New DVDs & Blu-rays for 02/26/13!

Hello there fellow movie collectors (and hoarders)! This week has a handful of worthy titles that you NEED to own, but for the most part, you can hang on to your hard-earned cash. (Unless you're a... shudder.... TWILIGHT fan). Some highlights include: The long out of print JOSHUA TREE makes its Blu-ray debut, Redemption Films delivers remastered Blu-rays of ZOMBIE LAKE and OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES, and the underground cult classic SAMURAI COP (with MANIAC COP's Robert Z'dar) gets the Special Edition DVD treatment from Cinema Epoch. Here's the full lineup of what's new:



NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
500 Mph Storm
Girls Against Boys
Joshua Tree (DVD/Blu-ray combo)
Oasis of the Zombies: Remastered Edition
She Devil (Olive Films)
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (3D Blu-ray/Blu-ray/DVD/digital copy)
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (Extended Edition)
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Zombie Lake: Remastered Edition


NEW TO DVD
Bio-Slime
Celia: Child of Terror
Crawl (Bloody Disgusting Selects)
Gerber Syndrome
The House That Dripped Blood (Henstooth Video release)
Kiss the Abyss
Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness
The Loneliest Planet
Mad Bull 34
Man From Shaolin
MindScans
Monster From Bikini Beach
Nobody Gets Out Alive
Red Tears
Samurai Cop (Special Edition)
Suzune Genesis
Total Retribution
Zombie Massacre: Army of the Dead


NEW MULTI-FILM COLLECTIONS ON DVD
Midnight Horror Show: Master Collection
Contains: Bane, Nina: Crazy Suicide Girl, Crowbar: The Killings of Wendell Graves, The Defiled, Lady of the Dark: Rise of the Serpent Vampire, One Hour to Die: You Have All Been Poisoned, and Fast Zombies with Guns.

Paranormal Haunting: Ultimate Collection
Contains: Paranormal Haunting: Curse of the Blue Moon Inn, The Stone: No Soul  Unturned, Wildman of Kentucky, Mystery of Panther Rock, Greenways Farm: Journey into the Heart of England's Most Haunted Farm, The Ram Inn: Journey into the Heart of England's Most Haunted Inn, and Strange is Normal: The Amazing Life of Colin Wilson.

Ultimate Zombie Feast Volume One
Contains: Zombies and Cigarettes, Plague, Bitten, Arise, Not Even Death, Fear of the Living Dead, Kidz, ZomBeer, and The Book of Zombies.

Now in pre-production: TALES OF DRACULA!

TALES OF DRACULA is a new independent film featuring three classic cinematic movie monsters: Dracula, The Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Monster! Intended to be a throwback to the classic monster movies created by Universal and Hammer Films, TALES OF DRACULA will deliver the typical genre elements, but brings a few new things to the table in regards to its mon-stars.

Originally intended to be a short film/pilot in the same vein as TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN, the original script, written by actor/producer/monster suit actor Joe DeMuro, has since been beefed up considerably by author/classic horror fan Dwight Kemper.

Along with special makeup f/x by the talented Ronald Chamberlain (who created the title monster in DEMON MESSENGER), this looks to be a good ole-fashioned monster romp made by classic horror fans, for classic horror fans. (And to answer your main questions, yes the film will be shot in black and white!)

Currently, the only thing missing from this winning combination is a complete cast. The producers are looking for a few good men (and women) to fill in some roles, particularly that of DRACULA. With that said, if you have any acting experience and live in Northeast, PA/The Southern Tier of NY, why not drop by the next casting call for TALES OF DRACULA? Full details for said casting call can be found below:

I've been following this film from its inception and I have to say that I have high hopes for it. The second draft of the script (which I just polished off) is fun and definitely has that old Universal feel, and there's a lot of talent behind the cameras on this project. Once the cast is nailed down, TALES OF DRACULA is set to go into production hopefully by the end of March. In the meantime, LIKE THE FILM'S OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE to get updates and see behind the scenes photos!

Hudson Horror Show VII - Advance Tickets on Sale Now!

The Vault is Presentin' and Representin' at the next Hudson Horror Show!

IT'S COMING! HUDSON HORROR SHOW VII IS COMING! REJOICE! On Saturday, June 8th at high noon, enter the Silver Cinemas and barrage your eyeballs with a comedy of terrors! Yours truly is sponsoring/introducing the Shaw Bros. sci-fi classic INFRA-MAN, a guilty pleasure of film critic Roger Ebert who (rightfully) called it "Audacious and Berserk!"

INFRA-MAN is complete insanity and a whole lotta fun! Thrill as stuntmen in bad monster suits engage in spectacularly choreographed kung-fu battles! Cheer as Infra-Man pulls a new power out of his bionic ass every ten minutes! Giggle yourself silly as a large blue humanoid made out of Play-Doh carries out the evil plans of PRINCESS DRAGON MOM! This film is worth the admission price alone and will have you trying to mimic Infra-Man's crazy sound effects days after you've seen it!

Also included for the meager $26.00 ticket are screenings of ARMY OF DARKNESS, which just recently celebrated its 20th year of existence, and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2!

ARMY is a slapstick medieval fantasy adventure featuring Bruce Campbell as the hapless ASHLEY J. WILLIAMS. Turned insane by demonic forces and sucked through a time tunnel into medieval England, Ash must pull himself together and find a way back home. His only chance is the Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead. Ash must retrieve it after reciting some magic words, but naturally he botches things and soon an army of skeletons, led by his undead twin, rises up and marches after the loud braggart from the future. It's a great "crowd movie" full of memorable one-liners, great music, and lots of old school f/x! HAIL TO THE KING BABY!

TCM2 is a dark comedy featuring your fave Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters doing what they do best: Killing folks, hacking them up, and turning them into award winning chili! I'm not personally a huge fan of this sequel, but it does have its moments: Bill Moseley's Chop Top is an extremely memorable character, and how can you forget the epic chainsaw duel between a crazed Dennis Hopper (I AM THE LORD OF THE HARVEST!) and Leatherface?

There will be two other films screened at the show but they have yet to be announced, and as always, there will be vendors, contests with cool prizes, and kick-ass 35mm trailer reels that will roll before each movie in the film fest! Tickets are on sale now, so get them quick because this show WILL SELL OUT! If you pre-order your tickets on PayPal the cost is $26.00. If you show up at the door, you'll only have to pay another four bucks, but if you don't arrive early you may not get in!

The show is four months away, but June will be here before you know it! So plan ahead, scrape together some cash to buy collectibles, artwork, and movies from the vendors that attend, and GET THOSE TICKETS EARLY!

See you in June Hudson Horror fans!

New Fright-Rags tees!

FRIGHT-RAGS continues to bring the awesome with three new t-shirt designs inspired by CREEPSHOW, HIGH TENSION, and SLAUGHTER HIGH! On top of that, they have temporarily brought six classic designs back from the dead, have a good selection of shirts on clearance (select shirts are 35% off - CLICK HERE!) and (surprisingly) still have some leftovers from their Limited Edition release of THE THING! (A damned  beautiful shirt that really SHOULD be a poster design methinks.) There's something for everyone over at Fright-Rags HQ; hopefully you have some spare cash, or a credit card that isn't yet maxed, so you can revel in the glory of some Fright-Rags tees! Check out the newest designs below:

Did you know: The movie High Tension has nothing to do with high-tension wires?

Ever notice that the word SLAUGHTER contains LAUGHTER?

The Raid: Roach-demption

Each shirt is $21.95 and comes in all sizes (S - 5XL) and would look insanely awesome on YOU! Don't actually see anything you like here? Well there may be some cool new designs coming in March that you'll just have to have! There are hints at: A LEPRECHAUN-themed tee (just in time for St. Paddy's Day), an APRIL FOOL'S DAY tee, a FREDDY VS. JASON (limited edition) tee, a new CHRISTINE t-shirt design, and a few other goodies.

This is all conjecture on my part based off of an e-mail received from the Fright-Rags mailing list, so when I get official details, I'll type up a quick post and confirm (or discredit) my guesses! I'm pretty damned sure I'm right on, though I am perplexed by the "we're going on a tour of destruction with the ultimate band of killers" portion of the MARCH MADNESS teaser.... Band of killers? Could they have an original design featuring all of our fave slasher villains in a rock group? I guess we'll all find out soon enough!

TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS 2 - DVD ARTWORK, RELEASE DATE, & T-SHIRT!

Click to enlarge bloody cleavage.

I recently received a press release from James Cullen Bressack (director of MY PURE JOY and HATE CRIME) about his recent production of TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS 2, an indie horror anthology that boasts "Six Sick and Twisted Tales of Terror." It's coming out on DVD in a few months and should be a real treat for fans of ultra low-budget horror flicks!

Synopsis:
From Executive Producers James Cullen Bressack (My Pure Joy, HATE CRIME) and Jarret Cohen at Psykik Junky Pictures and directors Doug Waugh, Shawn C. Phillips, and Alex Powers, comes the second installment in the TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS ANTHOLOGY series starring Penthouse Pet Veronica Ricci (Bloody Mary 3D) Shawn C. Phillips (Don & Murph), James Cullen Bressack, Nick Clarck (Hate Crime) Joseph Frantz (CKY & VIVA LA BAM), and Miles Dougal (Detroit Rock City & Chillerama).

Sexy, sinful horror host Mona Screamalot (Penthouse Pet Veronica Ricci) and her crazy backwoods family invite you to take a seat on the couch as they serve up six sick short films from their secret stash of horror trash. Featuring the work of emerging genre directors, this is a bloody and brain-numbing buffet of the bizarre.

TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS 2 hits DVD on April 23rd, for the low low price of $9.99, and you can PRE-ORDER IT AT AMAZON.COM right now! Also available is a cool TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS 2 t-shirt courtesy of Fast Custom Shirts. It's $14.99 and can be purchased HERE.

For more info, updates, and some behind the scenes photos from the film, be sure to visit the OFFICIAL TREASURE CHEST OF HORRORS 2 FACEBOOK PAGE!

To get a taste of what to expect, take a glimpse at the teaser trailer below:

NOW PLAYING: SNITCH and DARK SKIES

This is one of those weekends where you can take a break from the cinema as there isn't much out there worth spending ten+ dollars on. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson delivers another hardcore PG-13 action film that is supposedly based on a true story, and a new PG-13 supernatural/alien abduction type flick looks to make a tiny dent in the weekend box office. (I'm guessing it'll debut in the top five, probably at number two or three. Then again, every new Horror/thriller this year has debuted at number one in the box office, so DARK SKIES may be a surprise hit.)

So here's your first choice if you're really bored and want to take in a flick. "The Rock" goes after some drug dealers to save his kid from getting the proverbial book thrown at him for "unknowingly" delivering some drugs. To save his son from ten years in the pen, "The Rock" agrees to infiltrate a drug cartel and help the feds make arrests. This of course leads to DRAMA, EXPLOSIONS, HEARTFELT YELLING, ANGRY YELLING, and GUNFIGHTS! If anything, it looks like a solid rental; check out the trailer below and judge for yourself:




The other latest theatrical release is DARK SKIES, the tale of a family that is experiencing all sorts of strange phenomena, like legions of suicidal birds, the sudden appearance of strange tattoos, horrifying yawning, and uncontrollable head-banging. It seems like they are trying to push this as a supernatural thriller, but it's clearly an alien abduction movie. Haven't made up my mind about it, but if I do watch it, I'll be renting the DVD five months from now. Behold the trailer:



If you see either flick, feel free to leave a comment below with your thoughts. Were they good? Bad? Worth a rental later on down the road? Let us all know!

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