ROAD TO RUIN BLU-RAY

Kino Classics + Something Weird Present Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Volume 15 - THE ROAD TO RUIN!

      Is Modern Youth Burned at the Altar of Ignorance? A Timely Warning to Parents of Today! One of the most popular films from the days of old-time exploitation cinemas WILLIS KENT's THE ROAD TO RUIN about a group of wholesome high schoolers whose flirtations with vice launch them down a slippery moral slope to death and degradation. Unlike the genre's more campy and hysterical films, such as Reefer Madness, THE ROAD TO RUIN is a finely crafted melodrama that is deceptively effective, building to a devastating climax. Filmed first as a silent in 1928 and then remade as a talkie in 1934 (both are featured on this Blu-ray), THE ROAD TO RUIN owes much of its success to actress HELEN FOSTER, who stars in both versions as the love-hungry teen whose need for acceptance leads her to Jazz Age perdition. Newly restored from archival 35mm elements, THE ROAD TO RUIN is presented with cooperation from Something Weird (representative of the Sonney Amusement Enterprises Film Collection), and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary for THE ROAD TO RUIN (1934) by Eric Schaefer, author of Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films
• Audio Commentary for THE ROAD TO RUIN (1928) by film historian Anthony Slide
• Gallery of Exploitation Trailers