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Halloween 2018 Sighted at Michaels

Halloween Goth and craft witchery appears once again at Michaels for Halloween 2018. 

Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy Arrives October 2nd

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy arrives on DVD/Blu-ray October 2nd, 2018. Here's the neatly pressed information for you speedy anarchy types.

News Flash! – The stakes are higher than ever in the intense action-adventure Death Race: Beyond Anarchy, arriving Unrated and Unhinged on Blu-ray^™ combo pack, DVD, Digital and On Demand October 2, 2018, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, in association with Impact Pictures/Chestnut Productions. The wildly anticipated next installment of the popular Death Race franchise, this Universal 1440 Entertainment original production brings fans along for the deadliest competition on wheels, where brutal fights and explosive car races abound. An action-packed thrill ride, this all-new movie is the grittiest and bloodiest installment yet!
 
Franchise newcomers Zach McGowan (“Black Sails”) and Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) join returningDeath Race fan favorites Danny Trejo (Machete) and Fred Koehler (“American Horror Story”). Death Race: Beyond Anarchy also features talented actors Christine Marzano (Rules Don’t Apply), Terence Maynard (Edge of Tomorrow) and Velislav Pavlov (The Expendables 2).

Death Race: Beyond Anarchy on Blu-ray^TM, DVD and Digital, includes exclusive bonus features that take viewers deeper into the intense world of Death Race, with special behind-the-scenes footage and filmmaker commentary. Additionally, Death Race: Complete 4-Movie Collection will also available on DVD on January 30, 2017. Now fans can experience the glory of all four movies in one complete must-own set including, Death Race, Death Race 2, Death Race 3: Inferno and the all-new movie Death Race: Beyond Anarchy.
 
Bonus Features:

• Inside the Anarchy: Filmmakers and cast describe how this chapter of the Death Racefranchise stands out from the rest. From new locations, to a fleet of new cars, to a new star in Zach McGowan, see why Death Race: Beyond Anarchy is the deadliest Death Race yet!
• Time Served: Lists & Goldberg: Hear Death Race franchise veterans Fred Koehler and Danny Trejo discuss what it’s like to be back playing Lists and Goldberg, and how their characters have changed.
• On the Streets of Death Race: Beyond Anarchy: Director Don Michael Paul and cast explain how the stunt work gave the production a uniquely energetic feel.
• Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer Don Michael Paul and Star Zach McGowan

The Story:

Danny Trejo returns as the ruthless bookie, Goldberg, in the wildest, bloodiest, Death Race ever. After a failed attack on inmate and legendary driver, Frankenstein, Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson (McGowan) infiltrates a super-maximum federal prison with one goal - enter the immoral and illegal Death Race and take Frankenstein down. Connor enlists the help of Baltimore Bob (Glover) and Lists (Koehler), and unexpectedly falls in love with bartending beauty, Jane (Marzano). Connor will have to fight for more than his life in this brutal world of no guards, no rules, no track, and no fear.

 

 

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) Arrives September 18th

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum arrives on DVD/Blu-ray September 18th, 2018. Here's the neatly pressed info for you for this South Korean horror. I like haunted asylum ghost stories, but found-footage, not so much. But I'll still catch it and let you know how it goes.

News Flash! – The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. They soon encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building in the horror  thriller GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM, terrorizing on digital, Blu-ray^™ Combo Pack and DVD September 18 from Well Go USA Entertainment. An updated take on the “found footage” genre of thrillers, Director Jung Bum-Shik (Epitaph, Horror Stories) assembled a cast of mostly newcomers for GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM, including Wi Ha-Jun, Park Sung-Hun, Lee Seung-Wook, Oh Ah-Yeon, Park Ji-Hyun, Yoo Je-Yoon and Mun Ye-Won.
 
The Story: 

Based on the local legends and stories of people who’ve visited the real-life abandoned hospital, GONJIAM: HAUNTED ASYLUM follows the crew of a horror web show who plan to stream live from inside the asylum. To attract more viewers, the show’s host arranges some scares for the team, but as they move further into the nightmarish old building, they begin to encounter much more than expected.

Samson and the Sea Beast (1963) Mexican Lobby Card

Peplum and pirates. And a beast. And Kirk Morris keeps his shirt off a lot. Interesting to note that the woman in distress here has less "coverage" than the original poster art.

Phantom from Space (1953) Mexican Lobby Card

Alien invader runs around while government types talk a lot. Not much happens. 

House of Wax (1953) Mexican Lobby Card

Here are the 3D and 2D Mexican lobby cards for House of Wax. I saw it on the big screen when it was re-released in 1971. The moment when Charles Bronson appears to jump from a theater seat and onto the screen is one I'll always remember. 

“It’s one of the great Hollywood stories,” Vincent Price recalled. “When they wanted a director for [a 3-D] film, they hired a man who couldn’t see 3-D at all! André de Toth was a very good director, but he really was the wrong director for 3-D. He’d go to the rushes and say, ‘Why is everybody so excited about this?’ It didn’t mean anything to him. But he made a good picture, a good thriller. He was largely responsible for the success of the picture. The 3-D tricks just happened—there weren’t a lot of them. Later on, they threw everything at everybody.” (Film Retrospective: House of Wax 1953)

Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) Arrives September 4th, 2018

Lake Placid: Legacy, the 6th (!) entry in the franchise, is poised to hit home video on September 4th, 2018. Here's the neatly pressed information for you chomp-monster lovers. 

CULVER CITY, Calif. (July 30, 2018) – LAKE PLACID: LEGACY, the sixth installment of the wildly popular franchise, finds a team of young explorers who set out to reveal the secrets of an abandoned scientific facility. They discover its horrific legacy: the island is home to a deadly predator eager to feast on those who ignore the warnings. However, before they can turn back, they are dragged into a battle for their lives -- and will need to work together if they hope to survive. Directed by Darrell Roodt (Dracula 3000), LAKE PLACID: LEGACY stars Katherine Barrell (Wynonna Earp), Tim Rozon (Wynonna Earp), Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix), and Sai Bennett (Close to the Enemy).  LAKE PLACID: LEGACY debuts on digital and DVD September 4 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

The story:

When a group of young explorers venture to a mysterious lake, they discover an island harboring an abandoned lab facility with a horrific legacy: the island is home to a deadly predator.  Before they can turn back the crew gets dragged into a battle for their lives – former enemies will quickly need to put their egos aside and work together if there is any hope for survival.

Directed by Darrell Roodt and written by Jonathan Lloyd Walker from a story by Walker, Jeremy Smith and Matt Venables, LAKE PLACID: LEGACY was produced by Lance Samuels and co-produced by Adam Friedlander and Daniel Iron. LAKE PLACID: LEGACY  has a run time of approximately 90 minutes and is rated R for creature violence and related gore.

Here are some scenes, but oddly enough, none with THE MONSTER.

 

 

 

 

Crime Pays, Just Not Much Mexican Lobby Cards

Here's a mix of it's-a-crime Mexican lobby cards to keep you on the straight and narrow.

Opio (1949) Mexican Lobby Card

The movie is listed as a crime drama, and the Opio, La Droga Maldita Mexican lobby cards hint at something sinister and unsavory.

The Man from Laramie (1955) Pressbook

The ballyhoo suggested in this pressbook for The Man from Laramie goes from the typical to the...soap models. Very interesting. We lost a lot of fun marketing when the Internet made pushing a movie too easy.

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The Ghost (1963) Pressbook

Atmospheric and it has Barbara Steele. Comic reader version:  Download The Ghost Pressbook

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) Mexican Lobby Card

A thrilling lobby card to be sure. Peter Cushing makes an energetic Holmes, although they should have kept the glowing paint on the hound, instead of the mask.