Blood Mansion by Garden Gate

The forgotten soundtrack to the 1983 cult horror classic Blood Mansion is finally available for purchase via Library of the Occult! This deluxe vinyl release includes an excerpted reprint of Cinefolio Monthly’s interview with original cinematographer Marlene Wynn, and both vinyl and digital purchases come with an essay by film historian Herb Shellenberger and Andromeda Graves’ original notes to the band on the unique score.

The first of Andromeda Graves’ infamous Natasha Hinson film series, Victoria Hammer stars as the “perpetually stoned transsexual antiheroine” Natasha Hinson, whose inadvertent and bafflingly frequent encounters with supernatural and occult forces are met with verve and panache as she navigates her relationship with Charlotte Dodd (Roxanne Stone), a brilliantly incisive artist who acts as lover and foil to Natasha’s self-destructive antics. While the first Hinson film blends the traditional gothic ghost story with elements of early eighties slasher films, additional offerings include western-tinged monster movies and new age cult-inspired folk horror, among others.

Selected excerpts from a severely damaged print of Blood Mansion have been restored along with miscellaneous promotional items, which will be shared in due time in celebration of the first commercial release of The Garden Gate’s Blood Mansion soundtrack.

"Do you dare to enter? Terror lurks in every room!"

A kaleidoscopic pastiche of 1960’s erotic horror tropes ushered through an abattoir of early eighties synthesisers and string machines. weird, wonderful…equal pets gorgeous and discomfiting (Michaela Monroe of CineFolio Monthly)

Tracklist

1.	Title Sequence - Natasha's Motorbike	2:05

2.	Amateur Taxidermy by Candlelight	1:32

3.	Natasha Endeavors to Relax	0:45

4.	Spectral Hounds of the Dark Wood	1:20

5.	The Bazaar and Charlotte's Painting	1:39

6.	Julia's Vengeful Spirit	0:57

7.	Covering the Mirrors	0:54

8.	Natasha's Revelation	0:46

9.	The Voyeur	3:01

10.	Sleeping in	0:37

11.	Charlotte's Enquiry	1:04

12.	Love Theme from Blood Mansion	1:10

13.	Natasha's Vitamins	1:31

14.	The Taxidermist's Demise	1:27

15.	Her Preferred Medium	2:05

16.	Julia and the Handmirror	1:13

17.	End Credits - A Coalescence of Strange Forces	2:36

Credits

released December 3, 2021

Cover Design: Hauntlove x Timmi Meskers
Music: The Garden Gate
Rhythmic breath, track 2: Roan Parrish

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