News / 07 August 2023

Via Vision Reveal Trio of Horror Releases For October

Via Vision Entertainment have revealed a trio of titles to land on Blu-ray locally on October 18, just in time for the spooky season.

First up there’s a magnificent limited edition set titled the STEPHEN KING COLLECTION comprised of eight discs with six films, alternate cuts of three of the features and a bounty of Special Feature content, all housed in a hardbox.
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STEPHEN KING COLLECTION – CONTENTS:

NEEDFUL THINGS
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • 1080p presentations of the Theatrical & TV Cuts
  • Audio Commentary by Director Fraser C. Heston, moderated by Walter Olsen
  • Making-of (featurette)
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Photo Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer

SECRET WINDOW

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • 1080p presentation
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director David Koepp
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Deleted Scenes with audio commentary by writer/director David Koepp
  • From Book to Film (featurette)
  • A Look Through It (featurette)
  • Secrets Revealed (featurette)
  • Theatrical Trailer

RIDING THE BULLET
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • 1080p presentation
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director Mick Garris
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director Mick Garris, producer Joel T. Smith, actor Jonathan Jackson, director of photography Robert New, special FX supervisors Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger
  • Shooting the Bullet: Vintage Featurettes – David Arquette’s Makeup, Alan’s Artwork, The Picture Cars, A Cemetery Shoot, The Fury Crash, Thrill Village and Drawing the Bullet: A Scene-to-Storyboard Comparison
  • Artwork Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer

1408
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

Disc 1

  • 1080p presentation of the Theatrical Cut
  • Alternate Ending #1
  • Alternate Ending #2
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Deleted Scenes with audio commentary by director Mikael Håfström and writers Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
  • John Cusack on 1408 (featurette)
  • Inside Room 1408 (featurette)
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • The Secrets of 1408: Vintage Featurettes – The Characters, The Director, The Physical Effects and The Production Design

Disc 2

  • 1080p presentation of the Director’s Cut
  • Audio Commentary by director Mikael Håfström and writers Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
  • 1408: The Premiere (featurette)

THE MIST
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

Disc 1

  • 1080p presentation of the Colour Version
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes with audio commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont
  • A Conversation with author Stephen King and writer/director Frank Darabont
  • When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist (documentary)
  • Taming the Beast: The Making of Scene 35 (featurette)
  • Monsters Among Us: A Look at the Creature FX (featurette)
  • The Horror of it All: The Visual FX of The Mist (featurette)
  • Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (featurette)
  • Webisodes
  • Theatrical Trailers

Disc 2

  • 1080p presentation of the Black & White Version
  • Introduction by writer/director Frank Darabont

BAG OF BONES
Bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, unable to cope after his wife’s sudden death, returns to the couple’s lakeside retreat in Maine, where he becomes involved in a custody battle between a young widow and her child’s enormously wealthy grandfather. Mike inexplicably receives mysterious ghostly visitations, escalating nightmares and the realization that his late wife still has something to tell him.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • 1080p presentation
  • Deleted Scenes

DragMeToHell-VVEDRAG ME TO HELL
The terrifying supernatural horror written and directed by genre legend Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead series, Spider-Man trilogy) returns to Blu-ray in a Limited Edition 3D Lenticular Hardcase with both the Theatrical & Director’s Cuts of the film and Art Cards.

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is on her way to having it all: a devoted boyfriend (Justin Long), a hard-earned job promotion, and a bright future. But when she’s forced to make a tough decision that evicts an elderly woman from her house, Christine becomes the victim of an evil curse. Now she has only three days to dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to hell for an eternity of unthinkable torment.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

  • Special Features TBC

Grindhouse-VVEGRINDHOUSE
The complete double feature experience from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino in a 4-disc Limited Edition 3D Lenticular Hardcase with both Theatrical and Extended versions of the films along with a bonus disc of Special Features and Art Cards.

Acclaimed directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino pay tribute to exploitation cinema in this epic double feature. With all star casts including Rose McGowan, Josh Brolin, Kurt Russell and Rosario Dawson, and featuring fictitious exploitation trailers directed by Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, and Jason Eisener.

Disc 1 – GRINDHOUSE: Theatrical Version

  • 1080p presentation of the Theatrical Version
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director Robert Rodriguez
  • Planet Terror Audience Reaction (audio track)

Disc 2 – PLANET TERROR: Extended Version

  • 1080p presentation of the Extended & Unrated Versions
  • Scratch-free version of Planet Terror
  • Audio Commentary by writer/director Robert Rodriguez
  • Audience Reaction (audio track)
  • International Trailer

Disc 3 – DEATH PROOF: Extended Version

  • 1080p presentation of the Extended & Unrated Versions
  • International Trailer

Disc 4 – Bonus Special Features

PLANET TERROR
  • Robert Rodriguez’s 10-Minute Film School
  • Robert Rodriguez’s 10-Minute Cooking School
  • The Badass Babes of Planet Terror
  • The Guys of Planet Terror
  • Casting Rebel
  • Sickos, Bullets, And Explosions: The Stunts of Planet Terror
  • The Friend, the Doctor, and the Real Estate Agent
  • The Makeup Effects of Planet Terror
DEATH PROOF
  • Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof
  • Quentin’s Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke
  • The Guys of Death Proof
  • Finding Quentin’s Gals
  • Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike
  • The uncut version of “Baby, It’s You” performed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead
  • Introducing Zoë Bell
  • Double Dare Trailer
  • The Hot Rods of Death Proof
  • From Texas to Tennessee: The Production Design of Death Proof
Additional Grindhouse Bonus
  • New York Times talk with Lynn Hirschberg, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez (2006)
  • Comic-Con 2006 – Featuring the Directors and Cast of Grindhouse
  • Extended Music Cues: Gangster Story / Italia A Mano Armata
The Trailers
  • Grindhouse Trailer
  • Thanksgiving Trailer with Audio Commentary by Director Eli Roth and Co-Writer/Actor Jeff Rendell
  • The Making of Thanksgiving Trailer
  • The Making of Werewolf Women of the SS Trailer
  • Extended Werewolf Women of the SS Trailer (with optional Audio Commentary by director Rob Zombie)
  • The Making of Don’t Trailer
  • Don’t Extended Trailer (with optional Audio Commentary by director Edgar Wright)
  • Don’t Storyboard/Trailer comparison (with optional Audio Commentary by Director Edgar Wright)
  • Don’t Storyboards – still gallery
  • Don’t Poster (featuring extended Don’t score by David Arnold)
  • Hobo With A Shotgun – Produced by Rob Cotterill, Directed by Jason Eisener (Grindhouse Trailer Contest Winners)

On Home Entertainment October 18