By Todd Garbarini
Horror films are a hot commodity. Some of the most well-known slasher films of the 1980’s have been re-issued on DVD and Blu-ray by companies looking to cash-in on audiences’ seemingly insatiable appetite for murder and mayhem while also introducing them to a whole new generation of fans with disposable income. Two titles that fans want on DVD and Blu-ray in the way of special editions are Paul Lynch’s Prom Night (1980) and Richard Ciupka’s Curtains (1983), both Canadian productions through Simcom, the former having fared far better on home video than the latter.
Prom Night was originally released theatrically by Avco Embassy Pictures in July 1980. It was distributed on VHS by McA Home Video in 1981 and again by Virgin Vision, Inc. in 1988. McA also released a laserdisc pan-and-scan version on their laser rot-prone DiscoVision line in 1981 (curiously, the film bypassed the RCA Select-a-Vision Capacitance Electronic Disc...
Horror films are a hot commodity. Some of the most well-known slasher films of the 1980’s have been re-issued on DVD and Blu-ray by companies looking to cash-in on audiences’ seemingly insatiable appetite for murder and mayhem while also introducing them to a whole new generation of fans with disposable income. Two titles that fans want on DVD and Blu-ray in the way of special editions are Paul Lynch’s Prom Night (1980) and Richard Ciupka’s Curtains (1983), both Canadian productions through Simcom, the former having fared far better on home video than the latter.
Prom Night was originally released theatrically by Avco Embassy Pictures in July 1980. It was distributed on VHS by McA Home Video in 1981 and again by Virgin Vision, Inc. in 1988. McA also released a laserdisc pan-and-scan version on their laser rot-prone DiscoVision line in 1981 (curiously, the film bypassed the RCA Select-a-Vision Capacitance Electronic Disc...
- 3/24/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Although he’s been acting professionally for most of his life (Fango-worthy credits include Blood Wars, Brotherhood Of Blood, Night Skies, Wishmaster 3 and Hoboken Hollow), in the past few years, Jason Connery has expanded his horizons to directing. He’s now in preproduction on the mixed-martial-arts actioner The Philly Kid for Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver, but Connery’s first three films have all been science-fiction/horror stories. Pandemic dealt with a sinister disease outbreak in a small town, The Devil’S Tomb was about a military squad that unearths you-know-what and now Area 51, produced as one of the After Dark Originals and premiering this Saturday, February 26 on Syfy, explores a series of unfortunate events at that legendary military site.
- 2/25/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Abbie Bernstein)
- Fangoria
Every so often some fairly obscure older horror movies make their way onto DVD and this is one of those sweet occasions. Echo Bridge Entertainment has released a 4 movie slashfest on DVD called 'The Midnight Horror Collection: Bloody Slashers'.
Included in the carnage are Hoboken Hollow, Secrets of The Clown, Room 33 and Curtains. Artwork is on the left and a synopsis of the movies are below. The DVD was released on DVD on October 5th, 2010.
Hoboken Hollow:
For decades the Broderick family built their brutal dominion with the sweat and blood of their captives. Lured with promises of work and shelter, drifters, hobos and migrants found themselves captive at a modern-day slave ranch instead. Inspired by true, horrific crime stories from Texas and beyond, Hoboken Hollow spins a dark tale of terror and slaughter on the farm.
Secrets Of The Clown:
After the brutal murder of his best friend Jim,...
Included in the carnage are Hoboken Hollow, Secrets of The Clown, Room 33 and Curtains. Artwork is on the left and a synopsis of the movies are below. The DVD was released on DVD on October 5th, 2010.
Hoboken Hollow:
For decades the Broderick family built their brutal dominion with the sweat and blood of their captives. Lured with promises of work and shelter, drifters, hobos and migrants found themselves captive at a modern-day slave ranch instead. Inspired by true, horrific crime stories from Texas and beyond, Hoboken Hollow spins a dark tale of terror and slaughter on the farm.
Secrets Of The Clown:
After the brutal murder of his best friend Jim,...
- 10/17/2010
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Remember back a decade and a half or so ago, in the post-Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction days, when every B-list actor in creation was rushing to take part in snarky independent crime capers in the hope that lightning would strike again? More recently, torture-horror became the new vogue; how else to explain the presence of Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Robert Carradine, C. Thomas Howell et al. in an underachieving wannabe shocker like Hoboken Hollow (previously released by Triumph Marketing, now being reissued on no-frills DVD by Echo Bridge)?...
- 8/1/2010
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Dennis Hopper’s long film career began with the 1955 teen angst classic Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean, and he helped usher in Hollywood’s New Wave as director and star of the counterculture anthem Easy Rider in 1969. He later became a respected character actor, specializing in such off-beat villains as the drug-addicted, obscenity-spouting Frank Black in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), crazed bomber Howard Payne in the 1994 action-thriller Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and Deacon in Kevin Costner’s soggy post-apocalyptic saga Waterworld (1995).
Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kansas on May 17, 1936. He moved to San Diego, California with his family in the late 1940s, and began studying at the local Old Globe Theater while attending high school. He soon signed with Warner Brothers and was featured in a small role in 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause. He was later featured as Jordan Benedict III, the...
Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kansas on May 17, 1936. He moved to San Diego, California with his family in the late 1940s, and began studying at the local Old Globe Theater while attending high school. He soon signed with Warner Brothers and was featured in a small role in 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause. He was later featured as Jordan Benedict III, the...
- 6/22/2010
- by Harris Lentz
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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