On top of this, the image pulses in an out of focus. The result is that the film’s grain is even more apparent. A simple 1.85:1 non-anamorphic transfer (trumpeted as a “4×3 Letterbox” Bonus Feature) is just plain lazy. But Lionsgate isn’t a hole-in-the-wall operation. I even expect that from smaller companies. Now, I accept the fact that not all DVDs will be released in an anamorphic format.
At worst (such as in the scene where Tony Todd makes a cameo), it is completely incomprehensible. The music doesn’t sound bad, but that’s one quality is completely cancelled out by that the fact that the volume is so low, the movie is almost inaudible, and worst of all, the audio is constantly cutting in and out.
So let’s say you’re going to check this out anyway, for reasons that escape me. The actual technical aspects of the film are quite slick, but that doesn’t make it watchable. The result is akin to a hardcore porn film with the sex removed. So when I said this is a collection of set pieces, I should have said “truncated” set pieces, and all the really nasty stuff is completely absent.
The film originally ran 105 minutes, according to IMDB. This is a film that has stirred up quite a fuss among the critics, horror or otherwise, but viewers wanting to see what all the fuss is about won’t be enlightened by this release. The acting is painful, as is the dialogue (what one can make out of it – more on this below). References to Nazi Germany and footage of 9/11 are tossed in to no very compelling purpose. The title is an apt description of the film: it is basically a collection of set pieces. There’s not a heck of a lot more to the plot than that. His girlfriend’s little sister (Jade Risser) thinks there’s something creepy about him, but isn’t listened to. Sven Garrett plays the Photographer, who, when not exercising his profession of photographing beautiful women, is busy torturing and killing them.
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