ARROW releases classic downmarket slasher THE MUTILATOR on February 15th.
A staple of 80’s video store-haunting horror movie addiction, Buddy Cooper’s brutally gory and cheerfully dumb 1984 slasher sickie THE MUTILATOR is coming to Blu-ray and DVD from Arrow Video UK, after being bumped from the Fall 2015 schedule. It’s one of the last truly vulgar 80’s body count serial killer flick and taken as such, it’s tons of fun.
Originally released theatrically as FALL BREAK, THE MUTILATOR was released in 2 versions via Vestron on VHS, one of which was the bloodless R version. It took this writer 10 years to finally see the full cut (the one represented here) and man, is it gross!
The FX come courtesy of the great Mark Shostrom (EVIL DEAD II, PHANTASM II and truly, this is Shostrom’s show. Hacks, slashes, eviscerations…all realized in spurting, gynecological detail.
Now, the plot…
When Ed receives a message from his father asking him to go and lock up the familys beach condo for the winter, it seems like the perfect excuse for an alcohol-fueled few days away with his friends. But no sooner are the teens on the island than they find themselves stalked by a figure with an axe (and a hook, and an outboard motor) to grind
Here’s a list of all the releases staggering special features.
Does THE MUTILATOR, a greaseball of a flick, deserve such royal treatment?
Why the hell not!
- Brand new 2K restoration of the unrated version from original vault materials
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original mono 1.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Introduction to the film with writer-director Buddy Cooper and assistant special make-up effects artist/assistant editor Edmund Ferrell
- Audio Commentary with Cooper, Ferrell, co-director John Douglass and star Matt Mitler
- Audio Commentary with Buddy Cooper and star Ruth Martinez Tutterow
- Fall Breakers: The Story of The Mutilator brand new feature-length documentary on the making of the splatter classic featuring interviews with Cooper, Douglass, Ferrell, Mitler, actors Bill Hitchcock, Jack Chatham and more
- Mutilator Memories special make-up effects artist Mark Shostrom looks back at one of his earliest projects
- Tunes for the Dunes composer Michael Minard reveals how The Mutilators unique score was created
- Behind-the-Scenes Reel
- Screen Tests
- Alternate Opening Titles
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Fall Break Theme Song (Original and Instrumental Versions)
- Opening Sequence Storyboards
- Motion Stills Gallery
- Original Fall Break Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM content)
- Reversible sleeve featuring two original artworks
