Death Warmed Up - 1984

Death Warmed Up - 1984 Tucker Productions - 89 min. DVD UPC # 5027035001517; 9418212008232 Cast: Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn, David Letch, Gary Day, Norelle Scott. Screenplay: Michael Heath, David Blyth; Photography: James Bartle; Music: Mark Nicholas; Producer: Murray Newey; Director: David Blyth. A young man (Michael Hurst) is programmed by an evil doctor to kill his parents, which he does and is condemned to an asylum. When he gets out, many years later, he longs for revenge on the doctor, who is now the head of an "open plan" asylum on Waiheke Island. The doctor has been busy keeping the dead alive, against their wills. After much frenzied and utterly silly violence, and some even sillier explanations, everyone, except for Michael's girlfriend appears to have been killed. Censor Rating: R 16 - Review Rating: C+

AVAILABILITY OF VHS OR DVD COPIES

New VHS PAL copies may be obtained from the UK for about 10# . New NTSC VHS copies may be found for under $20us. Used NTSC copies will be $10-15us. It is presented 1.33:1 with stereo 2.0.
There is an R2 PAL DVD with its original English soundtrack, but no subtitles or extras, that sells for about 8# or 10Eur.
The only R1 ntsc dvd available is within the 12 disc packs of 50 movies titled: "Night Screams"- UPC #826831070322; "Nightmare Worlds" - UPC #826831070230 or "Pure Terror" - UPC #826831070926. These 12 packs sell for $20-30us.

As of 29 June, 2009, a new R0 PAL offering is available from New Zealand sources, selling for about $15nz. It does contain a 38 minute extra of interviews by Andy Kirkwood of David Blyth and Michael Heath.


Screenline of Auckland has the best prices for the older 'New Zealand Cinema' series of 28 titles on DVD - $10nz each.