LITTLE MONSTERS Gets A Big Blu-ray Release September 15th!
Brand new to the Vestron Video Collector’s Series at #19, the family-friendly gateway to young horror fans, Little Monsters, arrives on Blu-ray™ and Digital September 15 from Lionsgate. Newly remastered in shocking high definition, this funny family fantasy-adventure stars Golden Globe® nominee Fred Savage (1991, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical, “The Wonder Years”), Primetime Emmy® nominee Howie Mandel (2008, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program, “Deal or No Deal”), Daniel Stern, and Emmy® nominee Margaret Whitton (2014, Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming, Casting By). With 6 new special features, including an all new interview with Howie Mandel, the Little Monsters Blu-ray will be available September 15.
Lionsgate Resurrects Cult Classic in High Definition
New to the Vestron Collector’s Series, Little Monsters is the story of Brian (Fred Savage), a sixth-grader who’s recently moved to a new town and made friends with Maurice (Howie Mandel) — the monster who lives under Brian’s bed! Maurice introduces Brian to the world of monsters, where junk food rules, adults aren’t allowed, and the fun and games never end. But when Brian’s brother is kidnapped, it’s time for Brian to get serious and fight the monsters on their turf in this zany cult favorite.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- *NEW* Audio Commentary with Jarret Gahan, Editor-in-Chief of CultofMonster.com
- *NEW* Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview with Composer David Newman
- *NEW* “Call Him Maurice” – An Interview with Actor Howie Mandel
- *NEW* “Beneath the Bed” – An Interview with Producer Andrew Licht
- *NEW* “Monsters Big & Small” – An Interview with Special Makeup Effects Creator Robert Short
- *NEW* Vintage Interviews with Actors Fred Savage, Ben Savage, Special Makeup Effects Creator Robert Short, and Director Richard Alan Greenberg
- Behind-the-Scenes Footage
- “Making Maurice” – Vintage Footage of Howie Mandel’s Makeup Transformation
- Vintage EPK & VHS Promo
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
CAST
Fred Savage TV’s “The Wonder Years,” The Princess Bride, The Boy Who Could Fly
Daniel Stern City Slickers, Home Alone, TV’s “The Wonder Years”
Margaret Whitton Major League, The Secret of My Success, The Man Without a Face
and Howie Mandel TV’s “Deal or No Deal,” Gremlins, TV’s “Bobby’s World”
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 1989
Title Copyright: Little Monsters © 1989 Vestron Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Artwork & Supplementary Materials © 2020 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Type: Theatrical Release
Rating: Rated PG
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Closed-Captioned: N/A
Subtitles: English, Spanish, English SDH
Feature Run Time: 101 minutes
Blu-ray Format: 1080p High Definition, 16×9 1.78:1 Presentation
Blu-ray Audio: English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio™
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