Teenage Gang Debs

This special limited edition spot gloss slipcover is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Presented in partnership with Something Weird Video...

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) represents the world's largest theatrical catalog of exploitation cinema. Their home video line presents a diverse selection of movies, ranging from new preservations of classics from the vast library of Something Weird to the wildest in shot-on-video (SOV) titles. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

Shot guerilla-style in the shadows of Brooklyn, TEENAGE GANG DEBS combines the template of FREAKS with the blueprint for HAIRSPRAY to forge the most essential juvenile delinquent gutter-noir that ever was. With its cinéma vérité fight scenes, gang leaders who wear cardigan sweaters, and refreshing flip of gender roles in exploitation, this Something Weird classick feels like what would happen if The Shangri-Las stopped singing “Leader Of The Pack” and started stabbing punks with switchblades.

directed by: Sande N. Johnsen
starring: various
1966 / 73 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 1.0

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
• Preserved from Something Weird's 35mm print
• Commentary with Something Weird's Lisa Petrucci, AGFA's Alicia Coombs, and author/filmmaker Janet Harvey
• Bonus movie: THE REBEL SET (1959, 72 mins), preserved from a 16mm print
• Shorts preserved from 16mm prints: SUMMER DECISION (1965), TEENAGE DIARY (1960)
• TEENAGE TURMOIL TRAILER REEL preserved from S-VHS
• Booklet with essay by Lisa Petrucci
• English SDH subtitles