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The Saturn Awards sure knows how to pick ’em as we both agree the Halloween 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray from last year was one of the year’s best. It was among my personal #1 of 2013 (I picked all John Carpenter releases and tied them together). Saturn maybe should have waited a year for the […]
Anchor Bay and Scream Factory have unveiled the art to their joint ventured and insanely impressive Halloween box set combining every film in the series with 15 discs of content. And yeah, it’s really awesome. This art just says “Who cares if your set was first, Freddy?”, “Suck on that tin case, Jason”, “Haha, cute, […]
It’s back! So last year an announcement was made for a horror-themed movie marathon, the “Lethal Ladies of Horror,” featuring a specific set of films being screened at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, with all kinds of cool giveaways, props from the films, and Q&As with cast and crew. Unfortunately, the event was […]
Here we go again. Kicking off my Top 10 year-end lists for 2013, here are my Top 10 Blu-rays. These are films that I have been able to really dig into and see them as easy recommendations for anyone with the greatest home media format currently available. The following list is a set of films […]
It’s my turn! No need for a preamble as to what goes into the generalities of crafting these Top 10 lists as the gents before me all did a fine job of explaining. 2012 provided what seemed like all the remaining “Must Have” box sets, leaving 2013 seeming kind of empty handed on the surface. […]
It’s that time again where we come up with our Top-10 Blu-rays of the year. 2013 has come and almost gone and left a path of high definition destruction in its wake. Coincidentally, my Top-10 list features the work of some epic directors, who had a stellar year on the Blu-ray format as most of […]
The week following Body Bags, another John Carpenter film makes its Scream Factory debut. This time its his flagship production, Assault On Precinct 13. As you’ll freshly recall, I just reviewed this one earlier in the week. Its a terrific release and if you’re a Carpenter fan, its a no-brainer that you must have it. […]
Scream Factory has provided us with a load of clips for their upcoming release of John Carpenter’s Body Bags. I’ve already reviewed the film HERE. The horror anthology brings plenty of laughs, scares and disturbing stuff. Fun for the whole family! It’s also a chance to catch Carpenter himself in rare form. He hams it […]
Scream Factory’s latest dip into John Carpenter’s catalogue takes us back to the very beginning. Assault On Precinct 13 has already been released on Blu-ray, but this Collector’s Edition takes what was enjoyable about that release and enhances it to become the seminal version to have. John Carpenter’s first feature film shows much more than […]
John Carpenter’s Body Bags is a an oft forgotten film of his and horror anthology. It was a Showtime movie back in 1993, back when it wasn’t as “cool” to have an original idea on Showtime (Showtime did do Psycho IV as well). In Carpenter’s mind, this was a one shot. But Showtime wanted this […]
I should start by noting this is a location-specific event, as this awesome-looking horror event will be taking place at the Historic Regency Village Theater, in Los Angeles. With that out of the way, this upcoming event is a themed horror marathon, the “Lethal Ladies of Horror”, featuring the films Night of the Comet, Christine, […]
Anchor Bay has released John Carpenter’s Halloween a lot of times. Each time they manage to successfully add just one ounce of something different that the fan just HAS to dip in again. Personally, I’ve owned this film countless times, as it’s my favorite film. I remember when Anchor Bay released a two VHS tape […]
Scream Factory’s rendition of John Carpenter’s cult classic Assault on Precinct 13 has finally had its bonus features unveiled. This one features an additional commentary aside from the vintage Carpenter one. This time we get art director and sound effects editor Tommy Lee Wallace. I feel like Wallace hangs out in the lobby of Shout! […]
Prince Of Darkness does not street until next week, but in the meantime, I’ve been provided some clips from Scream Factory to wet your appetite. I’ve already reviewed the film, which you can find that HERE. Below, you’ll find the trailer and a scene from the film itself. Also, you’ll find an excerpt from Justin […]
Another John Carpenter classic, another Scream Factory masterpiece. This title was highly requested by the Scream Factory groupies and of course, they’ve responded in full force. Not only have they delivered one of their all-time best presentations, they actually got John Carpenter to sit and give one of his most genuine interviews seen on a […]
Scream Factory continues to roll out and lay claim to King Of Jon Carpenter Blu-rays this November. They will be releasing what I can easily say will be a superior version of his cult classic Assault On Precinct 13 November 19 (this has already been released before through a different distributor). The week prior, they […]
Nobody does John Carpenter’s films justice on home video like Scream Factory. They’ve already released 4 titles directed or produced by him and have 2 more slated for release before the year ends. One of those is his 1987 cult classic Prince of Darkness. It’s a film that reunites Carpenter with actor Donald Pleasance, who […]
35 years ago, John Carpenter and Debra Hill changed the landscape of horror for may years to come. Once the highest grossing independent film of all time, Halloween has scared audiences for over 3 decades. It has been replicated, sequelized and remade, but none stand close to the original “Night He Came Home”. Anchor Bay […]
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