6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Jackson is a lonely serial killer who is really beginning to question the point of all his killing. He is losing focus on why he started to kill in the first place. The future looks bleak until he meets a blind girl, Shelly, who begins to show him that life isn't so bad. It is all up to Jackson to decide if he's going to stop killing and start learning responsibility and think about finding a real job and starting a family.
Starring: Gregory Cox, Fiona Evans, Edward Brayshaw, Debbie Lee London, Kim Fenton (I)Horror | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Romance | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
BDInfo
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region free
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
1989’s “Unmasked: Part 25” carries a title that appears to lampoon the state of horror franchises in the 1980s, where everything was sequelized to a point of audience exhaustion. One might expect a ZAZ-like take on the genre, but writer Mark Cutforth and director Anders Palm pull their punch when it comes to a full pantsing of the film business. Instead of raising hell with a sharp, silly comedy, the men go straight with a semi-dramatic take on boogeyman blues, weirdly trying to be sincere when asking the question, “What if Jason Voorhees was lonely?”
The AVC encoded image (1.67:1 aspect ratio) presentation for "Unmasked: Part 25" is sourced from a 35mm internegative, offering a slight softness to the viewing experience. Detail remains effective, protecting the production's intense scenes of gore, and makeup limitations are easily spotted, with Jackson's facial application poorly blended with the actor's real skin. Nightlife tours are open for inspection, with reasonable distances. Costuming is acceptably textured. Colors are appealing, emphasizing period hues on costuming and decoration, and bloody reds are pronounced throughout, giving the kills some visual oomph. Delineation is satisfactory. Grain is thick but film-like. Some debris is encountered, along with mild judder and speckling.
The 1.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix isn't built for power, but the essentials of the track are present. While the listening event fights production and age- related limitations, dialogue exchanges are acceptable, defining accents and makeup-challenged performances. Soundtrack cuts and scoring cues are adequate, registering with passable clarity and support. Sound effects are broad, offering all sorts of squishiness and spurting.
"Unmasked: Part 25" is tonally confused, going cheeky one moment and deadly serious the next. It takes on issues of abuse, but doesn't expand on them in a particularly brave fashion. And there's plenty of gore for genre admirers, as Palm doesn't skimp when it comes time to unleash Jackson's fury, with the killer accomplishing all manner of bodily harm, including the removal of one victim's heart from their chest, giving the effort a bloody close-up to play into genre expectations. For something that appears to be so light, "Unmasked: Part 25" (which is branded "The Hand of Death" on the disc -- an even more misleading title) is better at testing patience than triggering laughs or frights, ending up a frustrating viewing experience.
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