Streaming may be convenient, but physical media is forever.
Here are five upcoming horror releases you don’t want to miss this month.
Clown in a Cornfield – September 9
Clown in a Cornfield will be released on SteelBook 4K UHD + Blu-ray on September 9 via RLJE Films, exclusively through Amazon. It comes with a set of magnets that stick to the SteelBook.
Based on Adam Cesare‘s 2020 novel of the same name, Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs Evil) directs from a script he co-wrote with Carter Blanchard.
Special features:
Audio Commentary with Director Eli Craig, Author Adam Cesare, and Actors Katie Douglas and Carson MacCormac
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down.
As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
Katie Douglas (“Ginny & Georgia”), Carson MacCormac (Shazam), Aaron Abrams (“Hannibal”), Will Sasso (“Mad TV”), and Kevin Durand (Abigail) star.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “What begins as a straightforward slasher deftly shifts gears, tackling heady topics with infectious snark and bloodletting. It’s a rare film that speaks directly to its teen audience while refusing to water down the horror; Clown in a Cornfield knows its demographic is resilient enough to handle the terror just fine.”
Halloween will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 16 via Scream Factory, exclusively through Amazon.
The 1978 genre-defining classic is directed by master of horror John Carpenter, who co-wrote the script with producer Debra Hill.
Disc 1 – 4K UHD:
2021 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative, Approved By Cinematographer Dean Cundey
Dolby Atmos Track
Audio Commentary With Co-Writer/Director John Carpenter And Actress Jamie Lee Curtis
Audio Commentary With Director Of Photography Dean Cundey, Editor Tommy Lee Wallace, And Actor Nick Castle
Disc 2 – Blu-ray:
2021 4K Scan From The Original Camera Negative, Approved By Cinematographer Dean Cundey
Dolby Atmos Track
Audio Commentary With John Carpenter And Jamie Lee Curtis
Audio Commentary With Dean Cundey, Tommy Lee Wallace, And Nick Castle
“The Night She Came Home” Featurette
“Halloween Unmasked 2000” Featurette
TV Version Additional Scenes
Trailers From Hell – Adam Rifkin On Halloween
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spots
Radio Spots
NBC Broadcast TV Promo
Newspaper Ad Still Gallery
Still Gallery
On Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. For the last 15 years, the people of Haddonfield have rested easily, knowing that Michael was safely locked away in a mental hospital… until tonight. Michael has escaped and he will soon return to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers, and Nick Castle star.
Halloween II will be available on SteelBook 4K UHD the same day.
Night of the Living Dead – September 23
Tom Savini‘s 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 23 via Sony.
In addition to the theatrical version, a new uncensored cut is included, both newly restored in 4K with Dolby Vision. Supervised by Savini, the alternate cut restores gore that was originally cut to avoid an X rating, in addition to starting in black and white before transitioning to color.
Disc 1 – 4K UHD:
Uncensored cut
Theatrical version
4K restoration presented with Dolby Vision/HDR
Commentary with director Tom Savini on the Uncensored Cut, moderated by Michael Felsher (new)
Audio: Dolby Atmos (both versions), 5.1 (both versions), 2-Channel Surround (theatrical version)
Disc 2 – Blu-ray:
Theatrical version, sourced from the 4K master
Audio commentary with director Tom Savini
Interview with Actor Bill Moseley (new)
Interview with Actor William Butler (new)
Interview with Actors McKee Anderson and Heather Mazur (new)
Interview with Producers John Russo and Russell Streiner (new)
Interview with Editor Tom Dubensky (new)
Interview with Zombie Performers Greg Funk and Dyrk Ashton (new)
Savini’s Night with Director Tom Savini Featurette
Being Barbara with Actress Patricia Tallman Featurette
Return to the Living Dead with Special Makeup Effects Supervisors John Vulich and Everett Burrell Featurette
The Dead Walk: Making-of Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Audio: 5.1, 2-Channel Surround
Seven strangers are trapped in an isolated farmhouse while cannibalistic zombies wage a relentless attack, killing (and eating) everyone in their path.
George A. Romero rewrote the original 1968 screenplay, with John A. Russo and Russell Streiner returning to produce.
Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson, Heather Mazur, William Butler, Katie Finneran, and Bill Moseley star.
28 Years Later will be released on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on September 23 via Sony.
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for the long-awaited third installment in the post-apocalyptic horror franchise, which launched in 2002 with 28 Days Later and continued with 2007’s 28 Weeks Later.
Special features:
Days to Years
Capturing the Chaos
The Survivors
Becoming the Infected
Behind the Cameras
It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected.
One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Williams, and Ralph Fiennes star.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Boyle and Garland once again introduce characters we want to spend more time with, even when they break our hearts. This riveting blend of horror and heart also reminds that death, horror’s favorite equalizer, can be as beautiful as it can be cruel.”
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection – September 30
A Nightmare on Elm Street: 7-Film Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD on September 30 via Warner Bros.
It includes the seven original films in the slasher franchise: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985), A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989), Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991), and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994).
Also featured are unrated cuts of A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Dream Child, along with the alternate 3D ending of Freddy’s Dead, complete with 3D glasses.
New special features:
Boiler Room Confessional
Freddy’s Footnotes
Dozens of archival extras – like audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and interviews – are also included.
Robert Englund stars Freddy Krueger, the vengeful killer burned alive by angry parents who returns to haunt the dreams of their children.
The films also feature Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Mark Patton, Patricia Arquette, Lisa Wilcox, Lisa Zane, and Johnny Depp.
Which movies are you adding to your collection this month? Let us know in the replies!
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