We want you prepared for what’s coming. Today we offer a new weekly column at HorrorBuzz entitled, “This week in Horror”. Here you will find a weekly forecast of everything coming in the week ahead including upcoming episodes, home video releases, episodes, and films. It’s a quiet week for horror fans to be sure. The silver lining is that there are some interesting Blu-Ray releases that will help you get through the mounds of fruitcake facing you over the holidays.
Film
This week there are a few interesting BluRay releases of vintage and classic 80’s, VHS horror.
DVD Releases
“Nightmares”
A pack of cigarettes, a video game, a pick-up truck and a stately colonial home all become key elements in four terrifying tales of terror in the anthology film, Nightmares, directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, White Lightning).
A chain-smoking homemaker (Cristina Raines, The Sentinel) insists on going out for cigarettes even when an escaped madman is on the loose in “Terror in Topanga. “,
J.J. Cooney (Emilio Estevez, Young Guns), a video game hot-shot, dares to take on a strange challenger (though it may cost him his life) in “The Bishop of Battle. “,
A troubled priest (Lance Henriksen, Aliens) seeks to find the faith he has lost on the road, but instead he finds someone (or something) in this desert is trying to drive him out of his mind in “The Benediction. “,
Claire (Veronica Cartwright, Alien) hears rats in the walls. Her husband (Richard Masur, The Thing) believes he can take care of the problem with a few rat traps, but this problem is only going to get much bigger in “Night of the Rat.”
Special Features Include:
- Two Versions: 1080p High Definition Widescreen (1.78:1) and Full Frame (1.33.1)
- Audio commentary with executive producer Andrew Mirisch and actress Cristina Raines
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Radio Spots
“The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend’s head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Special Features Include:
- High Definition (1080p) transfer from the negative – restored to its uncut version (1.66:1)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode – “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” (in Standard Definition)
- Audio Commentary with film historian and author Steve Haberman and writer Tony Sasso
- Alternate Scene from the International Cut
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
TV
No new episodes this week. There are a few notable seasons being released on BlurRay this week.
Dvd Releases
“Defiance”
From the producers of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica and Farscape comes the third season of Defiance. Nolan and Irisa return to the ruins of Defiance seven months after the complete destruction of New York City. They find the town on the verge of war with the Votanis Collective, led by the notorious General Rahm Tak. To beat impossible odds and to save Defiance from the brutality of the Votanis Collective, the town turns to the mysterious Omec, a long-lost race of Votans with a blood-stained past. Watch all 13 episodes with new aliens, new villains and new threats–back-to-back and uninterrupted.
Disc 1 – Defiance Season Three:
- Includes UltraViolet (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.)
- Deleted Scenes
Disc 2 – Defiance Season Three:
- Deleted Scenes
Disc 3 – Defiance Season Three:
- Deleted Scenes
“Dominion”
In Season Two, the remnants of humanity continue their struggle against the archangel Gabriel and his army. Alex Lannon journeys to the legendary city of New Delphi, a human enclave with a dark secret, hoping to secure a military alliance with its mercurial leader. Back in Vega, Claire Riesen faces an uprising against the city’s rigid class system, pitting her against the disgraced David Whele and his newfound rebel allies. While war rages in the few cities left on earth, Michael stumbles upon a mystery in the form of Mallory, a town seemingly untouched by mankind’s celestial war.
-See you next week!
