VAULT MASTER'S COLLECTOR'S CORNER: MY KINO LORBER ROCKTOBER 2021 HAUL!

 

Just got my latest Blu-ray haul (after I promised myself I wouldn't splurge for the remainder of the year) from Kino Lorber, who is currently having a ROCKTOBER SALE (ends on October 26th, 2021), with some really great prices on hundreds of classic titles! There's a lot of Code Red reissues (e.g. CONQUEST, JUST BEFORE DAWN, PANIC, SLITHIS, DEVIL'S EXPRESS), a bunch of Film Noir boxed sets, and more for some really hard to beat prices!

I myself just blew in BURIED ALIVE (a staple of my childhood that used to play on USA Network all the time!), CONQUEST (Fulci does sword & sorcery), DEVIL'S EXPRESS, GOG (in 3D!), JUST BEFORE DAWN (which contains two cuts of the film), THE MASK (in 3D!), THE MAZE (in 3D!), THE QUEST (aka FROG DREAMING), and SEPTEMBER STORM (in 3D!)! As an added bonus, I pre-ordered the complete KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER TV series (it's currently cheapest if you order direct from Kino) and it showed up early! 

View a few pics of my newest acquisitions below and be sure to follow me over on Instagram for more similar posts! Also be sure to follow me over on Facebook and Twitter for a constant stream of random thoughts, Blu-ray announcements, and other cool stuff!

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STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 09/29/2020!

 

Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Hello fellow collectors of fine physical media, and welcome to yet another (late) edition of the News Vault's STOCK YOUR VAULT column! This past Tuesday saw a noticeable increase of new DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K discs, but as we head towards Halloween, there are going to be some definite must-have titles, so plan accordingly Vault Dwellers!

This week The Criterion Collection released their new Blu-ray of the beautiful (and oh so sad tale of) THE ELEPHANT MAN, Universal released a triple feature of JAWS 2, JAWS 3(D), and JAWS: THE REVENGE on Blu-ray, and Discotek Media gave the awesome anime film WICKED CITY its Region A Blu-ray debut!

Scream Factory delivered a new Collector's Edition of 2002's GHOST SHIP, Dark Force Entertainment gave us THE BANKER (with Robert Forster), DEATH RAGE, and a double feature disc featuring CHINESE HERCULES & BRUCE'S NINJA SECRET, Code Red DVD brought us Lucio Fulci's CONQUEST on Blu, and Vinegar Syndrome delivers new Blu-ray releases of THE CALLER and PANDEMONIUM!

Warner Archive Collection released GENESIS II & PLANET EARTH in a double feature set, Kino Lorber released GOTCHA!, the AGFA quietly dropped SOMETIMES AUNT MARTHA DOES DREADFUL THINGS, Scorpion Releasing's lone title for the week was TRICK BABY, and Universal unleashed their BLUMHOUSE OF HORRORS set which features a whopping ten films!

And just when you think there was nothing else you could possibly want to spend money on, Severin Films bursts your bubble with three new titles including MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY, PRIMITIVES, and Bruno Mattei's CRUEL JAWS! All three films have been newly restored, come with a good number of extras, and must be seen to be believed!

There are of course plenty of other new DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K titles I didn't mention yet so keep scrolling to see the full roster!

NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Alien Addiction
Cruel Jaws (Severin Films)
The Dead Ones
The Elephant Man (The Criterion Collection)
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (Severin Films)
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels - Season 1
Primitives (Severin Films)
The Silencing
Stargirl: The Complete First Season


NEW TO BLU-RAY
The Banker (Dark Force Entertainment)
Bleach TV Series: Set 8
The Caller (Vinegar Syndrome)
Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
Chinese Hercules & Bruce's Ninja Secret: Drive in Double Feature #8 (Dark Force Entertainment)
Conquest (Code Red DVD)
Crackers (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Death Rage (Dark Force Entertainment)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part 1
Fire Force: Season 1, Part 2
Flight of the Navigator (Standard Edition - Second Sight Films - Region B Import)
Galaxy Express 999: TV Series Collection 3
Genesis II / Planet Earth (2-Film Collection - Warner Archive Collection)
Ghostbusters I & II (5-Disc 4K UHD - Region Free/B)
Ghost Ship (Collector's Edition - Scream Factory)
Gotcha! (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Hobbs & Shaw / Skyscraper
Kemono Michi: Rise Up - The Complete Series
Lady Death
Maroc 7 (Network - Region B Import)
The Master (88 Films - Region B Import)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - The Complete Collection
My Hero Academia: Season 4, Part 1
Pandemonium (Vinegar Syndrome)
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (AGFA)
Space Adventure Cobra: Complete Original TV Series
Trick Baby (Scorpion Releasing)
Wicked City (Discotek Media)


NEW TO DVD
The Bay of Silence
Centurion AD: Demons Within
Charmed (2018): Season 2
Conjuring the Devil
Daddy's Girl
Faces of Fear
The Good Witch
The Honeymoon Phase (Dark Sky Films)
The House With a Clock in Its Walls / Casper (Double Feature)
Mummy Dearest
Robowoman
The Seven
The Twilight Zone: The Complete 80s Series
Welcome to Sudden Death

NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON BLU-RAY
Blumhouse of Horrors: 10-Film Collection (Universal)
Contains: The Purge, Ouija, The Boy Next Door, Unfriended, The Visit, Split, Get Out, Happy Death Day, Truth or Dare, and Ma.

Universal 10-Film Sci-Fi Collection
Contains: 12 Monkeys, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Lucy, Oblivion, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Pitch Black, Repo Men, Serenity, Seventh Son, and Waterworld.

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 11/27/2018!

Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

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!

Blue Underground just released their new 3-Disc Limited Edition Blu-ray of Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE, Code Red brings ALMOST HUMAN to Blu-ray disc, Shout! Factory re-releases Volume 8 of their Mystery Science Theater 3000 boxed sets, and the Warner Archive Collection finally debuts their delayed Blu-ray release of BREWSTER MCCLOUD!

In Region B news, Studiocanal just released newly restored Blu-ray editions of John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and PRINCE OF DARKNESS, and 88 Films dropped their new Blus for STUDENT BODIES and their BEST OF 80S SCREAM QUEENS set, which contains NIGHTMARE SISTERS, MURDER WEAPON, and DEADLY EMBRACE!

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

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 11/06/2018!

Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

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.

Code Red DVD just released a new Blu-ray of Pupi Avati's REVENGE OF THE DEAD that contains the shorter cut of the film, Well Go USA delivered two Limited Edition Steelbooks for PHANTASM: REMASTERED and TRAIN TO BUSAN, and the final(?) SHARKNADO sequel is now out on DVD & Blu-ray, as is a complete SHARKNADO COLLECTION which comes in collectible Steelbook packaging!

For you 4K lovers, you have some good movies to pick from this week, including INCREDIBLES 2, WRECK-IT RALPH, SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, SHERLOCK: SEASON 1, and TRANSFORMERS: THE ULTIMATE 5-MOVIE COLLECTION. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Scream Factory's two big releases this week: A new limited edition Steelbook of John Carpenter's THE THING, and a Collector's Edition Blu-ray for Stephen King's SLEEPWALKERS!

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)

Code Red Ressurects Pupi Avati's REVENGE OF THE DEAD on Blu-ray!

KINO LORBER DISTRIBUTES CODE RED'S LATEST RELEASE OF PUPI AVATI'S UNDEAD CLASSIC.

There's two things you need to know about REVENGE OF THE DEAD Vault Dwellers. First off, the title and the cover art are terribly misleading. While this film does indeed deal with people returning from the dead, no rotting corpses burst forth from the streets and sewers as pictured.

Secondly, Code Red teamed with Ronin Flix last year to bring ZEDER to Blu-ray. That Region Free disc featured reversible cover art, an interview with director Pupi Avati, a short interview with star Gabriele Lavia, and featured the uncut (99-minute) version of the film. You can still buy copies of that release HERE at Ronix Flix' online store.

With that info out of the way, let's take a closer look at Code Red's new REVENGE OF THE DEAD Blu-ray!

Synopsis: Stefano, a young journalist, buys a used typewriter and accidentally sees that some text is still readable on the ribbon. He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, who in the 1950's discovered that some types of terrain have the power to revive the dead that are buried in them. Stefano's investigations bring him in contact with a group of renegade scientists that are still making experiments to prove Zeder's theories.

Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 89 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English & Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

Extras:

• Interviews with director Pupi Avati and star Gabrielle Lavia!

REVENGE OF THE DEAD is now available wherever Blu-ray discs are sold and costs between $16 - $25. If you're a fan of this film, or just looking for something a bit different in the realm of Italian Horror, pick up a copy of this Blu-ray now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from KINO LORBER!

STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDs & Blu-rays for 10/16/2018!

Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Greetings Vault Dwellers! We're just a mere two weeks away from Halloween, and it seems like we're getting a bit of a breather this week in regards to new DVD and Blu-ray releases.

Arrow Video unveils their Special Edition Blu-ray of SCHLOCK, Warner Archive Collection gives DRACULA A.D. 1972 its Blu-ray debut, Scorpion Releasing rescues THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW from purgatory, and Code Red gives Ruggero Deodato's CUT AND RUN a great new release!

Scream Factory entices HALLOWEEN fans with new limited edition Steelbooks of HALLOWEEN II and HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, Starz brings out a complete collection of the much-loved (but sadly canceled) ASH VS. EVIL DEAD, and Olive Films adds the original INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS to its Signature series label!

Kino Lorber Studio Classics released new Blu-rays of two awful comedies from the 90s, namely IT'S PAT: THE MOVIE and KAZAAM, but redeemed themselves this week with their new Blu of TRILOGY OF TERROR! If you prefer something a little more contemporary, you've got options: ANT-MAN AND THE WASP, COLD SKIN, and UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB have all arrived are all currently available to purchase!

There's still plenty of other new titles out this week Vault Dwellers, so be sure to scroll down to see the full roster of DVDs and Blu-ray discs!


 NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
An Accidental Zombie Named Ted
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete Series
BuyBust
Cold Skin
Down a Dark Hall
The Kids from 62-F
Trilogy of Terror (Special Edition)
Unfriended: Dark Web


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Arizona (2018)
The Big Lebowski (20th Anniversary Edition - Blu-ray & 4K UHD)
The Big Lebowski (20th Anniversary Edition Gift Set)
City Slickers (Collector's Edition - Shout Select)
Cut and Run
Dance with Devils: The Complete Series
Dellamorte, Dellamore (Shameless Numbered Edition - Region B)
Dracula A.D. 1972
Halloween II (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Heavy Object: Season One
High Plains Drifter
The House on Sorority Row
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 - Olive Signature Series)
It's Pat: The Movie
Joe Kidd
Juni Taisen: Zodiac War - Season One
Kazaam
The Mamoru Hosoda Movie Collection
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (30th Anniversary Edition)
Schlock (Special Edition)
Seven Heavenly Virtues
Snow White With Red Hair: The Complete Series
Terraformars: Revenge
Two Mules for Sister Sara


NEW TO DVD
Adam's Testament
Fury of the Fist: And the Golden Fleece
The Green Hill Protocol
He's Out There
Home Stay
Monochrome Factor: The Complete Collection
Rabbit
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Soul Robbers from Outer Space
Tales of Frankenstein
Unfriended: 2-Movie Collection

Surf the Devouring Waves With Code Red's New Blu-ray of Lamberto Bava's MONSTER SHARK!

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!

Reverse cover art. [Click on image to enlarge.]

THE BONEYARD is Coming to DVD & Blu-ray from Code Red DVD!

DEMONIC GHOULS AND A MUTANT POODLE LURK WITHIN  JAMES CUMMINS' "THE BONEYARD!" AVAILABLE APRIL 24TH!

I recall reading a short one-paragraph review of THE BONEYARD in a movie guide from the 90s, but never managed to track a copy down. In fact,  until recently I had forgotten this odd gem existed. Now, thanks to Code Red DVD, I can scope out this quirky classic in high-definition!

Synopsis: A policeman (Ed Nelson) and a psychic (Deborah Rose) link cult mayhem to a morgue (run by Norman Fell) where ancient ghouls are on the loose! The film plunges into the nightmarish experiences of a portly, depressed psychic Alley Oates (Rose), whose involvement in a grisly child-murder case leads her and her detective partner Shepard (Nelson) to an imposing, fortress-like mortuary. Chen, the owner of the funeral home and prime suspect in the case, claims the three mummified corpses in question are not children but ancient demons known as Kyoshi.

It seems the little monsters have been around for centuries as a result of an age-old curse and can only be placated with offerings of human flesh with which the mortician has been supplying them his entire life. When Chen is jailed on murder charges, the under-fed ghouls awaken in search of dinner, trapping the staff inside the mortuary walls and devouring them. The survivors, including Rose and Nelson, use every means at their disposal to combat the demons, which have possessed the bodies of morgue attendant Mrs. Poopinplatz (Phyllis Diller) and her poodle, mutating them into hideous monsters.

Phyllis Diller's terrifying true form revealed!

Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 98 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - LPCM Stereo

Extras:

• NEW! HD Restoration from the Original Negative, with extensive color correction exclusive to this Code Red release!
• Audio Commentary with Director James Cummins and Producer Richard F. Brophy.
• Interviews With Actress Phyllis Diller, Director James Cummins, and Producer Richard F. Brophy. 
• NEW! Exclusive interview with Producer Phil Smoot and Crew Members From North Carolina!
• Reversible Sleeve with Alternate Artwork!

THE BONEYARD is due out on Tuesday, April 24th on Blu-ray and DVD from Code Red DVD! The DVD costs about $14 (and I assume has the same extras as the Blu-ray release), while the Blu-ray disc costs between $17 - $20! You can order a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!

The Strange Case of the BLUE MONKEY Crowdfunding Campaign.

Please note, my goal with this post is not to sling mud at Bill Olsen and Code Red DVD. I appreciate the efforts made by Bill's company, and plan to continue promoting their new Blu-ray releases when possible. However I do feel the need to draw attention to an unfortunate situation that I inadvertently became part of, and make sure to aid those that were affected by it.

Just over a week ago, yours truly shared THIS POST promoting a crowdfunding campaign started by Code Red DVD's proprietor, Bill Olsen, to raise money for an HD restoration of William Fruet's BLUE MONKEY. Days later, after receiving some negative feedback from people on social media (and the GoFundMe page), Bill canceled the campaign. Being one of the unfortunate donors of said campaign, I expected to be notified by Mr. Olsen at some point about the fate of my $30 pledge.

EXHIBIT A
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After about four days, I tried to contact Bill via private message on Facebook, sent an e-mail, and even attempted to hail him on Twitter, but to no avail. I politely inquired if my thirty dollars was going to be refunded, or if it was going to go towards the eventual Blu-ray release of BLUE MONKEY. While patiently waiting for any sort of reply, I visited the Code Red DVD thread over at the Blu-ray.com forums to see if any news could be found there.

While pouring through page after page of posts, (some of which took potshots at Code Red's head honcho) I eventually came across this exchange:

EXHIBIT B
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Yep, you just read all of that correctly: Bill Olsen claimed publicly that he did not create the account and didn't have access to the $400+ that was raised before the "mysterious GoFundMe organizer" shut the whole operation down! It is odd that Bill is trying to claim immunity from the short-lived campaign, especially when he had no problem promoting it weeks ago:

EXHIBIT C - Bill promoting the GoFundMe campaign.
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EXHIBIT D - Code Red DVD (presumably Bill?) retweets my BLUE MONKEY post.
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So here's what I've gleaned from everything I've read online: I'm assuming someone talked Bill into trying crowdfunding to pay for BLUE MONKEY's restoration. Having never attempted it before, he chose GoFundMe instead of IndieGoGo or Kickstarter. Bill then failed to put enough information on his GoFundMe page, resulting in criticism for the unintended "shadiness" of the campaign (and for the $30 price tag for the planned Blu-ray), so he became angry, and deleted the page.

Then instead of reaching out to donors, or rectifying the situation in any manner, Bill attempted to distance himself from the entire thing. His claim that he didn't start the account or have access to the money is questionable to say the least. And even if that were true, Bill clearly supported the crowdfunding endeavor (as proven by the above Facebook post and Retweet), so you'd figure he would take the time to get things sorted out. But as far as I can tell, nothing is being done, so what are the dozen or so donors supposed to do? Contact GoFundMe and get a refund immediately!

To accomplish this you have two options:
First, go to GoFundMe's REQUEST A REFUND PAGE and click on the CONTACT US button. From there, you'll have to fill out a form filled with drop-down menus. Here's a step-by-step:

• WHAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU? - I am a donor and I have a question about donating.
• PLEASE SELECT THE ITEM YOU NEED HELP WITH - I would like to refund my donation. You'll get an automatically generated "answer" with two buttons beneath it. Click on the I STILL NEED HELP button.
• Fill out the new form and follow the prompts.

Another option is to go to the REQUEST A REFUND PAGE, and click on the CONTACT US button. After that....

• Choose the I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FRAUD, TRUST, AND SAFETY option from the drop-down menu. 
• After that select WHAT IS CONSIDERED FRAUD ON GOFUNDME?
• After you reach this point, click on the I STILL NEED HELP button.
• Fill out the form and use this link for the campaign PAGE URL: https://www.gofundme.com/restore-blue-monkey-1987
• Answer all the questions and follow the prompts and then send in your report.

You may be asked for "proof" during this process, so feel free to share this News Vault post (and/or any of the screen grabs above) as your evidence. If all goes well, you should have the money transferred back to your account within 3 - 7 business days (or sooner). Here's hoping everyone gets their cash back, and that we eventually do get a nice shiny Blu-ray of BLUE MONKEY later on down the road!

Help Fund the Restoration, and Blu-ray Release, of William Fruet's BLUE MONKEY!

CODE RED DVD TURNS TO HORROR FANS TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A FULL RESTORATION OF WILLIAM FRUET'S LONG OUT OF PRINT CREATURE FEATURE!

UPDATE (03/20/2018): Having been unable to reach Bill Olsen via e-mail or social media, I had to take matters into my own hands and get a refund directly from GoFundMe. For the details of what happened with this abruptly cancelled crowdfunding campaign, and learn how you can get your money back, CLICK HERE.

UPDATE (03/13/2018): Apparently the crowdfunding campaign was canceled by Bill. I've reached out to him on social media to inquire about the status of the restoration, and to see if refunds are going to be issued to the people that donated! Stay tuned for updates!

Our bi-weekly WANTED ON BLU-RAY column has been doing quite well Vault Dwellers, and there are plenty of titles on the short list that I can't wait to shine a spotlight on. Imagine my utter surprise when one of those titles, BLUE MONKEY, suddenly popped up in my Facebook news feed just the other day.

It seems that Bill Olsen, the owner and operator of Code Red DVD, aims to bring this obscure creature feature to Blu-ray. But unlike his previous efforts in releasing Cult, Horror, and Exploitation classics, this time Bill is looking to crowdfund a high-def restoration of BLUE MONKEY! Just what is this mysterious "azure ape" film I keep mentioning?

Synopsis: A handyman working in an eccentric old woman's greenhouse comes into contact with a strange plant and ends up going to a nearby hospital after pricking his finger on the thornless flower. (We later learn it was more likely an insect bite.) Once he arrives in the ICU, he vomits up a rather large larvae, and begins to succumb to an illness that is liquefying his body from the inside out! Soon the disease is spreading throughout the hospital, leading to a government quarantine of the facility.

Trapped and desperately seeking a cure, the hospital staff fails to keep tabs on a group of precocious kids from the pediatric ward. The children find the insect that was birthed from the unfortunate handyman, and end up pouring a substance onto it (later found to be a growth hormone) that causes it to grow to gigantic proportions.

"HA! Your cans of RAID are now useless puny humans!"

Soon, the giant insect makes itself a nest in the utility tunnels beneath the hospital, and begins laying eggs. It's up to Dr. Rachel Carson (Gwynyth Walsh), Detective Jim Bishop (Steve Railsback), and an entomologist named Elliot Jacobs (Don Lake) to stop the creature, and find an antidote for the growing epidemic!

As for the film's misleading title, I've heard two reasons behind it: The first is that the movie was originally going to have a primate-like creature on the loose. The second is that the title (which was originally GREEN MONKEY, but changed because no one wanted people to equate this film with deadly AIDS-carrying monkeys) sort of refers to a creature that one of the kids in the film has nightmares about. Regardless, this movie has absolutely no monkeys in it at all!

The lack of colorful apes aside, if this Canuxploitation flick sounds enticing to you at all, then please consider pledging $30 ($25 for the Blu-ray + $5 for shipping) towards Bill Olsen's GoFundMe campaign for BLUE MONKEY's restoration! Let's work together to give this long-requested film a Blu-ray release worth owning Vault Dwellers! And if you're not too keen on donating any money, please share the crowdfunding page on Facebook and Twitter to help spread the word!