Kevin J. Lindenmuth is still making movies as recently as 2015 with The Life of Death. Yet he started his career here, directing and writing a movie that seems to come fully aware and alive from a world already built. It begins with Ivan (Bill White) being told by a woman that he's about to meet the woman of his dreams.
Ivan, along with his partner Harry (Ed Hubbard), are Demon Immigration Officers that keep the humans safe from the constant threat of demons. They stop a cult from their blood ritual that will open the gates to the other side, only for party people Linda (Anna Dipace), Jennifer (Suzanne Scott), Kirsten (Wendy Bednarz) and Kirsten's boyfriend Eric (Mick McCleery) to show up and one of them to accidentally bleed and bring all heck to our mudball.
Kristen also might be that dream girl.
This is the kind of movie that seems like it's going to be one genre film and then successfully flips the script on you at every turn. There's an astounding scene with a wall full of heads that verbally accost our heroes. And this somehow brings together a demonic story with hardboiled detectives and Men In Black on a budget where none of this should work and it all does.
Like everything Visual Vengeance does, this movie is PACKED with extras. There's a new director-supervised SD master from 1-inch tape, three commentary tracks (director Kevin Lindenmuth; actor Mick McCleery and Lindenmuth; Tony Strauss of Weng's Chop Magazine), interviews with Lindenmuth, Laura McLauchlin, Mick McCleery, Suzanne Turner, Sally Narkis, Ralis Kahn, Scott Sliger, Sung Pak and Joe Mauceri, as well as behind the scenes images, Lindenmuth's early Super 8 films, a trailer, liner notes by Tony Strauss of Weng's Chop Magazine, a poster and a sticker set.
The art on everything Virtual Vengeance does is incredible. This has a new cover by Stemo, the original release cover and the slipcover has artwork by The Dude Designs.
These are movies released and put together by people that truly love these kind of movies. The Strauss commentary is great and backed up by his essay in the liner notes. He effortlessly moves through how this got made, Lindenmuth having a childhood love of horror encouraged by a grandmother who loved slasher movies and how he worked to constantly keep viewers guessing despite working a demanding editing job while making this.
This is beyond recommended.
Ivan, along with his partner Harry (Ed Hubbard), are Demon Immigration Officers that keep the humans safe from the constant threat of demons. They stop a cult from their blood ritual that will open the gates to the other side, only for party people Linda (Anna Dipace), Jennifer (Suzanne Scott), Kirsten (Wendy Bednarz) and Kirsten's boyfriend Eric (Mick McCleery) to show up and one of them to accidentally bleed and bring all heck to our mudball.
Kristen also might be that dream girl.
This is the kind of movie that seems like it's going to be one genre film and then successfully flips the script on you at every turn. There's an astounding scene with a wall full of heads that verbally accost our heroes. And this somehow brings together a demonic story with hardboiled detectives and Men In Black on a budget where none of this should work and it all does.
Like everything Visual Vengeance does, this movie is PACKED with extras. There's a new director-supervised SD master from 1-inch tape, three commentary tracks (director Kevin Lindenmuth; actor Mick McCleery and Lindenmuth; Tony Strauss of Weng's Chop Magazine), interviews with Lindenmuth, Laura McLauchlin, Mick McCleery, Suzanne Turner, Sally Narkis, Ralis Kahn, Scott Sliger, Sung Pak and Joe Mauceri, as well as behind the scenes images, Lindenmuth's early Super 8 films, a trailer, liner notes by Tony Strauss of Weng's Chop Magazine, a poster and a sticker set.
The art on everything Virtual Vengeance does is incredible. This has a new cover by Stemo, the original release cover and the slipcover has artwork by The Dude Designs.
These are movies released and put together by people that truly love these kind of movies. The Strauss commentary is great and backed up by his essay in the liner notes. He effortlessly moves through how this got made, Lindenmuth having a childhood love of horror encouraged by a grandmother who loved slasher movies and how he worked to constantly keep viewers guessing despite working a demanding editing job while making this.
This is beyond recommended.