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directed by Larry Stewart
USA 1984
Pretty college freshman Kelly
Fairchild (Daphne Zuniga,
THE DORM THAT DRIPPED BLOOD) is pledging the Delta Rho
Chi sorority and has been tasked with stealing the keys to her
father's (Clu Gulager, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD)
shopping mall for "prank night" at the end of Hell Week.
Tormented by a recurring nightmare involving her parents, a
stabbing, mirrors, and a strange man on fire, and she has no
memory of her life before nine years of age (when she supposedly
fell out of a tree house), Kelly decides to do her psychology
paper on dreams and nightmares. Her story intrigues teacher's
assistant Peter Adams (James Read, TV's NORTH AND SOUTH)
who - along with lab assistant Marcia (Marilyn Kagan, who later
became a psychotherapist) - tries to interpret the symbolism of
her dream, and finds some strange inconsistencies in her dream
and what he is able to find out about her past. Meanwhile, the
burned man from Kelly's dreams has escaped from a Houston asylum
just in time for "prank night" at the shopping mall where
scheming sorority sister Megan (Frances Peterson) - i.e. most
deserving victim - has locked Kelly and her fellow pledges
(including Zuniga's fellow soap star Hunter Tylo) inside with
herself and a trio of stooges for the fright of their lives... |
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Theatrical Release: December 1984 (USA)
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Runtime | 1:32:54 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:37:07.083 |
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Disc Size: 35,538,288,772 bytes Feature Size: 27,648,092,160 bytes Total Bitrate: 37.96 MbpsDual-layered Blu-ray MPEG4 - AVC |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
LPCM Audio English 768 kbps 1.0 / 48
kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit |
Subtitles | None | English (SDH), none |
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Release Information: Studio: ArrowDrome/Arrow Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow
Disc Size: 35,538,288,772 bytes Feature Size: 27,648,092,160 bytes Total Bitrate: 37.96 MbpsDual-layered Blu-ray MPEG4 - AVC
Edition Details: •
Brand new interview with writer Charles Pratt Jr. (21:17) • Extended Scene (1:07) • Original Theatrical Trailer (1:11) • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver Blu-ray Release Date: November 7th-8thth, 201 6Transparent Blu-ray case Chapters 12 |
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The film's audio is transferred via an uncompressed linear PCM in original mono. The many shrieks and screams as well as the dramatic score by Gabriel Black and Lance Ong benefit - as does the 80's dance music from the party sequences which actually sounds kinda toe-tapping in lossless. Arrow add optional English (SDH) subtitles on their region FREE Blu-ray disc. Arrow, as usual, stack the disc with value in the form of plenty of new supplements starting with a commentary by The Hysteria Continues and brand new interviews with writer Charles Pratt Jr. for over 20-minutes, actor Christopher Bradley for over 18-minites and actress Joy Jones for over a dozen minutes. All giving reminiscences about the production. There is a superfluous extended scene included, an original theatrical trailer and the package has a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn and, for the first pressing only, a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver. One of the more cohesive and well-thought out slasher efforts from the 80's and certainly worth a spin or two for fans of the genre. This Blu-ray is recommended! *** ON THE DVD: ArrowDrome's dual-layer, anamorphic transfer looks a bit soft, but that seems to be more the fault of the film's cinematography. Presumably the master dates back to circa 2000 when this and other New World titles were mastered for release by Anchor Bay Entertainment in the US. No complaints about the Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track. The previous UK disc from Pegasus featured an open-matte transfer. Both versions have had previous BBFC cuts for the cassette release (59 seconds) waived. Region-locked stateside viewers will miss out on the liner notes booklet and reversible cover, but the film is available in Region 1 in the now out of print 2002 Anchor Bay single-disc and 2003 double feature with another low budget New World slasher MOUNTAINTOP MOTEL MASSACRE (B0000AB16X), and the in-print but equally barebones from Image Entertainment. |
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