DVD and Blu-ray Releases: July 25, 2017
Welcome back, everyone. First: the discrepancies. Slither is scheduled on Amazon to be released on August 1st, but on both the Shout! Factory website as well as Blu-ray.com, this is the week. I will list it again next week as well in case you can’t find it this week.
Similarly, the special edition Re-Animator Blu-ray may not be available until August 8th, so I will remind you in a few weeks should you miss out.
See you next week, my fellow lovers of gore, suspense, thrills and chills. As always, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
Starring:
James Zimbardi, Skyler Caleb, Emily Somers, Andrea Hunt, Robert R. Shafer
Synopsis:
Adam and his wife Beth are a struggling couple with a newborn baby Emma. Adam receives a phone call from his estranged brother, Jake, informing him that their mother has gone missing. He urges Adam and his family to come back to their hometown.
They are greeted by Jake and his wife Christy, who are a shining example of a happy couple. A search committee is at Evette’s house, from Gateways, a bereavement group that has been helping Evette deal with the loss of her previous home and their father.
As the brothers try to get past old grievances and work together in finding their mother, Adam becomes increasingly aware that Gateways may be up to something more sinister, and perhaps even behind their mother’s disappearance.
A dark, shadowy presence begins to stalk Beth, seeming to influence her thoughts. As Adam’s paranoia continues to grow, he becomes terrified that Gateways and a shapeless, faceless creature lurking around the family may be after their newborn baby.
Starring:
Theodore Bouloukos, Jon Wachter, Kathy Biehl
Synopsis:
It has been hailed as “raw, funny and twisted” (PopOptiq), condemned as “soul-crushing” (NextProjection.com), and cheered as “a fresh new outsider vision” (Fantasia) at film festivals around the world. In this “sincerely disturbing” (Indiewire) debut from co-writer/director Andres Torres, a slow-witted misfit named Albert (Jon Wachter, giving what HorrorNews calls “the best male performance in a horror film this year” sells hot dogs all night from the most unsanitary food cart in downtown Manhattan. But when he’s invited to become the new model for a manipulative photographer, Albert will be exposed to a seething city underbelly. It may shock you. But you have never seen anything quite like Bag Boy Lover Boy.
Beyond The Darkness (1979) (Blu-ray + CD Soundtrack)
Starring:
Kieran Canter, Cinzia Monreale, Franca Stoppi
Synopsis:
It has been denounced as “revolting” (SplatterDay.com), “stomach-churning” (Classic-Horror.com) and “shower-prompting” (Fandor), while simultaneously acclaimed as “bone-chilling” (Chas Balun), “truly classic” (The Spinning Image) and “a must-see” (Horror.com). Now experience “D’Amato’s masterpiece” (BloodyDisgusting.com) like you’ve never seen or heard it before: CinzIa Monreale (The Beyond) and Franca Stoppi (The Other Hell) star in this psycho sickie – set to a pounding score by Goblin.
Severin is proud to present this sleaze-fest also known as Buried Alive and Buio Omega from director Joe D’Amato (Anthropophagus), restored and packed with exclusive new Special Features.
Starring:
Paola Bontempi
Synopsis:
Amanda steps into a limousine waiting to take her to a gala ceremony where will receive a lifetime award for her acting career. Suddenly the doors lock, and Amanda’s phone is jammed. A strange voice tells her that she’s trapped, and begins to force her into doing things that slowly eat away at her respect and integrity. Amanda is smart, but will she escape this diabolical end game?
Lust of the Vampire Girls (2017)
Starring:
Victor Medina, Amy Savannah, Ashley Eliza Parker, Dave Nilson
Synopsis:
An homage to European exploitation of the 60’s and 70’s. A man searches for his missing girlfriend, who has been abducted into a clan of vampires, led by an insane Nazi doctor, whom he must battle to save the soul of the woman he loves.
Starring:
Vincent Rivera, Sadie Katz, Greg Chandler Maness
Synopsis:
A security guard gets hired to guard an empty mansion until the owner will arrive in the morning. Little does he know, he has been set up as a human sacrifice to placate the various Demons who live in the house. Will he survive the shift or will he be a victim?
Starring:
Clare Niederpruem, Hailey Nebeker, Melanie Stone, Darien Willardson, Colton Tran
Synopsis:
A girl running from her past is forced to confront her future when her friends perform an impromptu seance. Dirty secrets are revealed and an uninvited guest joins the party.
Re-Animator (1985) (2-Disc Limited Edition)
Starring:
Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Synopsis:
Herbert West has a good head on his shoulders… And another one on his desk.
One of the most wildly popular horror movies of all-time, Stuart Gordon s enduring splatter-comedy classic Re-Animator returns to Blu-ray in a stunning restoration packed with special features!
When medical student Dean Cain advertises for a roommate, he soon finds one in the form of Dr. Herbert West. Initially a little eccentric, it some becomes clear that West entertains some seriously outlandish theories specifically, the possibility of re-animating the dead. It s not long before Dean finds himself under West s influence, and embroiled in a serious of ghoulish experiments which threaten to go wildly out of control…
Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s classic terror tale “Herbert West Reanimator” and featuring a standout performance from Jeffrey Combs as the deliciously deranged West, Re-Animator remains the ground-zero of ’80s splatter mayhem and one of the genre’s finest hours.
Starring:
Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry
Synopsis:
Slither is a sick and twisted spine-chilling terror unlike anything you’ve seen before! Residents of a small town come face-to-face with an evil dark force intent on devouring all life on Earth.
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) (3-Disc Limited Edition Combo)
Starring:
Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli
Synopsis:
When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre “Stendhal Syndrome” a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer’s madness more intimately than she ever imagined.
Horror maestro Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignol with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine’s “Sexiest Woman in the World” Asia Argento (Land of the Dead, XXX), Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula 3D, King Kong) and Marco Leonardi (From Dusk Till Dawn 3, Cinema Paradiso). Previously edited outside of Italy, Blue Underground proudly presents The Stendhal Syndrome in a gorgeous new 2K restoration from the original camera negative and bursting with brand-new Extras exclusive to this release!
Starring:
Hal Reed, Bob Jones, Bertha Dahl
Synopsis:
Directed by Tom Hanson, who had previously owned a chain of Pizza Man restaurants, The Zodiac Killer was made to capture the real-life Zodiac Killer. That plan didn’t work. Instead, we got the most outrageous and compelling ”tabloid horror” vortex in the history of planet Earth. And beyond. During theatrical screenings, Hanson constructed in-theater ”traps” to lure the killer from hiding. These included the use of an ice cream freezer filled with rent-a-cops and a raffle with a motorcycle as a prize. You won’t get insight like this by watching a David Fincher movie. But you will get it while watching The Zodiac Killer.
COLLECTIONS
The Warlock Collection (3-Film Set)
Starring:
Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Chris Young, Bruce Payne
Synopsis:
NEW Vestron Video Collectors Edition packaging. 2-disc, 3-film set! All Warlock films in one package! Restored and remastered never before on Blu-ray. Packed with amazing special features for ALL THREE FILMS including audio commentaries, isolated score selections, interviews, TV spots, still galleries, making-of featurettes, and more!!!!
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