Sorry for the delay in reporting this week's list of DVDs & Blu-rays Vault Dwellers! Christmas is next Tuesday and things are hectic here at Vault HQ and updates at the News Vault will be sporadic for at least another week. That being said, let's take a look at what is essentially the final batch of genre discs for the YEAR!
Arrow Video boasts a great Special Edition Blu-ray of Ed Hunt's BLOODY BIRTHDAY, which has a new 2K transfer, new cover art, new (and archival) extras, and MORE! Warner Archive Collection released DARK OF THE SUN and HORROR OF DRACULA to Blu-ray, while Garagehouse Pictures brings Andy Milligan's THE WEIRDO and MONSTROSITY to Blu-ray for the first time ever!
Scream Factory's gifts us with two Collector's Edition releases this week for DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS and John Carpenter's STARMAN, while their sister label Shout Select delivers new Blus of MURDER BY DEATH and THE JERK (40th Anniversary Edition)! For those of you who prefer more mainstream titles, you have your choice of (the apparently underrated) ASSASSINATION NATION, Eli Roth's fun family adventure THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, Shane Black's maligned THE PREDATOR, and the shockingly successful Tom Hardy vehicle, VENOM!
There's also a lot of indie titles and anime collections out this week, so be sure to scroll down to view the full roster of new DVDs & Blu-rays! Also, this will be the final Stock Your Vault post until January 2019 so Happy Holidays fellow collectors, and I'll see you next year!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY Assassination Nation
Dark Highlands
Halloween at Aunt Ethel's
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Interlaced
Monster Party
The Predator
Venom
NEW TO BLU-RAY
2001: A Space Odyssey (Remastered)
Apt Pupil (Umbrella Entertainment)
Berserk! (Limited Edition - Indicator)
Bloody Birthday (Special Edition)
Blue Seed: The Complete Series
Christmas With Cookie: The Trilogy Collection
Dark of the Sun (Warner Archive Collection)
Deep Throat (Collector's Edition)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (Collector's Edition)
Elemental Gelade: The Complete Series
Felicity / Centrespread (Umbrella Entertainment)
Frog Dreaming (Umbrella Entertainment)
God Mars: The Complete Series
Hentai Heaven Collection: Volume 5
Horror of Dracula (Warner Archive Collection)
The Jerk (40th Anniversary Edition - Shout Select)
Monstrosity (Garagehouse Pictures)
Murder By Death (Shout Select)
Predator: 4-Movie Collection Raven
Saw: 8-Film Collection
Scarecrowd (Limited Edition)
Secret of Dorian Gray (Raro Video)
Snowflake
Starman (Collector's Edition)
Tales of Zestiria: The Complete Series
The ToyBox
Venom (Limited Edition)
The Weirdo (Garagehouse Pictures)
When a Stranger Calls / When a Stranger Calls Back (Second Sight Films)
William Castle at Columbia: Volume 2 (Indicator - Region B)
Xabungle
NEW TO DVD
Amish Devil
Book of Evil
Evil Eye
The Farm
A Handmaid's Sexual Tale Hells
Hornet
Hunting for Shadows
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: The Complete Series
Killer Kate! Loss Prevention
Lupin the 3rd: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Phantom of the Woods
Spring Thaw
Suburban Coven
Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery
Terror! Death!! Revenge!!!
Christmas Day is just two weeks away Vault Dwellers! I don't know about you, but I have UPS or FedEx stopping here at Vault HQ nearly every single day with stuff for OTHER people! Yes, I have mostly managed to fight off temptation, despite the fact that there's so many awesome new releases coming out! And this week is no exception!
Blue Underground released their 3-Disc Limited Edition Blu-ray set of Bill Lustig's MANIAC, which has an all new 4K restoration, plus loads of extras, and a soundtrack CD! Scorpion Releasing impresses with their new restored, uncut, and fully color-corrected Blu-ray release of DEATH SHIP, the AGFA gives FIEND its Blu-ray debut, and Lionsgate upgrades Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD 2 with a 4K UHD release!
Vinegar Syndrome comes out of nowhere with awesome new Blu-rays of BEWARE MY BRETHREN, ICE CREAM MAN (starring Clint Howard!), and SUDDEN FURY, Shout Select gives HANG 'EM HIGH a 50th Anniversary Blu-ray release, Unearthed Films brings BRUTAL to DVD & Blu-ray, and Sony debuts TOY SOLDIERS on Blu-ray disc!
I could go on but I think it will be much easier if you just scroll down and look through the full roster of this week's new DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K UHD discs!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days
Await Further Instructions
Brutal (Unearthed Films) I Still See You
Lizzie
Peppermint
Smallfoot
Tailspin Tommy and The Great Air Mystery
Trigger
The Wild Boys (Altered Innocence)
NEW TO BLU-RAY
5ive Girls
Anime-Gitaris: The Complete Series
Beware My Brethren
Cain Hill
Death Ship (Scorpion Releasing)
Delirium (88 Films - Region B)
Digimon Adventure tri.: 6-Film Collection Dragon Fist (88 Films - Region B)
Evil Dead 2 (4K UHD)
Felicity / Centrespread (Umbrella Entertainment - Region Free - 12/14)
Fiend (Limited Collector's Edition - AGFA)
Frog Dreaming (Umbrella Entertainment - Region Free - 12/14)
Hang 'Em High (50th Anniversary Edition - Shout Select)
Ice Cream Man (Limited Edition)
Konohana Kitan: The Complete Series
The Mangler
Maniac (3-Disc Limited Edition)
Mighty Peking Man (88 Films - Region B)
My Neighbor Totoro (30th Anniversary Edition w/CD & book)
Pet Shop
Princess Tutu: The Complete Collection
Samurai Warriors: The Complete Series Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (Collector's Edition)
Space Runaway Ideon
Sudden Fury
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (Collector's Edition)
To Kill With Intrigue (88 Films - Region B)
Toy Soldiers (Sony Pictures)
Trickster: The Complete Series
Uq Holder: The Complete Collection
NEW TO DVD
The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide
Central Park
Death House
Dr. Dildo's Secret
Ghosts Can't Do It
Harold's Going Stiff
The Legend of the Psychotic Forest Ranger
The Orville: Season 1
The Punished
Raven
The Revolt of the Slaves
Slaughter Drive
Snowflake
Solis
Weaverfish
MURDEROUS MACHINES, CHRISTMAS KILLERS, AND A CANNIBALISTIC MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY POPULATE SCREAM FACTORY'S NEWEST BLU-RAY TITLES!
Egads! As 2018 nears its end, Scream Factory is bombarding us with a final trio of fright flicks on December 11th and boy are they... something! I recall renting THE MANGLER on VHS after its failed theatrical run in 1995, mainly because of he big names that were attached. Needless to say, I was not impressed and never revisited it. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 is a definite guilty pleasure that won me over after a few viewings, and I'm truly happy to see that it has built up enough of a cult following to warrant a Collector's Edition Blu-ray.
Sadly I cannot say the same for TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION which I haven't seen since its cable TV premiere on (I believe) Cinemax. But now that a few decades have passed... maybe it's time to sit down and give it another shot? (NAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Hahahaha!) If you're as excited as I am(?) about these new titles, continue onward for all the juicy details on their new specs and extras!
Based on King's short story, this white-knuckle chiller follows a cop (Ted Levine - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE HILLS HAVE EYES) as he investigates a series of grisly accidents ... and uncovers a deadly town secret that has been hidden for years – a terrifying entity that threatens to destroy everything in its path. With time running out and a young girl's life in the balance, he races to destroy the beast before it’s too late!
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 106 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
NEW! 4K REMASTER STRUCK FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE FOR THE UNCUT VERSION!
NEW! Audio Commentary with co-writer Stephen David Brooks!
NEW!Hell's Bells – an interview with actor Robert Englund!
Rare behind-the-scenes footage
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Scream Factory's Blu-ray of THE MANGLER is due out on Tuesday, December 11th, and also features reversible cover art (something not always offered on their non-Collector's Edition releases). As is the case with many of Scream's recent titles, this one is rather expensive, with a $28.00 price tag. If that doesn't scare you off, then pick up a copy from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - 1987)
Synopsis: IT'S GARBAGE DAY! Ricky is being released from a mental hospital. He takes with him the terrifying memory of his brother Billy's death and the memory of Mother Superior who brought about his brother's demise.
For Ricky, starting a new life means avenging his brother's death, which sets him on a blind journey of relentless revenge, leading ultimately to Mother Superior. And when he gets to her, not even her faith will be enough to stop Ricky as he follows in the family tradition of Christmas carnage.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 88 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
NEW! 2K Scan Of An Archival Theatrical Print
NEW! Audio Commentary With Director Lee Harry, and Actors Eric Freeman and James Newman!
NEW! Slay Bells Ring Again: The Story Of Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
– Featuring Interviews With Co-Writer/Director Lee Harry, Actors Eric
Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Darrel Guilbeau, And Kenny
McCabe, and Makeup Effects Artist Christopher Biggs!
NEW! Garbage Days Are Here Again – A Look At The Film’s Locations!
NEW! Ricky Today – A short Film Featuring A 2018 Interview With Ricky Caldwell!
NEW! I Don’t Sleep – An Extended Interview With Makeup Effects Artist Christopher Biggs!
Audio Commentary By Co-Writer/Director Lee Harry, Co-Writer Joseph H. Earle, And Actor James Newman!
Theatrical Trailer
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 will also be available on Tuesday, December 11th and should cost between $28 - $30! You can pick up a copy now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY (which will also net you a Limited Edition poster)!
But if you REALLY love this movie and have more money to burn, may I suggest to you the DELUXE LIMITED EDITION release? Your Blu-ray will come with the poster plus an official NECA action figure of Eric Freeman's Ricky! Supplies are limited (only 2,000 exist!) so CLICK HERE to get yourself and early Christmas treat!
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE NEXT GENERATION (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - 1994)
Synopsis: When a helpful family invites two lost couples in for a good ol' down-home massacre, the prom night teens find themselves all dressed up ... with no place to escape. Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey star in this hilarious bone-chilling remake of the horror classic.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 87 & 94 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
TWO CUTS OF THE FILM! – The Theatrical Cut (87 Minutes - HD) And The
Director’s Cut (93 Minutes - HD With Standard Definition Inserts)!
NEW! Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Kim Henkel (On Director's Cut)!
NEW! The Buzz Is Back – An Interview With Director Of Photography Levie Isaacks!
NEW! Marked For Death – An Interview With Actor Tyler Shea Cone!
NEW! If Looks Could Kill: The Return Of A "Chainsaw Massacre" – An Interview With Special Makeup Effects Artist J.M. Logan, and Production Designer Deborah Pastor!
Theatrical Trailer
You can finally complete your TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE collection on December 11th Vault Dwellers for the (not so) low price of $25 - $35! While that is pricey, I'll admit that the new interviews, audio commentary, plus two cuts of the film does take the sting out of it a bit! Get yours now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
CELEBRATE FIVE DECADES OF NERO AND EASTWOOD WITH THESE NEW BLU-RAY RELEASES!
UPDATE: 05/23/2020 - After almost two years, Arrow Video's DJANGO Blu-ray is finally getting released! If you missed out on the Limited Edition (or Steelbook) the last time (like most of us did) you can snap up a copy on June 30, 2020!
UPDATE: 12/10/2018 - Arrow's DJANGO discs are currently ON HOLD (so if you somehow got one, count yourself lucky!) There is a review embargo in place, and the disc is not being shipped due to (from what I've ascertained from several sources) rights issues! I'll post more info as I receive it!
Because I'm quite possibly insane, I task myself with owning the best possible edition for just about every movie in my personal collection. That means that I am constantly double-dipping on titles I already own on DVD or Blu-ray.
And now here I am once again, on the cusp of upgrading two of my favorite Westerns: DJANGO and HANG 'EM HIGH, a pair of films warning of the dangers of leaving someone for dead! While DJANGO fares better (4K restoration, lots of extras, and a bonus film!), HANG 'EM HIGH's Blu-ray does offer up a pair of new audio commentaries! For a closer look a these new releases, please continue reading pardners. :: tips hat ::
DJANGO (1966)
Synopsis: In this definitive Spaghetti Western, Franco Nero (KEOMA, THE FIFTH CORD)
gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious loner who
arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously
dragging a coffin behind him. After saving imperiled prostitute Maria
(Loredana Nusciak), Django becomes embroiled in a brutal feud between a
racist gang and a band of Mexican revolutionaries...
With DJANGO, director Sergio Corbucci (THE GREAT SILENCE) upped the ante
for sadism and sensationalism in Westerns, depicting machine gun
massacres, mud-fighting prostitutes and savage mutilations. A huge hit
with international audiences, Django’s brand of bleak nihilism would be
repeatedly emulated in a raft of unofficial sequels.
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 91 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio - English & Italian DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Limited Edition Steelbook Cover Art.
Extras:
NEW! Restoration from a 4K scan of DJANGO from the original camera negative!
Audio commentary by film critic, historian and theorist Stephen Prince.
NEW! Interview with star Franco Nero!
NEW! Interview with assistant director Ruggero Deodato!
NEW! Interview with co-writer Franco Rossetti!
NEW! Interview with Sergio Corbucci’s wife Nora Corbucci!
Archival interview with co-writer Piero Vivarelli.
Archival interview with stuntman and actor Gilberto Galimberti.
NEW!Discovering Django - An appreciation by Spaghetti Westerns scholar Austin Fisher!
An Introduction to Djangoby Alex Cox - An archival featurette with the acclaimed director.
Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive
Original trailers
TEXAS, ADIOS (1966)
Synopsis: Released as DJANGO 2 in some territories, TEXAS, ADIOS features Franco Nero as a Texan sheriff who travels across the frontier into Mexico with his younger brother to confront the man that killed their father!
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - English & Italian DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Extras:
NEW! Restoration from a 2K scan of TEXAS, ADIOS from the original camera negative!
Audio commentary for by spaghetti western experts C. Courtney Joyner and Henry C. Parke!
NEW! Interview with star Franco Nero!
NEW! Interview with co-star Alberto Dell'Acqua!
NEW! Interview with co-writer Franco Rossetti!
NEW!Hello Texas! - An appreciation by Spaghetti Westerns scholar Austin Fisher!
Gallery of original promotional images from the Mike Siegel Archive
Original trailer
ADDITIONAL LIMITED EDITION BONUS MATERIALS:
NOTE: The majority of these extras features only apply to the "standard" Limited Edition, and not the Steelbook!
Six double-sided collector's postcards!
Double-sided fold-out poster!
Limited edition 60-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the film by Howard Hughes and Roberto Curti, and original reviews!
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sean Phillips!
(STEELBOOK ONLY) Limited edition fully illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Howard Hughes and original review!
Arrow Video's stellar Limited Edition of DJANGO is due out on
Tuesday, December 11th! Both the "standard version" and the Steelbook
cost between $35 - $40 and will probably sell out FAST. So hurry up and
get a copy ASAP! The regular Limited Edition can be procured from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE (in store only), or directly from ARROW VIDEO. The Limited Edition Steelbook is readily available from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE (in store only), and ARROW VIDEO!
HANG 'EM HIGH (1968) Synopsis:
They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal
mistakes: they hanged the wrong man ... and they didn't finish the job.
Oklahoma,
1873: Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood), mistaken for a rustler and killer,
is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a
rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the
scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked — Cooper is
still alive!
Saved in the nick of time by a marshal,
Cooper takes on the job of deputy marshal in order to bring hard-handed
justice to the Oklahoma territory ... and to the nine men who "done him
wrong." Co-starring Inger Stevens and Pat Hingle, HANG 'EM HIGH is a
savage and action-packed western adventure, presented to you in this
celebratory 50th Anniversary Edition!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 115 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & Dolby Digital Mono
Extras:
NEW! Audio Commentary With Western Film Historians Lem Dobbs And Nick Redman!
NEW! Audio Commentary With Film Historian Jim Hemphill!
Theatrical Trailer
Shout Select's 50th Anniversary Blu-ray of HANG EM' HIGH is also
available on Tuesday, December 11th, and should cost around $30! (Ack!
HANG 'EM HIGH? More like PRICE 'EM HIGH!) Yeah that's a bit steep,
especially considering that it seems like they just ported over the
previous transfer from the much cheaper MGM Blu-ray,
but the two new audio commentaries might just be worth it? If you have
your heart set on owning this 50th Anniversary release, get it now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
SCORPION RELEASING'S NEW BLU-RAY OF "DEATH SHIP" IS A DEFINITE UPGRADE FROM ALL PREVIOUS RELEASES!
I've never seen DEATH SHIP (or DEATH SHIT as the webmaster of Badmovies.Org "lovingly" refers to it), but always remember seeing its cool poster design in the Horror section of my local mom & pop video store. Even after Scream Factory put it out on Blu-ray, I failed to obtain a copy before it went out of print. But thanks to Scorpion Releasing, DEATH SHIP is back and better than ever before, with a new 2K transfer, and a new 5.1 audio mix!
Synopis: Academy Award winner George Kennedy (CREEPSHOW 2) stars with Richard Crenna (the RAMBO series),
Nick Mancuso (UNDER SIEGE), and Saul Rubinek (TRUE ROMANCE, UNFORGIVEN) in this terrifying tale of a possessed
ship searching for new victims on the high seas! An ocean liner carrying
vacationing passengers collides with a mysterious freighter. The
handful of survivors seek refuge aboard the sinister ship, which
turns out to be a Nazi torture vessel that is possessed by the evil that once commanded it! It has a life of its own.... pray you are never rescued by the DEATH SHIP!
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0
Extras:
NEW! 2016 2K scan of the original camera negative, which features the longer cut with the deleted scene included
NEW! 5.1 surround sound audio mix!
Audio commentary with director Alvin Rakoff.
Featurette including interviews with George Kennedy, Nick Mancuso, Jack Hill, Alvin Rakoff and more!
The original script of Jack Hill!
Watch the film in "Nightmare Theater mode."
Isolated music track (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
Learn What the Ship Says featurette
Stil gallery
Theatrical trailer
DEATH SHIP will be available to own on Tuesday, December 11th, and should cost between $18 - $25! You can grab a copy of the standard edition of DEATH SHIP from AMAZON or BULLMOOSE. I say "standard edition" because earlier this year (in May) a Limited (to 1,500) Edition came out, that was Region Free and had a collectible slipcover. If that makes any difference to you, then you'll be happy to know that you can still procure a copy (for $25) from DIABOLIK DVD and RONIN FLIX.
Greetings Vault Dwellers, and welcome to December 2018! There's just twenty days left until Christmas, and there's plenty of new DVDs & Blu-rays that you might just want to add to your wishlists!
There's still plenty of other titles to peruse, so be sure to scroll down for the full list of this week's new DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K UHD discs!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Attraction
The Black Windmill (Special Edition)
Castlevania: Season One
Death Kiss
Digimon Adventure tri.: Future
Edge
The Happytime Murders
Highlander: The Watcher
Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Mobile Fighter G-Gundam: Part One Collection
National Lampoon's Class Reunion
The Nun
The Puppet Masters (Special Edition)
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (aka Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr)
Viking Destiny
Westworld: Season Two - The Door
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Akame Ga Kill: The Complete Collection
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Annihilation (4K UHD)
Atomic Cafe (Kino Classics)
Corpse Prison Part 2
Doctor Who: Peter Davidson - The Complete Season 1
Elizabeth Harvest
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (Arrow Video - Region B)
Mission Impossible: 6-Movie Collection
The Revolt of the Slaves
The Silver Guardian: The Complete Series
'Til Death Do Us Part
Welcome to the Strange
What Keeps You Alive
NEW TO DVD
American Scary
Backyard Blockbusters
Banner of the Stars: The Complete Series
Blood Alley
Bloody Ballet
Call of the Undead
Christmas Blood
Crest of the Stars: The Complete Series
Curse of the Scarecrow
Dead by Christmas
Elves
Ewok Adventures: The Battle For Endor
Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage
Family Guy: Season 16
The Ghost Beyond
The Hitman Never Dies
The House That Never Dies: Reawakening
The Killing House
Naruto Shippuden Uncut Set 36
Nightshift
Obamaland
Rellik
Remote Viewing
Satan's School For Lust & Satan's Daughter (Double Feature)
Zombies of the Living Dead
SCREAM FACTORY AND IFC MIDNIGHT BRING SEBASTIAN GUTIERREZ' SCI-FI THRILLER TO DVD & BLU-RAY!
In an effort to put some money back into my personal coffers, yours truly has drastically cut back on collecting Scream Factory titles in the past year. Though temptation does rear its head every now and again, it has been easier to say "no thanks" to many of Scream's newer releases because of recent (some would even say drastic) price increases. And typically I don't really bat an eye when a new IFC Midnight title appears on their release slate, but I've gotta say... I really want to see ELIZABETH HARVEST! It has a hell of a cast, and looks like it could have an interesting plot, and some very intense moments! I'm getting kind of an EX MACHINA vibe from it, and that's not a bad thing!
Synopsis: Nothing is as it seems in this brain-bending plunge into our darkest desires. Elizabeth (Abbey Lee - THE NEON DEMON), a beautiful young newlywed, arrives at the palatial estate of her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciarán Hinds - JUSTICE LEAGUE, The Terror). Ensconced in modernist luxury with an obedient — if slightly unsettling — house staff (Carla Gugino - GERALD'S GAME and Matthew Beard - THE IMITATION GAME), she has seemingly everything she could want.
But one mystery tantalizes her: what is behind the locked door to Henry's laboratory that he has forbidden her to enter? When an inquisitive Elizabeth dares to find out, everything she thought she knew about her husband — and about herself — will change. Elizabeth Harvest casts a spell of creeping Gothic menace as it unravels a disturbing tale of identity, obsession, and twisted love.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 109 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
The Making of Elizabeth Harvest - Featurette
Original Trailer
ELIZABETH HARVEST will be available Tuesday, December 4th wherever Blu-rays are sold and should cost between $15 - $19. Order a copy today from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
ARROW VIDEO'S SPECIAL EDITION RELEASE OF THIS MINOR HORROR CLASSIC BOASTS A NEW 2K TRANSFER AND LOADS OF NEW EXTRAS!
I have heard about BLOODY BIRTHDAY from numerous friends, but I have yet to actually sit down and watch it. And once I do, I believe that I'll invest in Arrow Video's new Special Edition, which looks to be a notch or two above Severin Films' 2014 BLOODY BIRTHDAY Blu-ray! Let's take a closer look!
Debbie, Curtis and Steven may seem cute as buttons. But their angelic
facade conceals the wicked, murderous streak given to them having all
been born under the same solar eclipse. With the grown-ups around them
blissfully unaware of their little darlings' homicidal tendencies, the
evil brats begin to bump off the adults one-by-one. By gun. By arrow. By
cake. Bye-bye!
Mixing the killer-kid subgenre with elements of the then-booming
slice-and-dice movie, 1981's BLOODY BIRTHDAY shocks and appalls with its
scenes of young children shooting, strangling and bludgeoning their way
through the local population. They sure don't (and can't!) make 'em
like this anymore.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 85 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - Original Uncompressed mono audio
Extras:
NEW! 2K restoration from original film elements!
NEW! Audio commentary with director Ed Hunt!
NEW! Audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues!
NEW! Interview with actress Lori Lethin!
NEW! Bad Seeds and Body Counts – A video appreciation of
Bloody Birthday and the killer kid sub-genre by film journalist Chris
Alexander!
Archival interview with producer Max Rosenberg.
Original Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Timothy Pittides!
First pressing only: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Lee Gambin!
Arrow's Special Edition Blu-ray of BLOODY BIRTHDAY will be available at all Blu-ray retailers on Tuesday, December 18th and should cost between $22 - $28! Order yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
Greetings Vault Dwellers, and welcome to THE final Stock Your Vault post of November 2018! Thankfully we have a rather light slate of new DVDs & Blu-rays this week, which should help you save a little dough for the Christmas season!
But the real gems this week come from Scream Factory who have just released a double feature Blu-ray of MUNCHIES & MUNCHIE, and THE CRITTERS COLLECTION! The latter features all four CRITTERS films and boasts new 2K transfers for the first two movies, and new audio commentaries and making-of featurettes for all four films!
There's also a bunch of direct-to-DVD fare this week, as well as a slew of anime titles, so be sure to scroll down to scope out the full list of new DVDs & Blu-rays!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Armenian Haunting
At First Light
The Grissom Gang (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
The Little Stranger
Mahogany Sunrise
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Prudence Drive
Screams of the Night
NEW TO BLU-RAY
The 100: The Complete Fifth Season
Almost Human (Code Red)
Basic Instinct 2 (Collector's Edition - MVD Marquee Collection)
The Best of 80s Scream Queens (88 Films - Region B)
Brewster McCloud (Warner Archive Collection)
The Critters Collection
Dead is Dead: Diretor's Cut (Collector's Edition)
Deadtroit
Dinosaur King: The Complete Season 1
Dinosaur King: The Complete Season 2
Escape from New York (Studiocanal - Region B)
Gatchaman Crowds
Haunted House on Sorority Row
Hells
Indestructible (Special Edition)
Indestructible: Afterlife
King's Game: The Complete Series
Lupin the 3rd: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
The Meg-A-Shark Collection
Munchies / Munchie (Double Feature)
Negima!? - The Complete Collection
Patlabor: The Complete Collection (Ultimate Edition)
Prince of Darkness (Studiocanal - Region B)
Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars - The Complete Series
Student Bodies (88 Films - Region B)
Tales of the Abyss: The Complete Series
Zombie (3-Disc Limited Edition - Covers A, B, & C)
NEW TO DVD
Brutality (Unrated)
Cold Ground
Gora: The Son of Devil (Limited Edition)
Intercity
Last American Horror Show
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume VIII
Ouija Death Trap
The Outer Wild
The School
Willow
PERUVIAN ALIENS AND A MAGICAL CREATURE VOICED BY DOM DELUISE INHABIT SCREAM FACTORY'S NEWEST DOUBLE FEATURE!
I recall adoring MUNCHIES when I was kid, but I'll readily admit that this GREMLINS rip-off hasn't aged all that well. MUNCHIE I am less familiar with, but I know its sequel MUNCHIE STRIKES BACK pretty well. This is definitely a nostalgia-driven double feature Vault Dwellers, and I only recommend it if you have kids, are familiar with these films and want to revisit them, or are continuing the insanely impossible quest of owning every Scream Factory title!
MUNCHIES Synopsis: Archeologist Simon Watterman (Harvey Korman - BLAZING SADDLES, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I) discovers the Munchies
while on an expedition in Peru. But Simon's evil twin, food entrepreneur
Cecil Watterman (also Korman), won't let him enjoy his achievement. The
snack food tycoon tries to abduct the Munchies to destroy his brother's
career and take over his property. These junk food junkies prove to be
too much to handle as they begin to menace the residents of a small town
in any way they can. Move over ghoulies, ghosties and things that go
bump in the night! The Munchies are here and they are bringing the fun
with them!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Color | 83 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
None.
MUNCHIE Synopsis: No friends. The new school sucks. And Mom (Loni Anderson) is in love
with a sleazy lawyer (Andrew Stevens - THE TERROR WITHIN, 10 TO MIDNIGHT). Pretty bleak. That's how life
looks to ten-year-old Gage (Jaime McEnnan - REMOTE CONTROL) when suddenly, into his world
pops the magical Munchie (Dom DeLuise - CANNONBALL RUN, SPACEBALLS). Munchie is the ever-hungry and
hilarious mysterious creature from another world who delivers flying
pizzas and brings on the parties! With the help of Munchie and loony
Professor Cruikshank (Arte Johnson), Gage evens the score on his
school's bullies as well as his mom's boyfriend and has the greatest
summer ever!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Color | 80 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
None.
Scream Factory's double feature of MUNCHIES and MUNCHIE is now available and costs between $24 - $25! Honestly I want this release but even I'm hard-pressed to spend that much, so here's hoping for a flash sale later on down the road! But if you can't contain your excitement and simply must have this double feature, order one now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
SEE FULCI'S "ZOMBIE" AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE - NEWLY REMASTERED IN 4K WITH TONS OF EXTRAS AND A SOUNDTRACK CD!
I've purchased ZOMBIE soooooo many times over the years: I've owned Anchor Bay's VHS clamshell and regular DVD, Shriek Show's 2-Disc 25th Anniversary DVD, and Blue Underground's 2-Disc Ultimate Edition Blu-ray. And now it looks like I'll have to buy this perennial Italian Horror favorite again because Blue Underground's new limited edition discs are AWESOME! (And this will be the last time, I swear... until the legit 4K UHD comes out!)
Synopsis: In Italy, it was considered the 'unofficial sequel' to DAWN OF THE DEAD. In England, it was known as Zombie Flesh Eaters and banned as obscene. In America, it was called ZOMBIE and advertised with the depraved tag line "WE ARE GOING TO EAT YOU!"
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 91 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio - English & Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1!
Extras:
DISC ONE
FULLY UNCUT presentation of the film!
NEW! Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films!
NEW!When The Earth Spits Out The Dead - Interview with Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci!
Audio Commentary with star Ian McCulloch and Diabolik Magazine editor Jason J. Slater!
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
Radio Spots
Poster & Still Gallery
Guillermo del Toro Intro
COVER C
DISC TWO
Zombie Wasteland – Interviews with stars Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson & Al Cliver, and actor/stuntman Ottaviano Dell'Acqua.
Flesh Eaters on Film – Interview with co-producer Fabrizio De Angelis.
Deadtime Stories – Interviews with co-Writers Elisa Briganti and (Uncredited) Dardano Sacchetti.
World of the Dead – Interviews with cinematographer Sergio Salvati and production & costume designer Walter Patriarca.
Zombi Italiano – Interviews with special make-op effects
artists Gianetto De Rossi & Maurizio Trani and special effects
artist Gino De Rossi.
Notes on a Headstone – Interview with composer Fabio Frizzi.
All in the Family – Interview with Antonella Fulci.
Zombie Lover – Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro talks about one of his favorite films.
DISC THREE
ZOMBIE Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi!
BONUS
Illustrated collectable booklet with new essay by author Stephen Thrower!
Blue Underground's impressive (and definitive?) Limited Edition of ZOMBIE is now available wherever Blu-rays are sold and costs between $32 - $50! Yeah that is steep, especially if you already own the movie, but the 4K transfer, plethora of extras, soundtrack CD and collectible lenticular slipcovers are too hard to pass up! If you're ready to upgrade, here's where you can pick up a copy of ZOMBIE now:
THE CRITES ROLL ONTO BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THIS AWESOME NEW SET FROM SCREAM FACTORY!
CRITTERS has long been a favorite of yours truly, and I can't wait to receive my boxed set on Tuesday the 27th! Dreamed up by The Chiodo Brothers (KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE), the carnivorous piranha/hedgehog hybrids from outer space appeared in four feature-length movies, a fan film, and are supposedly invading TV next year! Let's take a closer look at Scream Factory's new CRITTERS boxed set and rejoice at the possibility of a crites renaissance!
CRITTERS (1986)
Synopsis: It's no picnic for the Brown family when a lethal litter of carnivorous
aliens arrives unannounced at their Kansas farm. Trapped in a deadly
nightmare, the terrified Browns fight for their lives against the
attacking bloodthirsty monsters. But it's a losing battle until two
intergalactic bounty hunters arrive, determined to blow the hellish
creatures off the planet! It's an alien adventure, full of action and
just crawling with CRITTERS!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 86 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0
Extras:
NEW! 2K Scan From The Original Film Elements!
NEW! Audio Commentary With Producer Barry Opper And Star Don Opper!
NEW! Audio Commentary With Critter Designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo, And Stephen Chiodo!
NEW!They Bite!: The Making Of Critters -
Featuring Interviews With Actors Dee Wallace, Don Opper, Terrence Mann,
And Lin Shaye, Producer Barry Opper, Writer Brian Muir, Critters
Designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo, And Stephen Chiodo, Make-Up
Artist R. Christopher Biggs, Special Prop Supervisor Anthony Doublin,
Composer David Newman, Second Unit Director Mark Helfrich, Critter Voice
Actor Corey Burton, And Miniature Effects Supervisor Gene Warren Jr.!
NEW! For Brian: A Tribute To Screenwriter Brian Domonic Muir!
Behind-The-Scenes Footage
Alternate Ending
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Still Gallery
CRITTERS 2: THE MAIN COURSE (1988)
Synopsis: It's been two years since the fiendish Critters first terrorized the
town of Grovers Bend and sent the Brown family packing. But the "boy who
called Critter," Brad Brown (Scott Grimes - Family Guy, The Orville), is back … and just in time.
Critter eggs have been hatching lethal litters, and the bloodthirsty
hairballs are eager to partake in their favorite pastime – eating.
In no
time, the eggs are popping open everywhere – a field full of livestock
becomes a gigantic feeding ground, and local residents are disappearing
by the mouthful. Fortunately, three bounty hunters from space, Ug, Lee
and Charlie, are flying back to eradicate the problem. But can they wipe
out the Critters before Grovers Bend is erased from the map? With
outstanding special effects, CRITTERS 2 delivers a fine
repast of morbid mayhem!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 86 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Extras:
NEW! 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM struck from the original film elements!
NEW! Audio Commentary with director Mick Garris!
NEW! Audio Commentary with Critters designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo, and Stephen Chiodo!
NEW!The Main Course: The Making of CRITTERS 2 - Featuring
interviews with director Mick Garris, actors Liane Curtis, Don Opper,
Terrence Mann and Lin Shaye, producer Barry Opper, Critter designers
Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen Chiodo and make-up artist R.
Christopher Biggs!
Behind the Scenes Footage
Additional TV Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Still Gallery
CRITTERS 3 (1991)
Synopsis: First, they destroyed a farm. Then they destroyed a town. Now they're ready to do some REAL damage! Leonardo DiCaprio (DJANGO UNCHAINED, THE REVENANT) stars in the third and most outrageous installment of
the classic cult tale of the infamous CRITTERS.
As the fanged, furious
furballs viciously invade an L.A. apartment building and sink their
teeth into the low-rent tenants, Josh (DiCaprio) leads the battle to
beat back the conniving critters and save the planet. It won't be an
easy job, but he's the one person the human race must depend on to
destroy these terrifying alien hedgehogs once and for all!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 86 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Extras:
NEW! Audio Commentary with producer Barry Opper and star Don Opper!
NEW!You Are What They Eat: The Making of CRITTERS 3
- featuring interviews with producer Barry Opper, screenwriter David J.
Schow, stars Don Opper and Terrence Mann, director of photography Thomas
J. Callaway and Critters designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and
Stephen Chiodo!
Trailer
Still Gallery
CRITTERS 4 (1992)
Synopsis: They've returned home …. to outer space! The CRITTERS are back in this supercharged sci-fi space adventure! But
these are no ordinary Critters – they're a super strain of genetically
engineered mutants designed to take over the universe! This time,
they're hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind
that's out of this world.
Joined by Angela Bassett (BLACK PANTHER) and
Brad Dourif (CHILD'S PLAY), Don Keith Opper and Terrence Mann reprise
their popular roles as they battle for survival against the Critters, a
nuclear meltdown and the fate of the universe!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 87 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Extras:
NEW! Audio Commentary with producer/director Rupert Harvey!
NEW!Space Madness: The Making of CRITTERS 4 - Featuring
interviews with producer Barry Opper, screenwriter David J. Schow, stars
Don Opper and Terrence Mann, director of photography Thomas J.
Callaway, Critters designers Charles Chiodo, Edward Chiodo and Stephen
Chiodo!
Trailer
Still Gallery
The new 2K transfers of the first two CRITTERS films, plus the new audio commentaries and making-of featurettes for each film make this a definite must-own in my book! Scream Factory's THE CRITTERS COLLECTION will be available on Tuesday, November 27th, and should cost between $58 - $60!
Go ahead and treat yourself (you've earned it!) and get your very own set now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY. Speaking of which, if you do go with Shout!, you will get TWO 28.5" X 16.5" custom lithographs (limited to 1,000 each) and your set will come housed in a rigid slipcase! I hear they are selling fast, so order ASAP!
November is speeding to a close Vault Dwellers (can you believe Thanksgiving is tomorrow?!), but before you feast upon turkey with your families this week, feast your eyes upon another solid roster of new DVDs & Blu-rays!
Sony Pictures has been digging through their vaults lately and bringing out some real gems, including 1963's THE MANIAC, YOUNG GUNS II, and the oft-forgotten sci-fi adventure FREEJACK! Shout Select flexes some muscle this week with their Collector's Edition Blu-ray of HOLY MOTORS, and Limited Edition Steelbooks of BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY, and STREETS OF FIRE!
Arrow Video brings ORGIES OF EDO to Blu-ray for the first time, Scorpion Releasing debuts THE LAST SEDUCTION on both DVD & Blu-ray, and THE OUTER LIMITS: SEASON 2 comes to DVD and Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
Scream Factory also a strong lineup this week that includes CANDYMAN (COLLECTOR'S EDITION), URBAN LEGEND (COLLECTOR'S EDITION), and URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT. CANDYMAN boasts a new 2K restoration and new audio commentaries, URBAN LEGEND gets a new audio commentary plus a new 8-part making-of documentary, and its sequel comes with lots of new cast & crew interviews! Not too shabby if you ask me!
There's plenty of other titles out on DVD & Blu-ray today Vault Dwellers, so be sure to scroll on down to check them all out!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Driver
Fireworks
For a Few Zombies More
Kin
Luciferina
Mame Van Doren Film Noir Collection
The Outer Limits: Season 2
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm / Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (Double Feature)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Limited Edition Steelbook - Shout Select)
Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond: Season 2
Bright Lights, Big City (Special Edition - MVD Rewind Collection)
Candyman (Collector's Edition)
The Domestics
Freejack
Garo: Vanishing Line - Part 1
Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (Collector's Edition)
High Voltage
Holy Motors (Collector's Edition - Shout Select)
Killing American Style / Young Rebels (Double Feature)
The Last Seduction
The Maniac (1963)
Myriad Colors Phantom World: The Complete Series
Night of the Demon (Limited Edition - Indicator - Import - 11/23)
Orgies of Edo (Special Edition - Arrow Video)
Outrage Coda
Post-Apocalyptic Commando Shark
Robin and Marian
Streets of Fire (35th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook)
TKO Collection - 3 Films by Takeshi Kitano
Urban Legend (Collector's Edition)
Urban Legends: Final Cut
Young Guns II
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (Complete Collection - Criterion - Region B)
NEW TO DVD
7 Brothers Meet Dracula
The Case of the Bloody Iris (Shameless - Region 2)
Catch of the Day Cool as Hell (Unrated Director's Cut)
End of the World
A Handmaid's Sexual Tale
Heavy Trip
Horror Rises from the Tomb (Rogue Video)
I Spill Your Guts
L'Inferno / Haxan (Silent Horror Classics Double Feature)
Maleficarum
Malicious
No Game, No Life Zero
Star Pilot / King of Kong Island (Double Feature)
Star Trek: Stardate Collection
The Stray
For more information on the titles I've just mentioned, (as well as all of the other November releases from Umbrella) scroll on down!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Umbrella's Ozploitation Classics line adds the classic children's adventure film FROG DREAMING (aka THE QUEST) to its roster on December 5th, with new extras! Also due out on that date: YOU WERE NEVER HERE and THE LORD OF THE FLIES.
* APT PUPIL, based upon the Stephen King novella, is coming to DVD & Blu-ray on January 2, 2019, as does Umbrella's "Oz-Erotica" double feature of FELICITY and CENTRESPREAD!
THE CHAIN REACTION (1980)
Synopsis: For mechanic Larry Stilson (Steve Bisley - THE GREAT GATSBY, MAD MAX) and his wife Carmel (Arna-Maria Winchester - CODA), a weekend in paradise turns into their most horrifying nightmare. At their retreat in an isolated mountain valley, they are confronted by Heinrich (Ross Thompson - BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS), the victim of a deadly nuclear spill who is in the throes of a horrifying radiation death.
A top-secret government security team moves in with an army of vicious decontamination workers to seal off the valley, forcing Larry and Carmel to attempt a daring high-speed escape!But, the question growing more urgent by the minute is - can the radioactive waste be contained?
Boasting high-octane car chases and spectacular stunts staged by George Miller, the director of Mad Max, and appearances from the stars of that film (Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne and Mel Gibson), THE CHAIN REACTION is a slick, futuristic action thriller that hurls you into the nightmarish world of terror and nuclear holocaust.
Disc Specs:
Rated M | Color | 92 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
Extras:
Extended NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interviews with Steve Bisley,
Arna-Marie Winchester, Director Ian Barry, and Associate Producer Ross
Matthews. (1:04:04)
Synopsis: DAY OF THE DEAD displays plenty of guts, as FX Maestro Tom Savini really comes of age with an amazing splatter platter of sliding guts, faceless zombie freaks, and provocative new makeups delivered with a chunk-blowing gusto deserving of the highest praise." - Chas Balun, Beyond Horror Holocaust
In horror maestro, George A Romero's gruesome follow-up to the acclaimed DAWN OF THE DEAD, the flesh-eating undead have wiped out every last vestige of the civilized world and now outnumber the living 40,000-to-one! Hidden deep within a fortified underground missile silo an isolated and increasingly unstable ragtag group of scientists and soldiers continue to work to find a cure for this unstoppable plague.
Tensions soon escalate between a maniacal bloodthirsty military leader and a borderline mad scientist, sparking a climactic assault on the bunker by thousands of zombies... one final battle for humanity's survival. Named by Romero as his favorite "dead" movie, DAY OF THE DEAD showcases his tight, taut direction and unleashes a cavalcade of non-stop zombie carnage courtesy of gore wizard, Tom Savini.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 101 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0
Extras:
AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH GEORGE A. ROMERO, TOM SAVINI, CLETUS ANDERSON, AND LORI CARDILLE.
AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH GREG NICOTERO, HOWARD BERGER, EVERETT BURRELL AND MIKE DEAK.
Synopsis: Maria Pritchard (Bridget Regan - JOHN WICK) and her son are missing. Maria’s husband, Jackson (Milo Ventimiglia - This Is Us), a taciturn man with a troubled past, is not returning calls.
An FBI Agent and Police Deputy sent to investigate find more than they bargained for when they arrive at the family’s remote farm outside Devil’s Gate, North Dakota.
As night falls and they become trapped in that desolate location, the law enforcement officers must either join forces with an unstable man they suspect of misdeeds or fall victim to the same demons that beset him.
Disc Specs:
Rated MA | Color | 94 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - Dolby Digital 5.1
EMMANUELLE Synopsis: The most popular soft porn film of all time and a breakout box-office hit around the world, Emmanuelle stars Sylvia Kristel (Mata Hari) as the eponymous heroine who is sexually awakened through a series of erotic adventures. Newly married, young, beautiful and naive Emmanuelle travels to Bangkok to join her older diplomatic husband Jean (Daniel Sarky).
On the plane, which takes off from Paris, she gets a taste of the erotic joys waiting for her in Asia. In Bangkok, the capital of the senses, with the encouragement of her husband, Emmanuelle abandons sentimental love to find fulfilment in her pleasures, first with young girl Marie-Ange (Christine Boisson, THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE), then with new lover Mario (Alain Cuny, LA DOLCE VITA) . Emmanuelle revels in this new-found pleasure so much so that excess becomes the word of the hour, especially when Jean goes away on a business trip and leaves Emmanuelle alone in the hands of Mario.
Adapted from Emmanuelle Arsan's famous novel, sensitively directed by Just Jaekin (THE STORY OF O), and lushly photographed on location in Thailand Emmanuelle is an erotic tale for men and women alike to enjoy.
EMMANUELLE 2 Synopsis: Emmanuelle lives out her fantasies in the arms of both her husband and her lover, Christopher. She goes on to initiate the young Anna-Maria into the pleasures and subtleties of carnal love.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 182 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 Dual Mono
Synopsis: In Sydney, the newly married Midori (Yuki Kudo - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA) is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio (Kenji Isomura). She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear, so she goes to a bank to get some cash.
Soon Midori becomes a hostage in an unfolding bank heist, until the getaway driver, Colin (Russell Crowe - GLADIATOR, THE NICE GUYS), rescues her from his cohorts. They hit the road together, with the cops, Midori's husband, and the bank robbers in hot pursuit!
Disc Specs:
Rated MA | Color | 99 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - Dolby Digital 2.0
Extras:
AUDIO COMMENTARY with writer Louis Nowra and Producer Helen Leake!
CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS with Russell Crowe, Yuki Kudoh, Craig Lahiff, Al Clark and Helen Leake!
DELETED SCENES w/ OPTIONAL COMMENTARY from director Craig Lahiff.
SCRIPT TO SCREEN STORYBOARDS w/ OPTIONAL COMMENTARY from director Craig Lahiff.
BEHIND THE SCENES
THEATRICAL TRAILER
CRAIG LAHIFF SHORTS & TRAILERS: LABRYNTH (1979), THE JOGGER
(1980), CODA (Trailer, 1987), FEVER (Trailer, 1988), BLACK & WHITE
(Trailer, 2002), SWERVE (Trailer, 2011)
ORDER HEAVEN'S BURNING FROM UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT (DVD | BLU-RAY) OR AMAZON.COM!
LUNATICS: A LOVE STORY (1991)
Synopsis: In the seedy part of Los Angeles, poet Hank Stone (Ted Raimi - Ash Vs The Evil Dead) has spent six months without leaving his apartment because of his paranoid delusions involving sadistic doctors, rappers, and spiders.
A woman who seems to jinx things by wanting to help is dumped by her boyfriend and finds herself penniless on the streets, and soon runs afoul of a local gang. Due to a telephone glitch, the man calls her at a phone booth trying to dial a "talk line" and invites her to his place. There they must help each other to overcome their respective problems.
Disc Specs:
Rated M | Color | 83 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio - Dolby Digital 2.0
Synopsis: "SWF seeks female to share apt in West 70s. Non-smoker, professional preferred." An innocent ad opens the door to murderous, unrelenting terror. Allie Jones (Bridget Fonda - LAKE PLACID) finds herself trapped in a terrifying nightmare when her new roommate, Hedra (Jennifer Jason Leigh - LBJ) moves in and takes over more than just the spare bedroom.
First, she takes her clothes, then her boyfriend... and now she wants her life! From Oscar-nominated director Barbet Schroeder (REVERSAL OF FORTUNE), this critically acclaimed thriller features electrifying performances and knife-edge suspense.
Disc Specs:
Rated M | Color | 110 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
As usual, all of the DVDs and mentioned in this post can be ordered directly from UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT, and are typically Region Free (unless otherwise noted)!
