Love Is a Stranger + Love Is a Stranger Again Blu-ray presents Dave Castiglione’s shot-on-video genre duology from Saturn’s Core and OCN Distribution. Produced under the Sharkey Video banner, the two films blend regional SOV horror, slasher elements, gothic melodrama and erotic-thriller atmosphere into a pair of low-budget South Jersey cult oddities.

FILMS INCLUDED

Love Is a Stranger (1994)

Gwen Stevens tries to escape her controlling boyfriend Craig by taking a job at the photography studio of Landon Love. But as women connected to the studio begin disappearing, Gwen is drawn into a strange and dangerous mystery involving a mysterious killer.

Love Is a Stranger Again (1997)

Gwen returns to Landon Love’s studio, still haunted by the violence she survived. As nightmares and paranoia take hold, she becomes convinced that the past may not be finished with her, leading into a sequel built around trauma, obsession and SOV horror strangeness.

Featuring performances by Dawn Murphy, Dave Castiglione, Christine Cavalier, Tina Krause, Ivory Blackwood, Osman Karriem, Gary Whitson and Champy Frehmel, this Blu-ray edition includes new transfers, commentaries, alternate cuts, interviews, trailers, short films from the Sharkey Video archives, English SDH subtitles and a limited slipcover.

directed by: Dave Castiglione
starring: Dawn Murphy, Dave Castiglione, Christine Cavalier, Tina Krause, Ivory Blackwood, Osman Karriem, Gary Whitson, Champy Frehmel
1994–1997 / 154 min combined / English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Audio / 1-Disc Region Free Blu-ray

Love Is a Stranger + Love Is a Stranger Again [Blu-ray] w/slip

Name: Love Is a Stranger + Love Is a Stranger Again [Blu-ray] w/slip
Brand: Vinegar Syndrome
Price: 42.99 CAD
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Quantity

• English SDH Subtitles on Both Features
• 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio

LOVE IS A STRANGER

• New Scan from the Original SVHS Master Tapes
• Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Dave Castiglione Moderated by Ross Snyder of Saturn’s Core
• Early Alternative Rough Cut
• Bloopers and Outtakes
• Archival Cable Access TV Interview with Director Dave Castiglione

LOVE IS A STRANGER AGAIN

• New 2026 Director’s Cut Compiled Under the Supervision of Director Dave Castiglione
• Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Dave Castiglione Moderated by Ross Snyder of Saturn’s Core
• Original VHS Cut
• A Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Interview with Writer/Director Dave Castiglione
• The Stranger Beside Me – Interview with Actor Osman Karriem
• Dawn Murphy’s Screen Test USA Audition Tape
• Trailers

SHARKEY VIDEO ARCHIVE SHORT FILMS

• The Little World of Wilbur – Dave Castiglione’s 1997 Custom Short Starring Dawn Murphy
• The Last Laugh – Dave Castiglione’s 1997 Custom Short Starring Dawn Murphy and Debbie D.
• Fempyra – Dawn Murphy’s 1999 Short Starring Pamela Sutch and Debbie D.
• Bloopers and Outtakes from the Short Films
• Archival Dawn Murphy Fempyra Interview

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Limited Edition Slipcover
• Limited Edition of 1,000 Units
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