Second Sight will be re-releasing two seminal horror Blu-rays Re-Animator and The Basket Case The Trilogy on 14 March 2016, both come in standard black case packaging and are packed full of outstanding special features.
One of the most celebrated, outrageous, and original 80s horror films Re-Animator is brought
back to life on Blu-ray in all its gory glory. This horror classic will be re-released as a two-disc set in
standard double-disc case, complete with a double-sided sleeve featuring the original poster and
artwork by Graham Humphreys, two versions of the gorefest that is Re-Animator and tons of
special features including deleted scenes, commentaries, a documentary, interviews and more.
Brilliant, if somewhat deranged, medical student Herbert West arrives at Miskatonic Medical
School and immediately sneers at his professor’s outdated views on death. West has his own
outlandish theories and has concocted a serum that will bring the dead back to life. Roping in
fellow student Dan Cain their shocking experiments work all too well with horrific and very messy
results.
Bonus features:
• The ‘Unrated’ Version – brand new 4K restoration
• The ‘Integral’ Version (exclusive to Blu-ray)
• Audio commentary with director Stuart Gordon
• Audio commentary with producer Brian Yuzna and actor Jeffrey Combs, Robert Sampson, Barbara
Crampton and Bruce Abbott
• Re-Animator Resurrectus documentary
• Interviews with Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna, writer Dennis Paoli, composer Richard Band and
Fangoria editor Tony Timpone
• Extended scenes, deleted scenes and trailers
• Gallery
And if that isn’t enough 80s horror for you……….
One of the essential repeat rentals for any self-respecting horror fan in the early 1980s, Frank
Henenlotter’s cult classic Basket Case and the gloriously psychotic sequels it spawned are collected together in one of the most twisted and enjoyable horror trilogies ever made. Now the
wonderfully warped films will be re-released as Basket Case – The Trilogy in a three-disc
standard case, complete with a basket load of bonus features.
What’s in the basket? A question Duane Bradley is asked alot when he arrives in New York and
checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin, a place filled with drunks, odd-bods and prostitutes. We
soon discover the answer; inside is his grotesquely deformed brother Belial. Separated at birth
in a brutal operation the Siamese twins have come looking for revenge on the doctors that left
Belial for dead and now the basket-dweller is ready to wreak blood-soaked carnage. Where the
original classic ends the sequels pick up and things start to get really deranged when the
brothers meet their long lost aunt ‘Granny Ruth’ and her houseful of freaks.
Bonus Features:
• ‘What’s In The Basket?’ – A look at the making of the trilogy with director Frank Henenlotter; actors
Kevin VanHentenryck, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross; producers Edgar Ievans and James Glickenhaus;
make-up effects artists John Caglione Jr, Kevin Haney, Gabe Bartalos; and writer Uncle Bob Martin
• ‘An Interview With Graham Humphreys’ – a look at the career of the legendary film poster artist.
Additional bonus features for the original film include:
Basket Case:
• Video Introduction By Frank Henenlotter
• Audio Commentary By Director Frank Henenlotter, Producer Edgar Ievins And Actress Beverly Bonner
• Outtakes/Behind-The-Scenes
• 2001 Video Short – The Hotel Broslin
• Trailer/Radio Spots
• Photo Gallery: Behind-The-Scenes, Promotional Material, Stills