{"id":10472,"date":"2015-10-26T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=10472"},"modified":"2015-10-26T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:11:36","slug":"review-lavalantula-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/10\/review-lavalantula-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lavalantula DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lavalantula<\/em><\/strong> is the latest SyFy Original Movie trying to capitalize on the Sharknado<\/em> trend hoping something else will catch on. One thing I will say about this one, it\u2019s not quite as fun as Sharknado<\/em> but it has some moments and its nice seeing Steve Guttenberg in the lead…<\/p>\n

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Lavalantula<\/span>
\n(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
\nAlchemy | NR \u2013 84 min. \u2013 $19.99 | November 3, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n <\/b>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Mike Mendez
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Ashley O\u2019Neil, Mike Mendez, Neil Elman (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Winslow<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n** Click Here to Purchase Lavalantula<\/em> on DVD from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After a dormant volcano erupts in the Santa Monica Hills, arachnid-like creatures swarm out. A former A-list action star, Colton West (STEVE GUTTENBERG), finds himself the hero responsible for saving the city from being victim to the most horrifying creatures imaginable.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a glossy slip cover<\/strong>. As for features, there\u2019s a generic promotional Featurette (3:09)<\/u><\/strong> and a Trailer (1:52)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5 | AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5
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Lavalantula<\/em><\/strong> is presented with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, 1.78 aspect ratio, and looks decent enough with bright colors and no major instances of artifacting or aliasing.<\/p>\n

The included Dolby Digital 5.1 track is effective enough but is rather flat during the action-packed scenes. However, dialogue comes through well enough and considering its made-for-TV source, it\u2019s not too bad.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Lavalantula<\/em><\/strong> is the latest SyFy Original Movie trying to capitalize on the Sharknado<\/em> trend hoping something else will catch on. One thing I will say about this one, it\u2019s not quite as fun as Sharknado<\/em> but it has some moments and its nice seeing Steve Guttenberg in the lead… The DVD released by Alchemy is basic with good video, so-so audio and only one promotional featurette.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>10\/24\/2015<\/p>\n

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Lavalantula is the latest SyFy Original Movie trying to capitalize on the Sharknado trend hoping something else will catch on. One thing I will say about this one, it\u2019s not quite as fun as Sharknado but it has some moments and its nice seeing Steve Guttenberg in the lead…  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[4069,4070,4068,4067,776],"class_list":["post-10472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-leslie-easterbrook","tag-michael-winslow","tag-nia-peeples","tag-steve-guttenberg","tag-syfy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10472"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10484,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10472\/revisions\/10484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}