Nasty Pranks…Director’s Cut of The House that Dripped Blood (aka Pranks) unearthed by Synapse

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soon via UK Amazon and at US Amazon for release on 29th March 2011

The Dorm that Dripped Blood aka Pranks is a 1982 US slasher by Jeff Obrow & Stephen Carpenter. See IMDb The Directors Cut is uncut and MPAA Unrated for: US 2011 Synapse R0 DVD/Blu-ray soon via UK Amazon and at US Amazon for release on 29th March 2011 See article from mcbastardsmausoleum.blogspot.com: Director’s Cut If you think you’ve seen this film totally uncut… think again! Synapse Films is presents The Dorm that Dripped Blood in a never-before-seen alternate version containing additional scenes, extended gore sequences and a different sound mix. This transfer was created from the only existing 35mm answer print of the original Directors’ Cut entitled Death Dorm, a version of the film thought to have been lost for over thirty years. In the UK the R Rated Version was passed 18 after 10s of BBFC cuts for: 2010 Cornerstone R2 DVD 2003 Vipco R0 DVD 2001 Protected DVD 2001 Vipco VHS 1992 VPD VHS The BBFC cuts were: 10s were cut from a scene showing a janitor being murdered with a drill. And before that the R Rated Version  was released without cuts by Canon in June 1982. It was added to the DPP list of banned video nasties in October 1983. It was dropped from the list in September 1985 Review from US Amazon: Typical Slasher Stuff Another 80′s college film in which all the “students” look older than expected. College girl Joanne Murray takes on the unenviable job of readying the student housing building to become apartments, which includes selling the unneeded furniture, etc. This takes place during a break, so a mysterious psycho is stalking the nearly-empty premises on campus. Need more? As you can imagine, this is typical slasher stuff, with overly dramatic music that sounds ripped off from Psycho. Don’t expect anything earth-shattering; you do get a cheapie, yet solid release for fans of 80′s slasher/horror. 80′s horror fanatics will still love this cheesefest that was like a poor man’s Pieces. I don’t know, it’s not as gory and weird as Pieces, but it’s in that same mindless yet fun stalk n’ slash vein…. Expect a low budget, some bad acting, and if those are things you are able to tolerate then Pranks ain’t half bad. Best served with lots of beer and a roomful of friends.

We Dare is Actually Not Very Daring…Investigating the hype for the party game We Dare

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Based on article from cubed3.com

Due to be released on Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 later this year, We Dare features over 35 mini-games that take a distinctly adult approach, with marketing materials encouraging two players to kiss a Wii Remote simultaneously, spank each other to control on-screen avatars, and striptease to a variety of songs. With its highly suggestive trailer and product description, Cubed3 queried PEGI on the seemingly low 12+ age rating. PEGI stated that they do not look at the surrounding context of a game, only the in-game content. The suggestive naughtiness by the human actors in the YouTube trailer did not figure in the decision for the game rating: PEGI does not take into account the context of a game when rating it, we only look at the contents of the game. [We Dare] has been rated as a PEGI 12 because it contains mild swearing, minor assault on a human-like character and words/activities that amount to obvious sexual innuendo, explicit sexual descriptions or images and sexual posturing. However PEGI: Do demand that these types of artwork [are] on the same level as the game. In the case of We Dare, the cover and trailer are in correspondence with our guidelines. It was considered that We Dare might justify a higher rating due to a specific (sexual) atmosphere, but this proposal was rejected by the Video Standards Council, an independent organisation that verifies PEGI ratings for use in the UK: The game itself is in fact less sexual/offensive than the marketing campaign leads us to believe (for example, you cannot see real spanking in the game. There is a ‘stripping game’ but you don’t have to undress; throwing away keys or anything that reduces your weight is good enough).