Titanosaurus
01-14-2009, 11:56 AM
Plot: A pick ax-weilding killer returns to a small town and starts chopping up bodies when the townspeople fail to heed his warning. Realistically, the movie was decent, with good music, so-so acting, and a fair atmosphere. But, this version, so chopped up originally by the MPAA in 1981, is now availible fully uncut with all scenes of violence intact, and are they grisly.
You are given the option of watching these scenes seperatly as deleted scenes or as part of the film. Personally, I reccomend the latter, as it gives the viewer a chance to see the film as orignally intended. The spliced-in footage, though faded, is highly tolerable, except maybe one or two kills, which are rather grainy.
The special features are commendable as well. First, we are given "My Bloody Valentine and The Rise of the Slasher Film." It is a short but informative documentary that essentially goes over the development of this film as it appeared during the Slasher Golden Age. The other is a feature on the evolution of the slasher film in which you navigate through a family tree style presentation of different topics on slasher film development, such as "Psycho", Godfather of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis, the Italian Giallo genre, The Golden Age of 80's slashers, post-modern slashers like "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer", torture porn like the "Saw" series, "New-Wave" slashers like "Wolf Creek" And "Inside", and the recent wave of slasher remakes.
A 6/10 for the film (threatrical and uncut), but an 8/10 for the whole DVD. Recomended, but beware of the ball-busting price ($14.99 at Best Buy, $19.99 at FYE.)
You are given the option of watching these scenes seperatly as deleted scenes or as part of the film. Personally, I reccomend the latter, as it gives the viewer a chance to see the film as orignally intended. The spliced-in footage, though faded, is highly tolerable, except maybe one or two kills, which are rather grainy.
The special features are commendable as well. First, we are given "My Bloody Valentine and The Rise of the Slasher Film." It is a short but informative documentary that essentially goes over the development of this film as it appeared during the Slasher Golden Age. The other is a feature on the evolution of the slasher film in which you navigate through a family tree style presentation of different topics on slasher film development, such as "Psycho", Godfather of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis, the Italian Giallo genre, The Golden Age of 80's slashers, post-modern slashers like "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer", torture porn like the "Saw" series, "New-Wave" slashers like "Wolf Creek" And "Inside", and the recent wave of slasher remakes.
A 6/10 for the film (threatrical and uncut), but an 8/10 for the whole DVD. Recomended, but beware of the ball-busting price ($14.99 at Best Buy, $19.99 at FYE.)