Mill Creek Entertainment has announced that it will release on Blu-ray Irvin Kershner's
Eyes of Laura Mars and John Carpenter's
Ghosts of Mars (2001).
Eyes of Laura Mars
Synopsis: This riveting tale of murder and suspense stars Faye Dunaway as Laura Mars, New York's most controversial fashion photographer. World renowned for her sensational, erotic portraits of models in settings of glorified urban violence, Laura Mars exhibits a mystifying psychic ability. In her mind's eye, as if through the lens of her camera, she "witnesses" a series of bizarre murders with terrifying clarity. All of the victims are people Laura has known. Police detective John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones) discovers a striking similarity between Laura's works and classified police photographs of the murders and he attempts to unravel the events which have taken control of Laura's mind. the film builds to a spine-tingling climax when the eyes of Laura Mars reveal the dentity of the killer.
STREET DATE: MAY 14.
Ghosts of Mars
Synopsis: From John Carpenter, the master of horror behind classics like The Thing and Halloween, comes a sci-fi thriller full of explosive action and bone-chilling suspense.
Long inhabited by human settlers, the Red Planet has become the manifest destiny of an over-populated Earth. Nearly 640,000 people now live and work all over Mars, mining the planet for its abundant natural resources. But one of those mining operations has uncovered a deadly mother lode: a long-dormant Martian civilization whose warriors are systematically taking over the bodies of human intruders.
With a stellar cast and explosive special effects, John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars is an intergalactic terror-fest like you've never seen.
STREET DATE: MAY 14.
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Also on May 14, the label will reissue Luis Llosa's action thriller
Anaconda (1997), starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, and Jonathan Hyde.
Synopsis: A documentary film crew headed by anthropologist Steve Cale (Eric Stoltz) and director Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) travel down the Amazon River in search of a mysterious Indian tribe. On their journey they save a man, Paul Sarone (Jon Voight), from a sinking boat. He offers to help in their search for the tribe, but he is actually a snake-hunter looking for the legendary Anaconda snake. When an accident leaves Cale unconcious, Sarone takes charge of the boat, leaving the rest of the crew in grave danger.