Death Warmed Up

Death Warmed Up
DVD cover
Directed by David Blyth
Produced by Murray Newey
Written by David Blyth
Michael Heath
Starring
Music by Mark Nicholas
Production
company
Tucker Production Company
New Zealand Film Commission
Release date
 1984
Running time
 82 minutes[1]
Country New Zealand
Language English

Death Warmed Up is a 1984 New Zealand horror splatter film directed by David Blyth. It stars Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers and Gary Day.

The film's plot centres around a young man called Michael Tucker (Hurst) seeking revenge against a mad scientist (Day), who years earlier caused him to kill his parents.

Plot

As a child, Michael Tucker (Michael Hurst) is used as a test subject for mind control drugs developed by evil scientist Dr. Howell (Gary Day), which cause him to unwittingly kill his parents. After spending seven years in a mental institution for the murders, Tucker, his girlfriend Sandy (Margaret Umbers) and his two friends Jeannie (Norelle Scott) and Lucas (William Upjohn) set out on a trip to a remote island on which Dr. Howell's clinic is located on. Desperate for revenge, Tucker is determined to infiltrate the scientist's base and kill him with no mercy. After tracking him down, he kills Howell's mob of mind controlled slaves, but in the resulting mayhem both Jeannie and Lucas are killed. At last Tucker keep proceeds to kill Howell after repeatedly stabbing him in the stomach with a knife. After escaping the clinic, Tucker, who appears to have gone insane, and Sandy return home, and discover it has caught fire. Tucker steps out to investigate and is struck by a falling electrical line and is electrocuted to death, leaving Sandy alone weeping.

Cast

Release and response

The film won the Grand Prix award at the 1984 Paris International Festival of Fantasy and Science Fiction Films.[2] Despite this, general reception to Death Warmed Up was mixed. Although no critics have currently reviewed the film, it holds a 19% audience approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes as of March 2018.[3]

Banning in Australia

In 1985, the film was banned by the Australian Classification Board due to excessive violence. A censored version was later released.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "DEATH WARMED UP (18)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Death Warmed Up - Awards". NZ on Screen. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Death Warmed Up (1985)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Films: D #2 - Censor". RefusedClassification.com. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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