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Record-Breaking ‘Summer of Massacre’ Jam-Packed With CGI Blood?!
What’s the point in doing something if you’re not going to do it right?
Arriving on DVD and Blu-ray January 10 from Breaking Glass Pictures and Vicious Circle is The Summer of Massacre, which sends viewers on a tour through the mind of madness, as multiple killers strive to create the biggest and bloodiest body count imaginable. Featuring eight killers in five carnage-drenched stories, The Summer of Massacre lives up to its name with the highest body count ever recorded in a film, verified by “The Guinness Book of World Records”.
That’s all cool and all, but the above trailer makes the gore look unwatchable. What say you?
The Summer of Massacre features include: Ungodly brutal beatings turn Chris into a fiend that sets off a bloody rampage, Beauty is truly only skin deep – Watch a young paraplegic fight for her life as her older, beautiful sister tries to murder her, It’s been 36 years since Jesse’s biological father raped his loving mother. Now, after hiding and running their entire lives, he has found them, A group of Christian teenagers are stalked, maimed and burned by a local legend in a haunted forest, and Three legendary serial killers terrorize downtown Los Angeles and their killer plan is to go out with a real bang. 
One of contemporary horror’s best werewolf movies is 2017’s Good Manners, and it’s finally set to receive a proper physical media release.
Icarus Films is partnering with OCN Distribution to unleash a new Blu-ray that’s now available to preorder via Vinegar Syndrome. and with a limited edition slipcover.
Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Good Manners is the second collaboration between filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, who write and direct. Zama’s Rui Poças‘ cinematography captures this unique werewolf tale described as “Disney meets Jacques Tourneur.”
Our own Trace Thurman wrote in his review, “With Good Manners, Rojas and Dutro have made one of the best werewolf movies ever made. That they are able juggle commentaries on racism and classism while still managing to tell two deeply affecting love stories is remarkable.”
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from film critics Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
- 12-page booklet with an essay by film critic Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
- Making-of short film: The Making of a Werewolf (2 mins)
- Two additional short films from the filmmakers: A STEM (15 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutras, and DOPPELGANGER (24 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas
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