4K UHD Review – Night Screams

As explored in the supplementary material on this release, 1987's "Night Screams" had a lot of difficulty in the editing room. The first cut of the film came up short, inspiring some to attempt to add padding to the feature to help bring it to a sellable run time. However, instead of using more footage from the original shoot to do so, outside sources were utilized, including sequences from 1981's "Graduation Day" and, weirdly enough, adult movies, with John Holmes, Seka, and Honey Wilder suddenly showing up in the endeavor. Delivery of these additions isn't completely clunky, sold as television and VHS viewing for couples trying to entertain themselves, but it's an odd creative choice, and would probably be more intrusive in a more exciting picture. "Night Screams" hopes to add some bloodshed to the slasher genre, but there's little effort to really dig into suspense, with director Allen Plone failing to inspire a more heated understanding of horror with this meandering attempt at violent entertainment. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com