Creator Staci Layne Wilson’s guide Blood Saga digs into the Darren Lynn Bousman movie Repo! The Genetic Opera
Again in 2008, director Darren Lynn Bousman introduced us the rock opera horror movie Repo! The Genetic Opera (watch it HERE) – and now, 1984 Publishing has introduced that they’ll be releasing the guide Blood Saga: Dissecting the Cult Movie Repo! The Genetic Opera by creator Staci Layne Wilson on November 26th.
Primarily based on the stage present (initially often known as The Necromerchant’s Debt) by Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith, Repo! The Genetic Opera was scripted by Zdunich and Bousman. The movie has the next synopsis: Within the mid-Twenty first century, an epidemic of organ failures results in the rise of GeneCo., an organization offering transplants at an incredible worth. Those that miss their funds change into targets of GeneCo. mercenaries, who repossess the organs. In a world of drug habit and legalized homicide, a sheltered youth seeks a treatment for her uncommon illness in addition to details about her household’s mysterious historical past. Her questions are answered at “The Genetic Opera.”
Alexa Vega, Paul Sorvino, Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Paris Hilton, Invoice Moseley, Nivek Ogre, Terrance Zdunich, and Sarah Energy star.
Right here’s the outline of Blood Saga: Dissecting the Cult Movie Repo! The Genetic Opera: Blood Saga affords an unparalleled have a look at the cult traditional that merged sci-fi, horror, and rock opera. Celebrated author Staci Layne Wilson goes behind the scenes into the darkish and dazzling world of Repo! The Genetic Opera like by no means earlier than, revealing the event and making of the film, its rapid aftermath, and the increasing fandom since its debut. This hardbound Repo! compendium contains interviews with a lot of the forged and crew, sixteen pages of manufacturing and promotional photos, and takes readers to on-set experiences, premieres, and Repo! fan occasions. Wilson’s interviews embrace director Darren Lynn Bousman, screenwriter Darren Smith, and present and historic interviews with forged members Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman, Alexa Vera, Invoice Moseley, Ogre (of Skinny Pet), and extra. When the movie debuted in 2008, it was continuously disregarded by movie reviewers. The New York Instances, for instance, stated that “Darren Lynn Bousman, the director of several Saw sequels, has devised an excruciating new torture with Repo! The Genetic Opera.” However followers noticed one thing fully totally different. The movie’s distinctive mix of rocky opera, physique horror, black comedy, and societal commentary was seemingly forward of its time. Repo! The Genetic Opera is now mentioned greater than when it was initially launched, and continues to resonate in the identical sample as the unique 1975 traditional midnight musical-comedy-horror movie The Rocky Horror Image Present.
Wilson offered the next assertion: “I by no means obtained into The Rocky Horror Image Present phenomenon, so for me, Repo! was my first real-time expertise with a faithful group of followers who have been affected by a movie as a collective soul. From that first day on the set in Toronto, Canada, as a member of the press, I knew that Repo! was one thing particular and wholly distinctive. There’s not solely the wonderful forged and unimaginable songs, however the enthusiasm and fervour of the filmmakers was infectious (pun supposed).“
Copies of Blood Saga: Dissecting the Cult Movie Repo! The Genetic Opera might be pre-ordered by the 1984 Publishing web site and are going for the value of $12. Signed copies can be found at Darkish Delicacies in Los Angeles. A press launch notes that the guide can even be out there at native bookstores, Amazon and Barnes & Noble within the US, Amazon within the UK and Canada, and extra. Wholesale inquiries might be made to Consortium, Ingram (UK and US), PGC (Canada), and Baker & Taylor.
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