Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has announced that it plans to add ten new titles to its Blu-ray catalog. Amongst them are Elliot Silverstein's
The Car (1977), Robert Zemeckis'
Death Becomes Her (1992), John Irvin's
Ghost Story (1981), and Philip S. Gilbert's
Blood and Lace (1971).
Women's Prison Massacre
All hell's breaking loose in the most gruesome women-behind-bars film ever made. Womens Prison Massacre is renowned Italian exploitation maestro Bruno Mattei's bloody sequel to his 1982 cult classic Caged Women. Also known as Emanuelle Escapes From Hell and Blade Violent.
Investigative reporter Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) finds herself locked up in a women's penitentiary run by a ruthless warden and her brutally sadistic guards. Vowing to exact revenge upon the corrupt politician who set her up, Emanuelle must first survive the daily torture and attempts at her life by grotesque prison bully Albina. Into this powder keg of smoldering sex and violence comes four bloodthirsty death row inmates led by "Crazy Boy" Henderson (Gabriele Tinti). Blasting their way to a prison takeover, this quartet of psychotic criminals takes advantage of the all-female situation only to find they have bitten off more than they can chew. With the police launching an all-out assault upon the rampaging prisoners, Emanuelle battles to stay alive amidst the bloodshed and depravity...and the most horrifying game of Russian Roulette ever seen! STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
Blood and Lace
er her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by Mrs. Deere and her handyman. Taking an avid interest in her welfare is detective Calvin Carruthers. Taking almost no interest at all, is social worker Harold Mullins who is completely under Mrs. Deere's thumb. Lots of unpleasant surprises are in store for Ellie, not the least of which is the fact that Mrs. Deere and her handyman are both brutal sadists, who run the orphanage like a concentration camp and the strong possibility that her mother's hammer-wielding killer is now stalking her. STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
Troll/Troll 2
Lock the doors and pull out the weed-wacker for this house party of horror! One family is about to find out there's no place like home when a troublesome troll starts taking over their building, transforming each apartment into an overgrown garden of ancient evil and turning ties tenants into a horde of hairy hobgoblins!
Those greedy goblins are back and hungrier than ever in this gourmet gross-out! Disguised as friendly country folk, a pugnacious posse of people-eating trolls lures visitors to their town. But a family of four is about to discover this place is a real tourist trap...and they're the prey! Now, the no-good gnomes must be destroyed before the family gets flambéed...and the world becomes a buffet in this feeding frenzy of fear! STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 2015.
Ghost Story
Put together a gloomy New England house, a dark night and four of America's legendary leading men and you have all the ingredients for the classic Ghost Story, a spellbinding motion picture based on the bestseller by Peter Straub. Co-starring Patricia Neal, Ghost Story is about the Members of the Chowder Society: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and John Houseman, who get together each week to share tales of horror. Soon, however, a secret terror invades the group, and one by one, they die mysteriously because of a real life ghost story that is part of their past. STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
The Guardian
William Friedkin, the Academy Award winning director of The Exorcist, delivers a new kind of fairy tale for adults. When a wealthy young couple (Carey Lowell and Dwier Brown) hires a beautiful nanny (Jenny Seagrove) for their newborn baby, the cradle will rock with a secret of unspeakable horror. Based upon the best selling novel The Nanny, and featuring gruesome state-of-the-art special effects, The Guardian is a classic chiller of erotic intrigue and shocking twists. STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
The Car
Fasten your seatbelts for the terrifying thrill ride that has become a cult classic - The Car! The peaceful tranquility of a small Western town is disturbed when a murderous car wreaks havoc by viciously mowing down innocent victims. New sheriff, Wade Parent (James Brolin), may be the only one who can stop this menace in its tracks until he realizes that the driver of this indestructable vehicle is far more dangerous than any man... it is driven by pure evil. With a digitally remastered picture, The Car has never been more thrilling, more chilling or more explosively entertaining! STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
Nightmares
Somewhere between the real and the unreal, between the world of daylight and the dark of night, between the peaceful sleep of dreams and the endless sleep of death... lay "Nightmares." Four twisted tales of terror directed by veteran filmmaker Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3), originally produced for television but considered "too intense" for the small screen by network censors. STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
Death Becomes Her
Helen and Madeline hate each other. Madeline is married to Ernest, who is having an affair with Helen. Both women rely on Ernest for plastic surgery for their continued good looks, so when Madeline finds a cure for ageing, Helen gets it too. It isn't until both become immortal that they realise that 'life' will never be the same again. STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 2015.
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
"Vile, smelly, rude, ugly" (Variety) - your favorite grime bandits come to life with all the farts, snot and vomit you can take in this hilarious cult classic full of "gross-out humor" (The New York Times). Based on the wildly popular and irreverent trading cards, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie stars Mackenzie Astin (The Facts of Life) as a perfectly nice teenager who discovers the Kids...to his disgust!
When Dodger (Astin) accidentally releases the Kids from their magical trash can prison, all smell breaks loose. Despite their offensive personal habits - and attitude problems - Dodger soon becomes fond of the Kids. But when Messy Tessie, Foul Phil, Valerie Vomit and the whole misfit crew join his fight against thuggish bullies, their efforts just might land them behind bars at the State Home for the Ugly! STREET DATE: LATE 2015/EARLY 2016.
The Return of the Living Dead
On his first day on the job at an army surplus store, poor Freddy unwittingly releases nerve gas from a secret U.S. military canister, unleashing an unbelievable terror. The gas re-animates a corps of corpses, who arise from their graves with a ravenous hunger for human brains! And luckily for those carnivorous cadavers, there is a group of partying teens nearby, just waiting to be eaten! STREET DATE: SUMMER /FALL 2016.