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‘Splat Pack’ Documentary Now on DVD!

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Documentaries aren’t always boring. Sure, there are the ones that focus on a subject that’s duller than a sixth grade science class, but Wyrd’s Splat Pack piece is just the opposite. For a horror fan, it’s like taking the Delorean back to 2002 and planting themselves in a packed theater with a bunch of gore hounds.

Yeah- it’s that good.

Last summer, Wyrd Studios gave us The Splat Pack, a look into the group that changed the face of horror after a run of PG-13 films took the genre down a notch. Featuring directors Eli Roth (Hostel), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV), Adam Green (Hatchet), Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers), Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), and Alexandre Aja (Piranha 3D), as well as journalists Alan Jones (Total Film), Stacey Layne Wilson (Horror.com), and Harry Knowles (Ain’t It Cool), and FX Extraordinaire Greg Nicotero, this fun, blood-soaked reminder has a taste of just about everything- and that’s what makes it so damn awesome.

I know I’ve shoved it down your throats before, but there’s a reason I’m throwing it back in your direction- the DVD is finally available to the public through Amazon.com. You can go ahead and purchase your copy right here.

I highly suggest checking it out if you haven’t already done so. As Darren Lynn Bousman so eloquently gushed, “I am proud to be a part of a documentary which is a love letter to all the films that shaped and inspired me. I am honored and humbled to be a part of such a twisted and brilliant group of filmmakers.

After all, what would the current state of horror be like without some good old fashioned blood and guts?

You can find out more information on Wyrd Studios here. To read last year’s SPLAT PACK article featuring interviews with Roth, Bousman and Green, click here.

For more from Andrea Albin, visit her blog, The Albin Way.


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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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