Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced their September lineup and it’s another wonderful collection. For horror fans specifically Beware! The Blob, the sequel to Irvin Yeaworth’s original The Blob, is certainly going to be the highlight. This is a film I’ve been hoping would finally transition to Blu-ray and I’m sure I’m not alone in that regard. There’s also Gene Wilder’s hilarious Haunted Honeymoon which has it’s horror elements. The rest of the lineup is rounded out with a good mix of noir, thriller and other genre-related films. Should be another great month for the boys at Kino Lorber Studio Classics!

ROAD HOUSE (1948)

Blu-ray Street Date: September 13, 2016
Director: Jean Negulesco
Starring: Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark, Celeste Holm, O.Z. Whitehead

Synopsis:When love turns to rage… the consequences are deadly! This slam-bang drama of troubled love, murder and unique revenge in a sleazy nightclub is a noir classic filled with suspense, dramatic punch and a macabre demonstration of a wildly jealous man who is bent on ruining two lives. Jefferson Robbins (Richard Widmark, Yellow Sky) owns a roadhouse near the Canadian border that is managed by his playboy buddy Pete Morgan (Cornel Wilde, Storm Fear) and cashier Susie Smith (Celeste Holm, All About Eve). After a trip to Chicago, Robbins brings back Lily Stevens (Ida Lupino, On Dangerous Ground), a chanteuse with whom he is obviously smitten. When Robbins goes on a hunting trip with some pals and plans to ask Lily to marry him upon his return… Pete and Lily share some intimate time together and fall in love. The news sends Robbins into a psychopathic tailspin, beginning a game of endless brutality, making the lovers suffer for their betrayal. Directed by Jean Negulesco (Daddy Long Legs, Three Strangers).

Special Features:Audio Commentary by Film Noir Historians Kim Morgan and Eddie Muller | Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox Featurette

BEWARE! THE BLOB (1972)
Newly Re-mastered in HD!

Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: September 20, 2016
Director: Larry Hagman
Starring: Robert Walker Jr., Gywnne Gilford, Godfrey Cambridge, Carol Lynley, Dick Van Patten, Larry Hagman, Gerrit Graham, Shelley Berman, Del Close, Cindy Williams, Sid Haig, Burgess Meredith

Synopsis:The Blob returns… more outrageous than ever in this 1972 sequel to the popular sci-fi classic! Plenty of familiar faces, including Robert Walker Jr. (Ensign Pulver), Larry Hagman (Dallas), Sid Haig (Busting), Burgess Meredith (Rocky), Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough), Godfrey Cambridge (Cotton Comes to Harlem), Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley), Carole Lynley (The Poseidon Adventure), Gerrit Graham (Used Cars) and Shelley Berman (You Don’t Mess with the Zohan) add to the fun. A geologist (Cambridge) unwittingly brings home an unusual frozen piece of debris from the North Pole. But when it accidentally thaws, the hungrier-than-ever Blob comes to life again, consuming nearly everyone in its path and terrorizing the town. No one is safe as it crawls into a bowling alley, oozes its way across an ice rink, becoming grotesquely bloated with the blood of its victims… can this bizarre creature ever be stopped? TV legend Larry Hagman directed this cult classic, the only feature film he ever directed – upon its 1980s re-release, the film was tagged “The Film that J.R. Shot!”.

Special Features:Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith | Alternate Title Sequence

FIXED BAYONETS! (1951)
Brand New 4K Restoration!

Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O’Shea, Skip Homeier, James Dean, John Doucette, Bill Hickman, Joe Turkel

Synopsis:Legendary director Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One, The Steel Helmet) delivers a rough, tough, hard-hitting action-packed masterpiece, incorporating all the gritty, suspenseful, real-life elements to build a war classic of enormous emotional proportion. Richard Basehart as Cpl. Denno (The Satan Bug) and Gene Evans as Sgt. Rock (Donovan’s Brain) co-star in this war adventure that puts you right in the line of fire… a freezing snow blasts the mountain peaks of wartime Korea. A small platoon of army grunts are ordered to stay behind to protect a 15,000-man division as it moves out under heavy communist fire. The cast includes Skip Homeier (The Gunfighter), Bill Hickman (Hickey & Boggs) and James Dean (Giant) in one of his first film appearances.

Special Features:Audio Commentary by Film Historian Michael Schlesinger with Christa Lang Fuller and Samantha Fuller

THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)

Blu-ray Street Date: September 20, 2016
Director: Dick Powell
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, David Hedison, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins

Synopsis:The great Robert Mitchum (The Wonderful Country) and Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loved Me) star in this gripping World War II drama about an American destroyer and a German U-boat stalking each other at sea. Capt. Murrell (Mitchum) and Capt. Von Stolberg (Jürgens) try to outthink and outmaneuver each other in this engrossing duel of wits, as the chase becomes a deadly game of chess in which any mistake can bring instant disaster. Winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Best Special Effects, The Enemy Below was directed by Hollywood star and frequent director Dick Powell (Split Second). Theodore Bikel (I Want to Live, Shattered) co-stars as Stolberg’s lieutenant.

HAUNTED HONEYMOON (1986)
Newly Restored in HD!

Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: September 27, 2016
Director: Gene Wilder
Starring: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Dom DeLuise, Jonathan Pryce, Paul L. Smith, Peter Vaughn, Jim Carter

Synopsis:What do you get when you combine three of Hollywood’s most hysterical talents with a creaky old castle and a werewolf legend? An amiable, kinky blend of hijinks and horror that’ll leave you howling with laughter! Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein), Gilda Radner (Hanky Panky) and Dom DeLuise (Silent Movie) star in this ingenious, amusing horror comedy that’ll put a smile on your face – and keep it there. At the mansion of his great aunt Kate (DeLuise), Larry (Wilder) is undergoing a psychological procedure designed to rid him of his irrational phobias… by frightening them right out of him! But the jolts and frights may turn out to be the least of his problems when Kate names him her sole heir. Suddenly, the entire family seems a little too vigorous in participating in his therapy – leading Larry to believe that one of his jealous kin may be murderous… and that another may be a werewolf. The film’s star Gene Wilder (The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother) co-wrote and directed this hilarious comedy… featuring great performances by Jonathan Pryce (Brazil), Peter Vaughn (Straw Dogs), Paul L. Smith (Midnight Express) and Jim Carter (Downton Abbey).

CABO BLANCO (1980)
Newly Restored in HD!

Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: September 27, 2016
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Dominique Sanda, Fernando Rey, Gilbert Roland, Simon MacCorkindale, Camilla Sparv, Clifton James, James Booth, Martin LaSalle, Aldo Sambrell

Synopsis:The stakes of the game are high, the rules hard, and each man and woman must play to win! Out of the sun-bleached woodwork, the players emerge. Cliff Hoyt (Charles Bronson, The White Buffalo), the ex-patriot American trying to forget. Gunther Beckdorff (Jason Robards, The Day After), the ex-Nazi seeking oblivion. And Marie Claire Allesandri (Dominique Sanda, The Conformist), the beautiful French woman in search of her missing lover. Against an explosive background, heightened by all the hopes, fears, greed and confusion of the post-war years, the three are thrown into an unforgettable tale of romance, adventure and intrigue. Wonderfully Directed by the great J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone, Cape Fear) and featuring a stellar cast that includes Fernando Rey (The French Connection I & II), Simon MacCorkindale (Death on the Nile), Camilla Sparv (Downhill Racer), Gilbert Roland (Barbarosa), Clifton James (Juggernaut), James Booth (Avenging Force), Martin LaSalle (Pickpocket) and Aldo Sambrell (Navajo Joe).

Special Features:The Making of Cabo Blanco | Audio Commentary by Paul Talbot, the author of BRONSON’S LOOSE and BRONSON’S LOOSE AGAIN | Interview with Producer Lance Hool

THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES’ SMARTER BROTHER (1975)

Blu-ray Street Date: September 27, 2016
Director: Gene Wilder
Starring: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Roy Kinnear, Leo McKern, John Le Mesurier

Synopsis:Leave it to legendary funnyman Gene Wilder (Blazing Saddles) to write, direct, and star in an uproarious Sherlock Holmes mystery film spoof that goes far beyond the scope of elementary comedies. After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes and exposed backsides. Featuring an outrageous ensemble cast that includes Madeline Kahn (High Anxiety) as the seductive singer, Marty Feldman (Young Frankenstein) as Holmes’ bug-eyed assistant, and Dom DeLuise (History of the World: Part I) as an eccentric opera star turned blackmailer, this fun-filled caper packs a slew of clues and loads of laughs which The New York Times called “A Charming Slapstick Comedy”. Co-starring Leo McKern (Rumpole of the Bailey), Roy Kinnear (The Bed Sitting Room) and John Le Mesurier (The Italian Job).

Special Features:Audio commentary by star/writer/director Gene Wilder