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| Restored and Uncut, THE PICK-UP on Blu-ray |
 Severin Films – in collaboration with Something Weird Video – today announced The Worldwide Blu-ray Premiere of the Lee Frost/Wes Bishop ‘roughie’ THE PICK-UP. Though writer/director/cinematographer Frost and co-writer/producer/star Bishop’s films included such exploitation classics as HOUSE ON BARE MOUNTAIN, LOVE CAMP 7, THE THING WITH TWO HEADS and RACE WITH THE DEVIL, this 1969 crime shocker was thought lost for decades. But with the recent discovery of its original camera negative in a Paris vault, it can now be seen restored and uncut for the first time ever.Legendary producer Bob Cresse (HOT SPUR, THE SCAVENGERS), sexploitation icon David F. Friedman, Lynn Harris (THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF ZORRO) and mysteriously disappeared folk singer Jim Sullivan co-star in this extreme ‘roughie’ about two bagmen for the L.A. syndicate who are robbed of $1 million in Las Vegas mob money by a seductive pair of con artists, leading to a desperate frenzy of carnal violence and brutal vengeance. THE PICK-UP is newly scanned in 4K and features a Webstore Exclusive Bonus Disc that includes the “fascinating” (Austin Chronicle) and long-out-of-print 2001 documentary MAU MAU SEX SEX starring Friedman and fellow exploitation pioneer Dan Sonney, plus filmmaker/historian Frank Henenlotter, Something Weird founder Mike Vraney and more... Continue reading: Restored and Uncut for the First Time Ever, THE PICK-UP arrives on Blu-ray April 2025 from Severin Films in News. - 
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