private industry film genre exploitation founded 1990 founder mike vraney december 29 1957 january 2 2014 headquarters seattle washington united states area served worldwide products vhs dvd blu ray disc services film distribution website somethingweird.com something weird video is an american film distributor company based in seattle washington . they specialize in exploitation films particularly the works of harry novak doris wishman david f. friedman and herschell gordon lewis . the company is named after lewis 1967 film something weird and the logo is taken from that film s original poster art . something weird usually focus on b to z movies . something weird has distributed well over 2 500 films to date . 1 on january 2 2014 the company s founder mike vraney died after a lengthy battle with lung cancer . he was fifty six years old . 2 contents 1 history 2 content 3 references 4 external links history edit something weird video was founded in 1990 by mike vraney in seattle washington . he was inspired by his teenage job as a theater projectionist . his love for the obscure films that never made it to video prompted him to transfer hundreds of ancient reels of film to vhs and dvd . on the company website vraney explains the label s genesis in my mind the last great genre to be scavenged were the exploitation sexploitation films of the 30s through the 70s . after looking into this further i realized that there were nearly 2 000 movies out there yet to be discovered . so with this for inspiration my quest began and wouldn t you know just out of the blue i fell into a large collection of 16 mm girlie arcade loops which became the first compilation videos we put together . around the same time i received an unexpected phone call that suddenly made all this real my future and hands down the king of sexploitation dave friedman was on the other end of the line . this would be the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship for both of us . dave s films became the building blocks for our film collection and he has taught and guided me through the wonderful world of sexploitation introducing me to his colleagues dan sonney harry novak h. g. lewis bob cresse and all the other colorful characters who were involved during his heyday and they ve been eager to dive into the business again . 3 content edit the content offered by something weird runs the gamut of exploitation cinema . subgenres offered include films centering on burlesque and striptease shows nudist exposes and features drug and driver s education shorts stag and peepshow loops softcore and hardcore shorts and features sword and sandal spectaculars spaghetti westerns tv rarities jungle films and films featuring all black casts . something weird initially offered their product on vhs with colorful covers using the original film artwork . in 1999 they made the transition to dvd partnering with image entertainment to release their titles . something weird videos are available on demand to comcast subscribers . 4 among the series of titles within their library are kid s commercials from the golden age of television hey folks it s intermission time and campy classroom classics . there are also several titles available for streaming on netflix . something weird also offers an line called sexy shockers . these films are selected by cult film director frank henenlotter . 5 distributors of something weird titles include odeon entertainment in the uk and siren visual entertainment in australia . notable films to have been distributed by swv include basket case blood feast the wizard of gore jail bait and bat pussy . references edit something weird video swv us . internet movie database . retrieved 9 july 2012 . http www.seattleweekly.com home 950460 129 mike vraney founder of something weird something weird video . somethingweirdvideo.com . retrieved 9 july 2012 . something weird video . somethingweirdvideo.com . retrieved 9 july 2012 . something weird video sexy shockers . 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