{"id":17841,"date":"2018-02-15T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=17841"},"modified":"2018-03-08T15:01:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T23:01:36","slug":"review-gruesome-twosome-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/02\/review-gruesome-twosome-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gruesome Twosome BD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/02\/review-gruesome-twosome-bd\/#more-17841\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Gruesome Twosome Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/arrowvideo-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>The Gruesome Twosome<\/em><\/strong> is one weird, and frankly bad, horror movie with some shoddy filmmaking, even by swamp-level budget standards, and the video and audio transfers, despite the best efforts of Arrow, don\u2019t look or sound all that hot.<\/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;\">The Gruesome Twosome<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1967)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror<br \/>\nArrow Video | NR \u2013 72 min. \u2013 $39.95 | February 6, 2018<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 02\/15\/2018 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"The Gruesome Twosome\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2018\/gruesometwosome-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/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\" alt=\"\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01IS31U6S\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" alt=\"\" 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><\/strong><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Herschell Gordon Lewis<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Alison Louise Downe<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Elizabeth Davis, Gretchen Wells, Chris Martell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentary, Featurettes, Trailers, Radio Spot<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (PCM 1.0)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Disc Size: <\/strong>43.1 GB<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/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\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1MCgPST.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Gruesome Twosome\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1MCgPST.png\" alt=\"\" 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>PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A demented, elderly woman (ELIZABETH DAVIS) has her mentally retarded son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent coed tries to link various killings on a local Florida college campus to them.<\/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 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This release comes with a reversible cover artwork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Audio Commentaries<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 H.G. Lewis provides a track for both <em>The Gruesome Twosome<\/em> and <em>A Taste of Blood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>A Taste of Blood (1:57:47; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a bonus film from Lewis; LPCM 1.0 audio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Peaches Christ Flips Her Wig (9:54; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Flamboyant San Franciscan Peaches Christ (filmmaker\/cult leader) discusses fond memories of the movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>It Came from Florida (10:48; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Filmmaker Fred Olen Ray (<em>Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers<\/em>) talks about Florida filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>H.G. Lewis vs. the Censors (7:43; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This is a new interview with Lewis discusses some of the pitfalls involving local censorship and angry moviegoers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Promo Gallery:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Gruesome Twosome <\/em>Trailer (2:44; HD)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A Taste of Blood<\/em> Trailer (1:24; HD)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Gruesome Twosome<\/em> Radio Spot (1:07; HD)<\/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=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lRbBhIt.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Gruesome Twosome\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lRbBhIt.png\" alt=\"\" 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 2.25\/5, AUDIO \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the film begins with a message from Arrow that the video was taken from the best source available with some restoration work done with some minimal digital work done on other elements, this is a rather bad looking picture. This is through no fault of the studio and instead that it was a cheap production on stock that was probably not well maintained (if maintained at all). The detail is soft but beyond that, it is littered with scratches, dust marks and other flaws.<\/p>\n<p>The audio isn\u2019t all that much better as the LPCM Mono track has plenty of pops and hisses and dialogue levels weren\u2019t entirely the best. I suppose it\u2019s no surprise since the picture wasn\u2019t the best, the audio that could be recovered was limited.<\/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\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/z5mdHC3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"The Gruesome Twosome\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/z5mdHC3.png\" alt=\"\" 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 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>The Gruesome Twosome<\/em><\/strong> is one weird, and frankly bad, horror movie with some shoddy filmmaking, even by swamp-level budget standards, and the video and audio transfers, despite the best efforts of Arrow, don\u2019t look or sound all that hot. On the plus side, there is at least some okay bonus material so for that it does make this worth picking up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gruesome Twosome is one weird, and frankly bad, horror movie with some shoddy filmmaking, even by swamp-level budget standards, and the video and audio transfers, despite the best efforts of Arrow, don\u2019t look or sound all that hot. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[3920],"class_list":["post-17841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-arrow-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17841","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=17841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17843,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17841\/revisions\/17843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}