DECEMBER 10
Ghost Game [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Jill Gevargizian
WRITER: Adam Cesare
PRINCIPAL CAST: Aidan Hughes, Kia Dorsey, Zaen Haidar
SYNOPSIS: After discovering his girlfriend Laura’s involvement in an internet challenge to secretly live alongside unsuspecting residents, Vin persuades her to take him on her next adventure. They target Halton House, a notoriously haunted manor recently purchased by a new family. Upon entering, the thrill-seeking couple experiences chilling, unexplained phenomena. It quickly becomes clear they are not the only ones haunting the manor. As the new owner descends into madness and threatens the family, what began as a game turns deadly, forcing Laura and Vin to fight for their survival.
TAGLINE: A daring couple’s internet challenge turns deadly as they trespass into a haunted house, facing sinister evils lurking within its walls.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
STUDIO: Epic Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29341577/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DC7RG12X/
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The Maker of Monsters [2018]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: James Ian Mair
WRITER: James Ian Mair
PRINCIPAL CAST: George Stover, James Ian Mair, Mark Dessauer
SYNOPSIS: Legendary cult icon George Stover headlines a great cast in James Ian Mair’s old-fashioned monster film The Maker of Monsters. Depraved scientist Dr. Simon Vanard (Mark Dessauer) falls madly in love with the beautiful Lilly Struthers (Katie Harbridge), who shares a strong resemblance to his deceased wife. Upon realizing of Vanard’s intentions to marry Lilly, her fiancé Derek Raines (James Ian Mair) attempts to thwart Vanard’s plans but falls victim to his fiendish experiments, which turn him into a hideous beast. Now, Derek must fight the urge to feast on human flesh in his quest to save Lilly from Vanard’s evil schemes.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 82 Minutes
STUDIO: SRS Cinema
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8772330/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCDD1GSM/
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Space Sharks [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: Dustin Ferguson
WRITER: Dustin Ferguson
PRINCIPAL CAST: Eric Roberts, Brinke Stevens, Scott Schwartz
SYNOPSIS: A military experiment conducted on a space station goes horribly wrong, sending a new breed of weaponized sharks to earth with only one mission: destroy everything in their path.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 70 Minutes
STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19387356/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DC85RPNG/
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Stir of Echoes [1999]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray – Steelbook
DIRECTOR: David Koepp
WRITER: David Koepp, Richard Matheson
PRINCIPAL CAST: Zachary David Cope, Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe
SYNOPSIS: After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, a man begins seeing haunting visions of a girl’s ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around him.
TAGLINES:
- Some doors weren’t meant to be opened.
- A mind altered, a man changed, a life in the balance.
- A door opened. Secrets revealed. Listen.
- In every mind there is a door that has never been opened.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 99 Minutes
STUDIO: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164181/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH7FL6T8/
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The Cat and the Canary [1927]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Paul Leni
WRITER: John Willard, Robert F. Hill, Alfred A. Cohn
PRINCIPAL CAST: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley
SYNOPSIS:
Paul Leni (The Man Who Laughs) directs one of the most important and influential films in the early history of American genre cinema, which perfected the ‘old dark house’ formula and set the stage for the Universal horror cycle of the 1930s.
Twenty years after the death of millionaire Cyrus West, his surviving relatives are called together in a decaying mansion on the Hudson River. There, they gather to hear West’s lawyer Roger Crosby (Tully Marshall) read his last will and testament and discover that West has left everything to his niece Annabelle (Laura La Plante). That is, at least, on the condition that she is judged to be legally sane. As the family settles in for the evening, tensions rise when they are informed that a murderer nicknamed the Cat has escaped from a nearby asylum and is suspected to be somewhere on the grounds. Crosby soon disappears in mysterious circumstances, which proves to be just the first in a series of horrifying events that will punctuate a long, dark night of terror – during which Annabelle’s sanity will be called into question again and again.
Based upon the 1922 stage production by John Willard, The Cat and the Canary is a perfect blend of horror and black comedy and stands at the apex of a cycle of films adapted from mystery plays throughout the 1920s. It later inspired James Whale’s The Old Dark House and has been remade several times – but never bettered. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present this cornerstone of horror cinema for the first time ever on Blu-ray from a glorious 4K restoration.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys
- 1080p HD presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K digital restoration of the original negatives supplied by MoMA
- DTS-HD MA 5.1 score by Robert Israel; compiled, synchronized and edited by Gillian B. Anderson, based on music cue sheets compiled and issued for the original 1927 release
- Audio commentary by author Stephen Jones and author / critic Kim Newman
- Audio commentary by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Mysteries Mean Dark Corners – brand new video essay by David Cairns & Fiona Watson
- Pamela Hutchinson on The Cat and the Canary – brand new interview with writer and film critic Pamela Hutchinson
- Phuong Le on The Cat and the Canary – brand new interview with film critic Phuong Le
- A Very Eccentric Man & Yeah, a Cat! – extracts from John Willard’s original play
- Lucky Strike – Paul Leni gives a full-throated endorsement to the product that got him through filming The Cat and the Canary
- Reversible sleeve featuring artwork by Graham Humphreys and original poster artwork
- A collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Richard Combs, Craig Ian Mann, and Imogen Sara Smith
TAGLINES:
- THE MYSTERY THRILLER OF THE STAGE FILMED WITH NEW EFFECTS (original print ad – all caps)
- COMING DIRECT to you from B’WAY!
- New York’s Smashing Stage Success that has thrilled thousands!
- The play that startled the world! (Title lobby card).
- It’s a Universal Long Run Special.
- Spooks! Thrills! Shrieks! Laughs!
- MIDNIGHT-the witching hour on the spooky old country estate. Mad mysticism unfolding before your eyes in the most sensational mystery screen play EVER produced. New sensations await you in this shivery, palpitating dramas that’ll cause your nerves to tingle- chill you as never a picture has before. A real adventure in the cinema-don’t miss it. (Print Ad-Daily Nebraskan, ((Lincoln, Neb.)) 20 November 1927)
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Comedy
RATING: Rated PG
RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
STUDIO: Eureka Entertainment
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017739/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJ1HZ57C/
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DECEMBER 13
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Complete 1985-1989 Series
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
MEDIA FORMAT: Import
DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock
SYNOPSIS: Worldwide debut on DVD – never before available on any home video format! THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE RETURNS TO ONCE AGAIN THRILL AND CHILL The original Alfred Hitchcock Presents / The Alfred Hitchcock Hour aired from 1955 to 1965, and during those ten seasons audiences around the world enjoyed the 359 episodes of mystery and suspense that had a kick in the “tale”. In 1985, television boldly presented a contemporized version, in which a then-new colorization process would bring Alfred Hitchcock back to life to introduce these updated thrillers. Attracting a cast of vintage and upcoming Hollywood talent and filmmakers, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was introduced to a new audience, airing four seasons between 1985 and 1989. At last, this 12-disc DVD Limited Edition collection brings together every episode from the revival series for the first time, book-ending one of television’s most successful and enjoyable franchises. Season 1 includes the original feature-length television movie pilot containing four stories, with the syndicated versions of those stories also presented as separate episodes. Housed in a collectable Hardbox, plus a 120-page booklet with an essay by Martin Grams, Jr. And Patrik Wikstrom, and a complete episode guide. Cast includes Martin Sheen, Andy Garcia, John Huston, Martin Landau, Kim Novak, Tippi Hedren, David McCallum, Edward Woodward, Patrick Macnee, George Lazenby, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Hamill, Melanie Griffith, Stella Stevens, Parker Stevenson, Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy, Bill Mumy, Robby Benson, Lewis Collins, Barbara Hershey, Marilu Henner, Sandra Bernhard, and more.
STUDIO: Via Vision
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBK7PLW/
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Pulse [2006]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
MEDIA FORMAT: Import
DIRECTOR: Jim Sonzero
WRITER: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Craven, Ray Wright
PRINCIPAL CAST: Rick Gonzalez, Zach Grenier, Kel O’Neill, Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian
SYNOPSIS: Americanized version of the 2001 unsettling shocker from Japan transplants the cyber-creepies to Columbus, Ohio, where Mattie Webber (Kristen Bell) witnesses her boyfriend’s mysterious suicide, only to be confronted by his phantasmagoric reincarnation on the Web. Soon, a spectral outbreak plagues electronic appliances everywhere, leading Mattie and her tech-savvy friends to try and prevent a viral apocalypse. Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, and Ron Rifkin also star. 88 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English.
TAGLINES:
- You are now infected.
- There are some frequencies we were never meant to find
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
RATING: Rated PG-13
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
STUDIO: Umbrella Entertainment
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454919/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJRNN2JK/
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