Stewart Main and Peter Wells' 1993 film DESPERATE REMEDIES is a film that should have a cult following and seems to have vanished off the face of the Earth. A New Zealand-lensed tale of high camp bodice-ripping, the film is pitched somewhere between a particularly smutty epic TV romance and a Guy Maddin film, utilizing vivid colors and often ridiculous costume and set design to great effect. While the reviews were good, the film was barely released in the U.S. and hasn't even managed to turn up on DVD. It's a shame, as it's a bit akin to Kenneth Anger doing an '80s Harry Alan Towers-produced erotic period potboiler.
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