A Quick Peek at Tartan's Slaughter Night DVD

Dutch slasher film Slaughter Night AKA SL8N8 is one that I feel a personal attachment to. I programmed the film for last year's inaugural Toronto After Dark Film Festival - its North American debut - and the film was bought up for North American release shortly after the screening. So, I'm biased. But I like it rather a lot. The film's got a likable young cast, a talented directing duo (over reliance on hand held shaky cam notwithstanding), a fun premise, and a handful of truly stellar gore set pieces. The first slasher film ever produced in Holland, it obviously knows the genre well and plays things straight.

The North American DVD release hits April 10th and it's a solid one. The transfer is anamorphic and very clean - as you'd expect from a film shot digitally. Audio options come in 2.0, 5.1 and DTS varieties, subtitles in English and Spanish. For special features you get a very strong, 24 minute behind the scenes feature; 4 minutes of bloopers; and the original Dutch trailer. It's not exhaustive by any means but it's better than I'd expected for a little known film from a country not known for their genre film and they do the film itself up right.

Pre-order the DVD here.