Canucksploitation Classic Beyond the 7th Door Hits DVD for the First Time
Steve Barton
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There are some movies that have been abandoned on VHS, but thankfully, there are companies like Severin Films coming to their rescue. Case in point: Beyond the 7th Door.
From the Press Release:
This Halloween, Intervision Picture Corporation returns to the mysterious Great White North, this time to unearth one of the strangest artifacts of the late 1980’s. BEYOND THE 7TH DOOR is a beguiling puzzle film in the vein of DEATH TRAP or THE LAST OF SHEILA, but with far fewer resources and a vastly more eccentric team of filmmakers.
More than 30 years later, it remains one of the most ambitious, sought-after, and totally bizarre low-budget Canadian features of all: Yugoslavian-born actor Lazar Rockwood – in a notorious debut performance that still astounds Canuxploitation fans – is Boris, an ex-con and career thief who convinces his ex-girlfriend (Bonnie Beck) to help him rob her wealthy boss’ castle. But when Boris discovers that the eccentric millionaire has booby-trapped the building, they’ll have to survive six riddle-triggered rooms of homicidal mayhem in order to claim the treasure.
Writer/director (and future best-selling ‘religious thriller’ author) B.D. Benedikt made his unforgettable filmmaking debut with this bottom-shelf VHS classic, now loaded with Special Features produced exclusively for its worldwide DVD premiere.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director B.D. Benedikt and Actor Lazar Rockwood, moderated by Paul Corupe (Canuxploitation.com)
- Beyond Beyond the 7th Door: Interviews with Writer/Director B.D. Benedikt, Actor Lazar Rockwood, and Canuxploitation.com’s Paul Corupe
- The King of Cayenne: An Appreciation of Legendary Toronto Eccentric Ben Kerr
https://youtu.be/epZMiH9258U
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