DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for September 21, 2010
Aliens, Ghosts, Werewolves, and even Gamera makes an appearance in your DVD & Blu-Ray Releases this week! See what is all available on the digital media of your choice beyond the break
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Alien Autopsy
2006
Starring: Bill Pullman, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Harry Dean Stanton, Omid Djalili
d. Jonny Campbell
Rating: PG-13
Format: DVD
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In 1995, mysterious top-secret black-and-white footage, supposedly filmed during the 1947 Roswell incident, was broadcast around the world. It showed the autopsy of an alien lifeform. The men responsible for the discovery of the footage, buddies Ray (Declan Donnelly) and Gary (Ant McPartlin), are thrown into intense media scrutiny. But the guys have an even bigger secret. And it’s not very pretty. Based on true events, Alien Autopsy is the alternately bizarre and frequently quirky story of the two unlikely lads from London who become icons in UFOlogy with a discovery that stunned millions who’ve long searched for evidence of extraterrestrial life. Bill Pullman (Spaceballs, Independence Day) and Harry Dean Stanton (Alien) join a cast of intriguing characters in the tale of the mystery that, in one sense at least, was truly out of this world.
Being Human: Season Two
2009
Starring: Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinead Keenan, Lyndsey Marshal
d. Various
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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Being Human returns for a gripping second season as vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner), werewolf George (Russell Tovey), and ghost Annie (Lenora Crichlow) encounter new enemies in their fight to lead something close to normal lives. It’s tough being supernatural. Mitchell’s romance with a feisty doctor is disrupted by a vampire community in disarray. George’s relationship with a new girlfriend is undermined by an uncontrollable twist in his werewolf existence. Annie has a brutal reminder that life as a spirit is full of challenges. All three are threatened by CenSSA, a religious organization committed to the destruction or conversion of supernatural freaks, operated by the mysterious Professor Jaggat and the sinister, cold-hearted Kemp. Just when your inner demons might be conquered, it’s the outer demons who won’t go away.
The Electric Chair
1985
Starring: Victor Argo, Tony Corona, Jessica Dublin, Tom Gannon
d. Mark Eisenstein
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com – Stand-up comic gets the shock of his life when somebody brings an electric chair on stage.
Fantomas: Five Film Collection
1913
Starring: Rene Navarre, Edmund Breon, Georges Melchior, Rene Carl
d. Louis Feuillade
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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The Fantômas series is a silent crime film serial consisting of five episodes (in a 3-Disc set), based on the novels of the same name, each an hour to an hour and a half in length, which end in cliffhangers, i.e., episodes one and three end with Fantomas making a last minute escape, the end of the second movie has Fantômas blowing up Lady Beltham’s manor house with Juve and Fandor, the two heroes, still inside. The subsequent episodes begin with a recap of the story that has gone before. Each film is further divided into three or more chapters that do not end in cliffhangers.
Fantômas: The Murderous Corpse on Netflix
Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine / Juve vs. Fantômas on Netflix
Gamera Vs. Guiron / Gamera Vs. Jiger [Double Feature]
1969 & 1970
Starring: Tsutomu Takakuwa
d. Noriaki Yuasa
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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Gamera returns to take on not one, but two, of his greatest foes in this exclusive double feature from Shout! Factory. Twice the terror! Twice the destruction! Twice the fire-breathing action! Both features include the original Japanese language tracks as two English dubs: including the infamous Sandy Frank version of Gamera Vs. Guiron.
Gamera vs. Monster X / Monster from a Prehistoric Planet: Double Feature on Netflix
Gamera Vs. Gyaos / Gamera Vs. Viras [Double Feature]
1967 & 1968
Starring: Kojiro Hongo
d. Noriaki Yuasa
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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Shout! Factory proudly presents two epic tales in the Gamera franchise: Gamera Vs. Gyaos and Gamera Vs. Viras! Now you can experience twice the thrills of monster combat on one deluxe DVD, featuring both newly re-mastered films in their original Japanese language as well as two English dubs: including the infamous Sandy Frank versions!
Stripped Naked
2009
Starring: Linden Ashby, Guy Buller, Jon Cor
d. Lee Demarbre
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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When beautiful exotic dancer Cassie, gets into yet another fight with her deadbeat boyfriend, she finds herself stranded on the side of the road and witness to a drug deal gone bad. As the gunfire dies out Cassie sees three dead men, $90,000 in cash and drugs, and a golden opportunity too good to pass up.
Vigilante [Blu-ray]
1983
Starring: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley
d. William Lustig
Rated: Not Rated
Format: Blu-Ray (also available on DVD)
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The Savage Urban Action Thriller From The Director Of MANIAC
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar(r) nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now there’s a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the VIGILANTE.
Fred Williamson (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN), Woody Strode (SPARTACUS), Joe Spinell (MANIAC) and Salsa legend Willie Colon co-star in this hard-hitting exploitation classic from director William Lustig (MANIAC COP, RELENTLESS) that many critics consider to be better – and more shocking – than the original DEATH WISH.
Andy Triefenbach
Andy Triefenbach is the Editor-in-Chief and owner of DestroytheBrain.com. In addition to his role on the site, he also programs St. Louis' monthly horror & exploitation theatrical midnight program, Late Nite Grindhouse. Coming from a household of a sci-fi father and a horror/supernatural loving mother, Andy's path to loving genre film was clear. He misses VHS and his personal Saturday night 6 tape movie marathons from his youth.