Dimension Extreme will release Hellraiser: Revelations on Blu-ray. The ninth entry in the Hellraiser series, this film focuses on two friends who discover the Lament Configuration and unwittingly loose Pinhead (The Darwin Awards’s Stephan Smith Collins, replacing Hellraiser regular Doug Bradley).
Technical and supplemental specifications for the Blu-ray are still unknown. Hellraiser: Revelations streets on October 18th.
Lionsgate will bring the controversial thriller Red State to Blu-ray on October 18th. The indie horror film, which was written and directed by Kevin Smith, has had quite an unconventional release thus far. Smith believed the film would struggle in the traditional theatrical process and opted to tour with the film and hold Q & As after each screening. A distribution deal with Lionsgate was then reached in June to give the film VOD and packaged media releases.
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Red State will be released on VOD September 1st followed by a Blu-ray release over a month later on October 18th. Kevin Smith’s personal promotion of the film will also continue this fall, including a one week run at Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema starting August 19th.
The film itself centers on three young men who come across an ad posted by an older women offering a sex invitation. After pursuing it, they encounter sinister religious fundamentalists who are seeking to teach the boys a lesson. The film stars Michael Parks, Michael Angarano, Melissa Leo, Stephen Root and John Goodman.
Technical specifications for the release have yet to be revealed. Special features will include:
Audio Commentary with writer/director Kevin Smith
Making-of featurette
Sundance speech with introduction by Kevin Smith
Sundance ending
Deleted scenes with introduction by Kevin Smith
Poster gallery with introduction by Kevin Smith
A SRP of $29.98 has been set for Red State. Pre-orders on Amazon have yet to go up. Stay tuned for more info after an official announcement from Lionsgate is released.
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Independent distributors Invincible Pictures have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Srdjan Spasojevic’s highly controversial Srpski film a.k.a A Serbian Film (2010). Technical specs and special features are yet to be announced, but the preliminary release date set by the distributor is October 25th.
Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life with his wife Maria and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. A sudden call from his former colleague Layla will change everything. Aware of his financial problems, Layla introduces Milos to Vukmir – a mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure in the pornographic business. A leading role in Vukmir’s production will provide financial support to Milos and his family for the rest of their lives. A contract insists on his absolute unawareness of a script they will shoot. From then on, Milos is drawn into a maelstrom of unbelievable cruelty and mayhem devised by his employer, “the director” of his destiny. Vukmir and his cohorts will stop at nothing to complete his vision. In order to escape the living cinematic hell he’s put into, and save his family’s life, Milos will have to sacrifice everything – his pride, his morality, his sanity, and maybe even his own life.
