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)!
Welcome to yet another edition of the News Vault's weekly STOCK YOUR VAULT! This week is an expensive one Vault Dwellers and chock full of cool exploitation oddities, so I hope you've been saving up!
But Severin Films truly outdoes the others this week with their release of the (Limited to 3,500) BLOOD ISLAND COLLECTION! This set features new uncut 4K transfers of TERROR IS A MAN, BRIDES OF BLOOD, MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, and BEAST OF BLOOD (a box set exclusive), plus lots of new and archival extras AND a bonus soundtrack CD! But if this set is too rich for your blood, you can get each film separately (excluding BEAST OF BLOOD) on Blu-ray or DVD!
There's still a lot of other new releases out this week, so be sure to scroll down for the complete roster!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Alpha Wolf
Another Time
Brides of Blood (Severin Films)
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings
The House of Forbidden Secrets (Unearthed Films)
Lasso
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (Severin Films)
The Meg
Preacher: Season 3
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Warner Archive Collection)
Star Trek: Discovery
Terror is a Man (Severin Films)
NEW TO BLU-RAY
10/31 (Special Edition)
Beyond the Walls
The Blood Island Collection (Severin Films)
Bloodlust (Mondo Macabro)
Chain Reaction (Umbrella Entertainment - Region B - 11/16)
Code: Realize - Guardian of Rebirth - The Complete Series
Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Death Wish 1 - 5 (Region B Import)
Drifters: The Complete Series
Eye of the Paranoid
First Blood (4K UHD)
Forrest Creek
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Special Edition)
I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday (11/16)
The Inheritors (Mondo Macabro)
Into the Woods (Director's Cut)
Joker Game: The Complete Series
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (Commemorative Edition - 4K UHD)
Moonshine Meat Market Massacre (Troma)
Multiple Personalities
Naked Vengeance / Vendetta (Scream Factory - Double Feature)
Nosferatu's Crush
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary 2
Perversion Story (Mondo Macabro)
Princess Principal
Rambo: First Blood Part II (4K UHD)
Rambo III (4K UHD)
Rats: Nights of Terror (88 Films - Region B)
Single White Female (Scream Factory)
Spirit (30th Anniversary Edition)
Take it Out in Trade (Special Edition - AGFA)
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (Warner Archive Collection)
Twin Star Exorcists: Part Three
The Wizard of Gore (Arrow Video)
NEW TO DVD
Dating Game Killer
Ditch Party
Don't Leave Home
Dungeons of Ecstasy
Eyes of the Dead
Four Hands
Game Therapy
Good Manners
An Idle Mind is the Devil's Playground
Inkfinger
Krampus Origins
Look Away
One Piece: Collection 23 Mrs. Claus
Post-Apocalyptic Commando Shark
Pumpkin Man (Ultimate Edition) Radar Men From the Moon
Sci-Fi Babes: Volume 2
Sheborg
Sick for Toys
Teenage Zombies (1959)
Time Trap
Without Name
SEVERIN GIVES THE INFAMOUS FILMS OF EDDIE ROMERO & GERARDO DE LEON THE ROYAL TREATMENT!
Truth be told Vault Dwellers, I've owned bargain-basement DVD copies of several of the "Blood Island" films, but I've never watched them. And now they will continue to remain unwatched because I splurged and ordered myself a copy of this fantastic Blu-ray set from Severin Films! All four films have been given a plethora of extras, have been remastered in 4K, and have reversible artwork! So if you're as excited as I am about this (limited to 3,500) release, scroll down and prepare to start drooling!
TERROR IS A MAN (1959)
Synopsis: In 1959, American producer Kane Lynn teamed with Filipino filmmakers Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon to make a grisly thriller billed as "a unique experience in motion picture terror!" Its global success would soon transform the Philippines' movie industry, launch the legendary BLOOD ISLAND series, and change the face of drive-in/grindhouse horror forever. Francis Lederer (RETURN OF DRACULA), Richard Derr (WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE) and former Miss Denmark Greta Thyssen (JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET) star in this "quite terrifying" (The New York Times) take on H.G.Wells' Island Of Dr. Moreau – also known as BLOOD CREATURE — now featuring a new 4k scan from a fine-grain print recently discovered at the UCLA Film Archive and presented totally uncut, including its "bell system for the squeamish and faint-hearted!!!"
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Black & White | 89 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.37:1?)
Audio - 2.0 Mono
Extras:
NEW! 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM!
Man Becomes Creature: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman!
Dawn of Blood Island: Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero!
Terror Creature: Interview with Pete Tombs, Co-Author of "Immoral Tales!"
When the Bell Rings: Interview with Critic Mark Holcomb
Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
Reversible BLOOD CREATURE Cover!
BRIDES OF BLOOD (1968)
Synopsis: In this first unforgettable hit of the BLOOD ISLAND trilogy, legendary
Filipino filmmakers Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon combined '50s-style
radioactive monster mayhem with taboo-smashing levels of graphic
violence, nudity, dwarf-whipping and cuckolding that set insane new
standards for drive-in/grindhouse depravity. Hollywood has-been Kent
Taylor (Boston Blackie), former teen heartthrob John Ashley (BEACH BLANKET BINGO) and exotic-dancer-turned-Elvis-squeeze-turned-minister
Beverly Powers (KISSIN' COUSINS, SPEEDWAY) star in this "brutal orgy of
ghastly terror" – also known as ISLAND OF LIVING HORROR, JUNGLE FURY and
BRIDES OF BLOOD ISLAND – now featuring a 4k scan from a recently
discovered 35mm interpositive and presented absolutely uncut for the
first time ever!
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - 2.0 Mono
Extras:
NEW! 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM!
Audio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman!
Jungle Fury: Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero!
Here Comes the Bride: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman!
Beverly Hills on Blood Island: Interview with Actress Beverly Powers a.k.a. Beverly Hills!
Alternate BRIDES OF BLOOD ISLAND Title Sequence and JUNGLE FURY Title Card!
Teaser Trailer
Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
Reversible ISLAND OF LIVING HORROR Cover!
MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND (1968)
Synopsis: In perhaps the most infamous film in the BLOOD ISLAND franchise,
co-directors Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon upped the already
over-the-top nudity, violence, horny monster havoc and unmatched
WTF?-ness of the first movie to deliver what Dangerous Minds hails as
"one of the greatest/nastiest/goriest films of the 1960s."
AIP-leading-man-turned-producer John Ashley (HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI, The A-Team) and '60s-starlet-turned-'80s-porn-queen Angelique Pettyjohn
(Star Trek, TITILLATION) star in this "horrifying nightmare of a
thousand frightening dreams" – also known as GRAVE DESIRES and TOMB OF
THE LIVING DEAD – now scanned in 4k from a recently discovered camera
negative and presented totally uncut for the first time ever, including
the legendary "Oath of Green Blood" prologue!
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 92 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - 2.0 Mono
Extras:
NEW! 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM!
Audio Commentary with Horror Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger!
Audio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman!
Tombs of the Living Dead: Interview with Pete Tombs, Co-Author of "Immoral Tales!"
A Taste of Blood: Interview with Critic Mark Holcomb!
The Mad Doctor of Blood Island: Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero!
Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
Bonus Disc: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD (in box set only)!
Reversible TOMB OF THE LIVING DEAD Cover!
BEAST OF BLOOD (1971 - BOX SET EXCLUSIVE)
Synopsis: This sequel to MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND picks up minutes after the
earlier movie left off, with the horrific Chlorophyll Monster on a
rampage aboard a yacht. Sole survivor of the carnage, the heroic Dr.
Foster now realizes that his job of making the island safe for the
native villagers has only just begun.
Dr. Lorca captures the Chlorophyll
creature and keeps him under control by separating its head from its
body. He taunts the still-living head until it seethes with a lust for
revenge. Dr. Foster's army meets Lorca's henchmen in a climactic battle
royale, with the roaming, headless body of the monster adding yet more
mayhem to the action-packed mix!
Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Color | 90 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - 2.0 Mono
Extras:
NEW! 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM!
Audio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman!
Celeste and the Beast: An Interview with Celeste Yarnall!
Dr. Lorca's Blood Devils: Interview with Actor Eddie Garcia!
Super 8 Digest Version!
Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
Severin Films' outstanding BLOOD ISLAND COLLECTION is now available wherever discs are sold and ranges from $56 - $64. You can pick your very own copy of this Special Edition set now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SEVERIN FILMS. However, if for some reason you don't want the complete set, you can order each film separately (except for BEAST OF BLOOD because it is a box set exclusive)!
I should also note that Severin Films is also offering up a limited number of $75 BLOOD OATH BUNDLES which contain the complete boxed set, plus a smattering of other cool extras including:A Blood Island Treasure Map, "The Beast" enamel pin, a "Beast of Blood" swizzle stick, a set of 4 "Blood Beast" drink coasters, and a "Blood Oath" recipe card! If this sounds too good to pass up, CLICK HERE to get your claws on one of these Blood Oath Bundles ASAP!
Sorry this Stock Your Vault post is a bit late Vault Dwellers! The first week of November 2018 is starting out light, though there's a crazy amount of new steelbook releases this week, along with a good number of new 4K UHD discs, and direct-to-DVD titles.
There's quite a bit more out this week, so be sure to scroll down to see the full roster of this week's new DVD & Blu-ray titles!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
The 7th Day
All Light Will End
Incredibles 2
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
A Man Alone (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Mara
My Pet Dinosaur
NEW TO BLU-RAY Don't F*ck in the Woods
Galaxy Angel 2: The Complete Collection
Grindhouse (2-Disc Collector's Edition Steelbook)
Negima!?: The Complete Collection
Patlabor: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Phantasm: Remastered (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Revenge of the Dead
Sharnado: The Complete Collection (Steelbook)
Sherlock: Season One (4K UHD)
Sleepwalkers (Collector's Edition)
Starblazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Part 2
Superman: The Movie (4K UHD)
Transformers: The Ultimate 5-Movie Collection (4K UHD)
Train to Busan (Limited Edition Steelbook)
The Thing (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Wreck-It Ralph (Ultimate Collector's Edition - 4K UHD)
NEW TO DVD
American Exorcism
Angel Links: The Complete Series
Attack of the Adult Babies (Region 2)
Beyond the Sky
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Blood, Sweat, and Terrors Darkness Reigns
The Demon Inside
Doctor Who: Episode 109 - Shada
The Grand Son
Heaven's War
The House of Violent Desire
Island Zero
The Little Witch
Mother Krampus 2
Murder After Dark
Murder After Dark Part 2
Murder Before Dark
Murder in Harbor Woods
Restraint
Transplant of a Brain (1970 - Rogue Video)
STEPHEN KING'S TALE OF VAMPIRIC SHAPE-SHIFTERS INEXPLICABLY GETS A COLLECTOR'S EDITION RELEASE FROM SCREAM FACTORY!
All I can think when I stare at the cover for SLEEPWALKERS is "this movie got a Collector's Edition Blu-ray and GRAVEYARD SHIFT still languishes in DVD Hell?!" I first saw this movie when it premiered on VHS in 1996, and I recall not being all that impressed with it, so naturally I was kind of surprised that it got so much TLC from Scream Factory. But then again, I haven't seen SLEEPWALKERS in over twenty years so maybe I missed out on what makes this particular movie worthy of a Collector's Edition? I'll guess I'll find out sometime in the near future!
Synopsis: Brian Krause (Charmed) and Alice Krige (GHOST STORY) star in this
terrifying tale of modern-day vampires who move from small town to small
town to prey on virtuous young women. Imperceptibly inhuman to everyone
except for felines, these vicious shape-shifters have their eyes on a
new victim: Mädchen Amick (Twin Peaks) is Tanya, the sexually curious
virgin who falls for Charles, the new boy in school (Krause).
Mutating at will from golden boy to savage monster, Charles stalks Tanya to feed
his seductive mother. As the tension mounts (and the casualties pile
up), the town's tabbies gather for a final, chilling showdown with the
monsters in their midst – and we all know it's not nice to hurt people's
felines.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 98 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - ?
Extras:
NEW! Audio Commentary With Director Mick Garris And Actors Mädchen Amick And Brian Krause!
NEW!Feline Trouble – An Interview With Director Mick Garris!
NEW! When Charles Met Tanya – A Conversation With Actors Mädchen Amick And Brian Krause!
NEW! Family Values – An Interview With Actress Alice Krige!
NEW!Feline Trouble: The FX Of Stephen King's
Sleepwalkers – Interviews With Special Make-up Effects Creator Tony
Gardner, and Prosthetics Designer Mike Smithson!
Behind-The-Scenes Footage
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Still Gallery
Scream Factory's Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Stephen King's SLEEPWALKERS is now available wherever discs are sold, and should cost between $29 - $35! If you're a fan of this film, or just a completionist that must have any and all Stephen King-related films in your collection, pick up a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY (which will also net you a poster featuring the new artwork)!