July 2018 has come to an end Vault Dwellers, and it is leaving with a whimper instead of a bang. Seriously, this week's release slate is absolutely dismal, though there are a few choice titles you may want to pick up.
Warner Archive Collection debuts 1960's VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED to Blu-ray disc, Sony Pictures brings PENDULUM to the HD format, and those wonderful folks from Vinegar Syndrome released a double-dose of titillation with LIQUID ASSETS and SHOWDOWN.
But the biggest treat this weak offers up has to be Scream Factory's long-awaited Blu-ray release of PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING. Boasting a 2K transfer and new extras, this crazy sequel (that was briefly helmed by James Cameron) finally gets the love it so richly deserves.
There's not much else to highlight this week Vault Dwellers (aside from some more of those Frolic Pictures Double Features) but be sure to scroll down a few inches to see this week's list of new DVDs & Blu-ray discs!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis
Dark Crimes
Mr. Destiny
Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season 4
Taking Care of Business
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Babel II: The Complete 1992 OVA Series
Hammer: Volume 3 - Blood & Terror (Indicator - 08/03)
Liquid Assets
The Man From Earth: Holocene (2-Disc Limited Edition)
Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact! - The Complete Series
Pendulum
Piranha II: The Spawning
Village of the Damned (1960)
NEW TO DVD
Illusions
Power Rangers: Mirai Sentai Timeranger - The Complete Series
Showdown
Tales of Tomorrow: Volume 1 (Rogue Video)
Wilczyka (aka She-Wolf - Rogue Video)
FROLIC PICTURES DOUBLE FEATURES ON DVD
Blood Mania / Dracula Vs. Frankenstein
Giant of Metropolis / The She-Beast
Little Shop of Horrors / Anatomy of a Psycho
Manos: The Hands of Fate / Invisible Strangler
SCREAM FACTORY GIVES THIS INFAMOUS SEQUEL ITS BLU-RAY DEBUT WITH A NEW 2K TRANSFER & EXTRAS!
The 80s were a magical time Vault Dwellers. Anyone with a handful of cash, a camera, and a dream (and maybe some semblance of a plot) could shoot a movie. This led to the creation of some of the craziest films ever committed to celluloid. Nothing was off-limits and nothing was out of the question. The boundaries of special effects, suspension of an audience's disbelief, and good taste were all pushed to their very limits!
Which brings us to PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING. Released in 1981, this bizarre sequel to Joe Dante's original classic was partially directed by James Cameron, scored by Stelvio Cipriani, and features Lance Henriksen and a legion of flying killer fish! While its production history is ultimately more interesting than the film itself, PIRANHA II is still a fun reminder that there was once an era in cinematic history where just about ANYTHING could get bankrolled.
Synopsis: It may seem like paradise, but just off shore, a new brand of terror has been unleashed ... While investigating the mysterious death of a diver, scuba instructor Anne Kimbrough (Tricia O'Neil, ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE?) makes a horrific discovery: mutated piranhas, with wings that enable them to fly, are responsible for the death.
As the body count rises, Anne desperately tries to convince the manager of the resort to call off the annual fish fry on the beach, but he's determined to give his guests the ultimate feeding frenzy. This exciting sequel to Joe Dante's original Piranha also stars Lance Henriksen (ALIENS, THE TERMINATOR, NEAR DARK) and is the directorial debut of James Cameron (AVATAR, THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS).
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 94 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
NEW! 2K Scan From The Original Camera Negative
NEW! Interview With Actor Ricky Paull Goldin
NEW! Interview With Special Effects Artist Brian Wade
Theatrical Trailer
Scream Factory's Blu-ray release of PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING will be released on Tuesday, July 31st and should cost between $20 - $24! Order yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
Also, while you may be celebrating the fact that you can now complete your PIRANHA movie collection, I must point out that you're still a movie short. In 1995, Roger Corman produced a forgotten remake of PIRANHA starring William Katt. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if Scream Factory eventually releases that to Blu-ray as well!
Welcome to yet another edition of the our world famous (not really) STOCK YOUR VAULT! This week is light on new releases, but makes up for it in quality! Scream Factory inches closer to releasing all of John Carpenter's films with their new Blu-ray releases of IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (COLLECTOR'S EDITION) and MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN!
Not to be outdone, Lionsgate's Vestron Collector's Series adds two H.P. Lovecraft-inspired titles to their catalog, namely BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR and DAGON. Warner Archive Collection debuts SUPERGIRL on Blu-ray, MVD Rewind Collection adds WINDRIDER to its eclectic cult lineup, and Arrow Video brings the time-travel adventure THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODDYSEY to high-definition!
The rest of this week's release slate is made up of direct-to-DVD schlock, Olive Films' STREETS OF VENGEANCE, and one of my fave big-budget releases of 2018: READY PLAYER ONE!
To see the full list of this week's new DVDs & Blu-rays, continue scrolling Vault Dwellers!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Another Soul
Babysitter Massacre
The Incantation
No Good Heroes
Oblivion Verses
Ready Player One
Streets of Vengeance
Sunset Society (Limited Edition)
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Battle Girl High School
Beyond Re-Animator
Dagon
I Am a Hero
In the Mouth of Madness (Collector's Edition)
Love Me Deadly (Uncut)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (Special Edition)
Supergirl
Windrider (Special Edition)
NEW TO DVD
Animalistic (Unrated)Blood Mountain
Children of Dracula
The Dead Bodies in #223
Harold Buttleman, Daredevil Stuntman
House Shark
Incident in a Ghostland
League of Superheroes
The Night of the Virgin
July is halfway over Vault Dwellers! And though this week will serve as a bit of a breather before Scream Factory unloads a heavy dose of John Carpenter next week, as always there are some titles of interest for us collectors.
The long-touted Collector's Edition of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY with "EndoArm" is finally available, though it is relatively pricey. (Ack! It's nearly $200!) It's Limited to 6,000 units, and each one apparently has James Cameron's signature on the base!
The rest of this week's release slate is rounded out by some bargain-priced DVDs (and collections), as well as some new Hollywood fare, including RAMPAGE and Blumhouse's TRUTH OR DARE. To see the entire list of this week's new DVDs & Blu-rays, scroll on down!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Andover
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare (Unrated Director's Cut)
Capps Crossing
Corbin Nash
Danny Trejo Double Feature: Border Cross & Cage of Glory
The Expanse: Season 3
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
Isle of Dogs
Modus: Season 1
Rampage (2018)
Super Troopers 1 & 2 Collection
Super Troopers 2
You Were Never Really Here
NEW TO BLU-RAY
The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (Special Edition)
Church of the Damned / Bad Magic (Double Feature)
Doom Asylum (Special Edition)
Enter the Devil (Limited Edition)
The Housemaid
Isle of Dogs & The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Double Feature)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
The Quick & The Dead (4K UHD)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Limited Collector's Edition with "Endoarm")
NEW TO DVD
Amityville Prison
The Antithesis
Bear With Us
Kung Fu Traveler 2
Son of Zorn: The Complete Series
Stiffed
Wayward Pines: The Complete Second Season
Young Dillinger (1965 - Warner Archive Collection)
NEW DVD TITLES FROM "FILMS AROUND THE WORLD"
Bloodthirsty Butchers
Cut-Throats Nine
Flesh-Eating Mothers
The Inheritor
Stigma
The Suckling
NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD 4-Film Collection: Disaster
Contains: 10,000 Days, Metal Tornado, 10.0 Earthquake, and Seattle Superstorm.
4-Film Collection: Horror
Contains: Spliced, Frozen, Greystone Park, and John Carpenter's The Ward.
4-Film Collection: Western
Contains: Sweetwater, Echoes of War, Gunless, and Autumn Blood.
SLASHER AND GIALLI FANS WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO OWN ARROW VIDEO'S LATEST SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAYS!
Chalk up two more great Arrow releases for films that I'm not super familiar with. I'm a fan of some of Sergio Martino's other films (e.g. THE GREAT ALLIGATOR, ISLAND OF THE FISHMEN), and I do enjoy the occasional giallo film, so THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TALE is a must-see for yours truly! And I love slasher movies in general, so I'm definitely interested in DOOM ASYLUM as well! Continue reading Vault Dwellers to find out more about this duo of stellar releases!
THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TALE (1971)
Synopsis: One of the major consequences of Western Europe s post-war Economic Miracle was the proliferation of international travel. Eager to tap into audiences desire to experience the glamor of the jet set lifestyle, the popular filmmakers of the day rushed to make the most of the exotic locales at their disposal.
Arguably no other giallo captured this trend as vividly as The Case of the Scorpion s Tail. The film begins in London, where Lisa Baumer (Evelyn Stewart - THE PSYCHIC) learns that her husband has died in a freak plane accident. Summoned to Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy, she soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money and are willing to kill for it.
The second giallo by genre master Sergio Martino (TORSO, THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A MINOR), THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL combines stunning views of Athens and the Greek coastline with brutal bursts of violence, a typically tangled script by Ernesto Gastaldi (DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS), and a cast overflowing with Euro cult talent, including Alberto de Mendoza (A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN), Janine Reynaud (Jess Franco's SUCCUBUS) and Luigi Pistilli (A BAY OF BLOOD).
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 90 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.39:1)
Audio - Enlish & Italian LPCM Mono
Extras:
NEW! 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative!
Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Audio commentary with writer Ernesto Gastaldi, moderated by filmmaker Federico Caddeo (in Italian with English subtitles)!
NEW! Interview with star George Hilton
NEW! Interview with director Sergio Martino
NEW! Analysis Sergio Martino s films by Mikel J. Koven, author of La Dolce Morte: Vernacular Cinema and the Italian Giallo Film!
NEW! Video essay by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films.
Theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon.
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Rachael Nisbet and Howard Hughes, and a biography of star Anita Strindberg by Peter Jilmstad!
Arrow's Special Edition Blu-ray of THE CASE OF THE SCORPION'S TAIL arrives at retailers Tuesday, July 17th and should cost between $24 - $28! You can order Sergio Martino's classic giallo now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
DOOM ASYLUM (1987)
Synopsis: If you thought SEX AND THE CITY 2 was a stomach-churner, you ain't seen nothing yet! Long before playing one of Carrie Bradshaw's best gal pals, actress Kristen Davis found herself up against an altogether different kind of horror in 1987's DOOM ASYLUM: a riotous mix of gore, gags and goth girl groups galore!
Helmed by director Richard Friedman (SCARED STIFF, PHANTOM OF THE MALL: ERIC'S REVENGE), and also starring Penthouse Pet of the Year 1988 Patty Mullen (FRANKENHOOKER), DOOM ASYLUM combines outlandish gore and a wise-cracking villain to create one of the most wildly entertainingly blood-spattered slashers of the late '80s
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 77 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1 & 1.33:1)
Audio - English LPCM Mono
Extras:
NEW! 2K restoration from the original camera negative! (Featuring both 1.85:1 and 1.33:1 versions of the film!)
NEW! Audio commentary with screenwriter Rick Marx!
NEW! Audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues!
NEW!Tina’s Terror – An interview with actress Ruth Collins!
NEW! Movie Madhouse – An interview with director of photography Larry Revene!
NEW!Morgues & Mayhem – An interview with special make-up effects creator Vincent J. Guastini!
Archival Interviews with producer Alexander W. Kogan, Jr., director Richard Friedmanm and production manager Bill Tasgal.
Still Gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourne.
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Fully-illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes.
Arrow Video's Special Edition Blu-ray of DOOM ASYLUM is also coming out on Tuesday, July 17th, and should cost between $24 - $28! Order your copy of this once obscure slasher flick now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
KILL GIANTS, VISIT LOVECRAFTIAN WORLDS, AND ESCAPE A TROPICAL ISLAND PRISON IN UMBRELLA'S LATEST RELEASES!
After unveiling their "Beyond Genres" label last month, it would seem that Umbrella would have a tough time topping the RE-ANIMATOR films (and Region Free Blu-ray of Don Coscarelli's THE BEASTMASTER). However it seems they have done just that with their latest batch of new titles that were released on July 4th! (Yeah... I'm a bit behind.)
Stuart Gordon's DAGON is the latest addition to Umbrella's Beyond Genres series and is based upon the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. (Primarily Dagon and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.) Also available are ESCAPE FROM ABSOLON (aka NO ESCAPE to us Yanks), THE ENDLESS (a trippy "Lovecraftian" Sci-Fi/Horror film), and the modern fantasy tale I KILL GIANTS.
To learn more about these new releases, and see the remainder of Umbrella's new DVD & Blu-ray releases for the month of July, continue reading!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* After months of delays it is finally happening: RAZORBACK is finally coming to Blu-ray on August 1st with a new 4K transfer and loads of new extras! This one is a definite must-own Vault Dwellers! Also out on the same day: Universal's classic creature-feature TARANTULA!
Synopsis: Based on the short story by the undisputed master of the macabre, H. P.
Lovecraft. A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his
girlfriend to the dilapidated fishing village of Imboca looking for
help. As night falls people start to disappear and things not quite human
start appearing.
Paul finds himself pursued by the entire town and
discovers Imboca's dark secret whilst running for his life... Freakish half-human creatures populate the town, and they pray to
Dagon, a monstrous God of the sea. All outsiders are sacrificed, the
men are skinned alive and the women offered as unwilling brides to bear
Dagon's unholy children.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 95 minutes | Region B
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Extras:
Making-of featurette
Interviews with: Macarena Gomez, Director Stuart Gordon, Raquel Meroño, and Ezra Godden.
Interviews from the set: Stuart Gordon, Julkio Fernández, Raquel Meroño, Ezra Godden, and Francisco "Paco"Rabal.
(NOTE: If you do not have a region free Blu-ray player, CLICK HERE to order the upcoming Vestron Collector's Series' release!)
THE ENDLESS (2017)
Synopsis: Living in poverty in a shared studio apartment in Los Angeles, two
brothers (Justin and Aaron) receive a mysterious videotape in a box that
seems to have been shipped through a hundred countries before arriving
on their doorstep. On it, a Heaven’s Gate-esque cult member talks about
an impending “Ascension.” We learn that the brothers were raised in this
cult, and fled from it a decade ago because Justin pulled Aaron out
when he became aware of an impending mass suicide.
But this tape seems
to say otherwise their old family is alive and well, which opens a crack
in the brothers’ relationship: Why did Justin pull Aaron away from the
only family he’s ever known, lie about their mass suicide, and have him
live this destitute life? On Aaron’s insistence, they go back to their
homestead in order to
get some closure. But when they arrive, they discover that the “cult”
might not really be a cult at all, and they’re not certain just how
welcome back they are. There seems to be a dark truth to the
commune’s otherworldly beliefs that suggest the laws of the natural
world may be very different than we assume, which propels THE ENDLESS
into a Lovecraftian tale about brotherhood, giving up your personal
autonomy, and history’s weird, malevolent tendency to repeat itself.
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 111 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 5.1 Dolby Surround
Synopsis: In the year 2022, society has created the ultimate solution for it's
most ruthless criminals. Absolom, a remote jungle island where prisoners
are abandoned and left to die. For most, Absolom means no escape, no
hope and virtually no chance of survival.
But for convicted Marine
Captain, John Robbins (Ray Liotta - SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR), the ultimate prison becomes the ultimate challenge - to clear his name, he'll have to first escape from Absolom...
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 118 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - Dolby Digital 2.0
Synopsis: Barbara Thorson (Madison Wolfe - THE CONJURING 2)
is a teenage girl who chooses to escape the realities of school and a
drab family life by retreating into her magical world of Titans and
Giants.
With the help of her new friend Sophia (Sydney Wade) and her school therapist (Zoe Saldana - GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY),
Barbara will learn to battle her Giants and face her fears – tackling
the mean bullies at school, her sister (Imogen Poots) and her difficult
home life and eventually her biggest dread of the unknown.
I KILL GIANTS is an adaptation of Joe Kelly and Ken Niimura's Man of Action/Image Comics
internationally acclaimed graphic novel is directed by Academy
Award-winning director Anders Walter (Best short film. Helium).
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 104 minutes | Region 4
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 5.1 Dolby Digital
SCREAM FACTORY'S NEWEST RELEASES FEATURE RECOVERING ZOMBIES AND A MARRIAGE STRAINED BY MURDER AND DECEPTION!
IFC Midnight titles are often a mixed bag, but both of these new ones seem pretty interesting! THE CURED deals with people being integrated back into society after being cured of their former cannibalistic state, while MIDNIGHTERS follows a married couple that are guilty of involuntary manslaughter! Continue onward to learn more about these two films, which are now available to purchase!
THE CURED (2017)
Synopsis: What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for
years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a
cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the
survivors back into society begins. Among the formerly afflicted is
Senan (Sam Keeley - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE), a young man haunted by the
horrific acts he committed while infected.
Welcomed back into the family
of his widowed sister-in-law (Ellen Page - JUNO, SUPER), Senan attempts to
restart his life — but is society ready to forgive him and those like
him? Or will fear and prejudice once again tear the world apart? Pulsing
with provocative parallels to our troubled times, THE CURED is a smart,
scary, and hauntingly human tale of guilt and redemption. Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 95 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio - ?
Synopsis: December 31st becomes a long day's journey into dread for one seriously
unlucky couple in this nerve-twisting wild ride. On their way home from
ringing in the new year, Lindsey (Alex Essoe) and Jeff (Dylan McTee)
accidentally run down a man in the middle of the road.
Things look bad
when they panic and stash the body in the backseat of their car. Things
look worse when they discover that the stranger they hit had sinister
intentions involving them and their family. And things go off the rails
when a certain psychotic detective (Ward Horton) comes calling ...
This frightening and gripping feature debut from director Julius Ramsay
(The Walking Dead) careens with hairpin twists and genre-defying
surprises.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
None.
You can own MIDNIGHTERS on DVD or Blu-ray today! Pick up a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.
It's Tuesday again Vault Dwellers and you know what that means: New DVDs & Blu-rays! This week is a little light on genre fare, but there are a few titles that you may just want to add to your collection!
John Krasinski's A QUIET PLACE is now available, and comes highly recommended - It is easily one of the best movies I have seen this year! Shout! Factory gives THE BORN LOSERS a new Blu-ray release (though for about ten bucks more you can have Shout Select's complete BILLY JACK COLLECTION!), while Mondo Macabro delivers a new Blu for WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?
Full Moon gives PUPPET MASTER 4 and PUPPET MASTER 5 separate Blu-ray discs (for those of you who are collecting the series piecemeal instead of getting the full set), SPIDARLINGS gets its Blu-ray debut from Troma, and the American Genre Film Archive teamed with Something Weird to give GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS a 4K transfer for its new Blu-ray release!
The rest of this week's releases are a mix of indie titles, several Film Noir sets, a couple of TV series, two cool documentaries, and a heavy dose of Burt Reynolds! Scroll down to see the entire roster of this week's new DVDs and Blu-rays!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
The Assassin's Code
Before Someone Gets Hurt
Dragon Inn (Criterion Collection)
Fire Birds
Future World
The Magicians: Season Three
A Quiet Place
Who's Watching Oliver?
NEW TO BLU-RAY
The Born Losers
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards (Special Edition)
Garo: Divine Flame
Godmonster of Indian Flats
Puppet Master 4
Puppet Master 5
Spidarlings
Who Can Kill a Child?
NEW TO DVD
24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters
42nd Street Pete Presents: Hot For Teacher
2069: A Sex Odyssey
All Strippers Must Die!
Belly Timber
Black Candles
Buzzard Hollow Beef
Blue Desert
Die Gest: Flesh Eater
The Exorcist: The Complete First Season
The Exorcist: The Complete Second Season
Flesh & Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Hitler's Hollywood
Hooper (1978)
Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard
Killing Joan
Lionheart / Black Eagle (Double Feature)
The Man With Two Heads
Reckless Kelly
Scarecrows of the Third Reich
Sharkey's Machine
Stroker Ace
NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set: Vol. 1
Contains: Bad Blonde, Blackout, The Gambler and the Lady, Heat Wave, Man Bait, and Stolen Face. Hammer Film Noir Collector's Set: Vol. 2
Contains: Terror Street, Wings of Danger, The Glass Tomb, Paid to Kill, The Black Glove, The Deadly Game, The Unholy Four, and A Race for Life.
Forgotten Noir: Collector's Set 2
Contains: Man From Cairo, Mask of the Dragon, FBI Girl, Tough Assignment, I'll Get You, and Fingerprints Don't Lie.
"GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS" EXITS OBSCURITY AND ARRIVES ON BLU-RAY WITH A 4K TRANSFER AND NEW EXTRAS!
In the long list of things I never thought I'd hear myself say.... GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS hits Blu-ray tomorrow! Holy. Hell. I first discovered this cult oddity years ago when I picked up a cheap copy of Something Weird's DVD release of the film. To this day I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this tale of mutant sheep on the loose near a town that is forcibly trapped in the past by its mad mayor. Guess it's time to revisit it!
Synopsis: Gaseous vapors from an ancient mine cause the birth of a huge squealing embryo that is taken to the laboratory of a local mad doctor where it grows into a monstrous 8-foot mutant sheep. Got that? An 8-Foot Mutant Sheep! Meanwhile, the racist mayor of a historic Wild West tourist town attempts to thwart the efforts of a black man buying real estate by attempting to lynch him! Plans go awry, however, when the giant, wool-covered Lamb from Hell escapes from the doctor's lab and starts waddling across the countryside.
Spewing an orange phosphorous gas, the semi-prehistoric GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS terrifies the population, blows up a gas station, and even "dances" with a deranged hippie chick until it's lassoed by cowboys. The mayor then startles everyone by putting "the damaged mongoloid beast" on display as "The 8th Wonder Of The World!"
"Dear God! WHAT am I? WHY am I?!"
Starring cult favorite Stuart Lancaster (MANTIS IN LACE) as the malignant Mayor Silverdale, filmed in Virginia City, Nevada (an actual U.S. national historical monument!), and mixing science fiction, satire, and politics, the ultra-obscure GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS is easily one of the weirdest, wackiest, oddballest monster movies ever made!
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 89 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - 2.0 Mono (?)
Extras:
NEW! 4K Restoration of the film from the only surviving 35mm theatrical print!
Rampaging monster trailers from the AGFA vaults!
Berserker shorts from the Something Weird vaults!
Bonus Movie: THE LEGEND OF BIGFOOT (1975), a new 2K scan from an original theatrical print!
GODMONSTER OF INDIAN FLATS hits retailers on Tuesday, July 10th and should cost you $20! Get yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
LAMBERTO BAVA'S CLASSIC CREATURE FEATURE FINALLY GETS THE LOVE IT DESERVES THANKS TO CODE RED!
For years Lamberto Bava's MONSTER SHARK was only available to us via Mystery Science Theater 3000's hysterical episode under its alternate title of DEVILFISH. But now Code Red has unleashed the original "Sharktopus" to Blu-ray with a new HD transfer and I couldn't be happier!
Synopsis: The ocean depths unleash a bloodthirsty monstrosity in this cult classic monster favorite from Italy! A marine biologist (Michael Sopkiw, BLASTFIGHTER), a dolphin trainer (Valentine Monnier, 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK), a research scientist, and a local sheriff (Gianni Garko, THE PSYCHIC) try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that’s devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.
Also starring William Berger (SABATA) and featuring a score by Fabio Frizzi (THE BEYOND), this aquatic nightmare was directed by Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) and co-written by Luigi Cozzi (STAR CRASH) and Sergio Martino (HANDS OF STEEL) -- and now you can see it bigger and bloodier than ever in a new HD scan!
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 94 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Extras:
Audio commentary with actor Michael Sopkiw.
Reversible cover art.
Code Red's MONSTER SHARK Blu-ray is now available wherever Blu-ray discs are sold, and should cost you between $20 - $24. If you're a fan of Italian Horror and/or creature features, you should definitely snag a copy of this flick from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
Sorry for the lateness of this post Vault Dwellers - been pretty busy with Independence Day celebrations and whatnot. But now I'm back to bring you movie collectors news of the latest Blu-ray and DVD releases that you all crave!
Fans of the legendary Bigfoot take note that we get TWO new killer Sasquatch flicks this week: BIG LEGEND and PRIMAL RAGE! Both look pretty cool!
But this week, Arrow Video rules the roost with two stellar Limited Edition releases that you definitely don't want to miss out on, namely the 3-Disc release for Wes Craven's THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT and THE COMPLETE SARTANA COLLECTION!
The rest of this week's tiny release slate is made up of anime, indie Horror, and some cult classics! Scroll down to see the full list of this week's newest DVD & Blu-ray titles!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Another Wolfcop
Corbin Nash
The Cured
Devilfish (aka Monster Shark)
Don't Grow Up
Grimm: The Complete Collection
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Set 2 - The Stardust Crusaders Arc (Limited Edition)
The Jurassic Games
The Lullaby
Mansfield 66/67
Midnighters
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Collection 1
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden OVA
NEW TO BLU-RAY
The Complete Sartana (Limited Edition)
House Shark (Limited Edition)
The Last House on the Left (3-Disc Limited Edition)
NEW TO DVD
Bazookas: The Movie (Special Collector's Edition) Big Legend
Dead List
Eruption L.A.
House of the Witch
Immortal Wars
Island Claws
Primal Rage
The Pyx (1973)
They Nest
Toxic Shark
Treasure Hunters
"THE ADDICTION" AND "VIGIL" NOW AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY COURTESY OF ARROW VIDEO!
Truth be told Vault Dwellers, I am not familiar with either of Arrow's newest titles, but they sound pretty interesting! THE ADDICTION was directed by Abel Ferrara (MS.45, THE DRILLER KILLER) and offers up a different take on vampirism, while VIGIL is the directorial debut of Vincent Ward (WHAT DREAMS MAY COME) and tells the tale of a young girl who tries to protect her family from a mysterious stranger that just may be the Devil himself. Sound enticing? Then read on fellow Blu-ray collectors!
THE ADDICTION (1995)
Synopsis: The mid-nineties were a fertile period for the vampire movie. Big-name stars such as Tom Cruise (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) and Eddie Murphy (VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN) flocked to genre, as did high-caliber filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola (BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA), veterans Wes Craven (VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN) and John Landis (INNOCENT BLOOD), independents Michael Almereyda (NADJA) and Jeffrey Arsenault (NIGHT OWL), and up-and-comers Quentin Tarantino (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) and Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS). Amid the fangs and crucifixes, Abel Ferrara reunited with his KING OF NEW YORK star Christopher Walken for THE ADDICTION, a distinctly personal take on creatures of the night.
Philosophy student Kathleen (Lili Taylor, THE CONJURING) is dragged into an alleyway on her way home from class by Casanova (Annabella Sciorra, THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE) and bitten on the neck. She quickly falls ill but realizes this isn't any ordinary disease when she develops an aversion to daylight and a thirst for human blood...
Having made a big-budget foray into science fiction two years earlier with BODY SNATCHERS, Ferrara's approach to the vampire movie is in a lower key. Shot on the streets of New York, like so many of his major works (including BAD LIEUTENANT) and beautifully filmed in black and white, THE ADDICTION sees the filmmaker on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intense, intelligent, masterful.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Black & White | 82 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & LPCM 2.0
Extras:
NEW! Restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative by
Arrow Films, approved by director Abel Ferrara and director of
photography Ken Kelsch!
Audio commentary by Abel Ferrara, moderated by critic and biographer Brad Stevens!
NEW! Talking
with the Vampires (2018) - Documentary about the film made by
Ferrara especially for this release, featuring actors Christopher Walken
and Lili Taylor, composer Joe Delia, Ken Kelsch, and Ferrara himself!
NEW! Interview with Abel Ferrara!
NEW! Interview with Brad Stevens!
Abel Ferrara Edits The Addiction - An archival piece from the time of production
Original trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain!
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet containing new writing on the film by critic Michael Ewins!
THE ADDICTION is currently available wherever Blu-ray discs are sold and should cost between $24 - $28. You can get yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
VIGIL (1984)
Synopsis: Vincent Ward once described as the "Antipodean Werner Herzog" made his feature debut with VIGIL, heralding his status as one of New Zealand's most distinctive filmmaking talents and paving the way for such equally remarkable and unclassifiable efforts as THE NAVIATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY and MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART.
A stranger appears in a remote New Zealand farmland at the exact time a farmer accidentally falls to his death. The mysterious outsider grows close to some of the dead man's family, to the point where he and the widow become lovers. But her eleven-year-old daughter, Toss, struggling to come to terms with the death of her father as well as her impending womanhood, believes the intruder to be the devil and sets about protecting her family and their homestead.
Propelled by Fiona Kay's outstanding performance as Toss, she would earn a standing ovation when VIGIL screened at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival the first time ever that a New Zealand feature played in the main competition.
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 90 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - LPCM Mono
Extras:
NEW! Appreciation by film critic Nick Roddick, recorded exclusively for this release!
On-set report from the long-running New Zealand television programme Country Calendar.
Extract from a 1987 Kaleidoscope television documentary on New Zealand cinema, focusing on Vigil and Vincent Ward.
Theatrical trailer
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Carmen Gray.
