Happy October! With Halloween only a few weeks away, it seems that the month’s home entertainment choices are going to be endless just based on the amount of titles being released on October 7th alone.
Not only is Edge of Tomorrow (one of the best sci-fi movies of the year) coming to DVD and Blu-ray, but we’re also seeing several cult classics coming to HD for the first time, numerous horror franchise collections are being re-released and we’ve got the highly anticipated 35th Anniversary Edition of Alien from 20th Century Fox to look forward to as well.
SPOTLIGHT TITLES:
Edge of Tomorrow (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray 3D/Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD)
An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage is thrown into a time loop, forced to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again and again. Training alongside warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), his skills slowly evolve, and each battle moves them one step closer to defeating the enemy in this fun action thriller.
Nekromantik (Cult Epics, Blu-ray & Two-Disc DVD Edition)
The controversial horror film that shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the US (now long out of print.) Nekromantik tells the story of Rob (Daktari Lorenz) who works at a street-cleaning Agency, who visits roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Incidentally, Rob collects the body parts and shares them with his girlfriend Betty (Beatrice M.) When Rob presents a complete corpse taken out of a swamp, their undying love reaches its peak, but soon after Betty starts liking the corpse and leaves Rob, which takes him to the sick end of his destruction.
Cult Epics is proud to release Jorg Buttgereit’s horror classic in High Definition and with new extras, including Jorg’s debut short film Hot Love. Special Features include New Director’s Approved HD Transfer (taken from the original Super 8mm negative), New Grindhouse HD Version (taken from the theatrical 35mm print), Introduction By Jorg Buttgereit, Q&A With Jorg Buttgereit At The American Cinematheque (2013), Never Released Before Short Film - Hot Love (1985) 45 Minutes, Audio Commentary By Jorg Buttgereit And Co-author Franz Rodenkirchen, The Making Of Nekromantik, Nekromantik Featurette, Still Photo Gallery and JB Trailers.
Dracula Sucks (Vinegar Syndrome, DVD)
At an exclusive sanitarium, strange things are happening: patients are acting differently and are being found with mysterious bite marks in their necks. Visiting professor, Van Helsing (Reggie Nalder) believes it to be the work of vampires. With the arrival of Count Dracula (Jamie Gillis), things get even stranger and more violent, as the diabolical count sets his sights on the beautiful Mina (Annette Haven). Featuring supporting performances from Seka, Serena, Kay Parker, John Leslie, Paul Thomas, Mike Ranger and Bill Margold, DRACULA SUCKS has finally been restored to its original directors cut and is coming to DVD for the very first time!
Special Features include Director's Cut Of The Feature Film, Alternate 'Lust At First Bite' Feature-length Edit, Audio Commentary With Actor And Co-writer Bill Margold, RETURN TO CASTLE HILL Featurette With Producer Darryl Marshak & Bill Margold, German Art Slideshow and Theatrical Trailer.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Alien: 35th Anniversary Edition (20th Century Fox, Blu-ray)
American Horror Story Season 3: Coven (20th Century Fox, Blu-ray & DVD)
Asia Extreme Collection: Volume 3 (Pallisades Tartan, DVD)
Children of the Corn Collection (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)
The Crow Triple Feature (Lionsgate, DVD)
The Dead and the Damned II (Inception, DVD)
The Devil Incarnate (Image Entertainment, DVD)
The Faculty (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)
The First Power (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray & DVD)
The Following: Season Two (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray & DVD)
From Dusk Till Dawn (Lionsgate, Blu-ray/Digital HD)
Hellraiser Collection (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)
Hemlock Grove: Season One (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray & DVD)
Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2 (MGM Video, Blu-ray)
The Neverending Story 30th Anniversary Edition (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
The Prophecy: The Complete Collection (Lionsgate, Blu-ray & DVD)
Rick and Morty: Season One (Cartoon Network, Blu-ray & DVD)
Screamers (SPE, DVD)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (The Asylum, Blu-ray & DVD)
Sledge (Brain Damage Films, DVD)
The Twilight Zone: Classic Christmas Episodes (Image Entertainment, DVD)
Venom (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)
Wes Craven Collection: Dracula (Lionsgate, DVD)
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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