August’s home media offerings are wrapping up in a big way this week, and I hope you’ve got your wallets ready because there are a ton of releases that genre fans are going to want to add to their collections. Fulci fans should be excited for the arrival of both The House by the Cemetery and The New York Ripper in 4K, courtesy of Blue Underground, and Severin is having their own Fulci fiesta this week, too, with their releases of Aenigma, Demonia as well as the recent documentary Fulci for Fake.
Scream Factory also has a killer lineup of titles headed home on Tuesday, including the Collector’s Edition of Tales from the Darkside: The Movie and the Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6.
Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for August 25th include Dead Pit, The Beast Must Die, The Last Victim, Live Feed, Gemini, Hallucinations, and Alien Scum.
Aenigma (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
For his final horror hit of the '80s, writer/director Lucio Fulci combined elements of CARRIE, PHENOMENA and SUSPIRIA with the grisly surrealism of his own past classics for one last shocker packed with "brooding, ominous imagery and signature Fulci style" (The Horror Syndicate).
When a bullied student at a New England girls school becomes comatose after a prank gone wrong, her tormenters will suffer graphic telepathic punishment that includes the infamous 'death by snails' scene. Jared Martin (DALLAS), Lara Lamberti (A BLADE IN THE DARK) and Ulli Reinthaler (ZOMBIE 3) star in this "blast from start to finish, with some of the most bonkers imagery Fulci ever put on film" (The Video Vacuum). o-written by Giorgio Mariuzzo (THE BEYOND, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) and scanned in 4k from the original negative for the first time ever in America.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions - Lucio Fulci & His Films and Mondo-Digital.com's Nathaniel Thompson
Writing Nightmares - Interview with Screenwriter Giorgio Mariuzzo
Italian Aenigma - Appraising Late Day Fulci Featurette
Trailer
Demonia (Severin Films, Blu-ray)
In what fans consider his last great film, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci returns to the startling imagery and bloody excesses of his '70s/'80s classics for an unholy saga of demonic nuns and supernatural carnage. When a Canadian archeological team begins excavating the ruins of a medieval Sicilian monastery, they will unleash the vengeance of a crucified coven of satanic sisters with full-on Fulci fury. Brett Halsey (THE DEVIL'S HONEY), Lino Salemme (DEMONS), Christina Engelhardt (SKINNER), Al Cliver (THE BEYOND, ZOMBIE) and Fulci himself star in this solid horror from a true master(Blu-ray Authority) co-written by Piero Regnoli (BURIAL GROUND, MALABIMBA), now scanned in 4k from the original negative recently discovered in the attic of a Collevecchio convent.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Holy Demons - Interview with uncredited Co-Writer / Assistant Director Antonio Tentori
Fulci Lives - Interview with Lucio Fulci on set of DEMONIA
Of Skulls and Bones - Interview with camera operator Sandro Grossi
Audio Commentary with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
Original Trailer
The House by the Cemetery 4K (Blue Underground, 4K Ultra HD/Special Features Blu-ray)
A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone - or something - is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
Catriona MacColl (THE BEYOND), Paolo Malco (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Ania Pieroni (TENEBRE), Carlo De Mejo (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), and Dagmar Lassander (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) star in this outrageous Italian shocker from The Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE). Blue Underground s acclaimed restoration of THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is now presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, fully loaded with hours of Extras!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 2.40:1 Feature Presentation and Bonus Extras Blu-ray
Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: 5.1 DTS-HD; English: 1.0 DTS-HD; Italian: 1.0 DTS-HD
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, English for Italian Audio
Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
Deleted Scene
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spot
Poster & Still Galleries
Meet the Boyles Interviews with Stars Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco
Children of the Night Interviews with Stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina
Tales of Laura Gittleson Interview with Star Dagmar Lassander
My Time With Terror Interview with Star Carlo De Mejo
A Haunted House Story Interviews with Co-Writers Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti
To Build a Better Death Trap Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio Salvati, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Maurizio Trani, Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi, and Actor Giovanni De Nava
House Quake Interview with Co-Writer Giorgio Mariuzzo
Catriona MacColl Q&A
Calling Dr. Freudstein Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
BONUS! Embossed Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
The New York Ripper 4K (Blue Underground, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray)
A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detective Fred Williams (Jack Hedley of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY) follows the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, the hunt is on for the killer that can t be stopped!
Co-written and directed by acclaimed horror maestro Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) and filmed on location in the mean streets of New York City, this is one of Fulci s most savage and controversial thrillers. Now Blue Underground s acclaimed restoration of THE NEW YORK RIPPER, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, gushing with hours of Extras!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 2.40:1 Feature Presentation and HD Blu-ray (1080p) Feature + Extras
Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: 5.1 DTS-HD; English: 1.0 DTS-HD; Italian: 1.0 DTS-HD; French: Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, English for Italian Audio
Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
The Art Of Killing - Interview with Co-Writer Dardano Sacchetti
Three Fingers Of Violence - Interview with Star Howard Ross
The Second Victim - Interview with Co-Star Cinzia de Ponti
The Broken Bottle Murder - Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
I m an Actress! - 2009 Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
The Beauty Killer - Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
Paint Me Blood Red - Interview with Poster Artist Enzo Sciotti
NYC Locations Then and Now
Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
BONUS! Embossed Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie – Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
From the clever and creepy minds of Stephen King (Pet Sematary), Michael McDowell (Beetlejuice), George A. Romero (Dawn Of The Dead) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes), comes an all-star anthology of horror. To keep from being eaten by a modern-day witch (Deborah Harry, Videodrome), a young paperboy weaves three twisted stories to distract her. In "Lot 249," a vengeful college student (Steve Buscemi, Fargo) resuscitates an evil mummy to teach unsuspecting student bodies (Julianne Moore, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Christian Slater, Mr. Robot) a lesson in terror. Then, "Cat From Hell" is a furry black feline who cannot be killed ... he may have nine lives, but those who cross his path are not so lucky. Finally, in "Lover's Vow," a stone gargoyle comes to life ... to commit murder. In this classic cult favorite, fear comes in threes.
Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Get ready for more thrills and chills! Volume 6 of the Universal Horror Collection includes four tales of terror from the archives of Universal Pictures, the true home of classic horror. Boris Karloff stars as a doctor who risks his own life to save the captives of a mad count in The Black Castle. Vengeance is sworn against six men who witness a ceremony where beautiful women turn into serpents in Cult of the Cobra. In The Thing That Couldn't Die, when a young psychic discovers a box that contains the living head of an executed devil worshiper ... heads will roll! A cat witnesses the murder of her owner ... and this cat is hell-bent on revenge in The Shadow of the Cat.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Alien Scum (Wild Eye Raw, DVD)
Antichrist Rising (WorldWide Multimedia, DVD)
The Beast Must Die (Severin Films, Blu-ray)
Dark Tales (Wild Eye Releasing, DVD)
Dead Pit (Dark Force Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Fulci for Fake (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Gemini (Mondo Macabro, Blu-ray)
Hallucinations (SRS Cinema, DVD)
The Last Victim (Dark Force Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Live Feed (Unearthed Films, Blu-ray & 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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