Tom Lee Rutter Returns with The Pocket Film of Superstitions — A Folk-Horror Fever Dream on Blu-ray

Tom Lee Rutter is a name in the UK that’s spoken in the underground circles of films. Known for the surreal visionary acid western, Day of the Stranger (see review here) Tom has been involved in other folks projects such as acting in Baz Hancher’s Axel Falcon (see Cheese and Carnage: Unraveling ‘Axel Falcon’ a Dark Tale of Vengeance), and Hate Little Rabbit (see review here), plus FX work in S.N Sibley’s The Last Zombi Hunter, to name a handful.

However, other than a quick short segment in an anthology, he hasn’t stopped to make a new full-on movie since Day of the Stranger — until now! The Pocket Film of Superstitions has been bubbling in his cauldron for a long time, simmering away getting ready for a huge release.

The time has arrived!

Pre-orders are now live for the Extra-Special Limited-Edition Blu-ray of The Pocket Film of Superstitions.

The limited-edition includes a numbered o-ring slipcase with spanking new artwork by the amazing Gibson Graphix and set of 3 double-sided lobby cards. Blu-ray includes a 16-page booklet with essay by the one and only Darrell Buxton and doubled-sided inlay. There are only 250 copies available of this limited-edition. It will be a factory pressed Blu-ray and not a BD-R. BBFC rating is a 15.

The Pocket Film of Superstitions release will also include short films Bella in the Wych Elm (2017) and Dr. Balden Cross: Beyond the Void (2018) among a wealth of other extras!

Prepare yourselves for this quaint, creepy merging of folkloric horror, documentary, animation and Dadaist humour that looks at various superstitions through the ages. A handcrafted moving almanac of witches, witch-finders, faery folk, changelings and the perils of walking under ladders — amid dozens more curious practices and beliefs that are brought together in this indie marvel unlike any other.

Join narrator The Shend (punk/post-punk legend of The Cravats and The Very Things and star of such cult hits as Pervirella) and the many luminaries of the cinema-fantastique including Caroline Munro, Lynn Lowry, Pauline Peart, and Dani Thompson in this ode to the majesty of early silent fantastical cinema, through to the British horror of the 1970s, via children’s educational shows with lashes of absurd Python-esque comedy — all on the budget of a backyard slasher! The Pocket Film of Superstitions is a must for all seekers of such fine underground cinematic pleasures.

There’s a huge nest of venomous addictive cult horror film makers in the UK just waiting for you.

Meanwhile, aside from knowing Tom personally (he’s a lovely geezer) I also interviewed him some years back (see Weird, Wild, Macabre: An Interview with Filmmaker Tom Lee Rutter).