WHAT'S COMING TO DVD? - OCT. 2005

[Scott W. Davis]

Hope you saved some cash. This is the COOLEST MONTH YET FOR DVD RELEASES (After all, Halloween is right around the corner).

OCTOBER 4
ALIEN APOCALYPSE: Anchor Bay
THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2005): MGM/Sony Pictures
BABES OF THE NIGHT (HUNTRESS: SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT, FORBIDDEN ZONE: ALIEN ABDUCTION, CEMETERY HIGH, THE OCCULTIST; 4-DVD set): Full Moon
BEDLAM/ISLE OF THE DEAD: Warner
BEG!: Troma
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN: Sony
BODY PARTS (1994): Troma
BRICK OF BLOOD (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, HORROR, SYNGENOR, DARK FORCES, THE INCUBUS, MUTANT; 6-DVD box): Elite
CASKET OF DEATH (VAMPIRE JOURNALS, KILLJOY, WITCHOUSE, THE HORRIBLE DR. BONES; 4-DVD set): Full Moon
CAT PEOPLE/THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (DVD special edition): Warner
COUNT DUCKULA: COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: Koch
THE DARK BACKWARD: MGM/Sony Pictures
DEMON SEED: Warner
DESPERATE SOULS: Lions Gate
DRACULA A.D. 1972: Warner
FANGORIA FRIGHT PACK (LAST HORROR MOVIE, SKINNED DEEP, DEAD MEAT; 3-DVD set): GoreZone/Hart Sharp
FANGORIA'S BLOOD DRIVE II: Koch
FANGORIA'S BLOOD DRIVE Collection (2-DVD set): Koch
THE FLY (2-DVD special edition): Fox
THE FLY II (2-DVD special edition): Fox
THE FOG (remastered DVD special edition): MGM/Sony Pictures
FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE CREATURE FROM BLOOD COVE: William Winckler Prods.
HAPPY TREE FRIENDS: OVERKILL (3-DVD Set): Ventura
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE/THE BODY SNATCHER: Warner
INTO THE WEST: Dreamworks
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER: Universal
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE: MGM/Sony Pictures - (About time! I've been waiting forever for this one! Great early Jodie Foster/Martin Sheen flick!!! )
LONG HAIR OF DEATH: Retromedia
LOST THINGS: CreepFX/Maverick
THE MAN WITH 9 LIVES: MGM/Sony Pictures
THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN: Anchor Bay
MONSTER HIGH: MGM/Sony Pictures - (Not a great comedy if I remember, but a TON of cheap T&A... of which I'm a fan. )
THE NEW KIDS: MGM/Sony Pictures
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS: Warner - (Killer bunny wabbits!)
NURSIE: Skouras/Ventura
PARTS OF THE FAMILY: Troma
PRIVATE PARTS (1972): Warner (Paul Bartel, R.I.P.)
PULSE (1988): MGM/Sony Pictures
THE RIDGE: York
ROBOT JOX: Sony
SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS: Koch
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE: Anchor Bay - (The most crass, soulless and commercial Christmas cash-in ever... until THE GRINCH, or CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS, or...)
SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER: Screen Media/Universal
SCHOOL KILLER: Image
SCI-FI HORROR (THE KILLER EYE, KRAA! THE SEA MONSTER, MURDERCYCLE, ZARKORR! THE INVADER; 4-DVD set): Full Moon
SHADOW HUNTERS: Koch (Not John Johnson's film, which is pretty good)
THE SHUNNED: Silver Nitrate
SLAB OF HORROR (CASTLE FREAK, RETRO PUPPET MASTER, SIDESHOW, CREEPOZOIDS; 4-DVD set): Full Moon
THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE: MGM/Sony Pictures
A STRANGER IS WATCHING: Warner
TALES OF VOODOO Vol. 5 (VENGEANCE/SCORPION THUNDERBOLT; DVD): VideoAsia/Ventura
TERROR TALES Vol. 1 (NINJA VAMPIRE BUSTERS/VAMPIRE HONEYMOON; DVD): VideoAsia/Ventura
TORTURE GARDEN: MGM/Sony Pictures
VAL LEWTON HORROR COLLECTION (CAT PEOPLE, CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, BEDLAM, ISLE OF THE DEAD, THE LEOPARD MAN, THE GHOST SHIP, THE SEVENTH VICTIM, SHADOWS IN THE DARK: THE VAL LEWTON LEGACY; DVD box): Warner - (HOLY SHIT!!! If you get ONE DVD set this whole month, this might be the one! )
VAMPIRES & WITCHES (VAMPIRE JOURNALS, BLOODSTORM: SUBSPECIES 4, WITCHOUSE; 3-DVD set): Full Moon
WARRIORS: ULTIMATE DIRECTOR'S CUT: Paramount - (Waaaariooors, come-out-to playeeeeeee!)
WILD PALMS: MGM - (Come on, I can't be the only one who loved this mini-series! )

OCTOBER 11
11:14: Warner
AMITYVILLE 1992: IT'S ABOUT TIME: Lions Gate
AMITYVILLE: A NEW GENERATION: Lions Gate
BIKINI AIRWAYS: Retromedia
BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY: Warner
THE DARK (1979): Shriek Show/Media Blasters
DARK HARVEST 2: Lions Gate
EMANUELLE'S DAUGHTER: QUEEN OF SADOS: Media Blasters
EXECUTIONER/EXECUTIONER II: Ventura
THE FOG (a.k.a. DHUND): Image
FRANKENSTEIN ISLAND: Retromedia
GANTZ: DEATHWATCH: ADV Films
GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS: Classic Media
GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO: Classic Media
GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA : Classic Media
GODZILLA'S REVENGE: Classic Media
GODZILLA Boxed Set (5-DVD box): Classic Media
HAMMERHEAD: First Look
HIGH TENSION (R & Unrated Versions): Lions Gate
HONDO: Paramount
HOOKERS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE: Retromedia
IZO: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters
KINGDOM HOSPITAL: POST MORTEM (2-DVD Set): Sony Pictures
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: Fox
MISTY MUNDAE EURO VIXEN PACK (Includes: ROXANNA, SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR LUST, VAMPIRE VIXENS, MUMMY RAIDER - possibly new versions): Seduction
NIGHT FANGS: Hart Sharp
PLAGA ZOMBIE: ZONA MUTANTE (2-DVD special edition): Fangoria Int'l/Media Blasters
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE: Retromedia (With Christopher Lee as Holmes! B) )
SLIME CITY Double Feature (SLIME CITY, NAKED FEAR; DVD special edition): Retro Shock-O-Rama/E.I.
SPACE AMOEBA: Media Blasters
TALES OF TERROR FROM TOKYO II: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters
TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA: Classic Media
UNBORN BUT FORGOTTEN: Tartan/TLA
UNDEAD: Lions Gate
UNLEASHED: Lion's Gate

OCTOBER 18
ANIME HOTSHOTS: MASQUERADE 3: A18 Corp.
BATMAN: SE: Warner
BATMAN & ROBIN: SE: Warner
BATMAN BEGINS: Warner
BATMAN FOREVER: SE: Warner
BATMAN RETURNS: SE: Warner
CHAINED HEAT 2: Warner
DARK SHADOWS: The Complete Revival Series (3-DVD set): MGM/Sony Pictures
DAY OF THE DEAD 2: CONTAGIUM: Anchor Bay - (Word on the street is this is supposed to be REALLY bad).
ELEKTRA: Unrated Director's Cut: Fox
ETERNAL: Sony Pictures
GALAXY OF TERROR (THE DINOSAUR CHRONICLES, PREYLIAN: ALIEN PREDATORS, THE WEAPON, BLOOD RED PLANET; 2-DVD set): Brentwood
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: Retromedia
THE HOLLOW: First Look
I, MOBSTER: Sony (Rare Corman goodness)
JACQUELINE HYDE: Warner
LAND OF THE DEAD (R & Unrated Versions): Universal
LIFEBOAT: Fox
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM: Hart Sharp
MPD PSYCHO III: Adness Ent./Ventura
SABATA TRILOGY COLLECTION (Includes: SABATA, ADIOS SABATA, RETURN OF SABATA): Sony - (Lee Van Cleef Spaghetti Westerns never on Region 1 DVD! This is good stuff, folks! )
SAW (new DVD special edition): Lions Gate
SEASON OF THE WITCH/THERE'S ALWAYS VANILLA: Anchor Bay
SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES: Retromedia/Image
SLIM TILL DEAD: Tai Seng
THE TWILIGHT ZONE: The Definitive Edition, Season Four (DVD box): Image
UNSEEN CINEMA: EARLY AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE FILM 1894-1941: Image

OCTOBER 25
AFRAID OF THE DARK: Image
ALIAS: SEASON 4: Buena Vista
AMERICAN GOTHIC: The Complete Series (3-DVD set): Universal
BATTLE OF THE WORLDS: Pro-Active
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (2-DVD special edition): Blue Underground
BOO: Ventura
BRIDGE TOO FAR: SE: MGM
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (2-DVD special edition): Grindhouse - (HOLD ON! REALLY?!? HONEST AND FOR TRUE?!? Let's hope this isn't a hoax, folks! )
DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS: Pro-Active
DEAD MEN WALKING: Asylum
DEATHLESS DEVIL: TURKISH POP CINEMA DOUBLE BILL: Mondo Macabro
DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL: Shriek Show/Media Blasters
DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN: Pro-Active
DOLL GRAVEYARD: Wizard Ent.
DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST: Warner - (Finally, we see what all the fuss is about)
DON'T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND/GOLDEN CHAN: Image
EFFECTS: Synapse
EVIL BREED: THE LEGEND OF SAMHAIN: Velocity - (Loooong delayed horror film featuring many porn stars in legit roles. Really want to see this. B) )
THE FLESH EATERS: Dark Sky
FRANKENSTEIN'S BLOODY TERROR: Shriek Show/Media Blasters - (NASCHY!!!! And the one that started it all, MARK OF THE WOLFMAN!)
GHOSTWATCHER 2: Lions Gate
THE GIRL IN THE BASEMENT: Asylum
GREY KNIGHT: The Director's Cut (a.k.a. GHOST BRIGADE; DVD special edition): Vanguard
HOUSE OF WAX (2005): Warner - (Better than you'd think!)
HOUSE OF WAX 2-Pack (2005/1953; DVD special editions): Warner
KILLERS BY NATURE (DVD special edition): SRS Cinema
LAST DAYS: Warner
LE SAMOURAI: Criterion
MACHINES OF LOVE AND HATE: Cinema Image
MELINDA & MELINDA: Fox - (I still love Woody Allen movies)
MUNSTERS: SEASON 2: Universal
NAIL GUN MASSACRE: Synapse
PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS OF WEST ROBIN HOOD HILLS: HVE - (Free the West Memphis Three!)
PARTNER: NoShame
POINT PLEASANT: The Complete Series (3-DVD set): Fox
PREDATOR ISLAND: UMVD Visual Entertainment
REBEL SAMURAI SIXTIES SWORDPLAY CLASSICS (Includes: SAMURAI REBELLION, SWORD OF THE BEAST, SAMURAI SPY, KILL!): Criterion
SAMURAI REBELLION: Criterion
SAMURAI SPY: Criterion
SCRAPBOOK (new DVD special edition): Image - (Still the most disturbing horror film I've ever seen. Definitely not for everyone, but I happen to think it's one of the most brilliant horror films of the last few decades. No, I'm not kidding) B)
SEVEN DEATHS IN A CAT'S EYE: Blue Underground - (Great, I just paid for an inferior print too) :rolleyes:
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE 1 & 2 (2-DVD set): Sony Pictures
SINGLE WHITE FEMALE 2: THE PSYCHO: Sony Pictures - (And the award for sequel no one was waiting for goes to...)
SPECIES: MGM/Sony Pictures
SPIDER FOREST: Tartan/TLA
STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER: Blue Underground
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: The Complete Second Season (3-DVD box): HBO
TERROR BENEATH THE SEA: Dark Sky
THOSE WHO HUNT ELVES: Complete Collection: ADVision
TITANIC: SE: Paramount - (Because at over $1 billion worldwide, someone must give a shit)
TOXIE'S TOP TEN (CROAKED: FROG MONSTER FROM HELL, CURSE OF THE CANNIBAL CONFEDERATES, DEAD DUDES IN THE HOUSE, DEADLY DAPHNE’S REVENGE, DEMENTED DEATH FARM MASSACRE, FERTILIZE THE BLASPHEMING BOMBSHELL, THE NEWLYDEADS, SPACE ZOMBIE BINGO, STUFF STEPHANIE IN THE INCINERATOR, VIDEO DEMONS DO PSYCHOTOWN; 10-DVD box): Brentwood
WAGES OF FEAR: Criterion - (New special edition rendering my old one worthless)
WET ASPHALT: Dark Sky
WOMB RAIDER: Indican - (No idea what this one is. There's no way it's as cool as the crass imaginings in my brain, though)
ZERO WOMAN: RED HANDCUFFS: NoShame - (Not the Tokyo Shock films, the original)
ZOMBI: DAWN OF THE DEAD (Argento cut; DVD): Anchor Bay - (Good, if you didn't shell out for the 4 DVD Set. But then, why wouldn't you?!?)

OCTOBER
DEAD THINGS: Gallows Hill
SCARLET FRY'S JUNKFOOD HORRORFEST: TBA