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While Scream Factory is known for releasing the cult classics, they've been getting into more and more new horror releases, and will bring Astron-6's The Editor to Blu-ray and DVD on September 8th. Here's a look at the cover art, trailer, and list of bonus features:

Press Release: "A loving tribute to the gory and gruesome erotic horror of classic Italian giallo cinema, The Editor spins the twisted tale of a once-prolific film editor who becomes the prime suspect in a series of murders haunting a seedy 1970s film studio. Directed and produced by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy, this stylish horror comedy became a festival darling after its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, going on to earn audience and critical acclaim at festivals across North America including the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Fantasia Film Festival. The film’s official trailer can be seen here:

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Shout! Factory has acquired the giallo thriller, The Editor, for U.S. distribution, the El Rey Network is hosting a RoboCop marathon this weekend, and submissions are now open for The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.

The Editor: Press Release -- "Los Angeles, Calif. (May 1, 2015) – Shout! Factory, a leading multi-platform entertainment company, and Kennedy/Brooks, Inc. have entered a picture deal to distribute The Editor in the U.S. Directed and produced by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy, this stylish, giallo-inspired horror comedy premiered with critical praise at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and is scheduled to play at the San Francisco International Film Festival on May 1. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and filmmakers Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy.

In this picture deal, Shout! Factory secured exclusive U.S. distribution rights to The Editor, including broadcast,...

Stars: Robin Dunne, Lacey Chabert, Richard Harmon, Brittney Wilson, Nicole Muñoz, Kevin O’Grady, Julia Maxwell, Reilly Dolman, Iain Belcher, Jerry Wasserman, Lanie McAuley | Written by Rick Suvalle | Directed by Sheldon Wilson

I’ll admit I have a soft spot for the scarecrow film. Ever since I was terrified by a TV screening of Dark Night of the Scarecrow back in the 80s, I’ve seen just about every scarecrow-related film going – even those that should probably have never seen the light of day! So of course I Had to see Scarecrow. Even moreso given that it’s (yet another) Canadian genre film and it stars Robin Dunne, an actor whose career I’ve followed ever since I saw him in Cruel Intentions 2 (yes, I liked that film – even more than the original).

The film sees school teacher Aaron Harris (Dunne) doling out punishment to six students serving detention,...

He’LL Scare You To Death Scarecrow Urban Legend Comes To Life On DVD February 25 From Cinedigm

A gruesome legend comes to life in the pulse-pounding horror film, Scarecrow, arriving on DVD February 25 from Cinedigm. The deadly thriller stars Lacey Chabert (“Party of Five,” “Baby Daddy”), Robin Dunne (“Sanctuary”) and Brittney Wilson (“Bates Motel”).

For years the urban legend of the deadly scarecrow has haunted children, and in one small town, the evil comes to life. During the annual Scarecrow Festival, a group of teens are tasked with working on a local farm. Inspired by the surrounding cornfield, they recount a well-known creepy tale of a terrifying, murderous scarecrow. They soon find that there’s some truth to the story. As darkness falls over the cornfields, a monster is out for blood and the teens must run for their lives.

Scarecrow made its broadcast debut on Syfy October 5.

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Imprisoned for over 150 years,...

Caprica gets released on DVD and Blu-ray in France today.

The DVD is a region 2 release, and Amazon France still has the Blu-ray listed as region-free. You can get it here: Caprica - L'intégrale de la série [Blu-ray]

Another notable release today:

Judas Kiss with Richard Harmon and Genevieve Buechner is finally out on DVD in the U.S. It's available on Amazon.com. The UK DVD will be out in a couple of weeks, on November 7. The film's Facebook page reports that it's currently one of the best-selling DVDs in its category.

Among films still doing festival rounds, Fort McCoy with Eric Stoltz has a new screening date (or two): November 12 and 13 at the St. Louis International Film Festival. Details and tickets on the festival's site. Still no word on which his next episode of Glee is.

Alessandra Torresani makes her first appearance on American Horror Story tomorrow (Wednesday,...

Kevin Sorbo leads the cast of this Canadian sci-fi film.

For the moment, no release date has been announced for this film, which is based on a comic book by Canadian writer Christos N. Gage.

The story is about a detective, Sean Nault (Kevin Sorbo), who investigates on a series of weird murders that were committed with the help of science. Because he lives on a parallel Earth, Nault only knows what magic is. In his investigation, he's helped by Leonore (Steph Song), a person who believes that science has its place in society. During their mission, both will be led to another dimension and they must hurry before both Earths get destroyed.

The film also stars Christopher Judge, Alan C. Peterson, Alisen Down, Jerry Wasserman, Michael St. John Smith, David Richmond-Peck, Vladmir Moskovchenko, Kanji Nimet, Keith Dallas, Adrian Holmes, Jeny Cassady, Sean Tyson and Gerry Durand.

As it often does, this week brings a host of new movies and some great classics hitting Blu-ray for the first time. This week’s releases include the first time on Blu-ray The Time Traveller’s Wife, Couple’s Retreat, The Phantom, Bronson, Drop Zone and The Running Man.

There is also the first season of Stargate: Universe, a couple seasons of Jag, season three of The Guild and the Blu-ray release of The Coen Bros.’ A Serious Man with Michael Stuhlbarg (pictured above).

Check out this week’s new releases:

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A Serious Man ~ Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind (Blu-ray and DVD)

Bronson (Widescreen Edition) ~ Tom Hardy (Blu-ray and DVD)

Couples Retreat ~ Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau (Blu-ray and DVD)

Dangerous Man ~ Jerry Wasserman, Steven Seagal (DVD)

Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic ~ Mark Hamill, Victoria Tennant, Vanessa Branch (Blu-ray and DVD)

Dare ~ Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Alan Cumming...

ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Alien Trespass , director R.W. Goodwin's sci-fi comedy opening in theaters on April 3rd. The film stars Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Sage Brocklebank, Tom McBeath, Vincent Gale, Jerry Wasserman, Jonathan Young and Michael Roberds. McCormack plays small-town astronomer Ted Lewis who gets caught up in an alien invasion by the deadly and monstrous Ghota, a tentacled one-eyed creature that can only be stopped by the mysterious alien named Urp (also played by McCormack) with the help of local waitress Tammy (Baird). You can also read an exclusive interview with R.W. Goodwin over at ShockTillYouDrop.com .

ShockTillYouDrop.com has posted an exclusive interview with director R.W. Goodwin talking about his new sci-fi comedy Alien Trespass . Opening in theaters on April 3rd, the film stars Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria, Robert Patrick, Jody Thompson, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Sage Brocklebank, Tom McBeath, Vincent Gale, Jerry Wasserman, Jonathan Young and Michael Roberds. In Alien Trespass , McCormack plays small-town astronomer Ted Lewis who gets caught up in an alien invasion by the deadly and monstrous Ghota, a tentacled one-eyed creature that can only be stopped by the mysterious alien named Urp (also played by McCormack) with the help of local waitress Tammy (Baird). Check out the interview here !

On Friday, April 3, Roadside Attractions will release “Alien Trespass” by director R.W. Goodwin (The X-Files) and starring Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Dan Lauria and Robert Patrick. The co-stars are Jody Thompson, Aaron Brooks, Sarah Smyth, Andrew Dunbar, Tom McBeath, Vincent Gale, Jerry Wasserman, Jonathan Young and Michael Roberds. Synopsis: Set in 1957, Alien Trespass chronicles a fiery object from space that crashes into a mountaintop in the California desert, bringing the threat of disaster to Earth. Out of the flying saucer escapes a murderous creature – the Ghota, which is bent on destroying all life forms on the planet. A benevolent alien from the spaceship, Urp, inhabits [...]...

    Those pesky no good aliens are at it again folks. No wonder nobody ever visits earth...Still, here we have the trailer for Roadside Attractions' "Alien Trespass" starring Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Dan Lauria and Jody Thompson.   See the trailer here.   What's it about?   Coming soon to a theater and drive-in near you: Alien Trespass, a thrilling sci-fi adventure from three-time Golden Globe winner and five time Emmy Award-nominated director/producer R.W. Goodwin ("The X-Files") and brought to you in glorious color! Alien Trespass is an exciting and entertaining homage to the great science-fiction movies of the 1950s, the post-war boom period when the country was filled with great hope and prosperity and, at the same time, lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation.   The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis (Eric McCormack...

Movie Jungle has images in from the sci-fi horror comedy "Alien Trespass," helmed by R.W. Goodwin ("The X:Files: Revelations," "The Fugitive" TV Series). James Swift and Steven P. Fisher make their writing debut on the film.   See all of the images from the gallery including the poster. Coming soon to a theater and drive-in near you: Alien Trespass, a thrilling sci-fi adventure from three-time Golden Globe winner and five time Emmy Award-nominated director/producer R.W. Goodwin ("The X-Files") and brought to you in glorious color! Alien Trespass is an exciting and entertaining homage to the great science-fiction movies of the 1950s, the post-war boom period when the country was filled with great hope and prosperity and, at the same time, lived under the threat of nuclear annihilation.   The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis (Eric McCormack...

PARK CITY, Utah -- Fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, two parties, twice the angst and generational foolishness. With such an agenda, Canadian writer-director Gary Burns ("The Suburbanators") delivers a watchable-but-uninvolving, low-budget independent comedy-drama that served as the opening-night fare at the Slamdance Film Festival.

"Kitchen Party" has a few memorably chaotic moments, but it's marred by uneven performances by an ensemble cast of veterans and newcomers as well as an unwieldy scenario that unfolds in one afternoon and evening. Its theatrical prospects are lackluster at best.

While some issues raised are pertinent, most of the subjects -- particularly the adults -- are caricatures with one or two defining aspects, resulting in predictable confrontations and complications that could have been funnier and more insightful.

On his way to college if he can stay out of trouble, Scott Scott Speedman) is the busy host of a beer-and-babes party when his parents go to an overnight gathering of their own. With bud Wayne (Tygh Runyan) and new flame Tammy (Laura Harris), Scott and others chat over brews in the kitchen, with the immaculately cleaned and arranged living room strictly off-limits.

Also taboo is any contact with Scott's loser older brother Steve Jason Wiles), who resides in the basement consuming drugs and listening to loud, abrasive music. In an ongoing series of encounters, while Scott is busy running errands and dealing with crises, Tammy gets chummy with Steve offscreen and eventually they leave together.

At the other party, the parents drink and gab, and it gets ugly. Scott's blowhard father (Kevin McNulty) insults macho host Lester (Jerry Wasserman) when he makes an offhand joke. Lester's supposedly well-raised son keeps a collection of pubic hairs from his conquests, and the mere suggestion they might not be female sends his dad into a righteous fit of anger.

The mothers, including Scott's tolerant, combative crusader-mom (Gillian Barber), are the least satisfying ingredient in the brew, and the younger female characters are whiny, devious or drunk. Vehicular mishaps and deliberate destruction of property and establishment symbols (golf courses, vintage cars, living rooms) ensue courtesy of unpredictable Steve and brooding Lester Jr. (Dave Cox). Cops and a gun are worked into the plot, but thankfully there's no escalation to serious violence.

As a dysfunctional community demolition derby, "Kitchen Party" shows the ups and downs of rebellious acts in a stifling suburban environment, but it's not so darkly comic that it makes a lasting impression or breaks new ground.

KITCHEN PARTY

Cadence Entertainment

and Nine Iron Films Ltd.

a Sub Urban Film Co. production

Writer-director: Gary Burns

Producers: Christine Haebler, John Hazlett

Executive producers: James Head, Scott Kennedy

Editors: Mark Lemmon, Reginald Harkema

Director of photography: Robert Aschmann

Production designer: Douglas Hardwick

Music: Schaun Tozer

Color/stereo

Cast:

Scott: Scott Speedman

Tammy: Laura Harris

Barb: Gillian Barber

Brent: Kevin McNulty

Wayne: Tygh Runyan

Steve: Jason Wiles

Lester Sr.: Jerry Wasserman

Lester Jr.: Dave Cox

Running time -- 86 minutes

No MPAA rating...