Arrow Video has provided an exclusive new promotional trailer for its upcoming Limited Edition Blu-ray of E.L. Katz's Cheap Thrills (2013), starring Pat Healy, David Koechner, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, and Amanda Fuller. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 27.
A razor-sharp blend of thriller and the blackest of comedies, Cheap Thrills takes an ordinary night out among friends and turns it into a cruel, twisted game of survival.
Fired from his job and facing eviction, this might be the worst night of Craig's life. While drowning his sorrows in a bar, he runs into Vince, a childhood friend he hasn't seen in years. Their reunion takes an unexpected turn when they're approached by Colin and Violet, an eccentric and wealthy couple with a strange but simple offer: complete a few dares for cash. Sounds like an easy payday... at first. As the stakes rise and the dares become ever more twisted, Craig and Vince are pushed to their physical and moral limits in a warped contest where only one can come out on top.
Starring Pat Healy and Sara Paxton from The Innkeepers alongside Ethan Embry (Vacancy) and David Koechner (Krampus), and marking the audacious debut of director E.L. Katz, Cheap Thrills is a tense and darkly hilarious look at the road from desperation, to recklessness, to savagery.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
High-definition transfer
Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Audio commentary with director E.L. Katz and actor Pat Healy
With Friends Like These, a newly filmed interview with director E.L. Katz and producer Travis Stevens
Money Talks, a newly filmed interview with actors Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner, and Sara Paxton
Double Down, a newly filmed interview with writers Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo
Ketchup, Cheese, and (Fake) Blood, a newly filmed interview with special effects/make up artist Hugo Villaseņor
Vital Heat: The Making of Cheap Thrills, an archive featurette
Cheap Thrills at Fantastic Film Festival 2013, an archive featurette
Theatrical trailer
Cheap Shots, a gallery of photos taken by Sara Paxton's character, Violet, as seen in the film
On-set production photos
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde
Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sister Hyde
Collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Heather Wixson and Matt Donato