Switchblade Sisters

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THE WILDEST GIRL GANG THAT EVER BLASTED THE STREETS!From Jack Hill, legendary director of Spider Baby, Coffy, Foxy Brown, and The Swinging Cheerleaders comes another iconic cult classic, Switchblade Sisters!Lace (Robbie Lee), the leader of inner city girl

THE WILDEST GIRL GANG THAT EVER BLASTED THE STREETS!From Jack Hill, legendary director of Spider Baby, Coffy, Foxy Brown, and The Swinging Cheerleaders comes another iconic cult classic, Switchblade Sisters!Lace (Robbie Lee), the leader of inner city girl gang The Dagger Debs, meets her match when new girl Maggie (Joanne Nail) moves into the neighbourhood. Mistrust and conflict turn to friendship as the girls end up in Juvenile Detention together at the mercy of abusive guards. Meanwhile, The Dagger Debs' male counterparts The Silver Daggers have to contend with the arrival of a new gang, led by the villainous Crabs (Chase Newhart).But when the girls get back on the streets, a planned retaliation strike in tandem with The Silver Daggers backfires and puts Lace in hospital. Maggie assumes control, teaming up with Muff (Marlene Clark) and her gang of African-American militants from across town to declare all out war. But there's a traitor in their midst...Filled with sharp, clever dialogue and tongue in cheek humour, this Shakespeare-influenced girl gang/women in prison/action movie medley is a stone cold grindhouse classic!SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentationOriginal uncompressed mono audioOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingBrand new audio commentary by historians/critics Samm Deighan & Kat EllingerWe Are The Jezebels, an archival documentary featuring director Jack Hill, producer John Prizer, casting director Geno Havans, production designer B.B. Neel, stunt coordinator Bob Minor, and stars Joanne Nail, Asher Brauner, and Chase NewhartGangland: The locations of Switchblade Sisters, an archival documentary in which Jack Hill and filmmaker Elijah Drenner revisit the shooting locations of Switchblade SistersJack Hill and Joanne Nail at the Grindhouse Film Festival, a 2007 archival interview with the director and actorInterview with Jack Hill, Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail, an archival 1990's interview with the director and stars in conversation with Johnny LegendGalleries of behind the scenes stills, international posters, video covers, and lobby cardsTheatrical trailersReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

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5027035022260

Brand

Arrow Video

Manufacturer part number

FCD2057

Category

Blu-ray

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Entertainment > DVD and Blu-Ray > Blu-ray