Criminally Insane / Satan's Black Wedding

Product Details

    Actors: Priscilla Alden
    Directors: Nick Philips
    Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Director's Cut, NTSC
    Language: English
    Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
    Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
    Number of discs: 1
    Rated: R (Restricted)
    Studio: E.I. Independent
    DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006
    Run Time: 180 minutes

A Nick Philips triple feature! Here comes the bride in "Satan's Black Wedding" (1975), in which a small town is a center of cult activities, and an unholy ritual is slated to take place. Ray Miles, Lisa Milano star. In "Criminally Insane" (1975), a murderous, 250-lb. madwoman named Ethel is released from the asylum and the streets run red. Priscilla Alden is the big bad star. AKA: "Crazy Fat Ethel." And the monstrous Ethel is back--and ready to hack again!--in "Criminally Insane 2" (1985), with Alden. AKA: "Crazy Fat Ethel 2." 4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary by Philips; featurettes; theatrical trailers.

Nick Phillips is an interesting director. Here we have three of his horror offerings, none of which had any real budget to speak of. SATAN'S BLACK WEDDING manages to have a dark, sinister atmosphere, in spite of the decision to have it's satanic vampires wear plastic fangs from K-Mart. The ultra-cheap filming actually adds to the paranoia and bleakness of it all. CRIMINALLY INSANE is a well done shocker w/ Priscilla Alden running around murdering just about everyone! Her "Big Fat Ethel" character is a wonder to behold, as she stabs, hacks, and bludgeons the rest of the cast! People just seem to rub her the wrong way. Especially those who try to counsel Ethel on her dietary habits. Better to let this gal eat! Alas, this brings us to CRIMINALLY INSANE 2, a shot-on-video hack-job w/ no redeeming qualities whatsoever. After watching BLACK WEDDING and CRIMINALLY INSANE 1, I was extremely disappointed in this hideous waste of time! Oh well, the other two are worth the price of the dvd, and I can just pretend CI2 never happened...