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

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.

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)!

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.

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.

Umbrella Entertainment's June 2019 New Releases!

MULLETED MARTIAL ARTISTS, NORWEGIAN METAL BANDS, AND REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS POPULATE UMBRELLA'S JUNE SLATE!

Before I start showcasing Umbrella's newest titles, I'd like to list off their May releases that I failed to report on last month, which included: ARCTIC, THE RARE BREED, CASH & COMPANY / TANDARRA, SIDECAR RACERS (Ozploitation Classics), KRULL (featured in its original aspect ratio for the first time!), and STEAMBOY. Moving on then....

As of June 5th, our friends at Umbrella Entertainment unleashed the full fury of Jason Blade in Brian Trenchard-Smith's double feature of DAY OF THE PANTHER & STRIKE OF THE PANTHER! Also available from Umbrella this month: METROPOLIS (which is based upon Osamu Tezuka's comic of the same name), Universal's THE BLACK CAT (featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi!), LORDS OF CHAOS the "Story of True Norwegian Black Metal," and Tom DeSimone's REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* On July 3rd, Umbrella is releasing two new awesome trailer compilations: DRIVE-IN DELIRIUM: DEAD BY DAWN and DRIVE-IN DELIRIUM: WITH A VENGEANCE! DEAD BY DAWN focuses on Horror and T&A flicks while the other volume is all about Action and Sci-Fi!

* Also available on July 3rd is GOODBYE PARADISE. Part of Umbrella's continuing Ozploitation Classics line, this detective thriller follows a cynical ex-cop that is searching for a politician's missing daughter amidst the backdrop of political corruption and murder!

* On July 8th, Umbrella releases Jackie Chan's WHO AM I? to Blu-ray disc! This film features an amnestic Chan trying to regain his memory and take down a double agent.

* Later this year on September 4th, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT makes its Australian Blu-ray debut. The disc appears to be bare bones.

THE BLACK CAT (1934)

Synopsis: Horror icons Boris Karloff (FRANKENSTEIN) and Bela Lugosi (DRACULA) star in the shocking classic THE BLACK CAT, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. After a bus crash on a lonely Austrian road, American honeymooners, Joan (Jacqueline Wells) and Peter Alison (David Manners) are forced to spend the night at the house of Poelzig (Karloff), a sinister looking man who is engage in an intense feud with Dr. Werdegast (Lugosi), whom the couple met on the Orient Express.

Held captive in the mausoleum against their will, they soon discover that Poelzig is the high priest at Black MAss and has chosen Joan to be the Devil's bride. The couple is then faced with trying to escape the unspeakable treachery culminating in an unforgettable climax to this horror classic.

Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Black & White | 65 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 Dual Mono

Extras:

• None.

ORDER "THE BLACK CAT" ON DVD NOW FROM AMAZON.COM OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

DAY OF THE PANTHER & STRIKE OF THE PANTHER (1988)

Synopsis: Get ready for an Ozploitation double-bill like you’ve never seen before! Shot on location in Hong Kong and Australia, DAY OF THE PANTHER and its sequel, STRIKE OF THE PANTHER, explode from the screen in a flurry of bloody fists, spiked bats, nunchucks and mullets! Packed with dangerous stunts and muscle cars smoking it up on suburban Perth streets, DAY and STRIKE are a double-bill of rarely seen Ozploitation mayhem that will leave you gasping to rewind and check what you have just seen.

Starring Australian screen icons, John Stanton, Rowena Wallace and Michael Carman, Umbrella Entertainment have dug deep into the vaults of Australian cult cinema to unearth this indie assault, filmed back-to-back in Australia's bicentennial year of 1988.

Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (THE MAN FROM HONG KONG, FROG DREAMING), these long forgotten Australian action gems have been resurrected and scanned in 4K from their original 35mm interpositive elements. For the first time, these cult time-capsules have been remastered in HD and presented in their original aspect ratios.

DAY OF THE PANTHER
Martial-arts expert, Jason Blade (Edward John Stazak) goes after a criminal gang and its boss, who were responsible for the death of his partner.

STRIKE OF THE PANTHER
Jason Blade is back! After rescuing the daughter of prominent businessman David Summers, from a brothel in Dalkeith, he forms the Crime Task Force to assist in the capture of Jim Baxter (James Richards, AGENT PROVOCATEUR). When Baxter kidnaps Blade's girlfriend, Gemma Anderson (Paris Jefferson, THE COUNSELOR) Blades seeks revenge but Baxter has found refuge in a deserted power station and wired it with enough explosives to destroy half of Perth.

Disc Specs:
Rated M | Color | 180 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio

Extras:

• Trailers

ORDER THE BLU-RAY DOUBLE FEATURE OF "DAY OF THE PANTHER" & "STRIKE OF THE PANTHER" FROM AMAZON.COM OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (2018)

Synopsis: USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack through 5 incidents and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view. He views each murder as an artwork in itself, even though his dysfunction gives him problems in the outside world. Despite the fact that the final and inevitable police intervention is drawing ever near, which provokes and puts pressure on Jack, he is - contrary to all logic - set on taking greater and greater chances.

Along the way we experience Jack's descriptions of his personal condition, problems and thoughts through a recurring conversation with the unknown Verge - a grotesque mixture of sophistry mixed with an almost childlike self-pity and in-depth explanations of, for Jack, dangerous and difficult maneuvers.

Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 153 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 5.1 Dolby Surround

Extras:

• None.

ORDER "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" ON DVD FROM AMAZON.COM OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

LORD OF CHAOS (2018)

Synopsis: The story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious practitioners: a group of young men with a flair for publicity, church-burning and murder: MAYHEM.

Oslo, 1987, Seventeen-year-old Euronymous is determined to escape his idyllic Scandinavian hometown and create "true Norwegian black metal" with his band, MAYHEM. He's joined by equally fanatical youths - Dead and Varg. Believing that they're on the cusp of a musical revolution, the group gets even darker driven by the black metal dogma to spread evil.

They begin burning down churches and stealing tombstones for their record store. But when the excess catches up with them and Euronymous takes more credit than he's earned for the group's violent acts, Varg, fresh out of jail, arranges for a dark encounter to settle the score and ultimately determine who the darkest black metal musician is.

Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 118 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 5.1 Dolby Digital

Extras:

• None.

ORDER "LORDS OF CHAOS" ON DVD FROM AMAZON.COM OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

METROPOLIS (2001)

Synopsis: Brace yourself for a totally new experience in cutting-edge animation. Based on the classic comic created by Osamu Tezuka (ASTRO-BOY), written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA) and directed by Rintaro (GALAXY EXPRESS 999), Metropolis is a spectacular film featuring stunning imagery and unforgettable characters.

In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red's violent son, Rock, distrusts robots and intends to find and destroy Tima.

Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis Tima is beginning a sweet friendship with the young nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima's life - and the fate of the universe - is dangerously at stake.

Disc Specs:
Rated PG | Color | 108 minutes | Region Free
Video - 1080p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0

Extras:

• The Making of Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis documentary
• Filmmaker Interview
• Animation Comparisons: Comparison 1: City View, Comparison 2: Wheel Room
• Trailer
• Promotional Trailer

ORDER "METROPOLIS" FROM AMAZON.COM (BLU-RAY) OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT (DVD & BLU-RAY)!

REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS (1986)

Synopsis: Enter Pridemore Juvenile Facility and you can look forward to a world without windows, without the possibility of escape and without hope. A claustrophobic world bursting at the seams with pent-up aggression and caged terror.

Jenny Williams, a young first-time offender, learns hard and fast that the rules of the outside world don’t apply at this reform school. Warden Sutter (Sybil Danning) rules with an iron fist. Edna (Pat Ast), dictates sadistic order and Charlie (Wendy O. Williams), the unofficial head of the cell-block, preys on the weak. At Pridemore, even “solitary” is preferable to the beating and sexual abuse that run rampant in the cell-blocks.

Do Jenny and her close-knit group of friends stand a chance in such brutal surrounding? Can they even hope to escape with their health and sanity? And will they live long enough to tell the horrible truth of Pridemore’s atrocities? The answers lie in the action-packed conclusion of REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS.

Disc Specs:
Rated M | Color | 95 minutes | Region Free
Video - 480p Widescreen (16:9)
Audio - 2.0 Dual Mono

Extras:

• None.

ORDER "REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS" ON DVD FROM AMAZON.COM OR UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

Also available this month from UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT:

• BEND OF THE RIVER (SIX SHOOTER CLASSICS - DVD)
• GOING MY WAY (DVD)
• SUPERWOG: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES (DVD)
• UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY

As usual, all of the DVDs and mentioned in this post can be ordered directly from UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT!

New DVDs & Blu-rays for 04/05/2016!

Sorry for the lateness of this post Vault Dwellers. I took a brief break from all things Vault-related because my employer of eleven years lost his hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer after a brave, nineteen-month struggle. (R.I.P - Rob Robinson) He was a good man that treated my coworkers and I like family. And though we didn't always see eye to eye, or share many interests, he always had my back and readily offered a helping hand.

But the time has come to move forward, and get back to the daily grind. And what better way to do it than by telling you all about the DVDs & Blu-rays that came out this past Tuesday?

By far the most important title to be released this week is easily STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS! It's an enjoyable trip back to the galaxy far, far away that many of us grew up with, and has me eager to watch all future additions to this unstoppable Disney franchise! Not in the mood for a space opera? Well several genre distributors have got you covered!

Scream Factory gives us a double dose of high-def Horror with THE HALLOW and #HORROR, while Arrow Video delivers a triple threat of new releases that you will want on your shelves at home: THE BLACK CAT (1981), DEATH WALKS TWICE: THE FILMS OF LUCIANO ERCOLI (which includes DEATH WALKS AT MIDNIGHT and DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS), and YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY!

If none of those titles excite you, and you happen to enjoy anime, there's plenty too choose from this week, including the new GHOST IN THE SHELL movie, Part 2 of MOBILE SUIT ZETA GUNDAM saga, and PARASYTE: MAXIM COLLECTION 1! There's also a several bargain-priced DVD boxed sets, and a few cool direct-to-DVD titles (THE HOARDER looks promising), so there's plenty of options for you this week!

Scroll down to see the full list of this week's genre releases!



NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
#Horror
The Black Cat (1981 - Special Edition)
Cherry Tree
Death Walks Twice: 2 Films by Luciano Ercoli
The Expanse: Season 1
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
The Hallow
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Part 2 Collection
Riot
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Veteran
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (Special Edition)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Parasyte: Maxim Collection 1 (Regular and Limited Editions)
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
Sweatshop


NEW TO DVD
25 Horror Movies
30 Nightmare Movies
Anguish
Ava's Possessions
Creep
Deadly Weekend
The Entity
Exit 14
The Exorcism of Anne Ecklund
Fear the Dead Collection
From Parts Unknown
The Half-Life Horror From Hell or Irradiated Satan Rocks the World!
Haunted Honeymoon (1941)
Heroines of F.U.R.Y.
The Hoarder
Identicals
Lake Fear
The Shadow Zone
Shopping Tour
Sisters of Death
Slender
They Call Me Superseven
Time Rush


NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD
Hammer Film Collection Vol. 2
Contains: Creatures the World Forgot, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Never Take Candy from a Stranger, Maniac, The Snorkel, and Die! Die! Darling!