Independent distributors Kino Lorber have detailed three upcoming Blu-ray releases: Wolfgang Petersen's
Shattered (1991), Gordon Hessler's
The Oblong Box (1969), and Dan Curtis'
Burnt Offerings (1976).
Shattered
Synopsis: Writer/director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, In the Line of Fire) cranks up the suspense in this riveting thriller that will "keep you guessing [up until its] shockingly unexpected ending" (The Washington Post)! A stellar cast-including Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Corbin Bernsen-breathes life into this gripping film noir about the survivor of a car accident who begins to suspect his near-death...was no accident.
Dan Merrick (Tom Berenger) struggles to reconstruct his life after a disfiguring accident leaves him without much of a memory - and in the care of a wife (Greta Scacchi) and his friends who seem to be repainting his past! And as Merrick begins to reconstruct his life, strange flashes of memory begin to surface, each drawing him further into a maze of corruption that could prove more deadly than any accident!
Special Features:
- Making-of Featurette
- Trailers
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 13.
Burnt Offerings
Synopsis: Step inside a vacation house of horror in this terrifying thriller that "does for summer homes what Jaws did for a dip in the surf" (The New York Times)! Starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith and Bette Davis, this riveting haunted-house chiller delivers "hidden terrors [that] mount creepily as the film builds to a climax of pulverizing fright" (Rex Reed)!
Marian (Black) and Ben (Reed) find it hard to believe that for only $900 they've rented a sprawling country mansion for the entire summer. But as they settle into their isolated estate with their son and Ben's aunt (Davis), they find themselves surrounded by a living presence-an evil, hypnotic, occult force-that feeds on torture, fear...and murder.
Special Features:
- New On-camera Interview with actor Anthony James
- New On-camera Interview with screenwriter William F. Nolan
- New On-camera Interview with actor Lee Montgomery
- New Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
- Audio commentary with director/co-writer/producer Dan Curtis, actress Karen Black, and co-screenwriter William F. Nolan
- "Trailers From Hell" with Steve Senski
- Animated Montage of Stills
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 6.
The Oblong Box
Synopsis: Sir Edward Markham is the victim of a voodoo curse which has caused his face to become horribly disfigured. He is kept captive in the attic of his house by his brother Julian (Vincent Price). Sir Edward escapes, moves in with an unscrupulous doctor who hires grave robbers to steal bodies for his research, wears a red hood over his face, and kills a good number of townspeople before the surprise ending...
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Steve Haberman
- Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee (1969) - Narrated by Vincent Price
- Trailer Gallery
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 20.