From its humble beginnings as a $150 faux trailer featured in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse films, to its feature film adaptation, Jason Eisener's grindhouse-style gorefest Hobo with a Shotgun has since become a modern cult hit with fans, thanks to its vivid technicolor world, crude humor and most importantly, its practical effects-driven gore.
Starring the late, great Rutger Hauer as the film's titular vagrant vigilante, Hobo with a Shotgun will be getting its first-ever VHS release on July 6th, 2022, courtesy of the fine folks at Umbrella Entertainment!
"If you know Umbrella, then you will know we're big fans of exploitation films. It's time the grindhouse masterpiece, Hobo with a Shotgun, is given the definitive treatment. This release is packed with all the extra features: trailers, commentary, Q&As, deleted and alternate scenes, as well as 'the making of' documentary," the independent Australian distributor stated in a press release.
"If all that and the O-ring packaging wasn't enough, this Collector's Edition bundle also comes with an air freshener and copy of the film on VHS (in that retro style you know and love)."
Limited to 100 copies and only through the Umbrella Entertainment webstore, this is one release you won't want to miss!
Extras include:
Audio commentary with director Jason Eisener and Rutger Hauer
Audio commentary with director Jason Eisener, writer John Davies, producer Rob Cotterill, and David Brunt
"More Blood, More Heart: The making of Hobo with a Shotgun" documentary
Production Blogs
Camera Test Footage
Deleted scenes A Stroll Through Hope Town The Landlord Montage
"Alternate Ending" Deleted Scene
A Look at Hobo with a Shotgun
Blade Runner's Rutger Hauer talks Hobo with a Shotgun
Making of Interview with Rutger Hauer and director Jason Eisener
Sundance 2011 Q&A with a Hobo
Grindhouse Trailer Contest Winner
Director's Red Band Trailer
Canadian TV Spots
In Hobo with a Shotgun... Moving from town to town, a ragged vagabond ends up in the criminal haven known as Hope Town. Run by the sadistic crime lord, Drake, and his equally brutal sons, Ivan and Slick, the God-forsaken city is rife with the scum of the Earth, who run rampant, of course, with the blessing of the corrupt local police. Under those circumstances, the disgusted nameless drifter decides to take matters into his own hands, and clean up the streets of the Drake infection. Now, his high-power, 20-gauge shotgun becomes the messenger of destruction and change. Who can stand in the way of the hobo's rightful, pump-action retribution?
