PRODUCT INFORMATION
After innocent, straight edge skater Paul is taunted and murdered by a carload of drunken longhairs, he is crudely resurrected by a mysterious, pot-smoking mad scientist as a masked, sword wielding psychopath with a horrifying facial skin graft and a skateboard bolted directly to his foot. Determined to enact bloodthirsty revenge on his killers and their cohorts, Paul marauds through the parking lots, warehouses, and house parties of Gainesville in a splatter fueled cacophony of homespun gore, psychedelic drugs, ‘80s skate punk culture, abrasive stock footage, and gobs of raspberry soda.
Initially envisioned as a document of the thriving underground music scene in Gainesville, Florida (as well as a cinematic adaptation of his self-published, DIY fanzine Twisted Tissues), Twisted Issues marked the SOV feature debut of visionary writer / director Charles Pinion (Red Spirit Lake, We Await) and announced the arrival of a singular and electrifying new voice within the video underground. A lo-fi explosion of raw creativity and youthful exuberance, Twisted Issues remains one of the quintessential, regional SOV masterpieces of the 1980s; an experimental, cinema verité slasher film like no other that Film Threat magazine notoriously dubbed one of the top “25 underground films you must see”!
FEATURES:
Region Free Blu-ray
Brand new restoration of the feature supervised by director Charles Pinion
Audio commentary with writer / director Charles Pinion moderated by Mike Hunchback
Cast commentary with actors Charles Pinion, David Peck, Victor Wilkinson, Debra Fetzer, and Lisa Soto
Screenwriter commentary with writers Charles Pinion, Steve Antczak, and James Bassett
“The Twisted Truth” -an interview with writer / director Charles Pinion
“Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema” - Director Charles Pinion in conversation with S.A. Bradley of the Hellbent for Horror podcast
“Painting with the Blood of False Gods” - a visual essay by film writer and author Heather Drain
“Blood & Laughs” - Behind the scenes footage
“Twisted Singles” - 9 unedited live music performances from Twisted Issues
Full 1987 live set by Mutley Chix (portions of which are featured in Twisted Issues)
Full 1987 live set by The Doldrums
Charles Pinion trailer vault
“From Twisted Tissues to Twisted Issues” - a 28-page booklet edited by Jason Pankoke (Micro-Film) featuring writings by Heather Drain, Vincent Albarano, & Mike Watt with a foreword by director Charles Pinion
Reversible sleeve
English SDH subtitles
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