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DVD Releases: 10/10/2006 (part two)
By John Marrone
Oct 12, 2006, 11:20

Hollywood's Legends of Horror Collection (1932)

Plot Synopsis: 

Mark of the Vampire (trailer): Are the bloodsuckers back? Bela Lugosi dons the dark cape, and Tod Browning (Dracula) directs with great style.

The Mask of Fu Manchu: Beware the death ray of evil Fu Manchu (Boris Karloff) and don't trust his temptress daughter (Myrna Loy)!

Doctor X (trailer): Science or madness? Lionel Atwill has a method for catching a killer. With scream queen Fay Wray and in rare two-strip Technicolor. 

The Return of Doctor X: Bogie needs blood! In his most famously atypical role, Humphrey Bogart is a once-dead fiend brought back to life.

Mad Love: Play murder for me! Surgeon Peter Lorre replaces a famed pianist's hands with the hands of a killer. Directed by Karl Freund (The Mummy).

The Devil-Doll (trailer): Meet the living terrors of Lionel Barrymore's toyshop. Tod Browning (Freaks) directs. Maureen O'Sullivan co-stars. ~ Amazon.com 

DVD Features:  Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
Mark of the Vampire (1935) / The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Commentary by genre historians Kim Newman and Steve Jones (Mark of the Vampire)
Theatrical Trailer (Mark of the Vampire)
Commentary by Greg Mank, author of "Karloff & Lugosi: A Story of a Haunting Collaboration" (The Mask of Fu Manchu)
Doctor X (1932) / The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Commentary by horror scholar Tom Weaver (Doctor X)
Theatrical Trailer
Commentary by director Vincent Sherman and author Steve Haberman (The Return of Doctor X)
Theatrical Trailer
Mad Love (1935) / The Devil Doll (1936)
Commentary by Steve Haberman, author of "Chronicles of Terror" (Mad Love)
Theatrical Trailers

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Ju-On 2 (2000)

- trailer (windows media)

Plot Synopsis:  The most terrifying ghost story in screen history continues as Kyoko loses her unborn child in a car accident and finds out to her shock that something is still growing within her in director Takashi Shimizu's sequel to the groundbreaking horror hit Ju-On: The Grudge. Kyoko is a pregnant actress who has recently lost her baby on a tragic road mishap. Despite her overwhelming grief, popular scream queen Kyoko determines to carry on with her career by taking part in a television program that will explore the home purported to be haunted by a child whose parents were once killed there. When Kyoko begins to fall ill and seeks the advice of a doctor who is unaware of her recent loss, she is shocked when he informs her that her pregnancy seems to be progressing normally. ~ All Movie Guide

DVD Features:  Region 1 Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Japanese

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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater, Vol. 3

Plot Synopsis:  This volume of Kazuo Umezz' Horror Theater includes the fifth and sixth episodes from the series. In "The Present," several college students attending a Christmas party are terrorized by a satanic Santa Claus decides to punish all those who've been naughty in the year before. In "Death Make," a teen and a television executive plan to shoot a horror show in a deserted warehouse. But once they arrive, they realize the horror may be real. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Region 1 Keep Case
Audio:
(unspecified) - Japanese
Subtitles - English

- Official Site (Japanese)

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La Rebelion de Las Muertas (1972)

Plot Synopsis:  AKA Horror Rises From the Tomb - Scotland Yard begins an investigation that is so terrifying in its outcome, it nearly brings the venerable organization to its knees. It begins with the inquiry into the murder of a young girl and soon evolves into a case surrounding a long forgotten crime, a madman, and zombies. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.66
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - Castillian/Spanish
(unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Production Interview - Paul Naschy - Star
Spanish Credit Sequence
Trailer - U.S. Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Liner Notes
Stills

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Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Discoclub 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! ~ VideoUniverse.com

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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MPD Psycho: The Complete Miniseries (2006)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  A detective with multiple personalities and a dark past struggles to find out who he is while solving cases and unraveling more threads of his past. ~ Omanga.net

DVD Features:  Keep Case
4-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - Japanese

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Night of Terror (Ws) (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  A family divided, a relentless storm, and a killer on the loose. What starts out as a week-long boat trip to save a troubled family, dissolves into a savage fight to save their lives. An obsessed stalker has tracked Jill Dunne, her husband Sean and daughter Olivia, miles down a treacherous river. His desire is to claim the Dunne family as his own - but first, he must get rid of Jill's husband. As darkness falls and the storm rises, the killer approaches with ghostly precision - igniting a deadly confrontation between the hunter, the hunted...and nature's fury. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital - English

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San Franpsycho (2006)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  From the makers of The Damned - Todd Bridges and Joe Estevez star in San Franpsycho, a gripping thriller about a serial killer on the streets of San Francisco. The killer sends taunting messages to a local news reporter, who joins forces with a psychologist to track the criminal down before it's too late. Suspense, intrigue, and nonstop chills abound. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Widescreen - 1.78
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

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Santa Claws (1996)

Plot Synopsis:  Horror film star Raven Quinn finds reality to be more frightening than her celluloid life when her neighbor, Wayne, begins to obsessively stalk her, murdering anyone who stands between them. As the bodies pile on the set, Raven tries to survive the shoot and the psychotic fury of Wayne, hoping that actress - and character, alike - make it through the final cut. Written and directed by Night of the Living Dead author John Russo. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English
Scene Selection

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Skeeter (1994)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  There have been giant ants, giant praying mantises and even giant flesh-eating rabbits, now humongous mosquitoes spawned from toxic waste come to suck the blood of a small American town. A young couple with flame throwers must purge their home from these whining mutant pests.  Toxic waste turns a stagnant pool of water into a breeding ground of terror. Sarah Crosby and her boyfriend are the first to discover the new species of mosquitos that plague the small desert town of Mesquite. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Widescreen - 1.78
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

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Superstition (1984)

- trailer (windows media)

Plot Synopsis:  The Victims who died were the lucky ones. Something horrible is happening at the old house on Mill Road. A series of ghastly ‘accidents’ has occurred near the site where a witch was drowned centuries earlier. But when an alcoholic minister and his family move into the cursed residence, an idealistic young priest (James Houghton) and a cynical police detective (Albert Salmi of Empire of the Ants) start their own investigation into the unexplained violence. Has the daughter of Satan returned for a rampage of vengeance? Will the laws of the Church be strong enough to cast out this blood-crazed demon? And if Evil has truly found a new home, is the entire neighborhood headed straight to Hell? Lynn Carlin (Deathdream), Larry Pennell (Bubba Ho-Tep) and Heidi Bohay co-star in this gruesome tale of possession and the occult, packed with nasty splashes of awesome ‘80s gore! ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen -
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - Gruesome Edition (Ws) (1986)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  This wild, operatic 1986 sequel to 1974's low-budget horror hit--The Texas Chainsaw Massacre--is an extraordinary film that demonstrates just how far filmmaker Tobe Hooper had grown in the interim between the two movies. (Between the two movies, Hooper directed, among other things, the Spielberg production Poltergeist, the critically admired Lifeforce, and the spooky remake of Invaders from Mars.) In Massacre 2, Hooper enlists Dennis Hopper as a Texas Ranger seeking vengeance against the flesh-eating family that was introduced in the first film. Meanwhile, a radio deejay (Caroline Williams) is kidnapped by the family and brought to their underground lair. The performances are crazed, terrifying, and comic; the chainsaw fights are practically epic; the lighting and camera work are artful; the emotions are strong; and the ending is astounding, unparalleled in its imagery and force. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: (unspecified) - English
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes (5)
Audio Commentary -
1. Tobe Hooper - Director; David Gregory - Documentary Director
2. Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams - Stars; Tom Savini - Special Effects Creator
Featurettes - "It Runs In The Family" (Parts 1-6)
Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos

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Tiki (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Tiki is a word usually associated with fun, color, and tropical islands. But in this creepy horror film a tiki doll becomes possessed by the spirit of a hospitalized girl who was the victim of a vicious prank. When the doll comes to life, it sets off on a kill-crazy rampage, aiming to quickly end the lives of the people who played the cruel trick. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes - Making Of
Featurette - "Ron Ford Video Profile"
Trailer

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Toxie Blood Bank 10 Disc Collector's Set (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Since 1974, Troma Entertainment has been churning out its own distinctive brand of campy, low-budget horror flicks fueled by equal parts gore, black comedy, and nudity. This collection presents 10 of the most popular Troma outings:
Horror of the Humongous Human
Beyond Evil
Evil Clutch (trailer)
Nightmare Weekend
Mommy's Epitaph
Play Dead (trailer)
Death by Dialogue
Nightfall
Chillers
Scream Baby Scream ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Special Packaging (organ case with "blood" gel capsule)
10-Disc Set
Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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