DVD and Blu-ray Releases: April 26, 2016
There are only eight releases this week, faithful readers. I’m going to keep it short to give you all the satisfaction of being surprised by each entry. A good deal of the list consists of classics (even in the Collections section) as well as last year’s Krampus from Michael Dougherty of Trick ‘r Treat fame.
Aside from that, The Wicked Woods popped up again this week. If you couldn’t find it last week, you should be able to now.
And that’s as far as I’m going. Go on. Read the rest of the article. Go ahead. It’s a good list, I promise. (There are more releases next week, and even more the week after that – keep checking back!)
As always, pleasant viewing, folks.
MOVIES
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Starring:
Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini
Synopsis:
An actress and an author fight over a plastic surgeon and the secret of eternal beauty.
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Do No Harm (2013)
Starring:
David Abernathy, Andrew Arias
Synopsis:
Where does good end and evil begin? When do good intentions do no good? There’s a fine line between good and evil. If pushed to your limits would you cross over into evil?
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Krampus (2015)
Starring:
Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony
Synopsis:
Legendary Pictures’ Krampus, a darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul, reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family’s home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive.
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My Guardian Angel (2016)
Starring:
Holly Jacobson, Maria Figgins, Petra Bryant, Adrian Annis, Tova Leigh
Synopsis:
When Hannah’s parents took her to a new school, they said it was to give her a new start. However, Hannah is 11, autistic, and due to her condition, unable to speak. She had a twin called Angel, but when Angel died, Hannah was forbidden to grieve by her abusive parents and punished when she sought comfort from her sister’s things. So now Hannah lives locked inside a silent life of despair, which she fears, will soon end at the hands of her parents. However when a knife keeps appearing under her pillow, and a voice that she thinks is inside her head, won’t leave her alone, Hannah begins to realize that just maybe, she may have an ally not of this world, but fear paralyzes.
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Sssssss (1973)
Starring:
Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict
Synopsis:
A snake scientist turns his daughter’s boyfriend, his lab helper, into a big cobra.
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The Wicked Woods (Perfidy) (2014)
Starring:
Catherine Mazoyer, Iñigo Urrutia
Synopsis:
Estranged childhood friends and former lovers, Laura (Catherine Mazoyer, “Lola”) and Ruben (Iñigo Urrutia, “No”) go to a remote cabin in a mysterious forest in order to reignite their relationship after spending fifteen years apart.
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The Zero Boys (1987)
Starring:
Daniel Hirsch, Kelli Maroney, Joe Estevez, Nicole Rio
Synopsis:
DAWN OF A NEW BREED OF HEROES
From cult director Nico Mastorakis, the man behind such eclectic offerings as the controversial Island of Death and the Oliver Reed-starring actioner Hired to Kill, comes The Zero Boys the genre-bending 80s classic with gruesome sequences that anticipate the torture porn horrors of Hostel and Saw.
For a group of young friends, a weekend of survival games in the wilderness turns into a genuine battle of life and death when one of their number turns up dead. Finding themselves hunted by a bloodthirsty band of maniacs intent on slaughtering them one-by-one, the self-styled Zero Boys must now play their war games for real.
Starring Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet, Chopping Mall) and featuring an early score from the legendary Hans Zimmer (Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy), The Zero Boys mixes action, survival and all-out slasher movie elements in a thrilling horror yarn that falls somewhere between Friday the 13th and Deliverance.
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COLLECTIONS
Crypt of the Living Dead / House of the Living Dead
Starring:
Andrew Pine, Mark Damon, Patty Shepard, Mark Burns, Shirley Anne Field
Movies:
Crypt of the Living Dead (1973)
After arriving on a remote island to bury his father, a young American engineer (Andrew Prine) opens the crypt of a vampire queen. He inadvertently unleashes a terrible and violent force of evil on the unsuspecting townspeople, making them fight for their lives, while a few townsfolk aren’t who they appear to be. Vinegar Syndrome brings the U.S. theatrical version to DVD, scanned and restored in 2k from a newly exhumed 35mm negative. Open the tomb and re-discover Crypt Of The Living Dead!
House of the Living Dead (1974)
In the seemingly peaceful and rural colonial vineyards of South Africa, a mad scientist plots to steal people s souls and place them into jars for eternity. To complete his twisted experiments, he begins to undertake a bloody rampage in the nearby countryside. Who can stop this madman, and what other terrible secrets does he hide? Who knows what other horrors you will discover in House Of The Living Dead!
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