DVD and Blu-ray Releases: January 24, 2017
Hello again, folks. This week’s list, while not huge, still has some pretty good titles to speak about.
First up is 1967’s Wait Until Dark. I’m assuming Audrey Hepburn will look even more stunning when given the Blu-ray treatment.; Alan Arkin, probably not so much.
The last of our classics for the week is 1987’s Blood Rage. This is a 2 disc special edition Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow so you know it will be worthwhile.
In terms of more recent films, Cloverfield will be getting another Blu-ray release this week. Alongside that is the Blu-ray for Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Keep checking back each week, friends. February is loaded with releases so you’ll want to be on top of all of them. Have a good week and as always, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
Beauty Queen Butcher (2007)
Starring:
Tammy Pescatelli, Rhona Brody, Kimberly Ann Kurtenbach, Kathryn A. Mensik, Jim Boggess
Synopsis:
Mean Girls meets Carrie when a shy, overweight and bullied girl exacts bloody revenge on her popular classmates in this early 90s shot-on-video shocker inspired by the horror classic Carrie and the slasher favorite Prom Night! It was bad enough when the popular girls of Slivis Slough High pranked fattie Phyllis into entering the beauty queen pageant, but when they microwaved her cat…watch out! Watch the pretty girls pay in the most gruesome ways when Phyllis, armed and dangerous, exacts her gory revenge! Produced and Directed by Shane Parlow and Jill Zurborg; starring Tammy Pescatelli, Jim Boggess, Rhona Brody.
Blood Rage (1987)
Starring:
Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Marianne Kanter
Synopsis:
What do you get if you combine Thanksgiving, American TV star Louise Lasser (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman), killer ’80s synths and some truly gruesome special effects courtesy of Ed French (Terminator 2: Judgement Day)? Why, it’s Blood Rage of course!
Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in. Todd is blamed for the bloody crime and institutionalized, whilst twin brother Terry goes free. Ten years later and, as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal, the news comes in that Todd has escaped. But has the real killer in fact been in their midst all along?
Shot in 1983 but not released until 1987, Blood Rage is a gloriously gruesome slice of ’80s slasher heaven now restored from the original negative for its world Blu-ray debut.
Cloverfield (2008)
Starring:
Mike Vogel, T.J. Miller
Synopsis:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Starring:
Jeremy Renner, Peter Stormare
Synopsis:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches…their past.
The Monster (2016)
Starring:
Scott Speedman, Aaron Douglas
Synopsis:
Acclaimed horror filmmaker Bryan Bertino (The Strangers) directs this suspenseful and scary new film, in which a divorced mother (Zoe Kazan) and her headstrong daughter must make an emergency late night road trip to see the girl’s father. As they drive through deserted country roads on a stormy night, they suddenly have a startling collision that leaves them shaken but not seriously hurt. Their car, however, is dead, and as they try in vain to get help, they come to realize they are not alone on these desolate backroads—a terrifying evil is lurking in the surrounding woods, intent on never letting them leave…
Truth Or Dare (2016)
Starring:
Jessica Cameron, Ryan Kiser, Heather Dorff
Synopsis:
A group of 6 friends (Jennifer, Michelle, Ray, John, Tony, and Courtney) find overnight internet stardom by making violent truth or dare videos online. A massive fanbase ensues and their lives are changed forever. While guests on a popular talk show, they find themselves confronted by their #1 fan named Derik B. Smith. He causes a scene after demanding to be a part of their group.
Subsequently, he gets thrown out of the talk show after trying to get on the stage.The Truth or Daredevils begin filming their latest video at John’s house. Everything is running smoothly until the unstable fan from earlier shows up and forces the group of friends to play his version of truth or dare.
Shocking truths are revealed and the dares become deadly as all of the players learn one another’s deepest and darkest secrets and blood is spilled by the buckets.
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Starring:
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jr. Efrem Zimbalist
Synopsis:
Now two are left: Susy, recently blinded and still learning how to live in a sighted world, and Roat, a psychopathic killer. Roat wants a heroin-stuffed doll he thinks Susy has. All Susy wants is to survive. Dim the lights, check the door’s chain lock, and brace yourself for a chiller as polished as the steel of Roat’s blade. Audrey Hepburn earned her fifth Academy Award nomination as Susy. Alan Arkin is pure evil as Roat, master of disguise and accents. Jack Weston and Richard Crenna costar as his henchmen. Building to a heart-pounding one-on-one confrontation, Wait Until Dark belongs to the screen’s most memorable thrillers” (David Shipman, The Story of Cinema).
COLLECTIONS
Stephen King Collection
Starring:
Tom Skerritt, Christopher Walken
Movies:
Pet Sematary
A doctor and his family move to a town near an ancient Indian burial ground
The Dead Zone
A man comes out of a coma able to see the probable futures of anyone he touches. Directed by David Cronenberg. From the Stephen King novel.
Graveyard Shift
A drifter works nights at a boss man’s mill, with rats and a monster. From the Stephen King story.
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