Boardinghouse
by John Wintergate
Our Price: $44.88
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $39.92 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Alexandra Day, John Wintergate, KalassuDirector: John Wintergate
Brand: Brentwood Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Code Red/Navarre Corporation
Movie Reviews of Boardinghouse
Movie Review: A Masterpiece of "Bad" 80s Horror! (Focus--white light!)
Summary: 5 Stars
I recommend this film to anyone who wants to laugh until their stomach muscles ache. I first saw it, about 10 years ago, at a screening at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, presented by Bill Landis, author of Sleazoid Express, an excellent book on exploitation cinema. "Modern Art" aptly describes this shot-on-video time capsule of awful early-1980s clothing, hairstyles, computer graphics, and extremely cheesy music and pathetic "special effects". The end result?
A masterpiece of horror that defies description. Throw in the most ridiculous script, dialogue and acting outside of an Ed Wood or H.G. Lewis film -- and you're in for a wild ride! We were falling out of our seats at the SF MOMA, shaking with uncontrollable laughter, and dumbstruck with awe that Boardinghouse was ever made, that it actually existed in the same universe as our own.
A recent (shaky) on-camera interview with director Wintergate and star Kalassu is interesting chiefly for their attempt to convince us that the film was meant to be a spoof -- and that their efforts at parody were overruled by the producer, who apparently believe Boardinghouse would work better as a serious horror movie! I'm not sure what to believe.
The transfer quality is about what you'd expect -- high-def digital video cameras didn't exist in 1982 -- and the filmmakers claim this was shot in "broadcast-quality" video, then transferred to 35mm celluloid for theatrical projection. Huh. Most of it still manages to look as if they used consumer-grade equipment typical of the time. This disc was apparently transferred off the original video source material, so it's certainly watchable (as well as laughable).
Don't take my word for it: rent or buy this movie, and you will realize that your life could never be complete until you've seen Boardinghouse -- and stay with it right until the mind-melting, soul-shattering, bloodcurdling finale: FOCUS! WHITE LIGHT! FOCUS! WHITE LIGHT!
Summary of Boardinghouse
BOARDINGHOUSE - DVD MovieSimilar DVD Movies
Scream Theater Double Feature, Vol. 2: The Last Slumber Party/ Terror at TenkillerVideo Communications Inc.; Release date: 2004-10-12; DVD
Best price: $4.79
Price in other shops:
Doom Asylum (Uncut Edition)Media Blasters; Release date: 2007-01-09; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Horror HighCODE RED ENT.; Release date: 2010-08-10; DVD
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops:
HumongousRelease date: 2011-11-15; DVD
Best price: $10.25
Price in other shops:
The NestingE1E; Release date: 2011-06-28; DVD
Best price: $9.84
Price in other shops:
Deep Red (Uncensored English Version)E1E; Release date: 2011-05-17; DVD
Best price: $7.17
Price in other shops:
![The Dorm That Dripped Blood [Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack] Image](/images/The-Dorm-That-Dripped-Blood-Blu-ray-DVD-Combo-Pack-B004GF3IJU-X.jpg)
The Dorm That Dripped Blood [Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack]CAV; Release date: 2011-04-26; Blu-ray
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Nightmare: 30th Anniversary EditionCODE RED ENT.; Release date: 2011-07-26; DVD
Best price: $14.49
Price in other shops:
SledgehammerRelease date: 2011-05-10; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Maria's B-Movie Mayhem-Night of the DemonCODE RED ENT.; Release date: 2011-10-11; DVD
Best price: $32.87