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‘Massacre at Central High’ to Get HD Treatment from Synapse
Synapse Films started the week off with a pleasant surprise via their Facebook page when they announced that they will be releasing Massacre at Central High on DVD and Blu-ray sometime in 2016. Per the post Synapse has already begun work on a completed HD transfer supervised by director Rene Daalder. Synapse is still tracking down the original audio elements and will be doing some additional picture restoration. No word yet on what extras will be included but we can certainly expect that there will be plenty.
Needless to say, this is pretty fantastic news. Anytime a cult film can be saved from the trash heap and carried over to the beautiful world of HD movie lovers everywhere should find reason to celebrate. And if Synapse is the company responsible, all the better.
Synopsis:
A high school transfer student, pushed to the edge by a trio of brutal bullies, resorts to murder to reclaim the school from oppression, and later turns against the students wanting to fill the vacuum of their oppressors.
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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