DVD and Blu-ray Releases: September 12, 2017
Wow. We’ve got one heck of a list for you, friends. First, there’s something I must address. We all love the horror community; that’s why you’re reading this, right? Well, the horrors of fiction and the horrors of reality often consist of very different things. To our friends and families in the Texas and Florida areas affected by these monstrous hurricanes, you are in our hearts. Stay strong.
Let’s get the discrepancies out of the way first. The Don’t Torture a Duckling and The Suspicious Death of a Minor Blu-rays had originally been slated to drop this week, but now all of my sources point to October 3rd. If one of those was your choice for this week, you just have to wait it out a bit longer. Additionally, there are two titles that have very little information but are on my radar, so I’m going to include them here:
Like I said, at the time of writing this article, there isn’t much information about either of these titles, so your guess is as good as mine.
This week, Best Buy is releasing a bunch of limited edition Steelbooks containing classic Universal monsters, such as Dracula, The Invisible Man, and Frankenstein. I have included a section specifically for these titles at the end of the article below the Collections section.
This week will see the 4K Ultra HD release of Split, Get Out, The Purge Collection, Dracula Untold, Van Helsing, The Mummy (2017), The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. That’s not a bad selection of films, and they all will look stunning in 4K.
There are some newer movies I’m sure some of you are fiending for. You can check out Danny Trejo in Dead Again in Tombstone, which will be getting both Blu-ray and DVD releases this week. Some other recent releases also hitting shelves this week in some form or another include this year’s hit It Comes At Night as well as Cannibal Cop and Margo.
If you’re looking for some titles from yesteryear, our classics (and almost classics) this week include Event Horizon, The Resurrected, and the lovely Jennifer Connelly in Dario Argento’s Phenomena.
Next we move on to our collections. There’s an offering from the Evil Dead franchise. There’s the entire Psycho collection. You can also pick up the entire Phantasm collection too. Hell, if you like your horror to have a bit of an overdramatic flare, there’s even the Lifetime Scary Movie Set. That’s a lot of parts of the horror spectrum covered right there.
Keep reading below because I don’t want to spoil the whole list for you. Remember to keep checking back, as each week leading up to Halloween brings us more and more titles. Pleasant viewing, friends.
MOVIES
Abbott and Costello Meet The Mummy (1955)
Starring:
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara, Peggy King
Synopsis:
Two guys stuck in Egypt follow a medallion to the crypt of Kharis.
Cannibal Cop (2017)
Starring:
Jason Crowe, Channing Dodson, Roni Jonah, Kasper Meltedhair, Alaine Huntington
Synopsis:
Detective Warbeck is a little DIFFERENT. Warbeck is hungry for flesh…HUMAN FLESH! Detective Warbeck is a Cannibal Cop and he’s about to unleash a gut-ripping Crime Wave like this city’s never seen! Ever since Warbeck crossed paths with a vengeful Voodoo Queen he’s become a half-man,.half zombie – cursed to a nocturnal rampage of unholy CANNIBAL TERROR! Only one woman can stop him – a crusading vigilante who wants to put the brakes on Warbeck’s blood-smeared FLESH FEAST! But who can stop a man cursed with the supernatural power of voodoo? Especially when that man is a Cannibal Cop? Cult director DONALD FARMER, the creator of Cannibal Hookers and Vampire Cop, unleashes his latest nightmare with Cannibal Cop – starring Jason (Harvest Lake) Crowe, Channing (Shark Exorcist) Dodson, Roni ( The Hospital) Jonah, Kasper (Hooker With A Hacksaw) Meltedhair and Alaine ( HI-8) Huntington.
The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
Starring:
Josh Phillips, Jodi Lynn Thomas, Bill LeVasseur
Synopsis:
A creature is haunting the streets of Los Angeles, waiting for the cover of night to stalk innocent young girls. Hungry for fame and fortune, it’s fueled by a demonic rage ready to devour anyone attempting to hinder its becoming the most powerful entity in Hollywood. While sometimes called A.J. Nelson, this demon is more commonly known as Vic Savage. This is his story…
In 1964, Vic Savage made The Creeping Terror with a microscopic budget verging on the non-existent. Quickly earning a reputation as the worst movie ever made, it tells of the arrival of an unconvincing alien life-form (a shambling carpet creature made of plastic tubing, wire and soap) that devours its picnicking, dancing and guitar-playing victims. Much like the infamous Ed Wood, Savage managed to pull off a variety of schemes to convince an honest producer to invest in what he promised to be “the biggest monster movie ever made”.
Told through re-enactments and containing shockingly true stories of many of the actual people involved with the production, Pete Schuermann’s The Creep Behind The Camera is the funny and ultimately terrifying saga of the making of The Creeping Terror, and a disastrous portrait of a talentless artist who ultimately succumbs to his own self-destructive behavior. Starring Josh Phillips in the larger-than-life performance as Vic Savage, and Jodi Lynn Thomas (AMC’s Preacher) as his unsuspecting wife Lois, The Creep Behind The Camera pays vibrant tribute to an inglorious chapter in the history of genre cinema, incidentally exposing one of the most unimaginably radical antitheses of the Hollywood dream.
Creepy Clowns (2016)
Starring:
Heather Drew, Edward X. Young, Daylan Ludemann
Synopsis:
A young woman embarks upon a desperate search for her missing younger brother. Aided by her ex-boyfriend and his shiftless friends, the group hones in on a mild-mannered artist, unaware of his monstrous alter ego: a Creepy Killer Clown with a tickling fetish. As the body count escalates, it falls to one young man to stop the clown’s bloody rampage in this darkly comic and outrageously twisted tale!
Dead Again in Tombstone (2017)
Starring:
Danny Trejo, Jake Busey, Elysia Rotaru, Dean McDermott, Elizabeth Lavender
Synopsis:
The devil’s outlaw and reluctant servant, Guerrero (Danny Trejo, Machete) returns from the dead again in this action-packed western which promises to be one hell of a ride. Guerrero is forced to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of Jackson Boomer (Jake Busey, Starship Troopers) and his gang of soldiers, but Jackson will stop at nothing to raise his comrades from the dead and bring the wrath of hell upon earth. Guerrero must use all his dark powers in order to defeat Jackson and find redemption…or die again trying.
Dracula Untold (2014) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance
Synopsis:
Witness the origin story of one of legend’s most captivating figures in the action-adventure, Dracula Untold. The year is 1462 and Transylvania has enjoyed a prolonged period of peace under the just and fair rule of the battle-weary Vlad III, the prince of Wallachia (Luke Evans, Fast & Furious 6, The Hobbit series). But when Sultan Mehmed II (Dominic Cooper, Captain America: The First Avenger) demands 1,000 of Wallachia’s boys – including Vlad’s own son – become child soldiers in his army, Vlad must enter into a Faustian bargain to save his family and his people. He gains the strength of 100 men, the speed of a falling star, and the power to crush his enemies. In exchange, he’s inflicted with an insatiable thirst for human blood that could force him into a life of darkness and destroy all that he holds dear.
Event Horizon (1997) (Special Edition)
Starring:
Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill
Synopsis:
A search and rescue space mission leads to a realm of unimaginable terror in this electrifying mix of action and edge of your seat suspense.
Fall of Grace (2017)
Starring:
Joshua Winch, Gerald Crum, Sheri Davis
Synopsis:
A troubled couple’s lives descend into violence and madness after a demonic entity takes their daughter.
The Fox With a Velvet Tail (1971)
Starring:
Analia Gade, Jean Sorel, Rosanna Yanni, Tony Kendall, Maurizio Bonuglia
Synopsis:
This 1971 Italian/Spanish giallo is a hugely enjoyable and very stylish murder mystery set on the luxurious Côte d’Azur. Spanish director José María Forqué – who later made the controversial Beyond Erotica – brings together a talented and good looking cast, one of the best cinematographers of the day (Alejandro Ulloa) and a fantastic, lounge style score from Maestro Piccioni to create a twisty, and twisted, tale of deception and revenge. The director’s long career at the more prestigious end of Spanish cinema and the presence of award winning scripter Rafael Azcona – who worked with many top European film makers – give the film an edge of sophistication alongside its enjoyably devious narrative.
The film is like the smooth blue waters of the Mediterranean where it’s set. It looks inviting and seductive, the sun glistening off the gentle waves; but just beneath the surface, sharks are swimming, and they’re hungry for prey…
Friday the 13th (1980) (Uncut 2017 Re-Release)
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.
Get Out (2017) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root
Synopsis:
When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined. This speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of The Visit, Insidious series and The Gift ) and the mind of Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) is equal parts gripping thriller and provocative commentary.
The Ghoul (2016) (Special Edition)
Starring:
Tom Meeten, Alice Lowie, Rufus Jones, Geoffrey McGivern, Dan Renton Skinner
Synopsis:
From executive producer Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Free Fire) comes a mind-bending British psychological thriller to sit alongside such classics of the genre as Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell’s Performance, David Lynch’s Lost Highway and Christopher Nolan’s Following.
Chris is a homicide detective called to London to investigate a strange double murder. Both victims appear to have continued moving towards their assailant despite multiple gunshots to the face and chest. On a hunch, and with the help of an old colleague and former girlfriend Chris decides to go undercover as a patient to investigate the suspect’s psychotherapist, the mysterious Alexander Morland, who has a taste for the occult…
The debut feature of writer-director Gareth Tunley, starring Tom Meeten (Sightseers), Alice Lowe (Garth Marenghi s Darkplace) and Dan Renton Skinner (Notes on Blindness), The Ghoul is the latest standout addition to a thriving new wave of British cinema.
Good People (2008)
Starring:
Geanie Alan, Johnny Alonso, Maria Angelucci
Synopsis:
A seemingly random string of murders begin to interweave itself into the disintegration of a patchwork family that has lost its cornerstone. With her husband dead, Misty must deal with the pressures of her step-family, while hiding her own past and building a new tomorrow for herself. However, the events of today are becoming more and more threatening, and the evening news is slowly losing the barrier that the TV screen once provided.
Halloween Around the World (2017)
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
Monsters, zombies and ghouls are prowling around the neighborhood; pumpkins are glowing on the porch; yards are decked out like miniature haunted houses; and children have bags of candy… it must be Halloween! With the days getting shorter and the weather growing colder, October is the perfect time to get into the spirit by enjoying Halloween traditions from the comfort of your own home. Originating in pre-Christian times, Halloween has evolved from a pagan ritual, to a highly anticipated night of costumes, candy, frights and delights that are enjoyed by the entire family. Sit back, relax and enjoy a hauntingly fun journey through the eerie and entertaining world of Halloween with all of its ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night!
The Hatred (2017)
Starring:
Sarah Davenport, Andrew Divoff, Darby Walker, Gabrielle Bourne, Bayley Corman
Synopsis:
Sins from the past return to terrorize the present in this shocker from the creators of Halloween. When recent college-grad Regan goes to a family’s house to babysit their daughter for the weekend, she invites her three best gal pals along. What starts as a girls’ getaway becomes a journey into hell, as the young women discover the house is haunted by a dark and violent history involving a Nazi (Andrew Divoff (Wishmaster), his daughter, and an ancient artifact that feeds on fear.
It Comes at Night (2017)
Starring:
Christopher Abbott, Joel Edgerton, Kelvin Jr. Harrison
Synopsis:
Imagine the end of the world. Now imagine something worse. Award-winning filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his breakout debut Krisha with the psychological horror thriller It Comes At Night, centering on a teenaged boy (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) as he grapples with mounting terrors—external and otherwise—in the aftermath of an unnamed cataclysm.
Secure within a desolate home with his vigilant, protective and heavily armed parents (Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo), 17-year-old Travis navigates fear, grief and paranoia amid scarce resources as a desperate young couple (Christopher Abbott and Riley Keough) seeks refuge in his family home with their young child.
Despite the best intentions of both families, panic and mistrust boil over as the horrors of the outside world creep ever closer. But they are nothing compared to the horrors within, where Travis discovers that his father’s commitment to protecting the family may cost him his soul.
Johnny Ghost (2011)
Starring:
Anni Finsterer, Clara Francesca Pagone, Si Francis
Synopsis:
Millicent, a professional musician and lecturer, decides to remove her tattoo, only to begin experiencing ghosts from her past.
Margo (2017)
Starring:
Abbey Hickey, Cindy Maples, Lauren Schaubert
Synopsis:
A female-driven, post-society drama/thriller about love, madness, and humankind’s everlasting hunt for companionship.
The Mummy (2017) (4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD)
Starring:
Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Russell Crowe, Sofia Boutella
Synopsis:
Thought safely entombed in a tomb deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient princess (Boutella) whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.
From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters.
The Mummy (1999) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Kevin J. O’Connor
Synopsis:
Deep in the Egyptian desert, a band of explorers searching for long-lost treasure have accidentally unearthed and resurrected the Mummy—an ancient 3,000-year-old legacy of terror! Adventurer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) pairs up with librarian Evelyn (Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) and a motley archeological crew to conquer the curse of the living dead—the vengeful reincarnation of the Egyptian priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). Combining the thrills of a rousing adventure with the suspense of the legendary 1932 horror classic, The Mummy is a true nonstop action epic, filled with dazzling visual effects, top-notch talent and superb storytelling.
The Mummy Returns (2001) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Brendan Fraser, Arnold Vosloo, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah
Synopsis:
An ancient legacy of terror is unleashed when the cursed mummy, Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), is resurrected once again in The Mummy Returns — along with a force even more powerful: the Scorpion King (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). Now, as the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance, Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evie (Rachel Weisz) embark on a daring, desperate race to save their son – and the world – from unspeakable evil. The Mummy Returns is supercharged with pulse-pounding action and spectacular special effects that’ll blow you away.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Russell Wong
Synopsis:
Brendan Fraser and Jet Li star in the action-packed adventure The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor! When a 2,000-year-old curse is broken, a ruthless dragon emperor (Jet Li) comes back to life with a diabolical plan to enslave the world. Mankind’s only hope against him and his legion of undead warriors lies with the courageous O’Connell family, who chase him from the dangerous catacombs of China, to the icy Himalayas and beyond. Featuring intense battle sequences, breathtaking visual effects and extraordinary creatures, it’s a thrilling journey that Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times calls “the best in the series!”
Night of the Unspeakable (2017)
Starring:
Dena Toler, Anthony Dalton, Erreol Robinson, King Orr
Synopsis:
Night of the Unspeakable is a hip hop, horror, thriller set in the confines of a rehearsal/recording studio. A Rapper and his Entourage, an R&B Girl Group, a Rock and Soul Band and a Spoken Word Artist are trapped for one terrifying night with two evil and deadly demons. The demons are accidently released, but once they are free they begin to quench their carnal desires and blood lusts by seducing and then sadistically slaying their victims. The trapped young artists come to the frightening and brutal realization that they are in a life or death struggle and that they must destroy the demons before they lose their lives and their immortal souls.
Phenomena (1985) (2-Disc Blu-ray)
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi
Synopsis:
The young Jennifer Corvino (played by Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Connelly, in one of her first film roles) is sent to a private Swiss academy for girls where a vicious killer is on the loose, brutally murdering students. Jennifer is a gifted girl with the strange ability to communicate with insects, and Dr. McGregor (Donald Pleasence, John Carpenter’s Halloween series, Escape From New York) enlists her to help locate the killer. Jennifer finds herself in a bizarre murder plot with maggots, mutants, and razor-wielding chimpanzee mayhem! Can she uncover the killer’s identity before becoming a victim herself? Daria Nicolodi (Tenebrae) and Fiore Argento (Demons) also star in this strange, unique and gory film from Italy’s Master of Horror, Dario Argento. Phenomena also features fantastic soundtrack music from progressive-rock favorite Goblin, British Heavy Metal masters Motörhead & Iron Maiden, Andi Sex Gang, Bill Wyman and Simon Boswell!
Synapse Films is proud to present Dario Argento’s Phenomena on a 2-disc Blu-ray containing THREE different cuts of the film re-mastered in stunning high-definition.
The Resurrected (1992)
Starring:
Chris Sarandon, Jane Sibbett
Synopsis:
A Rhode Island private eye learns his client’s husband is a latter-day sorcerer out to bring back the dead.
Ruby (1977)
Starring:
Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Roger Davis, Janit Baldwin
Synopsis:
Ruby is a horror film with the emphasis on atmosphere and suspense, but it also contains enough creepy special effects and blood and gore to satisfy the most demanding genre fans. Most of it takes place at night, with all kinds of marvelous influences lurking in the shadows. Directed by cult-film director Curtis Harrington (Night Tide, Queen of Blood, Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, Games, What’s the Matter with Helen? Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? The Killing Kind) and featuring an impressive cast including Piper Laurie, fresh from her starring role in Carrie, 1976, as Ruby, and Stuart Whitman (Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, 1965). The movie begins in 1935, Ruby Clair, beautiful hostess of a Florida gambling house, watches in horror as her gangster boyfriend is gunned down, his bullet-riddled body sinking slowly into a dark, foggy bayou. That same night Ruby’s baby is born. Fast forward to 1951. Ruby now owns a drive-in movie operated by a crew of ex-convicts she has befriended. Her beautiful daughter has never uttered a sound since she was born. One by one her theater employees are savagely murdered. Could it be the work of a rival criminal settling an old score? Or could it be an evil wreaking vengeance from beyond the grave? A psychologist from the state prison tries to find out – and what he discovers is not for the squeamish. This special BD/DVD combo is the definitive original theatrical version of Ruby, with a 2K restoration, 2 commentary tracks and over 2 hours of video interviews and special features!
Silver Cell (2011)
Starring:
Amanda Baker, Gregg Biamonte, Arthur Leo Collins
Synopsis:
A despondent woman named Angela attempts suicide, resulting in a coma. Trapped inside her own nightmare, she’s pursued by creatures that want her soul, taking her deep into the world of the Silver Cell.
Silver Woods (2017)
Starring:
Adam Berardi, Michael Lopez, Titus Covington, Michael Espinoza, Fallon Franzen
Synopsis:
When a local park ranger warns a group of friends to stay out of the woods they can’t resist. Soon they learn just how dark some secrets can be.
Spider (1991)
Starring:
Romualds Ancans, Aurelia Anuzhite, Saulius Balandis, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Synopsis:
Vita, a beautiful teenage girl, is asked by a controversial artist to pose as the Virgin Mary for a painting. She visits his studio and finds herself swept up into the bizarre world of the artist and his bohemian friends. She seems to see his paintings come to life and is pursued by strange shadowy figures. Later she has nightmarish visions of the artist visiting her at night in the form of a huge spider. The next morning she finds marks on her body that look like the bites of a large insect.
Vita’s mother becomes worried about her and sends the girl off to stay with relatives in the countryside, believing that the change of environment will help her to recover. However, it seems the dark forces that threatened Vita in the city have followed her and an ancient evil is being awakened that feeds off Vita.
This Latvian shot, Russian language film was produced in the post Glasnost years of the former Soviet Union, when the barriers were down and previously unacceptable material was being explored for the first time. This is one of the very few horror films to come out of that period and still stands today as a daring and unique production, packed with elaborate and astonishing visual sequences.
Split (2017) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula
Synopsis:
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns with an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has revealed 23 personalities to his psychiatrist, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him – as well as everyone around him – as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
A Twisted Tale (2014)
Starring:
Jazmyne Van Houten, Cecilianna Arriola, Danielle Leuschen
Synopsis:
A group of troubled teens are sent to a hippie camp to find inner peace. However, they are obsessed with the camps haunted legend of the FireLady… conjuring up the unsettled spirit in the woods.
Van Helsing (2004) (4K Ultra HD)
Starring:
Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley
Synopsis:
The director of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns brings three of Universal’s classic monsters back to life like never before in the action-packed Van Helsing! Legendary monster hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman, X-Men) must rely on the help of the beautiful and mysterious Anna Valeris (Kate Beckinsale, Underworld) as he engages in an epic battle with the ultimate forces of darkness – Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Mosnster! Get ready for non-stop action and mythic adventure in this pulse-pounding thrill ride loaded with spectacular visual effects!
TELEVISION
“Night Gallery” The Complete Series
Starring:
Vincent Price, Mickey Rooney, Sally Field, Sandra Dee, Bill Bixby
Synopsis:
Prepare for the chill of a lifetime as the master of suspense, Rod Serling (“The Twilight Zone”), hosts 98 stories of terror in this classic series, featuring every spine-tingling episode from all three seasons of Night Gallery. Directed by cinematic masters like Steven Spielberg, and with guest performances by Hollywood legends like Diane Keaton, Joan Crawford, Sally Field, Mickey Rooney and more, this collector’s complete series set is one not to miss.
COLLECTIONS
Evil Dead 1 & 2
Starring:
Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
Synopsis:
The cult classics that launched the epic TV franchise are available together for the first ever from Lionsgate!
Movies:
Evil Dead
Teens in a mountain cabin play a professor’s tape of mumbo jumbo from the Book of the Dead.
Evil Dead 2
Cabin visitors fight protean spirits of the dead with a chainsaw, shotgun and Egyptian mumbo jumbo.
Kidnapped by Doctors: Female Hostages
Starring:
Various
Synopsis:
Most people trust their Doctor because most of them are upstanding citizens for sure, but stories of MDs going fully psychotic takes the horror to a whole new level. Not for the squeamish, this killer volume will keep you away from even the ER as you will rather DIE than endure the pain and torture these Doctors specialize in.
Movies:
Experiments in Human Suffering
A group of women taken hostage discover that they are part of an experiment with no obvious purpose. They are visited, one by one, by the Surgeon who leaves a trail of terror as he cuts a four digit number into each woman’s skin, the exact time he will return to kill them.
Who’s Watching You?
Mary’s life is disintegrating; she’s on the verge of losing everything and desperately needs income to survive. Driven to extremes, she responds to an ad in the paper and embarks on a series of home-based drug tests that go horribly wrong when the Doctor comes for a checkup.
Lifetime Scary Movie Set
Starring:
Maria Bello, Olympia Dukakis, Mackenzie Maury, Victoria Pratt
Synopsis:
A woman left for dead by a serial killer seeks revenge. A real-life Manson girl reveals how her communal sisterhood moved from free love to mass murder. A mother’s newborn baby is possessed by a vengeful spirit. Two high school girls unearth a centuries-old diary and unleash havoc and destruction. This spellbinding collection of movies – Stephen King’s Big Driver, Manson’s Lost Girls, Hush Little Baby, and Devil’s Diary – features stars including Maria Bello, Olympia Dukakis, Mackenzie Maury, and Victoria Pratt.
Phantasm 5 Movie Collection
Starring:
Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury
Movies:
Phantasm
Two brothers find out more about a cemetery Tall Man and his fatal flying silver sphere.
Phantasm II
Two psychically linked teens cannot escape from the grave-robbing Tall Man of their nightmares.
Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead
A rescue team sets out to find a victim of the Tall Man and his fatal flying silver spheres.
Phantasm: Oblivion
The Tall Man uses fatal flying silver spheres to lead the undead in a quest for vengeance.
Phantasm: Ravager
For 37 years, audiences have followed small town friends Reggie, Mike, and Jody in their quest to stop the evil, dimension-hopping schemes of The Tall Man (Angus Scrimm in his final performance) and his armada of killer Sentinel Spheres. Now, Don Coscarelli’s acclaimed horror/sci-fi Phantasm franchise comes to a close in a truly epic finale, a multi-dimensional battle across multiple timelines, alien planets, and altered realities, where no less than the fate of Earth is on the line.
Psycho: Complete 4-Movie Collection
Starring:
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Meg Tilly, Diana Scarwid, Henry Thomas
Synopsis:
Check into the motel where guests never check out in the Psycho: Complete 4-Movie Collection, featuring all four thrillers starring Anthony Perkins as the notorious Norman Bates – including the iconic original directed by the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. In Psycho, a secretary (Janet Leigh) checks into the remote Bates Motel run by a shy young man (Perkins) with what appears to be a domineering mother. In Psycho II, Norman returns to his family home after 22 years only to be haunted by his past. Old habits die hard when Norman falls for a former nun and angers his jealous mother in Psycho III. Finally, in Psycho IV: The Beginning, Norman calls in to a late-night radio show and shares disturbing memories of his childhood with Mother.
The Purge: 3-Movie Collection (4K Ultra HD)
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.
The Snow Creature (1954) (Includes 4 Bonus Movies)
Starring:
Paul Langton, Teru Shimada, Leslie Denison
Movies:
The Snow Creature
One of the greatest scientific discoveries in the world, a male Yeti or snow creature, suffers a violent fate when brought from the Himalayas to Los Angeles, California. Escaping, the enraged brute retreats to the city’s sewers.
The She-Beast
Veronica (Barbara Steele) is a beautiful young bride who is possessed by an 18th century Transylvanian witch that was murdered by local villagers and is now bent on getting her revenge.
Chupacabra vs. the Alamo
When murder victims are discovered with every drop of blood siphoned from their bodies, Erik Estrada must take on a deadly pack of Chupacabras loose in the Texas desert.
Blood Predator
Stranded in the mountains, the survivors of a jet crash are forced to fight off a rapidly multiplying extraterrestrial beast.
Curse of the Wolf
Dakota, a young werewolf, has finally learned to control her nighttime transformations and escapes to the city to start a new life. But her pack won’t let her go without a final, vicious battle.
BEST BUY EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOKS
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) (Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook)
Starring:
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Gavin Gordon
Synopsis:
This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon), Percy Shelley (Douglas Walton), and Shelley’s wife Mary (Elsa Lanchester) engage in morbidly sparkling conversation. The wicked Byron mockingly chastises Mary for frightening the literary world with her recent novel Frankenstein, but Mary insists that her horror tale preached a valuable moral, that man was not meant to dabble in the works of God. Moreover, Mary adds that her story did not end with the death of Frankenstein’s monster, whereupon she tells the enthralled Byron and Shelley what happened next. Surviving the windmill fire that brought the original 1931 Frankenstein to a close, the Monster (Boris Karloff) quickly revives and goes on another rampage of death and destruction. Meanwhile, his ailing creator Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) discovers that his former mentor, the demented Doctor Praetorius (Ernst Thesiger), plans to create another life-sized monster — this time a woman! After a wild and wooly “creation” sequence, the bandages are unwrapped, and the Bride of the Monster (Elsa Lanchester again) emerges. Alas, the Monster’s tender efforts to connect with his new Mate are rewarded only by her revulsion and hoarse screams. “She hate me,” he growls, “Just like others!” Wonderfully acted and directed, The Bride of Frankenstein is further enhanced by the vivid Franz Waxman musical score; even the film’s occasional lapses in logic and continuity (it was trimmed from 90 to 75 minutes after the first preview) are oddly endearing. Director James Whale was memorably embodied by Ian McKellen in the Oscar-winning 1998 biopic Gods and Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) (Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook)
Starring:
Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell
Synopsis:
In the early 1950s, a scientific expedition into the Amazon recovers a strange fossilized claw that could be a missing link between creatures that swim in the seas and those that walk on land. Once the fossil is examined, a larger, better-funded expedition is authorized to travel deep into the interior of the Amazon Basin to hopefully find more examples of the long dead creature. But as the expedition pushes deeper into the unexplored reaches of the great waterway, they come to the realization that “something” is watching their every move, stalking them… on the land, and in the water!
Dracula (1931) (Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook)
Starring:
Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston
Synopsis:
“I am….Drac-u-la. I bid you velcome.” Thus does Bela Lugosi declare his presence in the 1931 screen version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Director Tod Browning invests most of his mood and atmosphere in the first two reels, which were based on the original Stoker novel; the rest of the film is a more stagebound translation of the popular stage play by John Balderston and Hamilton Deane. Even so, the electric tension between the elegant Dracula and the vampire hunter Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) works as well on the screen as it did on the stage. And it’s hard to forget such moments as the lustful gleam in the eyes of Mina Harker (Helen Chandler) as she succumbs to the will of Dracula, or the omnipresent insane giggle of the fly-eating Renfield (Dwight Frye). Despite the static nature of the final scenes, Dracula is a classic among horror films, with Bela Lugosi giving the performance of a lifetime as the erudite Count (both Lugosi and co-star Frye would forever after be typecast as a result of this film, which had unfortunate consequences for both men’s careers). Compare this Dracula to the simultaneously filmed Spanish-language version, which makes up for the absence of Lugosi with a stronger sense of visual dynamics in the lengthy dialogue sequences. In 1999, a special rerelease of Dracula was prepared featuring a new musical score written by Philip Glass and performed by The Kronos Quartet. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Frankenstein (1931) (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook)
Starring:
Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Edward Van Sloan, Frederick Kerr
Synopsis:
Still regarded as the definitive film version of Mary Shelley’s classic tale of tragedy and horror, Frankenstein made unknown character actor Boris Karloff a star and created a new icon of terror. Along with the highly successful Dracula, released earlier the same year, it launched Universal Studio’s golden age of 1930s horror movies. The film’s greatness stems less from its script than from the stark but moody atmosphere created by director James Whale; Herman Rosse’s memorable set designs, particularly the fantastic watchtower laboratory, featuring electrical equipment designed by Kenneth Strickfaden; the creature’s trademark look from makeup artist Jack Pierce, who required Karloff to don pounds of makeup and heavy asphalt shoes to create the monster’s unique lurching gait; and Karloff’s nuanced performance as the tormented and bewildered creature. Frankenstein was greeted with screams, moans, and fainting spells upon its initial release, obliging Universal to add a disclaimer in which Edward Van Sloan advises the faint of heart to leave the theater immediately. If they don’t: “Well…we’ve warned you.” Director James Whale was memorably embodied by Ian McKellen in the Oscar-winning 1998 biopic Gods and Monsters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Invisible Man (1933) (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook)
Starring:
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O’Connor, Forrester Harvey
Synopsis:
A scientist’s experiments with invisibility turn him into a madman.
The Mummy (1932) (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook)
Starring:
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Byron, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher
Synopsis:
The Mummy represented Boris Karloff’s second horror starring role after his “overnight” success in Frankenstein. Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, Egyptian high priest Imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the British field exposition that disturbed his tomb (shades of the King Tut curse). While disguised as a contemporary Egyptologist, he falls in love with Zita Johann, whom he recognizes as the latest incarnation of a priestess who died nearly 40 centuries earlier. Spiriting Zita away to the tomb, he relates the story of how he had dared to enter her ancestor’s sacred burial crypt, hoping to restore her to life. Caught in the act, he was embalmed alive and his tongue was cut out for his act of sacrilege. Now that he has returned, he intends to slay Zita, so that they will be reunited for all time in the Hereafter. Despite its melodramatic trappings, The Mummy is essentially a love story, poetically related by ace cinematographer and first-time director Karl Freund. Jack Pierce’s justly celebrated makeup skills offers us two Karloffs: the wizened Egyptologist and the flaking, rotting mummy, who though only seen for a few seconds remains in the memory long after the film’s final image has faded. Best line: “It went for a little walk.” The Mummy was followed by four stock footage-laden sequels, none of which approached the power and poignancy of the original. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Wolf Man (1941) (Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook)
Starring:
Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi
Synopsis:
“Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright.” Upon first hearing these words, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) dismisses them as childish folderol. After all, this is the 20th Century; how can a human being turn into a werewolf? Talbot soon learns how when he attempts to rescue Jenny Williams (Fay Helm) from a nocturnal attack by a wolf. Collapsing, Talbot discovers upon reviving that Jenny is dead-and, lying by her side, is not the body of a beast, but of a gypsy named Bela (Bela Lugosi). The son of fortune teller Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), Bela was a lycanthrope, or “wolf man.” And now that he has been bitten by Bela, Talbot is cursed to suffer the torments of the damned whenever the moon is full. Arguably the best of the “original” Universal horrors (original in the sense that it was not based on an existing literary property, a la Frankenstein, Dracula and The Invisible Man), The Wolf Man boasts one of the most stellar casts ever to grace a “B” picture: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Maria Ouspenskaya and Bela Lugosi. The man-to-wolf transformation sequences — one of which took a full 24 hours to film — are thoroughly convincing, thanks to the cosmetic genius of Jack P. Pierce (Chaney had wanted to emulate his father by developing his own werewolf makeup, but existing union rules would not permit this). Alas, after this powerhouse opening volley, the Wolf Man character was relegated to a series of cheap sequels, teaming him with other Universal shock stars: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943), House of Frankenstein (1944) and House of Dracula (1945). The final ignominy was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1945), in which Lawrence Talbot (Chaney again), having been cured of lycanthropy in House of Dracula, reverts to his werewolf status — and has to endure the one-liners of Lou Costello to boot! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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