DVD Releases: 09/26/2006 (part two)

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DVD Releases: 09/26/2006 (part two)
By John Marrone
Sep 26, 2006, 17:48

The Ghost Galleon (1974)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis: In what many fans consider the most surprising of the four films in the series, Maria Perschy (Castle of Fu Manchu) and Jack Taylor (Eugene) star in writer/ director Amando de Ossorio's chilling tale about a boatload of stranded swimsuit models who discover a mysterious ghost ship. But this phantom galleon carries the coffins of the satanic Templar, eyeless zombies who hunt humans by sound. Even if these frightened lovelies can survive their own forbidden desires, will they escape the insatiable hunger of the Blind Dead? This Definitive Edition of The Ghost Galleon - released in America as Horror of the Zombies - has been restored and remastered in High Definition and includes both the original English and Spanish language tracks, plus vintage trailers, TV spots and more, now available for the first time ever on DVD. ~ Ryko Distribution

DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Theatrical Trailer
Horror of the Zombies U.S. Advertising: Theatrical Trailer, TV Spot and Radio Spots
Poster & Still Gallery

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The Ghouls (2003)

Plot Synopsis: Known as Cannibal Dead: The Ghouls in the UK - the story centres on low-life Eric Hayes (Timothy Muskatell) who plies his trade as a 'stringer'. A 'stringer' is a reporter, of sorts, who gathers footage of police chases, murder and general mayhem. Eric then sells this footage to people like the seedy entrepreneur and broadcaster played by Joseph Pilato (who will no doubt be familiar to many of you from Day of the Dead). Then one night, whilst prowling the neon saturated backstreets of L.A., he stumbles across a group of creepy looking people who are tearing apart and voraciously devouring a helpless woman. Rather than help, he films it. Thinking he has footage that's worth a small fortune, he tries to sell it - only to discover that the camera didn't have a tape in it! So, he therefore embarks on a quest to find these 'ghouls' and capture their deeds on camera. However, the more he searches, the more he is drawn into their dark and forbidding world… ~ SexGoreMutants.co.uk

DVD Features: Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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Head Trauma (2005)

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Plot Synopsis: Seriously creepy and deeply unnerving, Head Trauma explores the uncomfortable notion that just because a person may be psychotic and paranoid, that doesn't necessarily mean that someone - or something - is not actually out to get them. In this engrossing horror chiller, drifter George Walker returns after many years to stake a claim on his deceased grandmother's abandoned house. Struggling to build some semblance of a normal life for himself, George tries to clean up the place by day. But his nights are uneasy and plagued by troubling visions of a mysterious hooded figure. Despite his best efforts, things grow worse as the house is condemned and his nightmares refuse to remain in the dark. ~ Ryko Distribution

- Official Site

DVD Features: Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Lance Weiler - Director
Behind The Scenes - Making Of
Featurettes -
1. "Blowing Up A Car"
2. "Shooting In The House"
3. "Johnny Madgic & His Amazing Flying Machines"
4. "The Art Of Head Trauma"
Interviews
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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Henry II - Portrait of a Serial Killer (1998)

- trailer (windows media)

Plot Synopsis: This sequel to the popular and chilling Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer picks up where the original left off. Henry (Neil Giuntoli) takes a room in the home of an unsuspecting couple (Ken Komenich and Kate Walsh), but it doesn't take long before his old compulsions are forced to the surface as he moonlights in boldly destructive insurance scams. This time, however, Henry is not alone as he exposes the evil beneath his "mask of sanity." ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Commentary by director Chuck Parello
"H2: The Making of a Madman" featurette
Outtakes and deleted scenes
Photo gallery
Trailers

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House of Carnage (2006)

Plot Synopsis: A pair of friends vacationing in the woods must fight off a clan of inbred psychopath cannibals in this bloody, fun, and over-the-top gore-fest, starring talented unknowns Danielle Donahue and Eddie Benevich. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Region
Audio: (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes
Additional Footage - PSA
Trailer

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Last Broadcast (Sub) (1998)

- trailer (windows media)

Plot Synopsis: A trio of people with a cable access TV show venture into the wilds of New Jersey to make a documentary about a search for the legendary Jersey Devil. Days later, only one of them returns - and he quickly becomes a suspect in the murder of the other. Only when the footage they shot is found is the horrifying truth revealed. A controversy regarding the similarities between this film and The Blair Witch Project emerged upon the release of the latter in the summer of 1999. The Last Broadcast was actually made first. ~ VideoUniverse.com

- Official Site

DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Remastered Picture and Sound
Two audio commentary tracks with co-creators Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler
Behind the scenes docs on Production, Post-Production and Distribution
Exclusive Interviews
"Fact or Fiction!" rare clips from the infamous public access cable show.
Jim Seward - Alive and Well (2 folk songs)
"Gallery of Gore"- Pine Barrens murder crime scene & autopsy images, Last Broadcast poster and box art from around the world!
Trailers for Last Broadcast, Ghosts of Edendale and Head Trauma12-pg. booklet including color mini-comic “Jersey Devil” by Stephen R. Bissette (co-creator of Constantine) and the Center for Cartoon Studies; Jersey Devil sightings map; bios; liner notes; more!

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Madmen of Mandoras/Bride of the Monster (2006)

- Bride of the Monster trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis: This collection presents a double feature of campy horror classics from the golden age of drive-in movies: in Madmen of Mandoras (aka They Saved Hitler's Brain, 1963), a group of exiled Nazis revive the Fuhrer's pickled bean in a plan for world domination; and in Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955), a mad scientist attempts to create a race of atomically powered supermen. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Keep Case
Audio: (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Cartoons
Classic Drive-In Commercials
Trailers

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Masters of Horror: Imprint (2005) (review)

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Plot Synopsis: This entry in the Masters of Horror cable series was the only one to be banned from broadcast, and once you watch this, you will see why. Contrary to popular opinion, Imprint gives you more bang for your horror dollar than almost anything else released this past year. When an American journalist returns to Japan to bring a prostitute he loves back to the States, he finds himself instantly immersed in a Hell that your eyes will have to see to believe. Warning: the scenes of torture in this are brutal, the subject matter involves rape and incest and abortion, and these things are shown in graphic detail. Miike delivers you directly into a vivid nightmare - definitely one of the most extreme films produced in horror history. ~ HouseofHorrors.com

DVD Features: Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by critic and American Cinmatheque film programmer Chris D. and writer Wyatt Doyle
"I Am the Film Director of Love: An Interview with Takashi Miike" featurette
"Imprinting: The Making of Imprint" featurette
"Imperfect Beauty: The Make-up and Special Effects of Imprint" featurette
Takashi Miike Bio
Still Gallery
Trailers
DVD-ROM: Original Screenplay
DVD-ROM: Screen Saver

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Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis: During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the soldiers has been completely transformed into the half man/ half machine ultimate soldier called Mikadroid. But American B-295s firebomb the city and, while two of the experimental athletes manage to escape, Mikadroid and the lab are apparently destroyed. Decades pass, Tokyo is rebuilt, and old secrets are forgotten. 45 years later, the site is now home to a complex that includes the discoclub Layla. The disc's patrons dance late into the night, unaware that a faulty basement generator has reactivated Mikadroid and the now prowls the basement levels, killing anyone in its path. Clubgoers and others must fight for survival and attempt to end Mikadroid's bloody rampage beneath the discotheque. Produced by the legendary Toho Studios, and featuring a cameo by Asian horror director Kyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Charisma). Mikadroid is an underground cult classic that's never been available in North America until now! ~ Ryko Distribution

DVD Features: Region 1 NTSC
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind The Scenes - Making Of
Trailers
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos

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The Munsters - Two Movie Fright Fest (2006)

- Munster Go Home! trailer (flash)
- Munsters' Revenge clip (flash)

Plot Synopsis: Starring cast members from the original television series, this collection contains the films Munster, Go Home!! and The Munsters' Revenge. In the first film, things get crazy when Herman moves the entire Munster pack to an inherited English estate. In the second film, the Munsters risk being cloned when an evil Dr. Diablo (Sid Caesar) attempts to manufacture a robot "Munster." Both films are presented in color. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Region 1
2 - Disc Slip Sleeve
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French
Subtitles - English (SDH), French - Optional
Disc 1: MUNSTER GO HOME!
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Disc 2: THE MUNSTERS' REVENGE
Full Frame - 1.33

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Night of the Seagulls (1977)

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Plot Synopsis: The final chilling chapter in the Blind Dead series... The classic saga of the Blind Dead ends with the creepy tale of a remote coastal town where frightened villagers must sacrifice beautiful virgins to the blood cult of the Knights Templar. For seven nights every seven years, these eyeless zombies rise from the sea to feast on human flesh as the souls of the damned are trapped in the screams of gulls. In this final unforgettable shocker from writer/director Amando de Ossorio, the mood is darker, the fear is stronger and the hunger of the Templar more ferocious than ever before! This Definitive Edition of Night of the Seagulls has been restored from original vault elements (including all of its scenes of extreme violence and nudity), remastered in startling High Definition, and features both the original English and Spanish language tracks for the first time ever on DVD! ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features: Region 1 NTSC
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Mono - English, Spanish
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

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A Nightmare on Elm Street (Two-Disc Infinifilm Special Edition) (1984)

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Plot Synopsis: Nancy is having nightmares about a frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp "finger knives". She soon discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the kids begin to die, Nancy realizes that she must stay awake to survive. Uncovering the secret identity of the dream killer and his connection with the children of Elm Street, the girl plots to draw him out into the real world. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features: Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 6.1 EX), English (DTS 6.1 ES)
Newly remastered picture and sound restored from the original film negative
Commentary by director Wes Craven, stars Heather Langenkamp and John Saxon, and director of photography Jacques Haitkin
Alternate ending(s)
"Never Sleep Again: The Making of A Nightmare on Elm Street" featurette
"The House That Freddy Built: The Legacy of New Line Horror" featurette
"Night Terrors: The Origins of Wes Craven's Nightmares" featurette
Pop-up Prompts
Nightmare Fact Track
Video Clips
Exclusive "Infinifilm" ROM content

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Pet Sematary (Special Collector's Edition) (1989)

Plot Synopsis: Dr. Louis Creed, having just moved to Maine with his wife and two children, is heartbroken when he finds that his daughter's beloved cat has been hit by a truck and killed. Thankfully, a strange, elderly neighbor called Jud knows a secret that may spare the young girl's tears. He takes the dead cat to an ancient Indian burial ground that lies hidden in the surrounding hilltops; and when he buries the feline there, it comes back to life a few days later. But Louis can't be trusted with the secret, and, despite strong warnings that something horrible will happen, he uses the power of the burial ground to bring his son back from the dead -- after the child is killed the same way the family cat was. Director Mary Lambert's (The In Crowd) second film is a very underrated rendering of a Stephen King bestseller. In it a young family, the Creeds have recently moved to a new neighborhood where they very quickly lose their cat, which is run over by a speeding truck. The Creed's neighbor, Jud (Fred Gwynne), feeling bad for the family, tells Mr. Creed (Dale Midkiff) about the secret Indian burial ground in the neighborhood, which has mysterious rejuvenating powers. However, when the Creed's infant son meets a fate similar to the family pet, Mr. Creed can't resist temptation and he brings an unspeakable evil back from the grave. Marks the first time that author Stephen King wrote the screenplay for a filmed version of one of his novels. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Commentary by director Mary Lambert
"Stephen King's Pet Semetary: Stephen King Territory" featurette
"Stephen King's Pet Semetary: The Characters" featurette
"Stephen King's Pet Semetary: Filming the Horror" featurette

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Raising Hell (2003)

Plot Synopsis: An incumbant governor, facing possible indictment for racketeering and steadily slipping numbers in the polls, sets upon ensuring the upcoming election. Using an object of religious might, the Keys of Solomon, he compels a demon to eliminate all those who oppose him. The Keys, once a gift bestowed upon Peter by Jesus Christ, hold the strength to bind the forces of heaven and hell. Lost for centuries, they have been the most sought artifacts by the church, since the Ark of the Covenant. The Jesuits, the defenders of the faith, have been entrusted with the task of reattaining these prized possessions... at any cost. To this day, cloaked in secrecy, they scour the earth in search of the lost artifacts. Present day... here, now... unbeknownst to anyone, the governor lays siege to the city. As violent deaths slowly stack up, the connections begin to point to their source. Caught in his wake of bloodshed is Zack Alder, a press representative for the governor. He, with the help of officer Lynn Russell, races against time to learn the truth and ultimately stop the governor from achieving his political resolve. ~ IMDB.com

- Official Site

DVD Features: Region 0 Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - Enlgish
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - Behind The Scenes
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

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Return of the Evil Dead (1972)

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Plot Synopsis: Have they heard your heart beating? In this second startling film in the Blind Dead series, writer/director Amando de Ossorio returns to the horrific origin of the depraved Templar: heretic knights whose eyes were burned out by medieval vigilantes to prevent them from finding their way back from Hell. Now on the 500th anniversary of their execution, the blind horsemen rise from their tombs to wreak bloody revenge on the town that condemned them. Tony Kendall (When the Screaming Stops), Frank Brana (Pieces) and Lone Fleming (Tombs of the Blind Dead) star in this chilling sequel that rocked the EuroHorror genre! This Definitive Edition of Return of the Evil Dead contains both the original English Version and the uncensored Spanish Version, both fully restored from original vault materials and remastered in heart-stopping High Definition. ~ Amazon.com

AKA Return of the Blind Dead

DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Includes American Version and Uncensored Spanish Version
Theatrical Trailers
Poster & Still Gallery

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Revenge of the Rats (2003)

Plot Synopsis: When trash collectors decide to go on strike during a record-breaking heat wave, the German city of Frankfurt is faced with a growing environmental catastrophe. Feeding off the increasing mountains of waste, giant rats multiply and begin to take over the city. Authorities discover these rats are resistant to traditional forms of extermination and carry a disease that proves fatal to humans. This surprisingly artful horror film offers a vision of the future that is similar to Hitchcock's The Birds. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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The Seekers (2003)

Plot Synopsis: A cursed videotape unleashes terror on its unsuspecting viewers who barter with their souls! Horror thriller in the traditions of The Ring and Wishmaster. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features: Region 0 Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Bloopers
Featurette - Behind The Scenes
Interviews
Trailer

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Street Trash (1987)

- "Bum Explosion" clip (flash)

Plot Synopsis: Just when you thought you had seen it all, out of the multi-colored slime bubbles comes street trash - the most squeamishly funny gore-fest ever. When an off brand of cheap wine becomes the favorite among a group of violent Skid Row bums and junkyard denizens, they are unaware that it will cause them the melt into formless blobs of dayglow gook. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features: NTSC
Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selections
Text/Photo Galleries:
Liner Notes
Additional Product:
Tenafly Viper Stickers

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition) (1974)

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Plot Synopsis: The granddaddy of all splatter films. Five teenagers driving through rural Texas stumble onto an old farmhouse which turns out to be inhabited by a ghoulish family of mass murderers. Chainsaws and meat hooks are the tools of these white trash psycho-killers' trade -- they decorate their home with human bones, skin and other gruesome relics, supplementing the body count with corpses from the local graveyard when fresh victims are scarce. It looks like curtains for certain for the teen travellers trapped inside this house of horrors -- unless one scantily-clad female can elude the powertools and survive the night of terror intact. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, without a doubt, the granddaddy of all splatter films. Inspired by 1950s mass murderer Ed Gein, Tobe Hooper's debut feature opens with five unsuspecting teenagers driving in a van through sun-scorched rural Texas. After a terrifying exchange with a demented hitchhiker, the group ends up at an old farmhouse. At first, the house appears to be abandoned, but soon, the evil residents begin to wreak havoc on the youngsters' lives. With her friends and wheelchair-bound brother Franklin (Paul A. Partain) disappearing one by one, the terrified Sally Hardesty (Marilyn Burns) must summon the strength to escape from the ghoulish family of mass murderers, who are led by the gruesome, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen). Hooper's low-budget exploitation horror film became a cult hit and favorite midnight movie that helped define the splatter genre by introducing such standard features as the house of terror, where innocent victims meet horrible ends, and the girl in peril who survives the mayhem to become the heroine. Spawning several sequels, as well as a 2003 remake (review), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remains an untouchable work of sheer terror that continues to shock audiences all over the world. Released in October 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre was director Tobe Hooper's first feature film. The film's estimated budget was $350,000. Featured songs by Roger Bartlett & Friends, Timberline Rose, Arkey Blue and Los Cyclones. The film was loosely based on the real-life crimes of Ed Gein, which also inspired Hitchcock's Psycho. John Larroquette makes an uncredited vocal appearance, providing the film with it's unsettling opening narration. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features: Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
HD transfer from original 16mm negatives
Commentary by actors Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Allen Danziger, and art designer Robert A. Burns
Commentary by director Tobe Hooper, cinematographer Daniel Pearl, and actor Gunnar Hansen
Trailers
TV and radio spots
73 minute documentary "Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth"
74 minute documentary "Flesh Wounds"
Tour of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre house before and after remodeling, conduced by Gunnar Hansen
Deleted scenes and outtakes
Blooper reel
Outtakes from "The Shocking Truth"
Still galleries

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Tombs of the Blind Dead (1973)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis: The scent of a nubile camper awakens the corpses of the ancient order of Templars--a horde of 13th century crusaders blinded and executed for heresy--from their 600-year slumber. Revived and hungry, the sightless zombies rely on their ears to hunt down their victims, and unlike most undead, who stumble about in slow-moving hordes, the Templars ride horses and even trains in pursuit of the sweet, sweet flesh of the living. In the hands of a lesser filmmaker, this premise would come across as laughable, but Amando de Ossorio effectively creates a chilling, creepy movie. Sequel: Return of the Blind Dead. ~ VideoUniverse.com

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Zombie Pack, Vol. 2 (1986)

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Zombie Holocaust/Burial Ground

Plot Synopsis:

Zombie Holocaust: AKA Dr. Butcher MD - Peter Chandler and Dr. Lori Ridgeway, in an effort to expose a flesh-eating cult in New York City, set out on an expedition to the primitive island of Keto. The two are soon trapped in the wilderness, surrounded by a tribe of murderous cannibals and an insane scientist, Dr. Obrero.

Burial Ground: The fun begins when a fatally curious professor unseals a mysterious crypt. A veritable army of shambling, rotting, flesh-hungry zombies rise again, marching into the night in search of prey. Nearby, a hapless group of socialites are enjoying a quiet weekend retreat. Unfortunately for them, their lavish rural villa lies right in the monsters' path!

Flesh Eater: After terrifying millions of moviegoers for over 30 years, the original zombie (Bill Hinzman) from George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead is back and hungrier than ever! Flesheater follows the path of a not-quite-dead killer one dark Halloween night. Join a group of teenagers as they take the nocturnal hayride of a lifetime in a pulse-pounding, non-stop onslaught of suspense, fright and splattering gore! ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features: Region 1
3-DVD Set - Keep Case
Audio:
(unspecified) - English

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Naked and Dead on Blood and Black Lace (2006)
Sub Rosa Studios, L.L.C
Color - 4 films - 2 Disc Set
Vampira (1998) - trailer (flash)
Night Vamps (2003)
Vampire Call Girls (1998)
Battle of the Colossal Women (2003)
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Scar (2005)
Silver Nitrate Entertainment
Color - 98 minutes - Rated R
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The Stephen King Collection (Pet Sematary Special Collector's Edition / The Dead Zone Special Collector's Edition / Graveyard Shift / Silver Bullet) (1990)
Paramount Home Video
4 Disc Set
Pet Sematary
The Dead Zone
Silver Bullet
Graveyard Shift
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