On Saturday, April 13th this annual event returns to The Palace Theater in Syracuse for a full day of 35mm screenings! The doors open at 10:00 AM to allow attendees to stake out their seats and scope out all the various vendor tables in the lobby. At 10:30 various shorts and 35mm cartoons will fire up on the big screen, and the movies kick-off at 11:00 AM!
But things are a little bit different this time around Vault Dwellers as there will be NO special guests or Q&A sessions, and no breaks between films! (Essentially, you have until the end credits to rush to the bathroom and/or grab a snack!) That's right: This going to be an endurance run! And you may not want to leave your seat much at all because the lineup is populated with some fantastic films and rare gems!
FILM LINEUP:
While I'm not certain about the exact start and stop times for each film, I can at least tell you what's playing, and in what order! Brace yourselves film fans:
JAWS (1975) - Spielberg's immortal classic about a heroic trio battling a man-eating Great White to save their island community! (Read my review HERE.)
EQUINOX (1970) - A sole survivor recounts how he and his friends were attacked by a demon in this rarely screened 1970 classic!
RAZORBACK (1984) - "JAWS on trotters!" An American journeys to the Australian Outback to find out what happened to his wife and ends up battling a giant boar! This is a very rare screening of this film, which is probably one of the artsiest entries into the eco-horror sub-genre!
PSYCHO (1960) - Alfred Hitchcock's classic proto-slasher features Anthony Perkins' in the iconic role of Norman Bates!
NEVER HIKE ALONE (2017) - Vincent DiSanti's awesome FRIDAY THE 13TH fan film! A hiker accidentally wanders onto the remnants of Camp Crystal Lake and quickly discovers that he's not alone! (Digital presentation.)
I DRINK YOUR BLOOD (1970) - After wreaking havoc on a small town, a gang of hippies are infected with rabies, and go on a cannibalism spree. Holy cow, this movie sounds completely bonkers!
THE THING (1982) - John Carpenter's amazing adaptation of Joseph Campbell's novella Who Goes There? An all-star cast is trapped in the Antarctic with a shape-shifting menace from another world in this horror classic! (Read my review HERE.)
SCANNERS (1981) - David Cronenberg's classic involving a man that is tasked with using his psychic powers to hunt down others like him! This one has one of the greatest exploding head scenes in cinematic history!
SEVERANCE (2006) - A group of employees go to a secluded cabin in Hungary for a team-building weekend, and end up fighting for their lives in this fun horror-comedy from Christopher Smith, who also directed CREEP and BLACK DEATH.
Advance tickets for this year's SALT CITY HORROR FEST are currently on sale - CLICK HERE to secure yours now! Regular tickets are $30 while VIP tickets are $60 and will net you a catered dinner plus an official Salt City Horror Fest t-shirt! (Note: There is also a "ticket fee" if you pre-order online.) Otherwise, arrive early on April 13th, get a ticket at the door, and prepare yourself for a full day of 35mm madness!
Sorry this Stock Your Vault post is a bit late Vault Dwellers! The first week of November 2018 is starting out light, though there's a crazy amount of new steelbook releases this week, along with a good number of new 4K UHD discs, and direct-to-DVD titles.
There's quite a bit more out this week, so be sure to scroll down to see the full roster of this week's new DVD & Blu-ray titles!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
The 7th Day
All Light Will End
Incredibles 2
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
A Man Alone (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Mara
My Pet Dinosaur
NEW TO BLU-RAY Don't F*ck in the Woods
Galaxy Angel 2: The Complete Collection
Grindhouse (2-Disc Collector's Edition Steelbook)
Negima!?: The Complete Collection
Patlabor: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Phantasm: Remastered (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Revenge of the Dead
Sharnado: The Complete Collection (Steelbook)
Sherlock: Season One (4K UHD)
Sleepwalkers (Collector's Edition)
Starblazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Part 2
Superman: The Movie (4K UHD)
Transformers: The Ultimate 5-Movie Collection (4K UHD)
Train to Busan (Limited Edition Steelbook)
The Thing (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Wreck-It Ralph (Ultimate Collector's Edition - 4K UHD)
NEW TO DVD
American Exorcism
Angel Links: The Complete Series
Attack of the Adult Babies (Region 2)
Beyond the Sky
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero
Blood, Sweat, and Terrors Darkness Reigns
The Demon Inside
Doctor Who: Episode 109 - Shada
The Grand Son
Heaven's War
The House of Violent Desire
Island Zero
The Little Witch
Mother Krampus 2
Murder After Dark
Murder After Dark Part 2
Murder Before Dark
Murder in Harbor Woods
Restraint
Transplant of a Brain (1970 - Rogue Video)
STEELBOOK COLLECTORS PREPARE TO DOUBLE DIP ON FOUR GREAT HORROR TITLES!
As someone who is constantly upgrading their movie collection (I went from VHS, to DVD, and then to Blu-ray), I have to say that I'm not personally big into buying the same movie again because the packaging is different - that's pretty much why the steelbook craze never really caught on with me.
However, I know a LOT of collectors who dig steelbooks, and if you're one of them, PREPARE FOR GLORY!
GRINDHOUSE (2-DISC COLLECTOR'S EDITION STEELBOOK)
Synopsis: In Robert Rodriguez' PLANET TERROR, an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning
thousands into zombie-like creatures. Now it's up to a rag-tag group of
survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release. In Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PROOF, two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different
times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute
his murderous plans.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 191 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.39:1)
Audio - English Dolby Digital 5.1
Extras:
DISC ONE
PLANET TERROR and DEATH PROOF with intermission cards and fake trailers for WEREWOLF WOMEN OF THE S.S., DON'T, and THANKSGIVING.
Audio commentary for PLANET TERROR by writer/director Robert Rodriguez.
PLANET TERROR Audience Reaction Track.
Audio commentary for THANKSGIVING trailer with director Eli Roth and co-writer/director Jeff Rendell.
DISC TWO:
Robert Rodriguez' 10 Minute Cooking School.
The Makeup Effects of Planet Terror featurette.
The Hot Rods of Death Proof featurette.
The Production Design of Death Proof featurette.
The Making of the Trailers.
GRINDHOUSE's new Steelbook release will be available at most retailers on Tuesday, November 6th, and should cost between $20 - $25! Order yourself a copy now from AMAZON or BULLMOOSE!
PHANTASM (LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK)
Synopsis: PHANTASM presents Mike, Jody, Reggie, and the Tall Man as they've never been seen before. For the first time in high-definition, follow the trio in the remastered original classic that started it all, in which two brothers discover their local mortuary hides a legion of hooded killer dwarfs, a flying drill-ball, and the demonic mortician who enslaves the souls of the damned.
Note: This seems to just be a repackage of the previously released PHANTASM: REMASTERED Blu-ray from Well Go USA, but I cannot confirm that at this time.
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 88 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0, and Dolby Digital Mono.
Extras:
Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Don Coscarelli and Stars Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, and Bill Thornbury.
Audio commentary with writer/director Don Coscarelli, co-producer Paul Pepperman and visual consultant Roberto Quezada.
Graveyard Carz Episode
Vintage interviews with Don Coscarelli and Angus Scrimm.
Deleted Scenes
Phantasm: Actors Having a Ball - Cast interviews.
Phantasm Behind-the-Scenes Home Movies with commentary by Don Coscarelli and Reggie Bannister.
Additional Home Movie Footage
TV Spots
Radio Spots
Angus Scrimm Introduction
Fangoria TV Spot
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
Well Go USA's steelbook repackage of PHANTASM will be available on November 6th and currently costs in the neighborhood of $20 - $28! You can order a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
THE THING (LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK)
Synopsis: Horror master John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK)
delivers "a masterful exercise in claustrophobic suspense… [with]
elaborate special effects [that] set a high standard for films that
followed" (TV Guide). Kurt Russell's iconic and tense performance drives
this chilling version of the classic THE THING.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote
Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for
over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc,
creates terror… and becomes one of them, proving that "Man is the warmest place to hide."
Disc Specs:
Rated R | Color | 109 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Extras:
DISC ONE
2017 4K Scan Of The Feature Film!
DISC TWO
2K Scan Of The Interpositive Supervised And Approved By Director Of Photography Dean Cundey.
4.1 Audio Mix Created From The Original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo Soundtrack.
Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey.
Audio Commentary With Co-producer Stuart Cohen.
Audio Commentary By Director John Carpenter And Actor Kurt Russell.
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailers (U.S. And German)
TV Spots
Radio Spots
Still Gallery (Behind-The-Scenes Photos, Posters And Lobby Cards)
DISC THREE
Requiem For A Shape Shifter – An Interview With Director John Carpenter In Conversation With Filmmaker Mick Garris
The Men Of Outpost 31 – Interviews With Keith David, Wilford
Brimley, David Clennon, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur And
Joel Polis
Assembling And Assimilation – An Interview With Editor Todd Ramsay
Behind The Chameleon: The Visual Effects Of THE THING – Interviews
With Visual Effects Artists Peter Kuran And Susan Turner, Special
Make-up Effects Artist Rob Burman, Brian Wade And Stop Motion Animators
Randall William Cook And Jim Aupperle
Sounds From The Cold – Interviews With Supervising Sound Editor
David Lewis Yewdall And Special Sound Effects Designer Alan Howarth
Between The Lines – An Interview With Novelization Author Alan Dean Foster
Back Into The Cold: A Return To The Shooting Locations Of THE THING –
An Animated Photo Gallery Narrated By Todd Cameron Of Outpost31.com
The Art Of Mike Ploog Gallery
John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A Documentary On
The Making Of THE THING Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt
Russell, Special Effects Make-up Designer Rob Bottin, Legendary Matte
Artist Albert Whitlock And More! (SD)
Network TV Broadcast Version Of THE THING (SD)
Outtakes (SD)
Vintage Featurettes From The Electronic Press Kit Featuring Interviews With John Carpenter, Kurt Russell And Rob Bottin (SD)
Vintage Featurettes – The Making Of A Chilling Tale And The Making Of THE THING (SD)
Vintage Product Reel – Contains A Condensed Version Of The Film With Additional Footage Not In The Film (SD)
Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage (SD)
Annotated Production Archive – Production Art And Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (SD)
Aside from the new artwork and steelbook packaging, all that's new here is the 2017 4K transfer of the film (that's been ported over from the Arrow UK Blu-ray release I believe), which now means that THIS is currently the definitive release of Carpenter's THE THING. Expect to pay $29 - $35 for this bad boy (until it goes out of print), which is apparently only available to purchase from AMAZON and SHOUT! FACTORY.
TRAIN TO BUSAN (LIMITED EDITION STEELBOOK)
Synopsis: When a mysterious virus breaks out across the country, the infected turn into the murderous undead. A few terrified travelers find themselves trapped on a bullet train from hell, fighting for their lives as hordes of the living dead crash towards them, crawling closer with every stop. Suspicion is rife and tensions run high as some will do anything to survive and make it to the safe zone. Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 118 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - Korean DTS:X, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
Extras:
Behind the Scenes
That's A Wrap
Original Trailer
Well Go USA's TRAIN TO BUSAN Steelbook is also due out on November 6th and will cost between $20 - $28. Order yourself a copy now from AMAZON, BULLMOOSE, or DIABOLIK DVD!
Here's an early Halloween treat just for you Vault Dwellers: A new (mobile) Vault-Cast is up on the web for your listening pleasure, and just in time for our favorite holiday!
Recorded on the way to a screening of "Shin Godzilla" (review and podcast coming soon!), we dodged potholes and bad drivers as we waxed nostalgic about our favorite Halloween programming and films, and shared our thoughts on several hidden gems that we recently unearthed (i.e. THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS and DESTROYER)!
Admittedly, the audio quality could be better (we didn't realize there would be so much background noise when we recorded it on the open road), but rest assured that we did our best to reduce it in post-production. You can stream or download this new episode now at LibSyn, or listen to it instantly on YouTube below! (Or look for it on iTunes later this week!)
Thanks for listening Vault Dwellers - we hope you enjoy!
Also a really big special thanks to Vault-Cast fan Chuck Connors for supplying us with a new intro! If you like it, check out his other work at Slicely Studios on SoundCloud!
Only 19 days left 'til Hall-O-ween! Sil-ver Sham-rock! October is rapidly passing us by Vault Dwellers, and this week we are nailed with another huge does of genre titles on DVD & Blu-ray! Brace yourselves!
Scream Factory (who is in the midst of another kick-ass SHOCKTOBER SALE) has finally unveiled their fantastic must-own Collector's Editions of CARRIE and John Carpenter's THE THING, Arrow Video leaps into the fray with a 2-disc Special Edition of DARK WATER, and a great Limited Edition Blu-ray of the original THE HILLS HAVE EYES, and there are now multiple TWILIGHT ZONE releases, so that you can complete your personal collection! Get your favorite episodes, pick up any seasons you might be missing, or go hog wild and buy the complete series at an affordable price!
And this is just the tip of the iceberg this week, so be sure to scroll down to see all the new stuff you can add to your collections this week!
NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Boiling Point
Ghostbusters (2016)
Hannibal: The Complete Series
Insane
The Ip-Man Trilogy
Knight Rider: The Complete Series
The Legend of Tarzan
The Twilight Zone: Season 1
The Twilight Zone: Season 2
The Twilight Zone: Season 3
The Twilight Zone: Season 4
The Twilight Zone: Season 5
Twilight Zone: Fan Favorites
Violent Cop
NEW TO BLU-RAY The Astro Zombies
Carrie (Collector's Edition)
Dark Water: 2-Disc Special Edition
Ghostheads
The Hills Have Eyes (Limited Edition)
Krampus
Middle-Earth: Complete Limited Collector's Edition
Nurse Jill
NEW MULTI-FILM BLU-RAY COLLECTIONS Clint Eastwood 4-Movie Thriller Collection Contains: Coogan's Bluff, The Beguiled, Play Misty for Me, and The Eiger Sanction.
The Old Dark House Mystery Collection Volume 1
Contains: One Frightened Night, House on Haunted Hill (1959), Fog Island, Topper Returns, The bat (1960), Ghost Train, The Monster Walks, Black Abbot, The Phantom, and Thirteenth Guest.
NEW TO DVD
2 Jennifer
555
After School Massacre
American Freakshow
American Slasher
Approaching the Unknown
Atomic Zombies!!!
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Bitten: Seasons 1 - 3
Captain Lust
City in Panic
Club Lingerie
The Coffin Footage
The Devil's Forest
Do Unto Others
The Flytrap
Ghosts in the Machine
The Girl in the Photographs
Halloween Party
The Inhabitants
The Invoking 3: Poltergeist Dimensions
Killer Ink
Kolchak - The Night Stalker: The Complete Series \
Krush Groove
The Munsters: A Scary Little Christmas
Out of Print
Pandorica
Paranormal Sexperiments Phantom of the Theatre
Plan Z
Possessed from Beyond: Horrors of the Paranormal
Punkettes
Rotgut
Sliders: The Complete Series
Slink
Spellbound
Surgikill
Tales of Poe Trust Your Photographer
Twilight Zone: The 5th Dimension Collector's Set
Twilight Zone: Classic Christmas Episodes
Twilight Zone: The Complete Series
Twilight Zone: The Essential Episodes
Twilight Zone: More Fan Favorites
NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD 3-Munster Laugh Pack: Contains: Munster Go Home, The Munsters' Revenge, and Munsters - A Family Portrait.
A Werewolf in the Amazon Collection Contains: A Werewolf in the Amazon, The Scarlet Scorpion, The Seven Vampires, The Secret of the Mummy, and a collection of 16mm short films by director Ivan Cardoso.
ON OCTOBER 11TH, SCREAM FACTORY DELIVERS THE DEFINITIVE BLU-RAY OF JOHN CARPENTER'S
"THE THING!"
UPDATE: The original street date of September 20th has been pushed back until October 11th! Glaring audio issues were found in the main audio track, so all of us fans will have to wait just a bit longer to get the best possible release of this Carpenter classic!
THE THING is one of my all-time favorite films, so I'm ok with having to buy it again. (I've previously owned it on VHS, DVD, and currently own the Universal Blu-ray.) But now it's time to upgrade again to the last THING release (you and) I will ever need!
Film Synopsis: In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and takes on the appearance of those it kills.
Paranoia strikes deep, and the stakes are high as the military personnel attempt to flush out the creature and kill it before it can assimilate them all. If they fail, "this Thing" could possibly make its way to civilization, where it could wipe out all of humanity in mere months!
Directed by Carpenter, THE THING stars Kurt Russell (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA) and features special visual effects by Albert Whitlock (DUNE) and special makeup effects by Rob Bottin (THE HOWLING, FIGHT CLUB).
Disc Specs:
Color | Rated R | 109 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio - DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Extras:
NEW 2K scan of the Inter-positive supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Cundey!
NEW 5.1 created from the original 70MM Six Track Dolby Stereo soundtrack.
NEW Audio Commentary with director of photography Dean Cundey.
NEW The Men of Outpost 31 - Interviews with Keith David, Thomas Waites, Peter Maloney and more!
NEW Assembling and Assimilation – An interview with editor Todd Ramsay.
NEW Behind the Chameleon – interviews with visual effects artists Peter Kuran and Susan Turner, special make-up effects artists Rob Burman and Brian Wade, and more!
NEW Sounds from the Cold – interviews with supervising sound editor David Lewis Yewdall and special sound effects designer Alan Howarth.
NEW Between the Lines – an interview with novelization author Alan Dean Foster.
Audio Commentary by director John Carpenter and actor Kurt Russell.
John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape – A documentary on the making of THE THING featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, special effects make-up designer Rob Bottin, legendary matte artist Albert Whitlock plus members of the cast and crew (80 minutes – SD)
Outtakes (5 minutes - SD)
Vintage featurettes from the electronic press kit featuring interviews with John Carpenter, Kurt Russell and Rob Bottin (12 minutes - SD)
Vintage featurettes – The Making of a Chilling Tale and The Making of THE THING (1982 – 14 minutes - SD)
Vintage Product Reel – contains a promotional condensed version of the film with additional footage not in the film (19 minutes - SD)
Annotated Production Archive – Production Art and Storyboards, Location Scouting, Special Make-up Effects, Post Production (48 minutes - SD)
Network TV Broadcast version of THE THING (92 minutes - SD)
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailers (U.S. and German Trailer)
TV spots
Radio Spots
Still Gallery (behind-the-scenes photos, posters and lobby cards)
A new HD transfer?! A newly created 5.1 audio track?!! The Network TV Edit of the film?!?! And supposedly, there may be even MORE extras piled on before September draws near! Clearly this is the last release of this film any of us will ever need, so naturally you'll want to order your copy ASAP.
Shout! Factory did have a limited (to 1,500) edition up for pre-order on their site the other day, but that is currently gone! (All it came with was a second slipcover and an additional poster featuring alternate poster art, plus you would have gotten the disc three weeks early!)
And for those of you who aren't in a rush to get your paws on this Blu-ray (HA!), you can always order a copy from AMAZON.COM!
Regardless, order your copy of THE THING: COLLECTOR'S EDITION and then start counting down to OCTOBER 11TH (or September 20th if you ordered the Deluxe Edition from Shout! Factory, or September 27th if you ordered the standard Collector's Edition)!
