Directors Cut2

THE BLURB:
The classic effect, born again. With a darker side...

Director's Cut HORROR is a much-requested release since the
launch of Simon Shaw's hugely successful original plot.

This new version includes all of your favorite effects from
the original, along with many additional twisted plots,
ideas and routines that are simply to die for!!

Director Cut Horror comes complete with Horror poster cards
(the same high quality stock as the original version) Some
great Bonus Cards and a new DVD jam packed with great new
effects!

Alakazam Magic is proud to present Simon Shaw's incredible
effect Director's Cut.

So what is Director's Cut? Director's Cut a set of 26 movie
poster cards that have been perfectly printed in full colour
and laminated so they should last you a lifetime of
performances! You also received a DVD which features
Routines, Tips and Ideas to use with the cards.

Now you will be able to perform some seriously strong
mentalism with an interesting and popular premise.

Director's Cut is Mentalism in its purest form. It's a whole
act in your pocket. If you love the idea of using films as
part of a routine then the Director's Cut is definitely for
you. It can be used strolling, close-up or even parlour.
Once you try it you will never leave home without it.

No gaffs, no markings, super clean, resets instantly and
best of all everything is examinable!

Director's Cut can be used with a range of effects such as
Mind reading body language, drawing duplications, remote
viewing, predictions and muscle reading, in fact the
possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Simple
to perform and strong reactions. What more could you ask
from a performance? There is plenty of room for fun, drama
and good old fashioned presentation.

"I used Simon's Director's Cut at a trade show last week for
3 consecutive days. Not only did it constantly amaze, but it
provided one of the most entertaining routines I have ever
used. It is a winner and should be in the arsenal of every
serious mentalist!"
- Richard Osterlind - May, 2008

MY COMMENTS:
Director's Cut II is a must-have for those who have the
original Director's Cut (except, of course, if the concept
of horror movies turns you off and/or doesn't fit your
style). Here's what I said about the original Director's
cut and I've added some comments about the new version
afterwards:

All I probably need to say about this is that it is Richard
Osterlind's Osterlind Design Duplication System (or the
Pictoria Mentalia) using movie posters on beautifully made
pocket-sized cards, although the movie posters do make this
prop more versatile. I will also say that I'm kicking
myself right now for not thinking of marketing this
brilliant idea first. You see, in my carry bag I actually
have a set of cards with movie names that uses the same
methodology. In other words, it's the same effect. Oh, the
cards are not as professionally made as these, which are
gorgeous miniature reproductions of movie posters, but it's
the same idea nonetheless. Some of Director's Cut's film
choices are odd, and skewed towards the UK for obvious
reasons, but that's trivial (I'd certainly not think of The
Elephant Man as a film most people would know about). In
any case, I've been doing essentially this routine ever
since Richard released his ODDS, though admittedly it's not
been part of my regular sets. I will also say that I did
release Greetings of the Mind, which uses the same principle
(and much more) with greeting cards (nudge, nudge, wink,
wink, PLUG!, PLUG!).

For those who need to know more, the blurb is accurate.
Everything can be examined, there are no sleights, and no
gaffs or switches. In fact, the method does include marks,
but they are the artwork on the posters themselves and that
makes it all the more devious. Another important point is
that the participant doesn't have to know the movie at all.
If they don't know it (and you can simply ask them if
they're familiar with it), then just have them focus on the
movie poster and the title. It will still play well (and
that makes this a better set than my name-only version that
I had been doing).

Even though I was performing a version of this before Simon
Shaw and Peter Nardi marketed this (which I absolutely have
no problem with -- "you snooze, you lose"), that only makes
this particular product one that I can personally verify is
very versatile and entertaining, something well worth adding
to the working mentalist's arsenal of ordinary looking
props. The package includes a set of the movie posters,
which are like credit cards, a plastic jacket to hold them
in, and a DVD continuing the instructions and video
performances. This is definitely recommended.

Director's Cut II contains all of the above (except the set
of the original cards), plus more. It contains four extra
horror movies so that you can choose different films, or you
can use all of them (as Simon Shaw explains on the DVD). It
contains a duplicate of the Dracula card, a blank card, and
four non-Horror cards (including Gone with The Wind and The
Sound of Music). All of these can be swapped in and out of
the original set, if you like. Finally, in addition to the
PDF instructions of the original Director's Cut, you get a
68-page PDF instruction manual that contains ten effects,
brief descriptions of all the films, plus lots of other cool
stuff. If I definitely recommended the first one, I really
don't think you need to be a mentalist to know what I think
about this release.