Hello, everyone! August 23rd is a quiet day for horror and sci-fi home media releases, but that doesn’t mean that this week’s offerings aren’t pretty darn great all the same. Scream Factory has put together a killer Collector’s Edition 4K release for Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers and Kino Lorber has put together reissues of their Blu-ray box sets for seasons one and two of The Outer Limits, which genre fans will definitely want to pick up.
Cheers!
Dog Soldiers: 4K Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray)
A group of soldiers dispatched to the Scottish Highlands on special training maneuvers face their biggest fears after they run into Captain Ryan – the only survivor of a Special Ops team that was literally torn to pieces. Ryan refuses to disclose his mission even though whoever attacked his men might be hungry for seconds. Help arrives in the form of a local woman who shelters them in a deserted farmhouse deep in the forest … but when they realize that they are surrounded by a pack of blood-lusting werewolves, it’s apparent their nightmare has just begun!
Special Features:
- NEW 4K Restoration from The Original Camera Negative by Second Sight Films – Approved by Director Neil Marshall and director of photography Sam McCurdy – Presented in Dolby Vision
- NEW Audio Commentary by writer and associate professor of Film Alison Peirse
- Audio Commentary with Director Neil Marshall
- Audio Commentary with producers David Allen and Brian O’Toole
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):
- NEW 4K Restoration from The Original Camera Negative by Second Sight Films – Approved by Director Neil Marshall and director of photography Sam McCurdy
- NEW Audio Commentary by writer and associate professor of Film Alison Peirse
- NEW Werewolves, Crawlers, Cannibals and More – an interview with Neil Marshall
- NEW A History of Lycanthropy – author Gavin Baddeley on Werewolf Cinema
- NEW Werewolves, Folklore and Cinema – a video essay by author Mikel J. Koven
- Audio Commentary with Director Neil Marshall
- Audio Commentary with producers David Allen and Brian O’Toole
- Werewolves vs. Soldiers – a look at the making of DOG SOLDIERS featuring Interviews with Director Neil Marshall, Producers Christopher Figg and Keith Bell, Actors Kevin McKidd, Sean Pertwee, Darren Morfitt, Leslie Simpson and Emma Cleasby, Special Effects Artist Bob Keen and more!
- A Cottage in the Woods – a look at the production design with production designer Simon Bowles
- UK Theatrical Trailers and U.S. Home Video Promo
- Combat – A short film by Neil Marshall
- Two Still Galleries – Photos from the Film and Rare Photos from Production Designer Simon Bowles and Special Effects Artist Dave Bonneywell’s Archives
The Outer Limits: Season One (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)
There Is Nothing Wrong With Your Television Set… Do Not Attempt To Adjust The Picture… We Are Controlling Transmission… The entire first season – 32 Episodes – You hold in your hands an artifact from a time now vanished forever; a compendium of portals into worlds unknown. A seven-disc set that controls over 27 hours of transmission from the 1963-1964 series, this vessel has sought you out for one specific purpose: to expand your mind to The Outer Limits! Guest stars include Ed Asner, Macdonald Carey, Dabney Coleman, Robert Culp, Bruce Dern, Robert Duvall, Mimsy Farmer, Don Gordon, Harry Guardino, Gloria Grahame, Signe Hasso, Miriam Hopkins, Richard Jaeckel, Sally Kellerman, Shirley Knight, Martin Landau, George Macready, John Marley, David McCallum, Ralph Meeker, Gary Merrill, Vera Miles, Leonard Nimoy, Simon Oakland, Warren Oates, Carroll O’Connor, Donald Pleasence, Cliff Robertson, Ruth Roman, Barbara Rush, Martin Sheen, Henry Silva and many more. (The best program of its type ever to run on network TV!) – Stephen King
Special Features:
-23 Audio Commentaries by David J. Schow (Author of The Outer Limits Companion), Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas, Television Music Historian Dr. Reba Wissner, Film Historian Craig Beam, Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani, Fim Historian Michael Hyatt and Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell
The Outer Limits: Season Two (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)
There Is Nothing Wrong With Your Television Set… Do Not Attempt To Adjust The Picture… We Are Controlling Transmission… The entire second season – 17 Episodes – You hold in your hands an artifact from a time now vanished forever; a compendium of portals into worlds unknown. A four-disc set that controls over 15 hours of transmission from the 1964-1965 series, this vessel has sought you out for one specific purpose: to expand your mind to The Outer Limits! Guest stars include William Shatner, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Duvall, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Patrick O’Neal, Dabney Coleman, Robert Webber, Lloyd Nolan, James Sikking, Ted Knight, Michael Ansara, Marianna Hill, Tim O’Connor, Skip Homeier, James Doohan, Warren Stevens, Grant Williams, Dewey Martin, Michael Constantine, Ted de Corsia, Mary Murphy and Mark Richman.
Special Features:
-17 Audio Commentaries by David J. Schow (Author of The Outer Limits Companion), Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas, Television Music Historian Dr. Reba Wissner, Film Historian Craig Beam, Screenwriter/Historian Gary Gerani, Film Historian Michael Hyatt, Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell and Film Historian Eric Grayson
-THE UNKNOWN (Alternate Cut of THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN)
-PLEASE STAND BY (Alternate Cut of THE GALAXY BEING)
-5 TV Spots
-ABC New Year’s Eve Promo
-Creature Features with David J. Schow
-12 TNT Promos
-DAVID J. SCHOW – Showtime Interview
-PENN & TELLER – TNT Host Segments
-CLIFF ROBERTSON – Full TNT Interview
-JOSEPH STEFANO – Full TNT Interview
-JOANNA FRANK – Full TNT Interview
-TNT Interview with Meryl O’Loughlin
-The Museum of Television & Radio’s William S. Paley Television Festival
-PROJECT UNLIMITED – with David J. Schow
-WHAT’S NEW ON ABC? – 1963 Promo with Edie Adams
-THE OUTER LIMITS PHENOMENON
