A list of ten blu-ray horror movies you can enjoy to make your Halloween the scariest it can be. Watch old and new classic horror films in 1080p High Definition.
Halloween is the perfect time to catch up with some great scary movies. And the perfect way to view any film is on Blu-ray. More movies are being released on Blu-ray all the time. So you get to view all your old favorites and classics as if you were viewing them for the very first time. All of these films can be seen in High Definition 1080p and full of extra features. This list contains great horror films that are available or will be available on Blu-ray.
Some are classic horror movies such as The Exorcist and Psycho. Two movies many think to be the greatest horror films ever made. They are certainly two of the most scariest and should not be watched alone. Also being released is the Alien Anthology. All four of the Alien movies can be seen in glorious 1080p High Definition. On the lighter side,Guest Posting movies such as The Evil Dead, The Rocky Horror Picture show and Shaun of the Dead will provideyou just as many laugh as they will scares. All the films are different in their own unique way, but one thing is for sure, they will frighten and entertain you this Halloween.
The Exorcist (Director: William Friedkin, 1973) Blu-ray Release Date: October 5, 2010
The Exorcist has been frightening movie viewers close to 4 decades. Can you imagine what the head spinning and satanic vomit will look like in High Definition. Based on William Peter Blatty’s novel, it is a frightening and realistic story of an innocent girl (Linda Blair) who gets possessed by a terrifying demon. Her mother played by Ellen Brursten, try’s frantically to save her. She enlists the help of two priest, one who is doubt-ridden and the other is a tower of faith. They unit to battling the ultimate evil. Warner has released a stunning two disc Blu-ray of this classic horror film, many consider this to be the scariest movie ever made. It gets the full blu-ray treatment with new commentary, documentaries and both the original theatrical release and the 2000 directors cut versions of the movie in glorious high definition.
Video Quality:
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Audio Quality:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Surround Sound
Special Features:
Disc 1: Extended Director’s Cut
- New 3-part documentary on the movie’s production and legacy – for the first time, relive the actual on-set filming of classic scenes via never-before-seen set footage:Raising Hell: Filming The Exorcist (HD), The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now (HD) and Faces of Evil: The Different Versions of The Exorcist (HD)
- Commentary by director William Friedkin
Disc 2: Original theatrical version
- 2 commentaries: 1) director William Friedkin, 2) producer/screenwriter William Peter Blatty, plus sound effects tests
- Introduction by William Friedkin
- Feature-length 1998 documentary The Fear of God: The Making of The Exorcist
- Interview gallery covering the topics: the original cut, the final reckoning and stairway to heaven
- Original ending and more
Grindhouse (Special Edition) (Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, 2007) Blu-ray Release Date: October 5, 2010
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez combine their directing and writing skills for the first time ever in the Double Feature GRINDHOUSE. These exciting and exhilarating movies are now together in one packaging, and both are the original theatrical versions. Of course you can not forget the several faux trailers before and between the two films, Rodriguez’s Planet Terror and Tarantino’s Death Proof. Planet Terror is a wonderfully sleazy, zombie exploitation film and Death Proof is a dialog heavy serial killer film. The two films are very different in style and tone but are equally worthy of repeat viewing.
Video Quality:
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio Quality:
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Special Features:
Over 2 Hours of ALL NEW BONUS CONTENT including:
- Robert Rodriguez”s 10 Min Cooking School
- Greg Nicotero Makeup/Effects – Planet Teror
- Extended trailer “Werewolf Woman of the SS”
- Making of the trailers: Don’t, and Thanksgiving
- Don’t Trailer storyboards
- Death Proof Deleted Scene & Gag Reel
- Hot Rods of Death Proof
- From Texas to Tennessee, The Look of Death Proof
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Director: Philip Kaufman, 1978) Blu-ray Release Date: September 14, 2010
While a remake of the classic 1950′s film, this 1970′s version has itself become a classic. Based on a book called “The Body Snatchers” by Jack Finney and adapted for the screen by Academy Award® nominee W.D. Richter, the story takes place in San Francisco, where alien spores|spores] fall from outer space. These spores take root and transform into beautifully exotic flowers. However, the flowers have a plan. They slowly clone human bodies and then get rid of the originals. Hailed by critics as “A first-rate suspense thriller” (Newsday), the Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that will have your heart racing and blood turning cold.
Video Quality:
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio Quality:
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Original)
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary (DVD only)
- Re-Visitors from Outer Space: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod (SD, 16:14)
- The Special Effect Pod (SD, 4:38)
- The Man Behind the Scream: The Sound Effects Pod (SD, 12:47)
- The Invasion Will Be Televised: The Cinematography Pod (SD, 5:24)
- Theatrical Trailer (SD, 2:12)
The Return of the Living Dead (Directors: Dan O’Bannon, 1985) Blu-ray Release Date: September 14, 2010
Horror comedy is one of the most underrated film genres. To get a mixture of both horror and humor is a hard task to accomplish and get right. But when it does go right you get a film like The Return of the Living Dead. Freddy, on his first day of a new job and his supervisor Frank, accidentally lets loose a toxic nerve gas from a US military container. The gas directly finds it way to the nearest graveyard where it brings back the dead. Soon hundreds of corpses are rising, staving for human brains. Thankfully, there are a group of young teenagers nearby that are just waiting to be gorged upon. The Return of the Living Dead is filled with enough gore and laughs to keep you both scared and laughing til it hurts.
Video Quality:
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio Quality:
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
Special Features:
- Commentary Tracks
- Return of the Living Dead – The Dead Have Risen (SD, 20:34)
- The Decade of Darkness (SD, 23:24)
- Designing the Dead Featurette (SD, 13:39)
- Zombie Subtitles
- Theatrical Trailer: Bloody Version (1080p, 1:08)
- Theatrical Trailer: Even Bloodier Version (1080p, 2:44)
Psycho (Director: Alfred Hitchcock , 1960) Blu-ray Release Date: October 19, 2010
Easily one of the most shocking movies ever made, Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock’s landmark masterpiece and maybe his most famous film. Arguable the world’s greatest director of all time, Hitchcock made a career out of creating chilling suspense and driving his audiences to fits of terror. Psycho is a movie about a young woman( Janet Leigh) who unfortunately decides to spend the night at the Bates Motel. The motel is run by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), one of films most infamous psychopaths. In addition to many extra features that accompany the discs you get to view in High Definition 1080p, one of the most iconic film scenes ever, the “Shower Scene”. Add to this the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround Sound, you will get the ultimate experience viewing this magnificent masterpiece. It is as frightening today as it was 5 decades ago and should be a part of anyone film collection.
Video Quality:
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio Quality:
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS 2.0
French: DTS 2.0
Special Features:
- The Making of Psycho
- Psycho Sound
- In The Master’s Shadow: Hitchcock’s Legacy
- Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
- Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
- The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
- The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass
- The Psycho Archives
- Lobby Cards
- Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
- Production Photographs
- Theatrical Trailer
- Re-release Trailers
- My Scenes
- Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho”)
- BD Live