With another winter melting away, Scream Factory will have plenty of scares in store for home media collectors this summer with new June Blu-ray releases of Hunter Hunter, Battle Beyond the Stars (including a Sybil Danning action figure), Kindred, The Awakening, and Sphinx:
Kindred Blu-ray: "KINDRED (Street date: June 15th) –After the death of her boyfriend, vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) is taken in by her deceased partner's mother, Margaret (Fiona Shaw), and stepbrother, Thomas (Jack Lawson). But Charlotte's source of comfort soon turns to terror as her benefactors begin to appear increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte finds her suspicions raging with questions about Margaret and Thomas's intentions for her unborn child.
Pre-order now @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/kindred?product_id=7592
Check out the trailer @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzsGT31egS4"
Hunter Hunter Blu-ray: "HUNTER HUNTER (Street date: June 22nd) – In the remote wilderness, fur trapper Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa, Idle Hands, The Fanatic) and his family struggle to make ends meet. Believing their traps are being hunted by a returning rogue wolf, Joseph leaves his wife, Anne (Camille Sullivan, Unspeakable), and daughter, Renée (Summer H. Howell, The Midnight Man), on their own as he launches a determined search to catch the apex predator in the act. Growing increasingly anxious as Joseph’s absence continues on, Anne reaches new heights of paranoia when a mysterious and severely injured man appears on her doorstep — and soon the threat of a predator in the woods becomes a threat much closer to home.
Pre-order now @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/hunter-hunter...
Check out the trailer @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB-7oVKUBQk"
Battle Beyond the Stars Sybil Danning Action Figure + Blu-ray Steelbook & Lithograph: "Roger Corman fans, Sybil Danning admirers and post-Star Wars retro film enthusiasts take note: We are releasing an all-new BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS Limited Edition Steelbook™ Blu-ray with an Exclusive Action Figure and Lithograph!! Coming soon on June 29th!
This Exclusive, Deluxe Limited Edition (that will only be sold on Shoutfactory.com) contains:
• BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS[Limited Edition Steelbook]- Featuring new HD transfer of the film (Extras in the Steelbook is the same as our prior Blu-ray release. Region A.)
• An exclusive, limited edition 8” tall “Saint-Exmin” action figure by NECA - N.E.C.A, authorized and approved by actor Sybil Danning. This will be housed in a collectible retro-style box packaging showcasing original theatrical key art. Only 2,000 pieces of this figure is being made in total.
• A limited edition 28.5" x 16.5" rolled lithograph of our newly commissioned cover art from artist Hugh Fleming
• Pre-order now @ https://bit.ly/2MWVipd
Additional Offers:
- While supplies last, the action figure can be purchased individually on our site. Pre-order now @ https://bit.ly/2Ohfzq9
- The Steelbook (sans litho & action figure) will also be made available to national retailers in the U.S. & Canada. Only 7,000 units of the steelbook will be made in total. You can also pre-order on our site @ https://bit.ly/38mxW3Y"
The Awakening Blu-ray: "Scream Factory takes a vacation overseas in a sense with two Egyptian-themed thrillers coming to Blu-ray for the first time in North America on June 15th!
THE AWAKENING (1980) – Two-time Academy Award® winner* Charlton Heston stars as an archaeologist driven to destroy the ancient evil he unleashes when his research causes The Awakening. Matthew Corbeck is obsessed with finding and opening the tomb of the murderous ancient Egyptian queen Kara, to the point of neglecting his pregnant wife (Jill Townsend, Poldark) even as she delivers their baby. But the evil that he frees takes possession of his newborn daughter. Now, eighteen years later, his daughter, Margaret (Stephanie Zimbalist, Remington Steele), returns to Egypt to meet her father for the first time – and he must overcome powerful occult forces to destroy the evil he unleashed upon the world!
Extras to be announced on a later date but we can confirm at this time that we will have an all-new HD transfers of the films!
Pre-order now @THE AWAKENING: https://bit.ly/3ejVgTR"
Sphinx Blu-ray: "Scream Factory takes a vacation overseas in a sense with two Egyptian-themed thrillers coming to Blu-ray for the first time in North America on June 15th!
SPHINX (1981) - Someone is hunting tourists out of season in this adventure thriller directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes, Patton, Papillon, The Boys From Brazil) and starring Lesley-Anne Down (The Great Train Robbery), Frank Langella (Dracula), and John Gielgud (Murder On the Orient Express). A beautiful, dedicated Egyptologist finds her life threatened many times while traveling from Cairo to Luxor's Valley of the Kings. She is in search of a mysterious tomb of riches, which also holds great interest for black marketeers. Based on a novel by Robin Cook, this riveting film delivers twists, turns and a tale of intrigue you won’t soon forget!
Extras to be announced on a later date but we can confirm at this time that we will have an all-new HD transfers of the films!
SPHINX: https://bit.ly/3rsDVfd"
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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