Bizarre Japanese Folklore – THE YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION Available on Bu-ray October 19th From Arrow Video

THE YOKAI MONSTERS COLLECTION will be available on Bu-ray October 19th from Arrow Video

From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore, with ghosts and monsters from ancient myths and legends brought to life through stunning special effects, alongside an epic, big-budget reboot of the series from a modern-day master of the macabre, now available together on Blu-ray for the first time.</p

In the first film in the trilogy, 100 Monsters, a greedy slumlord’s attempts to forcefully evict his tenants invite the wrath of the titular spirits when a cleansing ritual is botched, with terrifying results. The second film, Spook Warfare, tells the tale of an evil Babylonian vampire inadvertently awoken by treasure hunters, and a brave samurai that teams with the yokai to defeat the bloodthirsty demon. In the final film, Along with Ghosts (released only 12 months after 100 Monsters), the yokai are roused to defend a young girl on the run from deadly yakuza.

Decades later, none other than Takashi Miike (Audition) helmed The Great Yokai War, a loose remake of Spook Warfare that used cutting-edge digital effects to renew the franchise for a new generation. In it, a young boy is given a grave responsibility: to band together with a group of yokai to defend humanity against a vengeful and powerful demon that has sworn retribution against modern-day Japan.

LIMITED EDITION BOX SET CONTENTS

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all four films
  • Optional English subtitles on all four films
  • Illustrated 60-page collectors’ book featuring new writing on the series by Stuart Galbraith IV, Raffael Coronelli and Jolyon Yates
  • Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jolyon Yates
  • Postcards featuring newly commissioned artwork for each film by Jolyon Yates
  • Foldout ‘yokai guide’ poster illustrated by Jolyon Yates

DISC ONE – 100 MONSTERS

  • Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
  • Hiding in Plain Sight, a brand new documentary giving a primer on yokai for Western audiences, featuring interviews with experts Matt Alt, Zack Davisson, Kim Newman, Lynda E. Rucker and Hiroko Yoda
  • Theatrical trailer
  • US re-release trailer
  • Image gallery

DISC TWO – SPOOK WARFARE / ALONG WITH GHOSTS

  • Brand new 4K restoration of Spook Warfare by Kadokawa Pictures
  • Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio for both films
  • Theatrical trailers for both films
  • US re-release trailers for both films
  • Image galleries for both films

DISC THREE – THE GREAT YOKAI WAR

  • DTS-HD MA 5.1 original Japanese and dubbed English audio
  • Brand new audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
  • Archive interviews with the cast and crew, including Takashi Miike
  • Short Drama of Yokai, two shorts detailing the further adventures of the yokai
  • Another Story of Kawataro, two shorts featuring the continuing story of the kappa character in the film
  • World Yokai Conference, a publicity event where Miike speaks about the film
  • Promotional Events, video of the press conference to announce the start and completion of filming, as well as the premiere in Tokyo
  • Documentary on the film’s young star, Ryunosuki Kamiki, and his experience making the film
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery

Dev Patel in THE GREEN KNIGHT Arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital October 12th

The bold new take on the 14th century medieval story of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, comes home! The Green Knight arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital October 12 from Lionsgate. From acclaimed writer-director David Lowery (Petes’ Dragons, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, A Ghost Story), this fantasy re-telling of the classic 14th century medieval tale stars Academy Award nominee Dev Patel (2017, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Lion), Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander (2016, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, The Danish Girl), Golden Globe® nominee Joel Edgerton (2017, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Loving), Sarita Choudhury (TV’s “Blindspot,” “Jessica Jones,” “Little Fires Everywhere”), Sean Harris (The King, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Tresspass Against Us), Kate Dickie (Prometheus, The Witch, Filth), and Ralph Iverson (The Witch, Brahms: The Boy II, TV’s “The Accidental Medium”). The Green Knight will be available on 4K + Blu-ray + Digital Combo , Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Combo, and Blu-ray for the suggested retail price of $42.99, $39.99, and $29.96, respectively.


An epic fantasy adventure, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel),
King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Boldest of Blood and Wildest of Heart: Making The Green Knight
  • Practitioners of Magic: Visual Effects
  • Illuminating Technique: Title Design
  • Theatrical Trailer

 
CAST
Dev Patel                                Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Alicia Vikander                        Tomb Raider, Ex Machina, The Danish Girl
Joel Edgerton                          The King, Boy Erased, It Comes at Night
Sarita Choudhury                   TV’s “Blindspot,” “Jessica Jones,” “Little Fires Everywhere”
Sean Harris                            The King, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Tresspass Against Us
Kate Dickie                             Prometheus, The Witch, Filth
Ralph Iverson                         The Witch, Brahms: The Boy II, TV’s “The Accidental Medium”

It’s Showtime! BEETLEJUICE Screening at The Wildey Theater in Edwardsville October 12th

“Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose!”

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Nothing’s more fun than The Wildey’s Tuesday Night Film Series. Michael Keaton in Tim Burton’s s BEETLEJUICE will be on the big screen when it plays at The Wildey Theater in Edwardsville, IL (252 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL 62025) at 7:00pm Tuesday October 12th.  Tickets are only $3  Tickets available starting at 3pm day of movie at Wildey Theatre ticket office.  Cash or check only. (cash, credit cards accepted for concessions)  Lobby opens at 6pm.

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Bond is Back! Daniel Craig in NO TIME TO DIE Opens in St. Louis at The Hi-Pointe October 7th

“The world is arming faster than we can respond. Where’s 007?”

Oh sure, it opens at plenty of other theaters as well, but why see it elsewhere when you can see the new 007 at The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave in St. Louis), the best place in St. Louis to see movies? The Hi-Pointe has the best popcorn, the biggest screen, and a great beer selection! No reservations required at The Hi-Pointe. Just show up! Daniel Craig in NO TIME TO DIE opens this Friday October 7th at The Hi-Pointe. There will be an advance screening October 6th at 7pm. The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found HERE

Praise the Lord! Jessica Chastain in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE Arrives on Digital November 2nd and on Blu-ray and DVD November 16th

Sometimes in life, you have to take your lashes!

Searchlight Pictures’ The Eyes of Tammy Faye Arrives on Digital November 2 and on Blu-ray™ and DVD November 16th

Searchlight Pictures’ transcendent biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield tells the incredible true story of an icon. Praised by critics for its captivating performances, the film will be available on Digital November 2 and on Blu-ray and DVD November 16.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye is an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker (Jessica Chastain). In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) built a burgeoning religious broadcasting network and theme park – until rivals, financial wrongdoing and scandal toppled their empire.

Searchlight Pictures’The Eyes of Tammy Faye Bonus Features*

  • A Look Inside The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Hear what drew Jessica Chastain, cast mates and filmmakers to The Eyes of Tammy Faye. From prosthetics to singing, uncover Jessica Chastain’s remarkable multi-layered transformation into Tammy Faye Bakker.

*bonus features vary by product and retailer

Cast:                                       Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker

Andrew Garfield as Jim Bakker

Cherry Jones as Rachel Grover

Vincent D’onofrio as Jeffrey Falwell

Mark Wystrach as Gary Paxton

Sam Jaeger as Roe Messner

Jessica Chastain as “Tammy Faye Bakker” in the film THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Directed by:                           Michael Showalter

Produced by:                         Jessica Chastain

                                                Kelly Carmichael

                                                Rachel Shane

                                                Gigi Pritzker

Screenplay by:                       Abe Sylvia

Music by:                               Theodore Shapiro

Win Free Passes To The St. Louis Advance Screening Of HALLOWEEN KILLS – In Theaters And Streaming Only On Peacock October 15

THIS HALLOWEEN, EVIL DIES.  FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JOHN CARPENTER.  JAMIE LEE CURTIS IN HALLOWEEN KILLS.  RATED R.  IN THEATERS AND STREAMING ONLY ON PEACOCK OCTOBER 15TH.

ENTER FOR YOUR CHANCE TO RECEIVE PASSES TO THE ADVANCE SCREENING OF HALLOWEEN KILLS. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED.

20 winners (each with a guest) will be emailed on the 10th at 6pm.

ENTER HERE http://gofobo.com/cWwZu10085

The screening on Tuesday, October 12th, 7pm at the AMC Esquire.

No more running. No more hiding. It’s time to face the essence of evil. 🔪

Also, starting today, you can enter for your chance to win a trip for two to Los Angeles to be “killed” by Michael Myers (aka The Shape) on the set of your own Hollywood production. To be the lucky victim, record a video explaining why you are the biggest fan of the franchise and include your best horror scream.  

Post the video on either TikTok tagging @UniversalPics, or Instagram tagging @HalloweenMovie and include the hashtags #HalloweenKills and #FaceTheShapeContest in the copy of your post.  The contest will end on 9/26 at 11:59pm and the winner will be notified on 9/27. The shoot will take place on 10/5 in Los Angeles. A social graphic promoting the contest is attached for you to share with your fans and the full set of rules can be found here.

#HalloweenKills is in theaters & streaming only on Peacock October 15.

Halloween Kills | In Theaters & Streaming only on Peacock October 15 (halloweenmovie.com)

In 2018, David Gordon Green’s Halloween, starring icon Jamie Lee Curtis, killed at the box office, earning more than $250 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing chapter in the four-decade franchise and setting a new record for the biggest opening weekend in history for a horror film starring a woman.

And the Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn’t over yet.

Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor.

But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster.

The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all.

Evil dies tonight.

Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in Halloween Kills, directed by David Gordon Green © 2021 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Universal Pictures, Miramax, Blumhouse Productions and Trancas International Films present Halloween Kills, co-starring Will Patton as Officer Frank Hawkins, Thomas Mann (Kong: Skull Island) and Anthony Michael Hall (The Dark Knight).

From the returning filmmaking team responsible for the 2018 global phenomenon, Halloween Kills is written by Scott Teems (SundanceTV’s Rectify) and Danny McBride and David Gordon Green based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. The film is directed by David Gordon Green and produced by Malek Akkad, Jason Blum and Bill Block. The executive producers are John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green and Ryan Freimann.

Michael Myers (aka The Shape) in Halloween Kills, directed by David Gordon Green

Scott Eastwood and Mel Gibson Star in DANGEROUS – Here’s the Poster

DANGEROUS Starring Scott Eastwood, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Durand, Famke Janssen, and Mel Gibson and Directed by David Hackl Releases in Theaters and On Demand November 5, 2021

Ex-con and reformed sociopath Dylan Forrester (Scott Eastwood) is trying to quietly serve out his parole — with the help of a steady supply of antidepressants and his eccentric psychiatrist 
(Mel Gibson). But when his brother dies under mysterious circumstances, Dylan breaks parole and, with a dogged FBI agent (Famke Janssen) on his trail, goes to uncover the truth. A band of heavily armed mercenaries wants something Dylan’s brother was hiding, and Dylan will need all his guile and tactical skills to survive in this action-packed thriller costarring Kevin Durand and Tyrese Gibson.

No images have been released from the film yet, but keep checking in here at We Are Movie Geeks for continued coverage of DANGEROUS

ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Available on Blu-ray and DVD October 5th

GAME MASTER EXPOSED IN EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED CUT OF ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS WITH OVER 25 MINUTES OF ALL-NEW FOOTAGE INCLUDING ALTERNATE BEGINNING AND ENDING!

ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS is the sequel to the box-office hit psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world. In this installment, six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive…and discovering they’ve all played the game before. Thenever-before-seen EXTENDED CUT, available on Blu-ray and Digital, reveals the masterminds behind Minosand features even more deadly escape roomswith over 25 minutes of all-new footage!

BONUS MATERIALS:

BLU-RAY

• Theatrical and Extended Cuts of ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

• Go Inside the Minos Escape Rooms•Meet the Players

• Director Adam Robitel on Raising the StakesDIGITAL

• Go Inside the Minos Escape Rooms•Meet the Players

• Director Adam Robitel on Raising the Stakes

DIGITAL

• Go Inside the Minos Escape Rooms

• Meet the Players•Director Adam Robitel on Raising the Stakes

*Extended Cut included as a bonus feature on participating platforms; otherwise available for separate digital purchase

CAST AND CREW

Directed By:Adam Robitel Story By: ChristineLavaf& Fritz Bohm Screenplay By: Will Honley and Maria Melnik & Daniel Touch and Oren Uziel Produced By: Neal H. Mori tz Executive Producers :Adam Robitel, Karina Rahardja, Philip Waley

Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, Carlito OliveroBLU-RAY•Theatrical and Extended Cuts of ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS•Go Inside the Minos Escape Rooms•Meet the Players•Director Adam Robitel on Raising the StakesDIGITAL•Go Inside the Minos Escape Rooms•Meet the Players•Director Adam Robitel on Raising the Stakes*Extended Cut included as a bonus feature on participating platforms; otherwise available for separate digital purchaseCAST AND CREWDirected By:Adam RobitelStory By: ChristineLavaf& Fritz BohmScreenplay By:Will Honley and Maria Melnik & Daniel Touch and Oren UzielProduced By: Neal H. MoritzExecutive Producers:Adam Robitel, Karina Rahardja, Philip WaleyCast:Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, Carlito Olivero

Check Out the Scary Trailer for DEMIGOD, Starring Rachel Nichols

DEMIGOD, Starring Rachel Nichols opens NATIONWIDE in theaters October 15th.

Here’s the trailer:

Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany’s Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.

DEMIGOD stars Rachel Nichols, Jeremy London, and Elena Sanchez

Jean Harlow and John Barrymore in DINNER AT EIGHT Available on Blu-ray October 26th From Warner Archive

” I never could understand why it has to be just even, male and female. They’re invited for dinner, not for mating.”

Jean Harlow and John Barrymore in DINNER AT EIGHT (1935) will be available on Blu-ray October 26th from Warner Archive

Dinner at Eight, a vastly entertaining behind-closed-doors glimpse into the lives of the troubled and troublemaking who’s who of people invited to a posh Manhattan party, is served with ample helpings of humor and melodrama. Buoyed by the success of the studio’s multistarred, multistoried Grand Hotel the year before, producer David O. Selznick aspired to something grander – and found it in this George Cukor-directed adaptation of the George S. Kaufman/Edna Ferber stage hit. Highlights include Jean Harlow and Wallace Beery’s bitter battle of the sexes, hostess Billie Burke’s hissy fit and Marie Dressler’s grande dame worldliness. Of course, there’s only one way to catch all the great moments. Dinner at Eight. Don’t be late.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 1080p HD master from 4K scan of best preservation elements! 

• Documentary Profile Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell, Hosted by Sharon Stone

• Parody Comedy Short Come to Dinner 

• Theatrical Trailer (HD)