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DVD Highlight: Lionsgate’s ‘6 Films to Keep You Awake’
It is a rare thing when you find one good movie that goes directly to DVD, let alone two, but how about six? I started watching Lionsgate’s DVD release of 6 FILMS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE, which is now available at a retailer near you, and have been blown away thus far. I highly recommend checking it out, so much so that I dug up the trailer for you guys, which you can check out over at BDTV. Six chilling tales from the best horror directors from Spain comes a 3-disc DVD set – 6 FILMS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE. The compilation features the terrifying films THE BABY’S ROOM, directed by Alex de la Iglesia (COMMON WEALTH), XMAS TALE, directed by Paco Plaza (WEREWOLF HUNTER), A REAL FRIEND, directed by Enrique Urbizu (BOX 507), TO LET, directed by Jaume Balaguero (THE DARK), SPECTRE, directed by Mateo Gil and THE BLAME, directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrador (1-2-3). Special bonus features include a “Making Of” featurette for each of the six films.
One of contemporary horror’s best werewolf movies is 2017’s Good Manners, and it’s finally set to receive a proper physical media release.
Icarus Films is partnering with OCN Distribution to unleash a new Blu-ray that’s now available to preorder via Vinegar Syndrome. and with a limited edition slipcover.
Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Good Manners is the second collaboration between filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, who write and direct. Zama’s Rui Poças‘ cinematography captures this unique werewolf tale described as “Disney meets Jacques Tourneur.”
Our own Trace Thurman wrote in his review, “With Good Manners, Rojas and Dutro have made one of the best werewolf movies ever made. That they are able juggle commentaries on racism and classism while still managing to tell two deeply affecting love stories is remarkable.”
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from film critics Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
- 12-page booklet with an essay by film critic Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
- Making-of short film: The Making of a Werewolf (2 mins)
- Two additional short films from the filmmakers: A STEM (15 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutras, and DOPPELGANGER (24 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas
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