DVD and Blu-ray Releases: August 2, 2016
Sean Brickley
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We actually have a fairly decent amount of releases for the beginning of a month, folks. This is most likely attributable to the Halloween season being not too far in the distance. Pretty soon, classic movies will be getting re-released as “Collector’s Editions” or as part of a multitude of collections that will be flooding your local shelves in the coming months.
Speaking of classic movies getting re-released, the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is coming to Blu-ray – and guess what? It’s a collector’s edition but unfortunately does not come with an authentic replica of Donald Sutherland’s mustache.
Our other classic release this week is 1971’s The Night Visitor. This too is getting the hi-def treatment but is just a regular old Blu-ray.
As for discrepancies, we’ve got two to talk about. Both Blackburn and Terrordactyl originally had August 2nd as their release date. Now they currently show as unavailable. Hopefully if you’re looking for either, you are successful.
Lastly, the rest of our release list consists of more recent movies. Probably the standout of these would be this year’s Observance. If you haven’t seen it yet, definitely try to check it out.
Pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
The Binding (2015)
Starring:
Max Adler, Larry Cedar
Synopsis:
Once upon a time, God Almighty appeared before one of the chosen, and commanded that he slay his own flesh and blood. Perhaps that time has come again…
Sarah Iman (Amy Gumenick, “Arrow”, “TURN: Washington’s Spies”) is a young mother and faithful minister’s wife. Her religious devotion and idyllic home life, however, are put to the ultimate test when she is forced to uncover the truth behind her husband’s horrific visions. As tensions rise and secrets come to light, Sarah soon finds herself spiraling toward a terrifying choice between faith and blood.
A tale of unthinkable horror in the tradition of Rosemary’s Baby, writer/director Gus Krieger’s journey into the darkest corners of one family’s faith features supporting performances by Leon Russom (True Grit, “Prison Break”) and Larry Cedar (The Crazies, “Deadwood”), with special guest appearances by Max Adler (“Glee”), Catherine Parker (Absentia) and Stuart Pankin (The Artist).
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Bite (2016)
Starring:
Elma Begovic, Annette Wozniak, Jordan Gray
Synopsis:
While on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect which has monstrous results
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Blackburn (2016)
Starring:
Lochlyn Munro, Ken Kirzinger, Calum Worthy
Synopsis:
A forest fire and rock-slide trap five bickering college friends in a small Alaskan ghost town with a horrifying history. When they seek refuge inside the torched ruins of Blackburn Asylum they must fight to survive as the angry inhabitants slaughter the friends one-by-one.
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Female Werewolf (2015) (August 1st)
Starring:
Carrie Gemmell, Shauna Henry, Cheryl Singleton
Synopsis:
From indie filmmaker Chris Alexander (Blood for Irina and Queen of Blood) comes Female Werewolf, an intimate psychodrama about one woman’s search for sex and sanity. “She” (Carrie Gemmell) is a girl in the grip of a waking feverish dream, who is a slave to erotic and bloody fantasies that are slowly seeping into the grind of her sterile reality. As her sexual tensions and anxieties spiral, she slips into madness, believing that she might be turning into a monster.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray)
Starring:
Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Synopsis:
San Francisco health inspectors find alien pods are taking over people as they sleep.
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Most Likely to Die (2016)
Starring:
Perez Hilton, Heather Morris, Jake Busey
Synopsis:
A group of former classmates gather for a pre-party at one of their homes the night before their 10-year high school reunion. One by one, they are brutally slain in a manner befitting each of their senior yearbook superlatives.
As the body count climbs, Gaby is forced to admit that one of her friends may be a psychotic killer. But who? The Jock? The Class President? The Prankster? With their numbers dwindling, suspicion and mistrust pit friend against friend in a deadly race against time. At this reunion it doesn t matter what you were voted as in high school… Now everyone is Most Likely To Die!
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The Night Visitor (1971)
Starring:
Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard
Synopsis:
A powerful Gothic suspense tale of a man wrongly accused of murder, who is committed to an asylum for the criminally insane. While imprisoned, he makes a series of incredible escapes to methodically wreak vengeance on those responsible for putting him there.
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Observance (2016)
Starring:
Lindsay Farris, Stephanie King, Brendan Cowell, John Jarratt, Benedict Hardie
Synopsis:
Atmospherically creepy and visually unnerving, Australia s Joseph Sims-Dennett’s startling feature film debut follows Parker, a young man in the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, but who reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. His assignment it to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, and as her watches bizarre happenings surrounding her, he slowly becomes aware that the derelict building he is in has a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him. A frightening horror tale of a man spiraling into madness and reminiscent of Roman Polanski’s The Tenant, Hitchcock’s Rear Window, and the works of David Cronenberg and David Lynch.
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Panzer (2016)
Starring:
Melina Matthews, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Corvillo, Ariadna Cabrol, Mark Schardan
Synopsis:
On July 21 2012, in the mountains of the Emporda county, near the Spanish border with France, an Archaeology PhD student and three friends, go into a bunker searching for pieces of art supposedly stolen by the Nazis. However, when they open a secret chamber, they only find a few piles of dusty boxes containing small tablets of Panzer Chocolate; which was widely distributed among German soldiers in the 1940’s. Soon, the peaceful lives of the four unlucky friends turn into a scary nightmare, and they find themselves running for their lives.
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The Suffering (2016)
Starring:
Nick Apostolides, Regen Wilson, Elizabeth Deo
Synopsis:
A property appraiser fights for his sanity when he’s trapped on a rural farm inhabited by sinister beings overseen by a mysterious caretaker.
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Summer Camp (2016)
Starring:
Diego Boneta, Maiara Walsh, Jocelin Donahue, Andrés Velencoso
Synopsis:
Four American counselors at a European summer camp must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing plague among children…
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Terrordactyl (2016)
Starring:
David Landry, Jason Tobias
Synopsis:
Following a meteor shower, ancient flying reptiles launch a full assault on Los Angeles, and it is up to two unlikely heroes, Jonas and Lars, to save the day.
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Viral (2016)
Starring:
Analeigh Tipton, , Michael Kelly, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Brianne Howey, Travis Tope
Synopsis:
Teenage sisters Emma (Sofia Black-D’Elia) and Stacey (Analeigh Tipton) live a normal life, until their small suburban neighborhood is stricken with a mysterious parasitic virus. As the disease rapidly spreads throughout the town, the two band together to barricade themselves from infection. But it may already be too late – when the virus enters their home, the sisters are faced with an impossible choice: protect each other, or survive the virus.
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COLLECTIONS
Farm Plus 4 Films: Mother’s Day Massacre / Deadfall Trail / Puppet Master / Memory
Starring:
Freddie Meyer, Michael Hotop, Adam Scarimboloo, Billy Zane, Ann-Margret
Movies:
Farm
Two brothers, bound by the monotony of their rural farm life, find their existence upended by a deadly secret in this apocalyptic zombie thriller.
Mother’s Day Massacre
What Jim finds while searching for his mother is not the open arms of a loving family—it’s the sharp end of a hatchet…wielded by a demented hillbilly and his backward brother.
Deadfall Trail
Three campers head into the wilderness for a bare-bones expedition, but when the situation becomes desperate, the building tension reaches a breaking point.
Puppet Master
Andre Toulon’s demonic crew of puppets unleash their murderous talents on unsuspecting victims.
Memory
When Dr. Taylor Briggs is exposed to a mysterious drug while lecturing in Brazil, he is forced to relive the dark, twisted memories of a killer whose work may not be over.
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