Hopefully your Thanksgiving feast has been well digested
before the last street date Tuesday of November arrives.
For on that date, Nov. 29, your stomach will
be getting a good workout with Arrow Films’ — with domestic sales and
distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group — new Blu-ray/DVD
Combo Pack restoration (from original film elements) of actor/director Abel
Ferrara’s 1979 blood-soaked horror tale, The Driller Killer.
Poor Reno (Abel Ferrara), he’s a sensitive artist,
struggling to make ends meet. The
pressure — as witnessed in a series of unnerving events — eventually pushes
Reno to the breaking point and creative uses of a power drill are
forthcoming.
What makes Ferrara’s slasher entry so compelling is his use
of sound to drive the terror. Sure, the
sound of the drill working its magic is one thing, but the punk milieu and its
effect on Reno’s sanity is what really sets this film apart. It’s like nails on a chalkboard and our
anti-hero’s descent into madness is well understood, if not condoned.
Bonus nuggets include commentary featuring author Brad
Stevens (“Monte Hellman: His Life and Films” and “Abel Ferrara: The Moral
Vision”) and filmmaker Abel Ferrara, a newly-prepared video session with
Ferrara, the 2010 feature-length documentary titled Mulberry St. and a
featurette titled “Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101.”
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