Mike Mendez

Oct 7, 2024 | doomrocket.substack.com | Dave Larsen |Mike Mendez |Jarrod Jones

This is Re/Play, where we take a fresh look at an older film, TV series, or video game to see if fond memories hold up under remastered scrutiny. This week: The Blu-ray rerelease of Mike Mendez’s Killers from Synapse Films. THE MOVIE:KillersORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: Sometime between January 16th and 26th, 1997. NEW FORMAT: Blu-ray disc featuring a 1080p (23.976 fps) digital restoration of the original unrated director’s cut scanned by Multicom Entertainment Group. Aspect ratio: 16:9. From Synapse Films.

Jun 13, 2024 | nerdly.co.uk | Phil Wheat |Dave Larsen |Mike Mendez

Mike Mendez’s cult classic ‘Killers’ coming to Blu-ray by Phil Wheat In 1997, director Mike Mendez and co-writer/star Dave Larsen collaborated on the brutal, uncompromising and wickedly funny Killers, a movie that divided audiences at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival but then had a hard time finding an audience due to scattershot distribution.

Jun 11, 2024 | haddonfieldhorror.com | Mike Mendez

In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true.

Jun 11, 2024 | haddonfieldhorror.com | Mike Mendez

In 1997, director Mike Mendez and co-writer/star Dave Larsen collaborated on the brutal, uncompromising and wickedly funny KILLERS, a movie that divided audiences at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival but then had a hard time finding an audience due to scattershot distribution.

Nov 22, 2023 | nerdly.co.uk | Phil Wheat |Mike Mendez

Synapse announce limited edition 4K of Mike Mendez’s ‘The Convent’ by Phil Wheat Synapse Films have announced a Limited Edition (4,000 units) UHD & Blu-ray Slipcover combo for Mike Mendez’s much-cherished The Convent (a personal fave of mine FYI). From its opening massacre, set to the strains of (appropriately enough) Lesley Gore, The Convent is an in-your-face fright film with a full-blooded sense of humor.