New Releases for April 12 to 18, 2022 April 3, 2022
New Horror Releases

APRIL 12

Chucky: Season One

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Zackary Arthur, Teo Briones, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Bjorgvin Arnarson, Brad Dourif
  • SYNOPSIS: The notorious Chucky slashes his way to television in a killer new series written and executive produced by creator Don Mancini, who penned the iconic film franchise. After teenage loner Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) discovers a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll at a suburban yard sale, a quiet American town soon erupts into mayhem as a blood-chilling murder spree begins to spill everyone’s deepest and darkest secrets. While Chucky (voiced by Brad Dourif) unleashes havoc, familiar faces from his past return and threaten to reveal his shadowy origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became the legendary murderous doll.
  • Bonus Content:
  • Disc 1 – Chucky Season One:
    • Deleted Scenes
  • Disc 2 – Chucky Season One:
    • Deleted Scenes
    • The Legacy of Chucky
  • TAGLINES:
    • An evil too great to play on just one network.
    • A new original series featuring an old friend…
    • A classic coming of rage story.
  • GENRE: TV Series, Horror, Thriller
  • RATING: TV-MA
  • RUN TIME: 6 Hours, 5 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Chucky-Season-Blu-ray-Zackary-Arthur/dp/B09S1TD5R9/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8388390/

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Reed’s Point [2022]

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Screams of a Winter Night [1979]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers, Mary Agen Cox, Robin Bradley
  • DIRECTOR: James L. Wilson
  • SYNOPSIS: An anthology in which a group of college coeds spending a winter’s night in a remote cabin pass time by telling scary stories to each other.
  • TAGLINES:
    • How do you think these stories get started?
    • In the shadow of evil, in the echo of sins. In the icy stare of moonlight, our ghostly tale begins.
    • It Was A Dark And Stormy Night When The Kids Arrived At The Lake
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery
  • RATING: Rated PG
  • RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Code Red
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QD31BWF/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079869/

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Puzzlehead [2005]

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro, Mark Janis
  • DIRECTOR: James Bai
  • SYNOPSIS: Critically acclaimed sci fi. In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, “Puzzlehead.” Jealousy erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter has longed for. The resulting Sci-Fi love triangle is a Frankensteinian fable that traps all three in a web of deception and the ultimate betrayal.
  • TAGLINE: So this is what it is to be human…
  • GENRE: Sci-Fi, Drama
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 81 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Lifesize Entertainment
  • https://lifesizeentertainment.com/
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000R5NZ3W/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450367/

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APRIL 15

Island Of Lost Souls / The Black Cat (Retro Horror Double Feature, Volume 4)

  • Blu-ray
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Island of Lost Souls (1932) A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024188/

  • The Black Cat (1934) Horror icons Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Bela Lugosi (Dracula) star in the shocking classic The Black Cat, based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. After a bus crash on a lonely Austrian road, American honeymooners, Joan (Jacqueline Wells, The Threat) and Peter Alison (David Manners, The Mummy) are forced to spend the night at the house of Poelzig (Karloff), a sinister looking man who is engaged in an intense feud with Dr. Werdegast (Lugosi), whom the couple met on the Orient Express. Held captive in the mausoleum against their will, they soon discover that Poelzig is the high priest at Black Mass and has chosen Joan to be the Devil’s bride. The couple is then faced with trying to escape the unspeakable treachery culminating in an unforgettable climax to this horror classic.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024894/

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Child’s Play [1988]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff, Alex Vincent
  • DIRECTOR: Tom Holland
  • PRODUCER: David Kirschner, Elliott Geisinger, Hank Moonjean
  • SYNOPSIS: Child’s Play (1988) will be joining our Beyond Genres collection as volume #17. This release comes in O-ring packaging, includes special features, artwork and car air-freshener (pre-order exclusive).As an Umbrella Entertainment Shop pre-order exclusive, we’ve included a car air freshener that’s cherry scented (limited to 100 units).Tom Holland (Fright Night) turns up the thrills and chills, introducing one of the most original and terrifying horror creations in history – the pint-sized killer doll CHUCKY! After 6 year-old Andy Barclay’s (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that his birthday present, an innocent “Good Guy Doll” named Chucky, committed the fateful act. Infused with the demonic soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), Chucky establishes himself as a master manipulator, with the ability to get away with more than just murder. An ensuing rampage of gruesome murders leads detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon) back to the same suspicious toy, uncovering a legacy of horror and highlighting Chucky’s grand plan to transfer his evil spirit into a living, breathing human being – young Andy! An ingenious blend of supernatural horror, voodoo and good old-fashioned slasher film, CHILD’S PLAY throws down a killer gauntlet and delivers with a bloody vengeance. Extras: Audio commentary with Alex Vincent, Catherine Hicks and Chucky designer Kevin Yagher Audio commentary with producer David Kirchner and screenwriter Don Mancini Scene specific Chucky commentaries: Chucky’s Thoughts The Advantages of Being Chucky Chucky on Filmmaking Up Close and Personal with Chucky Evil Comes in Small Packages The Birth of Chucky Creating the Horror Unleashed Chucky: Building a Nightmare A Monster Convention Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child’s Play Behind-the-Scenes Special Effects Footage Vintage featurette-Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailer TV spot
  • TAGLINES:
    • No one believes the truth…or lives to tell it.
    • He wants YOU for a new best friend…
    • Chucky did it! (VHS release poster)
    • When people have nightmares they dream of Freddy. When Freddy has nightmares he dreams of Chucky.
    • You’ll wish it was only make-believe.
    • Andy Barclay has a new playmate who’s in no mood to play.
    • This doll is killer.
    • Chucky is one mean S.O.B.
    • Something’s moved in with the Barclay family, and so has terror.
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 87 Minutes
  • MEDIA FORMAT: Import
  • STUDIO: Umbrella Entertainment
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VDVDNK1/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/

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