Upcoming Home Video Releases Include Renfield, Nightbreed 4K, Needful Things 4K and The Ghoulies 4K

With Summer nearly here, there are a few classic and soon-to-be classic horror films coming to Blu-ray and 4K discs to add to your collection.

First up is Clive Barker’s supernatural creature feature Nightbreed. The film has had many releases and is available in many different cuts. Scream Factory is offering fans a chance to get their hands on a 4K version of the “cut” version of the film. A few bundles are available on the Scream Factory website, with posters, lobby cards and enamel pins.

Synopsis:
Boone (Craig Sheffer) may be a troubled young man, but his troubles are just beginning. Set up as the fall guy in a string of slasher murders, he decides he’ll hide by crossing the threshold that separates “us” from “them” and sneak into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian. Boone will live among the monsters.

Hellraiser creator Clive Barker writes (adapting his novel Cabal) and directs this vivid leap into horror that asks: in the battle of man vs. monster, who’s really the monster? The answer supplies flesh-crawling suspense, sudden fear, a colourful Danny Elfman score and a creepy array of shape-shifting beings. They are the Nightbreed, denizens of a world beyond death, beyond the imagination, perhaps beyond anything you’ve seen. Contains a reversible art wrap.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

DISC ONE – 4K BLU-RAY: THEATRICAL CUT

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE BEST SURVIVING ELEMENTS
• Optional English subtitles for the main feature

DISC TWO – BLU-RAY: THEATRICAL CUT

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE BEST SURVIVING ELEMENTS
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the main feature

DISC THREE – BLU-RAY: DIRECTOR’S CUT

• Audio Commentary With Writer/Director Clive Barker And Restoration Producer Mark Alan Miller
• “Tribes Of The Moon: The Making Of Nightbreed” – 72-Minute Documentary On The Production
• “Making Monsters” – A Look At The Special Makeup Effects
• “Fire! Fights! Stunts!” – A Look At The Second Unit Shoot
• Optional English subtitles for the main feature

DISC FOUR – BLU-RAY: BONUS FEATURES

• Deleted Scenes
• “Monster Prosthetics Masterclass”
• “Cutting Compromise”
• “The Painted Landscape”
• Matte Painting Tests
• Makeup Tests
• Stop Motion Lost Footage
• Rehearsal Test
• Still Galleries – Sketches, Deleted Scene Photos, Posters And Pre-Production Stills, On-The-Set Photos and More. Look for this one to invade store shelves on August 1st.

Stephen King’s classic story from Castle Rock, Maine, Needful Things. Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Harris) has a devil of a problem: Suddenly all the residents of his sleepy little town are dying…to kill each other. But at least business is still booming, especially at a new antique store. The shop’s mysterious owner, Leland Gaunt (the nerve-shattering von Sydow), has something for everyone, and his prices are always reasonable: just one small favour…oh, and, of course, eternal damnation! Needful Things comes stylishly directed by Fraser C. Heston (The Crucifer of Blood) and scripted by W.D. Richter (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) from the #1 bestselling novel by the crowned king of horror, Stephen King (The Dead Zone, Cujo, Misery). This special edition also includes an HD Up-res of the 191-minute TV cut of the film

Special Features:

DISC 1 (4KUHD):
• Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master (Theatrical Cut) – From a 4K Scan of the Original Camera Negative
• Audio Commentary by Director Fraser C. Heston, Moderated by Scorpion Releasing’s Walt Olsen
• 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Lossless Audio
• Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

DISC 2 (BLU-RAY):
• Brand New HD Up-Res Master of the 191-Minute TV Cut
• New Interview with Screenwriter W.D. Richter
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

Look out for this disc on July,25.

Love him or hate him Nicolas Cage does perform his ass off. In Renfield he plays none other than Dracula. This isn’t Cage’s first time around playing a bloodsucker though, he played a newly-fanged vampire in the 1988 black comedy Vampire Kiss (check this one out if you haven’t already).

Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.

Extras include Deleted Scenes, Alternative takes and Dracula Uncaged. This one flies into stores on June 6th.

Now to that movie which is like The Gremlins, but not quite in the same vein, Ghoulies.

The eighties are full of films with creatures, but none were quite like the Ghoulies. The film follows a young man and his girlfriend when they move into an old mansion home. Here the young man becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.

The film was supposed to be shot in 3D and this is why so many scenes have the characters wearing sunglasses. The idea was to have the audience put on the 3D glasses when the characters put on their sunglasses. The production decided to scrap the idea of 3D because of the complexities (at the time) of shooting in 2D and 3D.

4K SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 2023 4K Restoration (16-Bit Scan of the Original Camera Negative) of the film presented in its original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio in Dolby Vision / HDR
• Optional English Subtitles
• 2.0 Mono DTS-HD Audio
• Archival 2015 Audio commentary with director Luca Bercovici
• Archival 2016 Audio commentary by director Luca Bercovici moderated by Jason Andreasen of Terror Transmission
• Collectible “4K LaserVision” Mini-Poster

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 2023 HD Restoration of the film presented in its original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
• Optional English Subtitles
• 2.0 Mono DTS-HD Audio
• Archival 2015 Audio commentary with director Luca Bercovici
• Archival 2016 Audio commentary by director Luca Bercovici moderated by Jason Andreasen of Terror Transmission
• Video Introduction by Luca Bercovici (HD)
• Editing an Empire: Interview with Ted Nicolau (HD, 27:30)
• The Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste: Interview with Scott Thomson (HD, 22:02)
• “Just For The Chick Man” interview with Luca Bercovici (HD, 33:46)
• “From Toilets to Terror:” The Making of Ghoulies (HD, 29:49)
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer (HD, 1:55)
• 4 TV Spots (SD)

Look for Ghoulies to hit the street on September 12