DVD and Blu-ray Releases: November 3, 2015
I hope that everyone had a happy Halloween and is now looking forward to the consumer crush that will be the next two months or so. We’ve got a smaller list this week at 16 releases, but there should be something here for all of you.
First off, Stephen King’s A Good Marriage made the list for its Blu-ray release on October 20th, but it appears that it may have been pushed back to today. Either way you should be able to find it somewhere. Second, while Some Kind of Hate is coming out this week on DVD, you can pick up the Blu-ray release on December 29th.
While every release is pretty much a recent flick, our classics consists of 1973’s Tenderness of the Wolves and the Stanley Kubrick Collection.
Fans of the wacky antics of Steve Guttenberg will be pleased to see him in Lavalantula. I back Mahoney.
One movie I’m definitely interested in seeing is The Final Girls, featuring Nina Dobrev of TV’s “The Vampire Diaries” and Taissa Farmiga of “American Horror Story” fame. It looks like a good horror-comedy with a pretty decent plot.
Pleasant viewing, fiends. Four-day weekends are upon us…
MOVIES
Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)
Starring:
Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joel Murray
Synopsis:
An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed horror comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a low-level, dutiful employee stuck in a boring job at a soul-killing every corporation. Evan’s the kind of guy who does all the work and gets none of the credit, but at least he gets to spend his days with his beautiful co-worker/girlfriend Amanda and his slacker best friend Tim, so he soldiers on in the hope of one day getting his coveted sales director position.
Unfortunately, it all falls apart in one fell swoop when Amanda breaks up with him and Evan’s boss Ted hands his promotion to his college nemesis Max . And it isn’t just their sordid past Evan has to deal with. After his fellow officemates start going through disturbing changes (which, paradoxically, make them better employees) and bodies begin to pile up, Evan learns the horrible truth: Max is a vampire. And even worse… a vamp with a plan.
Bloodsucking Bastards takes audiences on a hilarious, blood-spattered roller coaster ride in the most terrifying locale of all: the American workplace. Evan must find a way to stop the evil brewing amidst the cubicles, expose Max as the bloodsucking bastard that he is, win back Amanda, and save his pals before his life and career go from dead-end… to just dead.
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Charlie’s Farm (2015)
Starring:
Tara Reid, Kane Hodder, Nathan Jones, Bill Moseley
Synopsis:
In an effort to do something different, four friends head into Australia’s outback to explore Charlie’s Farm, the site where a violent family met their end at the hands of an angry mob. Despite all warnings, they persist in their horror-seeking adventure. Once there, the four friends are unaware that they are being watched. While exploring the property to prove the myth, they encounter Charlie, who shows them that some legends never die.
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Dark Was the Night (2015)
Starring:
Kevin Durand, Lukas Haas, Bianca Kajlich
Synopsis:
Maiden Woods is a remote and quiet town of decent, hard-working people, but something stirs in the dark woods surrounding this isolated community. After a logging company decimates an area of the forest, a rash of increasingly violent and unexplainable events transpires. Sheriff Paul Shields (Kevin Durand) and his deputy (Lukas Haas) struggle to confront their own personal demons while facing down a new breed of raw terror that is possibly older than humanity itself… and much, much hungrier.
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The Diabolical (2015)
Starring:
Ali Larter, Joe Egender, Patrick Fischler, Wilmer Calderon, Kurt Carley
Synopsis:
When a single mother (Ali Larter) and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face.
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The Final Girls (2015)
Starring:
Alexander Ludwig, Malin Akerman, Nina Dobrev, Alia Shawkat, Taissa Farmiga
Synopsis:
When Max (Taissa Farmiga) and her friends reluctantly attend an anniversary screening of “Camp Bloodbath”, the infamous ‘80s horror film that starred Max’s late mother (Malin Akerman), they are mysteriously sucked into the silver screen. They soon realize they are trapped inside the cult classic movie and must team up with the fictional and ill-fated camp counselors, including Max’s mom as the scream queen, to battle the film’s machete-wielding killer. With the body count rising in scene after iconic scene, who will be the final girls left standing and live to escape this film? The Final Girls is a genre-blending horror comedy also starring Adam DeVine, Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat with Alexander Ludwig and Nina Dobrev.
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Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)
Starring:
Monica Engesser, Amelia Haberman, James Ray, Keven Tye, Shawn Anderson
Synopsis:
Zoe is a strange little girl, with a not so imaginary friend the Krampus who is the dark companion of kindly old St. Nicholas. The Krampus has been unleashed upon a small town and the legendary demon will seek out all the naughty people to punish them at Christmas time. No one is safe as the Krampus hunts them down, tortures them and then drags their helpless souls to the depths of hell.
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Lavalantula (2015)
Starring:
Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Danny Woodburn, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Winslow
Synopsis:
After a dormant volcano erupts miles outside of Los Angeles, something within the molten hot lava is awakened. Birthed from the bowels of the earth itself, arachnid-like creatures with an obsidian-black exoskeleton swarm out. One man, Colton West, a washed-up, former A-list action star, suddenly finds himself the real life hero as he’s forced to use his onscreen characters’ know-how to save the entire city from being victims to the most horrifying villains you couldn’t write any better.
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Lily Grace: A Witch Story (2015)
Starring:
Scott Seegmiller, James Palmer, Greg Travis, Sonya Cooke, Ross Crain
Synopsis:
After the unexpected death of his estranged father, Ron returns to his childhood home in Louisiana for the first time in years to claim his inheritance. Tucked away in a forgotten cabinet, he discovers unsent letters to him, detailing the regrets of his father s absence in his life. His first night in the house a supernatural being pounds on his bedroom door, demanding to be let in. Haunted by feelings of anger, remorse, and guilt, and convinced this entity has something to do with his father s passing, Ron decides to stay and uncover the truth behind the witch named Lily Grace.
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Mexico Barbaro (2015)
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
México Bárbaro is a horror anthology by Mexican directors that bring the most brutal tales and shocking Mexican traditions & legends to life.
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Show Pieces (2012)
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
The Jimmy’s End saga is made up of five shorts. Rather like a comic book series, each film in the cycle contributes to the overall story, as well as having a clear, standalone narrative and purpose. DVD and audio CD boxset featuring 100 page + illustrated screenplay / storyboard book by Alan Moore and comic book artist Kristian Hammerstad. DVD contains 5 short films and extra bonus material including interviews with Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins. CD of the soundtrack to the films. – Soundtrack By: Adam Drucker and Andrew Broder as Crook & Flail. Adam Drucker aka Doseone is a founding member of LA based hip hop collective Anticon, as well as being a member of Nevermen, Subtle, 13 & God and cLOUDDEAD. Andrew Broder has released music under various monikers including the alt-rock trio Fog and the critically acclaimed project, Hymie’s Basement with Yoni Wolf of Why? / cLOUDDEAD. Crook & Flail has been working with Alan & Mitch since early 2010 when they scored their audio book project Unearthing.
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Some Kind of Hate (2015)
Starring:
Ronen Rubinstein, Grace Phipps, Sierra McCormick, Spencer Breslin, Michael Polish
Synopsis:
Relentless bullying has turned Lincoln’s life into a nightmare. But he soon learns the true meaning of terror when he is sent to a remote school for troubled teens and the harassment starts all over again. Only this time, someone is watching – a teenage girl named Moira who was driven to suicide by vicious bullying years ago. When Lincoln accidentally summons Moira from the grave, he unleashes a vengeful and unstoppable force on a mission of blood-soaked revenge. Hell on earth has a new meaning in this gruesome shocker “guaranteed to please any and every type of horror fan” (Fangoria).
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Stephen King’s A Good Marriage (2014)
Starring:
Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang
Synopsis:
Based on a short story by horror legend Stephen King, A Good Marriage tells the story of Darcy Anderson (Joan Allen, Face/Off) and her husband Bob (Anthony LaPaglia, Without a Trace), celebrating another year of a good marriage. But when a sadistic serial killer starts to spread fear and panic throughout the Northeast, Darcy unveils a sinister secret about her husband that will threaten their perfect marriage and their lives.
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Stung (2015)
Starring:
Clifton Collins Jr., Lance Henriksen, Matt O’Leary, Jessica Cook
Synopsis:
In a remote country villa set amid foggy rural farmlands, the elderly widow of a pharmaceutical magnate holds an annual garden party for the local elite in honor of her late husband. But the festivities take a grisly turn when a plague of giant killer wasps is unleashed on the unsuspecting partygoers, leaving the caterers Julia and Paul pitted against the seven-foot mutant predators in a deadly fight for survival.
A delightfully gory horror comedy from first-time director/mad scientist Benni Diez, Stung revels in its outlandish premise, never shying away from the opportunity to showcase the film’s gruesome creations. With its seamless blend of CGI and oozing practical effects, this modern update of the ’80s creature feature is a thrilling and inventive rollercoaster ride.
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Tenderness Of The Wolves (1973)
Starring:
Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Christensen, Ingrid Craven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Synopsis:
Fritz Haarmann, aka the Butcher of Hanover and the Vampire of Hanover, was a German serial killer responsible for the murders of two dozen boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. His case would partly inspire Fritz Lang s M, and its central character portrayed by Peter Lorre, as well as this forgotten gem from 1973.
Tenderness of the Wolves treats the viewer to a few weeks in the company of a killer. Baby-faced and shaven-headed, in a manner that recalls both M and F.W. Murnau s Nosferatu, Haarmann is a fascinating, repulsive figure. Using his status as a police informant to procure his victims, he dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight. This isn’t an easy film to watch, but it certainly gets under the skin…
Produced by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (who also supplies a shifty cameo), Tenderness of the Wolves provided two of his regular actors with a means of expanding their careers. Ulli Lommel later responsible for the infamous video nasty The Boogeyman made his directorial debut, while Kurt Raab wrote the screenplay as well as delivering an astonishing performance as Haarmann.
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COLLECTIONS
Creepy Kids Collection: 4 Films
Starring:
Amelia Warner, Cal Thomas, Carlos Leon, David Bradley, Gwendolyn Garver
Movies:
Echo
Fear and paranoia seep from every wall in this tense and creepy psychological thriller from the producers of The Ring and Dark Water. Jesse Bradford (W., Bring It On) is Bobby Walker, fresh out of prison and living in his dead mother’s apartment as a condition of his parole. Plagued by eerie echoes of the dead trapped in the building, Bobby’s terror mounts as he begins to suspect his neighbors had a sinister hand in his mother’s death…and could come for him next.
Aberration
On the outside, Christy Dawson is just a normal high school student, but she hides a chilling secret. Caught between the worlds of the living and the dead, she has been plagued by horrific, terrifying visions. With the appearance of a ghostly young boy, these horrific glimpses of evil begin bleeding into her reality. Someone or something is killing everyone around her, and her only hope of survival is to uncover the truth behind a mystery that has shrouded the entire town in terror.
Fingerprints
In this terrifying supernatural thriller, a troubled teenager sets out on a grisly path to discover the disturbing truth behind a well-known urban legend. Haunted for fifty years by the horrifying tale of a train colliding with a school bus, killing all the children aboard, the small town left behind continues to suffer as a stomach-churning chain of murders claims victim after victim. Brought to life by a stand-out cast including Kristin Cavallari (MTV’s “The Hills”), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row), Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives), Lou Diamond Phillips (Stand and Deliver), Andrew Lawrence (“United States of Tara”) and Sally Kirkland (Bruce Almighty), Fingerprints will leave its mark on your nightmares!
Daisy Chain
The very nature of evil drives this chilling psychological thriller. Oscar nominee Samantha Morton (Minority Report) and Steven Mackintosh (The Escapist) are Martha and Tomas, a grieving couple who move to a remote Irish village in the wake of their baby daughter’s death. Touched by a traumatized, autistic girl whose entire family has perished in tragic accidents, they open their home to young Daisy. Martha believes that with her love, she can help Daisy…until a disturbing series of strange occurrences leads her to believe that her little girl may not be as innocent as she seems.
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Stanley Kubrick Collection: 4 Films
Starring:
Various
Movies:
A Clockwork Orange
McDowell and his “droogs” terrorize their way through London in this dark and social satire with an eye on the cause and effects of “ultraviolence.”
2001: A Space Odyssey
Kubrick’s science fiction epic puts mankind in context between ape and space voyager. The film created a stir for its special effects, the computer HAL, and the debate about the film’s final sequence.
The Shining
A writer goes mad with his wife and son at a snowbound Colorado hotel.
Full Metal Jacket
A Marine is followed from basic training to the 1968 Tet offensive.
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