with his shot-on-video horror wonder Sledgehammer, Alabama 
filmmaker David A. Prior found a niche churning out a string of features for the video market like Killer Workout, Deadly Prey, Mankillers, and the underrated The Lost Platoon. Comfortably shooting in 35mm by the end of the '90s, he enjoyed the most star-studded and surprising cast of his career in 1991 with Raw Nerve, a thriller shot in Mobile, Alabama that ended up on video shelves everywhere thanks to an unusually aggressive campaign from Prior and producer David Winters' AIP (that's Action International Pictures, not the drive-in studio). As usual he enlisted his actor brother, Ted Prior, to handle leading man duties here with a crazed roster of guest stars keeping viewers on their toes. 
lunch and talk about his experience. She believes him and the two start to fall for each other, while Jimmy's eccentric biker uncle, Blake (Cobb), does some investigating of his own. Red herrings and more murders pile up before the shocking truth 
finally comes to light.
shape with excellent color and rich black levels, so it appears they did a really nice clean-up job on it. 
The DTS-HD MA English 2.0 mono track sounds fine for a very undemanding mix, and optional English SDH subtitles are provided. An audio commentary with Ted Prior, cinematographer Andrew Parke, and editor Tony Malanowski is jammed with info about the film starting with an appraisal of its correct 1.85:1 framing here (versus the wonky, very open matte VHS release), the challenge of doing makeup for a very jaundiced Vincent, the way they shot non-union at the time with name actors, a funny bit about Cobb's cartilage-free nose, and lots more. Ted Prior returns in front of the camera for a new interview, "Touching a Nerve" (33m33s), in which he chats more about working with his late big brother, the surprising current cult status of Deadly Prey, and the development of this film from the scripting stage in which his character was originally a construction worker. Then producer Ruth Aras turns up for a video interview, "The Raw Materials" (13m11s), explaining how the film was mounted in Mobile for a somewhat larger budget than usual for Prior (but peanuts by Hollywood standards) as well as the process of determining where and how it would get released. Speaking of which, you get a remastered trailer from the film's one-week theatrical run in L.A. (likely the only time it ever saw a projector), a blooper reel (13m43s) in pristine condition, and bonus Culture Shock Releasing Trailers for Slashdance, The American Scream, Girlfriend from Hell, Video Murders, and Death Collector.