; the Soskas multi-tasking is established, plus CJ Wallis was one of the principal cinematographers, as well as editing the film and composing and performing the music. They’ve made a debut feature that, for all its flaws, really does stands apart; that’s a rare thing, and worthy of celebration.
The second run of the DVDs are available and apparently also nearly sold out. Rumor has it the distribution deal for a North American release has been finalized with a major company that couldn't be a better fit.
Continuing in this vague fashion, it looks as though Fortyfps will be doing the pre-release marketing campaign for a major motion picture starring two people you have definitely heard of. More info coming, as it is allowed.