Dead Heat (4K UHD/BLU-RAY Combo)
Detectives Doug Bigelow and Roger Mortis have just tried, and failed, to take down a ring of master thieves who have been targeting high end jewelry dealers. While orchestrating a massive siege, the thieves are violently eliminated; one blown apart and the other crushed. While being autopsied, the forensic pathologist makes an inexplicable discovery: the "dead" men were already dead before being "killed." In other words, they were zombies. With little information to go on besides the presence of a strange man-made substance in the cadaver's flesh, Bigelow and Mortis attempt to piece together the mystery, which eventually leads them to a chemical plant, wherein Mortis, true to his name, winds up killed by a hulking zombie. But who's better to fight zombie criminals than a zombie cop?
A novel take on the zombie film, Oscar nominee Mark Goldblatt's (The Punisher) directorial debut, DEAD HEAT is a tightly paced and darkly comedic action-horror film featuring plentiful gore effects and with an all-star cast, headlined by Emmy nominees Treat Williams (Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead), Joe Piscopo (Wise Guys), Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker), alongside horror icon Vincent Price (Theatre of Blood) in one of his final roles. Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents the worldwide 4K Blu-ray debut of DEAD HEAT, newly restored from its 35mm original negative!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
A novel take on the zombie film, Oscar nominee Mark Goldblatt's (The Punisher) directorial debut, DEAD HEAT is a tightly paced and darkly comedic action-horror film featuring plentiful gore effects and with an all-star cast, headlined by Emmy nominees Treat Williams (Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead), Joe Piscopo (Wise Guys), Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker), alongside horror icon Vincent Price (Theatre of Blood) in one of his final roles. Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents the worldwide 4K Blu-ray debut of DEAD HEAT, newly restored from its 35mm original negative!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL 35MM CAMERA NEGATIVE
- HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- 4K BLU-RAY/BLU-RAY COMBO RELEASE
- Archival commentary track with: director Mark Goldblatt and screenwriter Terry Black alongside producers Michael L. Meltzer and David Helpern
- "The Building Blocks of Movies" - a brand new interview with director Mark Goldblatt
- "A Thousand Feet of Lightning" - a brand new interview with visual effects artist Ernest Farino
- "Seizing the Opportunity" - a brand new interview with second unit director Patrick Read Johnson
- "How to Edit For An Editor" - a brand new interview with editor Harvey Rosenstock
- "Happy Accidents Happen" - a brand new interview with composer Ernest Troost
- "Dead and Alive" - an archival interview with makeup effects creator Steve Johnson
- Still gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV spot
- Deleted scenes
- Archival EPK featurette
- MIFED promotional piece
- Reversible cover artwork
- English SDH subtitles