DECEMBER 9
Black Christmas [1974]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Bob Clark
WRITER: Roy Moore
PRINCIPAL CAST: John Saxon, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey
SYNOPSIS: Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity, and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.
Bonus Content:
- 2022 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
- Presented in Dolby Vision
- 2022 Restoration of the Original Mono Track
- 2022 5.1 Mix Restoring the Missing Sound Effects
- Audio Commentary with Director Bob Clark
- Audio Commentary with Actors John Saxon and Keir Dullea
- Audio Commentary with Actor Nick Mancuso
- Audio Interview with Bob Clark
- 2022 Restoration of the 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music and Sound Effects
- Audio Commentary with Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
- Audio Interview with Director Bob Clark
- Film and Furs: Remembering Black Christmas with Art Hindle
- Victims and Virgins: Remembering Black Christmas with Lynne Griffin
- Black Christmas Legacy
- 40th Anniversary Panel at FanExpo 2014 Featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso
- On Screen!: Black Christmas
- 12 Days of Black Christmas Documentary
- Black Christmas Revisited
- Archival Interviews with Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John Saxon
- Midnight Screening Q&A with Bob Clark, John Saxon and Carl Zittrer
- Two Scenes with a New Vocal Soundtrack
- Theatrical Trailers (English and French)
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
- Alternative Title Sequences
- Still Gallery
- Original Script (BD-Rom)
TAGLINES:
- Black Christmas will ROCK you too!
- If this movie doesn’t make your skin crawl… It’s on TOO TIGHT
- Christmas is coming early this year. And it’s murder.
- The sort of Christmas you don’t dream of.
- Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, a creature was stirring…The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, but it was hard to say that St. Nick would be there. This year, a Christmas of another color brings a killer on the loose.
- Have yourself a scary little Christmas…Not at all like the ones you used to know.
- He knows when you’re sleeping, he knows if you’re awake, HE KNOWS…
- It’s beginning to look a lot like…bloodshed! Christmas is almost here, and an axe-wielding psycho is terrorizing a sorority. As it happens, the mad murderer also makes obscene phone calls — and he lives right above the girls…
SEE REVIEW HERE
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
https://www.facebook.com/shoutstudiosofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/shout_studios/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071222/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRNR22KR/
************* ********************* ****************
The Strangers: Chapter 2 [2025]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD/Digital
DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin
WRITER: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Bryan Bertino
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alastair Burlingham, Christopher Milburn, Courtney Solomon, Gary Raskin, Mark Canton, Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath
SYNOPSIS: The Strangers are back – more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they’ve started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers – driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose – pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
TAGLINES:
- Who Can You Trust When Everyone Is A Stranger?
- Survival was just the beginning.
- Land of the free. Home of the strange.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
STUDIO: Lionsgate
https://www.facebook.com/lionsgate
https://www.instagram.com/lionsgate/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28671344/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSGB1S1K/
************* ********************* ****************
Rabbit Trap [2025]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: Bryn Chainey
WRITER: Bryn Chainey
PRINCIPAL CAST: Dev Patel, Jade Croot, Rosy McEwen
SYNOPSIS: Married musicians (Dev Patel and Rosy McEwan) move to the Welsh countryside to finish a new record. When they capture a forbidden sound not meant for human ears, a stranger appears at their doorstep and their reality starts to blur.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
https://www.magnoliapictures.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MagnoliaPictures
https://www.instagram.com/magnoliapics/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29567402/
https://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Trap-Dev-Patel/dp/B0FS4TSZRG/
************* ********************* ****************
Anaconda [1997]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Digital – Steelbook
DIRECTOR: Luis Llosa
WRITER: Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr.
SYNOPSIS: A “National Geographic” film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest – and deadliest – snake.
TAGLINES:
- You can’t scream if you can’t breathe.
- It will take your breath away
- When You Can’t Breathe You Can’t Scream
- It’s a SCREAM!
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Action, Adventure
RATING: Rated PG-13
RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
https://www.facebook.com/SonyPictures
https://www.instagram.com/SonyPictures/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118615/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FT9T9DV7/
************* ********************* ****************
The Innkeepers [2011]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD – Limited Edition Steelbook
DIRECTOR: Ti West
WRITER: Ti West
PRINCIPAL CAST: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis
SYNOPSIS: After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire and Luke – are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England’s most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history. Dark Sky Selects proudly presents THE INNKEEPERS, directed by modern horror maestro Ti West, in this stunning 4K UHD collector’s edition including newly produced bonus features. This meticulously restored release brings new life to the film’s eerie atmosphere, enhancing every shadow in West’s chilling ghost story.
TAGLINES:
- Some guests never check out.
- A Ghost Story for the Minimum Wage
- Come stay at the Yankee Pedlar … For a night you WILL NEVER FORGET
SEE REVIEW HERE
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 147 Minutes
STUDIO: MPI Media
https://www.facebook.com/mpimediagrp
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1594562/
https://www.amazon.com/Innkeepers-Limited-UHD-Blu-ray-Steelcase/dp/B0FZNGDKJH/
************* ********************* ****************
Monster Shark [1984]
AKA “Devil Fish”
DIRECTOR: Lamberto Bava
WRITER: Luigi Cozzi, Luciano Martino, Sergio Martino, Gianfranco Clerici, Vincenzo Mannino, Dardano Sacchetti, Hervè Piccini
PRINCIPAL CAST: Cinzia de Ponti, Dagmar Lassander, Darla N. Warner, Dino Conti
SYNOPSIS: With Lamberto Bava (DEMONS) as director, Sergio Martino (SLAVE OF THE CANNIBAL GOD) as producer, Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND), Luigi Cozzi (STARCRASH), Gianfranco Clerici (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST), Vincenzo Mannino (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) and Hervé Piccini (RATS: NIGHT OF TERROR) among the screenwriters and a killer score by Fabio Frizzi (ZOMBIE), this Italian Sharksploitation favorite has a certified monster pedigree: When several locals in a coastal Florida town are found with limbs chomped off, an electronics expert (Michael Sopkiw of MASSACRE IN DINOSAUR VALLEY infamy) joins a team of marine biologists to hunt a genetically modified creature that is part shark, part octopus and 100% prehistoric fish from hell. Gianni Garko (THE PSYCHIC), William Berger (SPIDER LABYRINTH) and Dagmar Lassander (THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) co-star in the complete European Version of this “one of a kind gem” (B-Movie Film Vault), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Bonus CD of the first-ever soundtrack release.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary With Sharksploitation Experts Stephen Scarlata, Josh Miller And Matt Mercer
- They Call Him John Old Jr. – A Talk With Director Lamberto Bava
- Man Versus Devil Fish – Interview With Actor Michael Sopkiw
- Trailer
- Fabio Frizzi Soundtrack CD
TAGLINES:
- Sink your teeth into pure terror.
- Wave goodbye…
- Undisturbed for a thousand years, the devil has now awoken.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action, Adventure
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 94 Minutes
STUDIO: Severin Films
https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms
https://www.instagram.com/severinfilms/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088100/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTZLNJ68/
************* ********************* ****************
Kill List [2011]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Ben Wheatley
WRITER: Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alice Lowe, Ben Crompton, Damien Thomas, David Bowen, Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson
SYNOPSIS: The award-winning 2011 breakthrough film from writer/director Ben Wheatley (A FIELD IN ENGLAND, IN THE EARTH) has been called “dark and disturbing” (Empire), “creepy and very funny” (Austin Chronicle) and “furious, shockingly violent and sensational” (Time Out London). It will now blow you away like never before in UHD for the first time ever: When an on-edge family man and unemployed contract killer (Neil Maskell of Hijack and BULL) accepts a new assignment of 3 separate targets, the list will drag him to the edge of madness and plunge him into the depths of Hell. Michael Smiley (THE LOBSTER, CENSOR) and MyAnna Buring (THE DESCENT) co-star in the mindblower that “will leave you stunned, breathless and in need of a stiff drink” (Screen Anarchy), scanned in 4K from the 35mm digital intermediate negative with over 6 hours of new and archival Special Features.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director Ben Wheatley And Severin Films’ Mike Hewitt
- Archival Commentary With Ben Wheatley And Co-Writer Amy Jump
- Archival Commentary With Actors Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring And Michael Smiley
- The Hitmen Return – Interview With Neil Maskell And Michael Smiley
- The Gift Of Sound And Vision – Interview With Director Of Photography Laurie Rose And Sound Recordist Rob Entwistle
- Unsettling Soundscapes – Interview With Sound Designer Martin Pavey
- Cunning Stunts In The Editing Room – Interview With Editor Robin Hill
- Archival Making-Of Featurette
- Archival Interviews With Director Ben Wheatley, Producers Claire Jones And Andrew Starke And Actors Neil Maskell And MyAnna Buring
- ASSAULT ON SUN HILL – Ben Wheatley’s John Carpenter Homage Filmed For FrightFest 2011 Featuring Neil Maskell And MyAnna Buring
- Trailer
TAGLINES:
- Who’s next?
- All work deserves a salary.
- They are bad people. They should suffer.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Crime, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
STUDIO: Severin Films
https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms
https://www.instagram.com/severinfilms/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1788391/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR3DLXS4/
************* ********************* ****************
Dan Curtis’ Gothic Tales
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Dan Curtis
PRINCIPAL CAST: Charles Aidman, Lynn Redgrave, Megs Jenkins, Nigel Davenport
SYNOPSIS: Shot on videotape and originally aired on ABC’s late-night series Wide World Mystery, these two features exquisitely demonstrate Dan Curtis’ gift for blending 19th-century literature with psychological horror. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, a petulant young Adonis (Shane Briant) indulges in the most decadent pursuits that 19th-century society can provide. While Dorian seems impervious to age and free of guilt for his transgressions, his moral disintegration is foretold in the portrait hidden in his study. In a haunting and sexually-charged adaption of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, Lynn Redgrave stars as Miss Cubberly, a governess hired to tend two orphans (Jasper Jacob, Eva Griffith) in a country manor. She believes the estate is haunted by the spirits of a former governess and her lover, and her pursuit of the truth leads Miss Cubberly to the brink of insanity.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 3 Hours, 48 Minutes
STUDIO: Kino Cult
https://kinolorber.com/collection/kino-cult
https://www.facebook.com/kinolorberinc
https://www.instagram.com/kinolorber/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYR23MXY/
************* ********************* ****************
Dead of Night [1945]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, [Alberto] Cavalcanti
WRITER: John Baines, Angus MacPhail, T.E.B. Clarke
PRINCIPAL CAST: Basil Radford, Googie Withers, Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Naunton Wayne
SYNOPSIS: One of the most chilling films ever made, this British anthology follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to one another. An antique looking glass reflects an ancient crime, in “The Haunted Mirror”; a “Christmas Party” is visited by a ghost; “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy” begins taking on a life of its own; there’s terror on the green, in “Golfing Story”; and, a race car driver has a grisly vision of the future, in “Hearse Driver.” Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Redgrave star. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.
TAGLINES:
- Even GREATER than “Seventh Veil”
- The UNEXPECTED, The TRAGIC, The COMIC, The ROMANTIC, The DRAMATIC…..
- Like Nothing In This World You’ve Ever Thrilled To Before.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 103 Minutes
STUDIO: KL Studio Classics
https://www.klstudioclassics.com/
https://www.facebook.com/KinoLorberStudioClassics/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037635/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYQY84PF/
************* ********************* ****************
The Dark House of Mystery [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: Dustin Ferguson
WRITER: Dustin Ferguson
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jack La Pick, Jennifer Moriarty, Lisa London
SYNOPSIS: Four siblings arrive at the Fitzgerald Estate on a dark and stormy night for the reading of the Will of their late Father. After being forced to stay the night, they discover eerie hidden passageways and a Killer in a Gorilla suit.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 43 Minutes
STUDIO: SoCal Cinema
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28475894/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZYGLZV6/
************* ********************* ****************