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‘Splat Pack’ Documentary Now on DVD!
Documentaries aren’t always boring. Sure, there are the ones that focus on a subject that’s duller than a sixth grade science class, but Wyrd’s Splat Pack piece is just the opposite. For a horror fan, it’s like taking the Delorean back to 2002 and planting themselves in a packed theater with a bunch of gore hounds.
Yeah- it’s that good.
Last summer, Wyrd Studios gave us The Splat Pack, a look into the group that changed the face of horror after a run of PG-13 films took the genre down a notch. Featuring directors Eli Roth (Hostel), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV), Adam Green (Hatchet), Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), and Alexandre Aja (Piranha 3D), as well as journalists Alan Jones (Total Film), Stacey Layne Wilson (Horror.com), and Harry Knowles (Ain’t It Cool), and FX Extraordinaire Greg Nicotero, this fun, blood-soaked reminder has a taste of just about everything- and that’s what makes it so damn awesome.
I know I’ve shoved it down your throats before, but there’s a reason I’m throwing it back in your direction- the DVD is finally available to the public through Amazon.com. You can go ahead and purchase your copy right here.
I highly suggest checking it out if you haven’t already done so. As Darren Lynn Bousman so eloquently gushed, “I am proud to be a part of a documentary which is a love letter to all the films that shaped and inspired me. I am honored and humbled to be a part of such a twisted and brilliant group of filmmakers.”
After all, what would the current state of horror be like without some good old fashioned blood and guts?
You can find out more information on Wyrd Studios here. To read last year’s SPLAT PACK article featuring interviews with Roth, Bousman and Green, click here.
For more from Andrea Albin, visit her blog, The Albin Way.
Get ready for double the fun, protagonists, and body count when Ready or Not 2: Here I Come explodes on streaming next week.
Just in time for the fireworks, the sequel makes its streaming debut on Hulu and Disney+ on July 2.
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett are back, along with Samara Weaving, for more hide and slay mayhem.
Picking up moments after the all-out attack from the Le Domas family in the first Ready or Not movie, Grace (Weaving) discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
That means a higher body count and even more explosive carnage. Just how much? A whopping 325 gallons worth, the directors previously told BD.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Varun Saranga, and Daniel Beirne also star.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “More is more in Ready or Not 2. Bigger stakes, larger playing field, a higher (and more gruesome) body count, and even double the protagonists. It’s all designed to deliver maximum crowd-pleasing fun.”
The horror-comedy sequel is written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy.
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