Coming March 20th, Anchor Bay Home Entertainment is proud to release one of the more controversial Japanese films to date; the 2000 film, BATTLE ROYALE and 2003 film, BATTLE ROYALE II: Revenge!! Below is the official press release. Please read further on where they’ll discuss each release and what features you can expect from them! Plus official release trailer below!
This cult 1983 monster film will finally makes its Blu-ray debut on January 24th, 2012 via Elite Entertainment. Cover art can be found on the right and enlarged for detailed viewing! Special features include the following:
Audio Commentary
Still gallery
Casting footage
Gag reel
Theatrical trailer and TV spot
Enhanced opening scene
Television review footage
Premise:
In The Deadly Spawn, two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. After finishing off the campers, the hungry space monsters head for a nearby town, where they make their domain in the basement of an old house and soon begin polishing off one hapless inhabitant after another. Four young teenagers, plus one pre-teen boy, try to find a way to stop the angry space monsters before they reproduce and literally eat humanity.
Originally scheduled for a July 26th release, this 1973 giallo film from Sergio Martino will now receive a brand new DVD re-release and Blu-ray debut on August 30th via Blue Underground. Both DVD and Blu-ray cover arts can be enlarged for detailed viewing! The DVD will include the "Uncensored English Version" of the film. The Blu-ray will feature that version as well the Italian Director’s Cut of the film. Special features for both releases include the following:
"Murders in Perugia" – Interview with Co-Writer/Director Sergio Martino
U.S. Opening Credits
U.S. Trailer
International Trailer
TV Spots
Radio Spot
Poster & Still Gallery
Premise:
A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the hands – and blade – of the lecherous maniac.
Guillermo Del Toro’s 1997 horror/sci-fi film makes its Blu-ray debut on September 27th via Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The film will be presented with the full Director’s Cut, which adds about 7 more minutes onto the original theatrical version! Special features will include the following:
Audio commentary by director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro
Video prologue with Guillermo del Toro
“Reclaiming MIMIC” featurette
“A Leap in Evolution — The Creatures of MIMIC” featurette
"Back Into the Tunnels — Shooting MIMIC” featurette
Lucio Fulci’s classic 1979 zombie film finally makes it’s Blu-ray debut on October 25th via Blue Underground. The release comes a week before Halloween! It will be packed in a 2-disc Ultimate Edition with a DVD re-release coinciding with the Blu-ray release. Special features include the following: … read more UHM – Upcoming Horror Movies – Your upcoming horror movies resource since June 24th ’99
The 1981 sequel to John Carpenter’s classic first film of the Halloween movie franchise will finally make its Blu-ray debut on September 13th via Universal Home Entertainmnt. Cover art has been posted on the right and can be enlarged for detailed viewing! Special features include the following:
"Terror In the Aisles" - the 1984 documentary presented by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen once only available on VHS!
Alternate ending
My Scenes
Pocket BLU app
Premise:
Picking up precisely where its predecessor left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first Halloween. It seems the inhuman Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge as he stalks the deserted halls of the hospital where his sister lays waiting. As he gets closer and closer to his terrified target, Dr. Loomis discovers the chilling mystery behind the crazed psychopath’s savage actions. Written by horror masters John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween II is a spine-tingling dark ride into the scariest night of the year.
This 1981 Lucio Fulci-directed horror film will finally grace North American Blu-ray shelves on September 27th via Blue Underground. Cover art has been posted on the right and can be enlarged for detailed viewing! No word on what special features will be included. However, it has been said that this edition will feature the uncut version of the film!
Please stay tuned for further details!
Premise:
A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something – is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
This 2009 Spanish film sequel will finally hit DVD shelves July 12th via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. No official word whether this will receive a Blu-ray release. Cover art can be found on the right and enlarged for detailed viewing! Special features include the following:
Taking place after the events of the first film, as we follow a medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras, who are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
Originally scheduled for an April 26th release date, Blue Underground have now pushed back the DVD Re-release/Blu-ray to May 17th! The uncensored English-Language Version of the film will appear on the DVD and both the Uncensored English-Language Version/Italian-Language Director’s Cut on the Blu-ray! Special features include the following:
Interviews with Argento, co-scripter Bernardino Zapponi and Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante, Fabio Pignatelli and Agostino Marangolo)
U.S. trailer
Italian trailer
Goblin music video: “Profondo Rosso” (2010)
Daemonia music video: “Profondo Rosso” (directed by Sergio Stivaletti)
Premise:
An English jazz pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal hatchet murder of a renowned psychic and is quickly drawn into the savage crime. With the help of a tenacious female reporter, the pair track a twisted trail of deranged clues and relentless violence towards a shocking climax that has ripped screams from the throats of audiences for more than 30 years!
