![]() It might not be too enticing to re-buy Evil Dead yet again for a new commentary, but for a movie like this that was never given a decent release? Sold!Įven without the bonus features (more on those later), this one might be worth a look for slasher aficionados - it's far from a perfect film, but there are some unusual elements to it that give it enough personality to overcome its somewhat sluggish pace and TV movie-esque production. But as the world inches closer to making physical media a collector's only market, it makes sense that horror films like this would thrive - after all, horror fans are pretty much all collectors by default (if you know a horror fan with a huge disc collection, chances are some of that collection is made up of films he doesn't even like), so putting together special editions for these obscure films is actually a smart move for Arrow and their peers. ![]() Their theatrical releases were smaller, their grosses hard to find, and when it came to the rise of DVD, they were given fairly disrespectful treatment compared to the big guns Halloweengot something like four special editions on DVD alone, while The Initiation was dumped on an Anchor Bay two-pack with Mountaintop Motel Massacre. ![]() With The Initiation, following their earlier Blood Rage and The Mutilatorreleases, Arrow is becoming the go-to outfit for the weirder '80s slasher films, the ones that were a bit too late to the party to enjoy the same kind of success as other Halloween/Friday the 13th wannabes did. ![]()
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