OCTOBER 31
Night of the Living Dead [1968]
4K UHD/Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Russell Streiner, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Marilyn Eastman, Kyra Schon
DIRECTOR: George Romero
PRODUCER: Russell Streiner, Karl Hardman
SYNOPSIS: Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box-office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time. A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combining gruesome gore with acute social commentary and quietly breaking ground by casting a Black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, supervised by director George A. Romero, co-screenwriter John A. Russo, sound engineer Gary R. Streiner, and producer Russell W. Streiner, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Night of Anubis, a work-print edit of the film
- Program featuring filmmakers Frank Darabont, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Rodriguez
- Sixteen-millimeter dailies reel
- Program featuring Russo on the commercial and industrial-film production company where key Night of the Living Dead participants got their starts
- Two audio commentaries from 1994 featuring Romero, Russo, producer Karl Hardman, actor Judith O’Dea, and others
- Archival interviews with Romero and actors Duane Jones and Judith Ridley
- Programs about the film’s style and score
- Interview program about the direction of the film’s ghouls, featuring members of the cast and crew
- Interviews with Gary Streiner and Russell Streiner
- Newsreels from 1967
- Trailer, radio spots, and TV spots
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Stuart Klawans
TAGLINES:
- If it doesn’t scare you, you’re already dead!
- George A. Romero’s original masterpiece.
- Something New – Something Evil – Something Unspeakably Terrifying
- No love story, no hero, no heroine, no message, no questions, no answers. JUST TERROR which gnaws at your very being…
- FEAR that deadliest of all emotions clutching at your heart the…
- Not responsible for any missing bodies or cannibalistic acts!
- They keep coming back in a bloodthirsty lust for HUMAN FLESH!…
- Pits the dead against the living in a struggle for survival!
- They won’t stay dead!
- They’re coming to get you…again!
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 96 Minutes
STUDIO: The Criterion Collection
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https://www.amazon.com/Night-Living-Dead-Criterion-Collection/dp/B0B7218CKP/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/
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Nanny [2022]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls
DIRECTOR: Nikyatu Jusu
SYNOPSIS: A spellbinding blend of social observation and artful shocks, the debut feature from Nikyatu Jusu plunges into the increasingly fractured consciousness of Aisha (Anna Diop), a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City. Separated from her own son and casually exploited by her employers, Aisha finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage—one that could either destroy or empower her. This visually captivating tour de force—the first horror movie to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival—distills complex ideas about motherhood, inequality, and cultural dislocation into a work of dreamlike dread.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital master, approved by director Nikyatu Jusu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed stereo soundtracks
- New program featuring Jusu, actors Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan, and director of photography Rina Yang
- Suicide by Sunlight (2019), a short film by Jusu
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién
TAGLINE: We’re haunted by what we leave behind
GENRE: Horror, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 99 Minutes
STUDIO: The Criterion Collection
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https://www.amazon.com/Nanny-Criterion-Collection-Blu-ray-Nikyatu/dp/B0CC6MJCL5/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10931784/
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Bloodthirst [2023]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Costas Mandylor, Tara Reid, Robert LaSardo, Elissa Dowling
DIRECTOR: Michael Su
WRITER: Massimiliano Cerchi
SYNOPSIS: After the apocalypse, only two tribes remain: desperate humans and the roving vampires that feed on them. Across the desolate West, John Shepard (Costas Mandylor, SAW IV) seeks the aging head vampire, hoping to destroy him and free mankind. But when Shepard and his posse of native sons and farmers’ daughters joins forces with a local militia, they learn that they’re closer to the Master than they think. This horror thriller also stars Tara Reid (AMERICAN PIE) and Robert LaSardo (WATERWORLD).
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action
RATING: Rated R (bloody violence, and language)
RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
STUDIO: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBW78L1Y/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11430948/
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The Witch: 2-Movie Collection
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Kim Da-mi, Cho Min-soo, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-shik, Shin Sia
DIRECTOR: Park Hoon-jung
SYNOPSIS: THE WITCH 2-MOVIE COLLECTION contains the following action thrillers – THE WITCH: SUBVERSION / THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE
THE WITCH: SUBVERSION: A young girl is found alone in the woods and near death, but now lives with her adoptive parents. When strange people start appearing, her seemingly ordinary life turns upside down as she now must fight for her life.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8574252/
THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE: After surviving a bloody raid targeting the top-secret Witch Program, a girl uses her amazing superpowers on the run from the assassins tasked with finding and silencing her.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13721828/
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 4 Hours, 25 Minutes
STUDIO: Well Go USA
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDMJQ5FF/
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