NOVEMBER 21
Saw X [2023]
4K UHD/Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Steven Brand, Synnøve Macody Lund, Michael Beach, Renata Vaca, Octavio Hinojosa, Paulette Hernandez, David Alfano, Joshua Okamoto
DIRECTOR: Kevin Greutert
WRITER: Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
SYNOPSIS: John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most disturbing installment of the SAW franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw’s most personal game. Set between the events of SAW I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer – only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.
TAGLINES:
- Witness the return of Jigsaw.
- The tenth chapter cuts through time.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated R (sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language, and some drug use)
RUN TIME: 118 Minutes
STUDIO: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3YDN14/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21807222/
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HeBGB TV [2022]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Andrew Bowser, Zenobia Decoteau, Josh Dorsheimer
DIRECTOR: Eric Griffin, Adam Lenhart, Jake Mcclellan
SYNOPSIS: A multidimensional cable box installs itself into a neighborhood and slowly, the world. Two siblings (Van and Willow Reiner) discover a mysterious package on their porch and are taken on a wild channel-surfing journey through a world of television mayhem. Welcomed by their new friend, The Purple Guy (Knucklehead), this brother and sister find themselves standing up to the box’s algorithm to protect their minds. DIY to its core, HeBGB TV is a spooky, sci-fi story that takes you through the horrors and laughs of cable television. This film is a cacophony of comical commercials, perverse puppets, and monstrous music with a naughty dose of 90s nostalgia. HeBGB TV is indie horror comedy at its queerest. Don’t touch that dial!
TAGLINE: Don’t touch that dial.
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 78 Minutes
STUDIO: Scream Team Releasing
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Nocturna: The Collection
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini
DIRECTOR: Gonzalo Calzada
SYNOPSIS: Nocturna: The Collection brings together both award-winning films from iconic horror director Gonzalo Calzada into one ultimate collection. In “Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night,” Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, battling for redemption on his last night on earth. Faced with imminent death, he is forced to rethink his past, his present and his take on reality. “Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die” brings a new twist to the tale as a woman narrates the final night on earth of a 100-year-old man, who fights for redemption from his life’s misdeeds.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 174 Minutes
STUDIO: Breaking Glass Pictures
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PSGY3XZ/
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Resident Evil Ultra HD Collection
4K UHD/Blu-ray (12 Discs) Steelbook
PRINCIPAL CAST: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Heike Makatsch, Jamie Harding, Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Jared Harris, Zack Ward, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Kevin Durand, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Iain Glen
SYNOPSIS: Experience the exhilarating epic journey of Resident Evil from beginning to end, with all six films on 4K Ultra HD in the Resident Evil: The Complete Collection! Booklet: Resident Evil A team of paramilitary commandos must battle flesh-eating, undead, killer mutant dogs and a supercomputer’s deadly defenses before an unleashed virus consumes humanity in this adaptation of the hit video game series! Apocalypse After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the living and the Undead. It’s a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood-thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines, and the most sinister foe yet. Extinction Milla Jovovich is back to kill more zombies in the third chapter of the hit Resident Evil franchise! Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. The newly upgraded Alice (Jovovich), along with her crew (Oded Fehr, Mike Epps, Ali Larter, Ashanti) will make a final stand against evil – with one goal: to turn the undead dead again. Afterlife After a one-woman assault on the Umbrella Corporation’s fortress, Alice’s (Milla Jovovich) superhuman abilities are neutralized. Now, fleeing the Undead masses created by the T-virus, Alice reunites with Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) and her brother, Chris (Wentworth Miller). Together they take refuge with other survivors in an abandoned prison, where a savage zombie mob stands between them and the safety of “Arcadia.” Escaping these bloodthirsty mutants will take an arsenal. But facing off with Albert Wesker and the Umbrella Corporation will take the fight for survival to a new level of danger. Retribution Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus is spreading across the globe, transforming ordinary people into legions of undead. Headed for extinction, the human race has just one hope: Alice (Milla Jovovich). She’s on a mission, fighting her way through cities and across continents, all inside Umbrella’s prime research facility. Old friends become new enemies as she battles to escape and discovers that everything that she believes may not even be true. Final Chapter Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
This is a multiple item set containing these film/programs:
Resident Evil [2002]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/
Resident Evil: Apocalypse [2004]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318627/
Resident Evil: Extinction [2007]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432021/
Resident Evil: Afterlife [2010]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1220634/
Resident Evil: Retribution [2012]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855325/
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter [2016]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2592614/
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 9 Hours, 48 Minutes
STUDIO: Sony Pictures
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The Criminal Acts of Tod Slaughter: Eight Blood-and-Thunder Entertainments, 1935-1940
Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, David Farrar
DIRECTOR: George King, David MacDonald, Milton Rosmer
SYNOPSIS:
The terrifying talents of Newcastle’s Norman Carter ‘Tod’ Slaughter – the first true icon of British horror cinema – are showcased in this long-overdue box set. Featuring the eight films which ‘Europe’s Horror Man’ made in collaboration with British producer-director George King (Tomorrow We Live), this comprehensive collection also includes a number of rare shorts and newsreel items.
Unlike his contemporaries, such as Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton, Tod Slaughter never left his native shores. Instead, he chose to make his mark in Britain by transferring his most sensational theatrical performances to the screen. Portraying every kind of cruel and cunning criminal – from petty thief to murderer – he became the first great villain of British horror, at a time before the Grand Guignolof Hammer Films began to take hold, without once donning monster make-up.
Criminally overlooked by film historians, and only previously seen in compromised versions, these fascinating films have been newly restored using original film materials preserved at the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive, and are accompanied by an array of essential contextualizing extras, including archival short films and radio plays presented with optional soundtracks by British music legends Current 93, newly recorded commentaries, critical appreciations and personal recollections, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK and US.
The set includes:
MARIA MARTEN, OR THE MURDER IN THE RED BARN (Milton Rosmer, 1935)
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (George King, 1936)
THE CRIMES OF STEPHEN HAWKE (George King, 1936)
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND (David MacDonald, 1937)
THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN (George King, 1937)
SEXTON BLAKE AND THE HOODED TERROR (George King, 1938)
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW (George King, 1939)
CRIMES AT THE DARK HOUSE (George King, 1940)
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4 x BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- New 2K restorations of Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Crimes of Stephen Hawke, It’s Never Too Late to Mend, The Ticket of Leave Man, and Crimes at the Dark Housefrom original nitrate negative elements
- 2K restoration of Sexton Blake and The Hooded Terror from 35mm dupe positive
- HD remaster of The Face at the Window
- Original mono soundtracks
- Audio commentary with film historians Josephine Botting and Vic Pratt on Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn (2023)
- Audio commentary with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman on Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023)
- Audio commentary with critics and authors David McGillivray and Kim Newman on The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (2023)
- Audio commentary with film historian Josephine Botting and podcaster Dave Thomas on The Ticket of Leave Man (2023)
- Audio commentary with critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman on Sexton Blake and The Hooded Terror (2023)
- Audio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby on The Face at the Window (2023)
- Audio commentary with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby on Crimes at the Dark House (2023)
- New interviews with Imogen Slaughter, great-niece of Tod Slaughter, and her father Giles, in which they discuss their famous relative’s life off stage and off camera (2023)
- New interview with artist and illustrator Ania Goszczyńska and Current 93 channeller and trance scribbler David Tibet, in which the pair delve into their long-term obsession with the life and work of the first British villain (2023)
- Stephen Thrower on Tod Slaughter (2023): the author and musician dissects the great actor’s multiple villainous incarnations
- The Tod Slaughter Repertory Company (2023): video essay on the regular players from Slaughter’s feature films
- Maria Marten and Sweeney Todd radio plays (1932): newly remastered from original 78 rpm shellac discs, these original recordings are presented with optional, newly recorded Current 93 scores
- London After Dark (1926): first known film footage of Slaughter, captured on stage at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, presented with optional, newly recorded Current 93 score
- Tod Slaughter at Home (1936): mock interview with Sweeney Todd, recorded for the Pathétone newsreel
- Pots of Plots (1938): short film in which Slaughter, sitting at the make-up station in his dressing room, reprises three of his infamous villainous roles, including Sweeney Todd
- Bothered by a Beard (1946): humorous short educational film which traces the history of shaving, featuring a scene in Sweeney Todd’s infamous barber shop
- Puzzle Corner No. 14 (1954): Slaughter’s last appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material for all eight films
- The Crimes of Stephen Hawkeoriginal treatment gallery
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Jean-Claude Michel, Ania Goszczyńska and David Tibet, Doug Young and Kip-Xool, excerpts from Slaughter’s unpublished memoirs, archival essays and reviews, and film credits
- World and UK premieres on Blu-ray
- Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 9 Hours, 5 Minutes
STUDIO: Powerhouse
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Crocodile Island [2020]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Gallen Lo, Liao YinYue, Wang BingXiang, He QiWei, Dang Wei
DIRECTOR: Xu ShiXing, Simon Zhao
SYNOPSIS: A plane crashes near an uncharted island in an area of the Devil’s Sea as infamous as the Bermuda Triangle. A few survivors, including a father and daughter, make it to shore, but quickly discover that an enormous crocodile and gigantic spiders inhabit the land.
GENRE: Horror, Adventure
STUDIO: Well Go USA
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3R1JWS/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12598910/
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