Tuesday, December 6th is a big day for Phantasm "phans," as you can finally bring home the remastered version of Don Coscarelli’s original film as well as Phantasm: Ravager in stunning HD, courtesy of Well Go USA. Cult movie enthusiasts should also be keeping an eye out for MPI Home Video's 30th anniversary presentation of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, as well as Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray of Doomwatch. We’re also seeing a handful of recent festival hits—Trash Fire, Jack Goes Home, and SiREN—coming home this Tuesday, and the first season of Scream Queens arrives on DVD, too.
Other notable releases for December 6th include The Possession Experiment, The Devil’s Dolls, and the Black & Chrome Edition of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (MPI Home Video, Blu-ray)
Undeniably one of the most harrowing American films of the 20th century, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer hits Blu-ray with a restoration that cements its reputation as a shocking, thought-provoking nightmare-plunge into the depths of the human soul.
Henry, a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of ex-prison mate Otis. Into this toxic environment comes Otis’ younger sister Becky, who’s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay. Deflecting her brother s incestuous advances, Becky finds herself attracted to Henry and sees him as a potential lover and herself as his possible savior. What she doesn’t realize is that Otis and Henry are now killing together, sinking to ever more terrifying depths of depravity. As Becky tries to get her life back on track, she looks to Henry for a way out. But is redemption even possible for a man like Henry?
In celebration of the film’s 30th anniversary, Dark Sky Films is proud to present Henry in a brand new 4K scan, restored from the 16mm original camera negative and approved by director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones, featuring a new 5.1 mix restoration from the stereo 35mm mag reels. Sure to send shivers of mortal dread through a whole new generation of filmgoers, this new presentation puts Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer firmly back into the vanguard of contemporary cinematic horror.
Bonus Features: In Defense of Henry: An Appreciation, Henry vs MPAA: A Visual History, Henry at the BBFC: An Interview With NIGHTMARE USA Author Stephen Thrower, It s Either You or Them: An Interview with Artist Joe Coleman", "In The Round: A Conversation with John McNaughton", Portrait: The Making of Henry, Deleted Scenes & Outtakes, Interview with John McNaughton, 1998, Original Trailer, 30th Anniversary Trailer, Still Gallery, and Storyboards.
Phantasm: Ravager (Well Go USA, Blu-ray & DVD)
After battling with the Tall Man in PHANTASM: OBLIVION, a battered Reggie wanders through the desert in search of his missing friend, Mike. After recovering his 1971 Hemi Cuda, Reggie is targeted by two of the Tall Man s Sentinel Spheres and destroys them. He awakens suddenly to find himself sitting in a wheelchair pushed by none other than the elusive Mike! Although overjoyed by their reunion, Reggie is in this alternate dimension an aged and weary old patient in a psychiatric ward. And only he remembers their battled and bloodied past with the Tall Man.
Reggie must travel between dimensions and discern what is reality in order to confront the mysteries at the heart of a decades-long struggle against evil. He is met with new and familiar faces along the way, and an epic showdown on the Tall Man’s home world awaits!
PHANTASM: RAVAGER is the fifth installment of Don Coscarelli’s cult classic, the Phantasm series. Multiple Emmy-nominated animation director David Hartman (TRANSFORMERS PRIME, MY FRIENDS TIGGER AND POOH, ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS) is the first new director in the franchise s history. The entire original cast returns, including Reggie Bannister a veteran of all five films A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Kat Lester. Angus Scrimm takes up his iconic role as the terrifying Tall Man for the fifth and final time.
BONUS FEATURES:
Phantasm: Remastered (Well Go USA, Blu/DVD Combo)
Strange things are happening at the Morningside Cemetery. Jody Pearson (Bill Thornbury) attends the funeral of a recently departed friend. His younger brother, Mike (Michael Baldwin), watches the final rites and observes a tall mortician clad in black (Angus Scrimm) tossing the heavy, unburied coffin into a waiting hearse as if it were only a stick of kindling wood.
Determined to uncover the truth behind this unusual sight, Mike returns to the cemetery at night and breaks into the mortuary. There, he finds deadly, spectral creatures inhabiting the home's embalming cellar and comes face-to-face with the sinister Tall Man. After barely managing to escape with his life, Mike enlists Jody and their close friend, Reggie (Reggie Bannister), to discover what is really happening at the Morningside Mortuary and the secrets of the living dead who dwell there.
PHANTASM: REMASTERED showcases Jody, Mike, Reggie, the Tall Man and his hellish world as they’ve never been seen before. For the first time in high-definition, follow the trio as they embark on what is to be a long, nightmarish journey to confront the Tall Man. PHANTASM is the first of five unforgettable films from Don Coscarelli’s iconic cult horror franchise.
EXTRAS:
SiREN (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, DVD)
One week before his big wedding day, Jonah and his groomsmen hit the town for a wild night of club hopping and debauchery. The night soon takes a twisted turn for the worse when the group is invited to the seedy underground club, 50 North 40 West, a home to the sexy side of the supernatural. After Jonah frees a seemingly imprisoned dancer, he soon realizes that the woman he has released is actually a terrifying creature of legend that will stop at nothing to claim her man. Jonah and his groomsmen soon find themselves in a deadly fight for their lives as they run from the fabled predator and the men who are determined to recapture her.
Trash Fire (Lionsgate, DVD)
When Owen is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel, become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit and murder. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll be scarred for life.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Dead Rising: Endgame (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)
The Devil’s Dolls (Scream Factory/IFC Midnight, Blu-ray & DVD)
Doomwatch (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)
Hidden in the Woods (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, DVD)
I Am Legend (Warner Home Video, 4K Blu-ray)
If There's a Hell Below (Dark Sky Films, DVD)
Jack Goes Home (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, DVD)
Mad Max: Fury Road/Mad Max: Fury Road Black & Chrome Edition (Warner Home Video, Blu-ray)
Never Open the Door (Maltauro Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)
The Possession Experiment (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, DVD)
The Remains (Lionsgate, DVD)
Scream Queens: Season One (20th Century Fox, DVD)
The Unspoken (Anchor Bay Entertainment, 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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