DVD and Blu-ray Releases: June 14, 2016
Sean Brickley
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It’s good to be able to discuss fictitious horror in order to remove ourselves from the actual horrors of this world. After a rough beginning to the week, thankfully we’ve got another 22 releases dropping this week to distract us a bit.
First off, the week’s biggest name will probably have to be 10 Cloverfield Lane. You can check out John Goodman and Mary Elizabeth Winstead on both Blu-ray and DVD this week.
Both Jeepers Creepers and Jeepers Creepers 2 will be available on Collector’s Edition Blu-rays this week. I never understood why some people panned either of these movies. Both were pretty original concepts and had an awesome villain.
Three of our classics this week come from the same series. Ranging from 1978 through 1987, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, and Jaws: The Revenge are all getting the Blu-ray treatment. The other classic on our list is 1971’s Crimson, coming to you on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Pretty much the rest of this week’s list consists of movies from 2015 or 2016, with the exception of 1995’s Sorceress, starring legendary horror icon Linda Blair. Check out all the rest of the titles below, and as always, pleasant viewing, friends. Be good to each other.
MOVIES
5 Years After the Fall (2016)
Starring:
Nicole Garrett, Zorba Dravillas, Gabe Meacher
Synopsis:
After an industrial disaster, the world’s food and water supplies are contaminated. The rich and powerful retreat into fortified cities where life goes on, undisturbed by the starving masses outside their walls. While the outside world slides into unspeakable madness, Jacob, an idealistic citizen, is on his way to the inner sanctum with others hell-bent on revolution when their train is attacked. Taking refuge in an abandoned house, he stumbles on a warlord’s fortified cache of weapons and must fight for his life against humans turned savage. While desperately trying to hold onto his sanity, Jacob is forced into more and more heinous acts of torture and murder to keep himself alive.
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Starring:
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.
Synopsis:
A woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) discovers the horrifying truth about the outside world while living in an underground shelter with two men (John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.).
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Australiens (2016)
Starring:
Rita Artmann, Doug Hatch, Tamara McLaughlin, Lawrence Silver, Paul Adams
Synopsis:
At the age of 10, Australian-born Andi Gibson had what she describes as a close encounter with a flying saucer. 17 years later, when an airborne extra-terrestrial armada launches a nation-wide assault on Andi s home country and for unspecified reasons, also kidnaps her mother. To add to the debacle, it seems the other nations of the world are far too insulted by their exclusion from the attack to come to Australia s aid. Now it s up to Andi, her hypochondriac brother Elliot, retired boxer cousin Keith and documentary filmmaker friend Cam to stop the attack and rescue Andi s mum. Bloody hell, this is gonna be a long night.
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Blood on the Reel (2016)
Starring:
Johnny Daggers, Bianca Allaine, Jeffrey Swanson
Synopsis:
I loved the notion of sharing what I had been through to bring the fans my films. I then started thinking about some of the other filmmaker friends mine who had encountered similar problems with their films. It then dawned on me that no one has ever made a documentary premised on what indie filmmakers go through to get their art shown. At times may of us have put our lives and livelihood on the line, not to mention our freedom so that we can bring to you our vision, our heart and soul. I decided that this is a documentary that I need to make. That I was perhaps put here to create. And even if I never make another film again, this documentary would be something that I can always be proud of. With that said, what started out to be an extra DVD feature for the anniversary edition of Samhain: Night Feast soon took on a life of its own. The life that you know know it is Blood On The Reel: The Guts Behind Indie Filmmaking.
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Cannibal Attack: Real Zombies in America (2016)
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
An historian did an interview in a newspaper about the historical legend of Wendigo, a Native Canadian belief about a monster that can possess people and turn them into murderous cannibals. Days later, a horrific murder occurred on a bus in Manitoba where a beheading and cannibalism was observed by numerous eyewitnesses. It turns out the suspect worked as a newspaper delivery man for the very newspaper the article appeared in. Was it a strange coincidence, or is there really something to this legend of modern day Cannibals? Forensic Psychologists, Historians and Medical Engineers weigh in on possible explanations behind these Cannibalism events and what causes this recurring symptom of human madness.
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Crimson (1973)
Starring:
Paul Naschy, Silvia Solar, Olivier Mathot, Evelyne Scott, Victor Israel
Synopsis:
Eurocult icon Paul Naschy (Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror) stars as a criminal gang leader who undergoes a radical surgery in Juan Fortuny’s 1973 thriller Crimson. When a jewel heist goes awry, Jack Surnett (Naschy) and his fellow thieves take shelter at the home of a scientist experimenting in brain replacement. Through the surgical finesse of the doctor s wife (Silvia Solar), Surnett is restored to health, but suffers irresistible pangs of bloodlust and conventional lust as well after the brain of a criminal known as The Sadist (Roberto Mauri) is grafted onto his own.
This Redemption edition includes both the U.S. release version (English dubbed) as well as the extended international version (French with optional English subtitles), which features additional (sexually provocative) footage.
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Deadman Apocalypse (2016)
Starring:
Sabrina Dickens, Kate Marie Davies, Barrington de la Roche
Synopsis:
In the distant future, Jack Deadman and his military team are the final hope to save our dying earth from a hellish apocalypse. The mission is to enter the underground world of Labyrinthia and retrieve the water stolen by the savage inhabitants below… Ten years later, the mission has failed, and Jack Deadman exists in isolation, trapped and buried deep within Labyrinthia: a lone wolf anti-hero, changed by failure and guilt. But when the opportunity to escape arises once again, Jack will begin a quest for vengeance and redemption in one last attempt to escape from Labyrinthia.
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The Dooms Chapel Horror (2016)
Starring:
Bill Oberst Jr, Abby Murphy, Austin Madding
Synopsis:
Blamed for the death of his celebrated older brother, young Kyle Cole is tormented by members of the community. Kyle’s parents, succumbing to their grief, abruptly send Kyle away to be raised by distant relatives. Now Kyle is a young man on the verge of graduating from college. He is joined by his girlfriend Mandy, and Tanner, a young documentary filmmaker, as he travels back to Kaler Mills to make peace with his mother and father. A mysterious man, Jordan, that Kyle crossed paths with before leaving, has also been waiting for his return. Jordan plans to fulfill an evil pact, and to finish the ritual with Kyle, whether he wants to or not.
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Evil Exhumed (2015)
Starring:
Eric Roberts, Aisling Goodman, James Drew Dean
Synopsis:
A young man hell bent on revenge uses dark forces to reanimate a recently unearthed mummy.
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Grosshouse (2016)
Starring:
Michael Q. Schmidt, James J. Coker, Star Meza, Alex Powers
Synopsis:
Marty is a nerdy 28-year-old who still lives with his mother Bertha – a sexually abusive prostitute. Together they eat salmon, peanut butter and beer smoothies; have a sexual obsession with fish; and murder all of Bertha’s sex clients to steal money in order to afford the exorbitant costs of living in Los Angeles. Things change when Marty’s sister, Petunia, shows up. As she becomes Marty’s love interest, Momma won’t stand for it. Grosshouse is that movie that will make you feel uncomfortable! From beginning to end, there will be no escaping the putrid and repugnant scenes in Grosshouse!
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Jaws 2 (1978)
Starring:
Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Mark Gruner
Synopsis:
The horror is far from over as Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprise their iconic roles in Jaws 2. Four years after the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity, unsuspecting vacationers begin disappearing in an all-too-familiar fashion. Police Chief Brody (Scheider) finds himself in a race against time when a new shark attacks ten sailboats manned by teenagers, including his own two sons. The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to the original motion picture classic.
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Jaws 3 (1983)
Starring:
Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Jr. Louis Gossett, Simon MacCorkindale, John Putch
Synopsis:
The most famous shark of all time is back…bigger and more terrifying than ever in Jaws 3 starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. Everyone at Florida’s Sea World is thrilled with the new “Undersea Kingdom,” a maze of underwater plexiglass tunnels that permits visitors to get closer to marine life than ever before. The opening ceremonies include many important guests…and one uninvited baby shark who accidentally enters the park’s lagoon through a faulty sea gate and subsequently dies. The young shark’s 35-foot mother soon follows her offspring, creating the most horrifying tale of terror ever filmed in the water. Directed by Joe Alves, the original Jaws designer, and co-written by Carl Gottlieb who penned the first two blockbusters, this action-packed adventure will have you screaming for your life.
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Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Starring:
Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles, Lance Guest, Karen Young
Synopsis:
Once again the peace of Amity and the lives of the Brody family are shattered by a bloodthirsty shark in Jaws: The Revenge. Lorraine Gary reprises her role as the now widowed Ellen Brody who finds herself reliving the horrors of the past when a mammoth shark kills her son. Grief-stricken, she travels to the Bahamas to be with her other son, a marine biologist (Lance Guest), and his family. There she meets and falls for a carefree airplane pilot (Academy Award winner Michael Caine). Just as she is starting to put her life back together, the nightmare of the past returns when her granddaughter is attacked by an all-too-familiar great white shark. Determined to end the terror once and for all, Ellen sets out for a showdown to the death.
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Jeepers Creepers (2001) (Collector’s Edition)
Starring:
Justin Long, Gina Philips
Synopsis:
Filled with heart-stopping jolts, mind-bending twists and nonstop suspense, this fast-paced thriller pits two unsuspecting teens against an open-road killer with more on his mind than just road rage.
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Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) (Collector’s Edition)
Starring:
Ray Wise, Nicki Aycox
Synopsis:
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent that they cannot defeat. Staring in at them through the windows like selections in a school lunch line, the “Creeper” returns again and again.
But when the teammates discover that it’s being picky about its menu, it’ll test their ability to stick together.
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Mutilations (2016)
Starring:
Al Baker, Shelly Creel, John Bliss, Matthew Hixenbaugh
Synopsis:
Professor Jim McFarland has been noticing a string of cattle mutilations that have been tormenting a small southern town. He goes with his students to investigate these bizarre happenings. What they discover is worse than any of them could of possibly imagine.
Will Professor McFarland and his students attempt to escape alive when they are faced with violent invaders from another planet!
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Rabid Dogs (2016)
Starring:
Lambert Wilson, Virginie Ledoyen
Synopsis:
The main avenue of a crowded city. Sabri (Guillaume Gouix – TV’s “The Returned”), grips the steering wheel of his car, eyes fixed anxiously on the bank entrance opposite… A sudden explosion. Three masked men race to the car, loaded with stolen cash. Unfortunately everything is about to go wrong. With the cops right behind them, the car crashes and their boss is killed. Sabri and his accomplices are forced to run. The three desperate criminals will stop at nothing to make their escape. Taking a young woman and a father and child hostage, they embark on a crazy, violent road trip that not all of them will survive…
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Sensoria (2015)
Starring:
Lanna Ohlsson, Norah Andersen, Alida Morberg
Synopsis:
Caroline, a woman in her late thirties, has lost everything and is searching for a new beginning. She moves into an old apartment, where she begins to realize she may not be as alone as she thought she was. Just as Caroline is searching for something new, something old is searching for her.
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Sorceress (1995)
Starring:
Linda Blair, Julie Strain, Michael Parks, Edward Albert
Synopsis:
Larry Barnes (Larry Poindexter) is on the fast track to a partnership in a prestigious law firm, and his sexy witch wife Erica (Julie Strain, Heavy Metal 2000) will do anything to keep her husband happy. But Erica makes a fatal mistake when she tries to kill Larry’s main competition for the partnership, Howard Reynolds (Edward Albert, Galaxy Of Terror). With Howard now crippled for life from Erica’s dark magic, his wife Amelia (Linda Blair, The Exorcist) plots her revenge. Using witchcraft and a mystical medallion, Amelia tries to destroy everyone and everything in Larry’s life!
All the pleasures of the flesh and malevolence of black magic collide in this newly remastered and uncensored version of Jim Wynorski’s Sorceress (aka Temptress). Presented for the first time ever from a new 2K scan of the original uncut film element, this release features additional footage removed from the original release.
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Unstable (2016)
Starring:
Ashley Scott, Ivan Sergei, George Newbern
Synopsis:
A divorced mother takes in a former footballer as a lodger and child-minder, but her decision has dangerous consequences.
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COLLECTIONS
666: Teen Warlock (2016) (Double Feature)
Starring:
Hilary Shepard, Jason Faunt And Cody Callahan
Movies:
666: Teen Warlock
A witch informs a teen that he’ll become a warlock on his 18th birthday.
3 Scream Queens
Alexis, Sylvia and Ellen are a trio of legendary scream queens. After the head of a motion picture studio invites them out to a very special screening in exchange for the possibility of a lead role in an upcoming horror film, the three women slowly become suspicious … not only of their circumstances, but also each other. They begin to realize that the horrific footage they are watching might be real and that they might be trapped in the deserted studio with a bona fide killer.
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FBI Criminal Files (2016)
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
True crimes are stranger than fiction. The allure of money, power and greed is all too consuming for some who will turn to psychotic tendencies in order to fulfill their insatiable addiction to the thrill; but it’s the crimes that you don’t hear about that are the most fascinating. This 2 DVD collection of riveting tales of corruption and murder, based on real life events, will have you looking at your neighbors and friends in a whole new way because everyday people are capable of horrors you never suspected.
Movies:
Cocaine Wars
A successful, hardworking defense lawyer looks the part of a model citizen but in truth is involved with a major drug distribution network. He gives the impression that he is a man on the move while living a secret life of depravity and excess. When a territory dispute develops, Charles finds himself behind the eight ball in a battle for his life, as he’s better off dead to his former cohorts.
Inside the Mind of a Psycho
When a young model, anxious to break into the fashion industry, arrives at her first photo shoot, she arrives at the secluded location and realizes that something’s very wrong and her life will never be the same. A terrifying story based on real life events that will shock you to the core. Enter a world of grime and sleaze as the horrifying events of perversion and depravity unfold.
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