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UK Store HMV Releasing ‘The Thing’ Blu-ray in Exclusive VHS Packaging!
You probably already own Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray of John Carpenter’s The Thing, so you may be wondering why you’d ever need to double dip again. Well, UK store HMV wants you to buy at least one more copy of the 1982 masterpiece, and they’re hoping to lure you in with retro VHS-style packaging!
Now available for pre-order in stores and online, HMV has just shown off their brand new “VHS Range,” which features Blu-ray re-releases of twelve ’80s classics in VHS packaging. The Thing is the only horror film in the bunch, joining beloved films like E.T., Back to the Future, Top Gun, Scarface, Beverly Hills Cop and The Breakfast Club.
“Each of these 12 titles (from Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures) feature a retro sleeve inspired by their original CIC VHS release. The box is imprinted with a VHS cassette design, but with the height of a DVD to ensure it fits on shelf. Inside are copies of the movie on both Blu-ray, and DVD featuring cassette reel disc art. They also include a fold out replica theatrical poster, bubblegum card and sticker.”
The Thing‘s bonus features include:
- Feature Commentary with John Carpenter and Kurt Russell
- John Carpenter’s The Thing: Terror Takes Shape
- Outtakes
- Production and Post Production Galleries
- Theatrical Trailer
The Limited Edition “VHS Range” Blu-rays will release on July 30.
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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