Vault Master's BEST (AND WORST) OF 2012!

I DID IT! I FINALLY DID IT! I completed something new for The Vault! After a week of chipping away at it, I finally completed and uploaded my retrospective look at THE BEST (AND WORST) OF 2012! This somewhat lengthy article covers my favorite theatrical releases of the past year, and briefly touches upon a few other items of interest, including my picks for the absolute worst films of 2012! Give it a look and feel free to share your thoughts, especially if you think I glanced over a movie or two (which I did, since I didn't get to see every movie I wanted to last year). You can share your opinions below in the comments section, leave a comment at The Vault's Facebook page, hit me up on Twitter, and/or drop me an e-mail at vault_master@bmoviefilmvault.com! Regardless, thanks for reading; I hope you enjoy this new article!

Upcoming SCREAM FACTORY release slate! Prepare to drool all over yourself!

Last year, Scream Factory wowed us with fantastic Blu-ray editions of HALLOWEEN II,  HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH, THEY LIVE, DEATH VALLEY, THE ISLAND, THE FUNHOUSE, and TERROR TRAIN. This year, they are looking to trump their previous triumphs with even more amazing cult and Horror DVD & Blu-ray releases! The first quarter alone is chock full of awesome, so you may want to have someone hide your wallets, grab yourself a towel, and gaze upon Scream Factory's upcoming release slate. BEHOLD:

DEADLY BLESSING (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Now available!)
THE NEST (Available Feb. 19th)
PRISON (Available Feb. 19th)
TERRORVISION / THE VIDEO DEAD (Available Feb. 19th)
PHANTASM II (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Available March 26th)
FROM BEYOND (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Available March 26th)
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (Blu-ray only - Available April 30th)
LIFEFORCE (COLLECTOR'S EDITION - Available April 30th)

But the awesome doesn't stop there my friends because Scream Factory has big plans for the rest of 2013. Here is the tentative list of films they'll be putting out on awesome collector's edition Blu-rays. Official extras and release dates To Be Announced:

THE FOG
THE BURNING
THE HOWLING
NIGHT OF THE COMET
DAY OF THE DEAD (Damn it... do I want to buy this again? YEAH I DO!)
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN / THE EVICTORS
THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN
X-RAY (a.k.a. HOSPITAL MASSACRE)
SCHIZOID
THE GODSEND
SCANNERS II & III
THE HORROR SHOW (a.k.a. HOUSE III)
THE VAGRANT

Sheesh, there's eight or nine of these titles that I've never seen before! Color me excited! Dates for the above list of upcoming Scream Factory releases and extra features have yet to be announced, but rest assured I'll keep you updated as news comes down the pipeline!

DVD & Blu-ray releases for 01/22/2013!

Hello fellow film collectors! Today, you can get your paws on the latest Scream Factory release, pick up two new Blu-rays from Olive Films, or indulge in some of Full Moon Entertainment's catalog of cult classics! There's something for everyone this week, so here's what's new!



NEW TO DVD & BLU-RAY
Cujo (Olive Films)
Deadly Blessing (Collector's Edition - Scream Factory)
Death Race 3: Inferno
Hold Your Breath
Tai Chi Zero
A Thousand Cuts
Ticks (Olive Films)
 Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning


NEW TO DVD
Barrio Tales
Bikini Bloodbath Shakespeare
Bleeding Through
Claustrophobia
Crowsnest
Dead Sushi
End of Animal
Ghost of Rashmon Hall
Hansel and Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft
The Hounds
The Incubus
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Night of Templar
Night of the Tentacles
Tomboys
Tunnel Vision
Zombie Ed


FULL MOON TITLES ON DVD
Arcade
Bad Channels
Dark Angel: The Ascent
Lurking Fear
Mandroid
Robot Wars
Seedpeople


BOXED SETS
Halloween Haunts 3 DVD Box Set
Contains "Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt," "Skull Heads," and "Decadent Evil."

Linnea Quigley: Grindhouse Triple Feature
Contains "Deadly Embrace," "Nightmare Sisters," and "Murder Weapon."

Morella's Blood Vision - 3 Bone Chilling Chillers
Contains "Zombies" (a.k.a. "I Eat Your Skin"), "The Blood Seekers," and "Blood Stalkers."

Sci Fi Trash-O-Rama: 3 Sci-Fi "Epics"
Contains "Creature of Destruction," "The Flying Saucer Mystery," and "UFO-Target Earth."

"In Fear" Sundance Poster unveiled + "Dead Sushi" gets LA theatrical release tomorrow!

I just received an e-mail that showcased the cool-looking poster art for IN FEAR which premieres at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, January 20th. The film stars Iain De Caestecker (U.K. TV show The Fades), Alice Englert (the forthcoming Beautiful Creatures), and Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), and tells the story of a young couple who gets lost in a maze of country roads and attempts to survive a night-turned-nightmare.

If you're attending the festival, or just curious about this particular movie and want to pop in to give it a look, here is the screening schedule for IN FEAR:

• Sunday, January 20, Midnight, Egyptian Theatre, Park City
• Sunday, January 22, 9:30pm, Broadway Centre Cinema 6, Salt Lake City
• Monday, January 23, 11:30pm, Prospector Square Theatre, Park City 
• Tuesday, January 25, 11:30am, Redstone Cinema 2, Park City

Not gonna be making it to Sundance at all next week? Do you live in or around Los Angeles? If you answered yes to both then you can get a look at a new film from the insane mind of Director Noboru Iguchi called DEAD SUSHI! The film is playing at the The Downtown Independent from Friday, January 18th up until Thursday, January 24th. For the full listing of screenings CLICK HERE. View the batshit insane trailer HERE.

Synopsis: "Keiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, runs away from home when his Karate-style regimen becomes too severe. Finding work at a rural hot springs inn, she is ridiculed by the eccentric staff and guests, including the employees of a pharmaceutical firm there on a work retreat. But little do they know that a disgruntled former researcher has also come to the inn with a plan for revenge, using a serum he developed that can awaken the murderous instincts of ordinary sushi, turning it into bloodthirsty monsters! Keiko must use both her sushi training and her martial arts skills to save the others and defeat the flying killers.

From the director of “Machine Girl”, “Robogeisha” and “The ABCs of Death,”Noboru Iguchi brings us his latest horror film, DEAD SUSHI, an official selection of Fantastic Fest 2012, Fantasia Film Festival 2012, Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2012 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012."

For everyone else, the only way you will see this flick next week is if you buy the DVD (pre-order it now at AMAZON.COM). The DEAD SUSHI Blu-ray will not be out until March 26th (pre-order it at AMAZON.COM for $13.49), unless you come across it at Best Buy, as it will be a "Best Buy Exclusive." The disc is unrated and offers up Behind the Scenes footage as an extra feature, plus two audio tracks and English subtitles. It's cost should be around $14.99.

It sounds like a fun and crazy movie, but pales in comparison to MONSTER ROLL, a short film/trailer about giant sea monsters battling kung-fu sushi chefs for the fate of Japan! The idea is hilariously awesome and the CGI work is fairly well done. Check it out for yourself below:

Late but genius marketing: V/H/S coming out on VHS!

In a bold (but rather late) marketing move, Magnet Releasing has decided to release "V/H/S" on VHS! While this may seem like a no brainer, I am pretty surprised that they are doing this.

VHS has long been considered a dead format, but like the creatures that lurked on many of the video tapes we rented in our youth, the format just keeps coming back from the dead. (I should note that 2009's "House of the Devil" came out in a limited DVD/VHS combo; also Troma president Lloyd Kaufman released his studio's flagship film, "The Toxic Avenger," in a limited edition big box VHS last year.)

There's no word on a release date, or if VHS copies of "V/H/S" will be limited in number (making them highly collectible), but once I heard something I'll most definitely post it here.

As for the film itself, I got the Blu-ray for Christmas but still have yet to watch it. It seems to have had a polarizing effect on the Horror community; there's no middle ground when it comes to this movie. You either love it or you hate it. It has my curiosity and will perhaps soon have my full attention. Regardless about how you feel about this movie, it's clear that it must have done pretty well because the sequel, "S-VHS" is already in the works and due out later this year!

Learn more about "V/H/S" HERE.
View the trailer HERE.
Buy it on DVD HERE.
Buy it on Blu-ray HERE.

Haunting in Connecticut 2 trailer, poster, and pics.

I recently received a digital press kit for Lionsgate's sequel to "The Haunting in Connecticut" (which I skipped seeing because it didn't look all that great; plus I get annoyed when movies use the entire "Based on True Events" marketing ploy), entitled "The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia." Wait what? Do Georgian ghosts haunt a home in Connecticut? No? Then why the hell didn't you call this "The Haunting in Georgia?!" I guess the marketing team wanted "brand recognition?"

Here's the plot synopsis for A Not Haunting in Connecticut 2:

"A young family is tormented by the horrors of the past in THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2: GHOSTS OF GEORGIA, a chilling new film based on a true story from Lionsgate and Gold Circle Films.

Building on the terror of A Haunting in Connecticut, this horrifying tale traces a young family’s nightmarish descent into a centuries-old Southern hell. When Andy Wyrick (Chad Michael Murray, House of Wax) moves his wife Lisa (Abigail Spencer, TV’s “Mad Men”) and daughter Heidi to an historic home in Georgia, they quickly discover they are not the house’s only inhabitants. Joined by Lisa’s free-spirited sister, Joyce (Katee Sackhoff, TV’s “Battlestar Galactica”), the family soon comes face-to-face with a bone-chilling mystery born of a deranged desire…a haunting secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path."

I'm guessing that the true story portion of this supernatural tale of terror is probably that there was actually an underground railroad that allowed slaves to sneak their way safely to the Northern States. So technically the promotional materials aren't lying....

Also, Katee Sackhoff playing the "free-spirited sister" means she's probably a whore in this movie. Nerds who write sexy "Battlestar Galactica" fan-fic and fantasize about all the actresses on the show take note: You may see Starbuck's boobs! (Mind you, this is just my theory and has yet to be confirmed.)

Ok, yeah I'm probably being harsh here, so let's take a look at the trailer shall we?




Hmmm..... yeah looks like your typical supernatural direct-to-DVD fare. It doesn't look awful but I don't think I'll be going out of my way to scope it out. Unless, Sackhoff nudity is confrmed; then I'll rent it and fast forward through it.

I may not be psyched out this film's existence, but if the poster and trailer have caught your eye, then here's a few photos from the film to get you even more psyched. Enjoy!

"Do you know how fast you were driving ma'am?"

This is what happens when you give a Cenobite a BJ.

Not actually Christian Slater, but an incredible simulation.

The release date for this sequel is FEBRUARY 1ST! It'll be getting a limited theatrical run (LA, NY, maybe a few other larger cities) and will also be available on VOD services. In the meantime, why not give the previous entry a quick look? It's pretty cheap over at Amazon.com right now on both DVD and Blu-ray, but if you don't want to buy it, why not give it a digital rental?

Press Release: LINNEA QUIGLEY SCREAMS THRU GRINDHOUSE DOUBLE FEATURE

Attention Horror fans, next week you can pick up a cool triple feature, starring 80's scream queen Linnea Quigley! Here's all the juicy info about this new DVD release:

"Scream Queen Linnea Quigley is no stranger to shock and splatter. The 1980s horror icon, inducted into Fangoria Magazine’s “Hall of Fame,” has been possessed, returned from the dead, pierced on antlers by a killer Santa and was even trapped inside Freddy Krueger’s chest. Coming to DVD from rapidheart.com  Tuesday, January 22, 2013 are three of the actresses long-lost cult classic terror-fests, NIGHTMARE SISTERS, DEADLY EMBRACE, and the gruesome MURDER WEAPON.

NIGHTMARE SISTERS– The camp horror classic that became one of USA’s UP ALL NIGHT most popular broadcasts returns after a decade in moratorium! Three innocent college girls (Quigley, Brinke Stevens of THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE and Michelle Bauer of HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS) become sorority succubus sisters when possessed by an evil spirit. It’s up to their geeky boyfriends to turn the sudden sexpots with killer bites back into the dorkalicious babes they know and love. Richard Gabai (VIRGIN HIGH) and Michael Sonye (FRIDAY THE 13TH) also star.

DEADLY EMBRACE– When a desperate housewife hires a hunky college guy (Ken Abraham, CREEPOZOIDS) to repair her home, she quickly attempts to seduce him. However, when his sprite young girlfriend (Quigley) shows up for a long, hot weekend of sex, jealousy and obsession consume the housewife, spiraling into a spree of kidnap, torture and murder. Also featuring an all-star cast of cult favorites Ruth Collins (PSYCHOS IN LOVE), Jan-Michael Vincent (AIRWOLF), Ty Randolph (BATMAN RETURNS), Michelle Bauer (PUPPET MASTER III), and Jack Carter (ALLIGATOR).

MURDER WEAPON– Two criminally insane mob daughters (Quigley and DICK TRACY’s Karen Russell), fresh out of the asylum, gather their ex-boyfriends claiming a desire for reconciliation. In truth, the temptresses have a need to avenge their broken hearts and satisfy an unending bloodlust. Also features Lyle Waggoner (THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW) and Eric Freeman (SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, PART 2). Showing one of cinema’s most gruesome sledgehammer-to-the-head murders, this long-sought after title is available for the first time on DVD.

Loaded with sex and violence, all three films are featured in the hit documentary SCREAMING IN HIGH HEELS, currently airing on NBCUniversal’s Chiller TV, generating interest with horror fans old and new. The LINNEA QUIGLEY GRINDHOUSE TRIPLE FEATURE, available through amazon.com and other major retailers, is 240 minutes of unbridled fun and fear, including new commentary tracks on each film by Quigley and director David DeCoteau."

  

Pre-order your DVD of LINNEA QUIGLEY GRINDHOUSE TRIPLE FEATURE at AMAZON.COM for the low price of $14.99!

Michelle Bauer, Linnea Quigley, and Brinks Stevens in NIGHTMARE SISTERS! ROWL!!!