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Netflix: September’s Updated Streaming List

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October is only weeks away so I was expecting the streaming services to ramp up their genre catalog. Unfortunately, Netflix isn’t really boosting it by all that much, although this September we’ve seen all of the Jaws films added to their service. What else? Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey is back, as well as Scary Movie 2 and Platinum Dunes’ remake of The Amityville Horror. Here’s a complete breakdown of the genre release.

The Amityville Horror (2005)

Andrew Douglas directed the remake starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George and a baby Chloë Grace Moretz. “Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.


Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

Pete Hewitt directed the sequel to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, and William Sadler. “A tyrant from the future creates evil android doubles of Bill and Ted and sends them back to eliminate the originals.


Hellevator: Season 1

On ‘Hellavator’, a team of three friends rides a haunted elevator into various levels of an abandoned warehouse. One player must get out on each floor and conquer a frightening challenge in order to earn money for the team. But if they don’t make it back in time, the elevator moves on without them. Horror film icons Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka the “Twisted Twins,” pull the strings throughout the game – taking delight in the horror.


Jaws (1975)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. “An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.


Jaws 2 (1978)

Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) must spring into action once more when another blood-thirsty shark begins attacking Amity residents.


Jaws 3 (1983)

The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a Sea World theme park after a 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.


Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

A shark terrorizes the Brody family during their vacation in the Caribbean, and Ellen (Lorraine Gary) is certain it’s out for revenge.


Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Spoofing Scream, four teens are tricked by their professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project.


Sweeney Todd (2007)

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller “Sweeney Todd.” Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment…


The Wicker Man (2006)

Nicolas Cage stars as a sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there’s a larger mystery to solve among the island’s secretive, neo-pagan community.


The Walking Dead: Season 6

Season Six starts with Alexandria’s safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors’ hardness while many of Rick’s people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they’ve needed to embrace. These reversals won’t happen easily, or without conflict. But now Rick’s group is fighting for something more than survival… They’re fighting for their home, and they will defend that at any cost, against any threat, even if that threat comes from within.” “The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season cast includes Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Lennie James, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Sonequa Martin-Green, Seth Gilliam, Michael Cudlitz, Alanna Masterson, Christian Serratos, Josh McDermitt, Ross Marquand, Austin Nichols, Alexandra Breckenridge and Tovah Feldshuh. “The Walking Dead” Season 7 premieres on AMC this October.


Penny Dreadful: Season 3

An erotically-charged, profoundly unsettling new saga, ‘Penny Dreadful’ completely reinvents literature’s most iconic and terrifying characters. Dorian Gray, Victor Frankenstein and timeless figures from Dracula join a core of original characters in a dark and brutal quest to save a soul — even as they grapple with their own monstrous temptations.” It stars Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green.

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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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