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The last 70 years of science fiction, horror, and fantasy wouldn't just look remarkably different without the works of Richard Matheson, they'd be comparatively barren. Okay, this is a touch hyperbolic, but only a touch! Yes, we'd still have the transporting, thought-provoking works of maestros like Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and so many others, but could you imagine living in a world sans such essential tales as "The Incredible Shrinking Man," "I Am Legend," "Hell House," and dozens upon dozens of eerily prescient (or just straight up horrifying) short stories? And these weren't just spellbinding reads. They formed the basis for many memorable movies, and, perhaps most influentially, 16 unforgettable episodes of "The Twilight Zone."

Countless writers and filmmakers have cited Matheson as crucial to their development as genre storytellers (Stephen King considers "Hell House" to be "the scariest haunted house novel ever written"), and you could argue that...

Since launching in 2020, Cauldron Films has quickly established itself as a boutique label to watch for cult film fans. In addition to unearthing and restoring obscurities like The Crimes of the Black Cat, American Rickshaw, and Frankenstein ’80, they’ve secured a few heavy hitters. Their most recognizable title to date is Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (originally released in the US as The Gates of Hell). Following an exclusive slipcase edition last year, a standard retail version of the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray set is available this week.

The 1980 Italian horror film is significant for kicking off Fulci’s thematically connected Gates of Hell trilogy, followed by The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery the next year. Developed in the wake of Fulci’s success with Zombie in 1979, City of the Living Dead features more undead ghouls but this time as accoutrements rather than a centerpiece.

A new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, the video series hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson) – has just been released, and in this one the Boys are out to raise the dead with director Stuart Gordon‘s 1985 film Re-Animator (watch it Here)! To find out what they had to say about Re-Animator, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Gordon from a screenplay he wrote with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris (based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft), Re-Animator has the following synopsis: Re-animation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests his secret life-rejuvenating potion on some cooperative corpses at a local morgue. It’s a success But only a temporary one – as the dead spring to life, reacting violently to their re-animation.

A new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, the video series hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson) – has just been released, and in this one the Boys take a tour of the City of the Living Dead… or at least, they watch and discuss the 1980 film with that title (which you can watch Here). To find out what they had to say about City of the Living Dead, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Lucio Fulci, who also crafted the screenplay with Dardano Sacchetti, City of the Living Dead has the following synopsis: The seven gates of Hell have been torn open, and in 3 days the dead shall rise and walk the earth. As a reporter and a psychic race to close the portals of the damned, they encounter a seething nightmare of unspeakable evil.

The holidays may be over by the time January rolls around, but Arrow Video will still have gifts in store for horror fans with Blu-ray releases that include Dario Argento's The Cat O' Nine Tails, Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator, and Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes.

We have release details and images of Arrow Video's January Blu-ray releases below. The Cat O' Nine Tails is a limited edition item, and while Re-Animator and The Hills Have Eyes were previously released as limited editions by Arrow Video, they will be hitting shelves as re-releases in January (with slightly less goodies, but still plenty of bonus features and eye-popping 4K restorations to enjoy).

From Arrow Video: "New UK/Us Title: The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD) Limited Edition

Pre-order The Cat O’ Nine Tails in the UK: http://bit.ly/2i9y0cp

Pre-order The Cat...

Re-Animator

Blu-ray

Arrow

1985 / 1:85 / Street Date August 8, 2017

Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton

Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg

Film Editor: Lee Percy

Written by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, William Norris

Produced by Brian Yuzna

Music: Richard Band

Directed by Stuart Gordon

Released in 1985, Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator remains the grandest of Grand Guignols, a viscerally entertaining comedy that is just grindhouse enough for fans of Blood Feast and arthouse enough for connoisseurs of Francis Bacon’s more grisly canvases.

Originally scripted for Chicago’s Organic Theater Company by Gordon and co-writers Dennis Paoli and William Norris, Re-Animator was based on H. P. Lovecraft’s short story, Herbert West – Re-Animator, first published in 1922. Set in the blandly generic college town of Arkham, Massachusetts, the action revolves in and around the classrooms of stately Miskatonic University’s medical school and the sterilized atmosphere of the academy’s dank morgue evoked so well by Mac Ahlberg’s lush cinematography.

Hey, gang! Welcome back for another look at this week’s upcoming horror and sci-fi home entertainment releases. August 8th is going to be another busy day for fans, as we have some incredible Blu-ray and DVD titles to look forward to.

Arrow Video has put together an incredible limited edition Blu-ray set for Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator, and Scream Factory has assembled two stellar Collector’s Editions for both Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too. Fans of the Coen brothers' Fargo will undoubtedly want to add the new Steelbook edition of the film to their collections this Tuesday, and for those of you interested in unconventional vampire films, be sure to check out The Transfiguration this week, too.

Other notable releases for August 8th include The Night of the Sorcerers / The Loreley’s Grasp double feature, Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh, The Dinner, Charlotte, and Dimension Z.

Fargo: Steelbook Collector’s Edition (Shout!

This August, Arrow Video enters the deranged mind of Herbert West with their limited edition 4K restoration of Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator (which was initially slated for a July 25th release), and we now have the full list of special features for the anticipated release, along with two other horror Blu-rays coming out this month from Arrow: The Slayer and a limited edition steelbook of Society.

Press Release: The summer really hots up in August, as Arrow Video releases a special edition of an 80s classic, a white-knuckle thriller, a splatter horror masterpiece, a box set of crime classics, a rare Italian sword-and-sandal epic, and an amazing new limited edition steelbook.

First up, one of the most wildly popular horror movies of all-time, Stuart Gordon's enduring splatter-comedy classic Re-Animator returns to Blu-ray in a stunning restoration packed with special features. According to the distributor (Mvd), this awesome package is officially sold out already,...

This summer, Arrow Video will take viewers back into Herbert West's lab with a limited edition Us Blu-ray of Stuart Gordon's Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator, featuring two discs and 4K restorations of both the unrated and standard cuts of the horror comedy.

Other July releases from Arrow include the previously postponed Blu-ray of Pulse (2001) in the Us and UK, a UK-only Blu-ray release of Psycho II, as well as new books exploring the respective legacies of The Blair Witch Project and Ghost in the Shell (1995). You can view all of the upcoming items below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates.

From Arrow Video: "Now over to our only Us only title this month…

Us Title: Re-Animator (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

Stuart Gordon’s enduring splatter-comedy classic Re-Animator returns to Blu-ray in a stunning restoration packed with special features!

Pre-order now: http://bit.ly/2oRCh91

Release Dates: 25 July...

Stuart Gordon’s debut feature, Re-Animator, isn’t just one of the best horror movies of the 1980s, but also one of the few rare perfect horror comedies ever made. Alongside Evil Dead 2, the original Re-Animator essentially helped invent the splatstick subgenre and announced Gordon as one of the most exciting voices in horror, plus, it turned genre royalty Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton into stars overnight. There’s almost no way it could be outdone in its sequel, 1990’s Bride of Re-Animator, though it’s not for lack of trying.

Brian Yuzna, producer of the first film, stepped into the director’s chair for the follow-up, which finds med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) escaping to Peru months after the bloody and tragic events of Re-Animator. They continue to conduct their reanimation experiments on soldiers injured and killed in the midst of a bloody civil war,...

1985. Horror was going through a sea change on the film front, as slashers were shown the door and creature features became the cool kids on campus again. People lined up to see vampires (Fright Night) and werewolves (Silver Bullet) and zombies (Day of the Dead), oh my—but my favorite subgenre, the Mad Scientist, came roaring back to life with director Stuart Gordon’s (From Beyond, Dagon) manic masterpiece debut, Re-Animator.

Released in October, Re-Animator proved once again that when properly executed, horror and humor are delightful bedfellows, co-conspirators with the noblest of intentions: to entertain. Horror, while certainly not easy to do well (scroll through Netflix on any given day), has it made in the shade compared to comedy. Humor is more subjective, and what rubs me as funny may chafe you as stupid or insipid. Most people will agree that The Exorcist is terrifying, but not everyone likes...

H.P. Lovecraft isn’t exactly known for his sense of humor. The late author, who has the very serious epitaph “I Am Providence” carved into his tombstone, spent his odd, secluded life penning tales of terror for pulp magazines. Lovecraft created the Cthulu mythos, and wrote story after story of mankind coming up against cosmic deities older than time itself. Page after page was devoted to human beings having their very sanity obliterated at the sight of unspeakable forces that were only a thin layer away from our own reality. These were tales of hopelessness, where all were doomed to some perilous demise.

With Lovecraft’s body of bleak work in mind, it’s curious that perhaps the most successful adaptation of one of his stories is also pretty damn funny as well. Stuart Gordon first set out to bring Lovecraft’s Herbert West–Reanimator to the stage with his...

In a future devastated by a nuclear war, major conflicts are settled with big robot brawls. Scream Factory's Blu-ray of Stuart Gordon's Robot Jox hits home media on Blu-ray beginning July 7th, complete with audio commentaries and interviews aplenty.

Press Release -- "In the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions. Their weapons are huge robotic machines, capable of battle on land, sea and in the air. From celebrated director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, From Beyond) and executive producer Charles Band comes Robot Jox, a riveting sci-fi action adventure. Directed by Stuart Gordon, the film stars Gary Graham (TV’s Alien Nation), Anne-Marie Johnson (TV’s In The Heat of the Night, Jag), Paul Koslo (Voyage of the Damned), Robert Sampson (Re-Animator, The Dark Side of the Moon), Danny Kamekona (Hawaii Five-o,...

Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson, Gerry Black, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Barbara Peters | Written by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, William Norris | Directed by Stuart Gordon

If a budding horror geek was to ask what were the most important horror films that must be watch, I’m sure you could come up with a few. There is one though that should be on the lips of all horror fan, an eighties film that was so important to horror that it became infamous, especially in the UK where it too decades before we got an uncut version. In fact I consider myself lucky in getting the chance to see the unrated version on the big screen only a few years ago. Re-Animator is not only an important film in itself, but it is also the one that introduced us to director Stuart Gordon and actors Jeffrey Combs and...

UK-based fans of the deranged antics of one Herbert West in Stuart Gordon's classic Re-Animator have reason to be very, very excited as Second Sight have announced details of their upcoming limited edition DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film, hitting shelves this June 2.

From the Press Release:

It gave 80s horror a gore-filled boot up the backside, proudly challenging others to match its level of blood and guts, and now Re-Animator is being brought back to life, this time in a stunning high definition Blu-ray thanks to Second Sight Films.

And as if that wasn't enough, this outrageous, game-changing horror directed by Stuart Gordon (From Beyond) and produced by Brian Yuzna (Society) comes complete with buckets of additional features and a stunning Steelbook edition. There's more gore than ever too - the double-disc Blu-ray contains not one, but two versions of the gorefest that is Re-Animator, extended And deleted scenes,...

by Nick Schager

[This week's "Retro Active" pick is inspired by Tim Burton's resurrected-dog saga Frankenweenie.]

Reviving the old through careful and colorful synthesis, Re-Animator creates something new and unique through its combination of parts borrowed from Frankenstein, Hitchcock, and zombie cinema. Stuart Gordon's 1985 adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's serialized tale of a doctor who discovers the key to "reanimating" the dead is a work that thrives not on originality but on tone, as its elements are, taken at face value, old hat. Setting Lovecraft's tale in the present day, Gordon's film concerns Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), introduced trying to subdue his Swiss mentor Dr. Gruber (Al Berry), who's frothing blood at the mouth after having been given a glowing reanimation agent that's turned him into a raving monster. Cut to Massachusetts' Miskatonic University, where West later comes to study, renting a room in the house of colleague Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott)—who's shagging Dean Halsey's (Robert Sampson) daughter Megan (Barbara Crampton)—and sparring with Dr.

Chicago – Stuart Gordon’s “Re-Animator” is a gore masterpiece, one of the best horror movies of its type ever made. It is pure lunacy, the kind of movie that will be just as shocking to audiences decades from now as it was when audiences first saw a severed head sexually molest a captive woman. “Re-Animator” brilliantly reimagines the “Frankenstein” myth of bringing what has passed back to life in all its gruesome potential. And the new Blu-ray features a well-mastered HD transfer along with some great special features.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

There’s little need to overly polish “Re-Animator.” It’s a film for which a bit of grit and grain to the picture seems appropriate. And so the modestly remastered transfer on the Blu-ray makes for a good fit. It’s nothing you’re going to use to show off your TV but it looks right for the movie.

More impressive...

By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

Horror fans have long been waiting the Blu-ray release of the cult classic H.P. Lovecraft tale from Stuart Gordon, Re-Animator.

The wait is finally over, as the debut of the film will be presented in a brand new 1080p HD transfer. Re-Animator will release on both DVD and Blu-ray September 4th. Check out the full details below.

From The Press Release

On September 4th, Image Entertainment resurrects one of the greatest horror films ever made with the Blu-ray™ debut of Stuart Gordon’s cult classic H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator. Presented in a brand-new 1080p HD transfer approved by producer Brian Yuzna, the 1985 shocker was ranked #32 of 50 on EW’s “Top 50 Cult Films,” inspired two sequels as well as an award-winning stage musical!

Featuring high-resolution DTS-hd audio and packed with bonus features, the Re-Animator Blu-ray™ hits retail with an Srp of $17.97. Also available on DVD for...

Over the weekend we told you that Re-Animator is on its way to Blu-ray. Now the official word is here, and the mere thought of seeing this flick's carnage in glorious 1080p is enough to get us as giddy as schoolgirls! Dig it!

From the Press Release

On September 4th, Image Entertainment resurrects one of the greatest horror films ever made with the Blu-ray™ debut of Stuart Gordon’s cult classic H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator. Presented in a brand-new 1080p HD transfer approved by producer Brian Yuzna, the 1985 shocker was ranked #32 of 50 on EW’s “Top 50 Cult Films,” inspired two sequels as well as an award-winning stage musical!

Featuring high-resolution DTS-hd audio and packed with bonus features, the Re-Animator Blu-ray™ hits retail with an Srp of $17.97. Also available on DVD for an Srp of $9.98.

Adapted by Dennis Paoli, William J. Norris and Stuart Gordon from the H.P. Lovecraft short story,...

Our nightly recaps return -- we're alternating weeks with our friends at Film School Rejects -- with a terrifying tale, a twist on a parent's nightmare: What if your child is crying out to you, pleading for your help, but you can't find her? The Twilight Zone, Episode #91: "Little Girl Lost" (original air date March 16, 1962) The Plot: In the middle of the night, six-year-old Tina cries out to her parents. But when her father goes to console her, he can hear her -- but he can't see her! Chris (Robert Sampson) searches for his daughter, but he can't find her, which simply doesn't make any sense. Ruth (Sarah Marshall) joins him in the search, and they are baffled and terrified together. Amidst...

The good folks over at Creation are doing their damnedest to make sure that this weekend's con will be a show that fans in attendance will never forget! More guests have been added, and we've got the whole schedule for you right here so you can make sure that you don't miss a single thing!

Just added:

Director Tim Sullivan and his 2001 Maniacs -- Christa Campbell, Lin Shaye, Ryan Fleming, Kevin "Ogre" Ogilvie, and Bill Moseley.

Director Steven R. Munroe and company from I Spit on Your Grave 2010 - Sarah Butler, Rodney Eastman, Jeff Branson, and Daniel Franzese.

Full Schedule:

Friday May 21, 2010

4 pm to 5 pm: Pre-Registration for Gold Patrons

5 pm to 10 pm: Registration, Vendors/Stage/Film Room Open to the Public

Saturday May 22, 2010

11 am to 7 pm: Registration, Vendors/Stage/Film Room Open to the Public

Sunday May 23, 2010

11 am to 7 pm: Registration, Vendors/Stage/Film Room Open to the Public

Friday May 21

5:30 P.

In the La area and wondering what to do this weekend? Dudes and dudettes, if you're a horror fan, then trust us ... get your asses to the Creation Weekend of Horrors!

The heavy hitting show has added a host of new additions to the weekend's festivities. In addition to the already announced horror superstars like writer/director Dario Argento, Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, and the following massive panels:

• Hatchet 2 Panel will bring the genre’s hottest names to present a fun and informative panel including filmmaker Adam Green, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, and more.

• Michael Myers Panel, where your favorite Halloween stars will participate in a special panel including Tony Moran, Will Sandin, Dick Warlock, George P. Wilbur, and more.

• Jason Voorhees Panel will bring the Friday the 13th actors together on stage including Ari Lehman, Warrington Gillette, Steve Dash, Richard Brooker, Ted White, and more.

You want cool? You want badass? And you want it free? Well, if you'll be in the Los Angeles area from Friday, May 21st, through Sunday, May 23rd, we'll be sending you and a guest to the Creation Weekend of Horrors!

But these aren't no ordinary day passes! Not for you sickos! Dread Central, in association with Creation, will be giving away a pair of Gold Weekend Passes! What's that mean? Dig it!

1) The very best seating reserved in the main theatre, reserved for you to come and go all weekend. Here is where all the guests appear and the events take place. Great for photographers, too, since you'll be so close up!

2) Complimentary in person autographs from the major celebrity guests including Dario Argento, Robert Englund, Jeffrey Combs, Stuart Gordon, Bruce Abbott, Dennis Paoli, and many more to be announced. You get one autograph per celebrity mentioned; additional autographs can be purchased.

The biggest horror show in La just got a quite a bit bigger! More horror talent has signed on to join the already impressive list of genre celebs that will be lurking about the upcoming Creation Weekend of Horrors!

Creation Entertainment’s Weekend of Horrors presented by Dark Sky Films returns to Los Angeles Friday, May 21, through Sunday, May 23, with the gory best of terror talent from both film and TV. This fright-filled three-day event will be held at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport, 5855 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles.

Frightful favorites scheduled to appear include: writer/director Dario Argento and stars from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Never Sleep Again Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Heather Langenkamp (Nancy Thompson), and John Saxon (Lt. Thompson).

As well as make-up F/X legend Tom Savini, and on the Hatchet 2 panel which I will be moderating on Saturday look for Tony Todd,...

The clock is ticking away, and if you haven't done so already, we suggest you get your asses in gear and get your tix for the Creation Weekend of Horrors as the show is gonna be a veritable Monster!

From the Press Release:

“Creation Entertainment’s Weekend of Horrors” presented by Dark Sky Films returns to Los Angeles Friday, May 21, through Sunday, May 23, with the gory best of terror talent from both film and TV. This fright-filled three-day event will be held at the Marriott Los Angeles Airport, 5855 West Century Blvd., Los Angeles.

Frightful favorites scheduled to appear include: writer/director Dario Argento and stars from A Nightmare Of Elm Street Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger), Heather Langenkamp (Nancy Thompson), and John Saxon (Lt. Thompson).

The Weekend of Horrors also offers a variety of star-packed panels, including:

• Hatchet 2 Panel will bring the genre’s hottest names to present a fun...

Another addition to what's shaping up to be the mother of all Re-Animator reunions has been made! You can add Dr. Dan Cain himself, Bruce Abbott, to the festivities, which also include appearances by Barbara Crampton, Robert Sampson, Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, and Dennis Paoli.

Here are the whens and wheres!

Los Angeles, CA

Fri., Sat., & Sun.

May 21-23, 2010

Marriott Los Angeles Airport

5855 West Century Blvd.

For additional information, including how to purchase tickets and the full guest list thus far, click on the banner below. To get up-to-date info as it's announced, visit the Weekend of Horrors Facebook Page, the Weekend of Horrors MySpace page, and follow @weekendOhorrors on Twitter.

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Things just got a lot sweeter for Re-Animator fans! In their quest to put on one big ass-kicking convention, those lovable sickos at Creation's Weekend of Horrors have just brought in some more West created firepower!

That's right, kids! The film's daughter/father team of Barbara Crampton and Robert Sampson have been signed to appear with the already announced Re-Animator alums Stuart Gordon, Jeffrey Combs, and Dennis Paoli.

Pretty damned nifty, eh? Here are the whens and wheres!

Los Angeles, CA

Fri., Sat., & Sun.

May 21-23, 2010

Marriott Los Angeles Airport

5855 West Century Blvd.

For additional information, including how to purchase tickets and the full guest list thus far, click on the banner below. To get up-to-date info as it's announced, visit the Weekend of Horrors Facebook Page, the Weekend of Horrors MySpace page, and follow @CreationEnt on Twitter.

- Uncle Creepy

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