Dark Force Entertainment, with sales and
distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has circled June 16
on its release calendar for the Blu-ray debut of writer/director William J.
Murray’s 1987 direct-to-video release of Primal
Scream, which is part sci-fi and part neo-noir murder mystery.
In the near-future, we find an environmental
nightmare has unfolded and fuel supplies are nearly depleted, economic devastation
abounds, but as luck would have it … we have an independent space mining program
(so it is not all bad).
Primal Scream
definitely follows in the footsteps of Blade
Runner, which had hit screens nationwide in the
summer of 1982 and delivered a depressing blend of futuristic sci-fi coupled
with film noir murder mystery
elements … this combination would influence filmmakers for years to come.
We learn that the Thesaurus International appears to
have the solution to the “crisis” with a clean energy source called “Hellfire,”
but this mysterious element also seems to have the nasty side effect of melting
people. Murder, mayhem and the sabotage
of expensive space equipment follow … all in an effort to either to cover up
the Hellfire problems or to stop it from moving forward.
Into this mess comes a has-been detective by that
name of Corby McHale (Kenneth McGregor — X-Men,
The Hurricane, 10,000 Black Men Named George,
etc.), who has been recruited by Caitlin Foster (Julie Miller) to investigate
her brother, who just happens to be the head of Thesaurus. He’s plain nasty.
Also in the mix is the mysterious Samantha (Sharon
Mason) … sex, violence, murder and sci-fi as it is up to McHale to find out
what is going (way in over his head), and do that quickly, because anyone who
gets too close to what Thesaurus is actually up to has a tendency to die (one
way or another).
Bonus features include commentary from filmmaker
William J. Murray, the featurette titled “Made a Movie, Live to Tell” and a
promo reel for the film’s alternate title, Hellfire.
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