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and alternative music. The company's original name and current trading name is

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. The Salvation Group was dissolved in November 2014.

History

Salvation's origins can be traced back to 1993, when founder

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started up a film distribution label under the name

. Since then, the company has broadened its scope to include the distribution of music and literature and the online model community, the Satanic Sluts.

Labels

Today, Salvation Group comprises the following projects;

Redemption Films

Redemption showcases the best in European horror and sleaze cinema, with such titles as Killer Nun,

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and films by

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Jean Rollin Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 193815 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre. Overview Rollins' career, spanning over fifty years, featured early short film ...

, Dario Argento,

Mario Bava Mario Bava (31 July 1914 – 27 April 1980) was an Italian filmmaker who worked variously as a director, cinematographer, special effects artist and screenwriter, frequently referred to as the "Master of Italian Horror" and the "Master of the M ...

, Bruno Mattei,

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among others. They also release classics such as

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

Vampyr ''Vampyr'' (german: Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Gray, lit=Vampyr: The Dream of Allan Gray) is a 1932 horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from J. She ...

The Phantom Carriage ''The Phantom Carriage'' ( sv, Körkarlen, literally "The Wagoner") is a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by and starring Victor Sjöström, based on the 1912 novel '' Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!'' (''Körkarlen'') by Swedish author Selma Lag ...

, M and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Other film labels

Salvation distributes films through other film labels, each specialising in their own cinema genres; * ''Jezebel Films'': soft-core sexploitation from the 60s and 70s. * ''Purgatory Films'': specifically adult interest films, including works by

Michael Ninn Michael Ninn is an adult film director and writer. He began his career as a music video director and made his first adult films in 1992. Adult film career In 1992 Ninn made his first adult erotic films – ''Black Orchid'', ''Principles ...

. Purgatory has both softcore and hardcore titles. * ''Sacrament Films'': contemporary Japanese

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cinema.

Music

* ''Triple Silence'': Salvation's record label specialising in dark, sexual and satanic music with a recent move towards more

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and all its subgenres. * ''Hydra'': an offshoot of Triple Silence, covers

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, Martial, Neofolk,

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and the emerging Military pop genre.

Television

Redemption TV Rockworld TV was a British television channel which featured rock music, and was aimed to highlight "underground" lifestyles and artists. It broadcast on Sky Digital ch. 378, and also streamed content online. Officially it was only on the air fr ...

was a brief partnership between Salvation and Carnaby Media to create an alternative lifestyle channel, which aired on Sky Digital. Salvation ceased their involvement with this project shortly after launch, and the channel was rebranded as ROCKWORLD.TV.

Magazines

''Nihilista'' is a free magazine, containing articles on

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culture and reviews of

alternative Alternative or alternate may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' * ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film * ''The Alternative ...

music and

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cinema

Other projects

Satanic Sluts, created in 2004 by

, is a global community of

women, who create horror-themed imagery and performance. Salvation have produced three DVDs and one coffee-table book of photography, called "Blood and Dishonour: The dark, bloody and perversely erotic world of the Satanic Sluts – Satan’s true Sirens" (published by

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in 2007), under the name Satanic Sluts. Salvation has created the first online horror movie streaming website, called redemptionfilmstv.com, where it showcases a selection of films from the Redemption catalogue Salvation also runs an adult content website named purgatory-films.com

Production

Salvation Group also produces its own films, including

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shocker

Sacred Flesh ''Sacred Flesh'' is a 1999 British nunsploitation horror film. It is set in an indeterminate past, and consists of a series of loosely connected vignettes that depict pseudo-lesbian sexuality and some sado-masochistic activity. Plot Sister Eliz ...

and Satanic Sluts series, including
"Satanic Sluts: The Black Order Cometh"
(2008), featuring horror-themed performances from members of the Satanic Sluts
"Satanic Sluts II: The Black Masses"
(2008), which is a documentary on the nightclub ''Black Mass'', where each night members of the Satanic Sluts performed horror burlesque routines; and ''Satanic Sluts III: Scandalized'' (2009), an erotic imagination of the

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concerning Satanic Slut Georgina Baillie.