DVD and Blu-ray Releases: October 4, 2016
October is here, and with it comes four weeks worth of releases one would expect for this time of year – more than 100 releases to put things perfectly in perspective. This week brings us 28 of that total, and it’s pretty loaded.
One of my personal favorites this week is the Gremlins Blu-ray collection, which includes Pop! Vinyl characters of both Gizmo and Stripe. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve never been a collector of these. This isn’t out of disinterest; I just have cats who would find a way to destroy them.
The final season of “Penny Dreadful” will hit shelves this week along with “American Horror Story: Hotel.” Another honorable mention in the television category is 1990’s “It,” the small screen version of Stephen King’s classic novel. “It” comes on Blu-ray with a collectible shirt featuring an infamous visage of Tim Curry’s most evil persona.
Fans of The Purge get twice the thrills. Not only is the third movie in the series, Election Year, dropping this week, but a trilogy collection will be making the rounds this week.
It’s also a good week for fans of shark movies. There are three movies rounding out the week in the shark column, with the 4th Sharknado movie in the front running. Following it in a close second and third are Ice Sharks and Planet of the Sharks.
There are also some good classics in addition to some alright collections listed below, so be sure to check those out. As always, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
6 Plots (2016)
Starring:
Andrew Clarke, Alice Darling, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, P.J. Lane
Synopsis:
After passing out at a party, Brie wakes up to a strange phone message: a lunatic has abducted her six friends and buried them in boxes around the city. Each box has its own deadly terror — water, gasoline, insects — waiting to kill its occupant. To add to the sadistic thrills, the killer is streaming footage of the trapped kids on the Internet — and to each other. Forbidden to call parents or police, Brie must use her wits to locate her friends’ six death traps before their time runs out.
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All Through the House (2015)
Starring:
Ashley Mary Nunes, Jessica Cameron, Melynda Kiring, Jennifer Wenger, Johanna Rae
Synopsis:
All Through the House is an 80s-style slasher film featuring a deranged Santa Slayer who rips through the town of Napa, California for some yuletide-terror. Fifteen years ago, a peaceful Christmas neighborhood was engulfed by fear when five-year-old Jamie Garrett was mysteriously taken from her bedroom, never to be seen again. Now, on Christmas break, Rachel Kimmel comes home from college to find her neighborhood struck again by a reign of terror. A violent killer is hiding behind a grisly Santa mask, leaving a bloody trail of slaughtered women and castrated men to the steps of the Garrett house. Rachel finds herself in a horrifying nightmare as she discovers the twisted secret behind the mask.
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Chosen Survivors (1974)
Starring:
Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Richard Jaeckel, Bradford Dillman, Diana Muldaur
Synopsis:
They are mankind’s last hope… and the terror has only just begun! After a devastating global nuclear holocaust, a carefully selected group of 11 citizens are sent deep into the bowels of Planet Earth, where they will remain until it is safe to return to the surface and start re-populating the world! But something else is lurking in this subterranean refuge…a deadly, rampaging of inhuman terror that won’t stop until it has exterminated them all, one by one! TV veteran Sutton Roley (Combat, Mannix) directed classic Sci-Fi thriller starring Jackie Cooper (Superman II), Alex Cord (The Brotherhood), Richard Jaeckel (The Dirty Dozen), Bradford Dillman (The Enforcer), Pedro Armendariz Jr. (Chisum), Diana Muldaur (McQ), Lincoln Kilpatrick (The Omega Man) and Barbara Babcock (Back Roads).
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Clowntown (2016)
Starring:
Brian Nagel, Lauren Elise, Andrew Staton, Katie Keene, Jeff Denton
Synopsis:
A group of friends get stranded in a seemingly abandoned town and find themselves stalked by a violent gang of psychopaths dressed as clowns.
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Daughter of Dracula (1972)
Starring:
Britt Nichols, Anne Libert, Alberto Dalbés, Daniel White, Howard Vernon
Synopsis:
In the early 1970s, cult filmmaker Jess Franco inspired by the Hammer horror films being made in the UK revisited the iconic monsters of yesteryear, placing them in the castles and crypts of the Spanish countryside, and bracketing the thrills with scenes of frank eroticism. Daughter of Dracula was inspired by Sheridan LeFanu s Carmilla (which was also the source of Hammer s lesbian vampire trilogy), but as one might expect, Franco s version was unlike any treatment the story had yet received. When the nude body of a murdered woman washes onto the beach, a police inspector (Alberto Dalbés) and a reporter (Fernando Bilbao) focus their attention on the castle of Count Max Karlstein (composer Daniel White) and his niece (Britt Nichols, The Demons), a beautiful woman who appears to be wrestling with an ancestral curse.
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Starring:
Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters, Vanda Godsell
Synopsis:
Their target: Humanity. Their mission: Total Annihilation! The world has just been decimated by an unstoppable, merciless army of killer robots, and millions of innocent souls have been wiped out! Only a handful of survivors have managed to escape the deadly alien apocalypse, and they must endure a non-stop struggle to save themselves from destruction, and somehow find a way to defeat the marauding death machines… before the entire human race becomes extinct! Legendary Hammer director Terence Fisher (Horror of Dracula) directed this Sci-Fi thriller written by Harry Spalding (Chosen Survivors) under the pseudonym Henry Cross and starring Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price and Thorley Walters.
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Fender Bender (2016)
Starring:
Makenzie Vega, Steven Michael Quezada
Synopsis:
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS.
He stalks the streets. Remorseless. Brutal. Bloodthirsty. When his prey is at its most vulnerable, he appears. And when night falls and all is quiet… he strikes. Prepare for the next driving force in horror… Fender Bender, “a scary, suspenseful slasher [that’ll] keeps you on pins and needles throughout” (Bloodydisgusting.com)!
Seventeen-year-old Hilary has just received her driver’s license… only to have her first accident shortly thereafter. Innocently exchanging her personal information with the remorseful stranger behind the wheel, Hilary returns home for a quiet evening with friends. But when the man she so readily handed all of her information to reveals himself to be something much darker and sinister than she could imagine, Hilary finds herself in a head-on collision with terror.
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House of Manson (2014)
Starring:
Devanny Pinn, Ryan Kiser
Synopsis:
An unflinching chronicle of the life of Charles Manson, the ex-con who was able to amass a dedicated following of young people in the late 1960s. The era of peace and love was ultimately brought to its knees following his orchestration of the notorious Tate and LaBianca murders, which sent a shockwave throughout the world. To this very day, Manson remains a fascinating figure to today’s youth.
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Ice Sharks (2016)
Starring:
Kaiwi Lyman, Edward DeRuiter
Synopsis:
As Seen on Syfy! A new breed of aggressive, ravenous sharks cracks the frozen ocean floor of an Arctic research station, devouring all who fall through. As the station sinks into frigid waters, those alive must fashion makeshift weapons or suffer the same fate.
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Krampus 2: The Devil Returns (2016)
Starring:
Richard Goteri, A.J. Leslie
Synopsis:
The monster Krampus has returned to continue to punish the bad children in a small Pennsylvania town. It’s up to a team of current and former police officers to end the cycle of the Christmas Devil.
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The Mind’s Eye (2016)
Starring:
Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos
Synopsis:
Zack Connors and Rachel Meadows were born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word of their supernatural talents gets out, they find themselves the prisoners of Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor intent on harvesting their powers. After a daring escape, they are free from his sinister institution, but the corrupt doctor will stop at nothing to track them down so that he may continue to siphon their gifts for his own use.
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Planet of the Sharks (2016)
Starring:
Brandon Auret, Stephanie Beran
Synopsis:
As Seen on Syfy! In the near future, glacial melting has covered 98% of earth’s landmass. Sharks have flourished and now dominate the planet, operating as one massive school led by a mutated alpha shark. The human survivors live in terror of the predators, and it’s up to a few survivors to take down the alpha shark and make the seas safe again.
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Starring:
Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson
Synopsis:
It has been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night – the 12 hours of lawlessness. This year, the annual ritual comes at the eve of a heated presidential election with the nation deeply divided between those who are pro- and anti-Purge. As head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), Leo’s mission is to protect her during her controversial and contested run for president. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of Washington, D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state.
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Satanic (2016)
Starring:
Sarah Hyland, Justin Chon, Clara Mamet, Steven Krueger, Sophie Dalah
Synopsis:
Satanic follows a van full of young, college-aged coeds who are visiting old Satanic Panic-era sites in Los Angeles. They end up following the creepy owner of an occult store home, only to find themselves saving a suspicious girl from an apparent human sacrifice. Only this “victim” turns out to be much more dangerous than the cult from which she escaped.
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Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)
Starring:
Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, David Hasselhoff, Tommy Davidson
Synopsis:
Five years after the wave of sharknados that wracked the east coast, our heroes are living a quiet life in the middle of the country — as far away from sharks as possible. But all mankind should know by now, there is no escaping…
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The Shining (1980) (with Collectible T-Shirt)
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
Synopsis:
A writer goes mad with his wife and son at a snowbound Colorado hotel.
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They’re Watching (2016)
Starring:
Brigid Brannagh, Kris Lemche, Carrie Genzel, David Aplay, Dimitri Diatchenko
Synopsis:
From writer/directors Jay Lender & Micah Wright (Call Of Duty: Black Ops II and Spongebob Squarepants) comes the batshit insane (Bloody Disgusting) shocker of the year: when the popular TV reality show Home Hunters Global shoots an episode in a remote Eastern European town, the crew discovers that a house with old world charm means a total wreck… that superstitious villagers can make for a very uncomfortable production… and that the local legend about a monstrous witch may hit closer to home than they realize. Brigid Brannagh (Army Wives), Kris Lemche (Ginger Snaps), David Alpay (“The Vampire Diaries”), and Dimitri Diatchenko (Chernobyl Diaries) star in this cracked-out, trippy horror tale (Chicago Daily Herald) that Cinema Slasher calls Incredibly fun…delivering one of the most chaotic and unpredictable finales in recent memory!
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Vamp (1986)
Starring:
Grace Jones, Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, Gedde Watanabe, Dedee Pfeiffer
Synopsis:
THE FIRST KISS COULD BE YOUR LAST!
Two fraternity pledges head to a seedy part of town to find some entertainment for their college friends but are faced with bloodthirsty vampires!
Keith (Chris Makepeace, Meatballs) and AJ (Robert Rusler, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge) want to make the right impression at college and so they devise a plan to get them into the best frathouse on campus. They head to the After Dark Club where they want to find a stripper for a party their friends won t forget, instead they find themselves among vampires led by Kinky Katrina (Grace Jones, A View to a Kill)!
Almost certainly an influence on From Dusk til Dawn, Vamp is superbly designed by many of Grace Jones own award-winning collaborators and features stunning effects by four-time Oscar winner Greg Cannom (The Lost Boys, Bram Stoker s Dracula). Delivering laughs and scares in equal measure, with the added bonus of vampy sex appeal, Vamp is a comedy horror romp with real bite!
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The Wailing (2016)
Starring:
Kwak Do Won, Hwang Jung Min, Kunimura Jun
Synopsis:
In this unbelievably tense supernatural thriller, a foreigner s mysterious appearance in a quiet, rural village causes suspicion among the locals – suspicion which quickly turns to hysteria as the townspeople begin killing each other in brutal outbursts for seemingly no reason. As the investigating officer watches his daughter fall under the same savage spell, he agrees to consult a shaman for answers – unknowingly escalating the situation into something far more dangerous.
Over six years in the making, director Na Hong-jin s meticulously crafted follow-up to the globally acclaimed The Yellow Sea and The Chaser (his third to premiere at the Festival de Cannes) smashed box office records upon its debut in South Korea, where fans are already making return viewings to catch new clues and debate what s sure to be the most talked-about ending of 2016.
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TELEVISION
“American Horror Story” Hotel
Starring:
Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Chloe Sevigny, Matt Bomer
Synopsis:
A string of grisly murders is traced back to the sinister, sensuous Countess (Gaga), an infamous resident of the stylish Hotel Cortez in Downtown Los Angeles. “American Horror Story: Hotel” is a visually stunning, visceral feast.
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“It” (1990) (with Collectible T-Shirt)
Starring:
Tim Curry, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Olivia Hussey, Richard Masur
Synopsis:
Seven friends fight something evil in their Maine hometown, in 1960 and 30 years later.
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“Penny Dreadful” The Final Season
Starring:
Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Billie Piper, Reeve Carney
Synopsis:
In Victorian London, figures such as explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, enigmatic medium Vanessa Ives, and others combat supernatural forces. Murray is searching for his adult daughter, now a vampire, and hopes to cure her.
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COLLECTIONS
5 Film Collection: Harrowing Horror
Starring:
Various
Movies:
The Exorcist
Blair is Regan, a young girl possessed by Satan. Her mother, Burstyn, summons the help of a priest who tries to save her while confronting his own private demons. A landmark film that spawned a new generation of horror movies.
Friday The 13th
Searching for his missing sister, Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) heads up to the eerie woods of legendary Crystal Lake, where he stumbles on the creaky remains of rotting old cabins behind moss-covered trees.
And that’s not the only thing lying in wait under the brush.
Against the advice of police and cautions from the locals, Clay pursues what few leads he has in the search for his missing sister, Whitney (Amanda Righetti), with the help of Jenna (Danielle Panabaker), a young woman he meets among a group of college kids up for an all-thrills weekend. But they are all about to find much more than they bargained for.
Little do they know, they’ve entered the domain of one of the most terrifying specters in American film history–the infamous killer who haunts Crystal Lake, armed with a razor-sharp machete… Jason Voorhees.
It
Seven friends fight something evil in their Maine hometown, in 1960 and 30 years later.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
A couple of teenagers out for a Summer drive accidentally encounter a backwoods Texas family that torments them by chasing after them with chainsaws.
A remake of the classic 1974 movie that is loosely based on true events.
Hidden
Alexander Skarsgard (“True Blood”) stars in this cleverly twisted thriller in which a family finds refuge underground with nothing to distract them from their own fear. The one thing they know for certain is that there is something terrifying and strange that threatens their fragile existence, and it is coming for them.
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Gremlins/Gremlins 2 (with 2 Collectible Figures)
Starring:
Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates
Movies:
Gremlins
An inventor gives his son an odd little creature which multiplies into monsters which wreck the town.
Gremlines 2: The New Batch
Billy Peltzer and Kate Beringer move to New York City and meet up with their Mogwai friend, Gizmo, when a series of accidents creates a new generation of diverse gremlins. Billy, Kate, and Gizmo must once again use all their experience to prevent another catastrophe.
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Hostel, Hostel II, Hollow Man, Hollow Man 2
Starring:
Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Jordan Ladd, Barbara Nedeljakova, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart, Richard Burgi, Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, William Devane, Christian Slater, Peter Facinelli, Laura Regan
Movies:
Hostel
Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.
Hostel Part II
Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vols. 1 & 2) and written and directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Hostel Part II is the shocking and gruesome sequel about the underground torture ring where rich businessmen pay to torture and murder their victims.
Hollow Man
What would you do if you were invisible? How far would you go? After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the Defense Department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable.
Hollow Man 2
Christian Slater stars in the action-packed sequel to the box office hit Hollow Man as a dangerous invisible solider gone rouge. Facing his demise unless given a life saving serum, he hunts down the biologist involved in his transformation, the detective assigned to protect her, and the government forces that created him.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer, When a Stranger Calls, Vacancy
Starring:
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy
Movies:
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Jennifer Love Hewitt and Sarah Michelle Gellar star with Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Johnny Galecki in this terrifying tale of a body that just won’t stay dead. After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim’s body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the dead man returns from his watery grave and he wants more than an apology.
When a Stranger Calls
To Jill Johnson, it was the perfect babysitting job. The parents were away. The fridge was stocked. The children were tucked into bed. But then the phone rings and an ominous voice asks, “Have you checked the children?” Locked in with the lights out and the curtains drawn, a panicky Jill phones the police, who trace the calls – only to inform her they’re coming from inside the house.
Vacancy
When David and Amy Fox’s car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them – until they discover that the low-budget slasher videos they find in their room were all filmed in the very room in which they’re sitting. With hidden cameras now aimed at them, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before they end up the next victims on tape.
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Midnight Horror Collection Volume 1
Starring:
Justin Welborn, Ashley Watkins, Larry Joe Campbell, Cathy Baron, Glenn Plummer
Synopsis:
For those who love bloody slashers, this four-film Midnight Horror Collection delivers epic maniacal killers to the screen and puts visions you would rather not think about too much in your head. If you are planning a trip into the great outdoors, you might want to give that idea a review.
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The Purge: 3-Movie Collection
Starring:
Ethan Hawke, Frank Grillo, Lena Headey, Carmen Ejogo, Elizabeth Mitchell
Movies:
The Purge
If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? In The Purge, a thriller that follows one family over the course of a single night, four people will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home.
The Purge: Anarchy
One night a year, all crime – including murder – is legal for 12 hours. A man heads out into the chaos, intent on killing thugs as revenge for his son’s death, but ends up rescuing a stranded couple.
The Purge: Election Year
It’s been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn… or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state.
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