While Jason Voorhees stalked the screens in homes around the world yesterday, Scream Factory also celebrated Friday the 13th in grand fashion, announcing two new Blu-ray releases and revealing bonus features, final cover art, and official street dates for their upcoming home media offerings. Horror fans now have some calendar marking to do and can look forward to another bountiful Summer of Fear.
On June 30th, Scream Factory plans to release a double feature Blu-ray of Ghosthouse and Witchery, the former directed by by Umberto Lenzi and the latter starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff. They'll also distribute 1989's I, Madman, though its release date is not yet known.
Ghosthouse: "Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house."
Witchery: "Gary (David Hasselhoff, Baywatch, Knight Rider) and his gal pal Linda (Catherine Hickland) visit an island off the coast of Massachusetts where a haunted resort hotel looms to do research on witchcraft. They're joined by the Brooks family (including a pregnant Linda Blair, The Exorcist), prospective buyers of the property. When a violent storm prevents them from leaving the island, they're forced to endure the vengeful wrath of an evil witch who won't quit until every last one of them dies a horrible death! Produced by the legendary Joe D'Amato (Anthropophagus, Beyond The Darkness), Witchery (aka Ghosthouse 2) boasts a haunting atmosphere and creepy special effects."
I, Madman: "Gothic nightmares collide with gritty realism in this "stylish horror thriller [that] pulls you in and makes you pay attention" (Los Angeles Times)! Laced with sly humor, this "imaginative, scary" gem packs "a wow of an ending" (Leonard Maltin)!
After a spine-tingling paperback catches the imagination of bookstore clerk Virginia (Jenny Wright), she seeks out the author's second book, I, Madman. But once she opens the cover, its eerie tale of obsessive love comes to life, catapulting a disfigured, scalpel-wielding killer from the world of fiction onto the streets of Hollywood with one demented goal: to win Virginia's love, one murder at a time!"
New bonus features were announced by Scream Factory, and those looking forward to the Blu-ray releases of the Food of the Gods / Frogs and Empire of the Ants / Jaws of Satan double features are in for a treat, as both Food of the Gods and Empire of the Ants will come equipped with new audio commentaries with director Bert I. Gordon, while Food of the Gods will also include a new interview with actress Belinda Balaski. The folks at Scream Factory also divulged the final extras for their Class of 1984 Blu-ray.
Scream Factory also provided updates on the street dates of upcoming Blu-rays:
In addition to unveiling the covers for their Sleepaway Camp II and III Collector's Edition Blu-ray / DVDs, Scream Factory also debuted the final cover art for Robot Jox and Howling II:
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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