Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! As everyone here in the States prepares for the grand feast later this week, we have a new round of horror and sci-fi home media releases to indulge in before it’s time for turkey and stuffing. Scream Factory is doing the dark lord’s work this Tuesday with their Collector’s Edition releases of both Candyman and Urban Legend, and they’re even showing Urban Legends: Final Cut some love as well. Season 2 of The Outer Limits comes home this week, the recent sci-fi actioner Kin arrives on multiple formats, and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is getting a 4K upgrade to boot.
Other notable releases for November 20th include the Steelbook editions of both Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey and Streets of Fire, Luciferina on Blu-ray and DVD, and Malicious on DVD.
Candyman: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
This gut-wrenching thriller follows a graduate student whose research summons the spirit of the dead! When Helen Lyle hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt a notorious housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for her thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can’t really exist ... until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, grisly slayings. But the police don't believe in monsters, and charge Helen with the crimes. And the only one who can set her free is Candyman.
DISC ONE (THEATRICAL CUT):
- NEW 2K Restoration From A New 4K Scan Of The Original Negative, Supervised And Approved By Writer/Director Bernard Rose And Director Of Photography Anthony B. Richmond
- NEW Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Bernard Rose And Actor Tony Todd
- NEW Audio Commentary With Authors Stephen Jones And Kim Newman
- Audio Commentary With Director Bernard Rose, Author Clive Barker, Producer Alan Poul And Actors Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen And Kasi Lemmons
- Audio Commentary With Bernard Rose, Moderated By The Movie Crypt's Adam Green And Joe Lynch
- "Sweets To The Sweet: The Candyman Mythos" Featuring Interviews With Writer/Director Bernard Rose, Executive Producer Clive Barker, Actors Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, And Kasi Lemmons
- "Clive Barker: Raising Hell" – An Interview With Author/Artist/Filmmaker Clive Barker
- Interview With Actor Tony Todd (2014)
- Bernard Rose's Storyboards
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- Still Gallery
- Screenplay (BD-ROM)
DISC TWO (UNRATED CUT):
- NEW 2K Restoration From A New 4K Scan Of The Original Negative With High Definition Inserts For The Uncut Footage From An Archival Film Print
- NEW "Be My Victim" – An Interview With Tony Todd
- NEW "It Was Always You, Helen" – An Interview With Virginia Madsen
- NEW “Reflection In The Mirror” – An Interview With Actor Kasi Lemmons
- NEW "A Kid In Candyman" – An Interview With Actor DeJuan Guy
- NEW "The Writing On The Wall: The Production Design Of Candyman" – An Interview With Production Designer Jane Ann Stewart
- NEW "Forbidden Flesh: The Makeup FX Of Candyman" – Including Interviews With Special Makeup Effects Artists Bob Keen, Gary J. Tunnicliffe And Mark Coulier
- NEW "A Story To Tell: Clive Barker's The Forbidden" – Writer Douglas E. Winter On Clive Barker's Seminal Books Of Blood And Candyman's Source Story, The Forbidden
- NEW "Urban Legend: Unwrapping Candyman" – A Critical Analysis Of The Film With Writers Tananarive Due And Steven Barnes
The Outer Limits: Season Two (Kino Lorber Studio Classics, Blu-ray & DVD)
Newly Re-Mastered in HD! The entire first season – 17 Episodes. A four-disc set that controls over 15 hours of transmission from the 1964-1965 series. Guest stars include William Shatner, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Duvall, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Patrick O’Neal, Dabney Coleman and Robert Webber.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• 17 Episodes and 2 Alternates Episodes - All Newly Mastered in HD
• THE UNKNOWN – the alternate cut of “The Forms of Things Unknown” intended a pilot for a show that was never broadcast – with an optional audio commentary track by Dr. Reba Wissner
• PLEASE STAND BY – the alternate cut of “The Galaxy Being” was the pilot episode shown to ABC executives which later became THE OUTER LIMITS – with an optional commentary track by Film Historian Eric Grayson
• AUDIO COMMENTARIES:
- SOLDIER by Film Historian David J. Schow
- COOL HANDS, WARM HEART by Film Historian Craig Beam
- BEHOLD ECK! by Film Historian Reba Wissner
- EXPANDING HUMAN by Film Historian Reba Wissner
- DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND by Film Historian Craig Beam
- CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Gary Gerani
- CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Reba Wissner
- THE INVISIBLE ENEMY by Film Historian Craig Beam
- WOLF 359 by Film Historian Craig Beam
- I, ROBOT by Film Historian David J. Schow
- THE INHERITORS: PART 1 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell
- THE INHERITORS: PART 2 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell
- KEEPER OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT by Film Historian David J. Schow
- THE DUPLICATE MAN by Film Historian Tim Lucas
- COUNTERWEIGHT by Film Historian Reba Wissner
- THE PREMONITION by Film Historian Tim Lucas
• 12 TNT PROMOS with Robert Culp, Harlan Ellison, Martin Landau, Cliff Robertson, William Shatner and Leslie Stevens
•DAVID J. SCHOW – Showtime Interview
• THE OUTER LIMITS PHENOMENON
• PENN & TELLER TNT Host Segments
• CLIFF ROBERTSON – THE GALAXY BEING – Full TNT Interview
• JOSEPH STEFANO – Full TNT Interview (64:07)
• JOANNA FRANK – ZZZZZ – Full TNT Interview
• TNT Interview with Casting Director Meryl O’Loughlin
•ANTHONY LAWRENCE Interview
• CREATURE FEATURES with DAVID J. SCHOW
•The Museum of Television & Radio's William S. Paley Television Festival - The Outer Limits - March 10, 2000 - with guests David M. Schow, Robert H. Justman, Lou Morheim, Conrad L. Hall, Martin Landau, Joseph Stefano (73:09)
• PROJECT UNLIMITED – Commentary by David J. Schow
• WHAT’S NEW ON ABC? – 1963 Promo with Edie Adams
• 5 TV SPOTS
• THERE IS STILL NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION SET – Booklet Essay by David J. Schow
Urban Legend: Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
When New England college student Natalie (Alicia Witt, TV’s The Exorcist) finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends, she resolves to find the truth about her school’s own legend: a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an abnormal Psych professor. As the fraternities prepare to celebrate the macabre anniversary, Natalie discovers that she is the focus of the crazed killer’s intentions in the ultimate urban legend: the unfolding story of her own horrific murder.
DISC ONE:
- NEW audio commentary with director Jamie Blanks, producer Michael McDonnell, assistant Edgar Pablos, moderated by author Peter M. Bracke
- Audio Commentary with director Jamie Blanks, writer Silvio Horta and actor Michael Rosenbaum
- Theatrical Trailer
DISC TWO:
- NEW Urban Legacy – an eight-part documentary on the making of URBAN LEGEND (147 minutes) including interviews with director Jamie Blanks, writer Silvio Horta, executive producers Brad Luff, Nick Osborne, producers Neal Moritz, Gina Matthews, Michael McDonnell, chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures Mike Medavoy, production designer Charles Breen, director of photography James Chressanthis, editor Jay Cassidy, composer Christopher Young, actors Alicia Witt, Michael Rosenbaum, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Robert Englund, Loretta Devine, Rebecca Gayheart, Tara Reid, Danielle Harris, assistant Edgar Pablos author Peter M. Bracke and more…
- NEW Behind-the-Scenes footage
- NEW Extended interviews from the eight-part documentary
- Archival Making of Featurette
- Gag Reel
- Deleted Scene
- TV Spots
Urban Legends: Final Cut (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in Urban Legends: Final Cut, directed by John Ottman (Valkyrie, X-Men: Apocalypse). The film stars Jennifer Morrison (Amityville: The Awakening), Matthew Davis (The Vampire Diaries), Hart Bochner (Die Hard), Joseph Lawrence (Rest Stop), Anthony Anderson (Scream 4) and Loretta Devine (Urban Legend).
At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost – even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe, and everyone is a suspect. Urban Legends: Final Cut is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will keep you guessing until the shocking climax.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- NEW The Legend Continues: Urban Legends: Final Cut including interviews with producers Gina Matthews, Michael McDonnell, executive producers Nick Osborne, Brad Luff, chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures Mike Medavoy, writer Silvio Horta, actors Loretta Devine and Rebecca Gayheart
- NEW interview with actress Jessica Cauffiel
- Audio Commentary with director John Ottman
- Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by director John Ottman
- Vintage Making of Featurette
- Gag Reel
- Theatrical Trailer
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
2001: A Space Odyssey 4K (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/Blu Combo)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey: Steelbook Edition (Shout Factory, Blu-ray)
Kin (Lionsgate/Summit, 4K Ultra HD/Blu Combo, Blu/DVD Combo & DVD)
Luciferina (Artsploitation, Blu-ray & DVD)
Malicious (Lionsgate, DVD)
Streets of Fire: Steelbook Edition (Shout Factory, Blu-ray)
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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