FOX And MGM Team Up To Bring Halloween Home
 By Dave Dreher

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Aug 18, 2007, 0:21 am

Just got in a press release outlining a bunch of releases from FOX and MGM for the Halloween season.  Lots of info included below so strap in and go get yourself a pen to write all this stuff down:

Spine-Tingling Tales Turn Loose September 11

Bloodcurdling Films New To DVD Include

The Burning, Scarecrows, The Lost World Special Edition And More

 

Street Date:               September 11, 2007

Launch Highlights:

·        Debuting on DVD in an all-new Special Edition from Fox Home Entertainment, The Lost World explores a land that lives today exactly as it did at the     dawn of time. Based on the 1912 Novel, this remake of the 1925 film by the “original master of Disaster” Irwin Allen, was a critically acclaimed film of the 60’s. Digitally restored and re-mastered, this two-disc set features film historian commentary, making of documentaries, rare still images, press      book galleries and the 1925 Willis O’Brien stop-motion special-effects film.

 

·        MGM Home Entertainment unleashes creepy tales on DVD this Halloween. New to DVD, The Burning (1981), featuring film debuts from Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander and Fisher Stevens, tells the gruesome tale of a severely burned summer camp janitor returning to camp hell-bent on vengeance on a new batch of hormone-driven campers; and thieves on the run find themselves trapped in a cornfield haunted by dark, lurid figures in Scarecrows (1988);. Debuting on widescreen DVD, witness the birth of evil with ManhunterSometimes They Come Back (1991) returns to DVD starring Tim Matheson and Brooke Adams. (1986), the eerie and intense film debut of Hannibal Lecter, staring Brian Cox. The television movie based on a short story by Stephen King,

 

·        Psycho killers, zombies, sci-fi creatures and evil children are set loose when Fox Home Entertainment promotes dozens of horror filled treats flicks and collections ranging from $9.98 to $39.98 in time Halloween 2007, including The Hills Have Eyes, The Omen Collection, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 28 Days Later and the all-new 4-Disc Fly Classic Collection!

 

·        Beware of vampires, tormented souls, madmen and madwomen as MGM Home Entertainment’s catalog of ghoulish titles is re-priced in time for Halloween ranging from $9.98 to $39.98, The Amityville Horror Collection, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Hannibal Lector Collection, The Howling, Child’s Play, among many others!

 

New To Special Edition DVD From Fox Priced At $19.98 U.S. and $25.98 Canada

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Lost World (Special Edition)                                           97 min.

 

New To DVD Titles From MGM Priced At $14.98 U.S. and $15.98 Canada

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Burning                                                                           91 min.

Manhunter                                                                             124 min.

Scarecrows                                                                             83 min.

Sometimes They Come Back                                                  97 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $39.98 U.S                             

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Complete Omen Collection                                            533 min.

The Fly Classic Collection (4-Disc)                                       252 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $39.98 U.S.

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Stephen King DVD Collector Set                                          447 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $29.98 U.S.

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Hannibal Lector Collection                                            369 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $26.98 U.S.                            

Title:                                                                                       Length:

AVP – Alien vs. Predator (Collector’s Edition)                      108 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $26.98 U.S.

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Silence of the Lambs (Collector’s Edition)                       118 min.

 

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $22.98 U.S.

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Hannibal (Special Edition)                                                      131 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $19.98 U.S.                 

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show / Shock Treatment            192 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $19.98 U.S.                 

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Fly (Collector's Edition)                                                    95 min.

Fly II (Collector's Edition)                                                       104 min.

From Hell (2-disc)                                                                  121 min.

Hide & Seek (Widescreen & Full Screen)                                101 min.

The Hills Have Eyes (Rated)                                                   107 min.

The Hills Have Eyes (Unrated)                                                108 min.

Night Watch                                                                           114 min.

The Omen (Collector's Edition)                                                111 min.

Predator (Collector's Edition) (Widescreen & Full Screen)      106 min.

Predator 2 (Collector's Edition)                                               108 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $19.98 U.S.

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector’s Edition)             157 min.

Bubba Ho-Tep (Collector’s Edition)                                       95 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $14.98 U.S.                            

Title:                                                                                       Length:

28 Days Later (Widescreen & Full Screen)                            113 min.

Alien                                                                                      116 min.

Aliens                                                                                     154 min.

Alien 3                                                                                   115 min.

Alien Resurrection                                                                 108 min.

Alien vs. Predator (Widescreen & Full Screen)                      108 min.

The Cabinet of Caligari                                                        105 min.

Club Dread (Rated)                                                               104 min.

Club Dread (Unrated)                                                            119 min.

The Day the Earth Stood Still                                                92 min.

Doctor and the Devils                                                            92 min.

Don't Say A Word                                                                  113 min.

Dressed To Kill ('41)                                                              74 min.

Frankenstein Unbound                                                          85 min.

From Hell (single disc)                                                            121 min.

The Fury                                                                                 95 min.

High Crimes                                                                           115 min.

House of the Dammed ('63)                                                    63 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $14.98 U.S. (cont’d)                          

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte                                              132 min.

The Innocents                                                                         100 min.

Lifeboat (Special Edition)                                                        96 min.

Night Train to Paris ('64)                                                       65 min.

One Hour Photo (Widescreen & Full Screen)                          96 min.

The Other ('72)                                                                       100 min.

Phone Booth                                                                           81 min.

Pretty Poison ('68)                                                                  89 min.

Rocky Horror Picture Show (single disc)                                100 min.

Runaway Jury (Widescreen & Full Screen)                             127 min.

Sexy Beast                                                                               89 min.

Shock Treatment                                                                     92 min.

Unfaithful (Widescreen & Full Screen)                                    124 min.

Wrong Turn                                                                             84 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $14.98 U.S.                       

Title:                                                                                       Length:

After Midnight                                                                       93 min.

The Amityville Horror                                                           119 min.

The Amityville Horror (’05)                                                   89 min.

Amityville II: The Possession                                                 104 min.

Amityville III: The Demon                                                      93 min.

Audrey Rose                                                                           113 min.

The Believers                                                                         115 min.

Blacula                                                                                   93 min.

Breeders                                                                                 77 min.

The Brood                                                                              92 min.

Burnt Offerings                                                                      114 min.

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh                                      91 min.

Carrie (Special Edition)                                                           98 min.

Child’s Play                                                                            87 min.

Christina’s House                                                                   97 min.

Dark Half                                                                               121 min.

Dolls                                                                                       78 min.

Dressed To Kill (’80)                                                             105 min.

Edge of Sanity                                                                        91 min.

The First Power                                                                     98 min.

The Fog (Special Edition)                                                        90 min.

Frogs                                                                                      90 min.

From a Whisper to a Scream                                                 100 min.

The Ghoul                                                                               80 min.

Ghoulies / Ghoulies II                                                             171 min.

Hannibal                                                                                 131 min.

The House Where Evil Dwells                                                88 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $14.98 U.S. (cont’d)                     

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Howling (Special Edition)                                                 91 min.

The Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf                             91 min.

I, Madman                                                                              89 min.

Jeepers Creepers                                                                    90 min.

Jeepers Creepers 2 (Special Edition)                                       104 min.

Killer Clowns from Outer Space                                            86 min.

The Lady in White                                                                  118 min.

The Last House on the Left                                                    84 min.

Leviathan                                                                               98 min.

Lifeforce                                                                                 116 min.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane                             92 min.

Lord of Illusions                                                                     121 min.

Night of the Comet                                                                 95 min.

The Night of the Hunter                                                         93 min.

The Night Stalker / The Night Strangler                                164 min.

Night Visitor                                                                           94 min.

Nomads                                                                                   93 min.

The Phantom of the Opera (’89)                                            93 min.

Poltergeist II / Poltergeist III                                                 189 min.

The Rage: Carrie 2                                                                 105 min.

Rampage: the Hillside Strangler Murders                              85 min.

Scream, Blacula, Scream                                                        96 min.

Shredder                                                                                 86 min.

The Silence of the Lambs                                                       118 min.

Stigmata                                                                                 102 min.

Swamp Thing                                                                          91 min.

Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too                                                     186 min.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Special Edition)                 101 min.

Troll / Troll 2                                                                          178 min.

What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice?                                    101 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $9.98 U.S.                              

Title:                                                                                       Length:

The Alligator People                                                              74 min.

Best Laid Plans                                                                      92 min.

Black Widow                                                                          101 min.

The Boston Strangler                                                             116 min.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Movie)                                         86 min.

The Clearing                                                                          94 min.

Damien: The Omen II                                                            107 min.

Darkwolf                                                                                94 min.

The Deep End                                                                        101 min.

The Edge                                                                                120 min.

The Good Son                                                                        86 min.

 

Fox DVDs Priced At $9.98 U.S. (cont’d)                            

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Hear No Evil                                                                          97 min.

Joy Ride                                                                                  96 min.

Killer Tomatoes Eat France                                                  93 min.

Killer Tomatoes Strike Back                                                  87 min.

Lake Placid (Widescreen & Full Screen)                                 82 min.

Legend of Hell House                                                             95 min.

Omen III: The Final Conflict                                                 108 min.

The Omen ('06) (Widescreen & Full Screen)                           110 min.

The Order                                                                               102 min.

Phantom of the Paradise                                                        92 min.

Ravenous                                                                                100 min.

Sleeping with the Enemy                                                        99 min.

Swimfan                                                                                  85 min.

Terror Train                                                                            97 min.

The Vanishing                                                                         109 min.

 

MGM DVDs Priced At $9.98 U.S.                         

Title:                                                                                       Length:

Squirm                                                                                   93 min.

Carrie (’02)                                                                           132 min.

Synopses:

The Burning                                                                                          Catalog #: M108553


A legend of terror isn’t a campfire story anymore! Cropsy (Lou David), a summer camp caretaker, is horribly disfigured by fire after a teenage prank goes awry. Years later, he emerges from the burn ward hell-bent on vengeance on a new batch of hormone-driven campers with an oversized pair of garden shears. One of the first producing and writing credits for both Harvey Weinstein (Shakespeare In Love, Scream, Kill Bill) and Brad Grey (The Sopranos, The Larry Sanders Show), The Burning (1981) also includes film debuts by Holly Hunter (The Piano, Copycat, Thirteen), Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”, “Listen Up”), Fisher Stevens (Short Circuit, Reversal Of Fortune, Hackers) and Brian Backer (Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Moving Violations) with gruesome special effects by the talented Tom Savini (Friday The 13th, Dawn Of The Dead).

The Lost World Special Edition                                                            Catalog #: 2245965


Prepare yourself to fall off the brink of time and enter The Lost World – A word that lives today exactly as it did at the dawn of time. Professor Challenger and his team of scientists embark on an expedition to a remote plateau deep within the Amazonian jungle to investigate reports that dinosaurs are still alive there. Suddenly, they are exposed to the death-battle of the Jurassic dinosaurs, a wild 70 lb. brontosaurus, a Tyrannosaurus hatching a baby monster, a sea-serpent of a lava lake appearing from the depths, spiders that stalk humans and more! Finally reliving on DVD, this 2-disc special edition will also feature the following bonus features:

·        Film Historian Commentary

·        Making-of Documentaries

·        Rare Still Images

·        Press Book Galleries

·        The 1925 Willis O’Brien Special Effect Masterpiece

 

Manhunter                                                                                           Catalog #: M108559


Enter the mind of a serial killer… you may never come back. Based on Thomas Harris’s novel Red Dragon, Manhunter introduces the notorious serial killer Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter to film in this prequel to The Silence Of The Lambs. Nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Motion Picture in 1987, Manhunter stars William Petersen (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” The Contender) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox, Adaptation, X2, “Deadwood”) to track down a vicious killer who has thwarted authorities at every turn.

Scarecrows                                                                                           Catalog #: M108562


When it comes to terror, trespassers are in a field of their own. Centering around a group of thieves who, after stealing millions the Camp Pendleton payroll, kidnap a pilot and his daughter in attempt to escape to Mexico. While en route, one of the thieves gets greedy and double-crosses the others by parachuting out of the aircraft with the loot into a dark cornfield maze with more than it’s share of creepy scarecrows. As the others delve into the field after the stolen cash, they begin to realize that these scarecrows aren’t just hanging around. They’re out for blood!

                                               

Sometimes They Come Back                                                              Catalog #: M108565


Based on the story by Stephen King, Tim Matheson (“The West Wing,” “The Quest”) stars as troubled high school teacher Jim Norman who returns to his hometown with his family where he must confront some painful and haunting memories. Some 27 years earlier, Tim’s brother was murdered by a group of high school thugs, who were killed themselves by an oncoming train. As some of Tim’s students begin to die one by one, the ghostly apparitions of the bullies from his past begin to appear. It’s up to Tim to protect his wife and son and cast off the shackles of his past to stop these supernatural killers.



 

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