New horror/thriller blu-ray releases

NIGHTMARE BEACH (4KUHD)

After posting about Cannibal Apocalypse yesterday, Kino Lorber announces a 4K release for another Euro-sleaze classic with John Saxon. This one will also be out on July 16, 2024.



Product Extras:

• 2019 UHD SDR Master by StudioCanal – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
  
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
  
• Nightmare Rock: Interview with Composer Claudio Simonetti (15:50)
  
• Theatrical Trailer
  
• Optional English Subtitles

Doll Graveyard Blu-ray

Full Moon Features is preparing a Blu-ray release of this Charles Band flick from 2005. Scheduled to arrive on the market on September 10, 2024.



NEW REMASTER OF THE FULLY UNCUT VERSION OF THE FILM FROM THE OCN

• Blooper Reel
  
• Making of Featurette
  
• Full Moon Features trailers

And Soon the Darkness / Sudden Terror 4K Blu-ray

Kino Lorber will be releasing these two British thrillers from 1970 in a 4K blu-ray special edition. It's scheduled to arrive on the market on July 30, 2024.





Special Features and Techncial Specs:

• PREVIOUSLY RESTORED IN 4K (SDR) BY STUDIOCANAL
  
• Audio commentary for AND SOON THE DARKNESS by Director Robert Fuest and Co-Writer/Co-Producer Brian Clemens, Moderated by Journalist Jonathan Sothcott
  
• Audio Commentary for SUDDEN TERROR by Director John Hough and Uncredited-Writer/Producer Bryan Forbes; Moderated by journalist Jonathan Sothcott
• Audio Commentary for AND SOON THE DARKNESS by Film Historian Troy Howarth
  
• Audio Commentary for SUDDEN TERROR by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson
  
• Theatrical Trailers (And Soon the Darkness / Sudden Terror / Eyewitness)
  
• Radio Spot (And Soon the Darkness)
  
• Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase
  
• Optional English Subtitles
  

The Ripper (1985)

Vinegar Syndrome will be bringing this to blu-ray (no release date yet). It's a shot-on-video slasher with Tom Savini as Jack the Ripper.



Special Features and Technical Specs:

• Newly transferred and restored from the best quality archival tape master
  
• Presented with the following sound options: original 2.0 stereo soundtrack, brand new commentary track with producer Linda Lewis and author/film historian John Wooley and an archival commentary track with director Christopher Lewis and composer Rod Slane
  
• Tom Savini Rips on The Ripper (10 min) - an interview with actor Tom Savini
  
• Trading Out (12 min) - an interview with producer Linda Lewis
  
• It's All an Act (14 min) - an interview with actress Andrea DeLesDernier (formerly Andrea Adams)
  
• On a Knife Edge (4 min) - an interview Bob Blair, VCI president and son of executive producer Bill F. Blair
  
• "Fire" music video
  
• Original trailer
• Original video promo
  
• Inside sleeve artwork
  
• English SDH subtitles
• REGION-FREE
  

DAWN OF THE MUMMY

British label Film Treasures is preparing a 2K Blu-ray release, which is scheduled to arrive on the market on August 30, 2024.

Made is 1981, this extremely gory indy horror movie was either rated X or Unrated due to the graphic violence when it was first released in U.S. theaters; the makers did not succumb to making cuts to get an R rating, which is quite rare.



Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 2K RESTORATION from surviving 35mm Spanish and German prints, with additional colour grading by Treasured Films
  
• NEW Audio Commentary from Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
  
• Audio commentary with Director Frank Agrama
  
• NEW Unwrapping the Mummy: a video essay on Frank Agrama by Eugenio Ercolani
• NEW Peeling the Bandages: a critical appraisal by Stephen Thrower
  
• NEW Back to the Suture: Darrell Buxton on the Mummy films of the 1980s
  
• NEW Lighting the Mummy: an interview with Cinematographer Sergio Rubini
• Trailer
  
• Image Gallery
  
• Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork choices
• English SDH Subtitles
  
• REGION-B "LOCKED"

Limited Edition Contents:

• Rigid slipcase with exclusive artwork by Justin Coffee
  
• Perfect-bound booklet with new writings by John Martin, Amanda Reyes, Andrew Marshall-Roberts, and John Llewellyn Probert
  
• 6 collectors' artcards
  
• Webstore exclusives:

        Mummy magnet (designed by Pixel Elixir)
        Saphiraman 'Curse Card' (designed by The Nasty Pasty)
        A3 reversible fold-out poster

Poltergeist II: The Other Side [Collector's Edition] + Exclusive Poster

Also from Shout! Factory comes this 4K restoration to be released on August 27, 2024.



Bonus Features for UHD/Blu-ray

DISC ONE (4K UHD):

• NEW 4K Restoration From The Original Camera Negative
  
• Presented in Dolby Vision And Dolby Atmos
  
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer Michael Grais
• Audio Commentary With Webmaster Of The Poltergeist Fan Site David Furtney
  

DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):

• NEW Restoration From The Original Camera Negative
  
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer Michael Grais
  
• Audio Commentary With Webmaster Of The Poltergeist Fan Site David Furtney
• “Robbie’s Return” – An Interview With Actor Oliver Robins
  
• “The Spirit World” – An Interview With Special Effects Designers Richard Edlund, Steve Johnson, And Screaming Mad George
  
• Ghosts Of Giger” – A Look At The Contributions Of Artist H.R. Giger Featuring Rare Photos And Illustrations And An Interview With Friends And Agent, Les Barany
• "They're Back" - The Making Of Poltergeist II
  
• "Monster Shop"
  
• "Ghostmakers" - The Magic Of Poltergeist II
• Theatrical Trailer
  
• TV Spots
• Still Galleries