December 13th Blu-ray & DVD Releases Include BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974), FEAR THE WALKING DEAD Season 2

2016/12/13 01:58:06 +00:00 | Heather Wixson

Get ready, readers! This week, we have an abundance of horror and sci-fi home entertainment releases coming our way, as there are over 30 titles hitting Blu-ray and DVD on December 13th. Scream Factory has five different releases planned for this Tuesday—Collector’s Editions of both Black Christmas and Dreamscape, as well as I Am Not A Serial Killer, Shelley, and Let’s Be Evil—and Arrow Video is keeping busy, too, with their Special Edition Blu-rays for Creepshow 2 and The Driller Killer (which is also getting the Steelbook treatment).

For those who may have missed it during its initial run, season 2 of Fear the Walking Dead comes home on Tuesday courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Vinegar Syndrome is showing some love to the cult classic Jack Frost.

Other notable December 13th releases include Morgan, Suicide Squad, Killer Rack, The Lodger, Secret Santa, Night Has a Thousand Desires, and Krampus Unleashed.

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

If this movie doesn’t make your skin crawl…it’s on too tight!

The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sig prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to stalk the house.

A series of obscene phone calls start to plague the residents of the sorority and it becomes clear that a psychopath is homing in on the sisters with dubious intentions. And though the police try to trace the calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this Black Christmas.

Directed by Bob Clark (A Christmas Story, Porky’s) and starring a fantastic cast that includes Margot Kidder (Superman), Olivia Hussey (Romeo & Juliet), John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey), Black Christmas finally comes to Blu-ray in a definitive presentation of the holiday horror classic.

Special Features:

DISC 1:

NEW 2016 2K scan of the negative (1.85:1) – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono
Audio Commentary with director Bob Clark
Audio Commentary with actors John Saxon and Keir Dullea
Audio Commentary with Billy (actor Nick Mancuso)
Audio interview with director Bob Clark

DISC 2:

2006 Critical Mass HD Master (1.78:1) – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
NEW Film and Furs – Remembering Black Christmas with Art Hindle
NEW Victims and Virgins – Remembering Black Christmas with Lynne Griffin
Black Christmas Legacy: 40th Anniversary Panel at FanExpo 2014 featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso
On Screen!: Black Christmas featurette
12 Days of Black Christmas featurette
Black Christmas Revisited featurette
Archival Interviews with Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John Saxon
Midnight Screening Q&A with Bob Clark, John Saxon and Carl Zittrer
Two scenes with a new vocal soundtrack
Original Theatrical Trailers (English and French)
Original TV and Radio Spots
Alternative Title Sequences
Still Gallery

Creepshow 2: Special Edition (Arrow Video, Blu-ray)

WHEN THE CURTAIN GOES UP THE TERROR BEGINS! Horror titans George A. Romero and Stephen King deliver yet another fiendish selection of blood-curdling tales in Creepshow 2 now newly remastered in 2K!

In Old Chief Wood'nhead , a group of young hoodlums face retribution from an unlikely source after looting a local hardware store. Meanwhile, The Raft sees a group of horny teens wishing they’d read the warning signs first before taking a dip in a remote lake. Finally, an uptight businesswoman finds herself with some unwanted company following a hit-and-run incident in The Hitch-hiker.

Whilst retaining the EC comic book flavour that made the original such a hit, Creepshow 2, this time directed by long-time Romero collaborator Michael Gornick, is a decidedly darker and grimmer affair than its predecessor and remains one of the greatest horror anthologies of all time.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original stereo audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio Commentary with director Michael Gornick, moderated by Perry Martin
Poncho s Last Ride a brand new interview with actor Daniel Beer
The Road to Dover a brand new interview with actor Tom Wright
Screenplay for a Sequel an interview with screenwriter George A. Romero
Tales from the Creep an interview with actor and make-up artist Tom Savini
Nightmares in Foam Rubber featurette with special make-up effects artists Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero
My Friend Rick Berger on working with make-up legend Rick Baker
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Trailers and TV Spots
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Mike Saputo

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

Close your eyes and the adventure begins.

Alex Gardner (Dennis Quaid) is a man with an incredible psychic gift… but for years has used it solely for personal gain. Reuniting with his old mentor, Dr. Novotny (Max von Sydow), Gardner joins a government project in which he learns to channel his abilities in order to enter peoples’ subconscious through their dreams. As his powers grow, the young psychic soon finds himself in a living nightmare of conspiracy and murder… and the only way out is to go back in.

Dreamscape's reputation as a cult classic has only grown over the years. Its impressive cast (including Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw, Eddie Albert, David Patrick Kelly, and George Wendt), behind-the-camera talent such as director Joseph Ruben (The Stepfather) and co-writer Chuck Russell (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, 1988's The Blob), and rousing mix of science fiction, adventure, and horror have ensured its legacy as a dream come true for '80s genre enthusiasts.

Special Features:

NEW 2K Scan of the film
NEW – “The Actor’s Journey” - Interview with Dennis Quaid
NEW – “Dreamscapes and Dreammakers” Retrospective including Brand-new interviews with Director Joseph Ruben, Co-Writer David Loughery, Actor David Patrick Kelly and other members of the special effects team
NEW – “Nightmares and Dreamsnakes” – Looking Back at the Snakeman with Craig Reardon, David Patrick Kelley and others.
NEW In-Depth Conversation Between Bruce Cohn Curtis And Co-Writer/Producer Chuck Russell
Audio Commentary With Bruce Cohn Curtis, David Loughery And Craig Reardon
Snake Man Test Footage
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

The Driller Killer: Limited Edition Steelbook (Arrow Video, Blu/DVD Combo)

In career that has encompassed such controversial classics as Ms. 45, Bad Lieutenant and Welcome to New York, none of Abel Ferrara s films have quite managed to match the shock, extremity and downright notorious nature of The Driller Killer.

Ferrara plays struggling artist Reno, a man pushed to the edge by the economic realities of New York living in the late seventies and the No Wave band practicing in the apartment below. His grip on reality soon begins to slip and he takes to stalking the streets with his power tool in search of prey...

Forget Taxi Driver, The Warriors and The New York Ripper, The Driller Killer is the definitive look at NYC s underbelly a slasher that is as much at home in the arthouse as it is the grindhouse.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

Limited Edition SteelBook featuring original artwork (2500 copies)
Brand new restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Uncompressed Mono PCM audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by director and star Abel Ferrara, moderated by Brad Stevens (author of Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision) and recorded exclusively for this release
Brand new interview with Ferrara
Willing and Abel: Ferraraology 101, a new visual essay guide to the films and career of Ferrara by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45
Mulberry St. (2010), Ferrara s feature-length documentary portrait of the New York location that has played a key role in his life and work, available on home video in the US for the first time ever
Trailer
Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Michael Pattison and Brad Stevens

Fear The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season (Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)

Last season, 'Fear the Walking Dead' explored a blended family who watched a burning, dead city as they traversed a devastated Los Angeles. In Season 2, the group aboard the Abigail is unaware of the true breadth and depth of the apocalypse that surrounds them; they assume there is still a chance that some city, state, or nation might be unaffected some place that the Infection has not reached. But as Operation Cobalt goes into full effect, the military bombs the Southland to cleanse it of the Infected, driving the Dead toward the sea. As Madison, Travis, Daniel, and their grieving families head for ports unknown, they will discover that the water may be no safer than land.

Special Features: Audio Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Flight 462 Webisodes, Q&A with Cast and Creative Team from Paley Fest LA 2016, Inside FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, The Making of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD

Jack Frost (Vinegar Syndrome, Blu/DVD Combo)

On his way to be executed, the vehicle containing notorious serial killer Jack Frost collides with a hazardous chemical truck, turning Jack into a snow covered mutant and unleashing him on the unsuspecting town of Snomonton, 'The Snowman Capitol of the Midwest'. Jack immediately takes advantage of his newfound freedom and blizzardy abilities to seek revenge on the bungling Sheriff, played by Christopher Allport (TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.), that accidentally ended his cross-country killing spree. On his way to the Sheriff, Jack terrorizes the snow-man themed town and murders its residents in a variety of winterized ways. Can the residents of Snomonton fight back against the psychopath snowman from Hell or will they all end up in a snow-covered grave?

Co-starring the beautiful Shannon Elizabeth (AMERICAN PIE) in one of her most infamous and revealing roles, and featuring colorful cinematography by Dean Lent (BORDER RADIO), director Michael Cooney's staple of video stores and late night TV, is a gleefully gory horror comedy and is coming to Blu-ray for the first time, fully restored in 2k from Vinegar Syndrome.

Bonus Features: