Reflection of a horror junkie, I remember as a kid, or what felt like I was a kid being obsessed with getting my next horror hit. I would troll video stores throughout my just South of Tampa/St. Petersburg hometown trying to find horror films, I hadn’t seen, the most shocking, and weird I could find, and believe it or not through that limited resource I could find quite a bit.

When I started working (washing dishes at a Pizza Hut), I was able to send away (via Postal Money Order) to Blackest Heart Media or Video Search of Miami for the rare title (they were expensive) that I just HAD TO SEE, but every title was a notch on the horror belt. Premutos – The Fallen Angel, or how it was previously known “Premutos – Lord of the Living Dead” might not be a title that is immediate apparent to most horror fans, but at the dawn of DVD, this is a film that was considered a splattery successor to Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive/Braindead.

So the opens with the background on Premutos – the first fallen angel descending from heaven, and his attempts at taking over mankind. Then we find his modern descendants a war-obsessed father, and his son Matthias. Matthias, keeps having flashbacks of Premutos, until he becomes the next iteration of Premutos at his Dad’s birthday party. This is where we get a real Dead Alive esque splatter sequence (Though this film is gore drenched throughout).

When I saw this when I was younger, I could see it’s limitations, but I was obsessed to see something this gory done on an obvious low budget. The only other film by director Olaf Ittenbach I had seen was the Burning Moon, but that one was bleak, and nasty, while this one was fun. Watching it now, this still brings the fun and the splatter, and for the right audience is a definite beer drinking party film.

Unearthed presents the film in a 1:78:1 1080p transfer that looks quite solid, coming from a 16mm source that is over 20 years old, it’s far from perfect, but it is light years better than what came before. Very filmlike, and nicely detailed. Audio is offered in a 5.1 track and a PCM 2.0 both sound very solid and no obvious issues. Extras include the original cut of the film, a making of, trailers, photo galleries, and a soundtrack. RECOMMENDED.