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‘A Ghost Story’ on Home Video: It’s About Time

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Written and directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies SaintsPete’s Dragon), and boasting a top-notch cast including Academy Award winner Casey Affleck (Best Actor, Manchester by the Sea, 2016) and two-time Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara (Best Supporting Actress, Carol, 2015 and Best Actress, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011), A Ghost Story arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD October 3 from Lionsgate.

A24 debuted A Ghost Story to critical acclaim at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, with reviewers calling it “a poetic meditation on time, memory and spiritual connection” (David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter).  Our own Nathan Steinmetz wrote a glowing review for us recently, noting that A Ghost Story is “neither your average ghost story nor your average film.

Academy Award winner Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star as a young couple who — after being separated by loss — discover an eternal connection and a love that is infinite.

BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Audio Commentary with Director David Lowery, Cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo, Production Designer Jade Healy, and Composer Daniel Hart
  • A Ghost Story and the Inevitable Passing of Time” Featurette
  • “A Composer’s Story” Featurette
  • Deleted Scene

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Halloween Classic ‘Lady in White’ Now Available on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome

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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 (CarrieThe Unseen), it boasts the first starring role by Lukas Haas (Mars AttacksInception) as well as breathtaking photography by Academy Award® winner Russell Carpenter (True LiesThe 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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