DVD Buzz-Saw #27

By BiggNewt

October 7th 2005, 12:00am

Last Updated on July 28, 2021

SIN CITY: Recut & Extended

This film deserves to be mentioned upon this site because it is such a bad-ass film, even if it is not "completely" horror. If you we’re one of the thousands to buy the first DVD, a rather simple, single-disc DVD version, I have good news. No you didn’t save a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to Geico, but you will be getting a nice, shiny, new Sin City: Recut & Extended (check Arrow’s review here). Available on December 13th, the set also included the original Theatrical 124 minute version and the new 147 minute version. Not only do you get 23 brand-spanking new minutes of sinful action (or dialogue) but you also get the following…

Includes:

Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen
English DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround tracks
A commentary with director Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
A second commentary with Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
A third commentary containing Austin Premiere crowd reaction!
A 15 minute film school with the director
A Movie in High-Speed Green Screen feature
17 uninterrupted minutes of Tarantino’s segment
Footage of a Sin City cast/crew party
A 10 minute cooking school with Robert Rodriquez
Four featurettes on the cars
Special effects make-up
Costumes and props
A featurette on how they convinced Miller to assist with the film
Another featurette on casting
A featurette on Tarantino the guest director
Trailers
Bloopers
An interactive game
Sin City graphic novel (The Hard Goodbye)

This DVD is more along the lines of how the treatment should be for such a great flick. Don’t waste another minute with that pathetic disc that you have in your collection. Pre-order the Sin City: Recut & Extended,

Chris Fisher’s HILLSIDE STRANGLER

You may have seen this "similar" flick sitting on the shelves of your nearest money-hogging video rental facility (or Video Store). This Hillside Strangler is an alternative version of the film opposite of Chuck Parello‘s version, much like the Exorcist Prequel situation. Chris Fisher’s version is said to be more sexually charged and provocative. If that’s up your alley than this should be more than enough to satisfy your needs. The DVD will debut on January 10th, 2006. Quite a journey until it’s released but here’s the early scoop on the extras…

Includes:

Missing scenes
Commentary by Brittany Daniel and Clifton Collins Jr.
Commentary by Eliot Rocker and the DP
Cast/crew photos, etc.
Widescreen
English and French 5.1 audio
Fisher and Rockett audio commentary
Daniel and Collins audio commentary
Deleted scenes
Photo gallery
Trailer

No Pre-Order info as of right now, as you see above, the news hasn’t gone over to well with everyone.

MURDER-SET-PIECES

Just looking at the cover of Murder-Set-Pieces (see Arrow’s review) you get the premise of the film, Ultra-Violent, bloody, disturbing, cynical and horrifying, sounds like a good time to me. The DVD is set for an October 24th release. Fright Flix Productions has been backing up it’s new title by calling it "shockingly controversial" and that bodes well for the genre, as it is lacking in disturbing flicks. Here’s a look at the specs of the DVD…

Includes:

Widescreen (1.85:1) director’s cut remastered from the 35mm negative
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound
Audio commentary by Palumbo and lead actor Sven Garrett, moderated by Ultra Violent magazine managing editor Art Ettinger
Deleted scenes
Special introduction by Palumbo
“Gallery of Outrage”
Production photos
Theatrical trailers and more!

As expected, no pre-order info on the fairly unknown title…

TREMORS: Attack Pack

What do you call something that goes from great and exciting to boring and predictable? If you guessed marital sex, your wrong, the answer is The Tremors Franchise. Universal has given us the full details on the upcoming Tremors: Attack Pack. The pack contains all four Tremors films, ranging from great to not-so-great (or down right pathetic). The total number of discs is two, so I assume that there will be two films on each disc. For a full list of movie titles and extras look below…

Includes: