DVD and Blu-ray Releases: September 5, 2017
Sean Brickley
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Welcome back to another Blu-ray and DVD release list, friends. For a week that has 15 total releases, there are oddly no discrepancies to speak of.
Fans of the long-running TV series “Supernatural” have reason to rejoice. The complete 12th season (yes, there will be a 13th season) will be releasing on both Blu-ray and DVD this week.
If you have the equipment to play 4K Ultra HD technology, The Cabin In The Woods will be available this week. Also in the vein of slightly more comedic of offerings, this week sees the Blu-ray release of American Psycho 2: All American Girl, featuring Mila Kunis and William Shatner.
In terms of classics, Joan Crawford’s 1965 offering I Saw What You Did will be getting a release this week, and you can check out our review of it here. Shout! Factory is also releasing 1977’s The Spell on Blu-ray this week.
A Dark Song will be coming out on both DVD and Blu-ray this week. Two other newer movies getting the DVD/Blu-ray treatments are Vampire Cop and The Atoning.
Be sure to check back next week. The Halloween season will be in full effect as we will be discussing 50 different releases, including more than a handful of great collections, classics, newer hits and collectible Steelbooks. As for now, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002)
Starring:
Mila Kunis, Geraint Wyn Davies, William Shatner, Robin Dunne, Lindy Booth
Synopsis:
Patrick Bateman is dead. But his evil legacy continues in the body of Rachael Newman, the only victim who managed to escape Bateman’s grasp. However, she did not remain unscathed from the encounter. Instead, Rachael has developed an obsession with serial killers. College is competitive for every student and Rachael is no exception. She will get rid of anyone who stands between her and her goal of becoming the teaching assistant to the infamous Dr. Daniels, a professor, and former FBI profiler. The rigors of surviving college life can be challenging to a young, beautiful co-ed like Rachael. In a world where the stakes are higher and sex can kill, lies the terror of the new American Psycho.
The Atoning (2017)
Starring:
Virginia Newcomb, Cannon Bosarge, Michael LaCour
Synopsis:
Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment on, they’re thrust into a horror worse than anything they’ve ever experienced. Personal demons manifest and tear the family apart from the inside out as they come to terms with their past.
The Basement (2017)
Starring:
Caroline Boulton, Takács Zalan, Richard Rifkin, Marina Gera, Zoltan Fule
Synopsis:
After a huge house party, a group of international students looking for a thrill decide to investigate an abandoned basement. Officially, the basement has been abandoned for decades. However, they soon discover that it is anything but empty. What starts off as an exploratory séance ends in bloody mayhem when a malicious entity is summoned. Supernatural freaks, mystery, blood, and death lurk around every turn. As the survivors try to escape at all costs, the situation becomes more and more dire.
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams
Synopsis:
Now available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD! A rambunctious group of college friends steals away for a weekend in an isolated country cabin only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures.
A Dark Song (2017)
Starring:
Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane, Catherine Walker, Steve Oram
Synopsis:
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
The Early Works of Marcus Koch (2017) (Limited Edition, Just 100 Sold)
Starring:
Marcus Koch
Synopsis:
The Early Films of Marcu Koch focuses on two early shot on video motion pictures from him, White Massacre and Lunchmeat. It also (tentatively) features two early shorts (one unfinished) as bonus extras. Two early tales of horror from the man of nightmares, Marcus Koch! First up, White Massacre. Luther Edward Baxtor escapes from a mental asylum, and stalks a group of kids hanging out while their parents are away. Then stay tuned for Lunchmeat. A man kills and eats people and and his friends have no idea until he falls in love with a girl and decides he wants to show her his cooking skills.
The Ghoul (2016) (Special Edition)
Starring:
Tom Meeten, Alice Lowie, Rufus Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Dan Renton Skinner
Synopsis:
From executive producer Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) comes a mind-bending British psychological thriller to sit alongside such classics of the genre as Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s Performance, David Lynch’s Lost Highway and Christopher Nolan’s Following.
Chris is a homicide detective called to London to investigate a strange double murder. Both victims appear to have continued moving towards their assailant despite multiple gunshots to the face and chest. On a hunch, and with the help of an old colleague and former girlfriend Chris decides to go undercover as a patient to investigate the suspect’s psychotherapist, the mysterious Alexander Morland, who has a taste for the occult…
The debut feature of writer-director Gareth Tunley, starring Tom Meeten (Sightseers), Alice Lowe (Garth Marenghi s Darkplace) and Dan Renton Skinner (Notes on Blindness), The Ghoul is the latest standout addition to a thriving new wave of British cinema.
I Saw What You Did (1965)
Starring:
Joan Crawford, Andi Garrett, Sarah Lane, John Ireland, Joyce Meadows
Synopsis:
A prank phone call leads to a night of pure terror in director William Castle’s I Saw What You Did, starring screen legend Joan Crawford. With her parents away on an overnight trip, Libby (Andi Garrett) amuses herself by joining her friend Kit (Sarah Lane) in calling up strangers and whispering, “I saw what you did.” When Libby dials Steve Marak (John Ireland), a psychopath who just murdered his wife (Joyce Meadows), his jealous neighbor (Crawford) listens in on the call – a conversation that ends with the panicky killer determined to silence them all.
Peek-A-Boo… Then I Strangle You (2017) (Limited Edition, Just 100 Sold)
Starring:
Amira Lynn
Synopsis:
The exploits of the serial strangler The Skull have been dramatized on a new fetish video, Peek-A-Boo…Then I Strangle You! Director Claude Blackwell has produced a tape detailing the strangler’s encounters with three beautiful women with a shocking twist ending! First, actress/model Destiny Stone appears as a woman just waking up. She puts on a thong and skimpy nightie and proceeds downstairs where she is greeted with the messiest of apartments. What follows is lots of bending over, lots of ass shots and even some topless tub scrubbing! After a short phone chat, she is overcome by The Skull, who strangles her until she flops down on the couch. He bends her over the couch, giving us a terrific ass shot and the segment ends with a hilarious touch. Next, actress/model Susan Gold, recently seen in They Made her Sleep: Chloroformed Too appears as an housewife, waking up alone to find a cluttered house. Wearing only a thong and very short nightgown, she picks up! toys, does dishes, unloads laundry, scrubs the tub, bending over constantly, exposing her ass and trying unsuccessfully to keep her breasts from popping out. After an exhausting clean up, she takes a relaxing shower. Afterwards, topless and in a skimpy thong, she is overtaken by The Skull, who strangles her until she passes out. Throwing her over his shoulder, he places her back in the living room for a surprising plot twist. Actress/model Amira Lynn comes home after a hard day at work. She strips down and takes a hot shower. Meanwhile, The Skull sneaks in through a back door. Amira, dressed in lingerie, comes out and it overtaken by The Skull, who chloroforms her until she passes out. She awakens tied to a chair, with a gag in her mouth. The Skull tortures her with strangling and other methods. Amira manages to break free and turns the tables on The Skull for a shocking ending!
The Peeping Nun (2017) (Limited Edition, Just 100 Sold)
Starring:
Sebastian Kult
Synopsis:
Sister Mary is hiding in a world of repression. One sunny afternoon, intending to counsel a young school girl, she finds herself spying on a provocative sunbather. Later, she witnesses a dominant woman seduced a hapless girl. Instead of stopping the madness, our voyeuristic nun finds she likes what she sees until she gets a surprise from someone who was watching her… She finds it’s not quite the same when the tables are turned! Will she overpower the sadistic Photo Fiend! A lost shot on video classic!
Raw (2016)
Starring:
Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
Synopsis:
At 16, Justine is a brilliant, promising student and a strict vegetarian. But when she starts veterinary school, she quickly encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. Desperate to fit in during the first week of hazing rituals, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time and faces the terrible and unexpected consequences of her actions as her true self emerges.
The Spell (1977)
Starring:
Susan Myers, Lee Grant, James Olsen
Synopsis:
A chubby teen-age outcast has occult powers, and she uses them.
The Toymaker (2017)
Starring:
Lee Bane, Erick Hayden, Jo Weil, Nathan Head
Synopsis:
Nazi Germany, 1941, a legendary Occult book that holds the secret of bringing inanimate objects to life ends up in the hands of Toymaker Amos Blackwood. As the Nazis terrorize the locals while searching for the book, the Toymaker uses the power of the book and gives life to his collection of vintage dolls and handmade toys. The SS raid the Toymaker’s shop, confiscating the book and arresting Amos. But the animated dolls and toys don’t take kindly to the loss of their master. So, begins a mission to rescue the Toymaker from the clutches of the Nazis and exact their brutal and bloody revenge.
Vampire Cop (1990) (Limited Edition, Just 100 Sold)
Starring:
Melissa Moore
Synopsis:
It’s not easy being a cop. Especially when you’re a Vampire Cop like Officer Lucas (Ed Cannon). But with the city in the grip of a psycho drug kingpin, it’s time to pull out all the stops and Take A Bite Out Of Crime! But now beautiful reporter Melanie Roberts (Melissa Moore) is onto Lucas’ little secret. Will she expose him… or help him crack the biggest crime caper since Al Capone? Soon the streets are running red with stone dead hookers and bone dry mobsters -all with two little bites on their neck. Will Melanie be next? Or is Lucas ready to make the ultimate vampire’s sacrifice to save her. Vampire Cop was filmed in Florida and Georgia over 1989 and 1990 by writer/director and b-movie legend Donald Farmer -The creator of Cannibal Hookers, Scream Dream and Shark Exorcist. Co-starring Mal Arnold from Blood Feast and Ray Mckinnon from Oh Brother Where Art Thou… Here’s some quotes from Joe Bob Brigg’s 1990 review of Vampire Cop. -“Drive-In Academy Award nomination for Melissa Moore for ripping off her blouse at every opportunity! This flick is wall-to-wall nekkid women! Twelve breasts. Twelve dead bodies. Multiple neck fanging. Double vampire sex in a bathtub! Joe Bob says check it out!” Limited edition, only 100 will be sold.
TELEVISION
“Supernatural” The Complete Twelfth Season
Starring:
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
Synopsis:
In the show’s eleventh season, Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki & Jensen Ackles) faced their greatest challenge yet: the all-powerful Darkness, better known as the sister of God. Freed from her prison by Dean, she threatened all of creation, until God (with the help of Sam, Dean, Castiel and Crowley), made amends with her. Before they left Earth, however, they restored Sam & Dean’s mother, Mary Winchester, to life. In Season Twelve, the Winchesters must not only contend with an escaped Lucifer and the British Men of Letters (who’ve come to end their hunting days), but they’ll also have to relearn what it is to be a family again after all these years.
COLLECTIONS
Midnight Fright Show
Starring:
Tony Swansey, Will III Cummings
Synopsis:
Over SEVEN HOURS of terrifying, gore-soaked, midnight horror show madness! Featuring The Defiled, Crowbar, The Serpeant Vampire, Fast Zombies With Guns and Fell.
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