On May 10, 2011, Intervision Pictures Corp. in association with Severin Films will release a special edition DVD of the eighties shot-on-video slasher SLEDGEHAMMER
, directed by David A. Prior (FELONY
) and starring his brother Ted Prior (KILLER WORKOUT
). A group of kids in a backwoods house partying and screwing. Just throw in a killer with a novel weapon, a synth score, eighties hair and clothes, and you've got a slasher with a cult following rediscovered on DVD. One of the early shot-on-video slashers produced to take advantage of the of the burgeoning video rental market, SLEDGEHAMMER makes its digital debut loaded with special features!SLEDGEHAMMER DVD specs:
- 4:3 fullscreen (original aspect ratio) transfer
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio
- Audio Commentary with director David A. Prior
- Audio Commentary with Bleeding Skull creators Joseph A. Ziemba and Dan Budnik
- "Hammertime" featurette with Destroy All Movies! author Zack Carlson
- "SledgehammerLand" featurette with Cinefamily programmers Hadrian Belove and Tom Fitzgerald
- Interview with director David A. Prior
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Great review over at Beaver Eric... Normally when I read a review with "strangely dream-like at times" my interest is imediately stirred, but looking at the screenshots I just can't get passed that video texture...
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