In the waning days of VHS, indie Imperial
Entertainment took to market during the December Christmas Holiday crush of
1994 a bizarre mixed-genre film from director Stewart Raffill — the same
director who had delivered the indie smash sci-fi hit, The
Philadelphia Experiment, ten years
earlier. The film was titled Tammy and
the T-Rex and it came and went in the
blink of an eye.
The star of the film hit it big three years later
with director Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers and director John McNaughton’s
Wild Things. Of course, this is Denise
Richards (and it was her first “starring” role … after some TV episodic work
and a couple of bit parts), who stars as a high school cheerleader who is in
love with a T-Rex … but it gets better.
Opposite her is none other than Paul Walker (Pleasantville, Varsity
Blues and The Fast
and the Furious were all soon to follow) as her
high school sweetheart, who is killed by a jealous rival, but has his brain
transplanted into a dinosaur (seriously) by a mad scientist (Terry Kiser — best
known as Bernie Lomax in the Weekend at Bernie's
movies).
News arrived this past week that Vinegar Syndrome
has unearthed this lost film classic and has a new 4K restoration on the way
from the 35mm original camera negative on Friday, Nov. 29. And get this, it will be their first 4K
Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack product offering … that’s right, a 4K Ultra HD
edition of Tammy and the T-Rex. A Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack will also be
available.
Genre fans will have two viewing options. The heavily-edited “PG-13” version and available
for the first time an uncut presentation of the film — extra gore and more!!!
Bonus features include commentary from director Stewart
Raffill, who is joined by producer Diane Kirman (aka: Mrs. Stewart Raffill) and
four featurettes — “Blood, Brains and a Teenage T-Rex,” “A Blast from the Past,”
“Having the Guts” and “A Testicular Stand-Off.”
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