Genre fans have a very light week of home entertainment releases to look forward to on Tuesday, April 28th. Scream Factory is giving the Vincent Price cult classic From a Whisper to a Scream a high-def upgrade with their latest Blu-ray, and Universal Studios is bringing home J.Lo and her cookies with their DVD and Blu-ray for The Boy Next Door. Lord of the Flies is also making its bow on Blu-ray this week, courtesy of Olive Films, and the indie vampire flick Hunted is making its way onto DVD as well.
The Boy Next Door (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD/Digital HD)
Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door, a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far. Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) and written by Barbara Curry, the film also stars Ryan Guzman, John Corbett and Kristin Chenoweth.
Special features include The Making of The Boy Next Door, Deleted Scenes and Feature Commentary with Director Rob Cohen.
From a Whisper to a Scream (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Prepare to be shocked out of your skin with four grisly tales of terror in one small town! Legendary king of horror Vincent Price gives "his fullest, most sepulchral tones of macabre camp", (Los Angeles Times) to this gruesome anthology that will haunt you for days!
On the night his niece is executed for committing a string of brutal killings, historian Julian White (Price) reveals the sinister secrets of her hometown, Oldfield, Tennessee, a horrific hamlet that spawns evil! But as the town’s murderous legacy is exposed with White’s chilling accounts: including stories of a necrophilic madman, a voodoo priest with life-prolonging powers and a legion of children with an appetite for flesh. White doesn’t realize that he is about the write the final chapter of Oldfield’s morbid history...in his own blood!
Special Features include Return to Oldfield: The Making of WHISPER TO A SCREAM - - A comprehensive feature-length documentary about the making of 'From A Whisper To A Scream', featuring director Jeff Burr, producer Darin Scott, co-screenwriter C. Courtney Joyner, star Clu Gulager, and many more, A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking - A feature-length documentary about teenage adventures in 'Super 8' filmmaking during the 1970's in Georgia, featuring director Jeff Burr and more, Audio Commentary with writer/director Jeff Burr, Audio Commentary with writer/producer Darin Scott and writer C. Courtney Joyner, Still Gallery with commentary by writer/director Jeff Burr, Theatrical Trailer and “THE OFFSPRING” TV Spots.
Hunted (Vertical Entertainment, DVD)
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
Lord of the Flies (Olive Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Lord of the Flies stars Balthazar Getty (Lost Highway, TV’s “Brothers and Sisters”) in an adventure tale based on the classic novel by William Golding. When an aircraft carrying a group of military school cadets is forced to crash land in an uninhabited Pacific jungle, it is survival of the fittest, man against nature, and boy against boy as sides are drawn when the hunters become the hunted.
Lord of The Flies features supporting performances by James Badge Dale (Iron Man 3, World War Z), Danuel Pipoly (3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, Downtown), and Chris Furrh (Exile, A Family For Joe).
Heather A. Wixson was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, until she followed her dreams and moved to Los Angeles in 2009. A 14-year veteran in the world of horror entertainment journalism, Wixson fell in love with genre films at a very early age, and has spent more than a decade as a writer and supporter of preserving the history of horror and science fiction cinema. Throughout her career, Wixson has contributed to several notable websites, including Fangoria, Dread Central, Terror Tube, and FEARnet, and she currently serves as the Managing Editor for Daily Dead, which has been her home since 2013. She's also written for both Fangoria Magazine & ReMind Magazine, and her latest book project, Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume One will be released on October 20, 2021.
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