The Hyper-Violent Supernatural Sequel THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE Hits Digital, Blu-ray & DVD November 8th from Well Go USA

THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE

The Hyper-Violent Supernatural Sequel

Hits Digital, Blu-ray & DVD November 8th

After surviving a bloody raid targeting the top-secret Witch Program, a girl goes on the run from the assassins tasked with finding and silencing her in the terrifying fantasy sequel THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE.  The action-packed drama from director Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion) stars newcomer Shin Si-ah, Jo Min-su (The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion) and Park Eun-bin (“The Ghost Detective”).   THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE debuts on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD November 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment.

In this sequel to the popular Korean sci-fi action thriller THE WITCH: SUBVERSION, the story moves away from a confined secret lab and out into the real world.  After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a pair of civilians who soon realize the girl is both very powerful and in very grave danger. However, as the assassins tasked with locating and silencing the girl move ever closer, the lives of everyone around her fall under increasingly great peril.

THE WITCH 2: THE OTHER ONE has a runtime of approximately 137 minutes and is not rated.

Pre-Order Date: 10/4/22

Audio: DTS HDMA 5.1 / StereoAudio: 5.1 Dolby Digital / 2.0 Stereo

 

The Bat (1959) starring Vincent Price on special-edition Blu-ray + DVD 10/25 from The Film Detective

THE BAT (1959) 

Independent Horror Classic Featuring Vincent Price Returns on Special-Edition Blu-Ray & DVD Oct. 25th

Restored From Original 35mm Archival Elements

Cinedigm announced today that The Film Detective, the classic film restoration and streaming company, will release the late 1950s horror classic, The Bat (1959), on special-edition Blu-ray and DVD, Oct. 25.  

The predator has steel claws and rips his victims to shreds! But who is he? Vincent Price (House of Wax, The Last Man on Earth) thrills in this horror classic about a down­trodden country estate that becomes the site of a horrific murder. Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched, Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte) co-stars in this picture in one of her many commanding, on-screen performances. Other co-stars include Gavin Gordon (Murder by Invitation) and Darla Hood of the Our Gang comedies in her final film role. 

Prolific writer/director Crane Wilbur (He Walked by Night, Crime Wave) helms this feature, alongside an impressive gallery of weirdos who are guaranteed to give you the creeps. Which of them is the mysterious killer known as "The Bat?” You'll find out soon enough, but  beware … the scream you hear may be your own! 

The Bat is a highly anticipated release from The Film Detective label. Presented at 1.85:1, this pristine print is beautifully restored from original 35mm archival elements and includes the host of bonus features that label fans have come to expect. Notably, the release includes nine archival radio re-broadcasts featuring the iconic Price in everything from the popular radio drama Suspense to a comedic performance for CBS Radio Workshop in Speaking of Cinderella. Presented in partnership with Retro Entertainment. 

BONUS FEATURES: Full-color booklet with essay, “The Case of The Forgotten Author,” by professor and film scholar Jason A. Ney; full-length commentary track by Jason A. Ney; all-new, original production, The Case for Crane Wilbur, by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures; nine archival radio episodes featuring Vincent Price.  

The Bat will be available on Blu-ray ($29.95) and DVD ($19.95) Oct. 25. Fans can secure a copy now by pre-ordering at: https://www.thefilmdetective.com/thebat  

About The Film Detective: 

The Film Detective (TFD) is Cinedigm’s one-stop time machine for classic film and television, showcasing remastered prints and distributing to leading platforms like Turner Classics Movies, NBC, EPIX, Pluto TV, Amazon, PBS and more. Available as a VOD app on the web, Android, iOS, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV, TFD’s 3,000+ hours of westerns, horror, film noirs, pre-codes and cult classics are also available live with a 24/7 linear channel through Sling TV, STIRR, Plex, Local Now, Rakuten TV and DistroTV. For more information, visit www.thefilmdetective.com 

About Cinedigm:  

For more than 20 years, Cinedigm has led the digital transformation of the entertainment industry. Today, Cinedigm entertains hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe by providing premium content, streaming channels and technology services to the world's largest media, technology and retail companies.  

The Bat 

The Film Detective  

Discs:  1  

Genre:  Horror 

Original Release: 1959 (B&W)  

Not Rated  

Running Time:  80 Minutes  

Language:  English  

Subtitles:  English/Spanish  

  

50th Anniversary of Popular Cult Classic Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) arrives on 4K Ultra HD Collector's Editon from VCI Entertainment

CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972) 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION

POPULAR CULT CLASSIC HORROR FILM FROM DIRECTOR BOB CLARK IS NEWLY RESTORED!

4K UHD Collector's Edition - 10/25

Blu-ray Collector's Edition  - 10/25

DVD Collector's Edition - 10/11

Via MVD Entertainment Group 

Before He Was Celebrating Christmas, Director Bob Clark

Played with Dead Things

 

Back before he became a staple of the Christmas season, director Bob Clark (A Christmas Story, Black Christmas) was cutting his teeth in the world of independent genre cinema. One of Clark's earliest efforts was 1972's Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. Six theater friends decide to have a little fun by having a mock Satanic ritual. To do so, they head to an isolated island, dig up a rotting corpse, and perform the spooky ceremony. The group's director is disappointed when the initial ritual fails and continues to push it. Eventually he succeeds in raising the dead and soon realizes it's not always best to get what you wish for.

 

Using friends from college and working with a measly budget of $50,000, Clark managed to complete Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things over the course of 14 days. The result is an effective zombie flick with one of the eeriest endings the genre has ever seen. Alan Ormsby, who co-wrote the script and starred in the film, deserves a fair share of credit for crafting the film's creepy special effects. It’s a film that starts out as a dark comedy about college kids screwing around and quickly morphs into a story about hopelessness, a remarkable feat when factoring in Clark and Ormsby’s limitations and scant resources.

 

VCI Entertainment is set to release Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things in a brand-new 4K UHD collector's edition set just in time for the film's 50th anniversary.

Special Features:

- All-new introduction and Q&A with Ormsby

- Brand-new feature-length documentary Dreaming of Death: Bob Clark's Horror Films, and much, much more. 

VCI will also be releasing the film on standard Blu-ray and DVD. All three editions hit shelves in October, just in time for the Halloween season.

BULL (2021) (Second Sight Films Blu-ray Review)

BULL (2021)

Label: Second Sight Films

Region: B

Rating: Cert 18 

Duration: 88 mins
Audio: Uncompressed English with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (2.39:1)     

Director: Paul Andrew Williams

Cast: Neil Maskell, David Hayman, Tamzin Outhwaite       

                                

Paul Andrew's sinewy, supernatural-tinged revenge-thriller Bull (2021) stars Neil Maskell (Kill List) as the titular heavy who carries out strong-armed acts of violence for low-key neighborhood crime boss Norm (David Hayman, Sid & Nancy). Bull is also married to the bosses daughter Gemma (Lois Brabin-Platt) with whom he has an adolescent son, Aiden (Henry Charles). When Bull catches on that his heroin-junkie wife's been cheating on him with another one of Norm's lackeys she asks for a divorce, but Bull wants custody of the kid, and that doesn't sit well with her, or more importantly, Norm, who decides that the uncooperative Bull needs to be put down for good. 

Ten years later Bull unexpectedly returns to the neighborhood, much to the surprise of all involved with dispatching him years earlier. The vengeful Bull wastes precious little time laying waste to those who betrayed him a decade earlier, making good on his dying promise, to kill every last one of them. Bull is a powerhouse of a revenger, told in a non-linear fashion, it fills in the gaps as we go along, feeding us morsels about what lead to this potentially beyond-the-grave kill-spree. We bare witness to the vengeful force of nature that is Bull as he just obliterate all obstacles and opponents who get in his way. As he closes in on his ex and her crime boss daddy, in search of his son, the bodies begin pile up. 

Norm and his crew are no kind-hearted thugs, they're ruthless, violent people, particularly Norm who will do just about anything to keep his fucked-up daughter happy, including murdering old ladies. Nor is Bull a kind person either, we've seen him cut off fingers and pulverize people, he's no hero - he's vengeance, and quite bloody vengeance at that. His true nature is a bit at odds with his look; on the surface he seems like an affable, schlubby, bearded dude, but cross him and you might regret it, that is if you live that long enough to have regrets. 

Maskell's performance is showcases a sneakily calm exterior that just barely masking extreme violent tendencies that are seething just below the surface, he's such a scary, intense character. When that veneer gives way, often explosively, someone's losing a finger, a hand, or a leg shortly before forfeiting their lives completely. The brute is not without sensitivity though, when it comes to his son Aiden he's a passionate father to the boy, protective, and willing to brave the torments of Hell to save him, and unleash Hell's fury on everyone else. 

Audio/Video: Bull (2021) arrives on region-B Blu-ray from Second Sight Films in 1080p HD widescreen (239:1). Shot on digital it looks fantastic with crisp visuals and a solid, and an impactful, uncompressed audio mix. Second Sight Films compliment the feature presentation with an Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Paul Andrew Williams & Actor Neil Maskell, Kindness and Rage; and new interviews with Director Paul Andrew Williams, Producers Dominic Tighe and Leonora Darby, and packaged in a limited edition rigid slipcase with a softcover book and art cards. 

Special Features 

- Audio Commentary with Writer / Director Paul Andrew Williams & Actor Neil Maskell

- Kindness and Rage: a new interview with Director Paul Andrew Williams

- Funfairs, Abattoirs and Burning Caravans: An interview with Producer Dominic Tighe

- Dealing with Fear: An interview with Producer Leonora Darby

Limited Edition Contents

- Rigid Slipcase with new artwork by James Neal

- Soft Cover Book with New Essays by Andrew Graves, Elena Lazic & Megan Navarro

- 6 Collectors' Art Cards 

Bull (2020) is an unsettling, high-impact and very lean revenger chock full of stomach-turning violence, and at the center of it all is an incendiary performance from Maskell whose one-man kill-spree will blow your hair back with it's unrelenting strength, its potent stuff, and alongside Williams' taut direction, it makes for a potent and unforgettable revenger. 

VISUAL VENGEANCE announces long-lost Linnea Quigley movie HEARTLAND OF DARKNESS for November release!

HEARTLAND OF DARKNESS (1989)

 a/k/a Blood Church

VISUAL VENGEANCE/ Wild Eye NOVEMBER 2022 Title Announced - Long Lost Linnea Quigley feature HEARTLAND OF DARKNESS

Visual Vengeance, a Blu-ray label dedicated to vintage ‘Shot on Video’ and microbudget genre independents from the 1980s though 2000s, is thrilled to reveal the next Blu-ray collector’s edition release for November 2022:

The 1989 never-before-seen Linnea Quigley “Satanic Panic” epic HEARTLAND OF DARKNESS (a/k/a Blood Church)

SYNOPSIS: In the small town of Copperton, Ohio, Paul Henson, a former big-city journalist, buys a small local newspaper. He quickly falls into a wide-reaching conspiracy of ritualistic murder and cult mind control when he discovers that the entire town may be under the spell of a Satanic reverend and his flock. As the clues and corpses pile up, Henson and his family are thrust into a life-or-death struggle to expose the truth and stop the demonic cabal’s reign of evil. 

Shot in 1989 by director Eric Swelstad on 16mm film and lost in obscurity and distribution false starts for over 30 years, Heartland of Darkness finally arrives on home video for the very first time and is packed with bonus features that spotlight the original creators and document the film’s long history and final completion.

Special Features:

- First time available in any format

- New director-supervised SD master from original tape and film elements

- Deeper Into the Darkness: New 40-minute BTS documentary

- Three commentary tracks

- Linnea Quigley Remembers: new interview

- Archival TV interviews, TV spots, BTS footage and trailers

- Complete original “Fallen Angels” 1990 workprint

- Blood Church – rare distributor promotional video

- Six-page liner notes by Tony Strauss of Weng’s Chop Magazine

- Limited Edition Heartland of Darkness “Prayer Cloth”

- Limited Edition slipcase - FIRST PRESSING ONLY

- Collectible Linnea Quigley folded mini-poster

- ‘Stick your own’ VHS sticker set

- And much more

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The Spine of Night (2021) psychedelic animated thrill-ride arrives on Blu-ray, DVD & digital Oct 24th 2022 from Acorn Media International

THE SPINE OF NIGHT (2021) 

‘Fascinating indie animation... here to satiate the cravings of those who miss a particular brand of animated storytelling, updated with added psychedelic fervour and plenty of extra-gnarly bloodshed’

★★★★

Empire

‘Sprawling fantasy epic... glorious... gripping and entertaining... never loses pace or ceases to throw more surprises at us.

A must watch for any horror fan’

★★★★★

Filmhounds

Enter the fantastically frenzied, gloriously gory and dazzlingly dark animated world of The Spine of Night, which audiences can now feast their eyes on as the psychedelic Shudder Exclusive arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and digital on October 24th 2022, courtesy of Acorn Media International.

 

This dark and delirious fantasy horror epic from Philip Gelatt – the brains behind Love, Death & Robots – and renowned short-film artist Morgan Galen King features a stellar cast. With acting favourites including Richard E Grant (Gosford Park, Withnail & I, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Lucy Lawless (Spartacus, Xena: Warrior Princess), Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, Eternals, 22 Jump Street) and Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike, Justice League), this dazzlingly unique adventure is brought to life by these familiar voices.

 

The story begins with an ambitious young man who steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred planet. As he succumbs to its darker temptations, he unknowingly unleashes centuries of suffering onto mankind...

Ancient, dark magic has fallen into sinister hands, and a group of heroes from different eras and cultures must unite to defeat it at all costs... Among those who stand against him are a daring tomb-robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer, winged assassins, and an undying guardian. Can they stop him and save the universe before it’s too late?

With oodles of gore, bucket loads of blood, old-school anime, psychedelic hand-painted backdrops, out-of-this-world neon visuals, and elements of Steampunk fantasy, this action-packed throwback is a striking visual frenzy just waiting to be discovered.

For a unique and unforgettable thrill ride, venture into The Spine of Night.

Special Features: 

- The Making of The Spine of Night

- Exordium and Mongrel Short Films

Label: Acorn Media International 

Release: Date: October 24th 2022

Rating: Cert: 18 

Running Time: 120 minutes

Video: 1080p HD Widescreen 

Director: Philip Gelatt

Cast: Richard E Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Joe Manganiello

 

PAUL MCCARTNEY'S GET BACK (1991) (Via Vision Entertainment Blu-ray Review)

PAUL MCCARTNEY'S GET BACK (1991)

Label: Via Vision Entertainment 

Region Code: Region-Free 

Duration:  89 Minutes 

Rating: G

Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 with Optional English Subtitles 

Video: 1080p Widescreen (1.66:1) 

Director: Richard Lester 

I was an adolescent in the eighties, so I grew up with a knowledge of The Beatles, I mean it would be pretty hard to be a kid in the 20th century and not at least know of the band, but I was a true fan at that age. In fact I was decidedly more a fan of The Rolling Stones and The Kinks and sort of dismissed The Beatles as overrated music our parents listened to, it was the 80's and I was an 80's kid,  and they just seemed so passe to me, sacrilege I know. That sort of changed in my teens in the early 90's when I was a metal fan but was discovering "grunge" rock and the music of Nirvana in particular attracted me, like so many others, and Cobain would name-check The Beatles fairly often in a reverent way. I then found myself listening to The Beatles more play on my home stereo, not so much their early teeny-bopper pop stuff, but certainly Robber Soul, The White Album, and Revolver, and I quickly became a more serious convert to the band. What can I say, they just made killer music, and that I was a bit older and more (dare I say it?) nuanced and cultured in my own musical tastes having heard a wider breadth of music since I was an adolescent. It was pretty fucking obvious there was a reason The Beatles were the biggest rock n' roll band in the world. Even still at that point I did not seek out the solo albums by ex-Beatles McCartney, Lennon, Starr and Harrison for another decade or so, and even then I only really listened to Lennon's solo stuff, which to me felt more deep, meaningful and impactful (and I just referred his vocals more) and the remaining Beatles solo efforts, including McCartney's Wings, were only listened to when something came across the FM dial. They were fine, but I wasn't really into it. At least not till my mid-30's, and then I finally I got more into Wings and Harrison's solo albums - particularly Harrison whose music is so rich, wonderful and textured. However, to this day I have never bought a Paul McCartney or Ringo star solo album.

That brings us to Paul McCartney's Get Back (1990) a theatrical concert film directed by Richard Lester (Help!, Hard Day’s Night, Superman II & III). McCartney hadn't been on a proper tour for at least a decade prior to undertaking this over 100 date massive stadium tour from 1989-1990, and this film documents 20 tracks reordered in England, Holland, UK, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Italy, Holland in Spain.  The songs range from the early days of The Beatles on through to Wings and his solo stuff, supported by a backing band that included McCartney's now late wife Linda McCartney (Wings) and longtime McCartney alum Paul "Wix" Wickenson on keyboards, Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) and Robbie McIntosh (The Robbie McIntosh Band) on guitars, and Chris Whitten ( Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Julian Cope) on drums. 

It's directed by Richard Lester, who made the early Beatles films Help! and A Hard Day’s Night, who came out of retirement to document the tour, proving to be his last feature film. The anthology concert film features not only the performances footage and cutaways to the international audiences, who are clearly having the time of their life, as well as clips from Help! and Hard Day’s Night, plus others clips, not all of which seemed to fit the theme of the songs they accompanies in my estimation. 

Anyway, what did I think for the concert film? It was a pretty good time, what we are getting here is any sort of zesty new take on classics, there are no real deep cuts, and what we get are faithful spot-on run-throughs of McCartney's back catalog as well as "Rough Ride" and "Put It There" which were on his current album at the time of the tour. They open the show with a solid version of Wings "Band on the Run", with my favorites being a rocking version of "Back in the U.S.S.R", "Live and Let Die", and "Get Back". A solid set of standard McCartney tunes, I would have preferred a few deep cuts but a solid performance throughout that i am sure will appeal to more McCartney-centric fans. 

Audio/Video: Paul McCartney's Get Back (1990) arrives on region-free Blu-ray from Via Vision Entertainment in 1080p HD widescreen (1.66:1). It's a pretty raw and grainy looking affair, shot at least partially on 16mm films, so that's the way it should appear. Colors look accurate, and depth and clarity fall in line with what I would expect from 16mm. Audio comes b way of English DTS-HD MA 2.0 stereo without subtitles, so you'll have to figure those lyrics out on your own I guess. Thankfully the vocals are delivered with some gusto with some decent (but not overly impressive) low-end and mid-ranges that put forth a rocking good time. 

The single disc release arrives in an oversized keepcase with a two-sided sleeve of artwork, the reverse side is just advertising for other VVE releases. The artwork on the wrap is the original movie poster for the concert film, which is replicated on the side-loading slipcase. 

Screenshots from the Via Vision Entertainment Blu-ray: