This final week of home entertainment releases for July 2017 boasts an eclectic array of titles, including Ghost in the Shell, the Warlock collection from Lionsgate’s Vestron Video label, a limited edition release of Dario Argento’s The Stendhal Syndrome, and Bag Boy Lover Boy from Severin Films.
Other notable Blu-ray and DVD releases for July 25th include The Zodiac Killer, Black Butterfly, Unforgettable, The Dark Below, The Night Shift, and Beyond the Darkness.
Ghost in the Shell (2017) (Paramount, 4K Ultra HD Combo, 3D Blu Combo, Blu Combo & DVD)
Set in a world where people are enhanced with technology, GHOST IN THE SHELL follows Major (Scarlett Johansson), who believes she was rescued from near death. The first of her kind, Major is a human mind inside an artificial body designed to fight the war against cyber-crime. While investigating a dangerous criminal, Major makes a shocking discovery – the corporation that created her lied about her past life in order to control her. Unsure what to believe, Major will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery of her true identity and exact revenge against the corporation she was built to serve.
The Stendhal Syndrome: 3-Disc Limited Edition (Blue Underground, Blu/DVD Combo)
When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre "Stendhal Syndrome" a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer's madness more intimately than she ever imagined.
Horror maestro Dario Argento (SUSPIRIA, OPERA) reaches new heights of florid fantasy and Grand Guignol with this warped work of art starring Maxim Magazine's "Sexiest Woman in the World" Asia Argento (LAND OF THE DEAD, XXX), Thomas Kretschmann (DRACULA 3D, KING KONG) and Marco Leonardi (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN 3, CINEMA PARADISO). Previously edited outside of Italy, Blue Underground proudly presents THE STENDHAL SYNDROME in a gorgeous new 2K restoration from the original camera negative and bursting with brand-new Extras exclusive to this release!
Special Features Disc One:
Special Features Disc Two:
Warlock Collection: Vestron Video Collector’s Series (Lionsgate, Blu-ray)
NEW Vestron Video Collectors Edition packaging. 2-disc, 3-film set! All WARLOCK films in one package! Restored and remastered never before on Blu-ray. Packed with amazing special features for ALL THREE FILMS including audio commentaries, isolated score selections, interviews, TV spots, still galleries, making-of featurettes, and more!!!!
Disc 1 includes Audio commentary with director Steve Miner, isolated score selections featuring audio interview with author Jeff Bond, Satan's son - an interview with Julian Sands, The Devil's Work - an interview with Steve Miner, Effects Of Evil - an interview with make-up effects creator Carl Fullerton, theatrical trailer, teaser trailer, TV spots, behind the scenes footage, stills gallery, vintage interview with cast and crew, vintage featurette with Carl Fullerton and Neal Martz, vintage featurette with visual effects supervisors Patrick Read Johnson and Robert Habros, animation supervisor Mauro Maressa and matte artist Robert Scifo.
Disc 2 on Warlock The Armageddon includes audio commentary with director Anthony Hickox, theatrical trailer, TV spots, vintage making-of featurette, stills gallery, behind-the-scenes footage, extended vintage interview segments with Julian Sands, Anthony Hickox and Paula Marshall. Warlock III The End Of Innocence includes trailer, video sales promo, behind-the-scenes footage, stills gallery and vintage interview segments with cast and crew!
The Zodiac Killer (American Genre Film Archive, Blu/DVD Combo)
Directed by Tom Hanson, who had previously owned a chain of Pizza Man restaurants, The Zodiac Killer was made to capture the real-life Zodiac Killer. That plan didn't work. Instead, we got the most outrageous and compelling ''tabloid horror'' vortex in the history of planet Earth. And beyond. During theatrical screenings, Hanson constructed in-theater ''traps'' to lure the killer from hiding. These included the use of an ice cream freezer filled with rent-a-cops and a raffle with a motorcycle as a prize. You won't get insight like this by watching a David Fincher movie. But you will get it while watching The Zodiac Killer.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Alien Arrival (Lionsgate, DVD)
Bag Boy Lover Boy (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Beyond the Darkness (Severin Films, Blu/CD Combo)
Black Butterfly (Lionsgate, Blu/Digital HD & DVD)
The Dark Below (Parade Deck Films, DVD)
The Glass Coffin (Synergetic Distribution, DVD)
The Night Shift (SGL Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)
Nocturne (Monarch Home Video, DVD)
Unforgettable (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Blu/DVD/Digital HD & 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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