Wednesday 10 June 2015

The Mutilator officially coming from Arrow UK & US

So the rumors are true. Arrow have announced the much sort after classic slasher The Mutilator. I've read about this one for a very long time. It's on a awful lot of slasher fans most wanted lists.

Apparently this release was thought to be impossible due to there being no viable elements being in existance. Thankfully the awesome people at Arrow are here to save the day. It's well known that Arrow do world class work these days. They rival Criterion in restoration and happen to specialise in cult movies that are right up my street. Even better news is that its a dual territory release. Coming out in the US & UK. Everyone wins!

Here's the Official Arrow announcement

'NEW UK/US TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE MUTILATOR DUAL FORMAT BD & DVD

Grisly slasher The Mutilator is unleashed in a new restoration of the Unrated and R-Rated versions!

Pre-order your UK copy here:http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/ind...product_id=578 

North American pre-orders links should be live soon!

UK Release Date: 28th September 2015
US Release Date: 29th September 2015
Region: Free

BY SWORD. BY PICK. BY AXE. BYE BYE.

Although the slasher film was in decline by the mid-1980s, there were still some grisly delights to be had… and they don’t come much grislier than writer-director Buddy Cooper’s sickening stalk-and-slash classic The Mutilator!

When Ed receives a message from his father asking him to go and lock up the family’s beach condo for the winter, it seems like the perfect excuse for an alcohol-fuelled few days away with his friends. After all, his dad has forgiven him for accidentally blowing mom away with a shotgun several years ago… hasn’t he? But no sooner are the teens on the island than they find themselves stalked by a figure with an axe (and a hook, and an onboard motor) to grind…

Originally entitled Fall Break (watch out for the incongruous theme song of the same name!), The Mutilator has earned a reputation amongst horror fans as one of the ‘holy grails’ of 80s splatter mayhem due to its highly inventive (and not to say, decidedly gruesome) kill sequences, courtesy of FX wizard Mark Shostrom (Videodrome, Evil Dead II). Finally making its long-awaited bow in High-Definition, The Mutilator has returned to terrorise a whole new generation of horror fans!

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
•Brand new 2K restoration from original vault materials of the R-rated and Unrated versions of the film
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
•Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
•Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
•Brand new interviews with cast and crew
•The Mutilator locations visit
•Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork to be revealed
•Fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film alongside archive articles from Fang'