Wednesday, August 16, 2017

THE HIDDEN (1988) & INNOCENT BLOOD (1992) ON THE WAY FROM WARNER ARCHIVE ON BLU!

HOLY SHIT! Been waiting for THE HIDDEN (1988) and INNOCENT BLOOD (1992) to make their way to Blu-ray for years, now it's finally happening thanks to the folks over at the warner Archive! 

Even better we're getting the longer international cut of John Landis's INNOCENT BLOOD which runs 115 minutes - all of these are getting brand new 2017 HD Masters, too!

Also on tap are the Ray Bradbury anthology THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (1969) and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996), which are also getting the HD treatment! 


THE HIDDEN (1987)

NEW 2017 1080p HD REMASTER
Run Time 97:00
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio (REMIX FOR HOME VIDEO) 5.1 - English, DTS HD-Master Audio (ORIGINAL THEATRICAL) 2.0 - English
16 X 9 WIDESCREEN, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1
Special Features:
- Commentary by Director Jack Sholder and Tim Hunter
- SFX Footage with commentary by Jack Sholder
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Something hideous is changing law-abiding citizens into monstrous, hyperviolent psychopaths. Now, only Kyle MacLachlan (Dune, Twin Peaks) and Michael Nouri (Flashdance) can halt the terrifying rampage of The Hidden!

A series of bizarre, inexplicable robberies and murders have L.A. police detective Tom Beck (Nouri) totally baffled. And it doesn’t help when mysterious FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan) tells him that a demonic extraterrestrial creature is invading the bodies of innocent victims – and transforming them into inhuman killers with an unearthly fondness for heavy-metal music, red Ferraris and unspeakable violence! This chilling, high-velocity sci-fi horrorshow that captures a long-gone and way-gone Los Angeles has emerged from the shadows to epitomize '80s cult cinema - and now it's looking show room fresh!

WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (1996)

NEW 2017 1080p HD REMASTER
Run Time 84:00
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Stereo - English
16 X 9 WIDESCREEN, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1

Special Features:
- Commentary by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
- Additional Scenes with Optional Commentary
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Blaine, Missouri, may be small, but Corky St. Clair always dreams big. Determined to get back to the lights of Broadway, he’s created Red, White and Blaine, a musical celebration of the burg’s 150th anniversary.

This Is Spinal Tap and Best in Show co-creator Christopher Guest plays Corky in this acclaimed comedy. Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard and Bob Balaban costar as stagestruck townfolk who pin their hopes of being discovered on Corky’s hilariously hapless theater production...and on reports that big-time talent scout Mort Guffman will be in the audience. “Waiting for Guffman does for regional theater what This is Spinal Tap did for rock ’n’ roll” (Jami Bernard, New York Daily News).


INNOCENT BLOOD (1992)

NEW 2017 1080p HD REMASTER
Run Time 115:00 International Version (UNRATED)
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Stereo - English
16 X 9 WIDESCREEN, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1

Special Features:
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)

This ghoul just wants to have fun! She also wants an occasional bad guy to sink her fangs into – because she never, ever takes Innocent Blood.

Anne Parillaud is Marie, a vampire who imperils Pittsburgh when she fails to kill off one of her victims, mob boss Sal Macelli (Robert Loggia). Sal realizes what a lucky stiff he is: a vampire with deadly powers! If Marie and her undercover cop boyfriend (Anthony LaPaglia) can’t stop the mobster’s new “family” of goons, Pittsburgh will be the pits. As in his An American Werewolf in London, director John Landis saw in Michael Wolk’s script many “possibilities to be outrageous” – and transforms them into outrageous screen reality. With more than two minutes of never-seen-in-the-US footage, Innocent Blood is ready to drain you like never before!

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (1969)

NEW 2017 1080p HD REMASTER
Run Time 103:00
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 Mono - English
16 X 9 LETTERBOX, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.35:1 

Special Features:
- Vintage Featurette "Tattooed Steiger"
- Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Rod Steiger plays the tattoo-covered title role in this fascinating vision of doom and danger based on the classic short story collection by futurist Ray Bradbury. Robert Drivas portrays a good-natured drifter who can’t tear his eyes away from Steiger’s freakish illustrations. And Claire Bloom is the mysterious seductress who created the “art” that curses its bearer – and comes to life in a nightmarish trio of tales.

Two spoiled children turn playtime into slay time (from The Veldt). Shipwrecked astronauts wander across a planet cursed by The Long Rain. And loving parents choose their children’s fate when the end nears (from The Last Night of the World). Every one of The Illustrated Man’s pictures tell a story. And every story ends in terror.