DVD and Blu-ray Releases: August 1, 2017
Hello again, fellow fiends. We’ve got a pretty decent list this week, so there has to be at least a few discrepancies. First up, last week I told you that Slither might not be out until this week, so I’ve listed it again here. Don’t Knock Twice is scheduled for a full release this week but also had a Walmart-exclusive release back on June 6th in case you’ve already seen it floating around. Lastly, Ogroff: Mad Mutilator showed up on the July 11th release schedule but popped up at the last minute for this week. I’ve included that title, along with both of the covers being released for it, again here this week.
If you’re a collector, particularly if you like Steelbook releases, this week has two good options for you. Both The Fog and They Live will have Blu-ray Steelbooks dropping this week, so pick them up to make your movie shelf look that much prettier.
For fans of Mickey Rooney, a rare movie of his will be getting released this week. The Intruder, from 1975, will have a Blu-ray available this week. You can read more information about it here.
In terms of other classics, Friday the 13th Parts 1 through 3 will all be coming on DVD this week (again). 1962’s Phantom of the Opera will also be getting a DVD release this week.
There are a bunch of more recent movies (the past 15 years or so) also getting re-released this week on either Blu-ray or DVD. If you missed out when they first dropped, titles like Shutter Island, What Lies Beneath, Disturbia, Suspect Zero, and The Good Son will all be readily available this week.
There are two other movies worth noting this week. The first is Phoenix Forgotten, which you can learn more about here. The second is House on Willow Street, whose Dread Central review you can also check out.
We will see you again next week, folks. Hopefully you can find whatever movies tickle your fancy, and as always, pleasant viewing.
MOVIES
Case 39 (2009)
Starring:
Renee Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper, Kerry O’Malley
Synopsis:
In Case 39, family services social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) thinks she has seen it all… until she meets 10-year old Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) and the child’s cruel and dangerous parents. Her worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm Lily, their only daughter. Frightened for her life, Emily enlists the help of Detective Mike Barron (Ian McShane) and takes Lily in while she continues the search for the perfect foster family. Just as it seems as though Lily is on her way to a more loving home, under the guidance of Emily and psychiatrist (Bradley Cooper), dark forces surrounding this young girl come to light and, little do they know, their attempts to protect her will only bring on greater horror.
The Devil Inside (2012)
Starring:
Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Bonnie Morgan, Suzan Crowley
Synopsis:
In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley) confessing that she had brutally killed three people. 20 years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand the truth about what happened that night. She travels to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away to determine if her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed. When she recruits two young exorcists (Simon Quarterman and Evan Helmuth) to cure her mom using unconventional methods combining both science and religion, they come face-to-face with pure evil in the form of four powerful demons possessing Maria.
Many have been possessed by one; only one has been possessed by many.
Disturbia (2007)
Starring:
Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo
Synopsis:
After his father’s death, Kale becomes sullen, withdrawn, and troubled – so much so that he finds himself under a court-ordered sentence of house arrest. His mother, Julie, works night and day to support herself and her son, only to be met with indifference and lethargy.
The walls of his house begin to close in on Kale. He becomes a voyeur as his interests turn outside the windows of his suburban home towards those of his neighbors, one of which Kale begins to suspect is a serial killer.
But, are his suspicions merely the product of cabin fever and his overactive imagination?
Don’t Knock Twice (2017)
Starring:
Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet, Nick Moran, Jordan Bolger
Synopsis:
Knock once to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead…” So goes a disturbing urban legend involving an abandoned house supposedly inhabited by a vengeful, child-stealing witch. When troubled teen Chloe (Lucy Boynton) raps at the door one night, she has no idea the horror she’s about to unleash. Fleeing to the country home of her estranged mother (Katee Sackhoff)—a recovering addict who’s turned her life around to become a famous artist—Chloe must learn to trust the woman who gave her up years ago in order to stop the bloodthirsty, shape-shifting demon stalking them. This wild supernatural shocker delivers a barrage of nonstop jolts and searing nightmare images.
The Fog (1980) (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Starring:
Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins
Synopsis:
Californians are haunted by corpses from a 100-year-old shipwreck. Directed by John Carpenter.
Friday the 13th (1980)
Starring:
Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Kevin Bacon, Jeannine Taylor, Harry Crosby
Synopsis:
Someone or something slaughters teen counselors one by one at Camp Crystal Lake.
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Starring:
Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King , Kristin Baker, Stuart Charno
Synopsis:
Mrs. Voorhees’ son Jason is waiting when another load of teens tries to make a buck at Camp Crystal.
Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
Starring:
Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Tracie Savage, Richard Brooker, Catherine Parks
Synopsis:
Killer Jason wears a hockey mask this time so teens won’t recognize him. Originally 3-D.
The Good Son (1993) (Special Edition)
Starring:
Macaulay Culkin, Elijah Wood, Wendy Crewson, David Morse, David Hugh Kelly
Synopsis:
Evil Has Many Faces! Evil resides in an unexpected place in this gripping, suspense-filled drama, written by Ian McEwan (Atonement) and directed by Joseph Ruben (The Stepfather, Sleeping with the Enemy). Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) stars as Henry, an angelic-looking boy who seems loving and loyal to his parents, sister and friends. Only his cousin Mark (Elijah Wood, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) sees what lurks behind Henry’s smile – secret thoughts and a love of deadly sadistic games. But when Mark tries to warn Henry’s family, they won’t believe him, leaving the terrified youngster alone to battle his jealous, menacing cousin. The stellar cast includes Wendy Crewson (Air Force One), David Hugh Kelly (Cujo and TV s Hardcastle and McCormick) and David Morse (The Indian Runner).
House on Willow Street (2016)
Starring:
Carlyn Burchell, Gustav Gerdener
Synopsis:
The perfect kidnapping goes gruesomely awry in this shock-a-minute, supernatural wild ride. When a band of desperate criminals, led by the tough-as nails Hazel (Sharni Vinson, You’re Next), abduct Katherine (Carlyn Burchell), the daughter of an ultra-wealthy family, they are certain they’ve found themselves an easy target for ransom. What the gang doesn’t realize is that although they have Katherine’s body, her soul has already been spoken for … by a demonic force that’s about to turn the tables on them. As Katherine’s captors confront demons, both personal and supernatural, it soon becomes clear to Hazel that for this simple ransoming, there will be Hell to pay.
The Intruder (1975)
Starring:
Chris Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Mickey Rooney, Ted Cassidy, Phyllis Robinson
Synopsis:
Mickey (The Manipulator) Rooney, Yvonne (The Munsters) De Carlo, Ted (The Addams Family) Cassidy and Chris (Stanley) Robinson (who also wrote, produced and directed) star in a story of greed, murder and irrational madness. The lust for gold brings eleven visitors to a remote island retreat, but an unseen, seemingly unstoppable evil follows to stalk them one by one. The bodies don’t stop dropping until the final shattering conclusion. Who or what is the intruder? One thing is for certain: it will not stop until it kills them all. Pre-dating the slasher movie craze that would become popular several years later, The Intruder is a bloody Agatha Christie-style horror thriller with a body count that rivals Friday The 13th and Bay Of Blood, with creepy photography by Jack (Deranged, Deathdream) McGowan. Garagehouse Pictures is pleased to introduce Chris Robinson’s never-before-released 1975 proto-slasher on Blu-ray, in a painstakingly restored High Definition transfer from the only 35mm film print in existence.
Luna (2014)
Starring:
Ben Daniels, Deryla Kirwan, Stephanie Leonidas, Michael Maloney, Maurice Roëves
Synopsis:
A weekend reunion between two couples from college days awakens many pent-up emotions. Old loves, losses and resentments are revisited and the life of a dead child is lived out in a series of strange, hallucinatory dreams.
The Machinist (2004)
Starring:
Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, John Sharian, Michael Ironside
Synopsis:
A factory lathe operator suffers from a serious case of insomnia, wearing down on his brain and his body.
Ogroff: Mad Mutilator (1983) (Two Covers)
Starring:
Howard Vernon, Norbert Moutier, Françoise Deniel, Pierre Pattin, Alain Petit
Synopsis:
Videonomicon proudly presents one of the first truly underground French horror/slasher films – officially available in North America for the first time ever – Norbert Moutier’s Super 8mm gore-fest Ogroff (aka Mad Mutilator)! For Ogroff, the mad lumberjack, the war is not over yet. Having suffered trepanation and ablated in one eye during the war Ogroff continues the fight by brutally killing anyone who enters the forest where he now resides. That is until one woman catches his eye and things get even weirder! Friends, families, kids, cars – no one and no thing is safe from the Mad Mutilator! Norbert Moutier (credited as N.G Mount), at the time a video shoppe owner, started filming in 1982 with no money but with a lot of passion. His dream: to achieve a French horror version of films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, and Night of the Living Dead that he could rent in his own store. What resulted over weekend shoots in the French countryside with the help of friends and other cinephiles (Alain Petit, Midnight Party, Zombie Lake) became a violent, over-the-top, bizarre, nonsensical, and nearly dialogue-free cult oddity which features the special participation of Jess Franco regular Howard Vernon (A Virgin Among the Living Dead, The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein) in a surprising and strange supporting role. Videonomicon brings this rarely seen one-of-a-kind horror masterpiece (or disasterpiece depending on how you view it) completely uncut and uncensored in its original French language with improved subtitles and newly remastered picture! Two versions of the movie: 2016 Colour Graded Remaster & Original Tape Transfer! Subtitle options: English, French, Spanish! Stills Gallery! Trailer! DVD-ROM Content! Includes liner notes featuring writings and reviews by Andy Bolus and Joseph A. Ziemba! Two completely different reversible cover options featuring new and original artwork! New artwork by Steak Mtn. (Cover A) and Jon Vaughn (Cover B)!
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Starring:
Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Thorley Walters, Michael Gough, Edward de Souza
Synopsis:
Hammer Films presents the most shocking version ever filmed of the classic The Phantom of the Opera. Mysterious mishaps bedevil a London opera house, but when tragedy strikes during an opening night performance, it becomes clear that these “accidents” are the deliberate work of a deranged madman – the Phantom (Herbert Lom). When Christine (Heather Sears), the young star of a new musical is contacted by the shadowy specter, her producer (Edward De Souza) investigates, tracking the ghostly Phantom to his secret underground lair. Disfigured and nearly destroyed, he now demands his hellish revenge. Christine, his new star, is the Phantom’s one weakness, and he pays the ultimate price to keep his love alive.
Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
Starring:
Matt Biedel, Hector Luis Bustamante, Ana Dela Cruz, Mackenzie Firgens
Synopsis:
Three teens went into the desert to document the most widely viewed UFO sighting in history. Their footage is all that remains.
Red Eye (2005)
Starring:
Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jenny Wade, Kyle Gallner
Synopsis:
Lisa Reisert hates to fly, but the terror that awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to dowith a fear of flying.
Moments after takeoff, Lisa’s seatmate, Jackson menacingly reveals the real reason he’s on board: He is an operative in a plot to kill a rich and powerful businessman, and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, an assassin awaiting a call from Jackson will kill her father.
Trapped within the confines of a jet at 30,000 feet, Lisa has nowhere to run and no way to summon help without endangering her father, her fellow passengers and her own life. As the miles tick by, Lisa knows she is running out of time.
She desperately looks for a way to thwart her ruthless captor and stop a terrible murder.
The Ruins (2008) (Unrated Edition)
Starring:
Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Joe Anderson
Synopsis:
Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, “The Ruins” follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins.
Shutter Island (2010)
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer
Synopsis:
Two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island’s fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane.
Slither (2006)
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.
Suspect Zero (2004)
Starring:
Aaron Eckhart, Carrie-Anne Moss, Ben Kingsley, Julian Reyes, Frank Collison
Synopsis:
An FBI agent is called in to investigate a strange murder and quickly picks up the trail of the killer. As he closes in on the suspect, he realizes that everything he has done has been a psychological maze meant to trap him in the killer’s grasp.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Starring:
Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Synopsis:
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller “Sweeney Todd.” Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who “shaved the heads of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again.” Joining Depp is Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney’s amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies. The cast also includes Alan Rickman, who portrays the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison and Timothy Spall as the Judge’s wicked associate Beadle Bamford and Sacha Baron Cohen a rival, flamboyant barber, Signor Adolfo Pirelli.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Starring:
Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, David Johansen, William Hickey, James Remar
Synopsis:
A doomed boy stalls a witch with three tales: “Lot 249,” “Cat From Hell” and “Lover’s Vow.”
They Live (1988) (Limited Edition Steelbook)
Starring:
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster
Synopsis:
When two men put on special sunglasses they see aliens and subliminal messages.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Starring:
Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, Amber Valletta
Synopsis:
The Spencers are a happily married couple until the past comes back to haunt them. A former colleague of Norman Spencer’s continues to appear to Claire, his wife. Believing in the supernatural, she investigates and the truth is unbelievable.
COLLECTIONS
The Ouija Collection
Starring:
Justin Armstrong, Belmarie Huynh, Gerald Crum, Sally Greenland, Tara Shayne
Movies:
Ouija Experiment
Film student Brandon and four friends play with a Ouija board, unwittingly opening a portal to the spirit world and a drowned girl’s deadly mystery.
Ouija Resurrection
Winning a horror night experience at a theater turns deadly when a group of friends play with a Ouija board, inadvertently summoning a bloodthirsty spirit who goes on a gruesome killing spree.
Ouija Summoning
Sara had a perfect life until an evil spirit was summoned from a Ouija Board that killed her son. Years later, trying to put the past behind her and begin anew, Sara is once again tormented by the evil spirit that will stop at nothing until it destroys her.
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