Depicting the takeover of a small town by an army of vampires, Darkness was partially financed by its makers selling their blood at the local plasma bank. The gore-drenched film went on to become one of the premiere titles in the underground horror wave of the early 90s. Now, for the first time ever, Barrel is proud to present this underground classic with a professional film-to-video transfer struck directly from the original elements, featuring digitally restored picture and sound, all in a new, never before seen edit – Darkness: The Vampire Version, the official, definitive director's cut!
- NTSC Region 1
- 2 Disc Limited Edition VAMPIRE VERSION!!
Special Features:
Disc 1
• New digital film-to-tape transfer of the newly created director’s cut mastered directly from the original elements under the supervision of director Leif Jonker
• 16X9 widescreen enhanced presentation
• Three feature length audio commentary tracks featuring the director, special FX artist, composer, and cast & crew
• Vampire Bootcamp – New half-hour documentary featurette with cast & crew interviews
• Behind-the-scenes footage of the climactic meltdown sequence
• Extended rough-cut of the climactic meltdown sequence
• Photo gallery
• Remastering demonstration
• World of Sin, a new music video from Apostasy
• Original theatrical trailers
Disc 2
• Darkness – The 86-minute original release version, unaltered and unedited, sourced directly from the 1” video master
• Photo Archive – Comprehensive 50-minute gallery of over 1000 images documenting the production and “life” of the film, all accompanied by excerpts of the original music score for Darkness
• Highlights from film festival screenings of Darkness
• A brief tour of the production studio
• Deth’s Oogly Hed – Television interview segment with director Leif Jonker
• Alternate/deleted scenes
• Alternate trailers
• Alternate audio track available over the entire BONUS MATERIALS on both discs featuring alternate music and sound as well as commentary from Leif Jonker and others
• Much, much more
“Ferocious splatter! An easy 10+ on the gore score!” –Chas. Balun, editor Deep Red
“Has some of the most impressive gross-out special effects since the original Evil Dead! Check it out!” –Joe Bob Briggs
“High energy gore, bravado film making! A new director to watch! I wish I had the guts to make a movie like this! –Don Coscarelli, director of Phantasm and Bubba Ho-Tep
“…boasts enough sanguinary spillage to fill a half dozen studio entries… tremendously savage… outrageous bloodshed.” -Fangoria
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