On October 8th, Synapse Films will release director Mike Mendez’s first two feature films, Killers and The Convent, complete and uncut, for the first time on Blu-ray. The Convent is also being released in 4K UHD.
Convicted killers, the James brothers, Odessa (Dave Larsen) and Kyle (David Gunn), have escaped death row and found the perfect family to prey upon on a particularly dark and stormy night. What the brothers do not know is that the Ryan family has darker and more disturbing secrets than they could ever imagine. What begins as a home invasion turns for a fight for survival from this violently sinister family. From the opening moments set to Iron Butterfly’s iconic “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” to its blood-soaked finale, Mendez’s feature debut is a profanely dark, comedic look at America and violence in the tradition of Natural Born Killers.
Blu-ray special features for Killers include an audio commentary with director Mike Mendez and horror scholar Michael Gingold, original promotional trailers, an alternate ending, and a liner notes booklet by critic/writer Heather Drain.
In The Convent, what begins as an innocent fraternity hazing ritual in the depths of an abandoned boarding school with four college students descends into demonic possession, murder and more. Their only hope is Christine (Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog), a motorcycle-riding, shotgun-toting killer, who also happens to be the infamous killer who, decades before, executed all the nuns in the very same building!
Director Mike Mendez continues his adept mixture of profane dark comedy and horror with The Convent. Featuring appearances by rapper Coolio (Leprechaun in the Hood) and horror icon Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses).
4K UHD and Blu-ray special features include cast and crew audio commentary, “Lords of Hell,” audio commentary featuring Saul and Dickie-Boy, a video tour of both The Convent and Killers film locations, a vintage “Making of” featurette, the original studio Electronic Press Kit (EPK), deleted scene; gore outtakes, a still gallery, promotional trailers, and “It’s Always Something with a Virgin” liner notes from Corey Danna.
