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Complete ‘Urban Legend’ Trilogy Coming to a Blu-ray for the First Time!
On October 4th Australia’s Via Vision Entertainment will release a Blu-ray triple feature of Urban Legend, Urban Legends: Final Cut and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. Not only is this the first time the set has been assembled as one collection on Blu-ray anywhere in the world, but it marks the worldwide Blu-ray debut for both Final Cut and Blood Mary. Yeah, this is kind of a big deal.
The original Urban Legend was released as part of a wave of post-Scream slashers trying to cash in on the success of Wes Craven’s meta hit. Director Jamie Blanks created arguably the most successful film of that bunch, assembling a cast of rising talent and cleverly creating kills based on urban legends. Plus he has us all terrified to mix soda and Pop Rocks, but intrigued enough that we all wanted to try it. Urban Legend may not be for everyone, but there are horror fans of a certain age that will always hold this film near and dear to the heart. Personally, I’m thrilled to see all three films getting a proper release together on Blu-ray.
Somebody at Pendleton College is fast turning many of the modern myths of night stalkers, axe murderers and lurking boogiemen into blood-soaked reality. Jamie Blanks’ smash hit, along with Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, helped refashion the slasher genre for a new generation in the 1990s. Set at a film school, its postmodern sequel hinges on a student filmmaker investigating urban legends as part of her thesis film. Soon a series of fatal accidents sweep through her crew. Can she uncover the killer before she ends up on the cutting room floor? Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary sees the trilogy come full circle when a trio of high school friends chant an incantation unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences, revisiting a fable, to chilling effect, introduced in the first film.
These contemporary macabre myths that have no traceable source come to terrifying life in this hip, wry and fast-paced horror trilogy. Unveiling a new generation of young stars including Jared Leto, Kate Mara, Tara Reid and Eva Mendes, the Urban Legend Trilogy is loaded with bonus features including audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and featurettes. It’s a feast for horror fans.
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ with Extended Cut & ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ Get Criterion Release in October
Guillermo del Toro had previously teased an extended cut of Frankenstein., and it’s finally on the way as part of the film’s new Criterion Collection release this October.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein joins the Criterion Collection on October 27, 2026.
The release includes the theatrical cut, as well as “The Reborn Cut” which adds 8 additional minutes to the theatrical runtime.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES INCLUDES:
- 4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- 4K digital master of Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- In the 4K UHD edition: Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features
- New audio commentary on The Reborn Cut, featuring director Guillermo del Toro
- The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut, a new documentary on the making of the film
- The Parlour, a collection of conversations on craft featuring del Toro; actors Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac; cinematographer Dan Laustsen; production designer Tamara Deverell; costume designer Kate Hawley; and creature designer Mike Hill
- Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith
- Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat conducted by film-music scholar Jon Burlingame
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
- PLUS: An essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling
New cover by Denver Balbaboco
Also joining the Criterion Collection this fall is The Silence of the Lambs, dated for October 20 release.
Director Jonathan Demme’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’s bestselling novel swept the Academy Awards® (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actress, Actor) and remains a pop culture phenom.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- 4K digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Tak Fujimoto, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Audio commentary from 1994 featuring director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas
- Interview with critic Maitland McDonagh
- Deleted scenes
- Interview from 2005 with Demme and Foster
- Four documentaries featuring hours of interviews with cast and crew
- Behind-the-scenes featurette
- Storyboards
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An introduction by Foster; two essays, one by critic Amy Taubin and one by critics Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Mark Gardner; pieces from 2000 and 2013 by author Thomas Harris on the origins of the character Hannibal Lecter; and a 1991 interview with Demme
Cover by Sean Freeman and Eve Steben
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