MPI’s Gorgon Video Brings DEATH SPA To Blu-ray!
May 12th, 2014 by Brandon Peters
Let’s see…possessed spa…totally 80s fashion…campy horror…Ken Foree? I’m down! MPI will be bringing DEATH SPA to Blu-ray courtesy of their Gorgon Video label. I’ve never seen this, but after watching the trailer and checking out the groovy cover art, how could I not want to? So, summer season is kicking off and we will have not only DEATH SPA, but someone else is putting out DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS. Oh glorious times. If you’ll click below, there is a pre-order link and some details from MPI regarding this upcoming release!
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It’s really been ten years since Napoleon Dynamite came out and we all had a Jamiroquai song stuck in our heads? Ten years since people were quoting and accenting Jon Heder as Napoleon like kids in the 90s were “Yeah, Baby” and quoting Mike Myers’ Austin Powers character? Dang, ten years ago I was in college with a ton of adventures in life ahead of me. But, hey, that’s where we are. Happy 10th birthday, Napoleon Dynamite. This phenomenon even had a short lived cartoon series on television that regrouped everyone involved in the film a couple years ago. Fox is celebrating that landmark with a new edition of your famous film. Well, lets take a look and see how exactly “new” this is. It does have sweet new liger-skinned packaging though, that’s for sure! 
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Synapse Films has released another film in their Hammer Horror Collection. This time its the Ingrid Pitt-led Countess Dracula, a movie from the later days of the Hammer films classic run. Ingrid Pitt comes into it following her turn in The Vampire Lovers. Hammer tells this tale of horror, basing it off of the actual “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory. The Hungarian Bathory was one of the most prolific serial killers in history, having murdered and mutilated over 100 young women. Later, it was rumored that she bathed in the blood of virgins in order to maintain her youth. That info has been considered sketchy and used to build lore by historians, but the fascinating detail of this macabre is the basis for Countess Dracula. 
Olive Films releases one of the funniest films of the ‘50s, Operation Petticoat on Blu-ray™ and DVD July 1st. Directed by Blake Edwards (Pink Panther, Victor Victoria) and released in 1959, screen legends Cary Grant (Father Goose) and Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot) ship out for laughs and adventure in one of the most hilarious naval comedies to ever hit the high seas. Enjoy the screwiest of screwball comedies as the crew of the U.S.S. Sea Tiger scavenge for parts and supplies they need to keep their wacked-out submarine afloat! Operation Petticoat was a huge box office success and one of the top grossing films of 1960. 
Way back in November when I wrote my first wishlist piece with 
To say I had fun with 300: Rise of an Empire in the theater this past March is like saying gas prices used to be cheaper. Hell yeah I had fun with this action baddie! From Eva Green showing us her goods to the bloody battles we all come to love and adorn in the genre, this second outing of the franchise is a wild, romping good time down memory lane. I thought it would be weird without Butler. Butler, who? I’m just kidding. Right from the opening sequences, this prequel/sequel makes itself known as a contender that can rightfully standalone and/or serve as a bookend to the original film. And better yet! The day is almost upon us! Warner Bros. has made it official today. June 24th! That’s right…the Blu-ray release date hovers ever closer. Check out the full press release below and hit up the pre-order link 
Scream Factory will be bringing the Betty White classic LAKE PLACID to Blu-ray on July 8th. Its going to feature a new making of featurette with plenty of returning cast and crew to look back at the film. Now, I admittedly wasn’t a big fan of this movie back in 1999. However, I’m more than willing to go back and give this one another look. Maybe I’ll be more in tune to what the movie is delivering this time. I mean, it did spawn a handful of SyFy Originals/straight-to-video films, so its got a fanbase. It’s also part of more relatively “newer” films or ones from the late 90s/early 2000s that Scream Factory is beginning to acquire and put out. So, yeah, I’m looking forward to seeing this one with older eyes. Below you’ll see all the specs provided by Scream Factory, plus a pre-order link!
Finally releasing from the Disney Vault, Disney’s ultimate princess fairytale classic “Sleeping Beauty” will be available for the first time on Diamond Edition Blu-ray, Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere on October 7, 2014. Experience all of the pageantry and power of this wondrous tale on Blu-ray – and for the first time on Digital HD – with incredible high definition picture, thrilling, soaring sound, and all-new Diamond Edition special features that make this a must-own for every family’s classic collection!
It does not take a whole lot for a film to win me over if it has a lot of charm. Get the right cast and allow them to have fun that is evident in the film and I will be happy to sit back and enjoy what has been put in front of me. Swingers is a favorite movie of mine because, despite the shagginess of the production, it has great cast interplay to go along with the depiction of nightlife in LA. Jon Favreau wrote and co-produced Swingers back in 1996 and has since gone on to direct much bigger movies like Iron Man and Elf. Chef takes him back to his indie roots. Working with a small budget and a simple concept, he has managed to take what he’s learned from his bigger movies and combine that very effectively with what he was able to do in his earlier films like Swingers and Made. The result is an incredibly charming film, with a great cast, a nice father/son story, and some terrific images of food to gaze upon.
Can this day get any better?! Not only am I off from my day job today (first time since last November), one of my best friends is coming into town, Aaron Neuwirth’s birthday bonanza is today, I finally got antibiotics after suffering for six weeks (I found out I’m seriously allergic to Austin and the only alleviation is to move) and I’m 25 minutes away from playing the latest Call of Duty: Ghosts map pack, Devastation, on the PS4, but this announcement also happens! Jeezus! What a day to celebrate! I cannot wait to check out Under the Skin on Blu-ray on July 15th. With the only opportunity to see this film in one of the crappiest theaters ever in Austin, TX I decided to hold out and wait for the bliss of it all on the pristine Blu-ray format. I sure hope it’s worth the wait! Oh what the hell it has Scarlett Johansson naked in it. It has to be! So without further ado, check out the full press release from Lionsgate out below! 
Double feature month continues with a big headscratcher! Although, hopefully this won’t be on the wishlist for too long.
