Twisted Issues (Blu-ray)

After innocent, straight edge skater Paul is taunted and murdered by a carload of drunken longhairs, he is crudely resurrected by a mysterious, pot-smoking mad scientist as a masked, sword wielding psychopath with a horrifying facial skin graft and a skateboard bolted directly to his foot. Determined to enact bloodthirsty revenge on his killers and their cohorts, Paul marauds through the parking lots, warehouses, and house parties of Gainesville in a splatter fueled cacophony of homespun gore, psychedelic drugs, ‘80s skate punk culture, abrasive stock footage, and gobs of raspberry soda.

Initially envisioned as a document of the thriving underground music scene in Gainesville, Florida (as well as a cinematic adaptation of his self-published, DIY fanzine Twisted Tissues), Twisted Issues marked the SOV feature debut of visionary writer / director Charles Pinion (Red Spirit Lake, We Await) and announced the arrival of a singular and electrifying new voice within the video underground. A lo-fi explosion of raw creativity and youthful exuberance, Twisted Issues remains one of the quintessential, regional SOV masterpieces of the 1980s; an experimental, cinema verité slasher film like no other that Film Threat magazine notoriously dubbed one of the top “25 underground films you must see”! -Brand new restoration of the feature supervised by director Charles Pinion
-Audio commentary with writer / director Charles Pinion moderated by Mike Hunchback
-Cast commentary with actors Charles Pinion, David Peck, Victor Wilkinson, Debra Fetzer, and Lisa Soto.
-Screenwriter commentary with writers Charles Pinion, Steve Antczak, and James Bassett
-“The Twisted Truth” -an interview with writer / director Charles Pinion
-“Horror is the Punk Rock of Cinema” -Director Charles Pinion in conversation with S.A. Bradley of the Hellbent for Horror podcast
-“Painting with the Blood of False Gods” -a visual essay by film writer and author Heather Drain
-“Blood & Laughs” -Behind the scenes footage
-“Twisted Singles”: 9 unedited live music performances from Twisted Issues
-Full 1987 live set by Mutley Chix (portions of which are featured in Twisted Issues)
-Full 1987 live set by The Doldrums
-Charles Pinion trailer vault
-“From Twisted Tissues to Twisted Issues” -a 28-page booklet edited by Jason Pankoke (Micro-Film) featuring writings by Heather Drain, Vincent Albarano, & Mike Watt with a foreword by director Charles Pinion
-Reversible sleeve
-English SDH subtitles "