DVD and Blu-ray Releases: August 11, 2015
Sean Brickley
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Welcome back, fellow fiends! Everything is releasing on time this week so let’s get to the highlights.
First off, you know I have soft spot in my heart for older movies, so I have to first mention two collections that are coming out this week: 30 Nightmare Movies and the 20 Feature Horror Collection. For less than 30 bucks you get 50 total movies – some new but also a good handful of older titles as well. We’re talking Prom Night 1 & 2, Puppetmaster 1-5, The Pit and The Pendulum, and more. Add the People Under the Stairs Collector’s Edition Blu on top of your order, and you’re ready to have a completely shut-in weekend.
This week also sees the Unrated Edition of Dead Silence getting its Blu-ray release in addition to the DVD and Blu-ray releases of this year’s financially successful Unfriended.
We will see you again next week, and as always, pleasant viewing!
MOVIES
Changing of Ben Moore (2015)
Starring:
Umberto Celisano, Corey Beaulieu, David Lloydy
Synopsis:
A young man with no recollection of his childhood starts on a journey of self-discovery. While living in his aunt’s house alone, Ben starts developing irregular sleep patterns. His brother Derek, skeptical of Ben’s health and well-being starts filming a video journal to capture Ben sleep walking while having nightmares. Ben has a hard time remembering these night time occurrences while his brother and friends slowly start to realize things are not what they seem with Ben’s sleep psychosis. When Ben’s dog is found dead and his girlfriend goes missing, his quest turns to discovering who is responsible. His deeply concerned friends soon realize they are part of a demonic nightmare.
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Dead Silence (2007)
Starring:
Donnie Wahlberg, Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Bob Gunton, Michael Fairman
Synopsis:
Ever since Mary Shaw was hunted down and killed, the small town of Ravens Fair has been haunted by horrific deaths. When a local’s wife is brutally murdered, he returns home to unravel the terrifying legend of Mary Shaw and the reason why when you see her, you should never, ever scream.
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The Glass Man (2013)
Starring:
James Cosmo, Andy Nyman
Synopsis:
From the outside, Martin seems to have the perfect life. On the inside, however, his world is falling apart. He gets fired from his job, his wife suspects he’s having an affair, and he owes money to the wrong people. One fateful night a loan shark comes to collect what he is owed and offers an ultimatum –be his accomplice for the evening or lose everything. As they hurtle towards the terrible deed that Martin must perform, it becomes clear that Martin’s entire existence will be shattered beyond repair.
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Horror House On Highway 6 (2015)
Starring:
Joanna Bartling, Misty Madden, Sean McCracken, Brian Papson, William Caldwell
Synopsis:
A college student is injured by a malfunctioning soda machine on Highway 6. His fellow students take him to a doctor who lives in a basement bomb shelter and awaits the second coming of Elvis Presley. They can’t leave, and a killer stalks them with an ax.
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i-Lived (2015)
Starring:
Sarah Power, Jan Broberg, Jeremiah Watkins
Synopsis:
A young online app reviewer’s latest assignment mysteriously improves his life, but also starts to tear him apart.
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The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Starring:
Tim Holt, Hans Conried
Synopsis:
A Navy commander leads a desert search-and-destroy mission for prehistoric sea snails.
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The People Under The Stairs (1991) (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray)
Starring:
Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, Ving Rhames
Synopsis:
A ghetto boy discovers his landlords are weirdos hiding something in the cellar.
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Poltergeist Activity (2015)
Starring:
Lee Bane, Natalie Martins, Dale Sills
Synopsis:
After the death of his wife, David Prescott moves to a secluded farmhouse in a Welsh village with teenage daughter Katherine. A stressful, upsetting time is soon made all the worse when they encounter unexplained occurrences and frightening visions in their new home. Desperate for answers, David turns to retired paranormal investigator Hans Voltzwho must rediscover all of his skill and spiritual strength to defeat the spectral menace.
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Unfriended (2015)
Starring:
Courtney Halverson, Shelley Henning, Renee Olstead, Will Peltz, Heather Sossaman, Moses Jacob Storm, Jacob Wysocki, Cal Barnes, Mickey River
Synopsis:
Unfriended unfolds over a teenager’s computer screen as she and her friends are stalked by an unseen figure who seeks vengeance for a shaming video that led a vicious bully to kill herself a year earlier.
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Zombie Resurrection (2015)
Starring:
Eric Colvin, Jim Sweeney, Danny Brown, Simon Burbage, Jade Colucci
Synopsis:
It has been 15 months since the zombie apocalypse. With no new infections for months, the zombies have decayed away; deteriorating to slow, disordered, toothless pests. A group of eight survivors are in the middle of a six-day march across the badlands. A faction splits away from the group and discovers a mysterious serene zombie that lays his hands upon one of the horde, who violently returns to life. Petrified, the resurrected man struggles to escape but is immediately re-devoured; a continual recycling of the horde that keeps them fresh and extraordinarily dangerous. Is this the answer to the zombie plague? A deadly balancing act develops between survival and heroism, in an increasingly splatter-ridden game of cat-and-mouse.
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COLLECTIONS
20 Feature Horror Collection
Starring:
Barbara Stanwyck, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Perkins, Lisa Zane, Michael Madsen
Movies:
The House That Would Not Die
Ruth and her niece, Sara, move into an old home with a dark past and are faced with strange occurrences of spirits and possession.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Under the direction of Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker’s wife is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the Inquisition.
Cruel Will
Lily and Paul’s lives are overcome by the death of her father. Haunted by his remaining ashes, strange visions and frightening violence wreck paranormal havoc in their once happy home.
Ray Bradbury: Banshee and The Small Assassin
Two classic episodes from “The Ray Bradbury Theater”, one story features a lurking banshee and stars Peter O’Toole, while the other story presents an unwanted eerie child and stars Cyril Cusack.
Daughter of Darkness
Katherine travels to Romania to find her father and uncovers their blood-sucking legacy. Starring Anthony Perkins.
Meadowoods
Three friends plan a murder of a random victim. They’ve done the leg work, but can they muster up the guts to go through with it?
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
Marie and her husband plan a relaxing getaway…but something sinister lurks in the light of the full moon.
The Nurse
Nurse Laura Harriman sets out on a psychotic killing spree after her father commits suicide.
The Familiar
The eeriness Sam experienced as a child returns when the sister of his deceased wife drags him into dangerously familiar territory.
Killer Killer
A prison full of serial killers succumbs to the punishment of a woman who takes on the presence of their past victims.
Grizzly Rage
A post-graduation celebration becomes a fight for survival when a group of friends accidentally kill a grizzly bear cub and must face the wrath of its furious mother in this creature feature seen on SyFy.
Croc
A giant, man-eating crocodile terrorizes a coastal Thailand town and threatens the livelihood of Jack’s exotic animal farm.
Maneater
Small town sheriff Grady Barnes (Gary Busey) gets the shock of a lifetime when the bloody body parts he finds in the woods are linked to a vicious, man-eating tiger.
Chupacabra vs. The Alamo
Erik Estrada takes on a deadly pack of blood-thirsty Chupacabras loose in the Texas desert.
Dire Wolf
A genetically-modified creature—part dire wolf, part human—is on the prowl in a rural community.
Grim
After a series of mysterious disappearances, a team of cavers discovers the perpetrator—a grotesque, violent troll with a ginormous appetite.
The Greenskeeper
A lawn-mowing, throat-slitting greenskeeper takes out a group of snobby rich kids at a country club.
The Dead of Night
Grotesque ghouls attack and take over a group of teens, transforming them into the same mindless creatures when night falls.
Deadly Instincts
An alien monster crash-lands at an all-girls school and prowls the tunnels below campus capturing victims for breeding.
The Dark
It feeds on the dead, waiting beneath the surface…tempting its victims into the dark. Now the two men who have witnessed the creature’s wrath are determined to track it down.
Purchase:
30 Nightmare Movies V.2
Starring:
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ironside, Vincent Price, Dan Byrd
Synopsis:
Warning, this collection is designed to inspire nightmares of epic proportion. Gather all of your horror-movie-watching friends together for binge-worthy fun with these 30 films because no one will want to be alone when the lights go down. You will have anything but a peaceful snooze.
Includes:
19 Doors
3 A.M.: Inspired by a True Story
Bunnyman
Cruel Will
Dark Spirits
Death Dreams
Destined To Be Ingested
Evidence of a Haunting
Filth to Ashes Flesh to Dust
House on Haunted Hill
How To Be a Serial Killer
I Eat Your Skin
Killjoy
Meadowoods
Mortuary
Netherworld
Occupied
Ominous
Prom Night
Prom Night 2
Puppet Master
Puppet Master II
Puppet Master III
Puppet Master 4
Puppet Master V
The Cry
The Killing Jar
The Last Man on Earth
Zombies vs. Strippers
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Deranged Killers: Stories of Psychos, Sex and Slaughter
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
A terrifying trio of tales guaranteed to leave you shuddering in fear! Four Hours of Deranged Killing Madness!
The Sexual Serial Killer: A strange woman develops a lust and desire for sex that fills her every waking hour. In order to satisfy her insatiable appetite she sells herself as a highly paid lady of the night. She begins having nightmares and seeks the aid of a shrink to help her understand the blood chilling visions of pain, torture and death she is experiencing, but even the doctor is not prepared for the shocking truth to her dreams.
The Video Killer: A man descends into darkness after he sees the most horrifying snuff film ever made. He is scarred for life and plummets into the abyss attracting Vampires, Serial Killers, and deranged members of a body modification cult. As he spirals down closer and closer to the edge of sanity he is haunted by the ghost of the snuff film victim who screams out for revenge from beyond the grave.
The Mutated Executioner: A group of youths travel across state to get away from it all. The only thing on their minds is sex, booze, drugs, and rock and roll. When engine trouble sidelines the party, the group begins a downward spiral when they encounter an abomination of nature and science in the woods. The party comes to a screeching halt as they are picked off one by one by a hatchet wielding freak.
Purchase:
High School Horror Double Feature
Starring:
Alex Dobrenko, Blair Jackson, Chris Hlozek, Debbie Rochon, Elyse Bigler
Movies:
Bloody Homecoming
A group of seniors anxiously prepare for Homecoming night in the sleepy town of Winston. Three years after a tragic accident left a student dead at the annual dance, they find themselves haunted by a deadly visitor from their past. Unable to bury old demons, it looks like it’s finally payback time, and someone’s out for blood. Before the night is over, the halls will run red as they are stalked, staked and butchered by a relentless, savage killer bent on revenge. They must stop whoever is hunting them, or this year’s dance is going to be a killer.
Varsity Blood
This football season, Hogeye High’s Warriors and cheerleaders are out for blood. Unfortunately, someone is out for theirs, and they’ll be forced to take one for the team. After the big Halloween football match, the students are joined by an uninvited guest dressed as their high school mascot armed with a bow and arrow, a battle-axe, and an insatiable appetite for butchery. Soon, they find themselves fighting for more than the winning score as terror becomes the name of the game. Featuring “enough inventive kills to keep even the most rabid gorehound happy, a supremely entertaining slasher rollercoaster” (Hysteria Lives!).
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