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New to Blu – Week of 11/1/2016

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Each week here at Bloody Disgusting we like to highlight some of the new Blu-ray releases hitting shelves across the world. Please note that this isn’t every release for the week, just a few of the ones that jumped out at us.

The first week of November Blu-ray releases are here and while it’s a light week it’s a good one. Stateside Adam West and Burt Ward return to the world of Batman in a new animated movie and Scream Factory releases Carnage Park. Over in the UK 88 Films releases their second 88 Asia release with Black Magic and down under Umbrella Entertainment’s The Blob is now available. This is a good week for collectors. You can get some nice additions without spending too much!

US Releases

I Wake Up Screaming (Kino Lorber, Region A)

Synopsis:
Frankie Christopher is a sports promoter who’s in the hot seat, relentlessly grilled by a ruthless detective after the murder of a fashion model he made famous. Weighing even more heavily against him is the fact that he’s in love with the dead girl’s sister. But Frankie’s not the only suspect in this taut expose of New York’s cafe society. The detective also obsessively pursues Frankie’s partner, a gossip columnist, and a hotel night clerk.

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (Warner Archive, Region A)

Synopsis:
Heroic muscleman (and also surgeon, linguist and inventor) Doc Savage treks into the Valley of the Vanished to confront the power-hungry Captain Seas. Based on the books by Kenneth Robeson.

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (Warner Bros, Region A)

Synopsis:
It’s back to the 1960s as Batman and Robin spring into action when Gotham City is threatened by a quartet of Batman’s most fiendish foes – Penguin, The Joker, Riddler and Catwoman. This time, the four Super-Villains have combined their wicked talents to hatch a plot so nefarious that the Dynamic Duo will need to go to outer space (and back) to foil their arch enemies and restore order in Gotham City.

Carnage Park (Scream Factory, Region A)

Synopsis:
It’s 1978 and a bank robbery gone wrong leaves Vivian the hostage of two criminals on the run. But things go from bad to off-the-rails berserk when she and her captors wind up on the sun-baked desert outpost of a deranged ex-military sniper, who ensnares them in his deadly game of cat and mouse.

Star Trek Beyond (Paramount, Region A)

Synopsis:
The first leg of the USS Enterprise’s five year mission takes them into uncharted territory. There the Enterprise is nearly destroyed and strands Kirk and his crew on a remote planet with no means of communication. Kirk must then work with the elements to reunite his crew and get back to Earth.

 

UK Releases

Black Magic (88 Films, Region B)

Synopsis:
A magician makes money by charging people to cast love spells on the objects of their affection. Complications arise when he decides that he wants a customer’s bride for himself.

The Neon Demon (Icon Home Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

The Church (Shameless, Region B)

Synopsis:
A church is built during medieval times on top of a pile of dead bodies that were considered possessed. Hundreds of years later a young librarian unleashes the evil within, by removing a rock in the catacombs. Series of events occur meanwhile, everybody just does not seem to be the same. Father Gus is the only one not possessed, he must save the city from becoming a pandemonium, he must find the ancient secret of the church so it can crumble to pieces…

 

Australia Releases

The Blob (Umbrella Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature…

SeaQuest DSV: Season Two (Via Vision Entertainment, Region B)

Synopsis:

Adventure resurfaces with the return of the Emmy Award-winning seaQuest DSV. Rejoin Captain Nathan Bridger and his crew as they serve as guardians to Earth’s undersea colonies and protect world peace from all threats – both above and below the water. This 8-disc set is packed with all 21 Season 2 episodes and features guest stars Mark Hamill, Dom DeLuise and others.

 

Chris Coffel is originally from Phoenix, AZ and now resides in Portland, OR. He once scored 26 goals in a game of FIFA. He likes the Phoenix Suns, Paul Simon and 'The 'Burbs.' Oh and cats. He also likes cats.

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Gateway Horror Classic ‘The Gate’ Returns to Life With Blu-ray SteelBook in May

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One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!

The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.

Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
    • Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
  • Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
  • Featurettes:
    • The Gate: Unlocked
    • Minion Maker
    • From Hell It Came
    • The Workman Speaks!
    • Made in Canada
    • From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
    • The Gatekeepers
    • Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spot
  • Storyboard Gallery
  • Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.

If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.

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