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Scream Factory Pulls Out the Guns, Lights a Fire and Has a Slumber Party!

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ScreamFactory has just announced a handful of news titles arriving in 2017, starting with both RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, arriving on Blu-ray March 21st.

Both Blu-ray releases will be branded as “Collector’s Editions” that will come with a slipcover (guaranteed for three months after its original release date). The newly-commissioned front-facing artwork you see pictured on both comes to us from artist Paul Shipper (Escape from New York, The Thing) The reverse side of the wraps will showcase the original theatrical poster art designs.  Bonus features and specs are still in progress and will be announced sometime in Feb.

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Here’s something hot to start off your week! Firestarter, 1984 pyromania-filled thriller from Stephen King will be coming to Scream Factory March 14th.

This will branded as a “Collector’s Edition” that will come with a slipcover (guaranteed for three months after its original release date).  The newly-commissioned front-facing artwork you see pictured comes to us from The CRP Group (Dead Ringers, Raising Cain) The reverse side of the wraps will showcase the original theatrical poster art. Bonus features and specs are still in progress and will be announced sometime in Feb. However, they can confirm now that we will be doing a new 2K transfer of the film.

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Lastly, terror drills its way January 17th on their double feature Blu-ray release of Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III!

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
• Original 76 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 85 minute Unrated Cut (Standard Definition)
• Audio Commentary with writer/director/producer Deborah Brock, producer Don Daniel and story editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres – a three-part documentary
• Theatrical Trailer and Video Trailer
• Still Gallery

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE III
• Original 75 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 87 minute Unrated Cut (HD with standard definition inserts)
• Audio Commentary with director Sally Mattison, actress Hope Marie Carlton, Brandi Burkett and story editor Beverly Gray
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery

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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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