Independent U.S. distributors Scorpion Releasing have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray dierctor Roy Ward Baker's
The Monster Club (1981), starring Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence, and John Carradine, and Simon Wincer's
Harlequin a.k.a
Dark Forces (1980), starring Robert Powell, David Hemmings, and Carmen Duncan.
The Monster Club
When elder vampire Erasmus (Price) literally gets a midnight snack from horror writer R. Chetwynd - Hayes (Carradine), he invites him back to a local hot spot where all the guys are ghastly and the girls are ghoulish! There three spine-tingling tales unwind to the beat of rockin' tunes from an array of pop performers. The star-studded cast also includes Donald Pleasence (
Halloween), Britt Ekland, Stuart Whitman, Richard Johnson, Simon Ward, Barbara Kellerman and Patrick Magee, and features music by UB40 and The Pretty Things. Directed by Roy Ward Baker (
A Night to Remember,
The Vampire Lovers) and based on stories by author R. Chetwynd-Hayes (
From Beyond the Grave). Preliminary release date: September 24th.
Special Features:
- Brand New HD transfer
- 62-minute interview of Vincent Price conducted in 1987 by film historian David Del Valle
- 40-minute audio interview between Del Valle and Price
- On camera interview with David Del Valle
- Original Trailer
- Isolated ME track
Harlequin
A modern-day politician is faced with an incomprehensible power in this startling, award-winning mystical-fantasy. Senator Rast is a very powerful man. But his power is nothing compared to the enigmatic stranger who mysteriously comes to "visit" him. Possessing uncanny magical prowess and miraculous psychic abilities, the peculiar, but seemingly benevolent visitor quickly gains a spellbinding hold over the senator and his family.
When the visitor becomes aware of the loveless union between the Rasts, he begins to use his powers to control the senator and win favor with his wife and son. Are these dark forces enough to bring down this powerful politician, or will the diabolical drifter meet an impending doom? Preliminary release date: Late October.