Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment Announces The Conjuring: Last Rites

THE CONJURING: LAST RITES

The Fourth and Final Installment in “The Conjuring” Film Series

Becomes Available Digitally for the First Time

“The Conjuring” Last Rites” Debuts in North America on Digital on October 7

4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD arrive on November 25

“The Conjuring: Last Rites”, the ninth entry in New Line Cinema’s more than $2 billion theatrical Conjuring Universe, debuts Digitally at home on October 7.

From New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by franchise veteran Michael Chaves and produced by franchise architects James Wan and Peter Safran. 

Chaves directs from a screenplay by Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing and David Leslie John-McGoldrick, story by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick & James Wan, based on characters by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes. The executive producers are Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Hans Ritter, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Natalia Safran, John Rickard and Michael Chaves.

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star alongside Mia Tomlinson and Ben Hardy, who portray Ed and Lorraine’s daughter Judy Warren and her boyfriend, Tony Spera, as well as Steve Coulter returning as Father Gordon, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadson, John Brotherton and Shannon Kook.

On October 7, “The Conjuring: Last Rites” will be available Digitally at home on participating digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more.

On November 25, “The Conjuring: Last Rites” will be available to own on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. “The Conjuring: Last Rites” will also continue to be available in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.
 
Additionally, a 4-film collection featuring the 4 “Conjuring” films and a 9-film collection featuring the entire “Conjuring” universe will be available on Digital on October 7.  The 4-film collection will also be available on Blu-ray and DVD on November 25.

Synopsis: “The Conjuring: Last Rites” delivers another thrilling chapter of the iconic Conjuring cinematic universe, based on real events.  Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson reunite for one last case as renowned, real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren in a powerful and spine-chilling addition to the global box office-breaking franchise.

SPECIAL FEATURES
- “The Conjuring: Last Rites” Digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray contain the following special features:  
- Last Rites: An Era Ends – featurette (8:45)
- The Conjuring: Crafting Scares – featurette (8:40)
- Michael Chaves: Believer – featurette (7:04)
 

BASICS
Premium Digital: October 7
4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD Street Date: November 25
4K Languages: English, Canadian French, Latin Spanish , Italian, German
4K Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, Latin Spanish, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish
BD Languages: English, Canadian French, Latin Spanish
BD Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, Latin Spanish
DVD Languages: English, Canadian French, Latin Spanish, Japanese
DVD Subtitles: English SDH, Parisian French, Latin Spanish, Japanese
Running Time: 135 minutes
Rating: R for bloody and violent content along with intense terror
DVD: DLBY/DGTL
4K UHD and Blu-ray: ATMOS TrueHD, DLBY/DGTL

PEANUTS: 75TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE TV SPECIALS COLLECTION ARRIVES 10/7 FROM WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY HOME ENTERTAINMENT!

PEANUTS: 75TH ANNIVERSARY ULTIMATE TV SPECIALS COLLECTION 
ARRIVES 
10/7 FROM WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY HOME ENTERTAINMENT!

Label: Warner Bros.
Region Code: Region-Free 
Duration: 1085 Minutes 
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Stereo, 5.1 Surround with Optional English Subtitles 
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.33:1) 
Director:
Cast: Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Tracy Stratford, Cathy Steinberg, Karen Mendelson

Since Charles Schulz first introduced the kid with the zigzag shirt, fans of all ages have loved the Peanuts gang. This 75th-anniversary compilation features 40 TV specials that celebrate the charm and humor that have established Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy and their friends as cultural treasures. Watch your most beloved specials - and discover new favorites - in this comprehensive collection.

Special Features: TBA 

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TOUCHE TURTLE AND DUM DUM: THE COMPLETE SERIES (1962-1963) Warner Archive Blu-ray Review + Screenshots


TOUCHE TURTLE AND DUM DUM:
THE COMPLETE SERIES (1962-1963) 

Label: Warner Archive 
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 275 Minutes 
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 Dual-Mono with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.33:1) 
Cast: Bill Thompson, Alan Reed

This is a lesser-known Hanna-Barbera animation series, now arrives as a complete collection on home video for the first-time ever via Warner Archive with the 52-episode run of the swashbuckling hero Touché Turtle and Dum Dum: The Complete Series, an adventure series that aired during the 1962-63 television season, originally airing  as part of the The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, which also featured toons featuring Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, both of whom are set to get their own restored  Blu-ray editions from Warner Archive as well. The series really had no throughline other than each episode features the swashbuckling and plumed Touché Turtle, voiced by Bill Thompson, perhapa best known for voicing Droopy, and his dim but loyal sheepdog sidekick Dum Dum, voiced by the legendary Alan Reed, the voice Fred Flintstone embarking on new, goofy adventures. The time period seemingly changes without rhyme or reason from episode to episode, one episode were in the Old West, then the Victorian era, Medieval times, and even the then contemporary 1960s, with anachronistic flourishes like Touche's telephone which he keeps ticked away inside his turtle shell, which occasionally ringd with someone looking to hire the swashbuckling turtle for his renknowned fencing skills. Honestly, there's a reason this is one if the more obscure H-B toons, but it is quite charming, and I applaud WAC for the care and restoration they've afforded this lesser-known series, and for pricing this 2-disc as a single-disc release. 

Audio/Video: Touché Turtle and Dum Dum arrives on a 2-disc Blu-ray set from Warner Archive in the original 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio that they were broadcast in. Having just watched stellar looking The Huckleberry Hound Show set from Warner Archive I would say come into this with tempered expectations. These are sourced from the only available source,4k scans of 16mm film negatives and prints, and as such they can be a bit grainy and inconsistent looking, there's some blurriness and  fluctuation in density and color, but looking significantly better than I recall it looking in syndicated runs on Boomerang in the '90s. Audio comes by way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 dual-mono with option English subtitles, the track is clean and free of age-related hiss, but it is flat and non-dynamic, but faithfully renders dialogue, score and effects with out issue. 

Sadly, there are no extras for this release, the 2-disc set, 26 episodes per disc, which arrives in a standard dual-hub keepcase with a single-sided sleeve of artwork. 

Special Features: 
- None 

Episodes: 
Disc 1: 
  1. Whale of a Tale 
  2. Zero Hero 
  3. Dilly of a Lily 
  4. Missing Missile 
  5. Lake Serpent 
  6. You Bug Me 
  7. Roll-A-Ghoster 
  8. Giant Double Header 
  9. Loser Take All
  10. Mr. Robots 
  11. Touché at Bat 
  12. Billy the Cad 
  13. Dog Daze
  14. Ant and Rave
  15. Black Is The Knight 
  16. Dragon Along 
  17. Satellite Fright
  18. Sheepy-time Pal
  19. Hex Marks The Spot 
  20. Catch As Cat Can
  21. Sea for Two 
  22. High Goon 
  23. Grandma Outlaw
  24. Duel Control 
  25. Rapid Rabbit 
Disc 2: 
  1. Thumb Hero 
  2. Kat-Napped
  3. Romeo, Touché, and Juliet
  4. The Big Bite
  5. Flying Saucer Sorcerer 
  6. Aladdin’s Lampoon 
  7. Haunting License 
  8. The Phoney Phantom 
  9. Touche’s Last Stand 
  10. Chief Beef 
  11. Like Wild, Man 
  12. Dum De Dum-Dum 
  13. Et tu, Touché? 
  14. Dragon Feat 
  15. Red Riding Hoodlum 
  16. Dough Nuts 
  17. Save the last trance for me 
  18. Waterloo for Two 
  19. Robin Hoodlum 
  20. The Shoe Must Go On 
  21. Quack Hero 
  22. Aliblabber and the 40 Thieves
  23. Out of This Whirl 
  24. Hero in the Half-Shell 
  25. Tenderfoot Turtle 
  26. Peace & Riot 

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

THE HEATWAVE LASTED FOUR DAYS (1975) Canadian International Pictures Blu-ray Screenshots

THE HEATWAVE LASTED FOUR DAYS (1975) 

Label: Canadian International Pictures 
Region Code: A
Rating: Unrated 
Duration: 66 Minutes 25 Seconds (TV Version), 71 Minutes 58 Seconds (Extended Version), 79 Minutes 39 Seconds (Filmglish Version)
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 with Optional English Subtitles 
Video: 1080p HD Fullscreen (1.37:1)
Director: Douglas Jackson
Cast: Gordon Pinsent, Alexandra Stewart, Lawrence Dane, Domini Blythe, Al Waxman

From arthouse to Canuxploitation, Canadian International Pictures (CIP) is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema. This label is focused on the country’s original cinematic boom years – spanning the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s – occasionally venturing past that period (and the country’s borders) to highlight the films of Canada’s most inspired actors and filmmakers. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing CIP's brand new line of home video releases!

While shooting a news report on a Montréal heatwave, TV cameraman Cliff Reynolds (The Rowdyman’s Gordon Pinsent) unintentionally films Jerry Cuozzo (Scanners co-star Lawrence Dane), a recently-escaped convict hiding from police and his former criminal associates on the heels of a rogue heroin deal. With the help of Barbara (Day for Night’s Alexandra Stewart) and Gabriella (Vampire Circus’ Domini Blythe), Jerry schemes to fake his own death, while offering large sums of money to Cliff to hand over his film and help deliver the drugs – with lethal consequences.

Created for the National Film Board of Canada’s Filmglish series – which produced serialized feature films to help teach English as a second language – The Heatwave Lasted Four Days went on to become a surprise hit on American TV as part of ABC’s Wide World of Mystery. Almost entirely unavailable in the decades since its original release, this lost neo-noir classic is offered here in three distinct versions, alongside additional films from director Douglas Jackson, including his award-winning The Sloane Affair.

Audio/Video: GUEST REVIEW COMING SOON TO WWW.ROCKSHOCKPOP.COM 

Special Features: 
- Scanned and restored in 2K from the 16mm interpositives by the National Film Board of Canada
- Three separate versions of The Heatwave Lasted Four Days: The original TV cut (66 min), The Extended cut (72 min), Four-episode Filmglish Version (80 min)
- New audio commentary featuring author/film historian Amanda Reyes
- Four Days, Three Versions (2025, (9:42) – An overview of the differences in the film’s three cuts
- The Huntsman (1972) 16:16) – Jackson’s first fiction film
- The Sloane Affair (1972, 53:30) – Jackson TV movie that received four Canadian Film Awards, including Best TV Drama
- Uncle T. (1985, 23:46) – Jackson short featuring Linda Griffiths (Lianna) and Heatwave’s Gordon Pinsent
- Press gallery
- Double-sided poster
- Reversible cover artwork

Screenshots from the Canadian International Pictures 
Blu-ray: 




























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