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Lionsgate Blu-ray Madness!! ‘Cujo’, ‘Angel Heart’, ‘Monster Squad’, ‘Frailty’ and ‘Bloody Valentine’!

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I want to give Lionsgate Home Entertainment a million hugs and kisses as they just announced Blu-ray releases of their 25th anniversary edition of Cujo, 20th anniversary edition of The Monster Squad, the special edition of the original My Bloody Valentine (with newly discovered footage) and even Angel Heart and Frailty! Read on for details on all four films arriving at retailers on November 24th!Lionsgate brings a trio of horror favorites to Blu-ray Disc for the first time on November 24th. Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition starring Dee Wallace (E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial), plus cult classics The Monster Squad: 20th Anniversary Edition and My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition all make their debut on Blu-ray.

Also arriving November 24th, Lionsgate will release three thrillers on Blu-ray Disc for the first time – Angel Heart starring Academy Award® nominee Mickey Rourke (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, The Wrestler, 2008) and two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor in a Leading Role, Raging Bull, 1980), Frailty starring three-time Golden Globe® nominee Bill Paxton (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, “Big Love,” 2007 & 2008; Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, “A Bright Shining Lie,” 1999) and Matthew McConaughey (Tropic Thunder).

Cujo: 25th Anniversary Edition Synopsis: Based on the frightening best-selling book from the king of horror himself, Stephen King, Cujo has become a film classic. In a bizarre case of nature versus humanity, a Saint Bernard infected with rabies from a diseased bat attacks a mother and her son. When the family becomes trapped in their car, they must depend on their wits to defeat the crazed canine. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include audio commentary with Director Lewis Teague and the three part documentary, “Dog Days: The Making of Cujo.”

The Monster Squad: 25th Anniversary Edition Synopsis: Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Gillman – adjourn to earth in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. However, a bunch of kids regarded by their peers as losers and outsiders uncover the devious plan and prepare for a counter strike. Now, our heroes – the Monster Squad – are the only ones daring to stand in their way. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include a five-part retrospective featurette Monster Squad Forever!, a classic interview with the Monster himself A Conversation with Frankenstein, deleted scenes, an animated storyboard sequence and more!

My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition Synopsis: On Valentine’s Day 20 years before, an explosion of methane gas took the lives of a group of coal miners working in the Hanniger Mine near the small town of Valentine Bluffs. The accident occurred because supervisors left their posts to attend the annual Valentine’s Day dance. A year later, Harry Warden, the only survivor of the accident, retaliated by killing the two supervisors and leaving a terrifying warning never to hold another Valentine’s Day dance. After two decades have passed, despite warnings, a group of young adults start preparations for another dance. When a blood-soaked heart arrives at the police station, accompanied by an ominous message, the dance is canceled. However, a Valentine party is held in its place at the coal mine and it isn’t long before people begin dying violently. It appears Warden has returned to punish those who did not heed his warning. The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16×9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include the featurette “Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film,” “Bloodlines: An interactive Horror Film History” and deleted footage.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things),  Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

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