April 12th is a good day to be a genre fan, as we have several great releases coming our way this Tuesday. Arrow Films has put together the definitive edition of the cult classic Bride of Re-Animator that is filled to the brim with all sorts of awesomeness, and Scream Factory is taking us to the Village of the Damned with their Collector’s Edition Blu-ray as well as a double feature of Destroyer and Edge of Sanity.
If you missed it in theaters, now you can finally catch up with The Forest as it arrives on both formats Tuesday. If you’ve been holding out on adding It Follows to your home entertainment collection, there’s a new steelbook edition coming out this week that looks great and we’re also finally getting Flight 7500 on DVD April 12th.
Other notable releases include Where the Devil Dwells, Medousa, and Schramm.
Bride of Re-Animator Three Disc Limited Edition (Arrow Video, Blu-ray w/DVD)
DATE. MATE. RE-ANIMATE. The success of Stuart Gordon s hit horror-comedy Re-animator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. The resulting follow-up, Bride of Re-animator - this time helmed by director Brian Yuzna (Society, Return of the Living Dead 3 and Producer of the original Re-Animator) - would prove that there was a good deal more life left in the story of Dr. Herbert West and his ghoulish exploits.
It is 8 years since the Miskatonic massacre. Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West (again played by Jeffrey Combs) continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan’s dearly deceased, Meg Halsey. Surely nothing could go wrong?
With special effects master Screaming Mad George (the man behind the infamous shunting sequence in Society) on hand to contribute a host of characteristically weird and wonderful creations including zombified bats and a one-eyed finger spider Bride of Re-Animator is a more than worthy successor to Gordon’s original cult classic.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 3-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
DISCS 1 & 2 BLU-RAY/DVD UNRATED VERSION:
DISC 3 - BLU-RAY R-RATED VERSION:
The Forest (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)
A young woman's hunt for her missing sister leads to horror and madness in this terrifying supernatural thriller starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games franchise). When her troubled twin sister mysteriously disappears, Sara Price (Dormer) discovers she vanished in Japan's infamous Suicide Forest. Searching its eerie dark woods, Sara plunges into a tormented world where angry spirits lie in wait for those who ignore the warning: never stray from the path.
Special Features Include Exploring The Forest, Galleries and Feature Commentary with Director Jason Zada.
Village of the Damned Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
A doctor battles children who exert deadly mind control over adults in a small Northern California town.
Special Features Include “It Takes A Village: The Making of Village of the Damned:” Featuring interviews with director John Carpenter, producer Sandy King, actors Michael Pare, Peter Jason, Karen Kahn, Meredith Salenger, Thomas Dekker, Cody Dorkin, Lindsey Haun, Danielle Wiener-Keaton, and make-up effects artist Greg Nicotero, “Horror’s Hallowed Grounds:” Revisiting the locations of the film, “The Go-to Guy:” Peter Jason on John Carpenter, Vintage interviews featuring John Carpenter, Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill, and Wolf Rilla (director of the original “Village of the Damned”), Vintage behind-the-scenes footage, Theatrical Trailer and Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
The Conduit (Brain Damage Films, DVD)
Destroyer/Edge of Sanity Double Feature (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Flight 7500 (Lionsgate, DVD)
Ghost Box (Bayview Entertainment, DVD)
It Follows Steelbook Edition (Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Medousa (Mondo Macabro, DVD)
Schramm (Cult Epics, Blu-ray & DVD)
Where the Devil Dwells (Midnight Releasing, 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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