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New to Blu – Week of 12/13/2016
Each week here at Bloody Disgusting we like to highlight some of the new Blu-ray releases hitting shelves across the world. Please note that this isn’t every release for the week, just a few of the ones that jumped out at us.
Last week for the first week of December releases and I unfortunately missed it, but New to Blu is back in action this week and it is quite the week of releases! Lots and lots of good stuff this week. Where does one even begin? Well 99 Women from Blue Underground is a good place to start. The more Franco the better. But Franco is a bit of an acquired taste, I get that and if that’s not your cup of tea then how about Jack Frost from Vinegar Syndrome or Black Christmas from Scream Factory? After all it is the holiday season! And if neither of those titles fit what you’re looking for, never fear because there’s plenty more releases to choose from this week!
US Releases
End of a Gun (Lionsgate, Region A)
Synopsis:
Decker, an ex-DEA agent who takes deadly action one night to save the alluring Lisa from an abusive boyfriend. She approaches Decker with a seductive proposition: help her steal $2 million from a car guarded by Parisian police and share in the bounty. But even if they outrun the cops, can they outgun the hit squads sent by a furious, sadistic drug lord to reclaim the loot?
99 Women (Blue Underground, Region A)
Synopsis:
New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women’s sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape and lesbianism.
Man Facing Southeast (Kino Lorber, Region A)
Synopsis:
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is himself unhappy, and affected by the patient’s insight. But he is ordered to treat the patient according to institutional procedure.
Slime City/Slime City Massacre (Camp Motion Pictures, Region A)
Synopsis:
Available for the first time in High Definition, Gregory Lamberson’s 1989 cult hit Slime City and 2010 sequel, Slime City Massacre, dripping with gruesome extras! Slime City (1989) – In a run-down apartment building in NYC, a student stumbles across the remains of a cult and transforms into a murderous, slime-dripping monster! Slime City Massacre (2010) – When a greedy real estate tycoon sends mercenaries into a bombed out city to destroy the homeless, they stumble across the remains of a cult of hideous, oozing slime creatures, sparking an all-out war for control of Slime City.
The Man Called Noon (Kino Lorber, Region A)
Synopsis:
Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune hidden somewhere. Niland, a scheming judge, and Peg Cullane, a greedy will do everything to prevent Noon and Rimes from achieving their end while Fan Davidge, a woman living in a ghost town, will support them.
Let’s Be Evil (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
A vision of augmented reality.
Shelley (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
Louise and Kasper want to become parents but Louise is unable to have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear Louise’s child, but things don’t turn out as they planned.
The Lodger (Kino Lorber, Region A)
Synopsis:
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
The Driller Killer (Arrow, Region A)
Synopsis:
Long available in incomplete or full screen editions, Abel Ferrara’s 1979 cult classic, THE DRILLER KILLER here receives its definitive presentation accompanied by three of the director’s never-previously-released short films from the 1970s. THE DRILLER KILLER stars Ferrara himself (under the pseudonym ‘Jimmy Laine’) as Reno Miller, an artist being driven made by the pressures of New York life who takes to the streets and begins murdering derelicts with a power drill. Although Ferrara intended to make a film in the tradition of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, the end result bore an even greater resemblance to Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. THE DRILLER KILLER is an indispensable addition to the collection of anyone interested in 1970s horror, the work of Abel Ferrara, or off-the-wall cinema.
Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season (Starz, Region A)
Synopsis:
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in “The Walking Dead”? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
Jack Frost (Vineger Syndrome, Region A)
Synopsis:
He’s got ice in his veins and he’s giving cold-blooded a whole new meaning…his name is Jack Frost. After five years of terror and 38 bodies in five states, serial killer Jack is on his way to execution. But a freak accident with a truckload of genetic material in the middle of a snowstorm mutates Jack into a killer snowman. Now only an army can stop the slayride of terror from this frosty monster with icicle fangs. Hell has just frozen over…he’s the abominable Jack Frost.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Fox, Region A)
Synopsis:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures out to destroy them.
Sudden Fear (Cohen Media Group, Region A)
Synopsis:
After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
Creepshow 2 (Arrow, Region A)
Synopsis:
Three tales of terror: a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge…and will not die!
I Am Not a Serial Killer (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
Fifteen – year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.
Dracula vs Franekstein (Shriek Show, Region A)
Synopsis:
Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
Night Has a Thousand Desires (Mondo Macabro, Region A)
Synopsis:
A telepathic nightclub act becomes the backdrop for murder.
The Park is Mine (Kino Lorber, Region A)
Synopsis:
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
Morgan (Fox, Region A)
Synopsis:
A corporate risk-management consultant has to decide and determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being’s life that was made in a laboratory environment.
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series (Paramount, Region A)
Synopsis:
All 156 episodes of Rod Serling’s classic, groundbreaking series are presented in pristine high-definition in this spectacular Blu-ray box set. Also includes many hours of special bonus features, including: Rare unofficial pilot episode “The Time Element,” Original unaired pilot version of “Where is Everybody?” with Rod Serling’s network pitch, Numerous audio commentaries and interviews, Rod Serling’s audio lectures, Promos for “next week’s” show, Radio dramas, Sponsor billboards, Isolated music scores, and so much more.
Dreamscape (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
In this sci-fi thriller, Alex Garner, a young, extremely gifted psychic, is taught by a doctor to actually enter other peoples’ dreams, and even participate in them. Another psychic is being groomed to enter the troubled dreams of the President of the United States, with intentions not quite so benevolent.
Black Christmas (Scream Factory, Region A)
Synopsis:
The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a thirteen year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house. Director Bob Clark’s (‘Porky’s’, ‘A Christmas Story’) tense, effective film is a precursor to the slasher films that would come a half decade later, but never relies on gore. Olivia Hussy (‘Romeo and Juliet’) stars alongside Margot Kidder and SCTV’s Andrea Martin.
UK Releases
The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Collection (Fabulous, Region B)
Synopsis:
After being exposed to an overdose of radiation, Dr. David Bruce Banner morphs into a ferocious, gigantic green man whenever he becomes agitated.
Lights Out (Warner Bros, Region B)
Synopsis:
A woman is haunted by a creature that only appears when the lights go out. A feature adaptation of the 2013 short film, “Lights Out” by David Sandberg.
Happy Birthday to Me (Powerhouse Films, Region B)
Synopsis:
Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright survives a freak accident, but suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. As she attempts to resume a normal life, something terrible is happening – her friends are ruthlessly murdered one-by-one.
Donnie Darko (Arrow, Region B)
Synopsis:
Some may think that Donnie Darko is a typical maladjusted teenager. Actually, Donnie is a borderline delusional intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex- crazed, teenaged arsonist, beset by visions of a monstrous rabbit which is trying to keep him under its sinister influence. Prompted by this apparition, Donnie commits antisocial acts while he is undergoing psychotherapy, surviving the vagaries of high-school life and romance, and fortuitously escaping a bizarre death from a falling jet engine. Donnie battles his demons, literally and figuratively, in a series of intertwining story lines that play with time travel, fundamentalist gurus, fate, predestination and the machinations of the universe.
Home Video
Halloween Classic ‘Lady in White’ Now Available on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome
Scream Factory brought Frank LaLoggia’s 1988 Halloween movie Lady in White to Blu-ray several years back, and now Vinegar Syndrome gives the film a 4K Ultra HD upgrade.
Vinegar Syndrome’s Lady in White 4K release is available now and shipping now!
Watch the trailer below and grab your copy from Vinegar Syndrome today.
This limited edition 4-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray x 3 set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Dylan Haley), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on their website and at select indie retailers.
The full Special Features package includes…
- 4-disc Set: 1x 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate BD100) / 3x Region A Blu-ray
- 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
- Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
- Presented in three versions: 126-min Pre-Release Director’s Cut (UHD+BD), the 118-min Extended Home Video Cut (BD), and the 113-min Theatrical Cut (BD)
- New group commentary track with writer/director Frank LaLoggia, alongside actors Lukas Haas, Joelle Jacobi, and Len Cariou for the Pre-Release Director’s Cut
- New commentary track with Frank LaLoggia, moderated by Scott Neumyer for the Extended Home Video Cut
- New commentary track with authors Emma Westwood and Stephen A. Russell for the Extended Home Video Cut
- Archival commentary track with Frank LaLoggia for the Extended Home Video Cut
- “Learning How to Fly” (10 min) – an interview with actress Karen Powell
- “A Snapshot in Time” (9 min) – an interview with actress Lisa Taylor
- “Human Touches” (6 min) – an interview with actress Lucy Lee Flippin
- “Still Relevant” (16 min) – an interview with actress Rose Weaver
- “75% Listening, 25% Editing” (9 min) – an interview with editor Steve Mann
- “Welcome to Willowpoint Falls” (6 min) – a location featurette hosted by Benjamin Scrivens, founder of Fright-Rags
- “Dream Talking: Looking Back” – a visual group commentary for the Pre-Release Director’s Cut with Frank LaLoggia, and actors Lukas Haas, Joelle Jacobi, and Len Cariou (103 min)
- Deleted Scenes with introduction and optional commentary by writer/director Frank LaLoggia (36 min)
- Behind-the-scenes footage with introduction and optional commentary by writer/director Frank LaLoggia (16 min)
- Extended behind-the-scenes footage (73 min)
- Introduction from the 20th anniversary dvd release
- Promotional ‘industry sales’ trailer (7 min)
- 40-page perfect bound book with essays by film historians Molly Henery, Mark H. Harris, and Heidi Honeycutt (limited edition only)
- Multiple radio spots
- Theatrical trailer
- Multiple TV spots
- Workprint trailers (7 min)
- Still gallery
- Reversible sleeve artwork
- English SDH subtitles
1962. Nine-year-old Frankie Scarlatti enjoys a homespun childhood in a rustic Western New York town. The entire community gets into the spirit of Halloween, but then two bullies prank Frankie by locking him in his school cloakroom, leaving him trapped for the night. Alone and afraid, his slumber is interrupted when the ghost of a little girl appears, and Frankie witnesses the specter of her murder by an unseen assailant. Later, while recovering at home, the girl’s ghost appears to him again. With help from his older brother, Frankie begins investigating the circumstances of her death. He soon discovers that her murder was one of several unsolved crimes connected to a local child-killer. As the town’s bucolic veneer fades and long-buried secrets and tensions bubble to the surface, all of the clues to the mystery seem to point towards a huge mansion inhabited by a reclusive woman known as “The Lady in White.”
A nostalgia-driven ghost story wrapped within an intricate murder mystery and coming-of-age drama, writer-director-composer Frank LaLoggia’s passion project Lady in White remains one of the most beautiful and original American horror films of the 1980s. Featuring acclaimed actors Alex Rocco (The Godfather), Len Cariou (Executive Decision), and Sydney Lassick (Carrie, The Unseen), it boasts the first starring role by Lukas Haas (Mars Attacks, Inception) as well as breathtaking photography by Academy Award® winner Russell Carpenter (True Lies, The Lawnmower Man). Vinegar Syndrome is honored to bring this genre masterpiece to 4K UHD, newly restored from its original 35mm camera negative and presented in three versions: its pre-release director’s cut, its extended home-video version, and its original theatrical version, along with an abundance of both new and archival extras.
Paul Lê wrote here on Bloody Disgusting back in 2023, “Over the years, fans have described this film as gateway horror, but they liken it more to The Watcher in the Woods than, say, Hocus Pocus or Casper. There are chilling moments that warrant its PG-13 rating.”


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