Vinegar Syndrome's BLOOD BEAT (review)

Christmas come early this year with a samurai sword in the oddball French-made, Wisconsin-lensed regional horror flick BLOOD BEAT.  When Ted brings his girlfriend Sarah home to the family farm, she gets weird vibes off of his New Agey mother.  That oddness pales in comparison when a killer dressed as an ancient samurai starts massacring the nearby farm, clearing a bloody path towards the family.

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray/Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)

BLOOD BEAT Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 mono
• DVD:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 1.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Fabrice Zaphiratos (in French with English subtitles)
• Interview with director Fabrice Zaphiratos
• Interview with cinematographer Vladimir Van Maule
• BLOOD BEAT: Silent Version (28 minutes) with Nervous Curtains and Horror Remix
• Short film by Fabrice Zaphiratos' son William
• Stills Gallery
• Reversible Cover

The first two-thousand copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include an embossed slipcover by Earl Kessler.