Stephen Biro

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Stephen Biro is an American film producer, director, and writer, renowned as the president and founder of Unearthed Films, a distribution company specializing in horror and extreme cinema. Under his leadership, Unearthed Films introduced the controversial Japanese Guinea Pig series to North American audiences. Biro directed and wrote entries in the American Guinea Pig series, including Bouquet of Guts and Gore (2014) and The Song of Solomon (2017). He is also an author, with works like Hellucination, a memoir exploring his spiritual journey influenced by hallucinogens.

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Texas Carlos Massacre

Guided by his doctor (or is it voices in his head?), a young director is given a mission: to go to Texas to make an abstract roadmovie (“Unfocused film! Focus is repressed!”) about the Housecore Horror Festival of Film and Music, a festival that brings together cinema and extreme music.

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2021

Not for the Faint of Heart

A documentary about the extreme films released from the 1970's-today with interviews from the creators.

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2021

Beyond Horror: The History and Sub-Culture of Red Films

Delves into the history of the most extreme and shocking films that have ever been made. chronicles the timeline of Red Films: those films that are too extreme for the mainstream and historically have been circulated via the bootleg circuit.

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2019

Diary of a Deadbeat: The Story of Jim VanBebber

A documentary of uncompromising, outlaw, cult underground filmmaker Jim Van Bebber, covering his life from 2010-2015 while he tries to make a comeback and make a new exploitation film after years of struggling to work.

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2015

Gator Green

A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amok at an alligator farm in 1973 Florida.

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2013

Brainjacked

A man suffering from debilitating migraines uses trepanation to cure his condition and realize his mind’s full potential, and discovers the dark side of the ancient surgical practice. By drilling a hole into his skull, Tristan will not only realize the true potential of his mind, but also gain access to a clandestine home for runaways known as the Garden. But just when it begins to look like Tristan is on the path to enlightenment, he’s plunged into a terrifying world of eternal darkness.

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2009