November 22nd Blu-ray & DVD Releases Include RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3, RABID, C.H.U.D.

After last week being rather quiet on the home entertainment front, November 22nd is looking to make up for some lost time with a ton of great genre Blu-ray and DVD titles coming our way on Tuesday. This week, Scream Factory is showing some love to another David Cronenberg classic, Rabid, and Arrow Video is resurrecting the cult film C.H.U.D. in HD for their brand new Special Edition Blu-ray.

Lionsgate is putting out a pair of Vestron Video Collector’s Series titles—Return of the Living Dead 3 and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud—that horror fans will undoubtedly want to add to their home media collections. And for all you William Friedkin fans out there, Shout Select has put together a stellar Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of To Live and Die in L.A. that is absolutely worth owning.

Other notable releases for November 22nd include Intruder, Yoga Hosers, I Drink Your Blood, and Faces of Snuff.

C.H.U.D.: Special Edition (Arrow Video, Blu-ray)

THEY’RE NOT STAYING DOWN THERE, ANYMORE! From the subterranean depths it crawls! Finally making its long-awaited debut on Blu-ray, director Douglas Cheek’s cult 80s favorite C.H.U.D. is the ultimate underground movie experience.

In downtown Manhattan, a police captain s hunt for his missing wife leads to the discovery of a series of mysterious disappearances in the area. Extending his search into the tunnels and sewers below the city streets, it soon becomes clear that something monstrous is lurking in that subterranean world and it won t stay there much longer... 

Starring John Heard (Home Alone) and Christopher Curry (Starship Troopers) alongside an early appearance from John Goodman, C.H.U.D. has justifiably built up a huge cult following in the years since its release in 1984, with one of the most iconic creature designs of the period.

Special Features include:

• Brand new restoration from original film elements
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by director Douglas Cheek, writer Shepard Abbott, and actors John Heard, Daniel Stern and Christopher Curry
• Brand new crew interviews
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford

Rabid: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)

With Rabid, acclaimed director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch) delivers a high-tension thriller filled with "zombified sluts and shock moments... an irresistible combination that Cronenberg handles well", (Almar Haflidason, BBC)!

After undergoing radical emergency surgery, Rose (former adult film star Marilyn Chambers in her first leading role in a mainstream film) develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane... and makes them equally bloodthirsty.

Follow the lovely but deadly Rose through her terrifying ordeal as victim by victim, the spreading circle of casualties grows... until no one can escape their grisly fate of becoming... Rabid. 

Special Features Include:

• NEW 2K scan from the negative at the Director David Cronenberg’s preferred aspect ratio (1.66:1)
  • NEW audio interview with author Jill C. Nelson (Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985) and Marilyn Chambers’ personal appearances manager Ken Leicht
  • NEW Young and Rabid – an interview with actress Susan Roman (33 minutes)
  • Audio Commentary with writer-director David Cronenberg
  • Audio Commentary with William Beard, author of The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg
  • Archival interview with David Cronenberg (21 minutes)
  • Interview with executive producer Ivan Reitman (13 minutes)
  • Interview with co-producer Don Carmody (16 minutes)
  • From Stereo to Video – A video essay by Caelum Vatnsdal, author of They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema (26 minutes)
  • Original Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot
  • Radio Spots (U.S. and U.K.)
  • Still Gallery

Return of the Living Dead 3: Vestron Video Collector’s Series (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)

A young man uses a secret government chemical and program to reanimate his dead girlfriend, and helps her as she consumes the only thing that will nourish her-human brains. 

UNRATED VERSION! First time on Blu-ray. Limited edition Collector's Series! NEW Vestron Video Collector's Edition packaging! Restored and remastered. Packed with special features including: multiple audio commentaries, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and more.

Special Features Include:

• Audio Commentary with Director Brian Yuzna. Audio Commentary with Star Melinda Clarke and Special Effects Supervisor Tom Rainone
• Ashes To Ashes A Conversation with Director Brian Yuzna and Screenwriter John Penney
• Living Dead Girl An interview with Actress Melinda Clarke. Romeo Is Bleeding An Interview with Actor J. Trevor Edmond
• Trimark & Trioxin Interviews with Production Executive David Tripet and Editor Chris Roth
• The Resurrected Dead Interviews with Special Make-up Effects Designers Steve Johnson and Chris Nelson
• Storyboard Gallery
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailers

ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:

After (Mongrel, DVD)

Bachelor Games (Gravitas Ventures, Blu-ray)

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud: Vestron Video Collector’s Series (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)

Coldwood (Lost Empire, DVD) 

Faces of Snuff (Wild Eye Raw, DVD) 

I Drink Your Blood (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu-ray)

Intruder (Scream Factory/IFC Midnight, Blu/DVD Combo) 

The Undying Monster (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)

To Live and Die in L.A.: Collector’s Edition (Shout Select, Blu-ray)

Yoga Hosers (Invincible Pictures, Blu-ray & DVD)