Lionsgate and Vestron are invaded by SHIVERS (review)

Horror comes from within in David Cronenberg's feature debut SHIVERS in which an upscale apartment building is a Petri dish for invasion and infection by parasites which violently inflame the libidos of their hosts.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

SHIVERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director David Cronenberg
• Audio Commentary by co-producer Don Carmody
• "Mind Over Matter" interview with director David Cronenberg
• "Good Night Nurse" interview with actress Lynn Lowry
• "Outside and Within" interview with special make-up effects creator Joe Blasco
• "Celebrating Cinepix: The Legacy of John Dunning" interview with producer's son Greg Dunning
• 1998 archival video interview with director David Cronenberg
• Image Gallery with audio intervie with producer John Dunning
  
• Canadian and U.S. Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spot
• Radio Spots
• Collector's Slipcover

 

Lionsgate from Romans to RETALIATION (Review)

When Irish demolition worker Malky comes into contact with a face from his traumatic childhood, his world starts to spin out of control and retribution becomes the only thing on his mind.  Orland Bloom stars.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

RETALIATION Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writers/co-directors Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian
• "Brutality and Honesty: The Making of Retaliation" featurette
• Also from Lionsgates

Lionsgate will INHERIT THE VIPER (Review)

A family with a strangehold on the Oxycontin trade in an Appalachian mill town starts to fracture when the brother wants to go straight and settle down with his pregnant girlfriend, and the sister tries to bring their younger brother into the business and is willing to silence anyone who tries to stop them.  Josh Hartnett, Margarita Levieva, Owen Teague, Chander Riggs, and Bruce Dern star.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray/Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

INHERIT THE VIPER Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.40:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Start-up Trailers
• Digital Copy Code
• Slipcover

Lionsgate bids THE FAREWELL (review)

"Based on an atual lie," THE FAREWELL depicts the emotional turmoil of a Chinese family when one of them is diagnosed with terminal cancer, including the Chinese-American granddaughter who has doubts about the family's decision not to tell her grandmother and instead gather for one last reunion under the guise of a wedding.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE FAREWELL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin/English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Lulu Wang and director of photography Anna Franquesa-Solano
• "Nothing But the Truth: Confessions of a Writer/Director" interview with writer/director Lulu Wang
• "Going Home: A Conversation with Awkwafina" interview
• Deleted Scenes

LionsGate bequeathes THE SOUVENIR (review)

A hopeful young film student in 1980s London derails her passion and ambitions for a misguided love affair with an older man in THE SOUVENIR.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

THE SOUVENIR DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Joanna Hogg
• Making-of
• Bonus Trailers

Lionsgate meets Van Gogh AT ETERNITY'S GATE (review)

The last few months of Vincent Van Gogh's life are explored by fellow painter Julian Schnabel in this sensory take on the artist's inner demons and artistic inspiration.  Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Mads Mikkelsen, Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Oscar Isaac star.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

AT ETERNITY'S GATE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English/French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• English Descriptive Audio Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writer/co-director/co-editor Julian Schnabel and co-editor/co-writer Louise Kugelberg
• Featurettes:
• "Made by a Painter"
• "Channeling Van Gogh"
• "Visualizing Van Gogh"
• Theatrical Trailer
• Start-up Trailers
• Digital Copy Code

Lionsgate unleashes BEAST (Review)

An alienated young woman living in a village on the island of Jersey becomes infatuated with an equally outcast young man who is suspected of being behind a series of abductions and murders.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BEAST Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles
• The Making of BEAST
• A Look at BEAST Photo Gallery
• Trailer
• Previews

LionsGate takes on BRAVEN (review)

Jason Momoa stars in this thriller as a logging company manager whose trip with his father and daughter to the family cabin turns into a war when heroin runners surround the property in search of a hidden stash of drugs.  Stephen Lang, Jill Wagner, and Garret Dillahunt star.

REVIEW LINK: Lionsgate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

BRAVEN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• "The Braven's Views" featurette
• Trailers

Lionsgate stitches up LEATHERFACE (review)

The latest installment in the TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE franchise imagines an origin story for the boy who would be Leatherface in which a new nurse is kidnapped and taken on a roadtrip through hell by the escapees of a youth reformatory.  With the law on their tails - including a vengeful ranger who would rather save the state money by killing them off - they stick to the backroads and end up at a remote Texas farm.  Stephen Dorf stars.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

LEATHERFACE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English HoH subtitles
• Making-of
• Deleted Scenes including Alternate Ending
• Start-up Trailers

Vestron Video attends SLAUGHTER HIGH (review)

"Marty majored in cutting classmates" at SLAUGHTER HIGH.  When a prank on the dork of Doddsville High goes wrong and he gets a face full of acid, mad Marty invites his classmates back for a ten year reunion and an April Fool's Day they will never forget.

REVIEW LINK: Vestron Video/LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

SLAUGHTER HIGH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by co-writers/co-directors George Dugdale and Peter Litten
• Audio Interview with composer Henry Manfredini featuring isolated music and effects selections
• Interview with co-writer/co-director Mark Ezra
• Interview with actress Caroline Munro
• Photo and Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Radio Spots

Vestron Video and LionsGate grow up with PARENTS (Review)

The eighties cult horror comedy PARENTS hits Blu-ray.  Randy Quaid, Mary Beth Hurt, and Sandy Dennis star in this tale of cannibalism in 1950s midwestern suburbia from actor/director Bob Balaban.

REVIEW LINK: Vestron Video/LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

PARENTS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Bob Balaban
• Audio Interview with composer Jonathan Elias with isolated score selections
• "Leftovers to Be" interview with screenwriter Christopher Hawkins
• "Mother's Day" interview with actress Mary Beth Hurt
• "Inside Out" interview with cinematographer Robin Vidgeon
• "Vintage Tastes" interview with decorative consultant Yolanda Cuomo
• Stills Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Radio Spots

LionsGate and Vestron Video enter THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (review)

Ken Russell's witty and psychedelic take on the Bram Stoker novel THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM hits Blu-ray.  Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Sammi Davis, and Peter Capaldi star in this eighties cult classic.

REVIEW LINK: Vestron Video/LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Ken Russell
• Audio Commentary by Lisi Russell
• "Worm Food: The Effects of THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM"
• "Cutting for Ken" interview with editor Peter Davies
• "Mary Mary" interview with actress Sammi Davis
• Theatrical Trailer
• "Trailers from Hell" with producer Dan Ireland
• Stills Gallery

LionsGate captures THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Review)

Nicolas Roeg's landmark science fiction film that transformed David Bowie from rock star to movie star THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH comes back to Blu-ray from its fortieth anniversary 4K restoration with over three hours of extras and other collector's material.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray/Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:

• Disc One (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Disc Two (DVD):
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• Bonus Features (on disc one and on bonus second DVD):
• Interviews:
• actress Candy Clark
• writer Paul Mayersberg
• cinematographer Tony Richmond
• director Nicolas Roeg
• costume desigenr May Routh
• still phtoographer Daniel James
• filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson
• producer Michael Deeley
• "The Lost Soundtrack" featurette
• David Bowie Interview from French TV 1977
• Theatrical Trailer
• Digital Download Code
• Collector's Booklet featuring essays by David Jenkins and Chris Chamption
• Four Photo Cards
• Fold-out Poster
• Collector's Slipcase

LionsGate investigates THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX (Review)

Based on the novel by Liz Jensen, THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX explores the mystery of the most accident prone boy who has survived electrocutions, drownings, poisonings, and other freak accidents but now lies in a coma after a fatal fall.  As a neurologist seeks to find a way to communicate with him, Louis goes on a journey of his own in his brain and reaches out to the living in strange and miraculous ways.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• Making-of
• Previews

LionsGate gets lost in THE SEA OF TREES (review)

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SEA OF TREES Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles
• "The Sea of Trees: A Story of Beauty and Tragedy" featurette
• Previews
• Digital HD Copy Code

Vestron Video and LionsGate dig up RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (review)

Romeo and Juliet gets a flesheating twist in the third film in the RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD series.  Curt and his girlfriend Julie discover that his father is involved in mysterious experiments involving Trioxin and the reanimation of the dead into bio-weapons.  When Julie is killed in a motorcycle accident, Curt resurrects her with the Trioxin and inadvertently unleashes a zombie epidemic on the city.  Melinda Clarke (THE O.C.), J. Trevor Edmond (PUMPKINHEAD 2), Kent McCord (ADAM-12), and Sarah Douglas (SUPERMAN) star.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate/Vestron Video (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Brian Yuzna
• Audio Commentary by actress Melinda Clarke and visual effects supervisor Thomas C. Rainone
• Interview with actress Melinda Clarke
• Interview with actor J. Trevor Edmond
• Conversation between director Brian Yuzna and writer John Penney
• Interview with production executive David Tripet and editor Christopher Roth
• Interview with effects artists Steve Johnson and Chris Nelson, and filmmaker Anthony Hickox
• Storyboard and Stills Galleries
• Two Trailers

LionsGate cheers up JOSHY (Review)

Four months after the abrupt and tragic end of his engagement, Joshy invites his best friends to what was meant to be his bachelor party.  Drowning themselves in sex, drugs, and partying, the five men try to avoid confronting the problems in their personal lives that are eating away at them.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

JOSHY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• Audio Commentary by writer/director Jeff Baena, producer/actor Adam Pally, and actor Thomas Middleditch
• Previews

LionsGate presents Jackie Chan's SKIPTRACE (review)

Jackie Chan stars as a cop pursuing Hong Kong's notorious drug kingpin "The Matador" who gets sidetracked pursuing an American conman (Johnny Knoxville) who is on the run from the Russian mob and The Matador's men when he inadvertently witnesses a murder.  The pair travel across Russia, Mongolia, and China in a series of slapstick adventures and action sequences.  From director Renny Harlin.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SKIPTRACE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 widescreen
• English/Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles.
• Audio Commentary by director Renny Harlin
• "When Jackie Met Johnny" featurette
• Previews

Lionsgate resurrects Vestron Video and C.H.U.D. II: BUD THE CHUD (review)

The CHUDs are loose again in this eighties teen comedy sequel to the original cult classic.  When prankster Steve and nerd Kevin lose a corpse meant for their biology class lecture, they rope best friend Katie into helping them steal a replacement body from the town's disease control center.  What they do not realize is that the corpse is a test subject for the CHUD enzyme to create super soldiers which has the unfortunate side effect of spreading communicable cannibalism.

REVIEW LINK: Vestron Video Collector's Series/LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVD Drive-in)

C.H.U.D. II: BUD THE CHUD Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono
• Optional English SDH subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director David Irving
• Interview with actor Gerit Graham
• Interview with actress Tricia Leigh Fisher
• Interview with effects artist Allan Apone
• Stills Gallery
• Video Trailer

LionsGate courts CAFE SOCIETY (review)

Woody Allen recreates the golden age of Hollywood in this tale of a young Brooklynite who comes to Hollywood with dreams of making it big and finds the love of his life, but things never go smoothly.  Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, and Kristen Stewart star.

REVIEW LINK: LionsGate (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CAFE SOCIETY Blu-ray specs:

• Blu-ray:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.00:1 widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• DVD:
• 16:9 anamorphic 2.00:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English, English SDH, and Spanish subtitles
• "On The Red Carpet" featurette
• Photo Galler
• Digital Download Code Included