Director Julian Richards’ (Shiver) 2004 British cult film The Last Horror Movie is being re-released on DVD and VOD in North America on August 26, 2014. The film attained a underground following during its initial release and it will be interesting to see what audiences think of the film a decade later. Read on for more details.
From The Press Release
SHIVER director Julian Richards 2004 cult hit THE LAST HORROR MOVIE will be re-released on DVD/VOD in the US and Canada on August 26th 2014 by MVD. This special collectors edition includes a directors commentary, behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes as well as trailers for Richards other award winning features including DARKLANDS, SILENT CRY and SUMMER SCARS.
THE LAST HORROR MOVIE is about ordinary madness caught on camcorder and takes reality TV to its very limits. Silver-tongued serial killer Max Parry invites us to watch as he shoots a fly-on-the-wall documentary about his working practices. Billed as “an intelligent film about murder”, it’s a snuff movie showcase of his greatest hits overlaid with his suave, amoral commentary about the nature of killing. Max is a middle-class suburbanite who shoots wedding videos by day and snuff movies by night. A remorseless psychopath with a flair for self-promotion who wants to prove that we’re all capable of murder.
“It’s great to see the film getting a re-release” said Richards ” and it will be interesting to see how todays internet savvy audience will react to some of the ideas explored in the film. If Max is still out there, somewhere, I’m sure he’s now using social networks to lure his victims”.
Watch the trailer for The Last Horror Movie here,
‘A full blooded portrait of amorality run amuck designed to rob its viewers of a good nights sleep’
—Dennis Harvey, Variety
‘Cerebral, realistic and troubling, a meditation on the morality, complicity and hypocrisy of voyeurism in the age of reality TV’
—Chris Garcia, American-Statesman
‘Stomps in the clay footprints set by Henry:Portrait Of A Serial Killer’
—Jay Slater, Hot Dog
‘Takes the notorious home invasion scene from HENRY and multiplies it by 10’
—Tony Timpone, Fangoria
‘Disarmingly real… an ice pick meticulously inserted into your temple’
—Rod Gudino, Rue Morgue Magazine
‘Thought provoking, mesmerizing, compelling’
—John Fallon, Arrow In The Head
