Gut Pile
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Gut Pile

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Gut Pile

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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Don England) was limited to 1,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.

Saturn's Core Audio & Video is a New Jersey based home video label devoted to releasing underground oddities and shot on video cinema on VHS, and now, blu-ray discs! In partnership with OCN Distribution, Saturn's Core will exhume forgotten or under-seen genre cinema from the 80s and 90s, with an emphasis on SOV horror features. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

While on a solo hunting expedition, Dan (Jeff Forsyth) accidentally shoots and kills a fellow hunter. With no one in sight for miles aside from a lifeless scarecrow in a nearby field, he buries the hunter deep in the woods to conceal his misdeed. One year later, Dan returns to the cabin with his buddies for a weekend of hunting and partying. Unfortunately for his oblivious friends, an evil entity in the form of an axe-wielding scarecrow promptly returns for vengeance upon their arrival. After finding his companions dismembered, disemboweled, and displayed like hapless trophies, Dan must survive until dawn in a frantic fight for both his life and sanity. 

In 1998, Syracuse, New York based filmmaker Jerry O’Sullivan combined the concepts from two of his early Super 8 shorts to create a eminently exciting and entertaining Evil Dead inspired, SOV killer scarecrow romp. Starring fellow Syracuse micro-budget filmmakers Ron Bonk (The Vicious Sweet) and Jeff Forsyth (Children of the Sky) alongside the inimitable indie legend Sasha Graham (Addicted to Murder, Polymorph), Gut Pile triumphs with its impressive practical splatter FX and mind-boggling, Raimi-inspired camera gymnastics. Saturn’s Core is proud to present Gut Pile, newly restored and jam packed with a veritable trophy wall of new and archival special features including (for the first time ever) the Super 8 short films that helped inspire its creation.

directed by: Jerry O'Sullivan
starring: Jeff Forsyth, Ron Bonk, Ed Mastin, Sasha Graham, Bob Licata
1998 / 53 min / 1.33:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • New audio commentary featuring writer / director Jerry O’Sullivan and actors Ron Bonk, Ed Mastin, and Jeff Forsyth
  • “Spilling Guts” -an interview with writer / director Jerry O’Sullivan
  • “Analog Diva” -an interview with actress Sasha Graham
  • “Hunting Season” -an interview with actor Jeff Forsyth
  • “Within the Family” -a round table chat with writer / director Jerry O’Sullivan and actors Ron Bonk & Ed Mastin moderated by actor Jeff Forsyth
  • “Make it Gross” -an interview with FX artist Jeff Meyer
  • “Gut Pile: Behind the Scenes”: Archival featurette
  • The Axe (1979) -Jerry O’Sullivan’s early Super 8 short that inspired Gut Pile
  • The Scarecrow (1980)-Jerry O’Sullivan’s early Super 8 short that inspired Gut Pile
  • Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork by Don England
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.493671 / 5 from 79 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Gut Pile offers a raw and eerie experience with gritty, visceral atmosphere and impressive gore and VFX. The film looks great with a nice transfer, making it a popular choice among customers. The release is highly recommended, though opinions vary on the overall movie experience.

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  • Atmosphere (20%): Based on many customers, Gutpile delivers a raw and eerie experience with gritty, visceral atmosphere.
  • Visual Quality (12%): It was reported by customers that the film looks great and the transfer is quite nice, making it a popular choice.
  • Special Effects (22%): Many customers pointed out that Gut Pile is a great SOV film with amazing gore and VFX.
  • Product Release (12%): It was highlighted by customers that the release of this product is great and highly recommend picking up.

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Review highlights

  • "Some brief gore effects and a decent story make for a fun film." — Ed K.
  • "This Saturn‘s Core release looks great, as always." — Bryan K.
  • "This awesome SOV film has some amazing gore and VFX." — Mark P.

Reviews

One good looking guy pile!

"This is a fun SOV movie that I've wanted to see for the longest time. Great bunch of extras and a nice looking slipcover, this is great inspiration to go out and make your own damn movie!"

— Evan D. (5/5)

Gut Pile Quickie

"Rob Bonk looked soo different in this with long hair. The extras were informative. The ending in this was kinda similar to Dolly, but better. It had a small bit of Evil Deadishnish to it, but not a lot. I loved that they were drinking Pabst beer, lol. The scarecrow had interesting makeup effects. Definitely inspired me to get more of Saturn's Core!"

— Steven B. (5/5)

Gut Pile

"Saturn's Core never fails. Great film with great extras."

— Ryan F. (5/5)

Godawful AI oil-paint transfer. Avoid :(

"I hate having to write this, because in terms of the packaging and supplements, this is another great Saturn's Core release. It has a number of nice interviews, including a career-spanning one with Sasha Graham, and some other goodies that are fun, too. Unfortunately, the transfer on this is absolutely atrocious. Someone seems to have turned on an AI smoothing filter and cranked it all the way to 11, and the result is a smeary mess with absolutely zero fine detail or video grain - I'm not exaggerating when I say every shot has a horrible, swirling oil paint effect that's completely distracting. This seems to have been done by someone on the production, because they keep referring to "the processing" on the commentary (at one point someone says things are out of focus, and another corrects that that's just "the processing," so you see how bad this gets). Why a company like Saturn's Core, which is supposed to be dedicated to the unique aesthetic qualities of SOV filmmaking, would agree to put this out when it seems to be trying to smooth every bit of video texture out of the image at all costs, is baffling, and this should've been a hard no the second they were handed it. I love this company and am bumping my rating up one cause of the usual great work on the supplements, but this looks absolutely awful. Anyone who's curious I would encourage to buy the old DVD, which HAS to look more natural than this."

— John K. (2/5)

A wonderfully weird Y2K time capsule

"Some hilariously slow moments punctuate a fun Evil Dead II inspired killer scarecrow gore fest. At a short run time of 52 minutes, the movie actually packs in a lot of story. Y2K shot-on-video horrors are a particular favorite of mine."

— Matthew S. (4/5)

I wish it were a

"I wish it were a little longer but Gut Pile was entertaining with some great practice gore effects throughout. I enjoyed some of the humorous moments mixed with an eerie tone and thought the scarecrow design was really cool. Saturn's Core did a great job with this release!"

— Ryan S. (4/5)

Pretty damn solid

"Surprising for an SOV to not overstay it’s welcome at just 50-ish minutes long, but it does what it intends to do quickly and rather well no less, worth the watch for sure."

— William H. (5/5)

There's Guts then there's Guts Pile

"Held back on this title for a bit due to the run-time of all things! Nabbed it during the halfway sale and thoroughly enjoyed it like I do most of Saturn's Core catalog. Very fun "Evil Dead-lite" film that doesn't over stay it's welcome with nice gore effects. All the extras were top notch like most of SC's stuff and made the Blu-ray feel like a time capsule of indie treasure."

— Cody B. (4/5)

Nice

"Evil Dead influenced backwoods splatter nonsense. It’s short and sweet and packed with extras. Another quality Saturn’s Core’s release."

— Dillon G. (5/5)

Scarecrow Slasher

"This is why you dont go hunting"

— Dakota D. (4/5)

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