{"id":13429,"date":"2016-11-11T19:11:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T03:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13429"},"modified":"2016-11-11T19:11:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T03:11:45","slug":"review-murderweapon-deadlyembrace-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-murderweapon-deadlyembrace-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Murder Weapon &#038; Deadly Embrace BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/11\/review-murderweapon-deadlyembrace-bd\/#more-13429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Murder Weapon &amp; Deadly Embrace Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2016\/murderweapon-sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Murder Weapon<\/em> <\/strong>and <strong><em>Deadly Embrace<\/em><\/strong> are laughable erotic thrillers but I\u2019d be lying if I was entertained by just how bad both were in just about every respect from the editing, acting and writing. If you\u2019re a fan of the low budget 1980s flicks, both might hit the right spot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Murder Weapon\/Deadly Embrace<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1989)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Thriller, Horror<br \/>\nVinegar Syndrome | NR \u2013 165 min. \u2013 $29.98 | October 25, 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 11\/11\/2016 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/murderweapon-bd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Murder Weapon\/Deadly Embrace\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/murderweapon-bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01LVWEVXP\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>David DeCoteau<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Ross A. Perron (written by)(<em>Murder Weapon<\/em>), Richard Gabai (written by)(<em>Deadly Embrace<\/em>)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Linnea Quigley, Jan-Michael Vincent, Lyle Waggoner, Karen Russell, Mindi Miller, Jack Carter, Michelle Bauer, Mike Jacobs Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Trailer, Outtakes<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>42.2 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Codec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>THE MOVIES<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kBcLiiY.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Murder Weapon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kBcLiiY.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Murder Weapon<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Two women, who have just been released from an asylum, hold a party to reunite with their old boyfriends. Soon though a mysterious black clad killer begins murdering the boys in increasingly gruesome ways. Can the murderer be unmasked before it\u2019s too late?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yR4NBhP.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Murder Weapon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yR4NBhP.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Deadly Embrace<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>A lonely and under-sexed housewife hires a studly houseman, only to begin an affair with him. But when his actress girlfriend (LINNEA QUIGLEY) comes to visit, as well as her wealthy husband (JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT), things start happening that no one would have expected&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Murder Weapon<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Director David DeCoteau &amp; Actress Linnea Quigley<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Intro (2:26; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 DeCoteau gives background on the film.<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Video Trailer (1:24; SD)<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Deadly Embrace<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Director David DeCoteau &amp; Actress Linnea Quigley<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Intro (1:55; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is another offering from DeCoteau on the origins of this film.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Outtakes (2:53; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zAQH0CL.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Murder Weapon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zAQH0CL.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Murder Weapon<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u2014 4.5\/5<br \/>\n<\/strong>The film is presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer from a 2K restoration of the 16mm original camera negative and show in its original 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio. I actually was pretty impressed with the picture, colors were fairly bright throughout and detail looked sharp and nicely defined. I didn\u2019t notice any major instances of dust marks, aliasing or artifacts though the noise was heavy and there was some banding in the opening credits.<strong><em>Deadly Embrace<\/em><\/strong><strong> \u2014 3.5\/5<br \/>\n<\/strong>Here, this 1080p transfer (again, 2K from the 16mm camera negative) isn\u2019t as good as it\u2019s not as vibrant and detail not as sharp, yet for a extremely low budget affair, it is at least looks decent and was relatively clean.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both films come with DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 tracks and they are basically equal in quality. It\u2019s a bit heavy with the cheap music\/score but at least dialogue levels were clear. It\u2019s not the cleanest lossless track as there were plenty of hisses and pops here and there, but bearing in mind these were cheap productions, they were better than expected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/N0AIsXM.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"Murder Weapon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/N0AIsXM.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Murder Weapon<\/em> <\/strong>and <strong><em>Deadly Embrace<\/em><\/strong> are laughable erotic thrillers but I\u2019d be lying if I was entertained by just how bad both were in just about every respect from the editing, acting and writing. If you\u2019re a fan of the low budget 1980s flicks, both might hit the right spot. The Blu-ray released through Vinegar Syndrome offers good video and audio transfers however the features are a tad limited, though the commentaries aren\u2019t half bad.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imgur-album\" src=\"\/\/imgur.com\/a\/YUSJO\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imgur-album\" src=\"\/\/imgur.com\/a\/JEMPK\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murder Weapon and Deadly Embrace are laughable erotic thrillers but I\u2019d be lying if I was entertained by just how bad both were in just about every respect from the editing, acting and writing. 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