Upcoming DVD releases

[Kane_Hodder]

Originally Posted by zwoti

i enjoyed day watch.

Thank you, zwoti. I will make sure to buy it once it releases.

[Despare]

I'll be getting a lot of these...

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Tuesday, August 21 releases-


Basic How-to Halloween Makeups: Tempe

Tempe DVD presents 20 unique, easy-to-apply makeups, all created from materials found around the home and in local costume shops. Professional Hollywood makeup artists introduce you to some of their secrets, explained in easy to understand, step-by-step detail! Don't settle for the same old boring Halloween masks -- impress your friends and be the life of any costume party! Makeups include: Zombie, Pumpkin-Head, Lizard, Witch, Cat, Exorcism Victim, Vampire, Alien, Burn Victim, Frankenstein s Monster, Mummy, Creature, Old Man, Phantom, Gargoyle, Robot, Swamp Creature, Evil Clown, Dracula and Ghastly Ghoul.

Scare your parents. Astonish your friends, become the next Tom Savini just in time for Halloween. This should be a pretty fun disc.


Borderline Cult: Lionsgate

After three ruthless serial killers team up in the Mexican border town of Juarez, hundreds of women are abducted, tortured and murdered.

Ulli Lomell is back. I know it seems like only weeks have passed by since his last film. But I promise you he’s getting better. This one has an actual location (outside of a room, a bar or as in his last flick…a vacant warehouse). The man is branching out. Let’s embrace that for a moment!


Dexter: The First Season: Showtime



During the day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial employee in the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's crime lab, but his meticulously crafted life masks his true nature. In reality Dexter is a disciplined and murderous psychopath, and he slakes his blood lust at night by carefully killing the serial killers he tracks down during the day.

This is hands down the best serial that Showtime has ever put together, and that comes from a monster fan of Dead Like Me.


Exorcism: Deimos/BCI Eclipse

Enraged by his wife's infidelity, a dead man's spirit returns as a vengeful demon which takes possessed his daughter after she becomes involved in witchcraft. The girl turns into a drooling, obscenity-spewing, homicidal maniac, prompting a call to be placed to a expert in demonology who could possibly purge the demon from her body.

…more Paul Naschy eurotrash from the gang at BCI. You know you love it!


Frankenstein vs. The Creature From Blood Cove: Tempe

Near an isolated beach on the California coast, in a laboratory of horror three renegade scientists have resurrected Frankenstein's long-dead monster. . . the legendary, indestructible corpse has come back to life yet again! At the same time, they've biogenetically engineered a half-man, half-fish abomination, intending to use both brutes as weapons in the worldwide fight against terrorism. However, disaster strikes when the chemical brainwashing used to control the terrifying beasts fails - instead of stopping terror, these invincible fiends spread terror!

Director William Winkler’s homage to Atomic Films of the 50’s melded with the Universal Classics of the 30’s is absolutely brilliant. But don’t take my word for…actually…do.


Malicious: Lionsgate

An anonymous encounter with a dangerously beautiful stranger turns a college athlete's comfortable world around in this seductive thriller. After an uninhibited encounter with mysterious Melissa (Molly Ringwald, THE BREAKFAST CLUB, SIXTEEN CANDLES), Doug (Patrick McGaw) returns to his loving girlfriend Laura (Sarah Lassez), but Melissa has other plans. Believing she loves Doug, despite his rejection, she ingeniously chips away at his idyllic life, stopping at nothing, not even murder, to get her revenge. But when Melissa focuses her deadly sights on Laura, Doug must take matters into his own hands and end her obsession once and for all.


Night of the Sorcerers: Deimos/BCI Eclipse



NIGHT OF THE SORCERERS provides classic 1970s horror with its terrifying tale of a clan of voodoo zombies, deep in the jungles of the Congo, who attack a team of scientists and use their young women for chilling rituals. After the zombies claim the women, they turn them into crazed vampiric creatures, who again rise in a gory cycle of destruction to look themselves for other young women to transform.

If you love Spanish director Amando de Ossorio (TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD), then you’ll want to check this one out. If you don’t…you won’t.


The Rising Dead: York



War breaks out worldwide. In desperation world leaders engage Biological weapons, which quickly mutate and cause the dead to rise. The epidemic spreads faster that any one could imagine. The only safe place for the few remaining humans to survive is a nuclear fallout shelter, but getting there is the problem. A Special Forces agent is assigned to escort America s leaders to the location, but the plane crashes a few miles short of their destination. Caught in a tropical setting, those that survive are pitted against hordes of flesh eating zombies. A battle ensues, but when the end is near will humanity prevail, or will mankind fall to the rising dead?


Rob Zombie 3-Disc Collectors Set (HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS): Lionsgate

Includes HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (Unrated version) and Bonus disc including "30 Days in Hell - The Making of THE DEVIL'S REJECTS."

All the same stuff that you already own is getting a reissue just in time for the August 31st release of Zombie’s Halloween.


Toho Triple Feature Pack (MATANGO, THE MYSTERIANS, VARAN): Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

THE MYSTERIANS: After a Japanese town is totally destroyed the military arrive to investigate. They encounter a giant robot that is decimating everything in its path. VARAN: During an excursion to research an unusual butterfly in the mountains of northeastern Japan two explorers are mysteriously killed. The natives of the island blame the deaths on their God “VARAN” who becomes enraged at the sight of humans. MATANGO: After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island the passengers; a psychologist his girlfriend a wealthy businessman, a famous singer, a writer, a sailor and his skipper take refuge in a fungus-covered boat.


Welcome to the Grindhouse - DRAGON PRINCESS / KARATE WARRIOR: BCI



This Sonny Chiba double feature includes DRAGON PRINCESS: When Yumi was a child she witnessed her father Kazuma ambushed by a Nikaido, and his thugs, who wants control of the karate world. He spares his life on the condition that he leaves Tokyo. Blinded in one eye, Kazuma flees to New York City with Yumi and trains her himself so she can one day return to Japan and get revenge. KARATE WARRIOR: Sonny Chiba arrives in a town where 2 gangs are at war with each other. Sonny pits the 2 gangs against each other in an all-out battle of flying fists and kicks.

It’s all the Sonny Chiba anyone can handle on one disc—actually two discs if you count the set below…


Welcome to the Grindhouse - SISTER STREETFIGHTER / THE BODYGUARD: BCI



This Sonny Chiba double feature includes THE BODYGUARD: This stylish revenge thriller explodes when Chiba launches a one-man war against the Mafia in a non-stop action thrill ride. SISTER STREETFIGHTER: Koruy Lee (Tina Long in the dubbed version) is the sister of a missing undercover cop who was trying to bring down a brutal drug lord. Pressed into service by the police, Koryu travels to Hong Kong to find her brother.

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Complete X-Files experience on DVD

FOX has announced The X-Files – The Ultimate Collection. This cumulative edition of the hit David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson series will contain all nine seasons as well as the Fight the Future theatrical movie and the four Threads of the Mythology releases.

SRP is $329.98.

Considering that the individual seasons are now usually found for 20 bucks each (for you mathmagicians, that's 180 bucks for the whole run) and the movie for $10-15, I'm not sure what exactly the other $120 or so gets you. The Threads of the Mythology DVDs were just collections of all the mythology episodes, so wouldn't they be in their respective season's DVD?



“ANGEL” COLLECTOR’S SET


30 Disc DVD Set Features Series’ Entire 100-plus Episodes, Collectible Booklet And More

Arriving In Time For Gift Giving On October 30, 2007 From Fox Home Entertainment


CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Faith will be restored and souls will be saved when the vampire cursed with a human soul returns to fight demons on the dark side in the “Angel” Collector’s Set DVD arriving October 30, 2007 from Fox Home Entertainment.

For the first time ever, all five seasons of the hit supernatural drama will be packaged together in a 30-disc special collector’s box uniquely designed for the ultimate fan. The collection features all 110 episodes, a personally signed letter to fans from creator Joss Whedon and a collectible companion booklet.

The sci-fi action-thriller, created by Joss Whedon as a “spin-off” to the international cult sensation “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” became a wildly successful series among critics and fans alike. Nominated for a total of twenty-two SaturnÒ Awards during its entire run, the show garnered the win for Best Network Series (2004), as well as two Best Actor wins for David Boreanaz (“Bones”) who stars as the mysterious and tortured Angel. The series also stars Saturn Award winners for Best Supporting Actor and Actress James Marsters (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) as Vampire Spike and Amy Acker (“Alias”), as Winifred, the beautiful scientist and detective who has become a trusted member of Angel’s team. The series also stars Alexis Denisof (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) as demon hunter Wesley Wyndam-Price, J. August Richards (“Conviction”) as the street savvy vampire turned take-no-prisoner lawyer and Andy Hallett (Geppetto’s Secret) as the witty and charismatic karaoke-singing demon Lome.

The “Angel” Collector’s Set will be available for the suggested retail price of $139.98. Prebook is October 3, 2007.

The cool-looking box set can be viewed here.



Plasterhead

I don't know about you, but I love almost any movie where a car full of folks breaks down and they run afoul of something. Texas Chain Saw, Wrong Turn, Feast, etc... love em.

So color me excited for the impending release of Plasterhead. The film has been picked up for US & Canadian release by Arts Alliance America, and will hit DVD on October 2nd.

Of particular note to horror fans - one of the shooting locations was the famed Blairstown Diner, seen in the original Friday the 13th. The movie revolves around four college students on winter break who, lost in the bowels of West Virginia, run afoul of Plasterhead, a murderous local legend. Between this and Wrong Turn 2, West Virginia officials' heads are going to explode this fall.

The DVD cover of this much promising movie can be seen here.



Driftwood

Tim Sullivan's atmospheric follow-up to 2001 Maniacs, Driftwood, is finally hitting DVD on November 13th. Riddled with guilt over the loss of his rock star older brother, 16 year old David Forrester (Ricky Ullman) becomes obsessed with death, leading his misguided parents to send him to Driftwood, an "Attitude Adjustment Camp for Troubled Youths" run by the sadistic Captain Doug Kennedy (Diamond Dallas Page) and his brutal young henchman, Yates (Talan Torriero). Once there, David becomes haunted by the spirit of Jonathan (Connor Ross), a former inmate who met a mysterious end; a mystery whose resolution could very well be David's only way out.

The DVD, streeting on November 13th, will feature:

# Commentary with Sullivan and producer Chris Kobin
# Commentary with Sullivan and Page
# Alternate ending
# “Through the Gauntlet: Inside the Walls of Driftwood” featurette
# “Doing Time on the Set of Driftwood” featurette
# Bloopers
# Deleted/extended scenes
# Audition reel

The DVD cover can be viewed here.

[paws the great]

9/11/07

Curse/The Curse 2:The Bite


10/23/07

Bava Box Set: Volume Two :)

Baron Blood
Lisa and the Devil
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Four Times That Night
Bay of Blood
5 Dolls For An August Moon


10/30/07

The Psychic (Lucio Fulci):)

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Day Watch

Fox Home Entertainment has sent over artwork for an unrated cut of Day Watch which is based on the best-selling horror/sci-fi novels by Sergei Luyanenko.

This second installment of the innovative film trilogy will be available to own from the 30th October, and should retail at around $27.98.

The film itself will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with a Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. English subtitles, and an English 5.1 dub will also be provided. Extras will include a commentary by director Timur Bekmambetov, a Making Of Day Watch featurette, six Russian trailers, 16 Russian TV spots, and the US theatrical trailer.

A two-pack collection with Day Watch and Night Watch will also be available for $34.98.

The DVD cover can be viewed here.



Black Sheep

Genius Products and The Weinstein Company have announced the release of Black Sheep for the 9th of October, priced at around $24.95. A list of bonus material can be found below...

* Audio Commentary by Director Jonathan King and Actor Nathan Meister
* 'The Making of Black Sheep' Featurette
* Five Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
* Blooper Reel
* 'Early Morning': Surprise Scene Shot Exclusively for the DVD

The DVD cover can be viewed here.



Rise: Blood Hunter

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced rated (97 minutes) and unrated (122 minutes) editions of Rise: Blood Hunter which stars Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, and Carla Gugino.

This new supernatural thriller will be available to own from the 9th October, with each disc retailing at around $24.96. The film itself will be presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include four "Mobisodes", storyboards, and preview trailers.

Both the DVD covers can be viewed here.

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The Emmy®-award winning series THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES makes its long-awaited DVD debut on Oct. 23 with an unprecedented array of all-new bonus materials, which allow viewers to dig deeper into the real-life events behind young Indy’s globe-trotting coming-of-age.

“I’ve always been fascinated by the people and events of history,” said George Lucas, creator of the series that ran on network television from 1992 to 1994. “Young Indiana Jones gave me the chance to explore issues and ideas that had so much to do with the emergence of the modern age we live in today.”

THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES Volume One is the first of three collections of the series and is released by Lucasfilm Ltd., CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. The first 12-disc set includes seven feature-length episodes as well as 38 in-depth companion documentaries, an historical overview, an interactive game and an interactive timeline.

The 38 historical companion films are original works from the Lucasfilm documentary unit, headed by CBS News veteran David Schneider. The documentaries complement the episodes with insights from scholars, historians and luminaries from a wide range of disciplines, bringing remarkable and fresh insight into The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. They include interviews with Gen. Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, Gloria Steinem, Martin Scorsese, Barbara Boxer, James Earl Jones, Hal David and Deepak Chopra, along with some of the nation’s pre-eminent academics.

A critically acclaimed combination of adventure, romance and history, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones was shot in 35 countries and utilized the talents of the industry’s most distinguished actors, directors and writers, earning 11 Emmy Awards and 26 nominations over the course of its production. In addition, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones was the first television series to use digital production, pioneering processes that would pave the way for Lucas' own Star Wars prequels.

“Young Indiana Jones was one of the most ambitious and complex projects that had ever been attempted for television, and the result was an amazing series that showed a completely different side to Indy,” said series producer Rick McCallum, who also produced the three Star Wars prequels and the Special Editions of the original Star Wars Trilogy. “Over the years, the fan support for Young Indiana Jones has swelled, and I’m asked about it everywhere I go. So, I’m really happy that people who grew up with it can at last have it for themselves, and that a new generation will be able to discover the brilliant acting, directing, writing and storytelling that has always been the hallmark of an extraordinary venture.”

The feature-length episodes star Sean Patrick Flanery (Boondock Saints, “The Dead Zone”) as teenaged Indy and Corey Carrier (Nixon) as 9-year-old Indy. The extraordinary cast of guest stars includes Christopher Lee, Vanessa Redgrave, Max von Sydow, Anne Heche, Lukas Haas, Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright and Daniel Craig.

During its network-television run, critics described the series as intelligent, daring, well written, irreverent, and unprecedented in scope and production values. The Hollywood Reporter called the series “exciting, fun, adventurous, brilliantly made and with a story that’s simply charming.” Bill Moyers said, “These exciting tales are the way to a youngster’s imagination – and his grandfather’s, too. History’s never been told more vividly or more engagingly for the young and old alike. May Young Indy be my grandson’s companion far into the 21st Century.”

The Young Indiana Jones films also feature the work of some of the industry’s biggest names in directing and writing. Directors include Bille August (Les Miserables), Mike Newell (Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire), David Hare (Strapless, screenplays for The Hours and Damage), Terry Jones (Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Life of Brian), Deepa Mehta (Water), Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer, Jurassic Park III), Nicholas Roeg (The Man Who Fell To Earth, Don’t Look Now), and Michael Schultz (Car Wash, TV’s Everwood). Writers include Rosemary Anne Sisson (Upstairs, Downstairs), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) and Jonathan Hensleigh (Die Hard with a Vengeance).

THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES Volume One, debuts Oct. 23 and also features an interactive historical timeline that gives an exciting and educational cross-section of the early 20th century. Volume Two will follow on Dec. 18, with Volume Three scheduled for release in Spring 2008. The complete three-volume collection will contain 22 feature-length movies and 94 documentaries, interactive games developed by River Deep, an interactive timeline produced by Terra Incognita Productions and an historical overview by noted author and University of Texas history professor H.W. Brands.

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Aug 28, 2007 releases


Antibodies: Dark Sky Films

Long wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him. He associates a brutal murder case with the killer's method and hopes to close the case by getting a confession from Engel. Instead the clash of the two totally opposite characters shakes Michael’s beliefs to the ground, turning him into a dangerous threat to the people around him.


Bad Blood: Tartan

After relocating from Lisbon to a remote Portuguese village, Xavier, Helena and their two children soon discover that the home they inherited is surrounded in mystery, curses, superstition and old folk tales. Villagers whisper and the rumors fly as the family tries to uncover the dark secrets hidden deep within the walls of their new house.


The Blood Rose: Mondo Macabro



When his new bride's face is hideously disfigured in a fire, Frederic Lansac, a famous society painter, is determined to restore her beauty. He seeks out a notorious plastic surgeon who is on the run from the authorities. Using Lansac's remote castle as a base, the two of the hunt down and imprison a series of young girls. Their skin is to be used in experiments aimed at restoring the face of Lansac's wife.


Boris Karloff Collection (11 movies on 3 discs): St. Clair Vision



While best known for his portrayal of Frankenstein, Karloff is an icon of classic horror whose velvety voice and creepy demeanor made him well suited to a diversity of macabre roles. This collection is a vast swath of Karloff’s career, including many of his lesser known features that paired him up with Hollywood cult legends like Roger Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, and a young Jack Nicholson. Eleven films in total, including THE SNAKE PEOPLE, THE APE, and 4 Mr. Wong adventures, make this a monstrous Karloff marathon of horror and suspense.


Christopher Lee Signature Collection: St. Clair Vision

His tall, lanky frame drifted elegantly across the screen as he portrayed a host of creepy villains and vampires, while his deep voice made these gruesome characters seem almost charming. Christopher Lee is a legend in both European and American horror, and the three classic films collected here are a cross section of his diverse acting abilities. In THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, Lee is at his best in one of his signature roles as the demon of the night who is out not only for virgin blood, but seeks to destroy all humanity. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE features Lee in another of his classic personas, while MURDER STORY has him playing a detective who might be on the trail of his own death. All three showcase Lee as a sophisticated character actor with a hint of darkness.


Dark Shadows: The Beginning, Collection 1 (4-disc set): MPI



With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, DARK SHADOWS became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. Since first airing on ABC-TV from 1966-71, DARK SHADOWS has earned the reputation as being one of the most unusual and enduring programs in broadcasting history. The character of Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175-year-old vampire, brought the show tremendous success. Now, for the first time on DVD, MPI presents the spooky series' rare, early episodes before the arrival of Barnabas.

The first 35 Episodes of the Vampire Soap Opera arrive in a sweet little set.


Demons & Devils (10 movies on 2-discs): Mill Creek Entertainment

These 10 classic tales of demons and devils will make you shiver and shake, with Leif Garrett, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. and many more demonic stars!


Good Against Evil/The Severed Arm (Double Feature): Alpha Video

In GOOD AGAINST EVIL, A writer teams up with an exorcist to battle a group Devil worshippers. Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim of THE SEVERED ARM seeks revenge on them one by one.


Horror House on Highway 5: Timeless

This odd, campy 1985 cult classic pits a van full of college students against a vicious killer who wears a Richard Nixon mask.


Horrors of Malformed Men: Panik House/Synapse



After escaping from an asylum, young medical student Hirosuke assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve the mystery of a weird doppleganger whose picture he sees in the newspaper. Traveling to faraway Panorama Island, he discovers a mad scientist surgically remaking normal human beings into misshapen monsters…but that is only the beginning. Hirosuke soon learns the horrible truth about the island and his own family’s shameful past, and finds himself plunged into the depths of incest, murder, and madness.


Lon Chaney Jr. Signature Collection: St. Clair Vision

Lon Chaney Jr. will always be remembered as the Wolf-Man, but his diverse skills allowed him to play a host of other memorable horror characters. In this three movie set, Chaney’s classic performances capture the unique spirit of 1950s and '60s horror. Whether he’s playing a mute murderer brought back from the dead, or the Devil himself, Chaney’s unique body language and facial gestures make every one of these screen moments memorable. This collection is a journey back to a time when the actors made the roles rather than the special effects.


Masters of Horror: Season One Box Set (14-disc set): Anchor Bay

The complete season one Box Set arrives for Showtime’s Masters of Horror—at a price that will make fans who bought the individual releases want to kill themselves!


Messiah of Evil/Sisters of Death (Double Feature): Alpha Video

In MESSIAH OF EVIL, A seaside town is haunted by zombie villagers. In SISTERS OF DEATH an all-girl secret society initiation proves deadly as one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette.


Snake Woman’s Curse: Panik House/Synapse



Chobei, the wealthy landlord of a rural village, incurs a ghostly wrath after he causes the death of a poor farmer living on his land. One day, after forcing the man’s wife and beautiful daughter to work as servants in his household, he kills a snake that the farmer’s wife had tried to protect, and finds himself slowly going mad, glimpsing rotting corpses and deathly spirits all around him. Even his son Takeo cannot escape, and begins to notice that his new bride has certain peculiar characteristics…like scales and green skin! Can Chobei set things right before the spirits of the dead come to claim him and fulfill the promise of the Snake Woman’s Curse?


Vampira: The Movie: Alpha Video

The true life story of the world's first TV horror movie host is unveiled in this labor-of-love documentary. Bonus features include: Director Commentary, Screening lectures, Music video, Trailer, Outtakes, "Joe Flynn Show" Vampira episode and more.


Vincent Price Signature Collection: St. Clair Vision

There are few things in horror movie history as iconic as the voice of Vincent Price--a voice that echoed through the theaters and sent chills down patron's backs. This collection includes three classic Price films that showcase him at his spookiest. Whether he’s playing an eccentric millionaire in HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, a scientist who is the sole survivor of the apocalypse in THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, or as a suspicious Doctor in THE BAT, Price’s signature delivery captures the mood and aesthetic of 1950s/'60s horror.

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Anchor Bay's Blu-ray releases - Halloween, Evil Dead II, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead.

{$29.97 each}

(releasing October 2nd...refer to extras/special features on the back of the Blu-ray covers pictured in the link)

[Kane_Hodder]

The asian films look and sound great. It might be worth to hunt them down.