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Format: VHS
Jan 2005
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
100 min.
Color
UPC: 674945119099 |
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Movie Description
Made when its directors, Tim Ritter and Joel Wynkoop, had not yet graduated high-school, TWISTED ILLUSIONS represents the horror film at its most independent. The film features seven different tales of horror, including the short "Truth or Dare" which Ritter later stretched to make his first feature length film. That film, along with TWISTED ILLUSIONS, were among the earliest independent horror films to be distributed straight-to-video, establishing a trend that has allowed independent filmmakers to bring their films to audiences when they might otherwise remain unseen. The landmark film is packaged here with its follow-up.
A sequel 20 years in the making, TWISTED ILLUSIONS 2 is another ultra-independent anthology horror film. Three directors, all of whom are experienced veterans in the genre, present their short films. The first is "Betrayal," directed by John Bowker. It is a tale of a cheating boyfriend, and the vengeance his girlfriend wreaks upon him. Actor Joel Wynkoop made the second, "The Part." Wynkoop plays a released murderer who has taken up acting as a way of channeling his excess energy. But when the director of a horror film encourages him to take up a bit of method acting, terror results. Finally, Tim Ritter directs the thriller "Dexter Deadbeat." Dexter is a creep who is relentlessly stalking a woman for a reason only he can fathom. All three films in TWISTED ILLUSIONS 2 follow in the independent horror film tradition that its predecessor helped jumpstart.
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