Overview: In the early '90s, aspiring filmmaker (and General Hospital co-star) Ryan Sexton lugged a giant camcorder into some of the seediest clubs and the filthiest apartments in Hollywood.

There he filmed hour upon hour of VHS footage of the jaw-droppingly offensive Shock Rock band The Mentors, focusing on their infamous lead singer, El Duce.

30 years later, the team behind The Nightmare and Room 237 and the editor of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist uncover this dusty stockpile of long forgotten and unseen footage.

They begin to piece together a picture of the man under the black executioner's hood and what his willfully offensive act and controversial views might tell us about 21st century America.

Blu-ray Verdict: In truth, 'The El Duce Tapes' is both a hard, shake of the head watch, whilst at the same time being something you simply cannot take your eyes off!

Of course, this film will only entertain a certain, and relatively small audience, one assumes, but their collective, and joyful appreciation for it will, without a shadow of a doubt, be heard around the world.

A collection of old VHS-taped footage filmed in 1990-91, 'The El Duce Tapes' center around lead singer for The Mentors, El Duce, but not always in a pleasant way, as you will quickly discover for yourselves.

Some will find what is revealed, aside from unnecessarily noisy, unappealing, invigorating, mind blowing, destructive, revealing, sad, appalling, poignant, and oh-so many other things!

Nothing much before now, some 30 years on and a new team have taken it under their wing and with the editor of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (David Lawrence) at the helm, they have dusted off this old, and unseen footage to allow it to finally breathe life.

The interviews are woven together nicely, the narrative on point throughout, and there's nothing hidden by anyone within frame, trust me.

Simply put, you get to witness the distressing to witness the dysfunctional, depression-laden and alcoholism-embraced fallout of the leader of one of the most unique early era punk-ish bands.

An incendiary, tragicomic documentary (midway between The Decline of Western Civilization and Crumb) which has been hailed as Essential Viewing by CineVue and called Dark and Irresistible by director John Carpenter, 'The El Duce Tapes' will chew you up, spit you out, and leave you floored! This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs and comes with the Special Features of:

High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
Brand new audio commentary with 'The El Duce Tapes' crew
The Ryan Sexton Tapes 34-minute illustrated audio conversation between Ryan Sexton and producer Tim Kirk about the shooting of the original VHS footage
The Nilbog Tapes Video of the band recording the original score for the film
More El Duce Tapes A free-standing alternate assembly of unused material, sort of a sideways sequel
Tape 2: Hollywood Reservoir A piece of raw tape providing a peek behind the scenes of the process of shooting the footage and a candid document of El Duce and Ryan s rapport
El Duce Stories A humorous cut-up of a few of El Duce's famously long aimless stories into one completely incomprehensible and endless word salad
Return to Rape Rock Mountain A brand new interview with Steve Broy, aka Dr. Heathen Scum of The Mentors
Reality Check presents the all-female El Duce tribute band The Womentors
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by John Pearson and reverse art by Benjamin Marra
+ FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors booklet featuring new writing by Manish Agarwal