I’ll be reviewing the unrated special edition DVD. Starring Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson & Jennifer Carpenter.
Up first we have Director’s Commentary by the director himself Scott Derrickson. In the commentary Scott talks about, how him & his writing partner Paul Harris Boardman got together to do research on a screenplay & met a guy who told them the story of Emily Rose & they thought it would be a good movie. Other stuff he touches upon is different scenes & questions people has ask him about the film. Next up you have, a few featurettes called. Genesis of the Story, Casting the Movie & Visual Design. Genesis of the Story has the director Scott Derrickson & writer Paul Harris Boardman talking about what kind of research they did for the film, from meeting with people & listening to taps of Anneliese Michel “Emily Rose”. Tracking down the rights for the film. Also in this same featurette you have a few of the actors such as Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson & Jennifer Carpenter talking about the script, different scenes they shot & there take on exorcisms & Emily Rose. Casting the Movie, has Scott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman talking about meeting people to star in the film & what process they took in casting. Also you have Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson & Jennifer Carpenter telling stories of why they took on their role in the film plus you have behind the scenes footage sliced in between interviews. Visual Design, director Scott Derrickson, writer Paul Harris Boardman & production designer David Brisbin talks about what look they wanted for this film. They brought in paintings & other art for reference & what the film should look like. Also they talk about what the colors mean in the film. Costume designer Tish Monaghan tells you what kind of costume they used to make this film not seen as a period piece but more of a timeless film. Visual effects supervisor Michael Shelton talks about how they shot the visual effects & editing the footage to make a super scary scene come to life. Terry Smith animatronics designer, shows you the puppet they used for Jennifer Carpenter & how it works. Next up you have deleted scene with commentary by the director. Yes, it’s only one deleted scene & the run time is two min. & some change. Last up you have Previews for different horror movies from 2005.
Overall: Alot of the stories from the director you’ll hear more then once because of the commentary & interviews he’s in. The featurettes are good, you get alot of info on the making of the movie & the Visual Design featurette was my favorite part of the special features. The one & only deleted scene was ok, nothing to talk about. & the one thing I would have like to seen on this DVD would have been more information on Anneliese Michel such as pictures, audio or even a photo gallery. But that’s why we have the internet, so we can look it up ourselves. Would I say pick up this DVD? Yes, because of the commentary & featurettes.
Tonight I will be Spotlighting the 1996 horror film Scream starring Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, David Arquette & Courteney Cox. Directed by Wes Craven & written by Kevin Williamson.
Today I pick up or “double dipped” my favorite Friday the 13th film, Friday the 13th Part VII The New Blood (single disc) but! it was the deluxe edition. Once I saw it I had to look on the back to see what extras it had. Boom! It had commentary, yes now this is going to be Massive! Slashed scenes, Making of. This is everything I ever wanted for my favorite F13 film. But I’m sorry to say… Some of the extras are not that Massive.
It will tear your DVD player apart!
The events of this DVD are true & In 2004 a two disc DVD set was released & this is the story of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) special features.
Chiller or Wes Craven’s Chiller is a 1985 made for the T.v. movie, starring Michael Beck & Paul Sorvino. The movie starts off in some kind of cryogenic storage unit plant where the some what dead is still living. A security guard finds that one of the chambers that’s holding a body of an unknown male is melting & calls in the problem, but it’s to late & the body has to be rushed to the hospital. The unknown male is Miles Creighton, who’s been frozen for ten years & needs a new liver. The reason Miles was frozen, was because ten years ago the technology was not present to save his life so his mom Marion made a decision to freeze her sons body until the time is right. At the hospital the doctors bring Miles back to live. The movie likes to skip ahead alot in the time line. Six months later, Marion is called to the hospital & she is told there is nothing left we can do for your son & we would like to take him off life support. But Marion said no & just give my son little more time. Time passes & a nurse is checking on Miles… & He wakes! Miles gets settled in with his mom & he is offered a job in the family business buying & selling stocks but since there’s not much money comes in, Miles makes change in the family business. It’s his way or… you dead. You come to find out why Miles seems to be different then ten years ago. He was reborn without a soul & it’s up to his mother Marion to look past her love for her own son & stop his evil ways.
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