DVD and Blu-ray Releases: October 18, 2016
Sean Brickley
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Of our 19 total releases this week, 6 of them are classics. One of them is our sole discrepancy for the week. Salem’s Lot may have had a similar release September 20th, but also has a Blu-ray coming at us this week as well.
Up next are Limited and Collector’s Edition Blu-rays of Child’s Play and Bride Of Re-Animator. There are also Blu-ray releases dropping for Special Effects, 1981’s The Pit and 1958’s The Return Of Dracula.
A Guillermo Del Toro three movie Criterion Collection is going to be hitting shelves this week. The movie’s feature are Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos and The Devil’s Backbone. Pan’s Labyrinth also has its own individual Blu-ray release as well.
In terms of other collections is a Waxwork double feature as well as a Blu-ray double feature containing Priest and Legion. There’s also a 13 movie Godzilla collection hitting this week so you’ve got some good choices.
Lastly, for those following “Bates Motel” on A&E, season 4 is getting the Blu-ray and DVD treatment as well.
Have a nice week, friends. As always, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
Baskin (2016) (October 21st)
Starring:
Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç, Sevinc Kaya
Synopsis:
A five-man unit of cops on night patrol get more than they bargain for when they arrive at a creepy backwater town in the middle of nowhere after a call comes over the radio for backup. Entering a derelict building, the seasoned tough guys and their rookie junior, who’s still haunted by a traumatic childhood dream, do the one thing you should never do in this kind of movie: they split up. They soon realize they’ve stumbled into a monstrous charnel house and descend into an ever-more nightmarish netherworld where grotesque, mind-wrenching horrors await them at every turn.
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Body Snatchers (1993) (Archive Collection)
Starring:
Gabrielle Anwar; Terry Kinney; Billy Wirth; Forest Whitaker; Meg Tilly; Reilly Murphy
Synopsis:
A government biologist and his children discover alien pods are replacing people at an Alabama military base.
Bride of Re-Animator (1991) (2-Disc Special Edition)
Starring:
Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Fabiana Udeino, Claude Earl Jones, David Gale
Synopsis:
The success of Stuart Gordon’s hit horror-comedy Re-animator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. The resulting follow-up, Bride of Re-animator this time helmed by director Brian Yuzna (Society, Return of the Living Dead III) would prove that there was a good deal more life (and death) left in the story of Dr Herbert West and his ghoulish exploits.
It has been eight months since the bloody massacre at the Miskatonic medical school. Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr West (again played by Jeffrey Combs) continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan’s dearly deceased, Meg Halsey. Surely nothing could go wrong?
With special effects master Screaming Mad George (the man behind the infamous “shunting” sequence of Society) on hand to contribute a host of characteristically weird and wonderful creations, Bride of Re-animator is a more than worthy successor to Stuart Gordon’s original cult classic.
The Caretaker (2016)
Starring:
Meegan Warner, Sondra Kerr Blake, Sean Martini, Chanel Celeya, Barry Jenner
Synopsis:
When aging, sickly Birdie scares off her last caretaker, granddaughter Mallorie must move into her large Victorian home to take care of her. Mallorie soon finds herself sleepwalking and envisioning spirits. With no luck finding a proper caretaker to replace her, Mallorie is forced to confront her family s darkest secrets before the evil presence in the house overtakes her sanity completely.
Child’s Play (1988) (Collector’s Edition)
Starring:
Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon
Synopsis:
A killer sought by a Chicago detective becomes a doll called Chucky, bought by a woman for her son.
Hillbilly Bloodbath (2011)
Starring:
Tucky Williams, Christian Brooker, Dave Haney
Synopsis:
Witness this terrifying tale of depravity, cannibalism and torture! Set in a small town in the backwoods of Kentucky, Hillbilly Bloodbath (aka Red River) tells the tale of Roland Thatcher: a family man, a business man, a man of God …and a man who doesn t take kindly to strangers. When a group of city kids sets up camp on the outskirts of his property, they spark a chain of events culminating in bloodshed, dismemberment and mass murder. As a local, fledgling reporter inches closer to the Thatcher property, the shocking truth about Roland and his ‘family’ may finally emerge. Shocking, suspenseful, and relentlessly gruesome – Hillbilly Bloodbath is the final word in gut-munching hillbilly horror! The DVD features nearly 70 minutes of extensive bonus features, including trailers, Making of documentaries, deleted scenes, and much more.
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) (Criterion Collection)
Starring:
Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ariadna Gil
Synopsis:
Following a bloody civil war, young Ofelia enters a world of unimaginable cruelty when she moves in with her new stepfather, a tyrannical military officer. Armed with only her imagination, Ofelia discovers a mysterious labyrinth and meets a faun who sets her on a path to saving herself and her ailing mother. But soon, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, and before Ofelia can turn back, she finds herself at the center of a ferocious battle between good and evil.
The Pit (1981)
Starring:
Sammy Snyders, Jeannie Elias, Sonja Smith, Laura Hollingsworth, Richard Alden
Synopsis:
Brand New 2K Restoration! Jamie wouldn t kill anyone… unless Teddy told him to! Twelve-year-old Jamie (Sammy Snyders, Tom Sawyer of TV’s “Huckleberry Finn and His Friends”) is one creepy kid… he has a perverse obsession with sex, his only friend is an evil teddy bear, and he’s the only one who knows about the hole in the forest where he feeds raw meat to a ravenous pack of mutant troglodytes. Jamie will teach everyone a lesson: the kids who teased and bullied him, the mean old lady down the street, even his pretty new babysitter. Soon they – and his entire town – will face the flesh-eating horror of The Pit! The one and only directorial effort by Lew Lehman with a script by documentarian Ian A. Stuart and featuring a wonderful cast that includes Jeannie Elias (Nomads), Sonja Smith (Videodrome) and Richard Alden (The Sadist).
The Return of Dracula (1958)
Starring:
Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt, Ray Stricklyn, Virginia Vincent, John Wengraf
Synopsis:
Gone to California without a passport, Dracula poses as an artist and moves in with a family.
Salem’s Lot (1979)
Starring:
David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres
Synopsis:
A writer and a boy hunt a vampire in their New England town.
Special Effects (1984)
Starring:
Zoe Tamerilis, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn, Kevin O’Connor
Synopsis:
From the writer & director of It’s Alive, Larry Cohen’s Special Effects casts a satirical eye on Hollywood, viewed through the prism of the thriller film genre. When the fresh-faced Oklahoma country boy Keefe (Brad Rijn, Smithereens) comes looking for his wife Mary Jean (Zoe Tamerlis, Ms. 45), a wannabe actress, he soon discovers the seamy side of Tinsel Town when Mary Jean is found dead and he s the prime suspect.
With a few swipes at Hollywood archetypes (Eric Bogosian as Christopher Neville, a once-revered Wunderkind director; Zoe Tamerlis as Mary Jean look-alike, Elaine, a budding actress who isn t beyond manipulating the situation for her own benefit), Special Effects offers chills, thrills, shrieks, and a few laughs along the way.
Vampyres (2015)
Starring:
Caroline Munro, Christian Stamm, Verónica Bacorn, Marta Flich, Anthony Rotsa
Synopsis:
Faithful to the sexy, twisted 1974 cult classic by Joseph Larraz, Vampyres is an English-language remake pulsating with raw eroticism, wicked sado-masochism and bloody, creative gore. Victor Matellano (Wax (2014, Zarpazos! A Journey through Spanish Horror, 2013) directs this tale set in a stately English manor inhabited by two older female vampires and with their only cohabitant being a man imprisoned in the basement. Their lives and lifestyle are upended when a trio of campers come upon their lair and seek to uncover their dark secrets, a decision that has sexual and blood-curdling consequences. Infused with eloquent and atmospheric cinematography, impressive special effects makeup from master Colin Arthur (The NeverEnding Story, Conan the Barbarian, 2001: A Space Odyssey) and starring screen genre icon Caroline Munro (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, At the Earth’s Core, The Spy Who Loved Me, Maniac, Slaughter High), Vampyres remains faithful to the original while creating its own neck-biting, sexually violent tale.
What We Become (2015)
Starring:
Mille Dinesen, Ole Dupont
Synopsis:
The Johansson family’s idyllic summer is brought to an abrupt halt as deaths stack up from a virulent strand of the flu. The authorities start off by cordoning-?off the neighborhood, but soon panic and force the inhabitants into quarantine in their hermetically- ?sealed houses. Isolated from the rest of the world, teen Gustav spies out and realizes that the situation is getting out of control. He breaks out, but soon the family of four comes under attack from the riotous, blood-?thirsty mob who forces them to the extreme to escape alive.
TELEVISION
“Bates Motel” Season Four
Starring:
Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore
Synopsis:
As Norman (Freddie Highmore) continues to spiral out of control, Norma’s (Vera Farmiga) desperation to help her son amplifies. Growing increasingly fearful of him, Norma goes to great lengths to find Norman the professional help he needs. This further complicates their once unbreakable trust while Norman struggles to maintain his grip on reality. As Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell) finds himself drawn back into their lives, he must ask himself just how much further he is willing to go to protect Norma. Watch all 10 spine-chilling episodes back-to-back and uninterrupted in Bates Motel Season Four.
COLLECTIONS
The Toho Godzilla Collection Volumes 1 & 2
Starring:
Various
Movies:
Godzilla Vs. Destroyah
Godzilla Vs. Spacegodzilla
Godzilla Vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1992)
Rebirth of Mothra
Rebirth of Mothra II
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II
Godzilla 2000
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Godzilla
Mothra
King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Godzilla against MechaGodzilla
Priest / Legion
Starring:
Various
Movies:
Priest
A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.
Legion
After a terrifying biblical apocalypse descends upon the world, a group of strangers stranded in a remote truck stop diner in the Southwest unwittingly become humanity’s last line of defense when they discover the diner’s young waitress is pregnant with the messiah.
Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro (The Criterion Collection)
Starring:
Doug Jones, Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi
Synopsis:
Throughout a career that encompasses both visually arresting art-house hits and big-budget Hollywood spectacles, director Guillermo del Toro has continually redefined and elevated the horror genre with his deeply personal explorations of myths and monsters. These three Spanish-language films, each a tale of childhood in troubled times, showcase his singular fusion of the fantastic and the real. Drawing inspiration from a rich variety of sources, from Alfred Hitchcock to Francisco de Goya, the gothic-infused stories collected here—populated by vampires, ghosts, and a fairy-tale princess—make evident why del Toro is considered the master cinematic fabulist of our time.
Movies:
Cronos
An antique dealer discovers a device that can make people immortal, by turning them into vampires.
The Devil’s Backbone
A stylish and unpredictable supernatural chiller which deftly mixes horror, suspense and dark humor.
Pan’s Labyrinth
From acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro comes a dark supernatural epic about the battle between good and evil. When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new step-father on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine.
Waxwork and Waxwork 2 Double Feature
Starring:
Zach Galligan, Alexander Godunov
Movies:
Waxwork
College students trapped in a wax museum meet Count Dracula and the Marquis de Sade.
Waxwork II: Lost In Time
Lovers flee through centuries on a time-trip of terror in a showdown with a demon lord.
The Witches of Breastwick 1 and 2
Starring:
Monique Parent, Glori-Anne Gilbert, Julie K. Smith
Synopsis:
Producer Jim Wynorski (House on Hooter Hill, The Breastford Wives) offers up a hot double feature with a two heaping helpings of soft-core sensuality in these ultra-sexy thrillers starring Monique Parent, Glori-Anne Gilbert and Julie K. Smith. David Carter is haunted by a recurring dream-turned-nightmare in which three mysterious women seduce him in an orgy of steamy eroticism, and then kill him at the moment of climax. David and his wife Tiffany (Monique Parent) are able to locate the forested landscape he has seen so vividly each night, but they also stumble upon an isolated home inhabited by three luscious witches Lola (Julie K. Smith), Rebecca (Glori-Anne Gilbert), and Felicia (Stormy Daniels). This special double feature DVD includes the exciting sequel ‘Witches of Breastwick Part 2’ plus bonus features.
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