Cleopatra Entertainment Tabs Feb. 27 As The DVD And Blu-ray Debut Date For Writer/Director Devanny Pinn's The Black Mass

Cleopatra Entertainment, with sales and distribution support provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has locked into Feb. 27 as the debut date for both Blu-ray and DVD editions of writer/director Devanny Pinn mixed genre thriller, The Black Mass.

Slasher film, serial killer film, true crime thriller … take your pick, they all work.

OK, we will reveal the MacGuffin right up front, the “Ted” in this movie is notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, who is played by Andrew Sykes.   However, the movie is not about him per se, rather this one-day-in-the-life-of tale is about the victims of his Florida State University rampage that took place on Jan. 15, 1978.

The Ted Bundy story has been done over and over again in both films (like eight or nine times) and television MOWs and mini-series/docu-series, so Pinn elected not to go down that rabbit hole, but rather focus on the victims and the events leading up to their attacks and murders.

“Ted,” or “Me” (a reference used by the monster) had escaped and was on the run, arriving in the FSU area in the winter of 1978.  During this particular day we follow him through a shoplifting spree, some “prowling” for “company” and his eventual arrival at a local watering hole where he gets toasted and rebuffed by sorority girls/bar patrons to the point where he tossed out.   

There’s nothing about “Me” that would alarming.   A pathetic, seemingly harmless wimp, but when triggered — a child-like temper tantrum — “Me” is a monster, unrelenting.

Hat’s off to Pinn, he takes a well-known story, about an infamous individual and turns this “passion play” (we know the players and outcome in advance) into a well-structure tale about a monster and the lives, hopes and dreams of those unlucky enough to cross his path on this particular winter’s day.

Bonus features for The Black Mass on DVD and Blu-ray from Cleopatra Entertainment on Feb. 27 are currently a work in progress.