OCTOBER 22
The Beast Within [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: Alexander J. Farrell
WRITER: Alexander J. Farrell, Greer Ellison
PRINCIPAL CAST: Kit Harington, Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caoilinn Springall
SYNOPSIS: After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life in a remote fortified compound, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks deep into the heart of the ancient forest. But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the terrifying ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.
TAGLINE: Protector. Provider. Predator.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
STUDIO: Well Go USA
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14539318/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9QZF42B/
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Oddity [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Damian McCarthy
WRITER: Damian McCarthy
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tadhg Murphy, Gwilym Lee, Carolyn Bracken, Johnny French, Steve Wall
SYNOPSIS: When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic murder, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge.
Special Features:
- Behind the Scenes with the Cast & Crew
- Storyboard to Screen Featurette
- The Making of the Wooden Mannequin Gallery
TAGLINE: Every murder lives on.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
STUDIO: RLJE Films, Shudder
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26470109/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9W72FZ7/
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Cuckoo [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Tilman Singer
WRITER: Tilman Singer
PRINCIPAL CAST: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, Marton Csokas
SYNOPSIS: Gretchen leaves America to live with her father, who has moved to the German Alps with his new family. After arriving, Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret about her own family.
TAGLINE: Fear its call.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
STUDIO: Decal Releasing
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12349832/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9WN3N8P/
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The Wolfman [2010]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Joe Johnston
WRITER: Andrew Kevin Walker, David Self, Curt Siodmak
PRINCIPAL CAST: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving
SYNOPSIS: Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother…and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.
Bonus Content:
- 2024 4K Restoration
- Presented In Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
- Audio Commentary by Film Critic Drew McWeeny
- 2024 4K Restorations: Theatrical & Extended Version
- Audio Commentary by Film Critic Drew McWeeny (Extended Version)
- Of Fur and Fang: Folklorist & Author Karen Stollznow on Werewolves and The Wolfman
- The Wolfbane Blooms Again: Makeup Effects Artist David Elsey on The Wolfman
- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes
- Extended Scenes
- Return of The Wolfman: Featurette
- The Beast Maker: Featurette
- Transformation Secrets: Featurette
- The Wolfman Unleashed: Featurette
TAGLINES:
- When the moon is full the legend comes to life.
- The legend is alive.
- Fear what is within.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780653/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9MHN8JB/
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Death Becomes Her [1992]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Robert Zemeckis
WRITER: Martin Donovan, David Koepp
PRINCIPAL CAST: Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Isabella Rossellini
SYNOPSIS: Two narcissistic arch-rivals (Streep and Hawn) discover the ultimate accessory—a potion that will keep them forever young—when they meet a mysterious enchantress (Isabella Rossellini, Blue Velvet) with deep ties to the Hollywood elite. But they get more than they bargained for when their newfound beauty only intensifies their vanity—and rivalry—in this fast-paced and very funny dark comedy that the Chicago Tribune calls “diabolically inventive.”
Bonus Content:
- 4K Transfer of the Original 35mm Camera Negative
- Presented In Dolby Vision
- The Making of Death Becomes Her: Featuring Interviews with Director Robert Zemeckis, Writer David Koepp, Director of Photography Dean Cundey, Production Designer Rick Carter and Special Effects Artists Lance Anderson and David Anderson
- Vintage Making-Of Featurette
- Photo Gallery
- Theatrical Trailer
TAGLINES:
- Some people will go to any lengths to stay young forever. But Madeline Ashton and her old friend Helen Sharp are about to go TOO far.
- From the Director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Back to the Future
- Your basic black comedy.
- In one small bottle… The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works… sometimes it doesn’t.
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GENRE: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
RATING: Rated PG-13
RUN TIME: 103 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104070/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9MGJYHW/
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The Vampire and the Vigilante [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: Rene Perez
WRITER: Rene Perez, Kent Hill
PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Paré, Emily Whitcomb, Samantha Kruse, Tony Jackson, Joseph Camilleri
SYNOPSIS: The Vampire employs a Siren to find him victims. The Vigilante hunts down evil people. A young woman, Natalie, will cross paths with both of them. She needs money to pay for her grandmother’s medicine and is unwittingly lured by Siren to be the Vampire’s next victim.
GENRE: Horror, Action
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 75 Minutes
STUDIO: Gravitas Ventures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14953028/
https://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Vigilante-Blu-ray-Rene-Perez/dp/B0DHJBSVB9/
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1920]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Robert Wiene
WRITER: Carl Mayer, Hans Janowitz
PRINCIPAL CAST: Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Lil Dagover, Friedrich Feher
SYNOPSIS: In 1920, one brilliant movie jolted the postwar masses and catapulted the German Expressionist film movement into history. That movie was The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world. Director Robert Wiene and a team of visionary designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition presents the F. W. Murnau Stiftung’s meticulous 4K restoration of the film, with a new orchestral score by Emmy®-winning composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards), which had its premiere performance at Carnegie Hall on June 3, 2024.
Special Features:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Music by Jeff Beal (5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo)
• 2014 Orchestral Score (2.0 stereo)
• Audio commentary by composer Jeff Beal
• Audio description for the vision-impaired
DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Music by Jeff Beal (5.1 Surround and 2.0 stereo)
• 2014 Orchestral Score (2.0 stereo)
• Music by Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky (2.0 stereo)
• Caligari: How Horror Came to the Cinema (52 min.)
• Restoration Demonstration
• Audio commentary by composer Jeff Beal
• Audio description for the vision-impaired
TAGLINES:
- The most amazing story ever screened.
- You must become Caligari.
- A THRILLING FANTASTIC PHOTO-PLAY
- Caligari and his mysterious slave – the black and white phantom who lives in a cabinet and goes forth in his sleep to do his master’s bidding. the weirdest characters ever seen on the screen and the most daringly different picture ever seen.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 77 Minutes
STUDIO: Kino Classics
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/
https://www.amazon.com/Cabinet-Dr-Caligari-4KUHD-UHD/dp/B0DF46LPMJ/
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Hellraiser: Quartet Of Torment – Pinhead Slipcase
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD – Limited Edition
DIRECTOR: Tony Randel, Kevin Yagher, Anthony Hickox, Clive Barker
PRINCIPAL CAST: Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Bruce Ramsay, Clare Higgins
SYNOPSIS:
In the 1980s, Clive Barker changed the face of horror fiction, throwing out the rules to expose new vistas of terror and beauty, expanding the horizons for every genre writer who followed him. With Hellraiser, his first feature film, he did the same for cinema.
Hedonist Frank Cotton (Sean Chapman) thinks he has reached the limits of earthly pleasure. But a mysterious puzzle box will take him further than he can possibly imagine, opening the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible and summoning the Cenobites, whose experiments in the higher reaches of experience will tear his soul apart. When he manages to escape, Frank returns to the world skinless and in need of help. Now his former lover Julia (Clare Higgins) must kill to make him whole again. But the Cenobites want Frank back, and there’ll be hell to pay when they find him.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II expands on Barker’s original vision as screenwriter Peter Atkins takes Julia Cotton, her stepdaughter Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) and the sinister Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) into the dominion of the Cenobites themselves. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth sees Pinhead set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin. Then, Hellraiser: Bloodline sinks its hooks into past, present and future with the story of Phillip LeMarchand, the 18th-century toymaker who made the lament configuration puzzle box, his descendent John Merchant – a 20th-century architect whose most recent building bears a striking resemblance to the lament configuration – and Dr. Paul Merchant, a 22nd-century engineer and designer of The Minos, a space station which is a great deal more than it seems.
Experience the sublime agony of this quartet of torment like you never have before in all-new 4K restorations from the original camera negatives. Hell has never looked better!
4-DISC ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restorations of all four films from the original camera negatives by Arrow Films
- Ultra High Definition (2160p) presentations of all four films in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original lossless stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio for all four films
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Ages of Desire, an exclusive 200-page hardback book with new writing from Clive Barker archivists Phil and Sarah Stokes
- Limited edition layered packaging featuring brand new Pinhead artwork
DISC 1 – HELLRAISER
- Brand new audio commentary featuring genre historian (and unit publicist of Hellraiser) Stephen Jones with author and film critic Kim Newman
- Archival audio commentary with writer/director Clive Barker and actor Ashley Laurence, moderated by Peter Atkins
- Archival audio commentary with writer/director Clive Barker
- Power of Imagination – brand new 60-minute discussion about Hellraiser and the work of Clive Barker by film scholars Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (editor of Clive Barker: Dark Imaginer) and Karmel Kniprath
- Unboxing Hellraiser – brand new visual essay celebrating the Lament Configuration by genre author Alexandra Benedict (The Beauty of Murder)
- The Pursuit of Possibilities – brand new 60-minute discussion between acclaimed horror authors Paula D. Ashe (We Are Here To Hurt Each Other) and Eric LaRocca (Everything the Dark Eats) celebrating the queerness of Hellraiser and the importance of Clive Barker as a queer writer
- Flesh is a Trap – brand new visual essay exploring body horror and transcendence in the work of Clive Barker by genre author Guy Adams (The World House)
- Newly uncovered extended EPK interviews with Clive Barker and stars Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and effects artist Bob Keen, shot during the making of Hellraiser, with a new introduction by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- Original 1987 Electronic Press Kit
- Being Frank: Sean Chapman on Hellraiser – archival interview with the actor
- Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser – archival interview with the iconic actor about his first appearance as ‘Pinhead’
- Soundtrack Hell: The Story of the Abandoned Coil Score – archival interview with Coil member Stephen Thrower
- Trailers and TV spots
- Image gallery
- Draft screenplays
DISC 2 – HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II
- Brand new audio commentary featuring Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- Archival audio commentary with director Tony Randel, writer Peter Atkins and actor Ashley Laurence
- Audio commentary with director Tony Randel and writer Peter Atkins
- Hell Was What They Wanted! – brand new 80-minute appreciation of Hellbound, the Hellraiser mythos and the work of Clive Barker by horror authors George Daniel Lea (Born in Blood) and Kit Power (The Finite)
- That Rat-Slice Sound – brand new appreciation of composer Christopher Young’s scores for Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II by Guy Adams
- Archival on-set interview with Clive Barker
- Archival on-set interview with cast and crew
- Behind the scenes footage
- Being Frank: Sean Chapman on Hellbound – archival interview about the actor’s return to the role of Frank Cotton
- Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellbound – archival interview with the iconic actor about his second appearance as ‘Pinhead’
- Lost in the Labyrinth – archival featurette featuring interviews with Barker, Randel, Keen, Atkins and others
- Trailers and TV spots
- Image gallery
DISC 3 – HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH
- Alternative Unrated version (contains standard definition inserts)
- Brand new audio commentary featuring Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- Archival audio commentary with screenwriter Peter Atkins (Theatrical Cut only)
- Archival audio commentary with director Anthony Hickox and actor Doug Bradley (Unrated Version only)
- Previously unseen extended EPK featuring interviews with Clive Barker and Doug Bradley
- FX dailies
- Time with Terri – archival interview with actor Paula Marshall
- Raising Hell on Earth – archival interview with director Anthony Hickox
- Under the Skin: Doug Bradley on Hellraiser III – archival interview with the iconic actor about his third appearance as ‘Pinhead’
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC 4 – HELLRAISER: BLOODLINE
- Brand new audio commentary featuring screenwriter Peter Atkins, with Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- The Beauty of Suffering – brand new featurette exploring the Cenobites’ connection to goth, fetish cultures and BDSM
- Newly uncovered workprint version of the film, providing a fascinating insight into how it changed during postproduction
- Hellraiser Evolutions – archival documentary on the evolution of the franchise and its enduring legacy, featuring interviews with Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellraiser: Hellseeker, Deader and Hellworld), Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Beyond) and others
- Books of Blood and Beyond: The Literary Works of Clive Barker – archival appreciation by horror author David Gatwalk of Barker’s written work, from The Books of Blood to The Scarlet Gospels
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Easter egg
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 6 Hours, 13 Minutes
STUDIO: Arrow Video
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Trapped Ashes [2006]
4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Monte Hellman, Sean Cunningham, John Gaeta
WRITER: Dennis Bartok
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris, Scott Lowell, Dick Miller, Michèle-Barbara Pelletier, John Saxon
SYNOPSIS: In the twisted tradition of classic anthology horror films such as TALES FROM THE CRYPT and CREEPSHOW, TRAPPED ASHES features four stories of the surreal, macabre and terrifying, helmed by five of Hollywood’s most unique directors: Joe Dante (GREMLINS, THE HOWLING), Ken Russell (ALTERED STATES, THE DEVILS), Monte Hellman (TWO-LANE BLACKTOP), Sean Cunningham (FRIDAY the 13th), and John Gaeta (Oscar winner for Visual F/X on THE MATRIX Trilogy). Seven strangers (including legendary character actors John Saxon and Henry Gibson) are trapped inside an infamous Roger Corman/AIP-style House of Horrors during a Hollywood movie studio tour and forced to confess their most disturbing personal memories to get out alive. In Ken Russell’s “The Girl With The Golden Breasts,” a struggling actress (Rachel Veltri) decides to get gel implants made from reprocessed human cadavers – with monstrous results for her and her boyfriend (Jayce Bartok). In Sean Cunningham’s “Jibaku,” an unhappily-married woman (Lara Harris) and her architect husband (Scott Lowell) have a nightmarish encounter with a dead monk on a visit to Japan. In Monte Hellman’s “Stanley’s Girlfriend,” , two ambitious young filmmakers become unlikely friends in 1950s Hollywood: Leo (Tahmoh Penikett), writer of sadistic little B-pictures like “The Strangler,” and a soon-to-be-famous director named Stanley Kubrick (Tygh Runyan). When they both fall in love with the same eerie, irresistible woman (Amelia Cooke), it unleashes a decades-long mystery involving desire and celluloid. And in John Gaeta’s “My Twin The Worm,” a young Goth woman (Michele-Barbara Pelletier) reveals the horrific, Cronenberg-like tale of the inhuman “twin” that grew alongside her in her mother’s womb. With marvelous visual F/X by multi-Academy Award winner Robert Skotak (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, ALIENS) and a superb, haunting soundtrack is by acclaimed Japanese composer Kenji Kawai (THE RING, GHOST IN THE SHELL), TRAPPED ASHES is a dark and surreal love letter to classic genre filmmakers like Mario Bava, to the phantoms (literal and figurative) of the film industry, and to the art of telling scary stories. Newly restored in 2K for its first-ever U.S. Blu-ray release!
Special Features:
- New 4K restoration from 35mm OCN/IP by Craig Rogers of Deaf Crocodile
- New HDR Dolby Vision color grading by Tyler Fagerstrom
- Director’s Cut of Monte Hellman’s “Stanley’s Girlfriend” episode (SD)
- Original full-length cut of Ken Russell’s “The Girl with Golden Breasts” episode (SD)
- Original 5-part Making Of video with cast and crew interviews (SD)
- “Hollywood Parasite: Hysteria in Trapped Ashes” – New visual essay by journalist and physical media expert Ryan Verrill (The Disc Connected) and film professor Dr. Will Dodson.
- Three new video interviews with:
- Director John Gaeta, cast members Jayce Bartok, Scott Lowell and Lisi Tribble, producers Yuko Yoshikawa & Yoshifumi Hosoya, and cinematographer Zoran Popovic, moderated by producer/writer Dennis Bartok for Deaf Crocodile
- Cast members Tahmoh Penikett & Tygh Runyan and production designer Robb Wilson King
- Producer Mike Frislev of Nomadic Pictures
LIMITED EDITION Bonus Content:
- LIMITED EDITION OF 1500
- Slipcase featuring new painting by Hans Woody
- 60-page illustrated book with new essays by Walter Chaw and Dennis Bartok
- Reprint of original Fangoria article by Sean Decker on the film from September 2007
- Q&A with producers Yuko Yoshikawa, Yoshifumi Hosoya and Dennis Bartok from 2006
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 105 Minutes
STUDIO: Deaf Crocodile Films
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