X-Ray is being released by Vinegar Syndrome on a double-bill with Schizoid as a 4K + Blu-ray set on April 26, 2022. Special features:
3-disc set: Two 4K Ultra HDs and 1 Region A Blu-ray
4K UHDs presented in High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned and restored in 4K from their 35mm original camera negatives
“Shooting by March” – a brand new interview with Schizoid writer/director David Paulsen
“Hide the Scissors” – a brand new interview with Schizoid actress Donna Wilkes
“Blood in the Jacuzzi” – a brand new interview with Schizoid makeup artist Erica Ueland
“A Wellesley Graduate” – a brand new interview with Schizoid actress Flo Lawrence
“Ultra Violet Vengeance: The Talent & Technicians of X-Ray” – a brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew of X-Ray
“Bad Medicine” – an archival interview with X-Ray director Boaz Davidson
Original theatrical trailer for Schizoid
Inside cover artwork
English SDH subtitles
Here’s our previous coverage of this trashy slasher:
‘You have nothing to fear… until they operate!’
X-Ray is a 1981 American slasher horror film about a young woman fending off a psycho who has been stalking her past for nineteen years.
Directed by Boaz Davidson from a screenplay by Mar Bhem based on Davidson’s story. Produced by The Cannon Group (Schizoid, Lifeforce).
Also released as Hospital Massacre and Ward 13. The shooting title was Be My Valentine …or Else!
Plot:
A girl named Susan Jeremy was adored by all the boys at her school. However, there was one boy, Harold, who took it way too far. He sent Susan love notes constantly, asking her to be his girlfriend.
Finally, when he was turned down for another boy named David and mocked on Valentine’s Day, Harold decides he’s had enough. After breaking into Susan’s house, he kills David by breaking his neck on a coat hanger and running away, laughing maniacally.
Now, nineteen years later, Mrs Jeremy (Barbi Benton) seems to have forgotten the murder and, more importantly, Harold. However, Harold has not forgotten about Susan.
When Susan is sent to her local hospital for a “routine checkup”, she discovers someone does not want her to leave. A masked killer disguised as a surgeon is stalking her and murdering anyone that gets in his way…
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Reviews:
“Davidson doesn’t miss a cliché and amps the scares to a level that encourage mocking. Still, I haven’t had so much fun with a film in ages and if you’re in for more unintentional laughs than scares and are seeking out a movie to mock, X-Ray is exactly what the doctor ordered.” Ain’t It Cool
“The kills are fairly inventive but, with a few notable exceptions, the film is fairly light on gore- many taking place just out of view of the camera resulting in a ‘tasteful’ splash of blood. And you don’t really care about anyone in this movie apart from Benton. People are just wheeled out every ten minutes or so to be disposed of with bone-saws and the like.” Retro Slashers
“Now I’m not saying that I didn’t like this obscure effort. I actually think that it’s a whole lot of fun if you’re in the right mood (or heavily drunk). But everything from Arlon Ober’s score (which at times sounds like a cat sharpening his claws on a violin) to the performances (not so much bad actors trying to be good as bad actors trying to be…well, bad) makes this come across as rather comedic.” A Slash Above…
“X-Ray is so resolutely silly, with a series of such patently ridiculous sequences that it seems like perhaps the film was meant as a comedy. I know that I couldn’t stop laughing.” Blu-ray.com
Barbi Benton replaced Jill St. John – courtesy of Temple of Schlock:
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