STOCK YOUR VAULT: New DVDS & Blu-rays for 05/12/2020!

Vault Master's Pick of the Week!

Now that we're back into the swing of things here at The Vault, it's time for another weekly edition of our STOCK YOUR VAULT column! This week has a pretty small lineup of new releases, but as always, there are a few must-haves lurking about!

VCI released their Special Edition of DYNAMO as part of their martial-arts themed "Pearl River Collection," Mill Creek Entertainment added THE DALLAS CONNECTION and ENEMY GOLD to their Andy Sidaris Blu-ray series, and Shout! Factory gave HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE and PONYO new Steelbook releases! Speaking of steelbooks, Section 23 just put out a new steelbook of VAMPIRE HUNTER D that looks great but is outrageously priced!

Dark Force Entertainment's latest Blu-ray offering is TEENAGE HITCHHIKERS, The Film Detective finally releases their delayed 40th Anniversary Limited Edition of FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (on May 15th), and Scorpion Releasing brings SHADOW PLAY to both DVD & Blu-ray today! For those of you looking for something more recent to add to your collection, you can now own BIRDS OF PREY, Blumhouse's FANTASY ISLAND, and VIVARIUM on DVD or Blu-ray!

Scream Factory's lone title this week is their new Collector's Edition of IDLE HANDS, which boasts a new audio commentary and multiple cast & crew interviews, and it would have been my pick of the week, had Warner Archive Collection not released THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM. Boasting an all new restoration and several bonus features, this movie (which was once considered a "lost film") this proto-HOUSE OF WAX has never looked so good!

There are still multiple DVD & Blu-ray titles out today that I haven't mentioned gang, so be sure to scroll down to see the full roster!


NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Birds of Prey
Fantasy Island (2020)
Gordon of Ghost City (VCI)
The Great Escape (Criterion Collection)
Lucifer: The Complete Fourth Season
The Mystery of the Wax Museum (Warner Archive Collection)
Shadow Play (Scorpion Releasing)
Vivarium
What the Waters Left Behind (Unearthed Films)


NEW TO BLU-RAY
Code:Breaker - The Complete Series
The Dallas Connection (Mill Creek Entertainment)
The Devil May Cry: The Complete Series
Dynamo (Special Edition - VCI)
Enemy Gold (Mill Creek Entertainment)
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (40th Anniversary Limited Edition - The Film Detective)
Howl's Moving Castle (Shout! Factory - Steelbook)
Idle Hands (Collector's Edition - Scream Factory)
Ponyo (Shout! Factory - Steelbook)
Star Trek Trilogy: The Kelvin Timeline (4K UHD)
Teenage Hitchhikers (Dark Force Entertainment)
Vampire Hunter D (Limited Edition Steelbook - Section 23)


NEW TO DVD
Bombshells and Dollies
The Boneyard
Church of the Damned
Dropa
Elijah and the Rock Creature
Evil Little Things
The Jaguar Project / Majestic Thunderbolt (Double Feature)
Jekyll and Hyde
Killbird
A Nun's Curse
Rev
Ryan's Babe
Strange Events 3
The Voices
Weird Fiction
You Die


NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON BLU-RAY
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema II
Contains: Thunder on the Hill, The Price of Fear, and The Female Animal.

The Warner Archive Collection Wants You to Solve THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM!

THE ORIGINAL "HOUSE OF WAX" MAKES ITS BLU-RAY DEBUT ON MAY 12TH THANKS TO THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION!

It may shock many of you to know that 1953's HOUSE OF WAX, featuring the legendary Vincent Price, was in fact a remake of Michael Curtiz' 1933 classic THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM. For the longest time, the only way to see it was to purchase the (now out of print) 3D Blu-ray release of HOUSE OF WAX! That all changes on Tuesday (May 12th!) when Warner Archive gives this (once lost) film an official Blu-ray release that boasts a gorgeous new HD restoration and exclusive bonus features!

Synopsis: Bodies are mysteriously disappearing all over town, and a new wax museum has just opened. Is there a connection? But of course! In this horror classic, Fay Wray (KING KONG) stars as the intended next victim of a mad wax sculptor obsessed with her resemblance to one of his prior creations. Glenda Farrell plays a quintessential wisecracking newspaper reporter, and noted actor Lionel Atwill is the deranged artist who loses his studio to a fire set by his partner.

Filmed in the early Two-Color Technicolor® process, THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM was considered a lost film for decades, until a well-worn print was discovered nearly 50 years ago. Thanks to the meticulous new restoration presented on this disc, the film can now be experienced as intended!

Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 77 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Audio - English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono

Extras:

• NEW! HD REMASTER OF THE FILM - Restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation!
• Remembering Fay Wray documentary.
• Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode.
• Audio Commentary by Scott MacQueen, head of preservation at UCLA Film & Television Archive.
• Restoration Featurette

THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM will be available tomorrow, wherever Blu-ray discs are sold, and should cost you between $18 - $22! Add this classic to your collection now (to keep your Blu-rays of both the 1953 and 2005) and order it from AMAZON, BULL MOOSE, DIABOLIK DVD, or directly from WARNER ARCHIVE's website.