{"id":27195,"date":"2021-10-01T23:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=27195"},"modified":"2021-10-01T23:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T06:43:05","slug":"review-death-screams-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2021\/10\/review-death-screams-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Screams Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Death Screams<\/em><\/strong> is a film that some may find charming as a \u201cregional\u201d independent film, having been shot in North Carolina. For me, I thought a fair portion was rather dull with characters that failed to resonate.<\/p>\n

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Death Screams<\/span>
\n(1982)
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Suspense\/Thriller<\/span>
\nArrow Video| R \u2013 89 min. \u2013 $39.95 | September 14, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/01\/2021 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Director: <\/strong>David Nelson
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Paul C. Elliott (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Susan Kiger, Martin Tucker, William T. Hicks, Jennifer Chase, Jody Kay, John Kohler, Andria Savio, Curt Rector<\/span><\/p>\n

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DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentaries, Featurettes, TV & Radio Spots, Galleries
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>Yes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/p>\n
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Audio: <\/strong>English (PCM 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>27.99 GB
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>42.11 Mbps
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n
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Arrow Films provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>Late one night, a young couple are brutally murdered at a make-out spot by an unseen assailant, their bodies tossed into the nearby river. As the lifeless lovers drift slowly downstream, the residents of the town excitedly prepare themselves for their annual carnival, unaware that a machete-wielding maniac with a twisted grudge is lurking in their midst. When a group of teen revelers plan a late-night after party down in the local cemetery, they unwittingly set the stage for a bloodbath.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Death Screams<\/em><\/strong>, also known as House of Death<\/em>, is a slasher that sprung up from the 80s with the success of Friday the 13th<\/em> and Halloween<\/em>. I\u2019ve come across a few of these indie flicks and for the most part more than anything I\u2019ve found them pretty dull. This one is no exception. I\u2019d wager 50-60% is full-on filler with a bulk taking place at a carnival in a \u201cshoot the rodeo\u201d scenario to borrow the phrase from Red Letter Media, filming during some small-town carnival. The sequence doesn\u2019t offer a whole lot, no development for characters that were interchangeable. On that front, the acting isn\u2019t half bad considering what little they had to work with.<\/p>\n

Now, if there is anything to praise is at the very least the final 10-15 minutes did offer some cheesy fun, missing from the other 75-minutes, even if the killer\u2019s reveal was a bit laughable with only a brief flashback to their motives. However, I will say some of the gore effects, for the budget anyway, weren\u2019t too bad.<\/p>\n

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The film was directed by the late David Nelson who previously directed a few other independent films including Last Plane Out<\/em> which reads like a Rambo<\/em> rip-off. The script was written by Paul Elliott in his only feature film (he also worked on a series called Dolly<\/em> from 1976, starring Dolly Parton).<\/p>\n

In the end, Death Screams<\/em><\/strong> is hardly the worst slasher I\u2019ve come across but there\u2019s really not enough here to make it at all memorable as the middle portion was dreadfully flow and frankly pointless. I\u2019m not even sure if slasher fans will get much outside of maybe the finale.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a great slip cover<\/strong> with a cut-out and the inner cover is an old-school VHS-inspired artwork. The sleeve itself is reversible with the film\u2019s original poster artwork.<\/p>\n

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