Degausser Video

5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas

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Description

Richard Streeb is a brooding artist whose work dwells on grisly depictions of death and dismemberment. Shortly after the unveiling of his most recent exhibition, Streeb’s preoccupation with the macabre bleeds horrifyingly into real life when the artist is attacked in his own home by a black-clad, knife-wielding figure. After being stabbed multiple times before the eyes of his helpless wife, Streeb is dragged off into the night by his assailant. With the authorities proving ineffectual, and the mysterious killer striking again and again - targeting victims all tied to the artist - it falls to Streeb’s brother Bill to mount his own investigation in an attempt to unravel the meaning behind these slayings.

A loving homage to the films of Dario Argento and Mario Bava, director Joseph F. Parda’s micro-budget 5 DEAD ON THE CRIMSON CANVAS (1996) - produced by and starring B-movie stalwart Joe Zaso (Nikos the Impaler) - may well lay claim to being the only shot on Super-8 giallo to emerge from Long Island, NY. Featuring a black-gloved killer right out of the likes of Blood and Black Lace and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, and offering up plentiful bare skin and grisly deaths - including gouged eyes and faces stripped bare by piranhas - Degausser Video is thrilled to unveil 5 DEAD ON THE CRIMSON CANVAS on Blu-ray, newly restored from the best existing tape master and loaded with a host of new and archival extras.

Details

Director(s): Joseph F. Parda

Starring: Joe Zaso, Liz Haverty, Simeon Mony Damevski, Rick Poli

Release Year: 1996

Runtime: 96 min

Aspect Ratio(s): 1.33:1

Language(s): ENG- English

Sound: Stereo

Subtitles: English SDH

Format: Blu-ray

Disc Info: Region Free Blu-ray

Restoration: Newly transferred and restored from the best surviving tape master

Packaging Artist(s): Robert Sammelin

Genre: Horror, Giallo

SKU: DV-023 SLIP

Bonus Content

Commentary track with writer/director Joseph F. Parda and actor/producer Joe Zaso
"Long Island Giallo: The Making of 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas" (41 min) - a brand new documentary featuring interviews with actor/producer Joe Zaso, actor/painter Ray Schwetz, actor Ian Stark, and actor/still photographer Chris Hoskins
"A Dialogue with Mr. Streeb" (10 min) - a brand new interview with actor Simeon Mony Damevski
"Is It Giallo?" (5 min) - a brand new examination of 5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas by Sam Panico
Original audition footage (5 min)
Stills and artwork gallery
Trailer
Reversible sleeve artwork

Trailers / Videos

Label Bio

Degausser Video is a brand new label created by several of the devious minds behind VS, which will bring to Blu-ray deluxe editions of both canonical and under-seen shot on video (SOV) genre cinema, in addition to work shot on film, but edited on tape, wherein the original film materials are believed to be lost or destroyed. Similar to Vinegar Syndrome's focus on FILM preservation, Degausser will work only from original analogue tape materials with an emphasis on maintaining the aesthetics inherent to each respective video format. Additionally, each title released by Degausser will be made available in an ultra limited "new" VHS edition, fitted in a custom designed hard shell light box.