We have a busy week of horror and sci-fi entertainment releases to look forward to, especially for those of you cult and indie horror fans out there. Grindhouse Releasing is bringing Lucio Fulci’s insane Cat in the Brain to Blu-ray, and the recent indie thriller Road Games is getting a release on July 12th as well, courtesy of Scream Factory. One of my personal favorites from 2016, Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room arrives on both formats this Tuesday via Lionsgate, and Synapse Films is releasing the recent Creepshow documentary Just Desserts.
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 12th include Model Hunger, Slasher: Season One, 13 Cameras, the Steelbook edition of Blood and Black Lace, and Pop Art editions of The Birds, Psycho, and King Kong.
Cat in the Brain (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu/CD Combo)
The most VIOLENT movie ever made! Acclaimed Italian horror maestro Lucio Fulci, director of ZOMBIE and THE BEYOND, stars in this blood-soaked epic as a director being driven insane by his own movies. Fulci is thrust into an ultra-violent nightmare of death and depravity where murder and madness consume his sanity in a vortex of violence.
CAT IN THE BRAIN is a psychological masterpiece in the tradition of such cinematic classics as PSYCHO, STRAIT-JACKET, ERASERHEAD and Fellini's 8 1/2.
Special Features include Hi-definition digital restoration of the original UNCENSORED DIRECTOR'S CUT, Presented with English and original Italian language soundtracks, In-depth interviews with director Lucio Fulci and star Brett Halsey, New interviews with composer Fabio Frizzi, screenwriter Antonio Tentori, cinematographer Sandro Grossi and poster artist Enzo Sciotti, Lucio Fulci's heroic appearance at the 1996 NYC Fangoria Weekend of Horrors, Original Italian theatrical trailer & gallery of stills and poster art, Liner notes by Antonella Fulci, David J. Schow, Eli Roth and Martin Beine, BONUS CD - the original soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi, Chilling GLOW-IN-THE-DARK slip cover - limited to first 3000 copies,
Mini portrait of Lucio Fulci - suitable for framing - limited to first 3000 copies, PLUS OTHER SURPRISES.
Green Room (Lionsgate, Blu/DVD/Digital HD & DVD/Digital)
After witnessing a shocking crime, a young rock band is unexpectedly thrust into a life-or-death battle to escape the clutches of a diabolical club owner (Stewart) and his ruthless henchmen in this white-knuckle thriller.
The home entertainment release of Green Room contains audio commentary with Director Jeremy Saulnier and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow (Synapse Films, Blu-ray)
In 1982, Author Stephen King, and Director George A. Romero collaborated on a feature-film tribute to the controversial EC comics of the 1950s. Told through five jolting tales of terror, CREEPSHOW has become a celebrated horror classic over the past three decades. With an all-star cast, and featuring groundbreaking special effects by genre legend Tom Savini, CREEPSHOW stands as a horrific and hilarious tribute to the stories that helped influence (and corrupt) a generation of writers and filmmakers. Now the tales behind the creation of this chilling masterpiece can finally be told!
Featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage and photographs, JUST DESSERTS: THE MAKING OF “CREEPSHOW” also contains over a dozen interviews, including George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins and many others. These are the terrifying stories behind the film that promised you... The Most Fun You'll Ever Have...BEING SCARED!
Special Features include Audio Commentary with Director & Editor Michael Felsher,
Audio Commentary featuring interviews with Actor John Amplas, Property Master Bruce Alan Miller, and Make-Up Effects Assistant Darryl Ferrucci, Creepshow Days An interview with Director of Photography, Director Michael Gornick, Extended Interview Segments with George A. Romero, Tom Savini, and Bernie Wrightson, Behind The Screams A compilation of on-set video footage from Tom Savini, Horror's Hallowed Grounds with Sean Clark, Scream Greats Volume One: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects with Optional Audio Commentary with Tom Savini, Vintage 1982 Evening Magazine Segment shot on the set of the film, featuring rare cast & crew interviews and Behind-The-Scenes of CREEPSHOW Photo Gallery.
Road Games (Scream Factory, Blu/DVD Combo)
After a disastrous summer trip, Jack (Andrew Simpson, Rebellion) finds himself hitchhiking through the sun-drenched rural French countryside with nothing but his British passport. Unaware of dangers that are plaguing the roads, he tries without much success to get home. Along the way, he partners up with another hitchhiker, a beautiful French girl, Veronique (Josephine de La Baume, Kiss of the Damned). But when they accept a ride from a local oddball (Frederic Pierrot, The Returned), the pair find themselves thrown in a deadly game of cat and mouse in which nothing is what it seems. Bursting with nonstop twists and turns and an undercurrent of Hitchcockian malice, this riveting psychological thriller is a hell of a ride. Legendary cult actress Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next) co-stars.
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
13 Cameras (Kino Lorber, DVD)
Alien Incursion (Shami Media Group, DVD)
The Birds: Pop Art Edition (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Blood and Black Lace: 2-Disc Steelbook Edition (Arrow Video, Blu/DVD)
Frankenstein: Day of the Beast (Blu-ray & DVD)
Hunters (Massacre Video, Blu-ray)
Invisible Invaders (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray & DVD)
King Kong: Pop Art Edition (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu-ray)
MILFS vs. Zombies (World Wide Multimedia, DVD)
Model Hunger (Wild Eye Releasing, DVD)
Necrophagia Through the Eyes of the Dead (Massacre Video, DVD)
Psycho: Pop Art Edition (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Blu-ray)
Slasher: Season One (Scream Factory, Blu-ray & DVD)
Sodomaniac (Wild Eye Raw, 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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