Director: John
Grissmer
Notable Cast: Robert
Lansing, Judith Chapman, Arlen Dean Snyder, David Scarroll, Sandy Martin
Going into the latest Blu Ray release of Scalpel, there was only one expectation
that I had in mind: that it was directed by the same man, John Grissmer, that
gave us the highly entertaining slasher film Blood Rage (which also received a slick Blu Ray from Arrow Video.)
With a name like Scalpel and knowing
his work on Blood Rage, my expectations
for the film were to have a highly entertaining and tongue in cheek film. That
is not at all what style is used with Scalpel.
Instead, the film is a subtle, atmosphere soaked Southern Gothic film meant to
be more unnerving and morally vague than anything else. Still, the film is a
cult cinema find for those not familiar with it or love their 70s style atmospheric
fringe horror. Not to mention, the release itself is packed with plenty of
features that cinephiles will love to dissect.