August 29th, 2012 by Aaron Neuwirth
Arriving on September 11, 2012, a trio of horror flicks will be arriving on Blu-ray for the first time. Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Jeepers Creepers, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 will all be making their Blu-ray debut, courtesy of MGM Home Entertainment and each are equipped with a nice selection of extra features. Now this may seem like a random selection of horror films, but they all at least deliver on the creepy factor in different ways and would be fine additions to any horror fan’s collection. Continue on to learn more about these upcoming Blu-ray releases.
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (Blu-ray)
Finally the truth about clowns is out! Beneath their smirky sinister grins and wildly patterned clothes are clever killers from out of this world. The “juxtaposition of their toy-store arsenal and malevolent intent proves to be a tasty combination” (Los Angeles Times) in this killer entertainment that will leave you fearing these big-top creatures for good. A spaceship looking like a circus tent lands in a field near a small town, signaling the attack of deviant, red-nosed, balloon-twisting psychos from another world who plan to annihilate mankind by turning people into cotton candy! Luckily, the town’s teen citizenry decides to fight back and teach the cosmic bozos a lesson. But these klowns are no klutzes, turning popcorn, peanuts and caramel corn into playful but deadly weapons of madcap destruction and mayhem!
Special Features:
● Theatrical Feature Blu-ray
● Audio Commentary with the Chiodo Brothers
● 5 Featurettes: The Making of Killer Klowns, Komposing Klowns, Visual Effects with Gene Warren, Jr., Kreating Klowns, Chiodo Brothers’ Earliest Films
● 2 Deleted Scenes with Director’s Commentary
● Bloopers
● Original Theatrical Trailer
● And More!
Specs:
Street Date: |
September 11, 2012 |
Screen Format: |
Widescreen: 1.85:1 |
Audio: |
English Surround DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, French Dolby Digital 1.0 |
Subtitles: |
English SDH and Spanish |
U.S. Rating: |
PG-13 |
Total Run Time: |
86 Minutes |
Jeepers Creepers (Blu-ray)
You can keep your doors locked. You can keep your eyes closed. But still, he’ll get what he wants and what he wants is you. Brace yourself for “90 minutes of steadily mounting horror [that] delivers more than its share of honest chills“ (The Baltimore Sun). From “the scariest opening sequence of any horror picture in recent memory“ (Los Angeles Times) to “one of the gutsiest endings to a film this year“ (Dallas Morning News), Jeepers Creepers is the real deal in terror! On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens (Gina Philips, Living Out Loud and Justin Long, TV’s “Ed“) are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe. But when they stop to investigate, they discover that the grisly reality at the bottom of that pipe is far worse than they could have ever suspected and that they are now the targets of an evil far more unspeakable and unstoppable ’than they could have ever imagined!
Special Features:
● Theatrical Feature Blu-ray
● Director’s Cameo
● Audio Commentary by Director Victor Salva
● Behind the Peepers – The Making of Jeepers Creepers
● Deleted & Extended Scenes
● Photo Gallery – Last Looks
● Original Theatrical Trailer
Specs:
Street Date: |
September 11, 2012 |
Screen Format: |
Widescreen: 1.85:1 |
Audio: |
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DD 2.0, French DD 2.0 |
Subtitles: |
English SDH and Spanish |
U.S. Rating: |
R |
Total Run Time: |
90 Minutes |
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Blu-ray)
From the director of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this ghastly and hilarious (Variety) sequel descends into your deepest, darkest fears as a wacked-out lawman goes after human meat-cutters with his own high-octane chainsaws in a horrific showdown with the legendary leatherface and his entire cannibalistic family. For 14 years, former Texas Ranger Lefty Enright (Oscar® nominee* Dennis Hopper, Hoosiers) has been obsessed with finding the psychotic mass-murderers who killed his brother’s children. And today he’s in luck. A tough as nails late-night disc jockey (Caroline Williams, Days of Thunder) has caught the ghouls on tape in the act of slicing and dicing a couple of fun-loving rich kids. When she volunteers to help, Lefty persuades her to play the tape on-air to lure the maniacs out of hiding. But what she doesn’t know is that she’s the only witness to this diabolical family’s butchery who hasn’t been carved up for somebody’s supper just yet!
Special Features:
● Theatrical Feature Blu-ray
● Feature Commentary with Director Tobe Hooper and Filmmaker David Gregory
● Feature Commentary with Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Special Makeup Effects Creator Tom Savini and Content Producer Michael Felsher
● The Cutting Room Floor
● It Runs in the Family
● Original Theatrical Trailer
Specs:
Street Date: |
September 11, 2012 |
Screen Format: |
Widescreen: 1.78:1 |
Audio: |
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DD 2.0, French DD 1.0 |
Subtitles: |
English SDH and Spanish |
U.S. Rating: |
NR |
Total Run Time: |
101 Minutes |
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Time to trade up my German import of Jeepers Creepers for this domestic release with all the trimmings.