Blu-ray & DVD: The Digital Dread Report for 3/20

In a world where streaming movies in HD is growing in popularity, it gets harder and harder to justify spending hard earned money on physical media. The fact is though that when done right, nothing makes a movie look or sound better on Blu-ray, so we bring you The Digital Dread Report to help you figure out what's worth buying, and what you're better off streaming.

It's great to see The Burbs finally getting the treatment it deserves with Shout Factory's new Collector's Edition; The Church and Ichi The Killer are classically odd titles worth looking at; and Small Town Crime was a fun, quirky crime thriller...and they'll all be taking our money first this week.

Be sure to click the pics below to buy the movies, or even rent them. Or both. Or neither. It really depends on your mood, now doesn't it?

Blu-ray & DVD: The Digital Dread Report for 3/13

In a world where streaming movies in HD is growing in popularity, it gets harder and harder to justify spending hard earned money on physical media. The fact is though that when done right, nothing makes a movie look or sound better on Blu-ray, so we bring you The Digital Dread Report to help you figure out what's worth buying, and what you're better off streaming.

The releases of the 2-Disc version of Synapse's gorgeous new Suspiria disc; Arrow giving us two new editions of the Romero classics The Crazies and Season of The Witch; a kick-ass documentary about the making of Pet Sematary; Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning The Shape of Water; and the release of Justice League (if that's your thing) make this week a challenging one for any movie lovers wallet.

Be sure to click the pics below to buy the movies, or even rent them. Or both. Or neither. It really depends on your mood, now doesn't it?

It's Suspiria Day!

"SYNAPSE FILMS BRINGS THEIR 4K RESTORATION OF DARIO ARGENTO’S UNDISPUTED PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE SUSPIRIA TO BLU-RAY!

Fresh off an historic theatrical tour and following a sold-out run of limited edition Steelbooks, Synapse Films is finally bringing the widely celebrated 4K restoration of Dario Argento’s beloved and extremely influential SUSPIRIA to the masses.  This highly anticipated genre release boasts a host of new special features in addition to the eye-popping new transfer of the film that will allow fans to truly see the film the way it was always intended.

Jessica Harper (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN) stars in this frightening tale of a young student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a famous German dance academy. What spirals out from that simple premise is one of the most powerful and hallucinatory nightmares ever captured on celluloid! Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA comes to home video from Synapse Films in an exclusive new 4K restoration from the original uncut, uncensored 35mm Italian camera negative with the original 4.0 English surround sound mix, for the first time EVER! Painstakingly restored over the past three years, Synapse Films has created the ultimate special edition of this horror classic with the supervision and approval of the film’s Director of Photography, Luciano Tovoli."

For many Horror fans, Suspiria is the Holy Grail, and rightly so. Based on color schemes alone the film is a piece of art. Add in Argento's visual flair, some wickedly inventive and graphic death scenes, and a haunting (as always) Goblin score, and you have one of the purest, most enjoyable Horror experiences you're likely to ever have. Plus, who doesn't like creepy witches?

For anyone who missed out on the Limited Edition Steelbook that was released at the beginning of the year, Synapse is giving Horror fans a 2-Disc version that looks and sounds brilliant, and is packed with some fantastic special features. This new transfer of Suspiria was 4 years in the making, and the folks over at Synapse have truly given us one of the biggest Must Own's that we're ever likely to see on Blu-ray, or in any format.

Grab a copy, and don't look back.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• A new 4K restoration of the original uncut, uncensored Italian 35mm camera negative exclusively done by Synapse Films, with color correction supervised and approved by SUSPIRIA Director of Photography, Luciano Tovoli
• Original 4.0 1977 English language LCRS sound mix not heard since the theatrical release in 1977, presented in high-resolution DTS-HD MA 96kHz/24-bit audio, with newly-translated removable English SDH subtitles
• Italian 5.1 surround mix, with removable English subtitle translation
• Two audio commentaries by authors and Argento scholars, Derek Botelho, David Del Valle and Troy Howarth
• Do You Know Anything About Witches? - 30 minute SUSPIRIA visual essay written, edited and narrated by Michael Mackenzie
• Suzy in Nazi Germany – Featurette on the German locations from SUSPIRIA
• A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of SUSPIRIA – All-new anniversary retrospective on the making of the film and its influence on cinema
• Olga’s Story – Interview with star Barbara Magnolfi
• Original theatrical trailers, TV spots and radio spots
• “International Classics” English “Breathing Letters” opening credit sequence from U.S. release
• Alternate All-English opening and closing credits sequences, playable via seamless branching
• Reversible Cover Art created by Joel Robinson

Blu-ray & DVD: The Digital Dread Report for 3/6

In a world where streaming movies in HD is growing in popularity, it gets harder and harder to justify spending hard earned money on physical media. The fact is though that when done right, nothing makes a movie look or sound better on Blu-ray, so we bring you The Digital Dread Report to help you figure out what's worth buying, and what you're better off streaming.

• Thor: Ragnarok was a hell of a lot of fun, and director Taika Waititi made it both exciting and funny. This disc is a hell of a fun ride, and a must own.
• Scream Factory's Collector's Edition of The Strangers is one we're adding to the collection as it boats a new transfer, and has plenty of new extras that make this release the definitive version of the movie. Great flick.
• The Dark Crystal in 4K is tempting, as it's a movie that we grew up on and loved as kids.
• Arrow's release of Donnie Darko is a good buy if you don't already own the film on BD, or are a super fan.
• For lovers of early retro Horror, the Hammer Collections are a nice grab; and The Orchard End Murder is an interesting oddity that clocks in at only 48-minutes long.
• Everything else, as always, is a crap-shoot.

Be sure to click the pics below to buy the movies, or even rent them. Or both. Or neither. It really depends on your mood, now doesn't it?