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Reaper Awards 2009 Nominees
The nominees for Reaper Awards 2009, the first awards campaign dedicated entirely to horror on home video, have been chosen by an esteemed panel of judges from within the horror community. Beyond the break you can read more about the event, see how to vote and of course, dig on the nominees.
“This year’s nominees range from some of the most popular horror films ever made to new critically acclaimed indies,” says Kyra Kudick, executive producer of the Reaper Awards. “It is a diverse selection and it is exciting to leave the choice of winners to those who would know best — the fans.”
Horror fans will now have the opportunity to choose the best horror DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the year in an online vote held Sept. 1 through Oct. 1 at www.ReaperAwards.com.
Winners of the “Grimmys” will receive handcrafted Grim Reaper statuettes designed and sculpted by Joe Sena, president of SphereWerx LLC, parent company of the FearWerx horror and EMCE Toy brands. The statuettes were cast by Paul Clarke of EMCE Toys and handpainted and assembled by Sena.
The Grimmys will be celebrated Oct. 13 at the hauntingly historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The event will include a red carpet for VIP guests, pre-show cocktail party and dinner, followed by an awards show featuring celebrity presenters.
Registration is now open at ReaperAwards.com/event.
Although horror fans everywhere are encouraged to vote on the best DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the year, the awards show is currently only open to those fans who work in the industry. Reaper Awards 2009 is a professional business event for retailers, distributors, manufacturers and suppliers in home entertainment.
The following nominees were chosen based on the quality of the films and how they are presented on home video:
Best DTV Release
Alien Raiders, Warner Home Video
Cold Prey, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Jack Brooks Monster Slayer, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Laid to Rest, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Best Packaging
Friday the 13th: Deluxe Editions (Parts 1-6), Paramount Home Entertainment
Halloween: 30th Anniversary Commemorative Set, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Hellraiser Box Set, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Hunger: The Complete First Season, E1 Entertainment
Best Boxed Set or TV Series
Dead Like Me: The Complete Collection, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Dexter: The Complete Third Season, Showtime/CBS/Paramount Home Entertainment
Friday the 13th — The Series: The First Season, CBS/Paramount Home Entertainment
Ghost House Underground: Eight-Film Collection, Lionsgate
Best Re-release
Child’s Play: Chucky’s 20th Birthday Edition, Fox/MGM Home Entertainment
Friday the 13th: Deluxe Editions (Parts 1-6), Paramount Home Entertainment
The Last House on the Left (1972), Fox/MGM Home Entertainment
My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition (1981), Lionsgate
Best Blu-ray
Ghostbusters, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Hellraiser, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Mist, Genius/Weinstein
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, MPI/Dark Sky
Best Indie/Foreign (with domestic release)
Baghead, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Jack Brooks Monster Slayer, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Martyrs, Genius/Weinstein
[REC], Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Best Theatrical
The Alphabet Killer, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Last House on the Left (2009), Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Mirrors, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
The Uninvited, Paramount Home Entertainment
Best Zombie
Beneath the Surface, Well Go USA
Dead Space: Downfall, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Quarantine, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Tokyo Zombie, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Best Slasher
Cold Prey, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Jason Slasher Collection, Warner Home Video
Laid to Rest, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Last House on the Left (1972), Fox/MGM Home Entertainment
Best Ghost Story
The Alphabet Killer, Anchor Bay Entertainment
The Haunting in Connecticut, Lionsgate
Imprint, MTI Home Video
Mirrors, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Home Video
Halloween Classic ‘Lady in White’ Now Available on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome
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 (Carrie, The Unseen), it boasts the first starring role by Lukas Haas (Mars Attacks, Inception) as well as breathtaking photography by Academy Award® winner Russell Carpenter (True Lies, The 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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