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[Susan Foreman]

It's one of those films that was a regular feature on television back in the day

I must have seen it about a dozen times in the 80's and 90's

I remember it being a fun flick, but as others have said - I'm not interested in 4K UHD releases and I am even less interested in handing over 35 notes for a film

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The first two Slumber Party Massacre films have gone through the BBFC for 101.

Originally Posted by Justin101

It's going to be a double pack isn't it

'The Slumber Party Massacre' (1982) / 'The Slumber Party Massacre II' (1987) - Limited Edition 4K UHD / Blu-ray combo pre-order available from 101 Films direct - UK$39.99

Release date: November 18

"101 Films presents iconic slashers The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) and Slumber Party Massacre II (1987), on 4K UHD and Blu-ray in the UK for the first time. Conceived as a parody of the slasher movie, The Slumber Party Massacre was eventually shot as a straightforward horror, leading to some uniquely dark humour both intended and otherwise. The more overtly comical Slumber Party Massacre II was the first of several sequels in what was the first horror series to be exclusively written and directed by women, providing a fresh perspective within an historically male-dominated genre.

The Slumber Party Massacre

It's going to be the slumber party to end all slumber parties. With her parents away, Trish (Michelle Michaels) is planning a weekend of high jinks fun for her high school basketball team friends - a slumber party at her house. She's not sure if she wants to invite the newly arrived and talented Valerie (Robin Stille) but someone who is definitely coming is Russ Thorn. Locked up in a mental institution since 1969, Thorn, the nastiest of the driller killer psychos, has escaped and is heading back to town intent on more bloody mayhem. This night no one's going to get much sleep - there?s potato chips, drinks, dope, severed heads, blood and gore-a-plenty.

Slumber Party Massacre II

The only sane survivor of The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), Courtney (Crystal Bernard) dreams of the drill murderer returning. She can't shake the horrible feeling that she and her friends will be viciously tormented and brutally butchered. Again, and again the nightmare returns. No one believes her, until it's too late. The drill killer returns, reincarnated as an evil rocker, he methodically stalks them one by one and violently gores them to death ... can anyone survive Slumber Party Massacre II."

Special Features:

• Limited edition booklet includes: 'Holding a mirror to the male gaze' by Sarah Appleton & 'Teenage Dreams: The Slumber Party Massacre II' by Keri O?Shea

Slumber Party Massacre

• Sleepless Nights: The Making of the Slumber Party Massacre
• Audio commentary with director Amy Holden Jones and actors Michael Villella and Debra De Liso
• Interview with actor Rigg Kennedy
• Trailers
• Alternate title sequence
• Still gallery

Slumber Party Massacre II

• Original R-rated cut
• Extended unrated cut
• Audio commentary with writer / director / producer Deborah Brock, producer Don Daniel and story editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting Slumber Party Massacre II
• Trailers
• Still Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

'What We Do In The Shadows' (2014) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from 101 Films direct - UK$15:00

"Follow the lives of Viago (Taika Waititi), Deacon (Jonathan Brugh), and Vladislav (Jemaine Clement) - three flatmates who are just trying to get by and overcome life's obstacles - like being immortal vampires who must feast on human blood

Hundreds of years old, the vampires are finding that beyond sunlight catastrophes, hitting the main artery, and not being able to get a sense of their wardrobe without a reflection, modern society has them struggling with the mundane like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts."

Special features:

• Deleted Scenes
• Behind the Shadows
• Promo Videos
• Video Extras
• Original Short Film

[Susan Foreman]

'When We Were Kings' (1996) - Blu-Ray pre-order available from 101 Films direct - UK$15:00

Release date: November 4

"In 1974, Leon Gast travelled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title - "a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks" - as a Kinshasa billboard put it

When the main event was delayed, extending Ali's stay in Africa, Gast wound up amassing a treasure trove of footage, observing the wildly charismatic athlete training for one of the toughest bouts of his career while basking in his role as black America's proud ambassador to postcolonial Africa

Two decades in the making, When We Were Kings features interviews with Norman Mailer and George Plimpton that illustrate the sensational impact of the fight, rounding out an Academy Award-winning portrait of Ali that captures his charm, grace, and defiance"

Special features:

• Interview with Leon Gast

[Dave]

The Stone Tape (TV) (1972)
Coming soon from 101 Films
Preorder from Zavvi

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101 Films presents Nigel Kneale's The Stone Tape (1972), released on Blu-ray for the first time. Broadcast by the BBC on Christmas Day 1972 to critical acclaim, The Stone Tape sees Kneale employing his trademark fusion of science fiction and supernatural horror to terrifying effect and ranks among the legendary screenwriter's best work. A team of scientists, eager to discover a new recording medium, take over a brooding gothic mansion recently purchased and renovated by their employers. On moving in, however, they find one room unfinished and the builders refusing to work there. Claims of strange noises and feelings of unease are dismissed. However, the scientists soon discover that the renovation work on the mansion has disturbed something hidden beneath the stone walls, something ancient and malevolent.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Dave

The Stone Tape (TV) (1972)
Coming soon from 101 Films
Preorder from Zavvi

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Great news! One of my very favourite spooky one off dramas.
I love the eerie combination of science and the supernatural that Nigel Kneake does so well ( Quatermass And The Pit being another great example).
I already have the dvd, but I?ll be getting this one for sure.
This will definitely be my ?Ghost Story For Christmas? this year!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

This will definitely be my ?Ghost Story For Christmas? this year!

The actual Ghost Story for Christmas this year from Mark Gatiss is said to be Edith Nesbit's Man-Size in Marble. Originally published in 1893.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The actual Ghost Story for Christmas this year from Mark Gatiss is said to be Edith Nesbit's Man-Size in Marble. Originally published in 1893.

I?ll certainly give that a watch.
I always like to watch a classic BBC Ghost Story over Xmas, so The Stone Tape will be this year?s 😎

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

I?ll certainly give that a watch.
I always like to watch a classic BBC Ghost Story over Xmas, so The Stone Tape will be this year?s 😎

It's a shame in a way it's 101 releasing it. Had it been the BBC the likes of Mark Ayres could have given it a 5:1 true HD sound mix which would have been something else.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I like The Stone Tape a lot, so this will be a definite pre-order for me.