VCI Entertainment - Fall 2017 Release Schedule

VCI Entertainment - Fall 2017 Release Schedule

Ruby [Dual Format] (September 12)

One Million B.C. [DVD and Blu-ray] (October 17)

Go, Johnny Go! (October 17)

Mussolini: The Untold Story (October 17)

Satan's Cheerleaders [Dual Format] (November 7)

The Aftermath [Dual Format] (November 7)

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VCI Entertainment, the oldest surviving home video company in the USA, specializes in acquiring, restoring and preserving classic motion pictures from the 1930s, and beyond. These properties are then distributed in all medias worldwide. 

Robert Blair, President of VCI said, "We wholeheartedly continue the tradition my father began almost 50 years ago: of finding, preserving and distributing classic (and sometimes eclectic) movies, spanning decades of film production and many popular genres, of the highest-quality reproductions we can procure. Our goal is to become the leading independent supplier of archival quality classic film and television entertainment. It's an ambitious goal, but we think it is a noble one."

The VCI film library contains over 5,000 titles. VCI also created the made-for-video genre, with the production and release of Blood Cult (1985). 

VCI is also a strong supporter of independent producers and directors, and actively seeks out eclectic and cult movies for distribution.

Ruby [Blu-ray + DVD]

Christened in blood. Raised in sin. She's sweet sixteen, let the PARTY begin.

First time on Blu-ray from a new 2K film transfer from the original 35mm negative of the original theatrical version. She's sweet sixteen and her mama (Piper Laurie - the mother in the horror classic Carrie) wants to send her away. The deaf-mute daughter retaliates by calling up the spirit of her murdered father and in one terrifying night of horror, he exacts his revenge.

One Million B.C.
SEE THE MOST EXCITING ADVENTURE IN A MILLION YEARS!
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American historical epic fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. Boy meets girl - prehistoric style, in this classic of man's battle to survive against the terrors of the prehistoric world. Dinosaurs, savage nature and man and a gigantic erupting volcano are part of the camp adventure classic.

Go, Johnny Go!
See 10 Great Rock 'N Roll Stars! Hear 17 Great Rock 'N Roll Hits!
Rock & Roll changed 1950s America at 45 revolutions per minute, and the swinging-est of the R&R movies was the electrifying Go, Johnny, Go!. Hung on the loose storyline of d.j. great Alan Freed's search for the next big star.

Mussolini: The Untold Story
The story of "Il Duce," a gripping, original, seven-hour NBC miniseries starring superb actor George C. Scott, giving his most magnificent portrayal ever as the infamous dictator......Mussolini.

Satan's Cheerleaders [Blu-ray + DVD]
The Satanic kitsch classic!
Benedict High School's cheerleaders aren't shy and sweet. Will the cheerleaders succumb to the dark ritual of sexual sacrifice and death that's been plotted for them' Only those who dare watch will know!

Aftermath, The [Blu-ray + DVD]
What comes after World War III?
A spaceship returns from deep space to find the Earth in "The Aftermath" of a nuclear and biological war. The streets are filled with mutated survivors feeding off the weak and a Manson-like figure called Cutter (Sid Haig) is reigning terror down on all others. Cutter and his gang of mercenary thugs are systematically murdering all the male survivors and enslaving women and children.

Fright-Rag releases Stephen King's IT cover art shirt, plus Halloween & Hellraiser III collections

Fright-Rag releases Stephen King's IT cover art shirt, plus Halloween & Hellraiser III collections
$5 from every IT shirt donated to Hurricane Harvey relief fund
All items on sale now at Fright-Rags.com

Before Pennywise returns in the big-screen adaptation of Stephen King's IT, Fright-Rags has teamed with original artist Robert Giusti to bring the novel's haunting cover art to apparel for the first time ever. It's available on T-shirts, baseball tees, and hoodies.

What makes the IT release even more special is that $5 from every shirt sold during its first print run will be donated to the Hurricane Harvey relief fund.

Rob Zombie's Halloween celebrates its 10th anniversary this week, and Fright-Rags commemorates the event with a new collection of shirts. Michael Myers silently stalks on four new designs, including one that glows in the dark.

Fright-Rags offers the heights of ecstasy with the Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth collection. Three new tees - all highlighting the unmistakable visage of Pinhead - are available, along with the poster artwork reworked as a shirt design.

IT, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Hellraiser III collections on sale now at Fright-Rags.com.

Stay tuned for more September releases, including John Carpenter's Halloween, Trick 'r Treat, and General Mills monster cereals apparel!

THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW - 6 DISC COLLECTION

TO COMMEMORATE THE LANDMARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY 

OF "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW," TIME LIFE BRINGS TOGETHER THE VERY BEST MOMENTS FROM ALL 11 YEARS -

FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!

THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW

Available on October 3rd, This Uproarious 6-Disc Collection 50 Years 

in the Making Includes 16 Episodes Fresh from the Vaults (12 New-to-Retail and 4 All-Time Classics), Specially-Produced Featurettes, a Brand-New Interview with Carol, Never-Before-Seen Bloopers and More!

On September 11, 1967, Carol Burnett and her madcap cast took to the airwaves on CBS for a new variety series that combined sketch comedy, singing and dancing. Little did they know that
The Carol Burnett Show would become an Emmy Award-winning program and survive the changing tastes of TV audiences to last eleven seasons.  Now, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the landmark TV institution, Time Life will release THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, which includes the best of the best, from all 11 seasons, together for the very first time!

Across 6 discs ($59.95srp), home audiences will be thrilled to discover hilarious episodes that haven't been seen since they originally aired, plus some of Burnett's most beloved classics on 16 fresh-from-the-vaults episodes.  Classic shows include the very first episode with Jim Nabors and the emotional, double length series finale, as well as some of the best-loved, fan-favorite sketches including "Mrs. Wiggins," "Carol and Sis," "The Oldest Man," "The Family," As the Stomach Turns, as well as a marathon of movie spoofs, along with commercial spoofs and some amazing bloopers.   Incredible guest stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Steve Lawrence, Rock Hudson, Burt Reynolds, Jimmy Stewart, Rita Hayworth and Carl Reiner, along with lavish stage productions grace each disc; and, Carol's question-and-answer openers with the studio audiences are no less entertaining.  She might offer a hug or a shout out, or flee from a rampaging gorilla after letting loose with one of her Tarzan yells.  Audiences loved Carol, and she loved them. Watch any show and you'll agree: she's still crazy and funny after all these years!

Aside from non-stop laughs, THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW also features exclusive new bonus features: including a new interview with Carol Burnett, specially-produced featurettes: "11 Years of Laughter on The Carol Burnett Show" and "The End of 11 Years: Saying So Long" and never-before-seen bloopers.

Day-and-date, Time Life will also release two additional configurations of THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW: a 4-disc collection ($39.95srp), available exclusively at Walmart, and a DVD single ($12.95srp), available nationally at retail.

About Time Life
Time Life is one of the world's pre-eminent creators and direct marketers of unique music and video/DVD products, specializing in distinctive multi-media collections that evoke memories of yesterday, capture the spirit of today, and can be enjoyed for a lifetime. TIME LIFE and the TIME LIFE logo are registered trademarks of Time Warner Inc. and affiliated companies used under license by Direct Holdings Americas Inc., which is not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc.

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THE BEST OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW
Type:  DVD (6 Discs; 4-Disc and Single)
Running Time: 806 mins. (6 Disc)
Rating:  N/A
Genre:  TV DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (4:3)
Audio:  Stereo

NO FUTURE: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture, 1976-1984

No FuturePunk, Politics and British Youth Culture, 1976-1984By Matthew WorleyPub Date October 2017 | Paperback| 480 pp |

“Punk inspired both political engagement and cynicism. It also

encouraged, alongside the industrial culture that emerged

simultaneously,the explorationofsexual,psychologicaland

delinquentextremes;anything to escape the banality of late

twentieth-century living. To understand punk’s politics,

therefore, is not to find philosophical clarity or the basis of a

movement. Rather, the politics of punk resided in itsrefusal and

its practice: a recognition that‘blind acceptance is a sign of stupid

fools who stand in line’”

No Feelings. No Fun. No Future. The years 1976–84 saw punk emerge and evolve as a fashion, a musical form, an attitude and an aesthetic. Against a backdrop of social fragmentation, violence, high unemployment and socio-economic change, punk rejuvenated and re-energized British youth culture, inserting marginal voices and political ideas into pop. Fanzines and independent labels flourished; an emphasis on doing it yourself enabled provincial scenes to form beyond London's media glare. This was the period of Rock Against Racism and benefit gigs for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the striking miners.

Matthew Worley charts the full spectrum of punk's cultural development from the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks and Slits through the post-punk of Joy Division, the industrial culture of Throbbing Gristle and onto the 1980s diaspora of anarcho-punk, Oi! and goth and recaptures punk's anarchic force as a medium through which the frustrated and the disaffected could reject, revolt and re-invent


About the Author
Matthew Worley is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading. He has written extensively on British politics in the interwar period, and more recently on the relationship between youth culture and politics in the 1970s and 1980s. Articles on punk-related themes have been published in History Workshop Journal, Twentieth Century British History, and Contemporary British History. Recent works include Oswald Mosley and the New Party (2010) and, as a co-founder of the Subcultures Network, contributions to books such as Fight Back: Punk, Politics and Resistance (2015) and Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of 'Consensus'

GIVEAWAY COMING SOON: Kafkaesque 80s throwback horror, Cronenberg meets Orwell — WEAPONIZED, publishing Oct 31

This Halloween Inkshares is publishing Zac Thompson's dystopian horror novel WEAPONIZED, winner of the 2016 CryptTV horror fiction contest. For fans of It Follows, WEAPONIZED is a Kafkaesque eighties throwback horror that subverts the slasher genre with a refreshing take on body horror, and the twisted, violent, burgeoning sexuality that underpins the genre. WEAPONIZED is Thompson's debut novel.

Thompson is a writer from Prince Edward Island. He is best known for his critically acclaimed comic book series The Dregs. His work has also appeared in IGN, The Huffington Post, and VICE.

"A horror genre level-up akin to the twisted classics of Clive Barker with the social relevance of It Follows. Zac Thompson crafts an uncomfortably dystopian world with a sense of dread that mounts with each page. Engaging, twisted and drenched in gore, this is a perfectly crafted nightmare." —Kate Krantz, CryptTV

"Dystopia done right. Cronenberg meets Orwell in this terrifying vision of the future." —Mark Alan Miller, writer of Hellraiser, Next Testament, and The Steam Man

"Zac Thompson brings body horror to The River's Edge where it rightfully belongs. If you've ever fathomed Cronenberg updating The Scarlet Letter, or have dreamed of Greg Araki rebooting Street Trash, you still won't be prepared for Weaponized." —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Rest Area

MOOSTERBLOG HAS BEEN GRANTED EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO HOST A GIVEAWAY OF WEAPONIZED AROUND HALLOWEEN. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW!

PATSY CLINE’S INIMITABLE LIFE AND LEGACY EXAMINED IN NEW DVD, WHEN PATSY CLINE WAS … CRAZY

PATSY CLINE’S INIMITABLE LIFE AND LEGACY EXAMINED IN NEW DVD, WHEN PATSY CLINE WAS … CRAZY, FEATURING ACCLAIMED AMERICAN MASTERS DOCUMENTARY AND EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIAL

NARRATED BY ROSANNE CASH, DOC FEATURES EXCLUSIVE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, RARE PERFORMANCES, AND NEW INTERVIEWS WITH REBA MCENTIRE, LEANN RIMES, KACEY MUSGRAVES, RHIANNON GIDDENS, BEVERLY D’ANGELO AND OTHERS 

AVAILABLE OCTOBER 6 VIA UMe

COUNTRY LEGEND WOULD HAVE TURNED 85 TODAY

Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential singers of all time, Patsy Cline, in her brief but extraordinary career, made a colossal impact on country and pop music. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Winchester, Va., Cline was a trailblazer who defined modern country music, and broke down barriers of gender, class and genre. In her music and her life, she set a standard of authenticity towards which artists still strive. After years of hard work to overcome industry biases and her own personal hardships, she achieved enormous success, only to have it punctured by uncanny premonitions and her untimely death at age 30 in 1963.

Today, on what would have been her 85th birthday, UMe is proud to announce that Cline’s remarkable life and enduring legacy will be honored in When Patsy Cline Was… Crazy, a new DVD, available October 6, that collects the acclaimed PBS documentary, Patsy Cline: American Masters, and a wealth of exclusive bonus material comprised of themed additional interview footage and rare vintage performances. Pre-order When Patsy Cline Was… Crazy now: https://UMe.lnk.to/PatsyDoc

With exclusive access to the Cline estate, the film, hailed by Yahoo! as “a beautifully assembled salute to one of the most important singers in country-music history” and “a work of fresh scholarship that’s also highly entertaining,” features rare performances of such Cline classics as “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray,” “Come On In,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Crazy,” “You Made Me Love You” and more, alongside exclusive archival interviews with Cline’s contemporaries, and new interviews with a wide range of artists who have been influenced by Cline: Reba McEntire, Wanda Jackson, LeeAnn Rimes, Kacey Musgraves, Beverly D’Angelo, Bill Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens, Callie Khouri, Mickey Guyton, Terri Clark, and more. The bonus material contains nearly an hour of additional interviews as well as Willie Nelson performing his original version of “Crazy” and Clark, unplugged in her living room, playing a verse of “Walkin’ After Midnight.” An accompanying booklet includes classic photos of Cline and an essay by noted author Robert K. Oermann.

“It’s been such a privilege to tell the story of Patsy Cline,” said Emmy-nominated director and producer Barbara J. Hall (Song by Song, Titanic: Band of Courage). “For me, her story exceeds her musical accomplishments. She is in a rare class of women who simply set out to achieve their dreams and through those efforts left an indelible mark.”

Narrated by Rosanne Cash and produced by TH Entertainment LLC., When Patsy Cline Was… Crazy examines the roots of Cline’s impact in both personal and cultural terms to illuminate how she arrived at a pivotal moment in the evolution of American culture and, with Decca Records producer Owen Bradley, synthesized country, pop and rock in a new way to create the Nashville Sound.

Cline boldly bucked female conventions of the 1950s with her fashion sense, her decision to divorce, her support of fellow female artists, and her assertive ambition to get opportunities equal to those of her male Nashville peers, such as the same kind of headliner billing and radio airplay, particularly after breaking free of her unfavorable contract with Four Star Records. Six years after her national breakthrough on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS, 1957), she died in a plane crash returning home from a benefit performance. In 1973, ten years after her death, she became the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her many posthumous honors include a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a U.S. postage stamp. She was also portrayed in the Oscar-winning feature film Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) by D’Angelo and in Sweet Dreams (1985) by Jessica Lange.

DARK ROAST - Horror-Comedy

Green Room meets Tucker & Dale vs. Evil in horror-comedy 

DARK ROAST

Trailer, poster, & screening information announced

Like Green Room meets Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Dark Roast is a blood-splattered horror-comedy of errors with a punk rock ethos. Fakecharmer Productions is proud to present the official trailer and poster for the short film.

It's Halloween night, and Vanessa and Nathan, members of the punk band Piss Bucket, have their biggest show yet lined up. This could be just the ticket they need to leave their routine existence behind. All they need to do to make the show is kill time until the end of their shift serving coffee behind the counter of the Grind Haus. But when bodies start to drop and threatening phone calls from a psychopathic killer pour in they soon realize time isn’t the only thing being killed. To escape their mundane lives slinging coffee they'll need to escape alive first.

Dark Roast will have its world premiere at the NOLA Horror Film Fest in New Orleans, LA on September 23, followed by October screenings at the Sanford International Film Festival in Sanford, ME and the Halloween International Film Festival in Kill Devil Hills, NC.

Dark Roast is written and directed by Topher Hansson, an up-and-coming multi-hyphenate who also stars in the film alongside Kati McCarron, J.D. Achille, Chris Goodwin, Jose Guns Alves, Codey Gillum, Chris Fisher, and Dane C. Volke.

The project was borne out of frustration. Being trapped at a mundane desk job inspired Hansson to write characters looking to escape death, both literally and figuratively. Dark Roast was initially conceived as a feature film but was condescend into a short due to the limited resources available. Hansson plans to use Dark Roast as a calling card in the hopes of producing the full feature. He explains, "The tone and premise reflect what the eventual feature will bring, in addition to more story, more heart, and much more blood."

Additional festival screenings are in the works, so be sure to follow Dark Roast on Facebook for updates.

This Film is Just Like Jaws, But Much Funnier (and With Bears)

William J. Stribling and Russ Nickel’s festival award-winning comedy horror film Bear With Us  was recently released on August 15, 2017 (via film studio Comedy Dynamics). Trailer below.

"A comedy horror marriage proposal movie set at a cabin in the woods. Just like Jaws. But much funnier. And with a bear instead of a shark.  It’s a crazy romp...a comedy of errors that takes a humorous look at just how far we’ll go to preserve our relationships."  - Horror Society

Bear With Us is a modern farce about a guy (Mark Jude Sullivan) who attempts to propose to his girlfriend (Christy Carlson Romano) in the most romantic way possible, but his plan falls apart when a ravenous bear and a crazy mountain man (Cheyenne Jackson) stumble upon their cabin in the woods. The film is a comedy of errors that takes a close look at how far we’ll go to preserve our relationships.

The film won Best Feature at the Hill Country Film Festival and the Gasparilla International Film Festival, Best Director and Best Lead Actor at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival, Best Narrative at the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival, Best Feature and Supporting Actor at FilmQuest, Best Ensemble Cast at the Orlando Film Festival and more. Bear With Us was written and produced by William J. Stribling and Russ Nickel.

Sony's SERPENT Coming to Digital and DVD 10/31

The Award-Winning Suspense-Thriller Slithers Home for Halloween!

Starring Sarah Dumont (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Don Jon)

and Tom Ainsley (TV’s “Versailles,” “The Royals”)

Serpent

Own it on DVD and Digital October 31

This Halloween, come face to face with terror when the award-winning suspense-thriller SERPENT slithers home on DVD and Digital October 31 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Rising stars Sarah Dumont (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Don Jon) and Tom Ainsley (TV’s “Versailles,” “The Royals”) co-star in this terrifying tale of a married couple whose romantic getaway in the wild turns deadly when they find themselves trapped in a tent with a poisonous snake. Written and directed by acclaimed first-time feature filmmaker Amanda Evans (TV’s “Monumental: Re-Riding History”), SERPENT has had audiences coiled in fear at film festivals around the world, earning a reputation as a must-see fright film and winning numerous festival honors, including the Nightfall Award at the 2017 LA Film Festival and the Award of African Critic at the 2017 Durban International Film Festival. Now, suspense and horror fans everywhere can experience the serpentine twists and turns of this pulse-pounding survival tale on DVD and Digital at home… or in the wild!

Synopsis: A romantic escape into nature becomes the ultimate moment of reckoning when a husband and wife are trapped in a tent with a deadly snake. Unable to escape and with certain death looming, the tent becomes a heated confessional to a cataclysmic truth. Betrayed, the couple finds themselves spiraling into a dark and dangerous game of survival, where the truth can do anything but set you free.

Serpent was produced by Amanda Evans and Greig Buckle (Life, Above All, Lord of War). Executive producers are Brian Cox, Robert Naidoo, Sudhir Pragjee, Sanjeev Singh and Dugald Macdonald.

GOON: Last of the Enforcers Posters

GOON returns to the ice, hitting select theaters, On Demand and

Digital HD in the United States today!

Available on DVD October 3.

IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA: CLASSIC CINEMAS CHARLESTOWN 18, 

18 CHARLESTOWN COURT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069

Hockey’s hilarious cult classic returns with the highly anticipated sequel,

Goon: Last of the Enforcers available in select theaters, On Demand and Digital HD on September 1, and DVD on October 3. 

As a special treat for MOOSTERBLOG readers, we have a select number of autographed GOON posters to give away. For your chance, email moosterblog@gmail.com with your mailing address and "GOON POSTER" in the subject. We will be in touch! The posters are signed by Actor/Director Jay Baruchel and former New York Ranger Colton Orr.

Synopsis: 

After one too many injuries, hockey enforcer Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) is forced to give up his aspirations of going to the big show and settle into a buttoned down career as an insurance salesman at the urging of his pregnant wife Eva (Alison Pill). However, Doug can't resist the siren call of the Highlanders, so he sets course to reclaim his former glory.

A Jay Baruchel film, Goon: Last of the Enforcers brings back the all–star cast that made the original so funny. Seann William Scott (American Pie) stars as Doug Glatt, along with Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Wyatt Russell (Everybody Wants Some), Jason Jones (The Detour), and with Elisha Cuthbert (24), Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) and Liev Schreiber.

HALLOWEEN IS COMING! Check out the new Blu-ray and DVD Designs for 19 MGM and Fox Titles!

Twentieth Century Fox and MGM Home Entertainment are celebrating Halloween with incredible new collectible Blu-ray and DVD packaging for a whopping 19 of their titles.

Treat yourself to hours of frightful fun with this exclusive Halloween Collection of 19 thrilling, chilling films with limited-edition art packaging by renowned artist/illustrator Orlando Arocena. Utilizing vibrant colors and a fervent imagination, Arocena’s striking cover art creations add a perfect touch of terror to these haunting horror titles. Choose your favorite Halloween hits, featuring Hollywood’s biggest stars, and start planning a killer movie night that’s sure to be a scream. It’s an eye-popping, spine-tingling collection to die for!

The below titles will be available at major retailers nationwide for a limited time and while supplies last beginning on September 12, 2017. Fans who purchase any of the films at Walmart will also receive an exclusive coloring book featuring all 19 of Arocena’s designs!

Films available in the exclusive Halloween collection include:

• 28 Days Later
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• Black Swan
• Carrie (1976)
• Child’s Play
• Devil’s Due
• The Fly (1986)
• From Hell
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• Jeepers Creepers
• Jennifer’s Body
• Joy Ride
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
• The Other Side of the Door
• Poltergeist (2015)
• The Return of the Living Dead
• Victor Frankenstein
• Wrong Turn
• Young Frankenstein

some info courtesy of Bloody-Disgusting