Here are the classic films newly released on Blu-ray on October 18, 2016 (Part 2):
- TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO (1993-2006)
- PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006)
- THE MARX BROTHERS SILVER SCREEN COLLECTION (1929-1933)
- BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1989)
- LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (1970)
- VILLA RIDES (1968)
- FUZZ (1972)
- WAXWORK / WAXWORK II (1988-1992)
- TABLE FOR FIVE (1983)
- SPECIAL EFFECTS (1984)
- GAS-S-S-S (1970)
Find out more about each Blu-ray release after the jump.
TRILOGIA DE GUILLERMO DEL TORO (1993-2006)
Product Description: Throughout a career that encompasses both visually arresting art-house hits and big-budget Hollywood spectacles, director Guillermo del Toro has continually redefined and elevated the horror genre with his deeply personal explorations of myths and monsters. These three Spanish-language films, each a tale of childhood in troubled times, showcase his singular fusion of the fantastic and the real. Drawing inspiration from a rich variety of sources, from Alfred Hitchcock to Francisco de Goya, the gothic-infused stories collected here—populated by vampires, ghosts, and a fairy-tale princess—make evident why del Toro is considered the master cinematic fabulist of our time.
Starring: Doug Jones, Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Ivana Baquero
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 318 min
Language: Spanish
Language: Spanish
Studio: Criterion
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 1.78:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 1.78:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 3
No. of Discs: 3
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- Audio Commentaries
- Interviews
- Featurettes
- Interactive Storyboard Comparisons
- PiP Storyboards
- Deleted Scenes
- Still Gallery
- Motion Comics
- Trailers
- 100-page Hardcover Book
PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006)
Product Description: An Academy Award–winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Pan’s Labyrinth encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro. Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight.
The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child’s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth.
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Runtime: 118 min
Language: Spanish
Language: Spanish
Studio: Criterion
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary
- Featurettes
- Interactive Storyboard Comparisons
- Motion Comics
- Trailers
- Pamphlet
THE MARX BROTHERS SILVER SCREEN COLLECTION (1929-1933)
Product Description: The Marx Brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo – are the reigning kings of comedy and remain one of the most iconic comic teams of all time. From their early days on Vaudeville and Broadway through their wildly popular motion pictures, the Marx Brothers kept audiences of all ages laughing out loud with some of the most hilarious routines ever imagined. The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Restored Edition captures the very best of the comedy team and includes the only five movies to feature all four brothers. Filled with unforgettable comedy sketches, musical numbers, witty dialogue and plenty of gags, this must-own collection includes The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and their most popular film, Duck Soup.
Starring: Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont
Director: Victor Heerman, Norman Z. McLeod, Joseph Santley, Robert Florey, Leo McCarey
Genre: Comedy, Musical,
Director: Victor Heerman, Norman Z. McLeod, Joseph Santley, Robert Florey, Leo McCarey
Genre: Comedy, Musical,
Runtime: 408 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Universal
Aspect Ratio: 1.35:1, 1.33:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.35:1, 1.33:1
Rating: Not Rated
No. of Discs: 3
No. of Discs: 3
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH, French
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH, French
Special Features:
- The Cocoanuts: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Anthony Slide
- Animal Crackers: Feature Commentary with Film Historian Jeffrey Vance
- Monkey Business: Commentary with Marx Bros. Historian/Author Robert S. Bader and Bill Marx
- Horse Feathers: Feature Commentary with Film Critic F.X. Feeney
- Duck Soup: Commentary with Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin and Marx Bros. Historian/Author Robert S. Bader
- Inside the NBC Vault - Today Show Interviews
BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR (1989)
Product Description: The success of Stuart Gordon's hit horror-comedy Re-animator meant that a sequel was all but inevitable. The resulting follow-up, Bride of Re-animator this time helmed by director Brian Yuzna (Society, Return of the Living Dead III) would prove that there was a good deal more life (and death) left in the story of Dr Herbert West and his ghoulish exploits. It has been eight months since the bloody massacre at the Miskatonic medical school.
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr West (again played by Jeffrey Combs) continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased, Meg Halsey. Surely nothing could go wrong? With special effects master Screaming Mad George (the man behind the infamous "shsociety unting" sequence of Society) on hand to contribute a host of characteristically weird and wonderful creations, Bride of Re-animator is a more than worthy successor to Stuart Gordon's original cult classic.
Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio
Director: Brian Yuzna
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Brian Yuzna
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 96 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Arrow
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rating: Not Rated
No. of Discs: 2
No. of Discs: 2
Audio Format: LPCM 2.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- Brand new audio commentary with Brian Yuzna
- Audio Commentary with Brian Yuzna, star Jeffrey Combs, visual effects supervisor Tom Rainone and the effects team including John Carl Buechler, Mike Deak, Robert Kurtzman, Howard Berger and Screaming Mad George
- Audio Commentary with stars Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott
- Brian Yuzna Remembers Bride of Re-animator brand new featurette in which the director looks back at the making of the first Re-animator sequel
- Splatter Masters: The Special Effects Artists of Bride of Re-animator brand new FX featurette with a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Robert Kurtzman of KNB, Screaming Mad George, Tony
- Doublin and John Carl Buechler
- Getting Ahead in Horror archive making-of featurette
- Deleted Scenes
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (1970)
Product Description: "If ever there was a mismatched friendship, it s the one between the womanizing, self-absorbed professional motorcyclist Big Halsy Knox (Robert Redford, The Sting) and the down-to-earth novice cyclist Little Fauss (Michael J. Pollard, Bonnie and Clyde) in Little Fauss and Big Halsy.
Halsy, having been barred from racing due to his on-track behavior, convinces Fauss to let him use his name in order to enter the next big race. Consistently belittled and taken advantage of by Halsy, Fauss s feelings of inferiority are compounded when the beautiful Rita (Lauren Hutton, American Gigolo) and Halsy meet.
Halsy, having been barred from racing due to his on-track behavior, convinces Fauss to let him use his name in order to enter the next big race. Consistently belittled and taken advantage of by Halsy, Fauss s feelings of inferiority are compounded when the beautiful Rita (Lauren Hutton, American Gigolo) and Halsy meet.
Friendship and loyalty will be tested in the dramatic adventure film Little Fauss and Big Halsy directed by Sidney J. Furie (Lady Sings the Blues) from a screenplay by Charles Eastman (Second-Hand Hearts).
Rounding out the cast are Noah Beery (Red River) and Lucille Benson (Duel) as Seally and Mom Fauss, Little's eccentric parents."
Starring: Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, Lauren Hutton, Noah Beery Jr.
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 99 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 1.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- None
VILLA RIDES (1968)
Product Description: Villa Rides!, Buzz Kulik's (Shamus) sprawling historical adventure set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution stars Yul Brynner (The Magnificent Seven) as the Mexican renegade Pancho Villa and Robert Mitchum (The Night of the Hunter) as Lee Arnold, an American fortune hunter for hire. Villa Rides! features a supporting cast that includes Charles Bronson (Messenger of Death) as Villa's right hand man, Rodolfo Fierro; Herbert Lom (A Shot in the Dark) as the imperious General Victoriano Huerta;
Alexander Knox (The Longest Day) as President Francisco Madero; Fernando Rey (The French Connection) as the dutiful soldier Fuentes; and Grazia Buccella (After the Fox) as Fina, the woman who would share the love of both Villa and Arnold. Villa Rides! is written for the screen by the legendary Robert Towne (Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown) and Sam Peckinpah (Oscar nominee for The Wild Bunch screenplay) based on the novel by William Douglas Lansford; photographed by Jack Hildyard (Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River Kwai) and features a rousing score by three-time Oscar winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, A Passage to India).
Starring: Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Maria Grazia Buccella, Charles Bronson
Director: Buzz Kulik
Genre: War, Western
Director: Buzz Kulik
Genre: War, Western
Runtime: 125 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: DTS-HD MA 5.1
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- None
FUZZ (1972)
Product Description: With "razor-bright wit" (Newsweek) and "an excellent cast" (Variety) including Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Raquel Welch (Naked Gun 33 1/2), Tom Skerritt (Contact) and Yul Brynner (The King And I), this uproarious comedy about an incompetent police is an absolute laugh riot! Adapted from the satirical 87th Precinct mysteries, Fuzz is "a slick police thriller" (Los Angeles Times) so rip-roaringly funny, it would be a crime not to see it.
The plain-clothesed policemen of Boston's 87th Precinct are armed and dangerous - and the streets just aren't safe from their bumbling detective work! And when a mysterious extortionist begins carrying out his fiendish scheme to assassinate prominent city official, no tactic is too outrageous for this goofy, ham-fisted squad who will stop at nothing to solve the high-profile case. But can these dim-witted detectives muster the skill to save their leaders - or will the city fall into the grips of a ruthless, diabolical madman?
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt
Director: Richard A. Colla
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Richard A. Colla
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Runtime: 92 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: PG
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: None
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: None
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Director Richard Colla moderated by Filmmaker Elijah Drenner
- "Trailers From Hell" with Josh Olson
- Trailers
WAXWORK / WAXWORK II (1988-1992)
Product Description: Welcome to the WAXWORK...the mysterious place where every picture tells a horror story. The private midnight showing is about to begin with the scariest bunch of drips you'll ever meet! Gremlins star Zach Galligan co-stars in this comedy of terrors with Deborah Foreman (MY CHAUFFER), Miles O'Keefe (TARZAN), Michelle Johnson (BLAME IT ON RIO), David Warner (TIME AFTER TIME) and the special effects of Bob Keen (ALIEN HELLRAISER)! Inside the wax museum, a group of teenagers are aghast at the hauntingly lifelike wax displays of Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy and other charter members of the horror Hall of Fame. Each display is perfectly grotesque, yet each is missing one thing...a victim! Admission to the Waxwork was free, but now they may pay with their lives. One by one, the students are drawn into the settings as objects of the bloodthirsty creatures. They are now part of the permanent collection. No movie you've ever seen before can hold a candle to WAXWORK.
Starring: Anthony Hickox
Director: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey, David Carradine, and Bruce Campbell
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
Director: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey, David Carradine, and Bruce Campbell
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
Runtime: 199 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Lionsgate
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: Unrated
No. of Discs: 2
No. of Discs: 2
Audio Format: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Dolby Digital 2.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English
Special Features:
- Audio Commentaries with Anthony Hickox & Zach Galligan
- "The Waxwork Chronicles" (Parts 1–6)
- Vintage "Making of" Featurette
- Theatrical Trailers
- Still Galleries
TABLE FOR FIVE (1983)
Product Description: J.P. Tannen (Jon Voigt, Coming Home) wants a second chance to be a father to his children... but someone else has taken his place. Determined not to just be a friendly "uncle" in their lives, he gets permission from his ex-wife Kathleen (Millie Perkins, Diary of Anne Frank) and her new husband (Richard Crenna, First Blood) to take the kids on a Mediterranean cruise. But shortly after setting sail J.P. finds that reconnecting with his kids isn't going to be as easy as he had hoped: his youngest son has learning disabilities, his daughter harbors resentment and his eldest son is rebellious. Feeling overwhelmed, and reverting to his old irresponsible ways, J.P. is convinced that he's a failure as a father. Featuring Kevin Costner (The Untouchables) in one his earliest film roles.
Starring: Jon Voight, Richard Crenna, Millie Perkins, Kevin Costner, Marie-Christine Barrault
Director: Robert Lieberman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Robert Lieberman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 122 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Rating: PG
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: DTS-HD MA 2.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: None
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: None
Special Features:
- Trailers
SPECIAL EFFECTS (1984)
Product Description: "From the writer & director of It's Alive, Larry Cohen's Special Effects casts a satirical eye on Hollywood, viewed through the prism of the thriller film genre. When the fresh-faced Oklahoma country boy Keefe (Brad Rijn, Smithereens) comes looking for his wife Mary Jean (Zoe Tamerlis, Ms .45), a wannabe actress, he soon discovers the seamy side of Tinsel Town when Mary Jean is found dead and he's the prime suspect.
With a few swipes at Hollywood archetypes (Eric Bogosian as Christopher Neville, a once-revered Wunderkind director; Zoe Tamerlis as Mary Jean look-alike, Elaine, a budding actress who isn't beyond manipulating the situation for her own benefit), Special Effects offers chills, thrills, shrieks, and a few laughs along the way.
Written and directed by Larry Cohen, Special Effects also stars Kevin O Connor (Let's Scare Jessica to Death) and Richard Greene (TV's Mad Men) in supporting roles.
Starring: Zoë Lund, Eric Bogosian, Brad Rijn, Kevin O'Connor, Bill Oland
Director: Larry Cohen
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 106 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: DTS 1.0
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary
GAS-S-S-S (1970)
Product Description: "It s the end of the world! Get happy!
Gas-s-s-s, a mash-up of the science fiction and comedy genres, is a post-apocalyptic tale viewed through the lens of director Roger Corman (The Trip) featuring a cast of young talents-of-the-day including Cindy Williams (American Graffiti), Bud Cort (Harold and Maude) and Ben Vereen (All That Jazz).
When a military chemical accident (the gas-s-s-s leak of the title) kills everyone on the planet over the age of twenty-five, Earth is left in the hands of the youth. Hippies Coel (Robert Corff, Fright Night) and Cilla (Elaine Giftos, The Student Nurses) will lead the way on a quest for survival joined by boyfriends & girlfriends Hooper (Bud Cort), Coralee (Tally Coppola, The Godfather), Marissa (Cindy Williams), and Carlos (Ben Vereen) in the trippy and darkly comic Gas-s-s-s.
Gas-s-s-s, a mash-up of the science fiction and comedy genres, is a post-apocalyptic tale viewed through the lens of director Roger Corman (The Trip) featuring a cast of young talents-of-the-day including Cindy Williams (American Graffiti), Bud Cort (Harold and Maude) and Ben Vereen (All That Jazz).
Directed by Roger Corman (The Trip) from a screenplay by George Armitage (Miami Blues), Gas-s-s-s co-stars Alex Wilson (Dirty Little Billy), Alan DeWitt (Tales of Terror), and in a cameo appearance, Country Joe and the Fish musician Country Joe McDonald."
Starring: Bob Corff, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Elaine Giftos, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort
Director: Roger Corman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 79 min
Language: English
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rating: R
No. of Discs: 1
No. of Discs: 1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
Dubbed: None
Subtitles: English SDH
Special Features:
- High Definition transfer
- The Guardian Interview with director Roger Corman (1970): archival interview conducted the day after work was completed on Gas-s-s-s
- The Guardian Interview with director Roger Corman (1991): the legendary director returns to the NFT to discuss his career
- Counter-Culture Corman (2015): newly-produced documentary featuring interviews with Roger Corman, Ted Newsom and Chris Poggiali
- Lobby cards, press book and stills gallery
- Original theatrical trailer
OTHER DVD/Blu-Ray Releases :
- Classic Films on Blu-ray: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME and More
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: X-MEN APOCALYPSE, THE PURGE ELECTION YEAR, AMERICAN HORROR STORY - HOTEL, PREACHER SEASON 1 and More
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: SWISS ARMY MAN, BANSHEE Season 4, PENNY DREADFUL Final Season and More
- Classic Films on Blu-ray: PURPLE RAIN, UNDER THE CHERRY MOON, GRAFFITI BRIDGE, NASHVILLE and More
- New on DVD & Blu-ray: GHOSTBUSTERS, LEGEND OF TARZAN, THE INFILTRATOR, ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE and More
- TV Series on DVD & Blu-ray: HANNIBAL, TWILIGHT ZONE, KNIGHT RIDER, MIAMI VICE and More
- Classic Films on Blu-ray: CARRIE, THE THING, ON DANGEROUS GROUND, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and More
- New on DVD & Blu-ray: INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, CAFE SOCIETY, OUR KIND OF TRAITOR and More
- TV Series on DVD & Blu-ray: BATES MOTEL Season 4, DOWNTON ABBEY Complete Series and THE NIGHT OF
- Classic Films on Blu-ray: CHILD'S PLAY, SHORT CUTS, NIGHTHAWKS, BODY SNATCHERS and More
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