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BLOOD
FEAST
Director:
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring:
Thomas Wood, Mal Arnold, Connie Mason
TWO
THOUSAND MANIACS!
Director:
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Starring:
Thomas Wood, Connie Mason, Jeffrey Allen
The
first two parts of Lewis’ much loved, amateurish, notoriously gore
trilogy, Two Thousand Maniacs! and Blood Feast, are quaintly
risible, but are just the sort of cheesy movies perfectly suited to a
lad’s night in. Tartan’s Region 0 PAL discs make both films look
terrific, especially considering their impoverished origins. The
full-frame transfers are rather smeary, but the colours are often bold and
extravagant. The mono 2.0 sound (at 224kbps) is feeble and poorly mixed,
and the dialogue is frequently out of sync. The discs come with a clutch
of bonus features (including a lengthy audio interview with Lewis on Blood
Feast), and sport nifty animated menus, but, despite Tartan’s
stalwart efforts, neither compares favourably to the Region 1 versions,
which come with director / producer commentary track and extensive
outtakes. Fans will want to get both versions, however. Blood Feast,
the subject of a successful OPA prosecution in 1994, is presented with
some nominal “cautionary” cuts totalling about twenty-three seconds. Two
Thousand Maniacs! is uncut.
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