(Oops. I jumped the gun a bit. The Blu Ray will be shipped in March 2025. But I needed to create this URL so the upcoming ebook can link to it).

CAFE FLESH – Limited UHD/BD Slipcover Edition, $45.00 Distributor: Mando Macabro Product/Purchase Page). Restored Movie Trailer.

In my 2024 ebook Existential Smut 2 I included a long essay called Notes on Cafe Flesh. I wrote the essay in 1993, revised it in September 2024 and published it online. As luck would have it, I learned a week before publishing it online that the director Stephen Sayadian had been working with Daniel Bird to do a full restoration of the movie for a 4K/Blu Ray release.

No movie has been more deserving of a high-quality restoration. (For my essay I had been using as a reference a DVD containing a low-quality VHS transfer). Since I have already talked at great length about the movie in my essay, I thought I’d write a separate review of the Blu-Ray release — focusing mainly on the picture and sound quality and the included extras.