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“Goosebumps: The Complete Collection” Coming to DVD… in Australia
With the Jack Black Goosebumps film right around the corner, this news should come as no surprise. On October 14th, 2015 Via Vision Entertainment out of Australia will be releasing all 68 episodes of the 90’s Goosebumps television show on one 12-disc DVD set. No word yet on whether or not the series will be getting this kind of treatment in the US, but it’s good to know there are options out there. This looks to be Region 4 so you would need to have an all region player to watch this set. Currently you can pre-order the set from JB Hi-Fi for $89.98 AUD which is roughly $63.00 USD, which means you’d be paying less than a dollar per episode. Not too shabby.
Premiering in 1995 Goosebumps became the highest rating children’s TV show for three straight years in the United States. It was eventually broadcast in over 100 countries including Australia. With book sales eclipsing 300 million, the TV show brings to life popular titles in the series such as The Haunted Mask and Cuckoo Clock of Doom. Starring Kathryn Short as Sabrina Mason and Cody Jones as Noah Caldwell with RL Stine appearing as the host, Goosebumps uses its anthology format to tell tall tales of comic book masked mutants coming to life, spectre haunted auditoriums, eerie forsaken beach caves, modern parables of cursed genies granting three wishes, midnight scarecrows, totalitarian reality police and revenge plans for school bullies gone awry.
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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