PIECES Fun Spanish slasher – free to watch on Pluto TV and Tubi

  

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Blu-ray releases:
On 27 March 2017, Arrow Video released the ultimate edition of Pieces as a Blu-ray + DVD + CD combo.

• Brand new 4K transfer from the original camera negative
• Two versions of the feature: Pieces, the US theatrical version, and Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche, the original uncensored director’s cut, presented in Spanish with original score by Librado Pastor [Blu-ray exclusive]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original English and Spanish Mono Audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• 5.1 Vine Theater Experience
• Alternate Re-score by composer Umberto
• Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues
• It’s Exactly What You Think It Is! brand new featurette offering up an appreciation of Pieces by various filmmaker fans
• Brand new interview with art director Gonzalo Gonzalo
• Pieces of Juan: a career-spanning interview with director Juan Piquer Simón
• The Reddest Herring extensive interview with actor Paul Smith, including a discussion of Pieces
• Audio Interview with producer Steve Minasian
• Image Galleries
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Michael Gingold
• Soundtrack CD featuring the entire original score

Buy Pieces combo: Amazon.co.uk

On 25 August 2017, Arrow Records released a vinyl pressing of the Pieces soundtrack, featuring music composed by Fabio Frizzi (Zombie Flesh Eaters), Stelvio Cipriani (A Bay of Blood), and Carlo Maria Cordio (Troll 2).

The score was remastered from the original ¼ inch analogue tapes. The pressing was limited to 500 copies on 180-gram clear vinyl, housed in a gatefold jacket featuring artwork by Marc Schoenbach and accompanied by liner notes by Stephen Thrower.

On March 1, 2016, Grindhouse Releasing issued Pieces in the US with the following special features:

• Pieces (83 minutes) – the original, unrated US theatrical version, presented in English
• Mil gritos tiene la noche (86 minutes) – the original uncensored director’s cut, presented in Spanish with an original score by Librado Pastor
• Spectacular new 4K transfers – scanned from the original camera negative
• Brand new audio commentary by star Jack Taylor
• Special 5.1 audio option – the Vine Theater Experience!
• In-depth interviews with director Juan Piquer Simón and genre superstar Paul L. Smith
• 42nd Street Memories – all-new feature-length documentary containing interviews with Bill Lustig, Larry Cohen, Frank Henenlotter, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeff Lieberman, John Skipp, Lynn Lowry, Terry Levene, and many other exploitation icons
• Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
• Exhaustive filmographies
• Liner notes by legendary horror journalists Rick Sullivan (Gore Gazette) and Chas Balun (Deep Red)
• Bonus CD – original soundtrack – newly remastered from the original studio tapes
• Beautiful embossed slipcover
• First 3000 units include an actual jigsaw puzzle!

Original title:
Mil gritos tiene la noche (translation: “A Thousand Cries in the Night”).

The film’s French title is Le Sadique à la tronçonneuse (“The Sadist with a Chainsaw”).

Fun facts:
The Spanish version features an original score composed by Librado Pastor.

Cast and characters:

• Christopher George as Lt. Bracken – Mortuary; City of the Living Dead; Cruise Into Terror; Day of the Animals; et al
• Lynda Day George as Mary Riggs – Mortuary; Cruise Into Terror; It Happened at Lakewood Manor; Fear No Evil; et al
• Frank Braña as Sgt. Holden – Love Brides of the Blood Mummy; Return of the Evil Dead
• Paul L. Smith as Willard – Ten Little Indians; Sonny Boy; Haunted Honeymoon
• Edmund Purdom as The Dean – Don’t Open Till Christmas; Absurd; Frankenstein’s Castle of Freaks; Witchcraft ’70; et al
• Ian Sera as Kendall James – Extra Terrestrial Visitors; Mystery of Monster Island
• Jack Taylor as Professor Arthur Brown – Wax; Exorcism; Doctor Jekyll and the Wolfman; et al
• Isabelle Luque as Sylvia
• Gerard Tichy as Doctor Jennings – Horror / The Blancheville Monster
• Hilda Fuchs as The Secretary

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