The Profane Exhibit (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]
(Christine Ahanotu, Dídac Alcaraz, U. Bernard, et al / Blu-ray / NR / (2013) 2024 / Unearthed Classics)
Overview: Ladies and gentlemen! My fellow creatures of the night! You are invited to join us on a perilous journey into the land of the damned. Please ensure to keep your limbs safely inside the speeding vehicle at all times, for what you are about to witness is a dangerous miracle of the macabre.
Ten renowned horror movie directors from all over the world have recreated their most gruesome dreams and frenzied nightmares for your viewing displeasure. Your ticket entitles you to enjoy a surfeit of screams, palpitations, and gut-wrenching violence - the like of which has never before been seen by man or beast.
Watch your step, don’t look behind you, and try to keep your eyes open because you are about to witness ... THE PROFANE EXHIBIT.
Blu-ray Verdict: Let’s start with the obvious. Extreme horror anthologies usually suck. Partly this is true of The Profane Exhibit, but then there are also moments (really just moments) of almost brilliance. For most of the directors, these little snippets (most are about ten minutes) do not present their best work or even their most extreme work.
Overall it is better than I expected (yes I expected very little), but it’s nothing like it could have been, in my eyes, but then again, I have been waiting for this to hit BR for over ten years, so I’ll take anything at this point!
That said, two snippets stand out for watchable story lines and three for their unique viewer experience (yes there is an overlap). This film is probably only for a select audience, but it still showcases some high quality extreme/horror stuff!
Some of the segments were actually very interesting, entertaining and even well made, but some were less so, a couple boringly pointless (and a little weird, but in a bad way), but even with it being a mixed bag, The Profane Exhibit is a worthy watch.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Director Michael Todd Schneider, Producer Amanda Manuel and Ultra Violent Magazine’s Art Ettinger
World Premiere Interview
World Premiere Q&A
Ten Years Later by Marian Dora
Sergio Stivaletti’s Tophet Quorum
Awakened Manna
Tiffany Blem Interviews Michael Todd Schneider
Tiffany Blem Interviews Uwe Boll
Tiffany Blem Interviews Amanda Manuel
Tiffany Blem Interviews Jeremy Kasten
Galleries
Trailer
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