Tuesday, December 31, 2019

On January 7th, COBRA WOMAN and DOCTOR CYCLOPS Arrive on Blu-ray Disc from Kino Lorber Studio Classics!


Cover art for Kino Lorber Studio Classics' upcoming Blu-ray of COBRA WOMAN!
ADVENTURE! ROMANCE! LOST TRIBES! COBRA CULTS! MAD SCIENTISTS! SHRINK RAYS! ALL OF THIS AND MORE AWAIT YOU ON KINO LORBER'S TWO UPCOMING BLU-RAY RELEASES!

Kino Lorber is kicking off 2020 with a slew of new releases (as you will see when next Tuesday rolls around and our Stock Your Vault column fires back up), including these two classic films! I've never seen either, but definitely have to check them out at some point. COBRA WOMAN is a Pacific isle adventure that features the alluring Maria Montez in a dual role (as well as Lon Chaney Jr. decked out in a ridiculous costume), and DOCTOR CYCLOPS appears to be the granddaddy of every single movie that has people being shrunk via sci-fi technology! If any of that sounds up your alley, then keep reading to get the full details of these two new Kino titles!

COBRA WOMAN (1944)

Synopsis: She Serpent… in the Garden of Love! From Robert Siodmak, the legendary director of PHANTOM LADY, THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, THE KILLERS, CRY OF THE CITY, and THE CRIMSON PIRATE comes this romantic action-adventure starring Maria Montez and Jon Hall, the stars of ARABIAN NIGHTS, WHITE SAVAGE, ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES, GYPSY WILDCAT, and SUDAN!

After Ramu (Hall) discovers that his fiancée Tollea (Montez) has been kidnapped by a lost tribe and taken to a Pacific isle, he and his friend Kado (Sabu - THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE JUNGLE BOOK) set out across the seas to find her. They soon discover that the island paradise is ruled by Tollea’s evil twin Naja, the "Cobra Woman," who commands all strangers to be killed on arrival. Not only does Naja have designs on her new prisoner Ramu, but she also desires to eliminate any competition from her benevolent sister. Discover all the forbidden wonders and dangers of the tropics in this beautifully filmed Technicolor adventure! The great Lon Chaney Jr. (THE WOLF MAN, THE BLACK SLEEP, WITCHCRAFT, THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE) co-stars as Hava.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 71 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Extras:
  • NEW! Audio Commentary by Film Historian Phillipa Berry
  • Theatrical Trailer
Kino Lorber's COBRA WOMAN Blu-ray (which is apparently a step up from the previous Region B release, according to DVD Beaver's review) will be available on Tuesday, January 7th and should cost between $18 - $24! Secure your copy now by ordering from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, or directly from KINO LORBER's online store!




Cover art for Kino Lorber Studio Classics' new Blu-ray release of DOCTOR CYCLOPS!
DOCTOR CYCLOPS (1940)

Synopsis: From Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, the legendary team behind KING KONG, THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, comes this early Technicolor science-fiction classic about a brilliant but deranged physicist who learns how to shrink his enemies to one-fifth their normal size!

Four explorers are summoned to the remote jungle laboratory of the legendary scientist Dr. Thorkel (Albert Dekker - KISS ME DEADLY, THE KILLERS, BEAU GESTE). When they arrive, they discover that his brilliant mind has been warped by radiation and decide to return him to civilization for help. But the half-blind, half-mad DOCTOR CYCLOPS will have none of that and uses his experimental body-shrinking device to stop them. Now, harmless items and small creatures suddenly become giant-sized instruments of death! The impressive use of landmark special effects, which garnered an Oscar nomination (Best Effects, Special Effects), helped make this sci-fi yarn one of the most imaginative and memorable horror-fantasy films of all time.

Disc Specs: 
Not Rated | Color | 78 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Extras:
  • NEW! 4K Master! 
  • NEW! Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith!
  • Trailers From Hell with Jesús Treviño! 
  • Theatrical Trailer
Kino's DOCTOR CYCLOPS Blu-ray will also be available on January 7th, and should cost between $18 - $20! You can pre-order this title today from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from KINO LORBER!



Monday, December 30, 2019

Look for DEPRAVED, THE FINAL PROGRAMME, and TRESPASSERS on Blu-ray on January 7th!


Cover art for Scream Factory's Blu-ray release of Larry Fessenden's DEPRAVED!
SCREAM FACTORY KICKS OFF 2020 WITH "THE LAST DAYS OF MAN ON EARTH" AND TWO NEW IFC MIDNIGHT TITLES!

Scream Factory capped off 2019 with some great Blu-ray releases (as mentioned here), and they're kicking off 2020 with a trio of new titles that I'm eager to check out! DEPRAVED is the latest fright flick from the mind of Larry Fessenden (THE LARRY FESSENDEN COLLECTION), THE FINAL PROGRAMME is a cult British oddity involving the creation of an immortal hermaphrodite (?!), and TRESPASSERS is a new thriller featuring Angela Trimbur (THE FINAL GIRLS) and Fairuza Balk (THE CRAFT). If any of those sound enticing then continue reading to get the full specs & extras of Scream's new releases!

DEPRAVED (2019)

Synopsis: The legend of Frankenstein gets a provocative modern update in this stylishly disturbing film from indie horror master Larry Fessenden (BENEATH). Suffering from PTSD following his stint as an army medic, Henry (David Call - The Sinner) now works feverishly in his Brooklyn laboratory to forget the death he witnessed overseas ... by creating life in the form of a man cobbled together from body parts. After he procures a brain from an unwitting victim, his creation — Adam (Alex Breaux - When They See Us) — is born. Soon, it becomes apparent that giving life to Adam was the easy part, and teaching him how to live in a dark and troubled world may be perilous. A complex, emotionally shattering tale about what it means to be human, Depraved re-imagines Mary Shelley's immortal fable as a modern-day tale of terror.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 114 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Extras:
  • Audio Commentary With Writer/Director/Editor/Producer Larry Fessenden!
  • Fessenden's Depraved – Making Frankenstein In A Brooklyn Loft (Blu-ray Only)
  • Depraved – The Journey To Day One
  • Acting Adam
  • Stitched – A Conversation On Makeup Effects
  • Building The Visuals Of Depraved
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Eight Page Collectible Booklet Featuring Photos And Posters!
Larry Fessenden's DEPRAVED arrives on Blu-ray (and DVD) on Tuesday January 7th and should cost between $18 - $19! Get yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.




Cover art for Scream Factory's new Blu-ray of THE FINAL PROGRAMME!
THE FINAL PROGRAMME (1973)

Synopsis: As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear anarchy, London-based scientific genius Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch - THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, FRENZY) discovers that the microfilm formula for a self-replicating human being is missing. With the help of beautiful computer expert Miss Brunner (Jenny Runacre - THE WITCHES), Cornelius must race through a wasteland of murder and madness to recover "The Final Programme," which may very well trigger the creation of a new messiah!

Released in the U.S. by Roger Corman's New World Pictures under the title THE LAST DAYS OF MAN ON EARTH, this bizarre blend of action, sci-fi and dark satire co-stars Patrick Magee (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE), Sterling Hayden (THE GODFATHER) and Sarah Douglas (SUPERMAN II).

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 89 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Extras:
  • Audio Commentary With Director Robert Fuest And Actress Jenny Runacre, Moderated By Author/Film Historian Jonathan Sothcott!
  • U.S. Theatrical Trailer
  • U.S. TV Spot
THE FINAL PROGRAMME debuts on Region A Blu-ray on January 7th and should cost between $20 - $23! You can obtain a copy now if you pre-order from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.




Cover art for Scream Factory's Blu-ray of TRESPASSERS!
TRESPASSERS (2019)

Synopsis: Two couples working through relationship issues rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex-and-drug-fueled escape from reality. Sarah (Angela Trimbur, - THE FINAL GIRLS) and Estelle (Janel Parrish - Pretty Little Liars) are longtime best friends looking forward to reconnecting after a period apart; their boyfriends, Joseph (Zach Avery - THE WHITE CROW) and Victor (Jonathan Howard - THOR: THE DARK WORLD), however, are immediately wary of one another.

As tensions escalate over the course of a debaucherous night, things take an unexpected turn when a woman (Fairuza Balk - THE CRAFT) claiming to have car trouble shows up at the door. She's perfectly harmless ... or so they think. As the twists and turns pile up, so does the body count in this stylish, blood-and-neon-soaked thriller which hits with the furious force of a machete to the skull.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 87 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Extras:
  • None.
TRESPASSERS also arrives on Blu-ray (and DVD) on Tuesday, January 7th and should cost between $16 - $18. You can order yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.



Wednesday, December 18, 2019

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 12/17 - 12/31, 2019!


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The Vault Master's Pick of the Week for 12/17/2019 is Scream Factory's Collector's Edition SILVER BULLET!
Vault Master's Pick of the Week!
Well this is it for the year Vault Dwellers! 2019 is coming to end and because two major holidays fall on the next two Tuesdays, there's next to no new titles coming out. Because of that, this is THE last Stock Your Vault post you will see for a couple of weeks! So let's dive right in shall we?

The AGFA brings WICKED WORLD to Blu-ray for the first time ever, Unearthed Films releases FAMINE to DVD & Blu-ray, and Patrick Lussier's TRICK arrives on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital! Also out today are RAMBO: LAST BLOOD (though I'm dubious as to how "last" it really is) AD ASTRA.

Scream Factory conquers the final weeks of 2019 with four new titles: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932), SILVER BULLET (COLLECTOR'S EDITION), TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER, and the UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION: VOLUME 3. Scream's new boxed set contains four Black & White classics including TOWER OF LONDON, MAN-MADE MONSTER, THE BLACK CAT, and HORROR ISLAND!

Next week on Christmas Eve, Garagehouse Pictures releases their delayed BLOOD STALKERS Blu-ray and Lionsgate brings the direct-to-video sequel THE GALLOWS: ACT II to DVD and Blu-ray disc. On New Year's Eve, Flicker Alley brings the formerly "lost" noir flick TRAPPED to Blu-ray, and Severin Films releases THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION under their new Severin Kids label.

There's plenty of other new DVDs & Blu-rays coming out in the remaining weeks of 2019 - scroll down to see the full roster!


12/17
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Acceleration
Ad Astra
Blood Prism
Detention
Famine (Unearthed Films)
Gags the Clown
Killjoys: Season 5
The Offerings (Ultimate Director's Edition)
The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection: Volume 6
Rambo: Last Blood
The Returned: Season 2
Trick (2019)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor: The Complete Series
Boogiepop Phantom: The Complete TV Series
The Cable Guy
Hand Shakers: The Complete Series
Kiddy Girl-AND: The Complete Series
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 - Scream Factory)
Silver Bullet (Collector's Edition - Scream Factory)
To the Devil... A Daughter (Scream Factory)
Universal Horror Collection: Volume 3 (Scream Factory)
The Vampires Night Orgy
Wicked World (2-Disc Special Edition - AGFA)
Yona of the Dawn: The Complete Series


NEW TO DVD
Abduction 101
The Amy Fisher Story (Special Unrated Edition)
The Big F
Blood Moon River
Channel 13
Crypsis
Dosed
Doses of Horror
Doses of Zombies
A Feast of Man
Gothic (1986)
Hell's Drifter
Home Videos: The Complete Body Count
Intruder (30th Anniversary Edition)
Killjoys: The Complete Series
Lifeform
Main Street Meats
Malignant
Maniac (Blue Underground)
Night Howl
Rice Girl
Rosa Leight
Sweet Dreams
Transit 17
Virus of the Dead
Welcome to Curiosity
The Women of Inferno Island
Zombie (Blue Underground)



12/24
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
After Party
The Gallows: Act II (Lionsgate)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Blood Stalkers (Garagehouse Pictures)
Galaxy Express 999: TV Series Collection 1
Giant Robo: The Complete Original OVA Series


NEW TO DVD
Against the Night
Axemas 2: Blood Slay
Meathook Massacre
Meathook Massacre 2
Meathook Massacre 3



12/31
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAYPrimal

 
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Haikyu: Season 3
The Peanut Butter Solution (Severin Kids)
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (4K UHD - Limited Edition Steelbook)


NEW TO DVD
Captain Orellana and the Possessed Village
Dark Nemesis


Tuesday, December 17, 2019

A Holiday Treat for Slasher Fans: Patrick Lussier's TRICK is Now Available on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD!


Blu-ray cvoer for Patrick Lussier's TRICK!
TODD FARMER AND PATRICK LUSSIER ATTEMPT TO CREATE A NEW HORROR ICON WITH "TRICK!"

While I haven't seen all of the films he has directed, at the moment I haven't met a Patrick Lussier film I didn't like. DRACULA 2000 was a solid reboot of the world's most famous vampire, MY BLOODY VALENTINE proved to be a shockingly fun (and competent) remake, and the completely off-the-rails DRIVE ANGRY is a total blast. (As far as Nicolas Cage revenge films go, I'll take this one over MANDY any day!)

Teamed with Todd Farmer, the man who wrote the screenplay for JASON X (as well as DRIVE ANGRY and MY BLOODY VALENTINE), is it any wonder that I'm kind of excited for TRICK? While I think it is super bizarre to release a Halloween-themed Horror film in December, I welcome this new slasher movie with open arms and I'm honestly thinking of just making it a blind buy - I trust these guys that much!

Synopsis: On Halloween night in 2015, Patrick “Trick” Weaver massacred his classmates at a costume party. After being arrested, he managed to escape police custody, but not before being shot five times by Detective Mike Denver (Omar Epps). Everyone believes Trick must be dead, but when a masked killer reappears the following Halloween, and every Halloween after that, they realize the nightmare is not over. With Trick wreaking havoc and killing people in increasingly terrifying ways, Denver will stop at nothing to finish what he started and bring the carnage to an end!

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 100 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Extras: 
TRICK is now available on both digital and physical media formats! You can currently rent it (for $6.99) or own it (for $14.99) on AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, or own it on DVD ($12.96)! The Blu-ray release isn't all that expensive (expect to pay between $13 - $16) and can be obtained from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!



Monday, December 16, 2019

Scream Factory Ends 2019 on a High Note with FOUR New Blu-ray Releases!


Bluray cover for Scream Factory's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE!
MAD SCIENTISTS, HOLY WEREWOLVES, SATANISTS, HAUNTED CASTLES, AND MORE AWAIT YOU IN SCREAM FACTORY'S END OF YEAR GRAND FINALE BLU-RAY TITLES!

Egads! Just when I thought that maybe I could get an extended break from posting about upcoming Blu-rays, Scream Factory dumps four new titles on my lap! (Figuratively, not literally... sadly.) Bela Lugosi stars in MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, where he plays a mad scientist that injects gorilla blood into his victims, SILVER BULLET is an adaptation of Stephen King's novelette Cycle of the Werewolf, and pits Gary Busey and Corey Haim against a vicious lycanthrope, and Christopher Lee leads a Satanic cult in TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER, which seems to be ROSEMARY'S BABY by way of Hammer Horror!

And as if that weren't enough awesome to pack into one week, Scream Factory is also dropping the third volume of their continuing series of UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION boxed sets. Their latest release contains four Universal classics, including TOWER OF LONDON, THE BLACK CAT, HORROR ISLAND, and MAN-MADE MONSTER! All four releases arrive at retailers on Tuesday, December 17th - for the full details please read onward Vault Dwellers!

MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932)

Synopsis: Based (loosely) on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE is a haunting atmospheric thriller heavily influenced by the German Expressionist classic, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, and features Bela Lugosi in one of his most sinister roles!

A deranged scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi), searches Paris for a "prospective bride" for his pet gorilla. Inviting young ladies to his laboratory, he injects his victims with gorilla blood and then disposes of their ravaged bodies through a trapdoor. Mirakle finally settles on a beautiful woman to be the mate of the gorilla, kidnapping her from her fiancé, Pierre Dupin. But just as the young lady is about to be sacrificed in the name of unholy science, a frantic Dupin locates his betrothed and tries to rescue her from Mirakle’s unspeakable evolutionary experiments.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Black & White | 61 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono

Extras:
  • NEW! Audio Commentary By Author/Film Historian Gregory William Mank!
  • NEW! Audio Commentary By Author/Film Historian Gary D. Rhodes!
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Gallery
Originally running at 80 minutes, Robert Florey's take on the Edgar Allen Poe tale was heavily edited for content. And since that footage is likely gone forever, at least we still have the hour-long release in HD courtesy of Scream Factory! Speaking of which MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE is available on December 17th and should cost between $18 - $19! You can order a copy now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.




Blu-ray cover art for Scream Factory's Collector's Edition of SILVER BULLET!
SILVER BULLET (1985 - COLLECTOR'S EDITION)

Synopsis: In Stephen King's thrilling adaptation of his novelette, Cycle Of The Werewolf, a peaceful town is suddenly terrorized by a maniacal killer. The townsfolk think a madman is on the loose, but a wheelchair-bound 13-year-old (Corey Haim - THE LOST BOYS) knows the truth ... a werewolf is on the hunt.

With the help of his Uncle Red (Gary Busey - LETHAL WEAPON, THE GINGERDEAD MAN), young Marty Coslaw sets out to stop the half-man/half-beast before he sinks his teeth into another innocent victim. Now, time is ticking ... and the full moon is about to rise.

Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 94 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Extras:
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Producer Martha De Laurentiis!
  • NEW! Cutting To The Bone – An Interview With Editor Daniel Loewenthal!
  • NEW! A Little Private Justice – An Interview With Actor Kent Broadhurst!
  • The Wolf Within – An Interview With Actor Everett McGill!
  • Full Moon Fever – The Effects Of Silver Bullet – An Interview With Special Effects Artists Matthew Mungle And Michael McCracken!
  • Audio Commentary With Director Daniel Attias!
  • Isolated Score Selections And Audio Interview With Composer Jay Chattaway!
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Radio Spot
  • Still Gallery
Already released a ways back by Australia's Umbrella Entertainment, SILVER BULLET finally comes to Region A Blu-ray! This release likely contains the same HD transfer as the Umbrella disc (which makes sense, seeing as how most of the extras have been ported over) but Scream Factory's disc has way better cover art and more extras! Scream's Collector's Edition Blu of SILVER BULLET arrives on December 17th and should cost between $25 - $29! If you're a fan of Stephen King, or just werewolf films in general, order this one now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY (which will also net you an 18 x 24 poster - while supplies last)!




Cover art for Scream Factory's Blu-ray of TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER!
TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER (1976)

Synopsis: First, ROSEMARY'S BABY. Then, THE EXORCIST. And now a motion picture that probes further into the mysteries of the occult!

A heretic priest (Christopher Lee) plots to use a teenage nun (Nastassja Kinski) in a depraved pact with the forces of darkness. But when an American occult novelist (Richard Widmark) uncovers the conspiracy, he must battle an international cabal of evil for the body and soul of the Devil's child-bride!

Honor Blackman and Denholm Elliott co-star in this notorious shocker directed by Peter Sykes (DEMONS OF THE MIND) and based on the best-selling novel by Dennis Wheatley (THE DEVIL RIDES OUT).



Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Extras:
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Steve Haberman And Filmmaker/Film Historian Constantine Nasr!
  • Dark Arts: Inside To The Devil…A Daughter
  • To The Devil – The Death Of Hammer
  • Theatrical Trailer
The Satanically-themed classic TO THE DEVIL... A DAUGHTER arrives on Blu-ray December 17th and should cost between $20 - $23! Add it to your growing Hammer Horror collection by ordering a copy from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.




Cover art for Scream Factory's UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION: VOLUME 3!
UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION: VOLUME 3

Synopses: Volume 3 of the Universal Horror Collection includes four tales of terror from the archives of Universal Pictures, the true home of classic horror. This collection includes such horror stars as Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Jr. and Basil Rathbone.

A ruthless king rises to power with the help of his mad and murderous executioner in TOWER OF LONDON. A mad scientist transforms a carnival performer into a murderous monster in MAN-MADE MONSTER. In THE BLACK CAT, a group of greedy heirs find themselves stuck in a creepy mansion where, one by one, people turn up dead. What started out as a treasure-making scheme ends up deadly for a group of people stuck in a haunted castle with a killer known as "the Phantom" in HORROR ISLAND.

Disc Specs:
DISC ONE - TOWER OF LONDON (1939)
Not Rated | Black & White | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

DISC TWO - MAN MADE MONSTER (1941)
Not Rated | Black & White | 60 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

DISC THREE - THE BLACK CAT (1941)
Not Rated | Black & White | 71 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

DISC FOUR - HORROR ISLAND (1941)
Not Rated | Black & White | 61 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0


Extras:
DISC ONE - TOWER OF LONDON (1939)
  • NEW! 2K Scan Of A Fine Grain Print!
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Steve Haberman!
  • Still Gallery
 DISC TWO - MAN MADE MONSTER (1941)
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Tom Weaver And Filmmaker/Film Historian Constantine Nasr!
  • Still Gallery

DISC THREE - THE BLACK CAT (1941)
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Gary D. Rhodes!
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Gallery

DISC FOUR - HORROR ISLAND (1941)
  • NEW! Audio Commentary By Filmmaker/Film Historian Ted Newsom
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Still Gallery
Scream Factory's all-new UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION: VOLUME 3 will also be available on December 17th! This four-movie set should cost you between $50 - $58 and is available to purchase from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.



Thursday, December 12, 2019

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 12/10/2019!


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Vault Master's Pick of the Week for 12/10/2019 is Scream Factory's THE FLY COLLECTION!
Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Hey gang! We're almost halfway through December 2019, and this is (more or less) the last big week of new DVD & Blu-ray releases for the year! So start making out your Christmas wish lists because your favorite companies just dropped some amazing new titles!

Severin Films brought VIY to DVD & Blu-ray, Mill Creek Entertainment unleashed ULTRASEVEN to Blu-ray in both standard and steelbook editions, and Massacre Video dropped a double feature of AMERICAN RAMPAGE and DANGER USA.

Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD debuted this week on all formats, as did IT: CHAPTER TWO, and Kino Lorber flooded the market with lots of new releases this week, including ACES: IRON EAGLE III, BLUE COLLAR, THE NUDE BOMB, STICK, ICEMAN, DOG DAY, TERMINAL VELOCITY, and HITCHCOCK: BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES COLLECTION!

Despite Kino Lorber's impressive release slate, I personally have to give this week to Scream Factory! Along with their new Blu-rays of THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN OF THE HIMALAYAS (which comes with several audio commentaries and featurettes!), and DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE, they also dropped an amazing boxed set featuring the entirety of THE FLY saga! From the 1958 original, to the sequel of David Cronenberg's 1986 remake, all five films are included in THE FLY COLLECTION, which is filled to the brim with hours and hours of new and archival extras!

There are numerous other new films to choose from on DVD & Blu-ray this week - be sure to scroll down to view the full list, lest you miss out on something truly awesome!


NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY 
Aces: Iron Eagle III (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Along Came the Devil 2
The Fanatic (2019)
Freaks
IT: Chapter 2
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Tombs
Until the End of the World (Criterion Collection)
Viy (Severin Films)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
18if: The Complete Series
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (Scream Factory)
American Rampage / Danger USA (Massacre Video)
Black Meetal: The Ultimate Documentary
Blue Collar (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Channel Zero: Season 4 - The Dream Door (Region Free Import)
Colony: Season 2 (Region Free Import)
The Disastrous Life of Sakai K: Season One
Dog Day (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Scream Factory)
Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School - The Complete Collection
Heavy Object: The Complete Series
Iceman (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
KADO: The Right Answer - The Complete Series
The Nude Bomb (aka The Return of Maxwell Smart - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Seven Mortal Sins: The Complete Series
Snow White and the Red Hair: The Complete Series
Stick (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Terminal Velocity (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Twin Peaks: From Z to A
UltraSeven: The Complete Series (Standard and Steelbook Editions)
The Wrath


NEW TO DVD
5 Galaxies
2101
Cannibal
Carnivorous
Crash Burn Love
Crooked and Narrow
The Curse of Buckout Road
Day of the Comet
Death on the Fourposter (Rogue Video)
Doses of Ladies of Horror
Hard Night Falling
Home
I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker
The Muffin Man
Nun's Diary: Confession
Nurse Girls' Dorm: Shamed Angel
The Orville: Season 2
Rotten Shaolin Zombies
This is Our Home
The Tokoloshe
Women in Prison


NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON BLU-RAY
The Fly Collection (Scream Factory)
 Contains: The Fly (1958), The Return of the Fly, Curse of the Fly, The Fly (1986), and The Fly II!

Hitchcock: British International Pictures Collection (Kino Classics)
Contains: The Ring, The Farmer's Wife, Champagne, The Manxman, and The Skin Game.


Friday, December 6, 2019

SEVEN! SEVEN! SEVEN! - The Complete ULTRASEVEN Series Arrives on Blu-ray on December 10th!


Cover art for Mill Creek's ULTRASEVEN Blu-ray Collection!
MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT DEBUTS TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS' THIRD ULTRA-SERIES ON BLU-RAY IN NEW STANDARD AND STEELBOOK EDITIONS!

Growing up, ULTRASEVEN was the last of the classic Ultra-series that I saw a few episodes of, so it is with great excitement that I announce Mill Creek's upcoming Blu-ray release of this show! Featuring a new incarnation of everyone's favorite red and silver space giant and his variety of special abilities (like the deadly Eye Slugger, Emerium Ray, Wide Shot, and Ultra Psychic techniques!), this show also introduced us to the "Capsule Monsters," a trio of kaiju that can be called upon to save the day when Ultraseven's human host Dan Moroboshi (Kohji Moritsugu) is incapable of transforming! If any of that fanboy rambling piqued your interest, then please continue onward Vault Dwellers!

Synopsis: In the Age of Interplanetary Wars, Earth is in danger from those who would threaten its very existence. From their massive underground complex near Mt. Fuji the Ultra Guard, an elite unit of the Terrestrial Defense Force, stands vigilant as our decisive first-line of defense. But unbeknownst to his teammates, Dan Moroboshi is secretly an extraterrestrial aiding them in their fight to preserve the future of humanity. Dubbed Ultraseven, he aides the Ultra Guard in fighting back alien hordes that would doom the world to conquest.

A far greater threat emerges, though, as Ultraseven sees the consequences of his power: can he maintain his soul in the face of constant violence, even when that is necessary to protect his newfound friends?

Cover art for Mill Creek's Limited Edition Steelbook of ULTRASEVEN!
Produced by the creative team behind ULTRAMAN, ULTRASEVEN is the third entry in the Ultra Series. One of the best of the long-running franchise, its science fiction themes range from the cruelty of war to social and racial injustices in the grand tradition of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone. For the first time in High-Definition, ULTRASEVEN features the colossal monsters and spectacular visual effects the Tsuburaya team is known for across the galaxy.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 1,208 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.33:1)
Audio - Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Extras:
  • Complete, original Japanese broadcast edits – fully remastered and restored in HD!
  • 28-page collectible booklet!
  • Available in Standard and Steelbook editions! 
Mill Creek's new ULTRASEVEN Blu-ray sets will be available on Tuesday, December 10th (but unlike its predecessors, does not come with a digital copy)! The Standard ULTRASEVEN Collection will cost us Ultra-fans between $20 - $24 and can be ordered now from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD! The Steelbook is a bit more expensive, costing in the neighborhood of $25 - $32, and can also be purchased through AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, and DIABOLIK DVD!



Thursday, December 5, 2019

On December 10th, A Mister Becomes a Sister When DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE Arrives on Blu-ray!


Cover art for Scream Factory's Blu-ray of DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE!
SCREAM FACTORY BRINGS ROY WARD BAKER'S GENDER-BENDING HAMMER HORROR CLASSIC TO BLU-RAY WITH NEW EXTRAS!

There have been so many film adaptations of the tale of Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his alter ego Mr. Hyde! Aside from the various remakes of the original story there's been a blaxploitation version (DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE), a bizarro sadomasochistic version starring Anthony Perkins (EDGE OF SANITY), plus various comedic takes on the character (ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR)!

But long before DR. JEKYLL & MS. HYDE, there was Roy Ward Baker's DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE! Scream Factory brings this Hammer Horror classic to Blu-ray for the first time in North America, porting over all the extras from the Region B release, and adding a few of their own! So whether you're all about collecting everything Scream Factory puts out, or are looking to collect the entirety of Hammer's filmography, you'll definitely want to pick this one up Vault Dwellers!

Synopsis: In Victorian London, young Dr. Jekyll attempts to create an "Elixir of Life" using female hormones stolen from the glands of fresh corpses. But when Jekyll drinks the experimental potion himself, he is transformed into a beautiful woman with an unstoppable taste for mayhem. Can both fiendish personalities share a rampage of ghastly murder and perverse desire, or will the ultimate battle of the sexes rage within?

Ralph Bates (HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN, LUST FOR A VAMPIRE) and Martine Beswick (ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.) star in this gender-bending twist on the classic tale that horror fans consider one of the most provocative shockers in Hammer history.

Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Color | 97 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.66:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Extras:
  • NEW! Becoming Sister Hyde – An Interview With Actress Martine Beswick!
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Author/Film Historian Bruce G. Hallenbeck!
  • Ladykiller: Inside Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde
  • Audio Commentary With Martine Beswick, Director Roy Ward Baker, Writer Brian Clemens, Moderated By Hammer Film Historian Marcus Hearn!
  • Radio Spots
  • Theatrical Trailer
Scream Factory's new Blu-ray release of DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE arrives on Blu-ray on Tuesday, December 10th and should cost between $23 - $25! You can place your order for this Hammer Horror film now at AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY.



Wednesday, December 4, 2019

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 12/03/2019!


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The Vault Master's Pick of the Week for 12/03/2019 is Scream Factory's Steelbook of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!
Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Greetings Vault Dwellers and welcome to the first Stock Your Vault post of December 2019! This week is a bit on the light side, but there are definitely some big must-have titles to add to your collection!

The final season of GAME OF THRONES is now available on all formats (as is THE COMPLETE COLLECTION), 2019's READY OR NOT arrives on DV & Blu-ray, and Shudder brings BOAR (the second best giant killer pig movie I've ever seen) to both DVD & Blu-ray!

Arrow Video blasts us with a trio of Special (standard) Edition titles, including JAKE SPEED, SLAUGHTER-HOUSE FIVE, and WATERWORLD (sans the second disc that contains the extended and European cuts), while Kino Lorber Studio Classics gives us new Special Edition Blus of KONGA, THE MAGIC SWORD, and SHE (starring Sandahl Bergman)!

But it is truly Scream Factory that holds sway over all this week, with their fantastic new Collector's Edition (and Limited Edition Steelbook) of John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! Featuring electrifying new cover art, this 2-Disc release contains the previous 2009 HD transfer but makes up for that with HOURS of new special features, including two new audio commentaries, and TWELVE new cast & crew interviews! And for you big spenders, Scream Factory is also offering up exclusive bundles that contain posters and a 7" vinyl record that contains two tracks from the film's amazing soundtrack!

There are a slew of indie horror titles out today, several (likely) bootlegs of out of print Horror titles (e.g. GRIZZLY 2: THE PREDATOR and both original SLEEPAWAY CAMP sequels), and a bunch of animated fare! To see the full roster, just keep on keeping on Vault Dwellers!


NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
1 Must Fall
Boar (Shudder)
Game of Thrones: The Complete Series (Collector's & Standard Editions)
Game of Thrones: Season 8
Jack Hunter: The Quest for Akhenatan's Tomb
Konga (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Ready or Not (2019)
SHE (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Angel Blade Collection
Big Trouble in Little China (Collector's Edition & Limited Edition Steelbook - Scream Factory)
Bleach: Set 5
Chain Chronicle: Light of Haecceitus - The Complete Series + 3-Movies
Doctor Who: Colin Baker - The Complete Season 2
Is This a Zombie? & Is This a Zombie? - Of the Dead: Seasons 1 & 2
Jake Speed (Special Edition - Arrow Video)
Koro Sensei Quests: Shorts Collection
The Magic Sword (Special Edition - Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Meiji Tokyo Renka: The Complete Series
Portals
Savage
Slaughter-House Five (Special Edition - Arrow Video)
Spider-Man Collection: Homecoming / Far from Home / Into the Spiderverse / Venom (2018)
Teen Titans: The Complete Second Season (Warner Archive Collection)
Teen Titans: The Complete Third Season (Warner Archive Collection)
Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season (Warner Archive Collection)
Teen Titans: The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Archive Collection)
Teen Titans: The Complete Series (Warner Archive Collection)
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (Warner Archive Collection)
Waterworld (Special Edition - Arrow Video)


NEW TO DVD
Amazons (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
American Hunt
The Beast From Beyond
Blood Bags
Blood Myth
Break
Christmas Presence
Crime Boss (Rogue Video)
Ellipse
Grizzly 2: The Predator (Retrosploitation)
Killerman
Marla
Red Handed
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Seasons 1 - 3
The Simpsons: Season 19
Sleepaway Camp 2 (Redux Edition - Retrosploitation)
Sleepaway Camp 3 (Uncut Edition - Retrosploitation)
Space Ship One: Season One
Tower of Silence


Shake the Pillars of Heaven With the Collector's Edition Blu-ray of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!


SCREAM FACTORY GOES ALL OUT FOR JOHN CARPENTER'S CLASSIC FANTASY-ADVENTURE, FEATURING HOURS OF NEW SPECIAL FEATURES SPREAD ACROSS TWO DISCS!

Scream Factory inches ever closer to owning the entire John Carpenter library with their impressive release of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! With its amazing cast, hilarious (and highly quotable) bumbling hero Jack Burton, and awesome score by John Carpenter (and The Coupe De Villes!), its no secret why this movie has been a longtime favorite all of us here at Vault HQ! While the transfer on this disc is the same as the previous 2009 Blu-ray release (as are a lot of the extras on disc one), Scream Factory really upped the ante by loading their 2-disc Collector's Edition (and Limited Edition Steelbook) with two new audio commentaries and a dozen new cast & crew interviews! (Are you drooling yet Vault Dwellers? I definitely am!)

Brace yourself gang, because it's time to run through the mystic night, through the rollin' fire, through the burnin' blade, through the crawling snakes, through the midnight flame, until they take us away! Cause we've got BIG TROU-BLE, IN LIT-TLE CHI-NA!

Synopsis: Kurt Russell (THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) stars as Jack Burton, a tough-talking truck driver whose life goes into a supernatural tailspin when his best friend's fiancée is kidnapped in John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Jack suddenly finds himself in a murky, danger-filled world beneath San Francisco's Chinatown, where Lo Pan (James Hong - THE GOLDEN CHILD, THE VINEYARD), a 2,000-year-old magician, mercilessly rules an empire of spirits. Facing down a host of unearthly terrors, Jack battles through Lo Pan's dark domain in a full-throttle, action-riddled ride to rescue the girl. Also starring Victor Wong (PRINCE OF DARKNESS, TREMORS), Kim Cattrall (MANNEQUIN, SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE), and Dennis Dun (PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THE LAST EMPEROR), this special effects-filled spectacle is a non-stop thrill ride to an incredible finish!

Disc Specs:
Rated PG-13 | Color | 100 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Extras:

Artwork for Scream Factory's Limited Edition Steelbook of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!
DISC ONE
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Producer Larry Franco!
  • NEW! Audio Commentary With Special Effects Artist Steve Johnson, Moderated By filmmaker Anthony C. Ferrante!
  • Audio Commentary With Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell!
  • Isolated Score
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • TV Spots
  • Vintage Audio Interview With John Carpenter
  • Electronic Press Kit – Interviews And Profiles
  • Gag Reel
  • Music Video
  • Deleted And Extended Scenes
  • Extended Ending
  • Photo Galleries – Movie Stills, Posters, Lobby cards, Publicity Photos, And Behind-the-scenes Photos!

DISC TWO
  • NEW! You’re The Hero – An Interview With Actor Dennis Dun!
  • NEW! The Soul Of Lo Pan – An Interview With Actor James Hong!
  • NEW! Able To Be Myself – An Interview With Actor Donald Li!
  • NEW! The Tao Of Thunder – An Interview With Actor Carter Wong!
  • NEW! The Tao Of Rain – An Interview With Actor Peter Kwong!
  • NEW! The Hatchet Man Speaks – An Interview With Actor Al Leong!
  • NEW! Damn Wiley Prescott – An Interview With Writer W.D. Richter!
  • NEW! It Was A Western Ghost Story – An Interview With Writer Gary Goldman!
  • NEW! The Poetry Of Motion – An Interview With Associate Producer/Martial Arts Choreographer James Lew!
  • NEW! Into The Mystic Night – An Interview With The Coupe De Ville’s Member Nick Castle!
  • NEW! Since We Were Kids – An Interview With Second Unit Director/The Coupe De Ville’s Member Tommy Lee Wallace!
  • NEW! Love And Art – A Conversation With Movie Poster Artist Drew Struzan!
  • Return To Little China – An Interview With Director John Carpenter!
  • Being Jack Burton – An Interview With Actor Kurt Russell!
  • Carpenter And I – An Interview With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey!
  • Producing Big Trouble – An Interview With Producer Larry Franco!
  • Staging Big Trouble – An Interview With Stuntman Jeff Imada!
  • Interview With Visual Effects Artist Richard Edlund!
  • Vintage Featurette



EXCLUSIVE SCREAM FACTORY BUNDLES:

BUNDLE #1 - $51.98 - ORDER HERE!
  • BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (2-Disc Collector's Edition) with slipcover!
  • An exclusive 18” x 24” rolled poster of the new Collector’s Edition artwork by Laz Marquez!
  • A 7” green vinyl (via Sacred Bones) featuring music composed by John Carpenter and recorded by John, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies. The A-side includes the 2017 version of the main theme, "Porkchop Express" and the B-side contains a never-before-released recording of "The Alley War," recorded by the trio in 2019. Limited to 2,500 copies and housed in a lavish slipcase with new art by frequent Carpenter collaborator Chris Bilheimer!

BUNDLE #2 - $53.98 - ORDER HERE!
  • BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (2-Disc Limited Edition Steelbook)!
  • An exclusive 28.5” x 16.5" rolled lithograph of the new Steelbook artwork by Nat Marsh!
  • A 7” green vinyl (via Sacred Bones) featuring music composed by John Carpenter and recorded by John, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies. The A-side includes the 2017 version of the main theme, "Porkchop Express" and the B-side contains a never-before-released recording of "The Alley War," recorded by the trio in 2019. Limited to 2,500 copies and housed in a lavish slipcase with new art by frequent Carpenter collaborator Chris Bilheimer!

BUNDLE #3 - $71.98 - ORDER HERE!
  • BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (2-Disc Collector's Edition) with slipcover!
  • BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (2-Disc Limited Edition Steelbook)!
  • An exclusive 18” x 24” rolled poster of the new Collector’s Edition artwork by Laz Marquez!
  • An exclusive 28.5” x 16.5" rolled lithograph of the new Steelbook artwork by Nat Marsh!
  • A 7” green vinyl (via Sacred Bones) featuring music composed by John Carpenter and recorded by John, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies. The A-side includes the 2017 version of the main theme, "Porkchop Express" and the B-side contains a never-before-released recording of "The Alley War," recorded by the trio in 2019. Limited to 2,500 copies and housed in a lavish slipcase with new art by frequent Carpenter collaborator Chris Bilheimer!
Egads! Those bundles are a bit rich for my blood (I personally settled on the plain ole steelbook!) but since we're in the thick of the Christmas season, any of these three packages could be an amazing gift for that BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA fan in your life! However, if spending $50+ is not an option, you can get the Collector's Edition of the film for between $23 - $28 from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from SHOUT! FACTORY. The Steelbook costs between $25 - $30 and can also be obtained from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or SHOUT! FACTORY.



An Urban Legend Reborn: Jeremy Sumrall's Supernatural Slasher PICKAXE is Now Available to Rent or Own!


DVD cover art for Wild Eye Releasing's DVD release of PICKAXE.
THE FURY OF ALEX BLACK HAS BEEN UNLEASHED UPON THE MASSES, WITH THE DVD & DIGITAL RELEASE OF "PICKAXE!"

I adore MY BLOODY VALENTINE, and really enjoyed its remake, but both films never quite deliver on the promise of an undead miner with a (pick)axe to grind! (Sorry for spoilers!) That's where Jeremy Sumrall comes in, with this ode to 80s Horror!

Featuring Tiffany Shepis (SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE, ABOMINABLE, VICTOR CROWLEY ) and A. Michael Baldwin (the PHANTASM series), PICKAXE delivers on a marauding miner seeking bloody vengeance from beyond the grave! To learn more about Jeremy Sumrall's PICKAXE (formerly THE PICK-AXE MURDERS PART III: THE FINAL CHAPTER) and where you can obtain a copy, continue reading Vault Dwellers!

Synopsis: 1982 - The survivors of a series of brutal killings in a small town thought mass murderer Alex Black was dead and buried after the townspeople put an end to him. But teenagers experimenting with the occult awaken the monster from his grave and he begins another rampage of terror with his favorite tool: A pickaxe! Only those who have faced him before have any chance of stopping Alex Black once and for all.

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 87 minutes | Region 1
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - English Dolby Digital

Extras:
  • None.

As stated above, PICKAXE is actually a repackaging of Jeremy Sumrall's 2014 film, THE PICK-AXE MURDERS PART III: THE FINAL CHAPTER (which was not a sequel to anything - apparently some people missed that joke!) and features plenty of boobs and blood to sate most horror and slasher film fans!

The DVD from Wild Eye Releasing is bare bones and currently available for $12.99 at AMAZON! But if you want to try it before you buy it (or prefer digital streaming/downloading) you can watch PICKAXE on AMAZON PRIME VIDEO: It's $4.99 to rent and $9.99 to own! (Note: The digital version is listed as 76 minutes long. I don't know if it is actually shorter, or if that was a mistake on Amazon's part. I'll update this post when I find out for sure!)

Stills & Trailer:
(Click on images to enlarge them.)

Tiffany Shepis in PICKAXE!

A. Michael Baldwin in A Movie Called PICKAXE!

Taking out the trash has never been so terrifying!

"We should probably go find a place to have sex until this all blows over."

Mo' Pentagrams Mo' Problems in PICKAXE!

This can't end well....



Wednesday, November 27, 2019

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 11/26/2019!


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Arrow Video's Limited Edition Blu-ray of ROBOCOP is the Vault Master's Pick of the Week!
Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Happy early Thanksgiving Vault Dwellers! This is the last week of November 2019, and while it's a little on the light side, there are some absolutely awesome new discs out this week!

The Film Detective & Something Weird Video teamed up to bring EEGAH to Blu-ray (but hurry, because it is limited to 1,500!), Media Blasters reminds us that they are still around with their new Deluxe Edition of THE MACHINE GIRL: JACKED!, and Shout! Factory brings MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: SEASON 12 - THE GAUNTLET to both DVD & Blu-ray (which is bittersweet because NetFlix just canceled the show)!

UK's Indicator label just released a bunch of Region Free titles this week including EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, THE STONE KILLER, and their HAMMER VOL. 4: FACES OF FEAR Limited Edition Collection, which contains THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN, TASTE OF FEAR, THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL, and THE DAMNED.

After a few delays, Darkside Releasing just put out new Blus of PICTURE OF BEAUTY, SHOCK, and VIRGIN CHEERLEADERS IN CHAINS, while Scream Factory gives us a double-dose of 1979 goodness with their brilliant new Blu-rays of John Badham's DRACULA starring Frank Langella, and John Frankenheimer's PROPHECY, which is coming to Blu-ray for the first time ever!

But as great as those Scream Factory discs are, Arrow Video reigns supreme this week with their amazing release of ROBOCOP! Available in both a 2-Disc Limited Edition (with TONS of extras) and collectible Steelbook, this Blu-ray release contains three cuts of the film (director's cut, theatrical, and TV edit), and hours of special features! But hurry because this release is selling super fast and once it's gone, the theatrical version of ROBOCOP will out of print again!

There are still plenty of other new DVDs and Blu-rays out this week (mostly anime and direct-to-DVD titles) - to see them all, just keep on scrolling down!


NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Hentai Heaven Volume 9: A Nympho and a Couple of Perverts
The Machine Girl: Jacked! (Deluxe Edition - Media Blasters)
Mary (Image Entertainment)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season 12 - The Gauntlet (Shout! Factory)
Space Princess
Young Justice Outsiders: The Complete Third Season


NEW TO BLU-RAY
07 Ghost: The Complete Collection
Conception: The Complete Series
Dracula (1979 - Collector's Edition - Scream Factory)
Eegah (Special Limited Edition - The Film Detective & Something Weird Video)
Experiment in Terror (Indicator - Region Free Import)
First Men in the Moon (Indicator - Region Free Import)
Hammer Volume 4: Faces of Fear (Limited Edition Collection - Indicator - Region Free Import)
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War - Season One
Kyo Kora Ma Oh! R: The Complete OVA Collection
Mysterious Island (Indicator - Region Free)
Nanbaka: The Complete Series
Nutcracker Fantasy (Discotek Media)
One Piece: Episode of Skypiea
Picture of Beauty (Darkside Releasing)
Prophecy (1979 - Scream Factory)
RoboCop (2-Disc Limited Edition - Arrow Video)
Robocop (2-Disc Steelbook - Arrow Video)
SeaQuest DSV: The Complete Series (Region B Import)
Shock (Darkside Releasing)
Star Blazers 2202: Space Battleship Yamato - Part 2
The Stone Killer (Indicator - Region Free Import)
Virgin Cheerleaders in Chains (Darkside Releasing)
Zillion: The Complete Series


NEW TO DVD
Animal Among Us
Anya
The Banana Splits Movie
Cry of the Werewolf Redux (Rogue Video)
Dark Frontier
Deal With the Devil
The Driver (2019)
The Dwelling
Erotic Nights of the Blind Dead (Wild Eye Raw - Unrated)
First Person Shooter (Wilde Eye Raw - Unrated)
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
Retro Afrika: Phase 2
Sum of Existence
The Zombie Apocalypse in Apartment 14F