The movie was released straight-to-DVD by Echo Bridge Entertainment on September 18, 2007. The movie was called ""El Muerto"" but it was re-titled ""The Dead One"" for the original DVD release. It is going to be released as ""El Muerto"" in the future. Special features included seven drawings by guest artists, commentary with director Brian Cox and Javier Hernandez, an art tutorial, the original comic book, three featurettes, a Spanish language track, and a DVD-ROM feature. In the DVD case is are 2 wash-and-wear tattoos and a collectible mini-comic created for the DVD.