Wow, what an amazing movie concept, especially during the hard economic times we a facing. Imagine a world where if a person is in need of an organ (liver, kidney, etc.) and instead of waiting months on a donor list, they could simply purchase one from a pharmaceutical company. The catch is, if you fall behind on your payments, the company sends a hired assassin to repossess the organ sold to you.

That’s the premise of Lions Gate Films and Twisted Pictures latest DVD / Blu-Ray release, Repo! The Genetic Opera. Its one part opera and one part slasher film, set in the not-so-distant future. This movie is like no other. Starring Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Orge, Sarah Brightman, Terrance Zdunich, Bill Moseley and Paul Sorvino, Repo! The Genetic Opera is scheduled to be released January 20, 2009.

From the producers of the Saw franchise and director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV), based on a screenplay by Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich from their original stage play, comes the new cult classic Repo! The Genetic Opera. A futuristic tale of horror that modernizes the “rock opera” genre with original music and rich, dark production design, the film features an eclectic cast that includes Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley and Paris Hilton.

The blend of Moulin Rouge style with The Rocky Horror Picture Show theatrics results in a unique viewing experience that comes to life on DVD and Blu-ray. At the core of this entire project, however, is the music, which is born of many influences. This rock opera boasts an entirely original soundtrack that blends equal parts Goth and punk rock to form an eerie and powerful musical narrative. The DVD contains in-depth special features that include cast and crew audio commentaries and featurettes while the Blu-ray Disc includes those features plus video sing-a-longs, additional featurettes, deleted scenes and a bonus audio commentary with Paris Hilton and director Darren Lynn Bousman.

Repo! The Genetic Opera was an Official Selection of the Fantasy Film Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Edmonton Film Festival and Austin Fantastic Film Festival and was hailed by horror fans and critics nationwide. The film was declared “a spirited, absorbing, astounding, thought provoking futuristic fulsome fable” (Horror.com), “fresh, unique and exciting…remarkable” (Bloody-disgusting.com), “an instant cult classic” (Fearnet) and “absolutely mind-blowing on a visionary level” (Horror-Movies.ca).

In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants...for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by the villainous Repo Men. In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious history. After being sucked into the haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be answered at the wildly anticipated spectacular event: The Genetic Opera.


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*DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman and actors Bill Moseley, Alexa Vega and Ogre
• Audio commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman, co-creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich and music producer Joseph Bishara
• “From Stage to Screen” featurette
• “Legal Assassin – A Repo Man on the Edge” featurette
• Theatrical trailer
*Special features subject to change





*BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman and actors Bill Moseley, Alexa Vega and Ogre
• Audio commentary with director Darren Lynn Bousman, co-creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich and music producer Joseph Bishara
• Select scene audio commentary with Paris Hilton and director Darren Lynn Bousman
• Deleted scenes with audio commentary with Paris Hilton and director Darren Lynn Bousman
• Video Sing-a-longs
• “From Stage to Screen” featurette
• Webisode featurettes
o “Legal Assassin – A Repo Man on the Edge” featurette
o “Zydrate Anatomy – Amber Sweet: Addicted to the Knife” featurette
o “Chase the Morning – Blind Mag: The Voice of GeneCo” featurette
• Theatrical trailer
*Special features subject to change

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