Good evening. This post will cover the last 2 discs in the mediabook. So far, I had a blast with the mediabbook.
The third blu ray disc covers the remaining 13 shorts that make up volume 2 of the deathcember movie. The list below will show the shorts in remaining order plus the bonus features that accompany them. Some of the interviews do run a long time so I eventually stopped writing the questions down. They are generally entertaining though.
15. Santa is coming: Introduction (dear dictator clip), gallery
16. Cracker: Introduction, interview, santa krocan teaser, outtakes of the exploding head, gallery
17. They once had horses: interview with sound designer, what has he worked on recently. Whats it like to work with lucky, at which point of production process did he get into, how to film the right sounds, did he envision sounds from script, difference between lucky and Pollyanna's productions, did he have a specific monster in mind, share more about the shoot, how far away from civilization were they from during shoot. How long did they shoot for, most complicated thing about sound design, in Pollyanna, was the singing added in post production, any funny stories from shoot, did he work on a christmas film before, does he like Christmas, why do Christmas and horror go together well, whats next, last words. Gallery
18. 5 deaths in blood red: gallery
19. Door too far: introduction (zielgerade clip), gallery
20. Bad santa: rough cut ( new intro, fsther dresses as krampus, no ending scene), gallery
21.december the 19th: introduction, interview with tamar: what is so special about the date: what is Dunya (lead tamar played) like, had she worked for the director before, how long did the shoot take, how long did she practice for the accident scenes, does she and her partner, Helen skate in real life, any funny stories from the shoot, is there a horror scene in Serbia, has she played in a horror film before, whats next for her, final words. Audio commentaries from tamar and Helen, outtakes (both basically talk about what it's like to work on the set of the sbor, gallery
22. Joy to the girls: Introduction (clip from house of sweat and tears), gallery
23. Aurora: introduction, trailer for Aurora, gallery
24. Before sundown: introduction, gallery
25. Family matters: interview, still gallery
26. Operation dolph: gallery
27. They used to laugh and call him names:
Interview, gallery
Like the previous disc, the interviews are enjoyable (some run over a half hour long) and give off a good idea of how the shorts were conceived and filmed. I do wish subtitles were included though (EDIT: Technical difficulties and time constraints were holdups for subtitles). The introductions are still creative and informative and the rough cut for bad santa has a couple of new scenes which give more context to the characters. The bonus features of Cracker in particular were enjoyable especially the santa krocan fake trailer.
The DVD disc included contains the international cut of Deathcember along with the 2 trailers from disc 1, 2 additional kickstarter trailers plus a US version of one of the trailers (with Crappy Christmas segments replaced), an outtake reel with more behind the scenes footage, a trailer for December the 19th (basically a deleted scene), and the introduction to the Fantastic Fest presentation of deathcember back in 2019.
I had a blast with the mediabook and the bonus features do a good job for most of the shorts giving how the shorts were conceived and filmed. Obviously, not all of the shorts get equal attention but enough do to make this mediabook worthwhile. I also wish there were subtitles for the bonus features and the galleries made more on a menu basis than just shown as a 2 minute video but I had a lot of fun nonetheless.
Edit: Again, time constraints and technical difficulties caused the galleries to be a montage instead of interactive.
It may take a month for the personalized disc to arrive but I hope to burn the ISO image soon. As soon as I watch it, I will do a review of that disc.
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