New Releases for November 10 to 16, 2020 – Part 2 October 30, 2020
New Horror Releases

There were a lot of releases this week so it will be divided into two posts.

November 10

Play Misty For Me [1971]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills, John Larch, Irene Hervey, Jack Ging, Johnny Otis, James McEachin, Clarice Taylor, Don Siegel
  • DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood
  • PRODUCER: Robert Daley
  • SYNOPSIS: Brand New 2K Master! From Clint Eastwood, the legendary director of The Outlaw Josey Wales, Bird, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper, comes this terrifying thriller about psychotic obsession. Eastwood (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) stars as Dave Garver, a popular radio disc jockey who repeatedly receives on-air phone requests from a sexy female fan to “play Misty for me.” When the woman, Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter, The Group), orchestrates a rendezvous with Dave at his favorite nightspot, the two begin a torrid affair. But when Dave decides to end the relationship, Evelyn’s obsession turns to violence. Soon everything and everyone in Dave’s life becomes a target for Evelyn’s increasingly deadly campaign of terror. Beautifully photographed by Bruce Surtees (Night Moves) on location in Eastwood’s hometown of Carmel, California, Play Misty for Me continues to be considered one of the great modern-day thrillers. Play Misty for Me was Eastwood’s directorial debut, co-written by Jo Heims (Breezy) and Dean Riesner (Charley Varrick) with a strong supporting cast that includes Donna Mills (Superdome), John Larch (Dirty Harry), Jack Ging (High Plains Drifter) and Eastwood’s mentor, filmmaker Don Siegel.
  • Special Features:
    -Brand New 2K Master
    -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
    -NEW Interview with Co-Star Donna Mills
    -NEW Video Essay by Film Historian Howard S. Berger
    -Play It Again… A Look Back at “Play Misty For Me” – Documentary
    -The Beguiled, Misty, Don and Clint – Featurette
    -TRAILERS FROM HELL with Adam Rifkin
    -Theatrical Teaser in HD
    -Theatrical Trailer in HD
    -Two TV Spots
    -Stills Montage
    -Clint Eastwood Directs and Acts: Photo Montage
    -The Evolution of a Poster
    -Reversible Art
    -Limited Edition Slipcase
    -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
    -Optional English Subtitles
  • TAGLINES:
    • The scream you hear may be your own!
    • …an invitation to terror…
  • GENRE: Thriller, Drama
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
  • STUDIO: KL Studio Classics
  • https://www.klstudioclassics.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/KinoLorberStudioClassics/
  • https://twitter.com/KLStudioClassic
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H5BPQQB/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067588/

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American Horror Project Vol. 1

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Janine Carazo, Jerome Dempsey, Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Sharon Farrell

DIRECTORS: Christopher Speeth, Matt Cimber, Robert Allen Schnitzer

Everyone knows the classic American horror films. Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Street, to name but a few. But we want to tell you a different story: a story of the unsung heroes of stars-and-stripes terror, films that have remained on the fringes of the genre either through lack of availability or else sheer obscurity. This is where American Horror Project comes in.

Volume One of this series presents three tales of violence and madness from the 1970s. Malatesta s Carnival of Blood (Christopher Speeth, 1973) sees a family arrive at a creepy, dilapidated fairground in search of their missing son, only to find themselves at the mercy of cannibalistic ghouls lurking beneath the park. Meanwhile, The Witch Who Came from the Sea (Matt Cimber, 1976), stars Millie Perkins (The Diary of Anne Frank) as a young woman whose bizarre and violent fantasies start to bleed into reality literally. Lastly, every parent s worst nightmare comes true in The Premonition (Robert Allen Schnitzer, 1976), a tale of psychic terror in which five-year-old Janie is snatched away by a strange woman claiming to be her long-lost mother.

Remastered from the best surviving elements and contextualised with extensive supplementary material, American Horror Project proudly presents an alternative history of American horror and film heritage.

3-DISC SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

2K restorations of the three features
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations
Original uncompressed mono 1.0 audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newlycommissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil

MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD

Introduction to the film by Stephen Thrower
Audio commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
The Secrets of Malatesta an interview with director Christopher Speeth
Crimson Speak an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
Malatesta s Underground art directors Richard Strange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta s underground
Outtakes
Draft script (BD-ROM content)
Stills gallery

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215960/

THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA

Introduction to the film by Stephen Thrower
Audio commentary with director Matt Cimber, actress Millie Perkins and director of photography Dean Cundey
Tides and Nightmares making-of documentary featuring interviews with Cimber, Parkins, Cundey and actor John Goff
A Maiden s Voyage archive featurette comprising interviews with Cimber, Perkins and Cundey

Lost at Sea director Matt Cimber reflects on his notorious cult classic

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075433/

THE PREMONITION

Introduction to the film by Stephen Thrower
Isolated score
Audio commentary with director-producer Robert Allen Schnitzer
Pictures from a Premonition making-of documentary featuring interviews Schnitzer, composer Henry Mollicone and cinematographer Victor Milt
Archive Interview with star Richard Lynch
Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: Vernal Equinox , Terminal Point and A Rumbling in the Land
4 Peace Spots
Trailers and TV spots

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075097/

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 4 hours, 15 minutes

STUDIO: Arrow Video

https://www.arrowvideo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo

https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GVGCSNN/

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The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: William Kerwin, Connie Mason, Charles Glore
  • DIRECTOR: Herschell Gordon Lewis
  • SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
  • Fourteen of the Godfather of Gore s finest attractions, restored from original and best surviving vault materials
    High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the features and extras on 7 Blu-ray discs
  • DISC ONE: BLOOD FEAST (1963) & SCUM OF THE EARTH (1963)
  • Introduction to the films by director Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Audio Commentary on Blood Feast with Lewis and producer David F. Friedman
    Blood Feast Outtakes
    Blood Perceptions filmmakers Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) and Rodney Ascher (Room 237) offer their insight on Blood Feast and the importance of Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Herschell s History archival interview in which Lewis discusses his entry into the film industry including Scum of the Earth
    How Herschell Found His Niche Lewis discusses more of his early work in nudie cuties and the making of The Adventures of Lucky Pierre
    Archival interview with Herschell Gordon Lewis and David F. Friedman from 1987
    Carving Magic (1959) vintage short featuring Blood Feast s Bill Kerwin
    Blood Feast Radio Spot and Trailer
  • DISC TWO: TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (1964) & MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN (1964)
  • Introduction to the films by director Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Audio Commentary on Two Thousand Maniacs! with Lewis and producer David F. Friedman
    Two Thousand Maniacs! Outtakes
    Two Thousand Maniacs Can t Be Wrong Tim Sullivan (director, 2001 Maniacs) on Two Thousand Maniacs!
    Hicksploitation: Confidential visual essay on the history of the American South s representation in cinema
    David Friedman: The Gentlemen s Smut Peddler a tribute to the legendary producer featuring Herschell Gordon Lewis, filmmakers Fred Olen Ray, Tim Sullivan and Bob Murawski
    Herschell s Art of Advertising Lewis shares his expert opinion on the art of selling movies and how to hook an audience.
    Trailers for Two Thousands Maniacs! and Moonshine Mountain
  • DISC THREE: COLOR ME BLOOD RED (1965) & SOMETHING WEIRD (1967)

  • Introduction to the films by director Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Audio Commentary on Color Me Blood Red with Lewis and producer David F. Friedman
    Audio Commentary on Something Weird with Lewis and Friedman
    Color Me Blood Red Outtakes
    The Art of Madness visual essay on the recurring motif of mad artists as killers in horror cinema
    Weirdsville film Scholar Jeffrey Sconce on Something Weird
    Lewis on Jimmy, the Boy Wonder, his 1966 children s musical
    A Hot Night at the Go Go Lounge! Lewis 1966 dance short
    Trailers for Color Me Blood Red and Something Weird
  • DISC FOUR: THE GRUESOME TWOSOME (1967) & A TASTE OF BLOOD (1967)
  • Introduction to the films by director Herschell Gordon Lewis
    Audio Commentary on The Gruesome Twosome with Lewis
    Audio Commentary on A Taste of Blood with Lewis
    Peaches Christ Flips her Wig! the San Francisco performer on The Gruesome Twosome
    It Came From Florida filmmaker Fred Olen Ray (Scalps) on Florida Filmmaking
    Herschell vs The Censors Lewis discusses some of the pitfalls involving local censorship and the lengths to which angry moviegoers tried to stop him
    Trailer
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 19 hours, 35 minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
  • https://www.arrowvideo.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo
  • https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GVJ6F52/

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The Last Laugh [2020]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Steve Vanderzee, Eric Stone, Lowell Deo, Angela DiMarco, Meranda Long, Marcus Leppard, Brad Jessernig, Nick Sage Palmieri, Tonya M. Skoog, Luke Schuck, Jeffrey Arrington

DIRECTOR: Jeremy Berg

SYNOPSIS: A stand-up comedian on the verge of breakout success must make a terrible choice when he discovers a murderer on the loose in the theater where he’s about to perform his biggest show.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 81 Minutes

STUDIO: The October People

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https://www.amazon.com/Last-Laugh-Blu-ray-Brad-Jessernig/dp/B08B33369W/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8333418/

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How to Make a Monster [1958]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Robert H. Harris, Paul Brinegar, Gary Conway
  • DIRECTOR: Herbert L. Strock
  • SYNOPSIS: Go behind the scenes of moviedom’s most popular teen monster movies … and you’ll discover a tale of monstrous vengeance! Following the success of two 1957 classics, I Was A Teenage Werewolf and I Was A Teenage Frankenstein, How To Make A Monster takes you backstage, where a frustrated artist spawns his own twisted scheme for murder. When the movie studio moguls decide they’d rather make musicals instead of horror films, their veteran horror makeup artist loses his job. He decides to get revenge against the executives by turning the studio’s teenage horror stars into zombified killers.
  • TAGLINES:
    • See the ghastly ghouls… IN FLAMING COLOR!
    • HAIR RAISING! SEE – The Madman’s Gruesome Chamber of Horrors!
    • TERRIFYING! SEE – The Savage Attack of the Monster at Midnight!
    • HORRIFYING! SEE – “The Teenage Werewolf” Vs. “The Teenage Frankenstein”
    • BLOOD CURDLING! SEE – A Man Turned into a Monster Before Your Very Eyes!
    • It will SCARE the living yell out of you!
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 73 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
  • https://www.shoutfactory.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial
  • https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082BXDTR3/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051746/

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War of the Colossal Beast [1958]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Dean Parkin, Russ Bender, Charles Stewart, George Becwar, Robert Hernandez, Rico Alaniz, George Alexander, George Navarro, John McNamara, Roy Gordon, George Milan
  • DIRECTOR: Bert I. Gordon
  • SYNOPSIS: She wanted only to find her brother alive…be careful what you wish for. After Colonel Glenn Manning survived an experimental plutonium blast that triggered his mutation into a seventy-foot giant, everyone believes he plunged to death from the top of Boulder Dam. Everyone, that is, except for his sister, Joyce. She is convinced that her brother is alive. Joyce sets out to find her brother in the mountains of Mexico…but she is unprepared for the full truth. Her brother is hideously disfigured now…and very angry. When he is captured by the authorities, the Colossal Beast escapes to wreak havoc on Los Angeles!
  • TAGLINE: The towering terror from hell!
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 68 minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
  • https://www.shoutfactory.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial
  • https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086Y5PBWL/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052378/

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The Brides of Dracula [1960]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, Mona Washbourne, Andree Melly, Victor Brooks, Fred Johnson, Michael Ripper, Marie Devereaux, Harold Scott, Vera Cook, Norman Pierce
  • DIRECTOR: Terence Fisher
  • PRODUCER: Anthony Hinds
  • SYNOPSIS: Van Helsing drives a stake through the heart of a vampire baron who even bites his own mother. Directed by Terence Fisher.
  • TAGLINES:
    • He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror.
    • A school for girls falls prey to his fiendish desires!
    • In the privacy of a girls’ school he sought his prey… turning innocent beauty into a thing of unspeakable horror!
    • The most evil, blood-lusting dracula of all!
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
  • https://www.shoutfactory.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial
  • https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F6RC3N8/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053677/

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Tourist Trap: VHS Retro Big Box Collection [1979]

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Dark Angel: The Ascent [1994]

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Meridian [1990]

AKA: The Ravaging

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Sherilyn Fenn, Malcolm Jamieson, Hilary Mason, Alex Daniels, Perry Bullington, Isabella Celani, Vernon Dobtcheff, Phil Fondacaro, Robert MacDonald, Francesco Papa, Charlie Spradling, Salem Badr, Gianni Bisbini, Fernando Cerulli, Walter Colombaioni, Fabrizio Fontana, Fabrizio Mele, Nashira, Vito Passeri, Gianluca Tramboni
  • DIRECTOR: Charles Band
  • SYNOPSIS: Two American girls in Italy are drugged and raped by an evil magician and his twin brother who suffer from a curse that turns them into beastmen each day. One of the girls falls for the good twin and decides to help him break the curse.
  • TAGLINES:
    • She will awaken a curse of Passion
    • Seduced by something less than human. In love with something more.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Full Moon Pictures
  • https://www.fullmoonfeatures.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/fullmoonfeatures
  • https://twitter.com/fullmoonhorror
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CWCGRT7/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100139/

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Home Stay [2018]

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