Frogtown comes to Blu-Ray from Arrow films!!!!

Arrow Video will be releasing cult favourite "Hell Comes to Frogtown" to UK disc later this month in a special BD/DVD combo pack. This strictly limited edition (1000 copies) will be available to own in the UK on 27th January and features packaging that will showcase the original poster artwork as well as a reversible sleeve with newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow.

With the 20th Century drawing to a close, nuclear war has wiped out civilization as we know it. The embattled human race’s last remaining hope lies with one man and his loaded weapon.

 

Sam Hell may be an ex-con, but he also happens to be one of the last surviving fertile men on the planet. Now, under the custody of a group of feisty female fighters, Sam finds himself enlisted on a mission to impregnate a harem of beauties. Sounds cushy enough, but the ladies in question are prisoners of Frogtown – home to a gang of mutant (and ill-mannered) amphibians!

 

Starring wrestler-turned-actor Rowdy Roddy Piper, known to John Carpenter enthusiasts for his body-slamming and bubblegum-chewing antics in "They Live", "Hell Comes to Frogtown" is unashamedly a B-movie through and through with more guns and girls than you can shake a frog’s leg at.

Special Features
• Limited Edition Blu-ray [1000 copies]
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
• Original uncompressed stereo 2.0 PCM audio
• Grappling with Green Gargantuans: Wrestling icon “Rowdy” Roddy Piper speaks about his leading man turn in Hell Comes to Frogtown
• Amphibian Armageddon: Actor Brian Frank remembers his role as Commander Toty
• Creature Feature Creator: Effects wizard Steve Wang reveals the secrets behind Hell Comes to Frogtown’s mutant manifestations
• Extended Scene
• Original Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Zornow
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author and critic Calum Waddell

Buy the BD/DVD combo pack from Amazon.co.uk

 

William Baldwin meets "The Stranger Within"

The perfect couple becomes the perfect target in the sexy, psychological thriller THE STRANGER WITHIN, which is released to UK DVD this Fenruary.

 

After a traumatic ordeal, acclaimed actress Emily Moore (Estella Warren - Planet of the Apes) and her psychiatrist husband, Robert (William Baldwin - Sliver) escape on a relaxing holiday to a gorgeous remote Mediterranean island.

But on the first night at the house, a young woman (Sarah Butler - I Spit on Your Grave) arrives, with blood on her hands and hysterical from the death of her boyfriend in a hiking accident. Robert offers to take in and help the young girl, but her suggestive behaviour makes Emily wonder if she might be a threat to their marriage… or her life.

 

Filmed on location in Spain, New York and Copenhagen, this intensely erotic and suspenseful thriller premiered at the prestigious 2013 Berlin Film Festival and is available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on February 17th 2014.

 

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

"Frankenstein : The True Story" comes to UK DVD

One of the most acclaimed versions of Mary Shelley’s classic, "Frankenstein: The True Story", featuring a stellar all-star cast including James Mason and Leonard Whiting, makes its UK DVD debut this March thanks to Second Sight Films.

 

In 19th century England, Dr Victor Frankenstein (Whiting – Romeo and Juliet), bitter over his brother’s untimely death, voices his wish that men could have power over life and death. Following a chance encounter with Dr Henry Clerval (David McCallum - NCIS, The Man from UNCLE), a surgeon experimenting in this very field, they join forces and Victor achieves the impossible, the creation of life. He creates a handsome, highly intelligent young man (Michael Sarrazin – The Gumball Rally), but unforeseen problems and the involvement of evil scientist Dr Polidori (James Mason – North By Northwest, Salems Lot) lead to shocking, unimaginable horror.

 

Made in 1973 this much lauded film also stars Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die), Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Ralph Richardson (The Fallen Idol), John Gielgud (Ghandi) and Peter Sallis (Last of the Summer Wine) and will be released for the first time on DVD on 10 March 2014.

 

Bonus features on the disc include an introduction by James Mason.

 

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Nic Cage and John Cusack on "Frozen Ground"

It seems like every 5 minutes there's another Nicolas Cage film coming out, either on disc or at the cinema. Well here's another one. Koch Media will be releasing THE FROZEN GROUND, starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack onto disc this January.

 

Directed by Scott Walker, THE FROZEN GROUND is the terrifying true story surrounding one of America’s most notorious serial killers.

 

When teenage prostitute Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens - "Sukerpunch") is found by police officers - beaten and pleading for her life - in an Alaskan motel room, everyone is quick to dismiss her version of events.  However, US state trooper Sgt. Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage), soon comes to believe that Cindy is the only surviving victim of a local serial killer, Robert C. Hansen (John Cusack - "2012"), responsible for a series of murders of young women in the past decade. Lacking the support of his department, Halcombe must find Cindy, gain her trust and form an unlikely partnership in order to track down the man who still wants to kill her.

 

Also starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, the film is released to UK DVD and BD from 13th January.

View the trailer on YouTube

 

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Are you Xperienced?

PARANORMAL XPERIENCE 3D is the new gory and visceral horror from the Producers of The Orphanage and Julia’s Eyes and comes to 3D Blu-ray and 2D DVD on 24th February.

Directed by Sergi Vizcaino the film follows a group of friends, led by the gorgeous Angela, as they investigate the existence of the paranormal by venturing to a dangerous and deserted old mining town.

 

Here a sadistic paranormal power is unleashed and a portal to the afterlife is opened.

Who will start believing and who will survive?

PARANORMAL XPERIENCE will be released by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment on 24th February on standard 2D DVD and 3D Blu-Ray.

Buy the 3D BD at Amazon.co.uk

 

Buy the DVD (2D) at Amazon.co.uk

 

 

"You're Next" - UK DVD/BD review.

"You're Next" is out on UK DVD and Blu-Ray this month from Lionsgate films, and I was fortunate enough to get an advanced look at the DVD.

 

A wealthy retired couple are having a family re-union at their remote country mansion, with their  4 grown children and their respective partners. When their party is gatecrashed by a group of masked attackers, who proceed to fire crossbow bolts at them from outside.

 

Having either killed, or injured, several family members, the killers subsequently try to enter the house to finish them off. Only to come up against young Erin (Sharni Vinson - Bait 3D), one of the son's new girlfriends.

 

It seems her father was an ardent survivalist and she happens to know a thing or two about military training. As the intruders discover, as she turns the tables on them, laying traps, and taking them out with various kitchen utensils and items from the father's toolbox.

 

Rather like an extremely violent cross between "Panic Room" and "Home Alone", I found this film to be tremendous fun. It was good to see a story in which the heroine is an arse-kicker, who's not content to just knock her attacker down, but to repetedly pound his head till she knows he isn't getting up again (a first I think)!

 

Directed by Adam Winguard (V/H/S) and featuring horror veteran Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), along with appearances by film makers Joe Swanberg (V/H/S) and Ti West (Cabin Fever 2), "You're Next" was definitely one of my favourite cinema releases of 2013.  Being action packed, full of gore and containing some wicked black humour, as we discover that everyday household items, like a tenderising hammer, or kitchen blender, can be just as lethal as an axe or machete when put in the right hands.

 

The film is released to UK DVD and Blu-Ray January 13th. Extras on the disc include a 10 minute "Making-of" feature, which includes interviews with director, cast and crew and 2x Audio commentary tracks that accompany the main feature. The first with director Adam Winguard and writer Simon Barret, in which they mostly discuss the technical aspects of the films. And the second, which also features Winguard and Barret, but are joined by stars Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton, which is slightly more jovial, as the 4 share their various anecdotes about their time on set.

 

The advertising blurb claims "You're Next" was one of the most talked about about horror movies of 2013. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I do know that I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it extremely entertaining, so would highly reccomend picking this one up on disc when it's released.

 

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

 

John Voight battles "DRACULA: THE DARK PRINCE" on UK DVD

DRACULA: THE DARK PRINCE stars Oscar winner Jon Voight (Mission Impossible, Transformers) as the most famous of vampire hunters - Van Helsing, in this brand new fantasy action film coming to UK DVD 3rd February.

Misunderstood, despised and hunted, Dracula (Luke Roberts - "300 : Rise of an Empire") is driven to pursue an ill-fated quest for the Lightbringer – a mythical weapon dating back to the days of Cain and Abel. According to legend only those direct descendants of Cain and Abel can wield the Lightbringer; in the hands of one it brings eternal life, in the hands of another, death…
 

In his ruthless search for this coveted weapon, Dracula crosses paths with the beautiful crusader Alina and a further obsession is born as she becomes the object of his desire. Kidnapped and in harm’s way, will the renowned and feared vampire hunter, Van Helsing (Voight), be able to save her before Dracula sinks his teeth in…

The film is released to UK DVD 3rd February from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment.

Extras on the disc include...

-Cast interviews
-Building the Castle featurette
-Theatrical trailer

Buy the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk