Some time later, the filmmakers hired some new cast members, made some new monsters and shot a bunch of new footage. The awakening 2011 this bbc film is set in the 1920s and is an amalgam of several ghost stories lifting certain scenes almost verbatim from haunted. Spookies finally coming to bluray for the first time. Vinegar syndrome will finally be unleashing the cult classic 80s horror flick spookies for the first time, newly restored in 4k from its long lost original negative.
Spookies 1985 vinegar syndrome bluray promo trailer. Spookies is a wellknown title among the horror fans due to its copious creature effects. Behold its rts horror countdown, a compendium of horror shows to. Spookies was originally shot in 1984 under the title twisted souls by firsttime filmmakers brendan faulkner and thomas doran.
Tom and brendan directed scenes for an exploitation movie called igor and the lunatics, as well as several horror films that were never completed. Principal photography for the film began at the jay estate in rye, new york in late summer of 1984 and finished in october of that same year. Set in a dilapidated and spooky mansion it features plenty of different monsters including farting mud. Once filming was complete, the directors had to battle their. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard. Souls hired eugenie joseph to direct more footage, which was pieced together with the finished footage from twisted souls to create spookies. This page was made possible by the support of the filmmakers. Then they cut big chunks out of twisted souls to make room for the new material, and thus spookies was born. A group of curious kids get into big trouble when they decide to explore a ramshackle mansion in this horror movie. The lunatics, as well as several horror films that were never completed. Spookies started out as a feature film entitled twisted souls, written and produced by frank farel, brendan faulkner and thomas doran and directed by faulkner and doran.
Whereas the former film is three movies all stitched into one, spookies is a movie that was finished, then torn apart and finished again by a totally different creative team. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard, they discover a ouija board and decide to spend the night. A sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive. Spookies is a 1986 american independent horror film directed by brendan faulkner and. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard, they. It finished production and was in the editing stage when creative and legal issues ensued. Spookies was originally shot in 1984under the title twisted souls by firsttime filmmakers brendan faulkner and thomas doran, friends and horror fanatics since childhood. Spookies 2 blu ray slipcover vinegar syndrome oop region. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
Thats why half the main characters never even interact with the other half. Spookies 1985 vinegar syndrome bluray promo trailer youtube. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Of all of the bizarre horror films made in the 1980s, spookies easily. Spookies r 1h 25min comedy, horror january 1988 usa a sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive. Vinegar syndrome proudly brings spookies to bluray for the first time, newly restored in 4k from its long lost original negative and including a brand new, featurelength making of documentary, charting its incredible and often unbelievable production history. This movie was already filmed as twisted souls, and that version has never been released to this day. Cult horror film spookies was originally shot in 1984 under the working title of. There are occasional attempts at artsiness with its chess obsession and its shadowed figures on the stairs, but everything has been done on the. The premise of ateet sounds really exciting on paper, but its the complete opposite when it comes to celluloid execution. Horror film geregisseerd door genie joseph, thomas doran en brendan faulkner.
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