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The Very Fun and Very Underrated ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ is Getting a 4K Ultra HD Release
Starring Jeremy Renner as Hansel and Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a whole hell of a lot of fun, the sort of go-for-broke horror insanity that you don’t often find on the big screen today. It’s also the kind of movie that probably should’ve spawned a couple sequels, but alas, Renner and Arterton were never asked back.
The good news? Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters will at least have a chance to find a whole new audience here in 2021, as a 4K Ultra HD release is on the way from Paramount!
The 2013 movie gets a 4K Ultra HD upgrade on September 14, 2021.
“Get ready for a twisted take on the classic tale as Hansel (Renner) and Gretel (Arterton) have turned pro, coping with the trauma of their childhood captivity by slaying witches for hire. But when the seemingly unstoppable bounty hunters meet their match in an enemy so evil, it’ll take all their training, weapons and courage to survive. Revenge is sweeter than candy.”
I raved about this one here on BD last year, so feel free to give that a read!
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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