And if, for some reason, you’ve never seen these movies before, this is a perfect excuse to pick them up now (“The Funhouse” has flown under the radar for too long but is one of the most visually ravishing horror movies of the 1980s). The picture quality and sound are unbeatable and all of the extras that came before have been ported over to the new editions (including the multiple versions of “Army of Darkness”). Each of these movies is absolutely wonderful and if you’re a genre fan you have undoubtedly purchased them at least once before on home video (the editions of “Army of Darkness” I’ve owned over the years has damn near reached double digits) but these are all very worthy of a new purchase.
“Return of the Living Dead,” “The Funhouse,” “Army of Darkness” 4K (Shout! Factory, prices vary) OrionĬult classics, assemble! Shout/Scream Factory has brought three beloved cult classics – Dan O’Bannon’s “Return of the Living Dead,” Tobe Hooper’s “The Funhouse” and Sam Raimi’s “Army of Darkness,” and transferred them to beautiful 4K Blu-ray. The less said about “Halloween: Resurrection,” the better, but completists shouldn’t be without this beautiful box set.
And “H20” is a lot of streamlined fun too (the work of uncredited screenwriter Kevin Williamson is really felt when you re-watch). Both versions of “The Curse of Michael Myers” are presented here in beautiful 4K, meaning you can choose which one you prefer – the more coherent “Producer’s Cut” or the battier, more bloody “Theatrical Cut” (we’re partial to the latter, if only because a young Paul Rudd seems to have grown a sense of humor in between principal photography and the reshoots). But they didn’t put all of them out … Thanks to a weird licensing agreement, “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “Halloween H20” and “Halloween: Resurrection” had to be packaged and sold together and here they are! While this wasn’t the high point of the franchise, it marks an interesting lull in the series, before it veered into uncharted territory with the two Rob Zombie remakes and returned to more stable ground with the 2018 continuation. Shout Factory/Scream Factory released the original 1978 “Halloween” and a slew of its sequels last year around this time.
How’s that for an extra Halloween treat? “Halloween” 4K Collection (1995-2002) Box Set (Shout! Factory, $129.98) Dimension Meaning that if you have to watch on a regular Blu-ray player, you’ll get a new take on “Poltergeist” and “The Lost Boys” too.
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(Can you believe that movie was rated PG?) All of the special features from earlier releases are present and accounted for on these new discs and, perhaps most incredibly, there’s actually a new transfer on the bonus Blu-ray disc. (Michael Chapman, Martin Scorsese’s cinematographer on “Raging Bull” and “Taxi Driver,” shot “The Lost Boys.”) Ditto “Poltergeist,” where the optical and make-up effects take on an even more tactile realism. Seriously, we threw on the “Lost Boys” disc and were blown away. has resurrected two of its biggest 1980s horror favorites and they look amazing.
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