March 15th Genre Releases Include NIGHTMARE (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (Limited Edition 4K UHD), THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR (Blu-ray / DVD)

2022/03/14 21:03:13 +00:00 | Heather Wixson

Hello, dear readers! As time marches on, that means we have another bunch of horror and sci-fi home media releases making their debut on Tuesday, and there are some genuinely fun movies, both new and old, featured in this week’s offerings. For all you lycanthropes out there, you’ll definitely want to pick up Arrow Video’s brand-new Limited Edition 4K release of An American Werewolf in London, or if you’re more in the mood for a classic chiller, then you should check out Scream Factory’s Blu-ray for Nightmare. In terms of more recent horror titles, both The Boy Behind the Door and John and the Hole are headed home on multiple formats, and for those of you looking for something a bit more sci-fi, Project Gemini from Well Go USA should do the trick.

Other releases for March 15th include Southland Tales: Standard Special Edition, Incarnation, Monster Python and The Kindred.

An American Werewolf in London: Limited Edition 4K (Arrow Video, 4K Ultra HD)

One of the greatest directors of the 1980s, John Landis, expertly combines macabre horror with dark humour in the lycanthropic classic, An American Werewolf in London.

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the streets of the capital...

An American Werewolf in London had audiences howling with laughter and recoiling in terror upon its cinema release. Landis’ film has gone on to become one of the most important horror films of its decade, rightly lauded for its masterful set-pieces, uniquely unsettling atmosphere and Rick Baker’s truly ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special make-up effects. Now newly restored and presented with an abundance of extra features, this big beast of horror can be devoured as never before...

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative

4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)

Original uncompressed 1.0 mono and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Commentary by Beware the Moon filmmaker Paul Davis

Commentary by actors David Naughton and Griffin Dunne

Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, with interviews with John Landis, David Naughton and more

An American Filmmaker in London, interview with John Landis about British cinema and his time working in Britain

I Think He’s a Jew: The Werewolf’s Secret, video essay by filmmaker Jon Spira about how Landis’ film explores Jewish identity

The Werewolf’s Call, Corin Hardy, director of The Nun, chats with writer Simon Ward about their formative experiences with Landis’ film

Wares of the Wolf, featurette in which SFX artist Dan Martin and Tim Lawes of Prop Store look at some of the costumes and special effects artifacts from the film

Beware the Moon, Paul Davis’ acclaimed, feature-length exploration of Landis’ film which boasts extensive interviews

An American Werewolf in Bob’s Basement and Causing a Disturbance: Piccadilly Revisited, two 2008 featurettes filmed by Paul Davis

Making An American Werewolf in London, archival featurette on the film’s production

An Interview with John Landis, archival interview with the director about the film

Make-up Artist Rick Baker on An American Werewolf in London, the legendary make-up artist discusses his work on the film

I Walked with a Werewolf, archival interview with Rick Baker about Universal horror and its legacy of Wolfman films

Casting of the Hand, archival footage from Rick Baker’s workshop showing the casting of David Naughton’s hand

Outtakes

Storyboards featurette

Original trailer and teaser plus TV and radio spots

Extensive image gallery featuring over 200 stills, posters and other ephemera

Reversible sleeve featuring original poster art and artwork by Graham Humphreys

Double-sided fold-out poster

Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions

Limited edition 60-page, perfect-bound book featuring writing by Craig Ian Mann and Simon Ward, archival art

The Boy Behind the Door (RLJE Films, Blu-ray & DVD)

A night of unimaginable terror awaits twelve-year-old, Bobby, and his best friend, Kevin, when they are abducted on their way home from school.

John and the Hole (IFC Midnight, Blu-ray & DVD)

A desperate game of survival unfolds after 13-year-old John traps his family in a hole in the ground in this unsettling psychological thriller.

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

As a child, Janet (Jennie Linden, Old Dracula) witnessed an unbearable horror—her insane mother stabbing her father to death. Now a young woman, Janet suffers from recurring nightmares that have her convinced that she'll follow her mother to the asylum. Accompanied by her schoolteacher, Miss Lewis (Brenda Bruce, Peeping Tom), Janet retreats to the home of her guardian (David Knight, The Devil's Agent), who has hired lovely Grace (Moira Redmond, A Shot in the Dark) as a companion to help calm his troubled ward. But Janet's nightly terrors, magnified by the eerie, creaky old house, bring all her fears chillingly to life. Are Janet's problems all in her head…or is there a sinister force at work?

Bonus Content:

2K Scan from the Interpositive

Audio Commentary with Film Historian Bruce Hallenbeck

Sleepless Nights – An Interview with Author/Film Historian Kim Newman

Slice and Fright – An Interview with Author/Film Historian Jonathan Rigby

Reliving the Nightmare – Including Interviews with Actress Julie Samuel, Continuity Person Pauline Wise, and Focus Puller Geoff Glover

Nightmare…In the Making – Including Interviews with Actress Jennie Linden, Writer Jimmy Sangster, and Art Director Don Mingaye, Hosted by Author Wayne Kinsey

Jennie Linden Remembers – The Full Interview with Actress Jennie Linden

Madhouse: Inside Hammer's Nightmare Featuring Interviews with Film Historians Jonathan Rigby, Kevin Lyons, Alan Barnes, and John J. Johnson

Theatrical Trailer

Still Gallery

Project Gemini (Well Go USA, Blu-ray & DVD)

After centuries of destroying Earth’s resources, humankind’s last chance at survival requires creating a new home―in outer space. Unfortunately, something truly unimaginable is out there watching, lying in wait for the unwary human scouts.