Ghost Story (Blu-ray Review)
The time has come to tell the tale. Scream Factory proudly presents the Blu-ray debut ofGhost Story on November 24, 2015. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Peter Straub, Ghost Story features four of Hollywood’s most distinguished statesmen – Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and John Houseman – as they join forces against a paranormal nemesis. Craig Wasson, Patricia Neal, and Alice Krige also star in this chilling and atmospheric telling of one of horror’s greatest stories. Exclusive new bonus materials include new interviews with Author Peter Straub, Actress Alice Krige, Screenwriter Lawrence D. Cohen, Producer Burt Weissbourd and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor. Also present is a commentary with the film’s director, John Irvin.
Fasten your seatbelts for the terrifying thrill ride that has become a cult classic! On December 15, 2015, SCREAM FACTORY™ is proud to present THE CAR, arriving for the first time on Blu-ray™. Directed by Elliot Silverstein, the action-packed thriller stars James Brolin (The Amityville Horror), Kathleen Lloyd (It Lives Again), John Marley (Deathdream), Elizabeth Thompson (A Shadow in the Street) and Ronny Cox (RoboCop). R.G. Armstrong (Race with the Devil, Evilspeak), Roy Jenson (Soylent Green), Melody Thomas Scott (Piranha, The Fury), Kim Richards (Assault on Precinct 13) and Kyle Richards (Halloween) also star in this high-octane thriller. A must-have for loyal fans, movie collectors and horror-thriller enthusiasts to complete their home entertainment library, THE CAR Blu-ray also contains a collectible cover featuring newly rendered retro-style artwork and a reversible cover wrap featuring original theatrical key art. Exclusive also to this disc are n
The movie title No Escape (not the 1994 one) sounds so familiar, doesn’t it? At least to me it does. It sounds like it could easily be a name of a KISS song from the 1980s or something when they were struggling to find their sound during the Killers era, but I digress. Perhaps what shocked me even more was seeing Owen Wilson on the movie poster when I first received the press invite to cover this one months ago. I instantly thought why have I never heard of this film and of course what is funny man Owen Wilson doing in a film like this. I almost dismissed this one had it not been for the trailer. After viewing it I thought wow if it’s a great story and Owen Wilson can really pull this one off, it could be quite good me thinks. After all, I thought his brother Luke did a great job in the serious role he portrayed in 2007’s Vacancy, one of my earliest Blu-ray titles in my collection (a little Brian White trivia for ya). So let’s do this. Let’s talk some No Escape now on Blu-ray. 
In Teen Wolf – Season 4 a high-school teen cursed with the werewolf virus must constantly defend innocents from supernatural creatures who seek power and to quench their undying blood lusts. With a ragtag group of friends, both immortal and mortal, he manages to save as many lives as possible while uncovering truths and plots that affect his team, as well as him. All the while, he continues to keep up a normal profile and attend classes with unsuspecting youths. 
Little Loopers is a young teen-focused film that is not so entertaining for older crowds. Full of fart jokes and other juvenile jokes, it is kind of hard to watch for this viewer. This movie is OK, but nothing spectacular. Read on and I’ll tell you why. 
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Brother’s Keeper is a faith based movie that takes the viewer by surprise. A well-written but far-fetched story premise, that shocks the audience with the finial twist. A small story about a small town that get s a huge helping of faith and hope. 
Traci Lords is reunited with Cry-Baby co-star Troy Donahue in the horror-thriller … with music … Shock ‘Em Dead featuring amazing guitar solos courtesy of Michael Angelo Batio. Slasher // Video presents Shock ‘Em Dead, a film about rock & roll and soul(s) directed by Mark Freed (Lovers and Liars) and starring Traci Lords (Cry-Baby), Troy Donahue (Imitation of Life), Aldo Ray (We’re No Angels) and Stephen Quadros (The Lost Platoon). Traci Lords plays Lindsay, who’s growing attraction to supernaturally charged rocker Angel soon turns to fear as she finds herself pulled further and further into a terrifying world of unspeakable evil. This is yet another one of the vintage home video sourced films from Slasher // Video and it features a slew of bonus materials on it which includes a cast reunion session and director commentary. 
Its been another wonderful year in the world of Blu-ray with a good chunk of titles coming off my wishlist and into my Blu-ray collection. In the past year I retired the somewhat weekly rendition of this column in favor of it being annual. It would have been nice to keep the weekly one going, but honestly, I just don’t have the time anymore to devote to it. If you follow my work, you’ll know this site keeps me very busy as has my blog and my new podcast (
Featuring master of exploitation Bruno Mattei’s (Cruel Jaws, Rats: Night of Terror) signature flourishes and a script co-written by Claudio Fragasso (Troll 2, Beyond Darkness), Women’s Prison Massacre is a brutal and uncompromising entry in one of cinema’s most infamous genres. 
It must be the month of Mowvember because the Rated-R (yes you read that right) Extended Edition of the third film in hopefully the final trilogy is upon us. You know what one I’m talking about. The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies is the film both fans of The Hobbit franchise have been anxiously waiting for and the moviegoers that do not care too much about the saga and just want it to finally come to an end. However, to me it’s so much more. Whether you read the books or not, I haven’t, The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies is nothing more than the Revenge of the Sith of the Lord of the Rings series. I think y’all know what I mean when I say that. No matter how you slice it the events of this film we’re here to discuss today had to fit together like bookends to the trilogy that came before it. When it comes to movies like this that can be both a blessing and a curse. However, this one is a two-hour action romp (plus an additional 20 minutes longer now) complete with Legolas jumping power, and when you are talking these films that’s nothing but a good thing. Read on… 
Slasher // Video presents Killer Workout, directed by David A. Prior (Deadly Prey, The Deadliest Prey) and starring Ted Prior (Deadly Prey), Marcia Karr (Maniac Cop), David James Campbell (Scarecrows) and Fritz Matthews (The Deadliest Prey). Going to the gym may be hazardous to your health. In fact, it could kill you. Who’s behind the grizzly slayings? What’s their motive? And, who will be the next victim? Killer Workout features a group of actors (Ted Prior, Fritz Matthews and David James Campbell) who would appear together on screen in several David A. Prior films including Deadly Prey, The Deadliest Prey and Relentless Justice.
The Deadliest Prey, a sequel 27 years in the making, reunites Deadly Prey co-stars Ted Prior, David Campbell, Fritz Matthews and director David A. Prior. Sadist, psychopath, and a damn fine solider, Colonel Hogan and his merry band of mercenaries are back for more in the sequel to writer/director David A. Prior’s Deadly Prey. The action and kills are amped up in The Deadliest Prey co-starring Fritz Matthews (Deadly Prey, Born Killer) and Cat Tomeny (Flesh Wounds, Enemies Among Us). I had not known there was a sequel to the original, so I was pretty excited to find out that one had been made. And its now 27 years later. One can only hope that the film remembers where it came from and is just as ridiculous as the original
Human hunting for sport is the twisted premise of Deadly Prey, written and directed by David A. Prior (The Deadliest Prey, Relentless Justice) and starring Ted Prior (Killer Workout, The Deadliest Prey). The action-packed thrill ride Deadly Prey co-stars Cameron Mitchell (Hombre, Klansman), Dawn Abraham (Mike’s Murder) and Suzzane Tara (TV’s General Hospital). The film is being made for the first time ever since VHS and BETA from independent home video distributor Slasher // Video and distributed by our friends at the independent distribution studio Olive Films. This marks the first time its been on disc and carries with it some bonus features including a new interview with the makeup effects artist. It must be noted up front that this release is not sourced from an HD master but rather standard definition sources like VHS and Betamax tapes. Slasher // Video polled Facebook if people would buy this release (among others) given the circumstances and the answer was a resounding yes. So, those who voted, put your money where your mouth is! 
An official selection of the SXSW Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness, and celebrated at SITGES, director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s genre-blending horror comedy THE FINAL GIRLS debuts on Blu-ray™ and DVD Nov. 3 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Taissa Farmiga (“American Horror Story”), Malin Akerman (Couples Retreat), Adam DeVine (“Modern Family”), Thomas Middleditch (“Silicon Valley”), Alia Shawkat (“Arrested Development”), Alexander Ludwig (“Vikings”) and Nina Dobrev (“The Vampire Diaries”) star in the unconventional comedy about a young girl (Farmiga) who is mysteriously transported with her friends into the 1980s horror film that starred her late mother (Akerman). Now they must fend off the camp counselors’ raging hormones, battle a deranged machete-wielding killer and find a way to escape the movie and make it back home. 
The holidays will be here before we know it, there’s no use in fighting, there’s no way to slow it! While you’re making those lists and checking them twice, don’t forget to add the classics – SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN! ® 45TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN 45TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION 
