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Updated May 2!

Note: Some dates are tentative and subject to change. “Special edition” denotes confirmed DVD features beyond the usual filmographies, trailers, etc. Distributors: please send information/updates to gingold@starloggroup.com . Unfortunately, time does not allow us to answer individual questions about DVD/Blu-ray availability or street dates. If we know about it, it’s on this list!

APRIL 30
BODY MELT: Scorpion
THE DREAMING/INITIATION (special edition): Scorpion
MANBORG (special edition): Dark Sky
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: RESURRECTION (special edition): Lionsgate
NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW: Olive
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
THE WICKED (special edition): Image

MAY 7
ANATOMY/ANATOMY 2 (Blu-ray): Mill Creek
THE CONDEMNED (special edition): Strand
DEAD DREAMS (Blu-ray): R Squared
THE DUNGEON OF HARROW/DEATH BY INVITATION (special edition): Vinegar Syndrome
FRINGE: The Complete Fifth Season (4-DVD, 3-Blu-ray sets): Warner
HAYRIDE (special edition): Midnight Releasing
HELLRAISER: DEADER (Blu-ray): Echo Bridge
MAMA (special edition, Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
MOTHER’S BOYS (Blu-ray): Echo Bridge
MUTANTZ, NAZIS AND ZOMBIES (THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC MUSHROOMS, ATTACK OF THE TROMAGGOT, TEEN APE VS. THE MONSTER NAZI APOCALYPSE): Troma
THE NAMELESS (Blu-ray): Echo Bridge
ONE HOUR PHOTO (Blu-ray): Fox

MAY 14
CHANBARA BEAUTY: THE MOVIE VORTEX (special edition): Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters
CRIMEWAVE (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Shout! Factory
DEXTER: The Seventh Season (4-DVD, 3-Blu-ray sets): Showtime/CBS
HOME SWEET HOME (2012; special edition): Screen Media
THE LOCKER: Entertainment One
MR. SARDONICUS/THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN (Blu-ray): Mill Creek
616: PARANORMAL INCIDENT: Uncork’d (retail)
STRIPPED: Inception
TEXAS CHAINSAW (special edition, 3D/2D Blu-ray): Lionsgate

MAY 21
THE ABCs OF DEATH (special edition, Blu-ray): Magnet/Magnolia
AWESOME KILLER AUDITIONS: World Wide Multi Media/MVD
THE BURNING (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Shout! Factory
COLD EYES OF FEAR (new DVD, Blu-ray): Redemption/Kino Lorber
COOL AIR: Lionsgate
DARK CIRCLES (special edition): Lionsgate
THE DARK DEALER (special edition): Whacked/MVD
DON’T LET THE RIVERBEAST GET YOU!: Brain Damage
THE INFLICTED: Osiris
AN IRISH VAMPIRE IN HOLLYWOOD: World Wide Multi Media/MVD
LAST KIND WORDS: Image
MOLD (special edition): Wild Eye
OOGA BOOGA: Full Moon
ROBIN HOOD: THE GHOST OF SHERWOOD: Phase 4
SHARK ISLAND (DVD, Blu-ray): Asylum
THE SINFUL NUNS OF ST. VALENTINE (new DVD, Blu-ray): Redemption/Kino Lorber
TEEN WOLF Season Two (3-DVD set): Fox
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Shout! Factory
TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON (5-DVD, 7-Blu-ray sets): HBO
VAMPIRES AND OTHER STEREOTYPES (new DVD): Film Castle/MVD

MAY 28
ATTACK OF THE JURASSIC SHARK: Tomcat/Tempe
BLOOD FOR IRINA (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Autonomy
THE CORPSE GRINDERS 3 (special edition): Alpha
DARK SKIES (special edition, Blu-ray/DVD combo): Dimension
DEAD MINE (DVD, Blu-ray): XLrator
GERM Z: Naidomi/Brainstorm
GUT (special edition): Vanguard
A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS: Inception
NAILBITER (special edition): Lionsgate
9 DAYS: WHIPPED, CHAINED AND TORTURED BY A PSYCHOPATH: Chemical Burn
SHANKS (DVD, Blu-ray): Olive

JUNE 4
ADAM CHAPLIN: VIOLENT AVENGER (special edition): Autonomy
THE BIG BAD: Phase 4
CARRIER (2013): Cinema Epoch
CHUPACABRA VS. THE ALAMO: Echo Bridge
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (Blu-ray): Universal
THE DEPRAVED (a.k.a. URBAN EXPLORER): Uncork’d
DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY/RACE WITH THE DEVIL (Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
DUSK MAIDEN OF AMNESIA Complete Collection (anime; 3-DVD, 2-Blu-ray sets): Sentai/Section23
FORTUNE COOKIE PROPHECIES: Osiris
HOME SWEET HOME (2013): Image
THE INVISIBLE MAN (Blu-ray): Universal
THE MUMMY (1932; Blu-ray): Universal
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1943; Blu-ray): Universal
SADAKO (DVD, 3D Blu-ray): Well Go USA
23:59 (special edition, Blu-ray): Magnet/Magnolia
WARM BODIES (special edition, Blu-ray): Summit

JUNE 11
ENTITY: Brainstorm/Naedomi
HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (special edition, Blu-ray/DVD combo, 3D Blu-ray/2D Blu-ray/DVD combo): Paramount
THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Severin
THE HOUSE ON STRAW HILL (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Severin
THE MANSON FAMILY (Blu-ray): Severin
NINJA III: THE DOMINATION (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Shout! Factory
9 MILES DOWN: Uncork’d (retail)
STREET TRASH (Blu-ray): Synapse
THE UNBROKEN: Inception

JUNE 18
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE LIVING CORPSE (special edition, Blu-ray): Anchor Bay
AMERICAN GORE STORIES VOL. 1 (5-movie, 5-DVD set): SRS Cinema
AMERICAN GORE STORIES VOL. 2 (5-movie, 5-DVD set): SRS Cinema
AMERICAN MARY (DVD, Blu-ray): XLrator
AXE GIANT: THE WRATH OF PAUL BUNYAN: Virgil
BIOHAZARD: PATIENT ZERO (DVD, Blu-ray): Studio 3
COME OUT AND PLAY (DVD, Blu-ray/DVD combo): New Video
EVERYONE MUST DIE: MVD
EXHUMED (special edition): Wild Eye
EXTINCTION: Phase 4
THE G-STRING HORROR (special edition, Blu-ray): Apprehensive
THE HOWLING (new special edition, Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
HUMAN ANTFARM (special edition): Grimoire/MVD
JERSEY SHORE LINGERIE PARTY MASSACRE: Film Castle/MVD
THE LAST EXORCISM PART II (special edition, Blu-ray): Sony Pictures
LIFEFORCE (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Shout! Factory
MARA: MVD
THE MUMMY’S KISS/THE MUMMY’S KISS 2 (2D/3D DVD): Cineridge/MVD
PLASTIC: R Squared/MVD
STOKER (special edition, Blu-ray): Fox
SUMMONED (special edition): June 18
VENOM (2013): MTI

JUNE 25
ABANDONED SOULS: CreepFX/Maverick
BATTLEDOGS (DVD, Blu-ray): Asylum
CRAWLSPACE (2012; special edition): IFC/MPI
DEAD SOULS (DVD, Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
DOOM (Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
HANSEL & GRETEL GET BAKED (DVD, Blu-ray): New Video
HEEBIE JEEBIES: Sony Pictures
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
KILLER MOUNTAIN: Millennium
LORD OF DARKNESS (special edition): Lionsgate
THE MUMMY (1999; Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
NUDE FOR SATAN (new DVD, Blu-ray): Redemption/Kino Lorber
PITCH BLACK (Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
THE RAMBLER (DVD, Blu-ray): Anchor Bay
RING OF CURSE: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL: The Complete Second Season (2-DVD set): Entertainment One
TOKYO URBAN LEGEND: Pathfinder
VAN HELSING (Steelbook Blu-ray/DVD combo): Universal
ZOMBIE ASS: TOILET OF THE DEAD: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

JULY 2
BLOOD RUNS COLD: Vivendi
THE CLOTH: Uncork’d
INTO THE WOODS: Vivendi
TOWER BLOCK (DVD, Blu-ray): Shout! Factory

JULY 9
BRUCE CAMPBELL TRIPLE FEATURE (MY NAME IS BRUCE, ALIEN APOCALYPSE, MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN): Image
COFFIN BABY: Image
THE EXPELLED (a.k.a. F; special edition): Screen Media
HANDS OF THE RIPPER (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Synapse
SCARE ZONE: Eagle One
WOULD YOU RATHER (DVD, Blu-ray): IFC/MPI
ZOMBIE 108: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

JULY 16
BLACK SABBATH (new DVD, Blu-ray): Kino Classics
CANNIBAL POSSESSION: HEART OF ICE: Eyes Wide Open/MVD
DARKEST NIGHT (special edition): Brain Damage
ICE ROAD TERROR: Vivendi
A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE (special edition): Phase 4
ROAD HELL (special edition): Independent Entertainment
ZOMBIE LOVER: World Wide Multi Media/MVD

JULY 23
DETENTION OF THE DEAD: Anchor Bay
EXORCISM CHRONICLES: Reality Ent.
HORROR 4 PACK Volume 4 (TERROR TRAP, ABSENTIA, WRECKAGE, THE OPEN DOOR): Phase 4
KISS OF THE DAMNED (DVD, Blu-ray): Magnet/Magnolia
LEGEND HAS IT: Fenix
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 XXVII (THE SLIME PEOPLE, ROCKET ATTACK U.S.A., VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS, THE DEADLY MANTIS; 5-DVD set): Shout! Factory

JULY 30
ANOTHER Complete Collection (anime; 3-DVD, 2-Blu-ray sets): Sentai/Section23
DEAD WEIGHT: MVD
DEMENTED (DVD, Blu-ray): Anchor Bay
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE (new special edition, Blu-ray): Criterion
THE FOG (new special edition, Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN (Blu-ray): Shout! Factory
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH (special edition): Image
UNDER THE BED (DVD, Blu-ray): XLerator

AUGUST 6
THE CORRUPTED: Eagle One
EDDIE THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL (DVD, Blu-ray): Doppelganger/Music Box

AUGUST 13
HATCHET III (special edition, Blu-ray): Dark Sky

AUGUST 20
DEVIL’S FARM: World Wide Multi Media/MVD
FEAR NOT (DVD, Blu-ray): Kino Lorber
FEAR THE FOREST (new DVD): Lost Empire/MVD
SKULL FOREST: World Wide Multi Media/MVD

AUGUST 27
MODUS ANOMALI: Screen Media

SEPTEMBER 3
FRANKENSTEIN’S ARMY (special edition, Blu-ray): Dark Sky
RESOLUTION: New Video
SELF STORAGE: Screen Media

SEPTEMBER 10
REALITY TERROR NIGHT: Lightyear
ZOMBIE EXS: Bloody Earth

FUTURE UNDATED
AMONG FRIENDS: Lionsgate
AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (new special edition): Synapse
BURIED ALIVE (2012): Hannover House
BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER (special edition): Code Red
CADAVER: IFC/MPI
CAULDRON OF BLOOD: Olive
COUNTESS DRACULA (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Synapse
COWBOYS & VAMPIRES (2012): Hannover House
CURSE OF CHUCKY: Universal
DEATH BY VHS (special edition): World Wide Multi Media/MVD
DEMONS (new special edition, Blu-ray): Synapse
DEMONS 2 (new special edition, Blu-ray): Synapse
DEVIL’S EXPRESS (a.k.a. GANG WARS; special edition): Code Red
DR. TERROR’S HOUSE OF HORRORS: Olive
FALLS THE SHADOW: THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (2012): Hannover House
GAP: Brain Damage
GHOSTKEEPER: Code Red
THE GODSEND (special edition): Shout! Factory
A GUN FOR JENNIFER (special edition): Mondo Macabro
HALFWAY TO HELL: Plan 10
HELLO, MY NAME IS GACY: Plan 10
HORROR STORIES: Artsploitation
THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (new special edition): Severin
HUMAN EXPERIMENTS (special edition): Scorpion
HYSTERIA (special edition, Blu-ray): Cult Epics
I WILL NOT DIE ALONE: Synapse
INBRED: XLrator
KILLING SPREE director’s cut (special edition, limited 2-disc edition): SRS Cinema
THE MAN IN THE MAZE: R Squared/MVD
MEMORY OF THE DEAD: Artsploitation
PATIENT ZERO (DVD, Blu-ray): Hannover House
PHENOMENA (new special edition, Blu-ray): Synapse
THE RETURN (1980; new DVD): Scorpion
THE RIPPING: Independent Entertainment
ROOMS FOR TOURISTS: Synapse
SANGUIVOROUS: Tidepoint/MVD
SCANNERS II: THE NEW ORDER (special edition): Shout! Factory
SCANNERS III: THE TAKEOVER (special edition): Shout! Factory
SCHIZOID (special edition): Shout! Factory
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS (Blu-ray/DVD combo): Synapse
SNUFF (Blu-ray): Blue Underground
TAM LIN (a.k.a. THE DEVIL’S WIDOW): Olive
TENEBRE (new special edition, Blu-ray): Synapse
THIS NIGHT I’LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE (new special edition): Synapse
THUNDERCRACK! (special edition): Synapse
TORMENTED: Well Go USA
THE VICIOUS SWEET (special edition): SRS Cinema
VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION (FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE HAUNTED PALACE, THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, WITCHFINDER GENERAL/THE CONQUEROR WORM, THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES; Blu-ray set): Shout! Factory
VIOLENT SHIT Collection (VIOLENT SHIT 1-4; DVD box): Synapse
WATCH ’EM DIE: Synapse
WITCHBOARD 2: THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY: Olive
WITHER: Artsploitation
X-RAY (a.k.a. HOSPITAL MASSACRE; special edition): Shout! Factory
ZOMBIE MASSACRE: Entertainment One

About the author
Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold has been a member of the FANGORIA team for the past three decades. After starting as a writer for the magazine in 1988, he came aboard as associate editor in 1990 and two years later moved up to managing editor, the position he holds to this day while continuing to contribute numerous articles and reviews.
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