Every Tuesday brings us a brand new adventure in horror Blu-Ray and DVD and Video on Demand. This week features what we consider to be one of the best actual titles ever, La Bambola Di Satana.  Isn’t that golden? There also the inclusion of a classic 80’s slasher pic called The Mutilator.  Ah good times.

Blu-Ray / DVD

Estranged – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: UR

After years of partying abroad, a terrible accident has January (Amy Manson, “Atlantis,” “Being Human”) confined to a wheelchair, with no memory of her past, her family, or the stately manor that was once her home. But something isn’t right. They say she ran away, but won’t tell her why. Her sister wishes she’d never come home. They’re locking her in at night. And the way her brother looks at her… From the Producers of INSIDIOUS and THE DEVIL INSIDE, ESTRANGED is a modern Gothic tale of dark secrets, shocking motives, and a reminder: Blood is thicker than water, and some stains never come out.

DVD Extra
Making of Trailer

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By: Adam Levins
Written By:  William NorthwickSimon Fantauzzo

 

La Bambola Di Satana – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: UR

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A couple travels to an old castle in France for the reading of the will of the woman’s recently deceased wealthy uncle. It turns out that he left her his castle and its grounds. They turn down an offer by a local businessman to buy the castle, and not long after that strange things begin to happen, most of them directed at the young woman.

 

Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Ferruccio Casapinta
Written By: Ferruccio Casapinta

 

The Mutilator – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: R

BY SWORD. BY PICK. BY AXE. BYE BYE.

Although the slasher film was in decline by the mid-1980s, there were still some grisly delights to be had… and they don t come much grislier than writer-director Buddy Cooper s sickening stalk-and-slash classic The Mutilator!

When Ed receives a message from his father asking him to go and lock up the family s beach condo for the winter, it seems like the perfect excuse for an alcohol-fuelled few days away with his friends. After all, his dad has forgiven him for accidentally blowing mom away with a shotgun several years ago… hasn t he? But no sooner are the teens on the island than they find themselves stalked by a figure with an axe (and a hook, and an onboard motor) to grind…

Originally entitled Fall Break (watch out for the incongruous theme song of the same name!), The Mutilator has earned a reputation amongst horror fans as one of the holy grails of 80s splatter mayhem due to its highly inventive (and not to say, decidedly gruesome) kill sequences, courtesy of FX wizard Mark Shostrom (Videodrome, Evil Dead II). Finally making its long-awaited bow in High-Definition, The Mutilator has returned to terrorise a whole new generation of horror fans!

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: 

  • Brand new 2K restoration of the unrated version from original vault materials
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
  • Original mono 1.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Introduction to the film with writer-director Buddy Cooper and assistant special make-up effects artist/assistant editor Edmund Ferrell
  • Audio Commentary with Cooper, Ferrell, co-director John Douglass and star Matt Mitler
  • Audio Commentary with Buddy Cooper and star Ruth Martinez Tutterow
  • Fall Breakers: The Story of The Mutilator brand new feature-length documentary on the making of the splatter classic featuring interviews with Cooper, Douglass, Ferrell, Mitler, actors Bill Hitchcock, Jack Chatham and more
  • Mutilator Memories special make-up effects artist Mark Shostrom looks back at one of his earliest projects
  • Tunes for the Dunes composer Michael Minard reveals how The Mutilator s unique score was created
  • Behind-the-Scenes Reel
  • Screen Tests
  • Alternate Opening Titles
  • Trailers and TV Spots
  • Fall Break Theme Song (Original and Instrumental Versions)
  • Opening Sequence Storyboards
  • Motion Stills Gallery
  • Original Fall Break Screenplay (BD/DVD-ROM content)
  • Reversible sleeve featuring two original artworks

 

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By:
 Written By: Buddy Cooper

 

Pray For Death – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: R

THEY SHATTERED HIS AMERICAN DREAM.

In Pray for Death, martial arts legend Sho Kosugi (Enter the Ninja, Ninja 3: The Domination) stars as a family man driven to exact vigilante justice ninja style!

Japanese Restauranteur Akira (Kosugi) has taken his wife and two boys to the United States in search of a better life. But their slice of the American Dream is quickly soured when they fall foul of a group of vicious jewellery thieves. Unfortunately for the bad guys, they didn t count on Akira being a secret black ninja.

The samurai sword of vengeance falls swift and hard in this classic slice of 80s ninja action from director Gordon Hessler (Scream and Scream Again, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad), culminating in an action-packed showdown with a bodycount worthy of Commando.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation from a transfer of original elements by MGM of the unrated version
  • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Brand new interview with star Sho Kosugi
  • Archive interview and Ninjitsu demonstration with Kosugi from the film s New York premiere
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin

The first pressing also includes a collector s booklet featuring an extract from Sho Kosugi s upcoming biography

 

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 32 min.
Directed By: Gordon Hessler
  Written By: James Booth

 

The Vincent Price Collection III – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: UR DISC 1:
MASTER OF THE WORLD
High Definition 1080p (1.85:1)/DTS Master Audio Stereo/1961/Color/Not Rated/102 minutes-High Definition Master from the inter-positive
-Stereo Soundtrack created from the original 4-track mag
-Audio commentary with actor David Frankham
-“Richard Matheson: Storyteller:” Extended Cut (72 minutes)
-Theatrical Trailer
-Posters, Lobby Cards and Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery
-Photo Gallery of images from David Frankham’s personal collectionDISC 2: 
TOWER OF LONDON  
High Definition 1080p (1.66:1)/DTS Master Audio Mono/1962/B&W/Not Rated/80 minutes-High Definition Master from a fine grain film print
-Interview with director Roger Corman
-“Producing Tower of London” – an interview with producer Gene Corman
-Two episodes of Science Fiction Theatre: “One Thousand Eyes” and “Operation Flypaper” (1956) both starring Vincent Price (in Standard Definition – 52 minutes)
-Posters, Lobby Cards and Behind-the-Scenes Photo GalleryDISC 3: 
DIARY OF A MADMAN 
High Definition 1080p (1.66:1)/DTS Master Audio Mono/1963/Color/Not Rated/96 minutesAN EVENING OF EDGAR ALLAN POE  
Standard Definition (1.33:1)/DTS Master Audio Mono/1970/Color/Not Rated/53 mins.-High Definition Master from the inter-positive film element (“Diary of A Madman”)
-Master created from the original 2” tape masters (“An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe”)
-Audio Commentary with film historian and author Steve Haberman (on both features)
-Interview with writer/producer/director Kenneth Johnson (“An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe”)
-Theatrical Trailer (“Diary of A Madman”)
-Poster and Lobby Card Gallery (“Diary of A Madman”)
-Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery (“An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe”)DISC 4: 
CRY OF THE BANSHEE 
High Definition 1080p (1.85:1)/DTS Master Audio Mono/1970/Color/Not Rated/91 minutes (Director’s Cut)/87 minutes (Theatrical Cut)

-High Definition Master of the director’s cut from the inter-positive
-High Definition Master of the American International Theatrical Cut from the only surviving element in MGM’s Vault, a Color Reversal Intermediate
-Audio Commentary by film historian Steve Haberman (Director’s Cut)
-“A Devilish Tale of Poe” – an interview with director Gordon Hessler
-Theatrical Trailer
-TV Spot
-Radio Spot
-Posters, Lobby Cards and Behind-the-Scenes Photo Gallery

Terence Yin (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Special ID), Michael Wong (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Firestorm, Seven Swords), Jack Kao (Shinjuku Incident, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate) and recording artist MC HotDog also star in this no-holds-barred, martial-arts-meets-walking-dead masterpiece!

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Genre: Horror

 

What The Peeper Saw – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: R

In this stylish and atmospheric psychological thriller, a wealthy author’s wife’s comfortable life turns into a terrifying nightmare when her young stepson starts exhibiting strange behavior. The fiendish child is out to destroy all the trust and love between his father and stepmother with his surreptitious pranks. Horror unfolds as the boy devilishly plots to drive a wedge deeper and deeper between them. But is the child really a fiend, or is he the victim of his neurotic stepmother s paranoia?

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By:  James KelleyAndrea Bianchi
  Written By: Trevor PrestonAndrea BianchiErich KröhnkeBautista Lacasa Nebot

 

Riddle Room – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: R

Five of Edgar Allan Poe s best-known stories are brought to vivid life in this heart-pounding animated anthology featuring Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Roger Corman and Guillermo del Toro. Murderous madmen, sinister villains and cloaked ghouls stalk the darkened corridors of Poe s imagination, as his haunting tales are given a terrifying new twist by some of the most beloved figures in horror film history.

From the producer of Academy Award® nominees Ernest & Celestine and Song of the Sea.

Directed by Raúl García.

 

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By: Bryan Binder
  Written By: Bryan Binder

 

Unknown Caller – Blu Ray/DVD (Feb 16th)
RATING: R

A psychopath connects a ticking time bomb to a family’s high tech security system and promises to detonate the system, unless the father can identify the psychopath based on clues.

 

 

 

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Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By: Amariah Olson,  Obin Olson
  Written By:  Jupiter J. MakinsMariah Olson


 

All of the films listed above can be purchased by clicking the Click Here to Buy links on the posters. So much to watch!

About the Author

Norman Gidney is a nearly lifelong horror fan. Beginning his love for the scare at the age of 5 by watching John Carpenter's Halloween, he set out on a quest to share his passion for all things spooky with the rest of the world.