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What’s Going On With the Vestron Video Blu-ray Series? Here’s an Update!
Back in late ’16, Lionsgate relaunched the VHS label Vestron Video with the Vestron Video Collector’s Series, a specialty Blu-ray and DVD reissue label for Vestron/Lionsgate titles. They came out of the gate hot, releasing titles like Chopping Mall, Waxwork, Return of the Living Dead 3, The Gate and the Wishmaster Collection.
Two Vestron Video titles have been released so far this year, but the lack of new updates on upcoming releases has led many fans to wonder if Lionsgate has lost faith in the Vestron label. Have the sales just not been strong enough for the line to continue?
The official Vestron FB page provides an update this week, and the news is good!
“Lionsgate has not forgotten about the Vestron Video Collector’s Series line. Yes… they are all very aware of the titles you want them to release (I’ve been letting them know… including f*cking “The Wraith” which I have reminded them that they ALREADY HAVE a pretty decent HD master… so don’t ask, I’m working on that for everyone).
I can say that next two titles are definitely horror titles and right now they will be scheduled for July. As soon and I get the green light, I will post them. So hang in there. More are coming. Stay tuned…”
Long live Vestron Video!
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Gateway Horror Classic ‘The Gate’ Returns to Life With Blu-ray SteelBook in May
One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!
The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.
Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…
- Audio Commentaries
- Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
- Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
- Featurettes:
- The Gate: Unlocked
- Minion Maker
- From Hell It Came
- The Workman Speaks!
- Made in Canada
- From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
- The Gatekeepers
- Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Storyboard Gallery
- Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen’s backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they’ve released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it’s now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it’s not too late.
If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.
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