We have a relatively quiet week of Blu-ray & DVD releases to look forward to, but there are still a few things for genre fans to get excited about. Bong Joon Ho’s Memories of Murder is getting the Criterion treatment this Tuesday, and if you haven’t had the chance to check it out yet, you’ll definitely want to give The Mortuary Collection a watch as well. Other releases for April 20th include At Night Comes Wolves, Death Ranch, A Werewolf in England, and Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot.
Memories of Murder: The Criterion Collection (Criterion, Blu-ray/DVD)
In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results.
Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, Memories of Murder stars New Korean Cinema icon Song Kang Ho as the local officer who reluctantly joins forces with a seasoned Seoul detective (Kim Sang Kyung) to investigate the crimes—leading each man on a wrenching, yearslong odyssey of failure and frustration that will drive him to the existential edge.
Combining a gripping procedural with a vivid social portrait of the everyday absurdity of life under military rule, Bong fashions a haunting journey into ever-deepening darkness that begins as a black-comic satire and ends as a soul-shattering encounter with the abyss.
Special Edition Features • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Kim Hyung Ku and approved by director Bong Joon Ho, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack • Two 2009 commentaries featuring Bong and members of the cast and crew, plus a new commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns • New program featuring filmmaker Guillermo del Toro • New interview with Bong about the real-life serial killer who inspired the film • Documentary from 2004 on the making of the film • Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Bong • New program about the use of sound in Bong’s work, featuring film scholar Jeff Smith • Incoherence, a 1994 student film by Bong, with a new introduction by the director • Teaser, trailer, and TV spot • Plus: An essay by critic and novelist Ed Park.
The Mortuary Collection (RLJE Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, nothing is as it seems.... In THE MORTUARY COLLECTION, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. There she meets Montgomery Dark, an eccentric undertaker with more than a few skeletons in his closet. Montgomery chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story...is her own.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
At Night Comes Wolves (Gravitas Ventures, DVD)
Death Ranch (4Digital Media, Blu-ray & DVD)
Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot (Level 33 Entertainment, DVD)
A Werewolf in England (High Fliers Films, 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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