Blu-ray Review: Hanger: 2 Disc Collector’s Edition (2009)

June 26, 2021

Written by DanXIII

Daniel XIII; the result of an arcane ritual involving a King Diamond album, a box of Count Chocula, and a copy of Swank magazine, is a screenwriter, director, producer, actor, artist, and reviewer of fright flicks…Who hates ya baby?

Break out the valium, cuz here comes good ol’ Hanger!
Hanger (Nathan Dashwood) is an ultra-deformed, survived back alley abortion raised to adulthood by a lunatic of a homeless mother fucker… though his honest-to-jizzum pappy soon reapers to usher his beloved son back into society… or what passes for it in his world (think a populace comprised of horny huge-breasted women, even huger seafood, and a whole mess of vicious violence)!
Anyhow, once back on the scene, Hanger befriends the equally repulsive Russell (Wade Gibb), a real knee-slapper of a mother fucker (seriously, some of this cat’s dialog is absolutely priceless) who’s tastes run towards microwaved puppies and tampon tea (Celestial Seasonings Blend-Masters take note!)
What could these lunatics get up to you may ask? Softcore porn and some revenge-based shenanigans mostly… though Hanger has a life goal of eating a baby, so there’s that too… it’s all an absolute, completely rude mess, but what a monstrous mess it is!
I’m not going to mince words; Ryan Nicholson’s low-rent gore-toon is acted like shit, has lousy sound and picture, and is absolutely, jaw-droppingly offensive and wrong… and that is why it automatically appealed to yours cruelly…
That’s a good thing too, because this is a gore drenched fever-dream brought to unholy life and just tossed onto the screen with the same nonchalance as someone chucking their fetus over their shoulder into a garbage bin before going to prom and pretending the entire affair never happened. So yeah, it’s good!
I’m not really sure everyone will wan tto spend more time in this universe, but if you do this Blu-ray release from Unearthed films and MVD Entertainment has you well and truly covered… like a tarp, that absolutely had to be put down during the creation of this film…
So yeah, bonus material… it’s here, and it’s ready to coat your pried-open eerie eyeballs in it’s special feature spunk as we are treated to: a director’s commentary, an even more extreme version of the film (I know… ), a making-of feature, a behind-the-scenes featurette, a chat on the set with Troma founder and actor Lloyd Kaufman, a blooper reel, a collection of deleted scenes, an expanded version of pornography featured in the flick, and a photo gallery!
Also included is a second disc containing a mere 16 plus hours of outtakes…
Hanger isn’t for most folks, but those that dig on Troma, underground comixxx, and pure lunacy will have an absolute field-day with this scintillating splatter-fest!
 

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