Scream Factory Unveils a Few More 2017 Blu-Ray Titles; Scorpion Gets Humongous
2016 Is almost over (thank God!), and that means if you didn’t already bust your bank account this past year on the plethora of cult Blu-ray releases that came our way, then get ready to go bankrupt in 2017. Scream Factory has announced a few more titles for next year, and Scorpion is planning one Humongous release.
Kicking things off with Scream Factory and the five new “B” (bordering on “C”) list titles they’ve just announced… let’s just be brutally honest for a second and admit these (with the possible exception of the underrated I Bury the Living) are probably not going to be the discs that break your wallet. Don’t get me wrong; I’m giddy at the thought of the world’s only movie about killer radioactive tree roots getting a hi-def release, but I also once gave The Gingerdead Man a four-star review. Needless to say, I am a special breed of madman. You, maybe not so much. These are definitely niche titles.
Here’s the lowdown:
THE NAKED CAGE (1986): A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer various indignities. Starring Shari Shattuck, Angel Tompkins, Lucinda Crosby, Lisa London, Angela Elayne Gibbs, and Leslie Scarborough.
INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS (1973): Men are dying in a small California town, and the only clue to their cause of death may come from a nearby government genetic lab! Nicholas Meyer, the same guy that brought you Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan, wrote this unintentionally hilarious, nudity-filled, mind-bending romp! This rare and hard to find print of Invasion of the Bee Girls has generated quite a buzz for the huge cult following that has been waiting for this film’s release. After watching this film you’ll never look at marshmallow cream the same way! Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri, Cliff Osmond, Wright King, Ben Hammer, and Anna Aries.
I BURY THE LIVING (1958): Edgar Allan Poe would have truly appreciated this “crisp little chiller” (Leonard Maltin) howlingly haunted with “dire happenings and eerie effects bound to please the spook set” (The Film Daily). Starring rugged Hollywood leading man Richard Boone (TV’s “Have Gun Will Travel”) and folk singer Theodore Bikel as a dynamic duo of death, this electrifying shocker may send you to an early grave – if it’s not already occupied. When a cemetery director (Boone) puts pins on a map of empty graves, the grave owners mysteriously die, driving the director crazy and real estate prices sky-high. But there is something more devilishly demented behind the deaths – and digging for answers uncovers a most horrifying climax.
THE VAMPIRE (1957): The patients were sick… but the doctor was a sicko! When a small-town physician (John Beal) accidentally swallows experimental bat serum pills, he’s soon up to his Hippocratic Oath in bloodthirsty desire! Transformed into an undead fiend, the doctor finds himself sucked into a dark and sinister world – where he must save patients by day… and suck their blood by night! Starring John Beal, Coleen Gray, Kenneth Tobey, Lydia Reed, Paul Brinegar, and Dabbs Greer.
CONTAMINATION .7 aka THE CRAWLERS aka TROLL 3 (1993): When radioactive waste from a nearby nuclear plant turns the local trees into man-eating plants, a group of determined villagers must fight them to the death. Crazy, right? Starring Mary Sellers, Jason Saucier, Bubba Reeves, Chelsi Stahr, Vince O’Neil, Jaymzlinn Saxton, and Carol Kroft.
Expect these titles sometime during spring/summer 2017.
If anyone from Scream Factory is reading this, I am willing to offer my services to provide an audio commentary for Contamination .7 because, once again, I’m clearly a lunatic.
More likely to get your dollars is Scorpion Releasing’s plans to release the 1982 slasher Humongous on Blu-ray early next year.
Janet Julian, John Wildman, Janit Baldwin, Joy Boushel, and Shay Garner star in this monstrous killfest that had the unfortunate distinction of being released in theaters the same day as a little movie called E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial.
Synopsis:
A group of teens on a boat find themselves in a fogbound night only to run aground on the rocks of the mysterious Dog Island right before their boat goes up in flames. As they gather on the shoreline, one of them goes missing, another is critically injured, and four go searching for shelter. They then decide to venture into the still standing house to summon help from its occupants… if any. Luckily, there is someone still dwelling there, but unfortunately there’s something else out on the island growling in the dark, and it ain’t no dog! And it is hungry!
Scorpion will be releasing a Collector’s Edition loaded with not just a slew of special features but even two different cuts of the movie.
• Two versions of the film – the R-rated cut (in HD) and the unrated cut (in HD with standard definition inserts)
• NEW Interview with actor David Wallace
• Audio commentary with director Paul Lynch and writer William Gray, moderated by Nathaniel Thompson
• Theatrical trailer
• “Watching in Nightmare Theatre” mode
• Reversible cover featuring the original movie poster
• FIRST 2,000 COPIES ONLY: Slipsleeve featuring custom artwork by artist Kung Fu Bob
But for anyone who familiar with Humongous, the greatest special feature of all will actually being able to see the movie. For the uninitiated, this one is somewhat notorious for its VHS and TV prints being so dark as to make it nearly impossible to discern what is happening on the screen much of the time. Now everyone will actually get to see Humongous in all its gory glory in beautiful high definition.
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