While October is officially just days away now, we have another batch of excellent genre home media releases in the meantime to help get us ready for the best month of the year. Scream Factory has put together an incredible box set for the [REC] series that fans will definitely want to add to their personal collections, and for those who have made the upgrade, John Carpenter’s original Halloween makes its debut in 4K this week.
Arrow Video has put together a Special Edition release for The Baby, and for those of you who may have missed it earlier this year, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich heads to multiple formats on Tuesday. Both The Swarm (1978) and The Cyclops (1957) head to HD for the first time ever courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection, and there’s a bevy of cult classics headed to both Blu-ray and DVD from the likes of Vinegar Syndrome and Severin Films: Body Melt, Anthropophagous, Absurd, and The House on Tombstone Hill.
Other horror and sci-fi releases for September 25th include The Bride, Gore Theatre, Ravenwolf Towers, Weed Wolf, Red Eye, and Sleepless Nights.
The Baby: Special Edition (Arrow Video, Blu-ray)
Still traumatized by the loss of her husband, well-meaning social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer, The Loved One) throws herself into her latest assignment: the case of Baby, a 21-year-old man with the mind of an infant who crawls, cries and has yet to make it out of nappies. But Baby’s family the tyrannical Mama Wadsworth (Ruth Roman, Strangers on a Train) and her two demented daughters aren’t the only ones with a warped conception of familial relations, and the full horror only begins when Ann sets her sights on liberating the drooling man-child... and in so doing unleashes the wrath of the Wadsworth women.
45 years after its original release, this film remains one of the most bizarre horror movies ever committed to celluloid. Directed by Ted Post (Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Magnum Force) and co-starring Marianna Hill (Blood Beach, Messiah of Evil), The Baby is a twisted, psychedelic nightmare of suburban depravity.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
The Bride (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
Frankenstein builds the perfect woman (and lives to regret it) in this tantalizing marriage of horror, romance, and unbridled passion! Rock legend Sting plays the cunning scientist and Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, The L Word) lends her dramatic presence as his supreme, sublime creation. This sumptuously gothic tale, inspired by the indelible themes and characters originally brought to life by Mary Shelley, follows Frankenstein’s creations as they search for their place in the world: the gorgeous Eva by declaring her independence, and her grotesque intended mate Viktor (Clancy Brown, Highlander) by learning self-worth from a compassionate circus dwarf (David Rappaport, Time Bandits). Can Dr. Frankenstein survive when the monster returns to claim his intended? Alive with brilliant photography and lavish costumes. The Bride invites you to a wedding night you’ll never forget.
Halloween 4K (Lionsgate Home Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo)
On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing that he was safely locked away in a mental hospital — until tonight. Tonight, Michael returns to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again...and again...and again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary with Writer/Director John Carpenter and Actor Jamie Lee Curtis
- “The Night She Came Home” Featurette
- “On Location: 25 Years Later” Featurette
- TV Version Footage
- Trailer
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (RLJE Entertainment, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo, Blu-ray & DVD)
Edgar is recently divorced and returns to his childhood home to where he finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother’s room. He decides to sell the doll for some quick cash at a small-town convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that’s motivated by an evil as old as time.
The [REC] Collection (Scream Factory, Blu-ray)
In 2007, two talented Spanish filmmakers created a terrifying film that went on to spawn three sequels, an American remake and its sequel. In the first film, [REC], a TV reporter and her crew are asked to cover a crew of firemen on duty. What seems like a routine story about a night at the fire station soon turns into a nightmare. Trapped inside a quarantined building, the crew must try to survive the terror that rages inside.
[REC] 2 picks up minutes after the end of [REC]. The authorities have lost contact with the people trapped inside the quarantined building and chaos reigns. A Special Operations Unit has been tasked with entering the premises ... only to discover that this is anything but a straightforward mission.
[REC] 3: GENESIS leaves the confines of the quarantined building to follow the wedding of Koldo and Clara. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom are enjoying a wonderful day ... until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness and unleash a torrent of violence.
[REC] 4: APOCALYPSE returns focus to Ángela Vidal, the young reporter who has managed to make it out of the building alive. But she hasn't made it out of the building alone as she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is taken to a provisional quarantine facility: the perfect location for the virus to be reborn.
Note: English language audio is available for the first film in this set only.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
DISC ONE: [REC]
In Spanish With English Subtitles And English Dub
Audio Commentary With Writers/Directors Jaume Balagueró And Paco Plaza (In Castalian With English Subtitles)
The Making Of [REC] (40 Minutes)
Crew Interviews (46 Minutes)
Extended Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Behind The Scenes Footage (43 Minutes)
Teaser
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
Still Gallery
DISC TWO: [REC] 2
In Spanish With English Subtitles
Audio Commentary With Writers/Directors Jaume Balagueró And Paco Plaza (In Castalian With English Subtitles)
The Making of [REC] 2 – In An Affected World (118 Minutes)
Behind The Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Extended Scenes
A Walkthrough Of The Set
[REC] 2 On Tour
Sitges Film Festival Press Conference
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
Still Gallery
DISC THREE: [REC] 3: GENESIS
In Spanish With English Subtitles
[REC] 3: Genesis – Preparing A Bloody Wedding (117 Minutes)
The Making Of [REC] 3
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
Still Gallery
DISC FOUR: [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE
In Spanish With English Subtitles
The Making Of [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE
Theatrical Trailers TV Spot
Still Gallery
The Swarm (1978) (Warner Archive Collection, Blu-ray)
Producer/director Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno) now unleashes an end-of-the-world thriller based on scientific fact. In Africa and South America, killer bees are a reality. Now The Swarm is on the move...into North America! There are enough stars for five movies – Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Richard Chamberlain, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke Astin, Lee Grant and Bradford Dillman. But the scene-stealers are the supporting cast: an estimated 22 million bees, deftly deployed to depict deadly attacks on people and places. It’s a nightmare that will give you quite a buzz!
ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:
Absurd (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Anthropophagous (Severin Films, Blu-ray & DVD)
Body Melt (Vinegar Syndrome, Blu/DVD Combo)
The Cyclops (1957) (Warner Archive Collection, Blu-ray)
Gore Theatre (SRS Cinema, Blu-ray)
The House on Tombstone Hill (Vinegar Syndrome, Blu/DVD Combo)
Ravenwolf Towers (Full Moon Features, DVD)
Red Eye (Terror Films, DVD)
Sleepless Nights (Wild Eye Releasing, DVD)
Weed Wolf (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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