Schlock-Wire: Shout Factory To Reissue 80's Hospital Horrors BAD DREAMS And VISITING HOURS In September
1980's horror fans take note: Shout Factory will be unearthing a pair of horror films from this era as part of their 20th Century Fox DVD reissue campaign. The two films are Bad Dreams and Visiting Hours. Both films will boast anamorphic transfers and trailers plus some brand-new extras for Bad Dreams. Even better, it's a 2-DVD set that retails for a value-conscious $14.97, allowing horror fans to get two discs for the price of one catalog title. Read on for all the medical massacre details...
BAD DREAMS
Starring Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch,
Dean Cameron and Harris Yulin
&
VISITING HOURS
Starring Lee Grant, William Shatner, Michael Ironside and Linda Purl
OWN THIS KILLER DOUBLE-FEATURE 2-DVD SET
ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2011 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
BAD DREAMSIn the mid-1970s the members of the love cult Unity Fields sought “the ultimate joining” by dousing themselves with gasoline and committing mass suicide. A young girl blown clear of the fiery explosion was the only survivor. Thirteen years later, Cynthia (Jennifer Rubin, Screamers) awakens from a coma inside a psychiatric hospital with only buried memories of that horrific day — but now her fellow patients are each being driven to their own violent suicides. Has the sect’s leader (Richard Lynch, Deathsport) returned to claim his final child? Bruce Abbott (Re-Animator) co-stars in the intense shocker Bad Dreams from director Andrew Fleming (The Craft) and producer Gale Anne Hurd (Punisher: War Zone, The Incredible Hulk). Feature Running Time: +/- 80 min. Special DVD Features:Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1:78:1)New Dolby Digital 5.1 SoundtrackCommentary with writer/director Andrew FlemingInterviews with actors Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch and Dean CameronThe Special Effects of Bad DreamsBehind The Scenes of Bad Dreams’ Original EndingTheatrical TrailerTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX presents A NO FRILLS FILM ProductionAn ANDREW FLEMING ProductionBAD DREAMSJENNIFER RUBIN BRUCE ABBOTT RICHARD LYNCH DEAN CAMERON and HARRIS YULINMusic by JAY FERGUSON – Director of Photography ALEXANDER GRUSZYNSKIScreenplay by ANDREW FLEMING and STEVEN E. de SOUZAStory by ANDREW FLEMING & MICHAEL DICK & P.J. PETTIETTE & YURI ZELTSERProduced by GALE ANNE HURD – Directed by ANDREW FLEMINGPresented in association with American Entertainment Partners II L.P.Color by Deluxe® VISITING HOURSAcademy Award®–winner Lee Grant (Best Supporting Actress in 1975 for Shampoo) stars as outspoken TV journalist Deborah Ballin, whose crusade against domestic violence enrages a creepy loner (a truly disturbing performance by Michael Ironside, Scanners) in Visiting Hours. He brutally attacks the anchorwoman in her home, but Ballin survives and is hospitalized. Her assailant is enraged; he is haunted by a horrific childhood trauma . . . and now he has hidden himself inside the hospital to finish what he started. Can anybody — including her concerned boss (William Shatner), a frantic nurse (Linda Purl, Happy Days) or Deborah herself — stop the psycho’s killing spree before it reaches sick new extremes?Feature Running Time: +/- 103 min Special DVD FeaturesAnamorphic Widescreen Transfer (1.78.1)Theatrical trailer, radio and TV spotsPIERRE DAVID and VICTOR SOLNICKI presentVISITING HOURSStarring LEE GRANT WILLIAM SHATNER MICHAEL IRONSIDE and LINDA PURLScreenplay by BRIAN TAGGERT – Directed by JEAN CLAUDE LORDProduced by CLAUDE HEROUX Executive Producers PIERRE DAVID and VICTOR SOLNICKIMusic by JONATHAN GOLDSMITH – A FILMPLAN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONProduced with the participation of the Canadian Film Development CorporationBAD DREAMS/ VISITING HOURS Killer Double Feature 2-DVD Set : $14.97 SRP