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‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ and ‘Phobia 2’ Get German Mediabook Release
The wonderful folks over at Illusions UNLTD have announced two new region B mediabook releases for August 27, 2015. First up is Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, the fourth film in the Universal Solider series (if you don’t count the two made-for-TV movies). Like the previous three films Jean-Claude Van Damme stars with the incredible Dolph Lundgren making his third series appearance overall and joining them is newcomer to the series Scott Adkins. This isn’t the first Blu-ray release for Day of Reckoning but this looks to be the ultimate release having more care put into it. The special features seem pretty loaded and you get two different cover options. If you ask me every Van Damme movie deserves this same treatment.
Synopsis:
John (Adkins) awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme).
Specs:
Packaging : Mediabook (Blu-ray/DVD)
Picture : 2.35: 1 ( 1080p ) 2.35: 1 ( anamorphic )
Sound: German DTS-HD MA 5.1
English DTS – HD MA 5.1
German DD 5.1
English DD 5.1
Subtitles: German
Special Features: 24 – page booklet, trailer, cast and crew interviews, picture gallery
Also getting a mediabook release from Illusions on August 27 will be the Thai horror anthology Phobia 2 (read Mr. D’s rave review). This anthology has been on my radar for a while but I’ve yet to get to it, so the timing here is perfect. Fortunately for those of us in the United States (and other English speaking countries), Illusions has added English subtitles.
Synopsis:
Phobia 2 is composed of five short movie segments directed by five of the best directors of Thai horror films. A teenager who committed a crime goes to a sacred place for meditation and hiding that brings him fright and guilt about what he did (segment Novice). A young man gets haunted in an hospital by an old man in coma who’s not too far from him (segment Ward). Two men along with two hitchhikers in a truck got into a big trouble after opening the back (segment Backpackers). A secondhand car dealer realizes what the previous car owners/passengers had terribly been into (segment Salvage). An ill hardworking actress whose role is a ghost is reported dead after she was brought to the hospital (segment In the End).
Specs:
Packaging : Mediabook (Blu-ray/DVD)
Picture : 1.78: 1 ( 1080p ) 1.78: 1 ( anamorphic )
Sound: German DTS-HD MA 5.1
Thai DTS – HD MA 5.1
German DD 5.1
Thai DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German
Special Features: 23 – page booklet, Making Of, Trailer, Slideshow
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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