I hope you guys are ready, because April 11th looks to be an incredible day of home entertainment releases for genre fans, especially if you’ve been patiently waiting for the stunning new Phantasm Blu-ray set from Well Go USA, which features every film from the franchise together in one nifty package. Arrow Video has also assembled the first two House movies for a limited edition Blu-ray set that arrives this week, and Severin Films has resurrected the cult classic Cathy’s Curse in HD for the first time ever.
Severin Films is also keeping busy with a pair of other releases—Dark Water and The Other Hell—and Scream Factory is giving both The Vampire and Demented the Blu-ray treatment as well.
Other notable horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings for April 11th include The Bye Bye Man (Unrated), The Violent Shit Collection, Chupacabra Territory, Naciye, Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive trilogy, and Robot Wars.
Cathy’s Curse (Severin Films, Blu-ray)
Forget what you've seen in blurry bootlegs and cruddy budget packs. This first-ever restoration of the depraved Canadian shocker is being hailed as the genre re-discovery of the year: In 1947, a young girl is roasted alive in a car accident. Thirty years later, her grown brother returns to their childhood home with his mentally unstable wife and sweet daughter Cathy. But when the dead aunt's vengeful spirit possesses the child, it will unleash an unnerving nightmare of creepy mediums, demonic dolls, and plenty of sick 70s foul-mouthed moppet mayhem.
Experience one of the strangest EXORCIST/OMEN/CARRIE-inspired grindhouse hits like never before, now transferred in 2k from recently-found film elements and featuring revealing new Extras with long-lost star Randi Allen and producer/director/co-writer Eddy Matalon.
Special Features:
House: Two Stories Limited Edition Set (Arrow Video, Blu-ray)
Step inside, we’ve been expecting you! At long-last, Arrow Video is proud to present the first two installments of hit horror franchise House on Blu-ray for the first time!
In the original House, William Katt (Carrie) stars as Roger Cobb, a horror novelist struggling to pen his next bestseller. When he inherits his aunt s creaky old mansion, Roger decides that he s found the ideal place in which to get some writing done. Unfortunately, the house s monstrous supernatural residents have other ideas...
Meanwhile, House II: The Second Story sees young Jesse (Arye Gross) moving into an old family mansion where his parents were mysteriously murdered years before. Plans for turning the place into a party pad are soon thwarted by the appearance of Jesse s mummified great-great-grandfather, his mystical crystal skull and the zombie cowboy who'll stop at nothing to lay his hands on it!
From the team that brought you Friday the 13th, House and House II are era-defining horror classics now newly restored and loaded with brand new extras!
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
HOUSE:
HOUSE II: THE SECOND STORY:
The Phantasm Collection (Well Go USA, Blu-ray)
One of the world’s most popular franchises in the history of horror, the Phantasm film series has terrified fans for generations and this new box set features all five frightening films in the series – PHANTASM: REMASTERED (1979), PHANTASM II (1988), PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD(1994), PHANTASM IV: OBLIVION (1998) and the most recent installment PHANTASM: RAVAGER (2016). Packaging on all five films in the collection will feature reversible sleeve art, with one side highlighting the original packaging and the reverse showing new artwork uniform exclusive to the collection. In addition, the discs themselves will be BD50, which allow for less compression and a higher quality audio, as well as more space for the extensive bonus materials.
Also included with the collection is Phantasm Compendium, a 120-page book featuring exclusive interviews and rare, behind-the-scenes photos chronicling the history and impact of the franchise, plus a 21” x 27” reversible poster featuring the iconic original theatrical artwork.
Disc 1: PHANTASM
Disc 2: PHANTASM II
Disc 3: PHANTASM III: LORD OF THE DEAD
Disc 4: PHANTASM IV: OBLIVION
Disc 5: PHANTASM V: RAVAGER
Disc 6: BONUS DISC
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
The Bye Bye Man (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Unrated Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD – Theatrical Version Only)
Chupacabra Territory (Maltauro Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)
The Covenant (Uncork’d Entertainment, DVD)
Dark Waters (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Demented (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
The Devil in White (Wild Eye Releasing, DVD)
Dream Stalker (Intervision Picture Group, DVD)
Empire State of the Dead (SRS Cinema, DVD)
Fear Town USA/The Slashening Double Feature (Troma Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Heidi (Wild Eye Releasing, DVD)
Lurking Fear (Full Moon Features, Blu-ray)
The Mildew From Planet Xonader (Bayview Entertainment, DVD)
Naciye (Shami Productions, DVD)
The Other Hell (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Robot Wars (Breaking Glass Pictures, DVD)
Seizure (MTI Home Video, DVD)
Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive Trilogy (Arrow Video, Blu-ray)
The Vampire (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
The Violent Shit Collection (Synapse 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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