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New to Blu – Week of 12/13/2016

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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.

Chris Coffel is originally from Phoenix, AZ and now resides in Portland, OR. He once scored 26 goals in a game of FIFA. He likes the Phoenix Suns, Paul Simon and 'The 'Burbs.' Oh and cats. He also likes cats.

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‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Shambles Onto Blu-ray in April With Audio Commentary and Deleted Scenes

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The horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein is headed home to physical media, with the film zombie-walking its way onto DVD and Blu-ray from Universal on April 9, 2024.

Directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body), Lisa Frankenstein will also be available for a lower price on Digital beginning March 29.

Special Features include:

  • Audio commentary by director Zelda Williams
  • An Electric Connection featurette
  • Resurrecting the ‘80s featurette
  • A Dark Comedy Duo featurette
  • 5 deleted scenes
  • Gag reel

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting,” Billed as a coming-of-rage tale, Lisa Frankenstein instead offers a celebration of outcasts and weirdos.”

“It makes for a sugary sweet, almost wholesome effort held together by a trio of infectiously winsome performances,” Meagan’s review continued. She added, “As a celebration of teen girls and outcasts who just want to be loved, Lisa Frankenstein ultimately charms.”

Kathryn Newton (Freaky) and Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) lead the cast for Focus Features, and the new film is rated “PG-13” for “bloody images and sexual material.”

Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things) and Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room) also star.

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In Lisa Frankenstein, “Set in 1989, the film follows an unpopular high schooler who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.”

Here’s the full official plot synopsis: “A coming of RAGE love story about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts along the way.”

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