{"id":25721,"date":"2021-04-09T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T02:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=25721"},"modified":"2021-04-09T19:47:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T02:47:24","slug":"review-rush-week-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/04\/review-rush-week-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Week Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rush Week<\/em><\/strong> is one of those quentisential movies that gets lost in the shuffle and frankly, while not bad and actually competently edited and directed, deserves to be amongst the forgotten horror-slashers.<\/p>\n

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Rush Week<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Thriller<\/span>
\nVinegar Syndrome| R \u2013 96 min. \u2013 $34.98 | March 23, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 04\/09\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>Bob Bralver
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Russell V. Manzatt and Michael W. Leighton (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Dean Hamilton, Pamela Ludwig, Courtney Gebhart, Gregg Allman, Roy Thinnes<\/span><\/p>\n
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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features:<\/strong> Commentary, Interviews
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No (Yes on Limited Edition)
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>34.70 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>39.54 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/span><\/p>\n
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Vinegar Syndrome provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Toni Daniels (PAMELA LUDWIG) is an ambitious young journalist working for her college newspaper. Tired of covering the same boring stories as her peers, Toni becomes intrigued by the recent disappearances of several female students and believes that they may be linked to an on-campus murder that happened the previous year during the college\u2019s raucous Rush Week. Despite being certain that something terrible has been happening on campus, no one she talks to is willing to admit that the disappearances are cause for concern.<\/p>\n

Undeterred, Toni decides to investigate the mystery on her own, but before long finds herself becoming embroiled in a twist filled saga of deeply buried, and bloody secrets which attract the attention of a sadistic killer who will stop at nothing to hide the truth.<\/p>\n

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Note: <\/strong>This portion contains some plot spoilers<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: Rush Week<\/em><\/strong> was released in 1991 stateside (late \u201989 in the UK), much after the slasher genre had tired-out its welcome amongst audiences. Watching, outside of some gratuitous boob shots, it\u2019s relatively safe with little gore or violence, so not entirely sure who this was aimed at. It\u2019s not titillating enough for those in their 20s, not gory enough for any gore-hounds, and not mysterious enough for the crime-enthusiast of the time.<\/p>\n

Rush Week<\/em><\/strong> seems to be a little bit of Nancy Drew, Scooby-Doo and those tween-targeted R.L. Stine murder-mystery books (and I admit to reading quite a few of those Fear Street novels), where the villain is very easy to predict, which was the case here, thus removing the mystery element and you\u2019re left with \u00a0some rather boring scenes and lame red herrings. The film also lacks any genuinely good-bad moments. I snickered a time or two like when our lead is typing but only her right-hand typing on the half of the keyboard or one character inexplicably wearing a nearly identical cloak as our serial killer, for… reasons.<\/p>\n

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The on the more positive front, Pamela Ludwig made for a good lead and doing her best with a second-rate script, and she does stand out compared with some of her co-stars, take that for what you will. The top billed actor, Dean Hamilton, does make for a top-notch red herring, his character bolting out just when a coed is slaughtered. Hamilton\u2019s chemistry with Ludwig on the other hand is lacking.<\/p>\n

Rush Week<\/em><\/strong> is a movie that came out 10 years too late and has rightfully been lost amongst the numerous other lackluster slashers that came in the wake of Halloween<\/em> and Friday the 13th<\/em>. It\u2019s not bad but can\u2019t muster enough to make a recommendation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Limited Edition comes with a slip cover. The copy provided is the standard version without, but everything else is the same including a reversible sleeve, which I personally prefer.<\/p>\n

Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with The Hysteria Continues, who have a podcast and previously contributed commentaries on other Vinegar Syndrome releases. The group discuss background on the movie and analyze certain scenes. While I like these guys, there are many silent spots, almost as if they didn\u2019t have a whole lot to say about a movie like this.<\/p>\n

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