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Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Contagion 4K UHD from Warner Bros.
Contagion will infect 4K Ultra HD on February 27 via Warner Bros. The 2011 thriller has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative, overseen by director Steven Soderbergh, with High Dynamic Range.
The ensemble cast features Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, and Sanaa Lathan. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) wrote the script.
Three previously released featurettes are included: “The Reality of Contagion,” “The Contagion Detectives,” and “Contagion: How a Virus Changes the World.”
Body Double Vinyl Soundtrack from Waxwork Records
The soundtrack from Brain De Palma’s Body Double is coming to vinyl for $40 from Waxwork Records. Pino Donaggio (Carrie, Don’t Look Now, Blow Out) composed the score.
Shipping in February, the 2xLP album is pressed on 150-gram red and blue colored vinyl. It’s housed in a gatefold jacket with film laminate gloss coating featuring art by Robert Sammelin and an 11×11 insert.
Shivers & Little Monsters Steelbook Blu-rays from Walmart
Walmart will exclusively carry Shivers and Little Monsters Steelbook Blu-rays on March 5. Pre-orders are up for $19.96 each. Other than the packaging (with new artwork by Vance Kelly), the contents are identical to Lionsgate’s Vestron Video releases from 2020.
1975’s Shivers is written and directed by Canadian master of horror David Cronenberg. Paul Hampton, Lynn Lowry, and Barbara Steele star. Ivan Reitman produces.
Its special features include: audio commentaries by Cronenberg and co-producer Don Carmody; interviews with Cronenberg, Lowry, and special effects creator Joe Blasco; and more.
1989’s Little Monsters is directed by Richard Greenberg and written by Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott (Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl). Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Margaret Whitton, Frank Whaley, and Rick Ducommun star.
Its special features include: an audio commentary by Cult of Monster editor-in-chief Jarret Gahan; interviews with Mandel, producer Andrew Licht, special effects creator Robert Short, and composer David Newman; behind-the-scenes footage; and more.
Return of the Living Dead Poster from Outpost 512
Outpost 512 is ready to party with a Return of the Living Dead poster designed by Suspiria Vilchez and featuring text by Matt Ryan Tobin. (Gotta love that it highlights the soundtrack!)
Limited to 250, the 24×36 screen print costs $75. It’s expected to ship in late March/early April.
Night of the Blood Monster 4K UHD from Blue Underground
Night of the Blood Monster will be released on 4K Ultra HD on March 26 via Blue Underground. Also known as The Bloody Judge, it has been newly mastered in 4K from uncut European vault elements with Dolby Vision HDR and DTS-HD Master Audio.
The 1970 exploitation film is directed by Jess Franco (Vampyros Lesbos, A Virgin Among the Living Dead) and written by Anthony Scott Veitch. Christopher Lee stars with Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Hans Hass Jr., Maria Rohm, and Margaret Lee.
Special features include: three film historian commentaries (Troy Howarth & Nathaniel Thompson, Kim Newman & Barry Forshaw, and David Flint & Adrian Smith); vintage interviews with Franco and Lee; deleted and alternate scenes; and more.
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