They Take War To A New Dimension.

Zone Troopers Coming to Blu this July.

Danny Bilson and Charles Band get the Trancers family back together in Zone Troopers. Starring Tim Thomerson, Timothy Van Patten, Art Lafleur, And Biff Manard.

Special Features Include

Brand New Commentary from Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo

Brand New Interview with Tim Thomerson

Original Theatrical Trailer.

This is one of those lost gems put out by Empire Video back in the VHS hay day. Also one of my guilty pleasures. The movie is so crazy and bad that I just eat it up. I have to say this is a big step for Kino Lorber they are not known for putting out lost Science Fiction/Horror movies.  This will be a blind by its one of those that has eluded me on DVD.

Holy Crap!

The much sought after Eddie and the Cruisers is coming to Blu-ray April 14th! When I worked in a video store this was one of the most asked for titles along with Convoy. I myself was always looking for this on hard to find DVD. I could not be any happier that it comes from the studio that knows what we (Ok I) want. Boy I love you Shout Factory. I wore out the soundtrack on cassette I think twice!

This will be a blind buy for me and added rather quickly to my collection.

Eddie And The Cruisers

They say rock 'n' roll never dies, but one dark night in 1963, Eddie Wilson's car took a dive off a Jersey bridge with the troubled rock idol at the wheel. His body was never found. Tom Berenger (Platoon), Michael Pare (Streets of Fire) and Ellen Barkin (Sea of Love) star in this cool, compelling classic that really rocks!

Twenty years after the lead singer (Pare) of "Eddie and the Cruisers" disappeared, the band's songs are hotter than ever. And renewed interest in the band leads TV reporter Maggie Foley (Barkin) to pursue a tantalizing mystery: What if Eddie is still alive? The circumstances surrounding his death are just shadowy enough to make it a distinct possibility, and someone (could it be Eddie?) has been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members in a desperate search for tapes of the group's visionary, never-released album. As Maggie interviews the former "Cruisers," the pieces of the puzzle start to fit... but only until still deeper mysteries begin to surface.

Beverly Hills Corpse

90210 Shark Attack
2014 | Color |75 Minutes | 1.78.1 | G | Sci-Fi | Stero | Rapid Heart Pictures

Director: David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama)

Writer: Charlie Meadows

Stars: 

Braden Bacha

Judson Birza

Jeffrey Decker

A GROUP of entitled Beverly Hills oceanography STUDENTS arrive at a mansion in MALIBU, to study the local ocean waters. However, someone… or something, has other, more murderous intent, as the Students begin to disappear, one by one, murdered by some flesh-shredding entity, leaving wounds similar in nature to a shark attack. But how is that possible, when the nearest ocean is a half-mile away?


Are you freaking kidding me! Talk about capitalizing on Sharknado and its star. This just looks bad enough for me to sit through. David DeCoteau has a directed low budget Gold with hits like Socrority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl O Rama, Retro Puppet Master, and Leeches to name a few. Watch for this bad boy hitting the streets (Or the five dollar dump bin at wal-mart) February 17th.

30th Anniversay NO WAY!

Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release a 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition of director John Hughes' The Breakfast Club (1985), starring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. The release will be available for purchase on March 10, 2015.

Synopsis: They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7 a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m. they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles, wrote, directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be The Breakfast Club.

Special Features:
Digitally Remastered and Fully Restored From 35mm Original Film Elements
Accepting the Facts: The Breakfast Club Trivia Track
Sincerely Yours
The Most Convenient Definitions: The Origins of The Brat Pack
Theatrical Trailer
Feature Commentary with Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson

I'm in denial this movie is not 30 years old! But will pick up the Blu on this classic. I remember reading that Hughes wrote a sequel but do to the fighting between Judd Nelson and Hughes it never happened. That's a bummer now excuse me as I run through the house singing I want to be an airplane pilot.

Back when you had to beat it before you could eat it...

Caveman

Olive Films is set to bring us Caveman on BluRay this February. I could not get enough of this as a child. I do wonder if it will hold up over time.

The Beatles’ Ringo Starr is Atouk, the caveman of the title. As the leader of a rag-tag group of cavemen considered inferior by a larger group of cavemen, Atouk has his work cut out for him when he sets his sights on the beautiful Lana (Barbara Bach). Trouble is … Lana belongs to Tonda (John Matuszak) the leader of the “superior” cavemen. Undeterred, Atouk sets out to win Lana’s hand while being pursued by the caveman-crazy Tala (Shelley Long) and fending off some very hungry dinosaurs.

Caveman is directed by Carl Gottlieb (screenwriter Jaws).

Release Date: February 17, 2015
Rated: PG
Runtime: 91 minutes
Year Filmed: 1981

The Deth Saga Continues in High Definition!

Trancers II
1991 | Color | 85 Minutes | 1.37.1 | R | Sci-Fi | 5.1 SS | Full Moon Features

Director: Charles Band

Writers: Jackson Barr

Stars:

Tim Thomerson

Helen Hunt

Megan Ward

Full Moon has just released Trancers 2 in high definition glory.

Los Angeles, 1991. It's been six years since Jack Deth wiped out the last of the Trancers - those zombie-like creatures whose mission is murder. Jack has rebuilt his life in the present with his new wife Lena. He's also got a new job in commodities dealing with his old buddy, Hap Ashby, an ex-baseball hero. Now Jack's got a strange feeling in his gut - the kind you get when Trancers are around. Jack's sixth sense proves him right when he discovers a Trancer at Hap's place, ready to go in for the kill. But Jack hasn't lost his touch, and in a flash he eliminates the first of many Trancers to come. If that's not enough, Jack learns that another special agent, Alice Stillwell, has been sent back "down the line" to the present to help fight the new wave of Trancers. Problem is, she's Jack's former wife, whom he thought dead, and she's lost somewhere in Los Angeles. So Jack's vacation is over. He's back to his Trancer-hunting ways and must find and destroy the source of the new killer-zombies. They are actually led by Dr. Wardo, the brother of Whistler whom Jack killed five years ago. He must also find the missing Alice and decide whether to go back "up the line" with her, or stay in the present with Lena. Get ready for the ride of your life. TRANCERS II...it's the sequel that makes history.

Remastered in high definition with brand new special features:
-Audio commentary by Tim Thomerson, Megan Ward, and Charles Band
-Original VideoZone making-of featurette
-Rare blooper reel
-Rare photo gallery
-5.1 surround sound

Sometimes sequels are a complete miss this one stays on target. If your a fan of the first one this is a must see. After that it gets a Little out there. You can only pick it up at www.fullmoondirect.com

All is not well in Toyland

The classic Full Moon film, now in dazzling high-definition for the first time!

Dollman Vs Demonic Toys

1993 | Color | 64 Minutes | 1.37.1 | R | Horror | 2.0 | Full Moon Features

Director: Charles Band

Writers: Charles Band

Stars:

Tim Thomerson

Tracy Scoggins

Melissa Behr

When undercover cop Judith Grey (Tracy Scoggins, reprising her original role) discovers the murderous Demonic Toys have returned to the Toyland warehouse, she has only one thought in mind: destroy the hideous playthings at all costs. But she needs help. So she turns to the only man on Earth who can measure up to these toychest terrors-Brick Bardo aka Dollman (Tim Thomerson). 

Joined by his girlfriend, the equally diminutive Ginger (reduced to 11 inches in Bad Channels), futurecop Bardo teams with Judith to battle the mutant toys. Now Bardo must fight to save his life and his love as Baby Oopsie develops a large "crush" on the luscious Ginger...

Special Features will include

Audio commentary with star Tim Thomerson and director Charles Band

Original VideoZone featurette

Uncut behind-the-scenes footage from the Full Moon vault

Classic Full Moon HD Trailers

Get it now with 2-Day Free Shipping via Amazon Prime or visit www.fullmoonhorror.com

Kristofferson and MacGraw...ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!

For many years while working at Suncost Video one of the most sought after DVDs around the holidays was Convoy. The fact was at that time it was not available on anything. Cheesy Flicks eventually put out a DVD-5 that was pressed from the laser disc and sold like crazy. When that went out of print people still looked for it. Not sure why nobody ever picked it up a second time. And I really don't know why it was a big tile in my store.

Well Kino Lorber has revealed their plans to release Sam Peckinpah's 1978 classic big rigs flick Convoy April of 2015. I will be interesting to see what they use for source material as Kino does a great job with their restorations.

Stay tuned kids I will be sure to keep you up to date as more comes available.









Synopsis: Sam Peckinpah's classic road-movie based around the hit song by C.W. McCall. Long-distance trucker Rubber Duck (Kristofferson) is on the run from corrupt sheriff Lyle Wallace (Borgnine). He makes a call on his CB radio asking for assistance from other truckers, many of whom have also fallen foul of Wallace in the past. What follows is a massive truckers' convoy, plenty of CB banter, and a whole lot of smashed-up police cars.

Lucio Fulci's The Beyond see's Blu

Glow In The Dark Cover Art

 Grindhouse Releasing has announced that they will release on Blu-ray director Lucio Fulci's The Beyond (1981), starring Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, and Veronica Lazar. The super-deluxe three-disc special edition Blu-ray will be available for purchase on February 10, 2015.                                                                                                                    A young woman from New York named Liza (Katherine MacColl) inherits a Louisiana motel that has been unoccupied for nearly 60 years. While restoring the old building, many of the workers meet mysterious and untimely deaths, each more ill-fated than the next. Furthermore, Liza is visited by a blind specter named Emily (Sarah Keller) who lectures from a 4,000-year-old book of collected prophecies that explains the motel is situated above one of seven portals to hell. As her sanity dwindles, Liza finds some much-needed stability in a local doctor named John McCabe (David Warbeck), who is determined to find a rational explanation for the recent state of affairs. Nevertheless, the protagonists are led through a maze of bizarre confrontations with beings beyond the realm of the living, and into an apocalyptic world of unknown horrors. The Beyondis at once the quintessential Lucio Fulci film and a staple in the overall Italian horror genre. The director's epic masterpiece is a blend of atmospheric surrealism and nightmarish visions (a grisly tarantula attack, flesh-melting acid spills, a softball-sized gun blast through the skull of a young zombified girl, and an eyeball impaling or two) that are definitely unsuitable for those with weak stomachs.

Wits and wizardry run a-fowl this October.

Vincent Price Collection II  is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 21. Scream Factory strikes again with yet another great collection. I can see myself going broke this Halloween season.

Titles in the upcoming set will include The Last Man on Earth, The Comedy of Terrors, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Tomb of Ligeia, The Raven, Return of the Fly and…the William Castle favorite The House on Haunted Hill.

Here is what the company has in store for us.

THE RAVEN
Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman
Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE RAVEN
Corman's Comedy of Poe
Promotional Record
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE COMEDY OF TERRORS
Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE COMEDY OF TERRORS
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE TOMB OF LIGEIA
Introduction and parting words by Vincent Price
Audio Commentary by producer/director Roger Corman
NEW Audio Commentary with Elizabeth Shepherd, moderated by Roy Frumkes
NEW Audio Commentary with film historian Constantine Nasr
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
NEW Audio Commentary with film historian David Del Valle and author Derek Botelho
Richard Matheson Storyteller: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
Still Gallery

DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery

THE RETURN OF THE FLY
NEW Audio Commentary with actor Brett Halsey and film historian David Del Valle
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Still Gallery

THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
NEW Audio Commentary with author/historian Steve Haberman
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
Vincent Price: Renaissance Man featurette
The Art of Fear featurette
Working with Vincent Price featurette

Lord Of Salem Hits the stores this September

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem (2012), starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, and meg Foster. The release will be available for purchase on line and in stores across the nation on September 3rd.

From the singular mind of horror maestro Rob Zombie comes a chilling plunge into a nightmare world where evil runs in the blood. The Lords of Salem tells the tale of Heidi (Sheri Moon Zombie), a radio station DJ living in Salem, Massachusetts, who receives a strange wooden box containing a record, a "gift from the Lords." Heidi listens, and the bizarre sounds within the grooves immediately trigger flashbacks of the town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the "Lords of Salem" returning for revenge on modern-day Salem?

Holy Ever Lasting Gobstoppers!

Full Moon Horror just announced it will be releasing two more catalog classics. April 30 will yield the Stuart Gordon classics's The Pit and the Pendulum and Castle Freak for the first time on Blu Ray. Both will retail for $19.99 and are remastered in widesreen presentation and full 5.1 surround sound. These are a must own and I can not wait. I have been looking to pick up Pit but have never had a chance. And Castle if you have not seen this low budget classic you need to. I was lucky enough to watch this movie with Stuart Gordon and Barbara Crampton sitting next to me. Talk about a blast. My favorite part was when Crampton leaned over and said"I don't remember this much nudity". Full details below.

The Pit & The Pendulum - $19.95
Remastered in widescreen with 5.1 surround sound
Region A
-Special Features:
-Behind The Pit & The Pendulum: The Inquisition of Stuart Gordon
-Original Pit & The Pendulum VideoZone
-Rare Blooper Reel
-Full Moon Trailers

Castle Freak - $19.95
Remastered in widescreen with 5.1 surround sound
Region A
-Special Features:
-Castle ‘Speak’ with Stuart Gordon
-Original Castle Freak VideoZone
-William Shatner Interviews w/ Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton
-Full Moon Trailers

http://www.fullmoondirect.com/BLU-RAY_c_40.html

Haunting a second time.

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

2013 | 1080p | 100 Minutes | 2.35:1 | R | Horror | Lionsgate Films

Director: Tom Elkins

Writer: David Coggeshall

Stars: 

Abigail Spencer

Chad Michael Murray

Katee Sackhoff

Building on the terror of The Haunting in Connecticut, this horrifying tale traces a young family's nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick (Murray, House of Wax) moves his wife Lisa (Spencer, TV's Mad Men) and daughter Heidi (Emily Alyn Lind, TV's Revenge) to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house's only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa's free-spirited sister, Joyce (Sackhoff, TV's Battlestar Galactica), the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire...a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.

Finally!

Shout Factory has revealed that they are planning to release a combo pack edition of director Sam Raimi's Crimewave (1985), starring Louise Lasser, Brion James, and Paul L. Smith. Exact technical specs and supplemental features to be included with this release are unknown at the moment, but the preliminary street date set by the distributors is May 14th.

The Coen brothers team up with horror director Sam Raimi to produce this serial killer spoof. When Detroit pest exterminators Crush and Coddish decide to expand their operation to include the disposal of humans, their best-laid plans soon go awry as the firm's body count escalates out of control.

For Bruce Campbell and Sam Ramie fans this is the missing link the jewel of the collection! Now all we need is Lunatics a love story on Blu Ray or DVD and we will be set! Thanks Shout Factory 

Lego Batman Hits Blu-Ray This May

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced and dated the Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Combo Pack release of LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Heroes Unite,(source) an original animated movie based on the successful LEGO Batman video game series. DC Heroes Unite arrives on Blu-ray on May 21, 2013.

When Bruce Wayne receives the man of the year award, fellow billionaire Lex Luthor becomes jealous and decides to run for President. To create the atmosphere for his type of fear-based politics Lex recruits the Joker to perfect a Black LEGO Destructor Ray which wreaks havoc on Gotham. As Lex destroys Batman's tech, Batman reluctantly turns to Superman for help.

Technical specifications and extras have yet to be revealed, although the combo pack comes bundled with an exclusive Clark Kent LEGO figure.

Hitchcock Blu-Ray Releasing March 12

Hitchcock
2012 | Color | 98 min |  1080p | Rated PG-13 | 20th Century Fox 

Director 

Sacha Gervasi

Writer
John McLaughlin

Composer
Danny Elfman

Staring 

Anthony Hopkins
Helen Mirren
Scarlett Johansson
Jessica Biel

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has revealed that it is planning to release a combo pack edition of director Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock, starring Anthony Hopkins andHelen Mirren . The preliminary release date set by the studio is March 12th.

Hitchcock centers on the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of Psycho, spanning from Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein, the real-life inspiration for the character of Norman Bates, to the release of the groundbreaking film in 1960.

This love story is about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville. The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. 

Special Features:

Deleted Scene
Becoming the Master: From Hopkins to Hitchcock
Obsessed with Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi's Behind the Scenes Cell Phone Footage
Hitchcock Cell Phone PSA
The Story
The Cast
Danny Elfman Maestro
Hitch and Alma
Remembering Hitchcock
Commentary with Sacha Gervasi and Stephen Rebello
Theatrical Trailer

More Halloween Goodies coming our way.

Mad Monster Party? (1967)

Love it or hate it this cult classic stop-motion from Rankin/Bass will be hitting store shelf's on Blu-Ray just in time for Halloween.
From the Press Release

What better way to get in the Halloween sprit than by celebrating with a monster party? Lionsgate Home Entertainment makes Mad Monster Party available for the first time in high definition with the release of the Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) as well as HD Digital Download and On Demand arriving just in time for the spookiest holiday of the year and the theatrical release of the similarly themed Hotel Transylvania. From the team who created the stop-motion and animated holiday classics "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman," Mad Monster Party stars the voice talents of Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Phyllis Diller (Eight on the Lam). The Blu-ray Combo Pack bonus materials include a "making of" featurette plus two featurettes that look at the animation and the music of the film as well as two bonus sing-along tracks. The Mad Monster Party Blu-ray Combo Pack arrives on September 4th for the suggested retail price of $14.99.

Baron Von Frankenstein (voice of Boris Karloff) has decided to retire as the head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. But first, he must inform the other monsters about his plans. How to deliver the news? How else - through a Mad Monster Party! Von Frankenstein's guests include a who's who of Halloween favorites, including the Werewolf, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Mummy, the Invisible Man and more. But who among them is fit to be the new head of the monsters?

Special Features

"Mad Monster Party: Making of a Cult Classic" featurette
"Groovy Ghouls: The Music of Mad Monster Party" featurette
"It's Sheer Animagic! Secrets of Stop-Motion Animation" featurette
Two bonus sing-along tracks for kids of all ages
Trailer

I better start saving my money now. This fall is shaping up to be a fantastic time to purchase Halloween themed DVDs and Blu-Ray. I think it would have been great to add in the sound track as a free download instead of On Demand option. Never the less your all invited to a Mad Monster Party.