101 Films

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Stick it in your December drawer! The last act is snowbound so it has a wintery feel

Noted. Although the drawer is purely for horror.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I love Memento and highly recommend it. It's a brilliantly crafted and engaging film that I've seen countless times, and will probably add this new release to my collection.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE



Released 16th October 2023

Horror legend Christopher Lee (The Wicker Man, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) stars in this pulse- pounding film where revenge is best served in cold blood. A professor of the occult experiences a shocking tragedy when the “destroyers” - a group of murderous students who fail to believe his tales of the dark forces, brutally attack him and his family and leave them to die. Now in a deep coma and the only survivor of the assault, he calls upon those demonic forces beyond the world of the living to grant him vengeance on these who took everything from him.



SPECIAL FEATURES

• The Original Cut - THE HOLLYWOOD MEATCLEAVER MASSACRE (77 Minutes)
• The Theatrical Cut - Featuring intro / outro with horror film star Christopher Lee (85 Minutes)
• The Man. The Myth. The Legend. - Director / Writer Keith Burns on Meatcleaver Massacre
• ‘The Murder Weapon’ - An interview with actor Doug Senior
• ‘Searching For Clues’ - An interview with actor Paul Kelleher
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited Edition Booklet: Axploitation in Blazing Color by Dylan Dean Staley
• Limited Edition Booklet: Original lost script “Professor Cantrell’s Messiah” by Keith Burns.

https://101-films-store.com/products...dition-blu-ray

The email advertising this contains a clue for the next title in the Black Label series – it can only be Alligator (1980)

[Nuno_Miranda]

I'm just trying to wrap my brain around this amazing poster

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nuno_Miranda

I'm just trying to wrap my brain around this amazing poster

The poster could be better than the film if this information on Wikipedia is anything to go by:

"Cinematographer Roy H. Wagner, in a Facebook post on August 10, 2022, wrote, "In 1974 I photographed a movie in four days with my Mitchell BNCR and ARRI IIC called Meatcleaver Massacre. It’s terrible. Thank god they never paid me ($500 including my equipment) for they took my name off the credits. The original director was [co-screenwriter] Keith Burns who was replaced by Ed Wood. Jim Bagdonas ASC, first day in the business was as my assistant on this film. The producer was film collector, Ray Atherton." In the Andrew Rausch book Trash Cinema: A Celebration of Overlooked Masterpieces, Wagner and secondary film editor James Bryan corroborate Wood's role as replacement director. Wagner stated its original title was Morak's Chant, followed by Cantrell's Messiah, before Meatcleaver Massacre was applied to it.

The film premiered as Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre in Casa Grande, Arizona on November 2, 1976. It was re-released in 1977 under the shorter Meatcleaver Massacre title, featuring a bookending prologue and epilogue narrated by Christopher Lee. The footage featuring Lee was actually shot for a different project that never came to fruition, and was purchased by the producers of Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre, who grafted it onto the film and re-released it."

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

The poster could be better than the film if this information on Wikipedia is anything to go by:

As the saying goes, "if I had a nickel..."

[Dave]

Definite pass for me. I saw MM about 10 years ago and it’s right up there as easily one of the worst films I’ve ever seen lol. Cheap, tacky and worst of all… boring! If I never see it again it’ll be too soon.

SPOILER:

There’s isn’t a single ‘Meatcleaver’ in sight.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave

Definite pass for me. I saw MM about 10 years ago and it’s right up there as easily one of the worst films I’ve ever seen lol. Cheap, tacky and worst of all… boring! If I never see it again it’ll be too soon.

SPOILER:

There’s isn’t a single ‘Meatcleaver’ in sight.

This ^. One to avoid for me as well.

[will graham]

One better note that is definitely alligator. Had a hunch someone was releasing it since it got shown at frightfest

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Alligator and Alligator II been passed by the BBFC for 101 Films.

I got rid of the dvd two pack so doubt i'll be purchasing these.