In the mid-1970s, writer/producer/director/actor Frederick R. Friedel went to North Carolina to film a pair of enigmatic yet startling low-budget thrillers – <b>AXE and KIDNAPPED CO-ED </b>– only to see them both presumed lost to shady dealings, sudden tragedies, moral outrage and drive-in oblivion. <BR><BR> In AXE, depraved killers on the run hold a young woman and her invalid grandfather hostage in an isolated farmhouse. In KIDNAPPED CO-ED, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family forms a perverse relationship with her abductor. <BR><BR> Once thought doomed to drive-in obscurity, <b>fans and grindhouse historians have begun to compare Freidel’s films to those of David Lynch and Terrence Malick</b>, and now the complete story behind this strange journey can finally be told. <b>Severin Films is proud to present both features restored from their original negatives, plus BLOODY BROTHERS </b>, Friedel's recut of the two features as one twisted crime epic called <b>BLOODY BROTHERS</b>, and <b> loaded with exclusive Bonus Features </b>that reveal the startling saga behind the casts, crews, disastrous fate and surprising rediscovery of these nearly forgotten grindhouse/arthouse classics – the ultimate look at one of the most fascinating sagas in indie exploitation history!