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Before Tommy Wiseau entered THE ROOM and James Nguyen took flight with BIRDEMIC, Ollie Martin welcomed audiences aboard HOUSEBOAT HORROR. Shot on video, banned in Queensland and distributed with the world's first 'Gratuitous Violence & Blood Gush Guarantee', HOUSEBOAT HORROR is pure homegrown hilarity and quite possibly the most quotable film in (SOV) cinematic history! Starring a veritable who's who of 80s Australian talent including Alan Dale (NEIGHBOURS), Christine Jeston (THE YOUNG DOCTORS), Gavin Wood (COUNTDOWN), Des 'Animal' Mckenna (HEY HEY, IT'S SATURDAY) and John Michael 'Hollywood’ Howsen, HOUSEBOAT HORROR also features a slew of knockout song hits by THE UNCANNY X-MEN's Brian Mannix! When a music video shoot on the seemingly tranquil Lake Infinity turns into smorgasboard of horror, death and blood-gushing mayhem, it can only mean one thing... ACID HEAD, a horribly scarred axe-weilding maniac with a grudge against interlopers, is loose! 1080p master upscaled and color corrected from producer Ollie Martin's original archival materials Booklet with new essay by Dan Budnik Audio Commentary with comedian Tony Martin and film historian Jarret Gahan 30th Anniversary Monster Fest Q&A with Clayton Jacobson (editor), Brian Mannix (score), Don Bridges (cast), Stephen Whittaker (cast), Craig Alexander (cast), Christopher Young (cast), Warren Master (production) & Boyd Martin You’ll Bar Up - Interview with actor Gavin Wood A Hell Of A Lot Of Grunting - Interview with actor Zlatko Kasumovic You Should Be Getting Some Of This On Film - Interview with actor Craig Alexander You Don’t Have To Hate The Film People Forever - Interview with actress Louise Siversen They Were Film People - Interview with actor Don Bridges 52 Pick Up - Interview with editor/second unit director Clayton Jacobson The First Girl - Interview with actress Alisa Meadow A Fatal Vision - Interview with film critic and journalist Michael Helms KILLER ZOMBIES [SD] - Short Film directed By Zlatko ‘Acid Head’ Kasumovic starring Ollie Martin & ‘Film Buff ‘ Paul Harris THE MAD DAREDEVILS DOWNUNDER [SD] - Feature-length documentary on Australian Stunt Men directed by Ollie Martin and featuring HOUSEBOAT HORROR segment with Billy ‘Super’ Smith Digital Remaster Comparison ‘Undiscovered Masterpieces of the Cinema’ - Sketch from THE LATE SHOW Trailer
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Houseboat Horror (1989)
85 min
A rowdy rock group are accompanied by a film crew to desolate Lake Infinity to produce a music video. One night the musicians visit the local pub while the various members of the film crew satisfy their carnal desires with one another aboard the luxurious houseboat they are all staying in. They are so busy they fail to notice that a rampaging lunatic has snuck aboard the boat, and one by one the various characters are brutally slaughtered in a variety of grisly ways.