Unearthed Films

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Unearthed Films
Type Film production, film distribution
Founded2002;20 years ago (2002)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people
Stephen Biro
Website www.unearthedfilms.com

Unearthed Films is a U.S. film distribution and production company that imports exploitation films primarily from Eastern Asia.

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History

The company was created by Stephen Biro, [1] Paul White and Rhett Rushing. Their initial releases were the first official North American releases of the cult Japanese Guinea Pig film series.

In 2013, Unearthed entered into film production. Their initial films were American versions of the Guinea Pig series.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

North American distribution

Title
Guinea Pig
Rubber's Lover
964 Pinocchio
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre
Aftermath
ICHI-1
Bone Sickness
Frankenhooker
Philosophy of a Knife
City of Rott
Dead Fury
Flexing with Monty
Junk
Vomit Gore Trilogy
Where the Dead Go to Die
A Serbian Film [2]

Productions

TitleDirector
American Guinea Pig: Bouquets of Guts and Gore [3] Stephen Biro
American Guinea Pig: Bloodshock [4] Marcus Koch
American Guinea Pig: Song of Solomon [5] Stephen Biro
American Guinea Pig: Sacrifice [6] Poison Rouge

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References

  1. "Stephen Biro". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  2. John Squires (20 November 2020). "Unearthed Films Bringing 'A Serbian Film' to Blu-ray; Uncut, Uncensored and from the 4K Master". Bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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