DEADTIME STORIES (1986) (88 Films Blu-ray Review)

DEADTIME STORIES (1986) 

Label: 88 Films 
Region Code: B
Duration: 83 Minutes 
Rating: Cert. 18 
Audio: English DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0 with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1) 
Director: Jeffrey Delman
Cast: Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume, Melissa Leo, Nicole Picard, Scott Valentine, Michael Mesmer

Synopsis: In the creepy compendium style of CREEPSHOW (1982) comes DEADTIME STORIES (1986) a collection of stories with teeth and torment that are sure to send chills down the spines of viewers even today! A sleazy and shocking pack of splatter fairy tales - this contemporary spin on the likes of "Little Red Riding Hood" has gore aplenty, a sick sense of humour and enough splattered limbs to make for essential late night viewing. Directed by genre veteran Jeffrey Delman and packed full of plastic fantastic charms, 88 Films is enthusiastic about keeping you up at night with this perfectly restored version of a VHS classic!

Deadtime Stories (1986) is a low-budget horror anthology that has a certain regional feel about it, shot by college kids between '82-'85, it feels a bit cheap, but it's fun, sort of silly, a little macabre, hokey and loaded with plenty of DIY charm. It's probably not gonna be for everyone but if you're the adventurous type who craves bite-sized horror with heart there's a lot here to love. 

Like any good anthology we have wrap-around story that frames the segments and bookends the movie, wherein a young boy named Brian (Brian DePersia) is being babysat by his Uncle Mike (Michael Mesmer), who just wants to couch surf with a few beers and some softcore nudie films on skinemax as soon as the kid goes to sleep. This kid, however, has an overactive imagination and worries there might be monsters is in his room waiting to pounce once the lights go out. He begs his uncle to read him bedtime story so the grown-up conjures up a few stories off the top of his head, and they're pretty gruesome for someone trying to coerce a kid into falling asleep. 


First up is "The Black Forrest", a tale of two witchy sisters who have a boy slave named Peter (Scott Valentine, TV's Family Ties), they task him with luring villagers to their cabin in the woods where they kill and use their body parts to cast a spell in hopes of locating and resurrecting their long dead third sister witch. A local Lothario is the first victim, lured and entranced by the witches, believing the rotten toothed witches to be sexy maidens, he loses a hand before dying when they apply a burning liquid to his wrist. The second intended victim is a cute maiden living in the woods, but lustful Peter begins to take a liking to her and things begin to sour for the witches. 

The special effects and atmosphere on this one are cheap but fun, the severed hand and resurrection scenes are lo-fi b-movie magic-making, but some of witchy make-up appliances leave a bit to be desired, as do the set dressing, but this one is not without its charm, but it is my least favorite of the three stories here.  


The second story is "Little Red Running Hood" which offers up a werewolf story, wherein  Rachel (Nicole Picard, Ghoulies Go to College) is a fine-looking young woman living with her granny. She and her boyfriend meet in an old tool shack and mutually lose their virginity to each other, which is awesome, however, back at grannies house there was a mix-up at the pharmacy and the old woman got her prescription refill mixed-up with one for a guy named Willie (Matt Mitler, The Mutilator), who just happens to be a werewolf. He seems like an alright guy, aside from those rocker leather pants he's wearing, and that prescription, for sedatives, is the only thing preventing him from becoming a snarling hairy beast. He tracks grannie down with the best of intentions but she doesn't want to trade prescripts with him, leading to him wolfing out in front of her house when the sun goes down. 

Due to what is surely a budget constraint the werewolf transformation is mostly hinted at, but what we do get is pretty decent, a bulging sternum, canine incisors popping out, but the final werewolf look is only just okay, not great. The finished wolf is humanoid with a hairy facial transformation with clawed, hairy hands... and those tight leather pants! This one is fun, it lacks direction and the editing is wonky, but that final line uttered by Rachel had me howling, so good and cheesy. 


The third and final story is "Goldi Lox and the Three Baers" featuring Ma Ma Baer (Melissa Leo, TV's Wayward Pines) as the matriarch of a trio of oddball bank robbers. At the start she is breaking her husband and son out of the loony bin, and they immediately rob a bank and drive out to their former residence to lay low for a bit, only to find that a pretty, young telekinetic serial killer named Goldi Lox (Cathryn de Prume, Wild) has taken up living there. The young woman has  acquired quite a stockpile of dead would-be suitors, but her telekinetic powers makes her a formidable addition to the crime family. 

The three stories are fun, lo-fi and not all that inspiring, but I love these regional cheesy horror anthologies, I like the goofy wrap-around story, and I like the amateur can-do attitude of the whole thing, this is a fun late-night b-movie watch. Yeah, the lack of a budget shows throughout but its got a lot of heart. I also love the soundtrack, which was written and performed by director Jef Delman with music by former porno composer Larry Juris (Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle), I sort of wish this had a bonus CD of just for those four songs, they're a lot of fun. Delman didn't go onto direct much, this was his first of only three films, but you can see the cast and crew had a lot of fun making it, making this anthology cheapie a low-rent good time.  


Audio/Video: Deadtime Stories (1986) arrives on Blu-ray in the UK from 88 Films as part of their 88 Vault Series, a 2K scan straight from the original 35mm camera negative. Grain is nicely managed and not overwhelming, the colors are nicely saturated, and the black levels are nice and deep. Audio on the disc comes by way of a DTS-HD MA Stere0 2.0 track, dialogue and score sound good, the synth heavy score comes through with some good decent depth, including that memorable opening theme song which name checks Romero, Hitchcock and De Palma, like the movie itself the tunes are sort of goofy but also fun. The lone audio knock I levee against it is some odd audio distortion for a few seconds during the "The Black Forrest" segment, optional English subtitles are provided. 

Extras on the disc are plentiful and seem to be carried over from the U.S. release from Scream Factory, beginning with a solo audio commentary from director Jeffrey Delman, plus a 16-min interview with him, in which he speaks about the genesis o the film, settling on the horror genre as a commercially viable option, the producer's connection to the film Nightmare, working with and casting Valentine and Leo, who both studied with the same acting teacher, also mentioning they had to shoot around Leo's broken arm in her segment.    

The extras also provide a VHS-sourced alternate cut of the first story segment 'The Black Forest', which plays a bit differently, having been planned as a possible stand alone feature at one point during the production. There are two brief deleted scenes with introduction from Delman, theatrical trailers and a an image gallery of various home video releases, stills, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes stuff. 

The single-disc release comes in a clear oversized Blu-ray keepcase with a sleeve of reversible artwork featuring alternate artwork options which I appreciate, plus a limited edition slipcover.

As I own the U.S. release of this film on Blu-ray/DVD combo from Scream Factory it's worth noting that that  the extras are nearly identical, the lone exception is the absence of 16-min extra that appears on the U.S. release  - that being 'Band of Gypsies: The Making of Deadtime Stories' with interviews from actors Cathryn de Prume, Melissa Leo and Scott Valentine, otherwise these are identical. On the plus side the 88 Films release comes with several non-disc extras, we get a booklet with new writing on horror anthologies from Dr. Calum Waddell, a reversible sleeve of artwork and a sweet slipcover.  

Special features:
- 2K Scan from the Original Negative
-  Audio Commentary with co-writer/director Jeffrey Delman
- I Like the Grotesque – an interview with co-writer/director Jeffrey Delman (16 min) HD 
- The Black Forest – An alternate cut of the first story (30 min)
- Deleted Scenes with Intro (3 min)
- Theatrical Trailers (3 min)
- Still Gallery (4 min) 
- Limited Edition Booklet Notes by Dr. Calum Waddell
- Reversible Sleeve with Alternate Artwork
- Limited Edition Slipcover 

Deadtime Stories (1986) is a spunky slice of regional American horror, an anthology that comes up a bit short but offers up macabre chuckles and spine-tingling hokum in equal measure, glad to see it getting a proper UK Blu-ray with some cool extras and nice packaging from 88 Films, a solid release with nice shelf appeal. 

DEADTIME STORIES (1986) (Blu-ray Review)

DEADTIME STORIES (1986) 

Label: Scream Factory
Release Date: February 28th 2017 
Region Code: A
Duration: 83 Minutes 
Rating: R-Rated 
Audio: English DTS-HD MA Mono 1.0 with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1) 
Director: Jef Delman
Cast: Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume, Melissa Leo, Nicole Picard, Scott Valentine, Michael Mesmer

Synopsis: Travel on a mysterious journey to a medieval world populated by blood-crazed witches, evil experiments and captive maidens. Then from the catacombs and dark caverns of medieval Europe, you’ll plunge into modern suburbia and the adventures of a female jogger stalked by a savage werewolf. Finally, sensuality will become macabre, black comedy as you follow the trail of three bank robbers who share their country house hideaway with a sweet murderess.

Deadtime Stories (1986) is a low-budget horror anthology that has a certain regional feel about it, shot by college kids between '82-'85, it feels a bit cheap, but it's fun, sort of silly, a little macabre, hokey and loaded with plenty of DIY charm. It's probably not gonna be for everyone but I loved it a bunch. One thing is for sure, the movie never looked better on home video than with this new DVD/Blu-ray combo from Scream Factory, which is getting released on February 28th. 

Like any good anthology we have wrap-around story that frames the segments and bookends the movie, wherein a young boy named Brian (Brian DePersia) is being babysat by his Uncle Mike (Michael Mesmer), who just wants to couch surf with a few beers and some softcore nudie films on skinemax when the kid goes to sleep. This kid, however, has an overactive imagination and fears that there are monsters is in his room waiting to pounce once the lights go out. He begs his uncle to read him bedtime story so the grown-up conjures up a few stories off the top of his head, and they're pretty gruesome for someone trying to coerce a kid into falling asleep. 

He begins with "The Black Forrest", a tale of two witchy sisters who have a boy slave named Peter (Scott Valentine, TV's Family Ties), they task him with luring villagers to their remote cabin in the woods. There they kill and use their body parts to cast a spell in hopes of locating and resurrecting their long dead third sister witch. A local Lothario is the first victim, lured and entranced by the witches, believing the rotten toothed witches to be sexy maidens, he loses a hand before dying when they apply a burning liquid to his wrist. The second intended victim is a cute maiden living in the woods, once Peter begins to take a liking to her things begin to sour for the witches. 

The special effects and atmosphere on this one are cheap, but fun, the severed hand and resurrection scenes are low-rent slices of b-movie making, but some of witchy make-up appliances leave a bit to be desired, as do the set dressing, but it's not without its charm. This was my least favorite of the three.  

The second story is "Little Red Running Hood" which offers up a werewolf story, wherein  Rachel (Nicole Picard, Ghoulies Go to College)is a fine-looking young woman with her granny, she and her boyfriend meet in an old tool shack and mutually lose their virginity. However, back at grannie's house there was a mix-up at the pharmacy and she got her prescription mixed-up with one for a guy named Willie (Matt Mitler, The Mutilator), who just happens to be a werewolf. He seems like an alright guy, aside from those rocker leather pants, and that prescription, for sedatives, is the only thing preventing him from becoming a snarling hairy beast, and guess what, when he tracks grannie down she doesn't want to trade prescripts with him, leading to him wolfing out in front of her house when the sun goes down. 

The werewolf transformation is mostly hinted at, but what we do get is pretty decent, a bulging sternum, canine incisors popping out, but the final werewolf look is just okay, not great. The finished wolf consists of mostly facial transformation with clawed, hairy hands... and those tight leather pants. This one is fun, it lacking direction, the editing is wonky, but that final line uttered by Rachel had me howling, so good and cheesy. 

The third and final story is "Goldi Lox and the Three Baers" featuring Ma Ma Baer (Melissa Leo, TV's Wayward Pines) as the matriarch of a trio of bank robbers. At the start she is breaking her husband and son out of the loony bin, not sure why. Afterward they rob a bank and drive out to their former residence to lay low for a bit, only to find that a pretty, young telekinetic serial killer named Goldi Lox (Cathryn de Prume, Wild) has taken up living there, and she's acquired quite a stockpile of dead young, would-be suitors. She also has some form of telekinetic powers, making her a formidable addition to the crime family. 

The three stories are fun, low-rent and not all that inspiring, but I love cheesy horror anthologies, I like the goofy wrap-around here, and I like the amateur can-do attitude of the whole thing, this is a fun late-night b-movie watch. Yeah, the budget shows through throughout, it's hard to hide the seams of this cheapie, but its got a lot of heart. I love the soundtrack, which was written and performed by director Jef Delman with music by former porno composer Larry Juris (Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle). I wish this had a bonus CD of just for those four songs, they're a lot of fun. Delman didn't go onto direct much, this was his first feature, one of only three, but you can see the cast and crew had a lot of fun making it, and it shows, this is a low-rent good time.  

Audio/Video: Deadtime Stories (1986) arrives on Blu-ray from Scream Factory with a newly minted 2K transfer straight from the original 35mm camera negative, the results are very nice. I had previously only seen this on a murky DVD-rip bootleg sourced straight from VHS, to see it in widescreen in all it's crisp HD glory is a real treat. Grain is nicely managed and not too overwhelming, the colors are nicely saturated, the black levels are nice and deep, this is just a dramatic improvement, very nice. Audio on the disc comes by way of a DTS-HD MA Mono 2.0 track, dialogue and score sound good, the synth heavy score comes through with some good decent depth, including that memorable opening theme song which name checks Romero, Hitchcock and De Palma, like the movie itself the tunes are sort of goofy but also fun. The lone audio knock I levee against it is some odd audio distortion for a few seconds during the "The Black Forrest" segment. Optional English subtitles are provided. 

Extras on the disc are plentiful, beginning with a solo audio commentary from director Jeffrey Delman, plus a 16-min interview with him, in which he speaks about the genesis o the film, settling on the horror genre as a commercially viable option, the producer's connection to the film Nightmare, working with and casting Valentine and Leo, who both studied with the same acting teacher, also mentioning they had to shoot around Leo's broken arm in her segment. 

Actors Cathryn de Prume, Melissa Leo and Scott Valentine Show up for a 16-min look back at the making of the movie, all are very candid and funny, and are apparently good friends to this day. They speak about how they came to end up being cast, having a blast making it, and Valentine having had a serious accident which resulted in him limping, lying about the severity of the injury to get the part.   

In the extras you will also find a VHS-sourced alternate cut of the first story The Black Forest, which plays a bit differently, having been planned as a possible stand alone feature at one point during the production. There are two brief deleted scenes with introduction from Delman, theatrical trailers and a an image gallery of various home video releases, stills, storyboards, and behind-the-scenes stuff. The 2-disc DVD/BD release comes in a standard Blu-ray keepcase with a sleeve of art featuring an image from the film on the reverse side, the 2 discs feature separate artwork, which I appreciate, both are scenes from the movie and not the artwork on the sleeve.   

Special features:
- NEW HD Transfer From the Original Negative
- NEW Audio Commentary with co-writer/director Jef Delman
- NEW I Like the Grotesque – an interview with co-writer/director Jeffrey Delman (16 min) HD 
- NEW Band of Gypsies: The Making of Deadtime stories (16 min) HD - Interviews with actors Cathryn de Prume, Melissa Leo and Scott Valentine
- The Black Forest – An alternate cut of the first story (30 min)
- Deleted Scenes with Intro (3 min)
- Theatrical Trailers (3 min)
- Still Gallery (4 min) HD

Always glad to see another nearly forgotten 80s horror film arrive on Blu-ray, this one might not knock you outta your seat but if you love a low-budget DIY horror anthologies I think you will find something to like about this. Scream Factory have knocked it out the park with the new 2K transfer and the extras are awes. 3/5 

THE MUTILATOR (1984) (Arrow Video Blu-ray review)

THE MUTILATOR (1984) 

Label: Arrow Video 

Rating: R
Duration: 86 Minutes
Region: Region Free
Audio: English PCM 1.0 Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.78:1) 

Director: Buddy Cooper

Cast: Matt Mitler, Ruth Martinez, Bill Hitchcock

Synopsis: When Ed receives a message from his father asking him to go and lock up the family’s 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…Originally released under the title Fall Break, The Mutilator has earned a reputation amongst horror fans as one of the holy grails of ’80s splatter mayhem due to its decidedly gruesome kill sequences, courtesy of FX wizard Mark Shostrom (Videodrome, Evil Dead II). Finally making its long-awaited bow in High-Definition, The Mutilator has returned to terrorize a whole new generation of horror fans.

The Mutilator opens with a young boy named Ed, Jr. preparing to celebrate the birthday of his father. While mom is busy in the kitchen with preparations the young boy decides he will surprise his dad by cleaning his guns. While doing so he accidentally discharges the weapon, which turned out to be loaded. The shot goes through a door and straight into the back of the boy's mother, the impact of the bullet is a fine and bloody mess. As the boy mourns over his mother's corpse his father Ed Sr. arrives home, perhaps in a bit of shock, he drags the body of his wife to his den, props her up against a chair, and shares a glass of whiskey with her. A very strange opening, but one that establishes at least a bit of back story for what is about to unfold years later. 

Now some years have passed and the young boy is a college student, celebrating  "fall break", whatever that is, with his girlfriend and two other young couples. Ed receives a call from his father at the bar, apparently he frequents this place a lot! His father tells him he must come to the family beachfront condo to close it down for the winter, which seems like a bit of a drag, what a shit way to spend "fall break". Ed and his friends decide it will be a fun romp, closing down the house and partying on the beach for a few days, so they pile into Ed's car and head for the ocean front property. 

Upon arriving they settle in after Ed gives them a tour of the place, pointing out his father's numerous prized fish and game trophies, apparently Ed's father is quite a sportsman, he even has a grisly picture of a man he accidentally ran over with his sports boat, the man's flesh lacerated from the boat engine's prop, which is weird. As the night wears on and they grow tired of playing Monopoly one of the couple's decide to go for a stroll along the beach, and find them at a closed public pool, where they strip down nude and jump in for a bit of skinny-dipping, unaware that they have been followed. 

Soon enough young lover's begin to be offed one by one by a killer in a myriad of creative ways that are sure to please the gorehounds. What is not so pleasing is that the identity of the murderer is not hidden from viewers, you know who it is right away. This brought to mind the movie Final Exam, another college-slasher that mixes weird teen humor with some nifty kills, it also does not hide the identity of the killer. Despite this demerit against it I enjoyed this one a lot, probably because the group of friends are so likable and fun to watch. There's not an asshole or bitch among them, which is somewhat odd for an '80s slasher movie. While there is a prankster among the bunch who enjoys a good laugh at his friend's expense, he's not mean-spirited, but he is still a good guy, not that it helps him in the end. Personally I would have liked at least one of them to be a bit of a jerk. 

Ed is a good guy, too, even though he shot his mother dead as a kid, you don't get the idea that it fucked him up too much, unlike the killer from slasher-classic Pieces. The teens are of the horny variety, even friendly Ed, but his girlfriend Pam makes it painfully obvious that she's not gonna jump into bed with him on this trip, at least not unless they are fully clothed -  what a killjoy! As traditional slasher rules dictate, the horny teens must be punished, so maybe her abstinence will work in her and Ed's favor after all. 

The set-up here is nothing new, even in 86 this would have been a pretty standard prelude to a bloodbath, what this movie is most fondly remembered for is the glorious gore which comes courtesy of special make-up effects artist Mark Shostrom, who brings the gore with a certain amount of gruesome glee. The killer uses a variety of weapons found around the home, including a machete, a battle ax, a large hook-gaff, and the business end of a boar motor. The most brutal of the deaths occur when the killer straps a young woman down to a workman's bench in the garage, inserts a menacing hook-gaff into her crotch and pushes it up through her abdomen, like he's baiting a hook, before lopping off her head with the ax - brutal stuff! On top of that we have decapitations, a drowning, a machete to the face, a boat prop attack, a severed leg, a pronged fish spear through the neck, and a few other nasty delights. 

The movie moves along at a tidy pace for the eighty-six minute run time with very few instances of drag, Buddy Cooper might not be the most stylish of directors but he kept things moving, when the teens first arrive at the beach house there's a tiny bit of drag but once the first couple are offed it picks up again and doesn't let up. The tone of this one does sway a bit, originally titled Fall Break for it's initial release the movie feels like a teen comedy for the first half, complete with a screwball comedy theme song, thankfully the score is more synth-driven and does offer up a more traditional fright-music. The odd tonal dissipates as the killings begin, but the end credit sequence again takes up a jokey feel with outtakes from the movie, it doesn't ruin the movie, but the tonal shift is weird. 

The Mutilator is a movie that horror fans have been clamoring for for quite a long while, it never had a legit North American release on DVD or Blu-ray, now slasher fans can rejoice, not only is it on Blu-ray, but it is stuffed with bonus content. They killed it with Blood Rage and have done it again with The Mutilator, if they're taking requests for deluxe editions of obscure horror tiles I'd love to see The Slayer (1982) and The Prey (1984) arrive on Blu-ray with some cool bonus content. 

Audio/Video:The Mutilator arrives on region-free Blu-ray from Arrow Video looking mighty fine, after years of bootleg and YouTube viewings this new widescreen 2K restoration is something that should please every fan of the slasher cheapie. Years were spent looking for a proper uncut version of the film until an uncut master print was found at the Library of Congress, that's out tax dollars at work! Film grain is nicely managed, there's an abundance of fine detail with crisp textures, skin tones look natural and the colors are strong, with some source limitations. imperfections are limited to small white speckling, Arrow have done a phenomenal job bringing this on to HD for fans, the gore looks great, and for fans who've long suffered with dark bootleg copies that rendered the latter half of the film near unwatchable, you will be pleased to know that the black levels and shadow detail are quite nice. 

Audio is capably handled by an English PCM Mono 1.0 track that is appropriately flat and probably very true to the original presentation, for better or worse. The creepy synth score from Michael Minard is just fine, as is the annoying theme song :"Fall Break", this one is right up there with "Everybody But You" from Night Train to Terror as far as songs you don't want stuck in your head, but end up there just the same. Optional English subtitles are provided. 

Arrow Video have once again gone way above and beyond what the movie might actually merit, just like they did with Blood Rage, and that is why we horror collector's love them. We begin with a brief iintroduction to the movie with writer-director Buddy Cooper and assistant special make-up effects artist/assistant editor Edmund Ferrell. There are also two audio commentaries, the first with director Buddy Cooper, Ferrell, co-director John Douglass and star Matt Mitler, the second with Buddy Cooper and star Ruth Martinez Tutterow, both commentaries are moderated by Arrow Video's Ewan Cant who produced the disc. The commentaries cover a lot of ground, plenty of on-set anecdotes about the production, both commentaries are lively and informative. 

The brand-new making-of doc Fall Breakers: The Story of The Mutilator )75 Mins) features interviews with Cooper, Douglass, Ferrell, Mitler, actors Bill Hitchcock, Jack Chatham and others, telling the story of how the movie came to be, beginning with Buddy Cooper making $86,000 from a sale, and wondering what to do with the money, the choice was either invest in in a vineyard or make a movie, and I am not sure if it paid off for him or not, but I am glad he chose to make a horror film, which at the time were turning tidy profits for indie movie makers, and few were as indie as Cooper at the time.

Special make-up effects artist Mark Shostrom shows up for a 16-minute look back at his gory work on the film, which was one of his earliest paying gigs,and his first slasher movie. He recalls this being the most fun he had on set making a movie, also giving a candid account of how a few of the effects went wrong. Composer Michael Minard recalls coming onto the project, speaking a bit about how he went about create the creepy score and the theme song "Fall Break". 

More extras come by way of a five-minute alternate opening titles with The Mutilator title card, thirteen-minutes of screen tests, a selection of trailers, TV spots and radio spots, two versions of the theme song, a behind-the-scene gallery, and storyboards from the opening sequence. Separate from the disc extras there's a sleeve of reversible artwork and a collectible booklet with new and vintage writings on the movie by Arrow Video's  Edward Cant and Fangoria's Tim Ferrante - both a fantastic reads, with Cant going into detail about his love of the movie, his quest to bring it to Blu-ray and his trip to Oceana Motel in Atlantic Beach, NC to interview the cast and crew - it's a fantastic read. There are also notes about the restoration, artwork and images from the movie. 

Special Features
- Brand new 2K restoration of the unrated version from original vault materials
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Introduction to the film with writer-director Buddy Cooper and assistant special make-up effects artist/assistant editor Edmund Ferrell (1 Min) HD
- 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 (75 Mins) HD
- Mutilator Memories – special make-up effects artist Mark Shostrom looks back at one of his earliest projects(16 Mins) HD
- Tunes for the Dunes – composer Michael Minard reveals how The Mutilator’s unique score was created (8 Mins)
- Behind-the-Scenes Reel (17 Mins)
- Screen Tests (13 Mins)
- Alternate Opening Titles (5 Mins) HD
- Fall Break Trailer (2 Mins) HD 
- Fall Break TV Spot (1 Min) HD 
- The Mutilator Trailer (2 Mins) HD 
- The Mutilator TV Spot Version A (1 Min) HD 
- The Mutilator TV Spot Version B (1 Min) HD 
- 2 Radio Spots (1 Mins) HD 
- Fall Break’ Theme Song (Original and Instrumental Versions)(4 Mins) HD
- Opening Sequence Storyboards (4 Mins) HD
- Motion Stills Gallery (9 Mins) HD
- Original Fall Break Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM content)
- Reversible Sleeve featuring two original artworks

Like Arrow Video's sweet release of slasher rarity Blood Rage before it I have no problem saying that The Mutilator is not a top-tier slasher, but I am someone who loves the lower-end of cinema, and this one is a lot of fun and the gore is bloody superb. Director Buddy Cooper set out to make "a real popcorn muncher", and he did good. Arrow Video have gone above and beyond for this one, a movie that has been a long time coming on Blu-ray, and now that it has arrived all I can say is that it is even better than I could have anticipated.