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(aka "Revenant" )
directed by Derek Cole
USA 2012
When struggling writer Paul
(Stephen Twardokus, 3-DAY WEEKEND) finally does ask his
girlfriend Stella (Liesel Kopp), it is into the haunted Browning
house - where one of the previous owners murdered his family and
then killed himself - in which Paul hopes to write a book about
his experiences with the paranormal. Having realized that at
thirty he has never followed through with anything, Paul is not
subtle about his attempts to contact the dead. He has Stella
redecorate the childrens' bedroom as it was when the Browning
family were alive in order to make the spirits more active, and
is as thrilled as Stella is terrified when things start to go
bump in the night. Paul needs something bigger than sounds,
half-heard voices, moving objects, and the occasional humanoid
shape under the bedsheet to sell books, however, and it may be
all to late before he realizes that the force in the house is
not content just to scare him. |
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Theatrical Release: 1 October 2012 (USA)
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DVD Review: Breaking Glass Pictures - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:29:30 | |
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1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | English (CC), none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Breaking Glass Pictures Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 15 |
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Breaking Glass' dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic DVD features a good-looking transfer of a digitally photographed film shot with a skeleton crew (the director and star for much of the duration) and household lighting. The Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo track is refreshingly restrained for this type of horror film (English closed captioning is also available).
The film is also accompanied by an audio commentary track with director Derek Cole, writer/star Stephen Twardokus, and producer Jon Gale (who also plays the landlord). They discuss changes made as they were putting the film together, shooting in Cole's own home (with his family either off in other rooms or off-camera for the practical ghost effects), and the resulting tight coverage (lighting was aimed through the windows so they could not be in the shot during scenes supposed to be set at night). The "Behind the Scenes" featurette is not a compilation of on-set video and cast/crew interviews but a forty-minute discussion with Cole and Twardokus; however, it's a very entertaining and rewarding listen for low-budget filmmaking hopefuls as the two discuss and display their homemade lighting equipment, how they achieved the practical effects as well as the digital ones (including the use of split-screen to merge up to three continues moving shots into one composition since Twardokus himself played both the protagonist and the ghost and had to occupy the same frame at times) with sometimes free and accessible software, as well as how they more simply realized shots that they failed to achieve with a greenscreen suit.
The near thirty-minutes of deleted scenes are not alternate takes or bloopers, but entire scenes that would likely have resulted in a two-hour running time if retained. They include one skeptical character's encounter with the ghost which was removed along with all references to it in the final cut, as well as more screentime for actress Liesel Kopp as the protagonist's girlfriend. Also included are a photo gallery, a trailer for the film, as well as trailers for other recent Breaking Glass releases. |
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