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Bob Clark’s ‘Deathdream’ Is Coming to Blu-ray
2016 is shaping up to be quite the year for Bob Clark fans. With Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things scheduled to hit Blu-ray in a couple of weeks from VCI, we’ve just learned Deathdream (aka Dead of Night) will be following suit thanks to Germany’s Subkultur Entertainment. No specific release date yet but the target date is sometime in March or April.
The film has received a 2k restoration and will be uncut. Previously the complete, uncut ending of the film was only available via VHS. The film will be part of Subkultur’s Grindhouse Collection which includes titles like Don’t Go in the House, Cannibal Man and Switchblade Sisters. The release will be region B.
Deathdream was Clark’s second collaboration with writer Alan Ormsby, following Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things. The film stars Richard Backus, John Marley, Lynn Carlin and features the special makeup effects work of Tom Savini.
Synopsis:
A young man killed in Vietnam inexplicably returns home as a zombie.
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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