Super news from the awesome people at the US's premier horror label Scream Factory. Post modern slasher classic Cherry Falls is coming to Blu-ray next year! Whilst it's not an entirely successful I've always had a soft spot for this bad boy. It's not up there with the best of that era but its a interesting slice of the genre that had a well known troubled production. Hopefully Scream Factory go into all the gory details of its production in some loaded special features. I'm very psyched for it despite the bad news that accompanies the announcement...
Scream Factory Announcement..
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You asked for it, we listened! The underrated 2000 slasher flick CHERRY FALLS will be coming to Blu-ray for the first time sometime next Spring. Stars include Brittany Murphy (Clueless, 8 Mile), Jay Mohr (Pay it Forward, Street Kings) , Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens), Jesse Bradford (Bring it On, Swimfan) and Gabriel Mann (Revenge).
As excited as we are to be able to bring this to you (finally) we do need to address upfront the question we know some of you will have: Will it be uncut?
We were fully aware that the film suffered trims from the MPAA prior to its release so when we acquired the film we hoped that we could find the additional footage and include it—either as deleted scenes or reinstated into the film. Unfortunately, our licensor (Universal) only has the theatrical R-rated version in their vault (the same cut that was released on the long out-of-print DVD) and they do not have cut footage in question.
Plan B: We contacted the film’s Director Geoffrey Wright to see if maybe he might have the excised material but were told that he was never given a chance to assemble a longer cut originally. He did not have the footage either.
That being said, we still hope that fans will support the release in High-def. Extras are planned and will be announced at a later date. New key art is also in the works too.'
Soooo it looks like we won't be getting the much talked about/rumored original cut of the film. Which is a shame but if it can't be done it can't be done. I for one will be getting this day one either way. Hopefully they go into details in the extras.
