Schlock-Wire: Scream Factory’s May Lineup Serves Up THE BURNING And THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN

Looks like Scream Factory is going to keep the vintage horror rolling for home theater fanatics through the entire Spring season: they've just announced their may lineup, which offers a one-two punch of The Burning and The Town That Dreaded Sundown.  The former is one of the all-time great slasher movies, complete with riotously gruesome Tom Savini effects, and the latter is a true-crime psycho story that has developed a cult following in recent years.  To make things even sweeter, the set for TOWN will also throw in THE EVICTORS, another film from the same director, as a bonus.  Read on for all the monstrous May-day details...

A Harvey Weinstein Production

THE BURNING

COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Featuring early film appearances by Fisher Stevens, Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter

blu-ray™ + dvd combo pack

&

A Film by Charles B. Pierce

THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN

Starring Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine and Dawn Wells

blu-ray™ + dvd combo pack includes

the debut of cult classic The Evictors on dvd!

TWO SPECIAL BLU-RAY™ + DVD COMBO PACKS

HIT HOME ENTERTAINMENT SHELVES EVERYWHERE

ON MAY 21, 2013 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY

Pre-Order These Definitive Home Entertainment Collections Today!Disfigured and hooded mad killers are on the loose this spring as SCREAM FACTORY™ invites loyal fans and collectors to embark on a nostalgic trip filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense and terror! On May 21, 2013, the gory summer camp slasher The BURNING created and produced by Harvey Weinstein and features Fisher Stevens (The Cove), Jason Alexander  (Seinfeld)  and Holly Hunter  (The Piano) in their early film roles and Charles B. Pierce’s long sought-after THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN starring  Oscar®-winner Ben Johnson and Dawn Wells  (Gilligan's Island) , arrive on home entertainment shelves everywhere from Shout! Factory.Both movies debut for the first time on Blu-ray™. The BURNING will be presented as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo pack that boasts insightful bonus content, and a reversible wrap with original theatrical key art. THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack contains director Charles B. Pierce’s rare cult movie classic THE EVICTOR as a bonus movie presentation on the DVD plus more extras to be announced at a later date.The BURNING Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ + DVD combo pack is priced to own at $29.93; THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN Blu-ray™ + DVD combo pack (including THE EVICTORS on DVD) has a suggested retail price of $26.99.*** Avid movie fans and collectors take note: those who order The BURNING Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ + DVD combo pack from ShoutFactory.com will receive the exclusive 18”x 24” poster featuring the newly commissioned artwork! Only 300 posters will be printed, so these are only available while supplies last.***Fans and collectors can preorder these exciting SCREAM FACTORY™ collections now at ShoutFactory.com or Amazon.comPre-order links:The Burning [Collector's Edition]: https://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/216912The Town That Dreaded Sundown: https://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/216915The BURNING Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo PackGather around the campfire to die! A group of summer camp pranksters get the scare of their lives when they target the camp's creepy caretaker...and he takes bloody revenge! "Gruesome" (The Hollywood Reporter) and "stomach-churning" (Boxoffice), this terrifying tale is "a brilliant slasher flick [and] gory as hell" (slasherpool.com)!After a cruel joke goes awry, severely burning him and subjecting him to five years of intensive, unsuccessful skin graft treatments, Cropsy (Lou David) is back at camp...and ready to wreak havoc on those who scarred him! With his hedge clippers in hand, he terrorizes the camp and systematically mutilates each victim. Can a few courageous campers save themselves and destroy this demented madman before he kills them all? Starring Brian Matthews (Crime Stopper), Leah Ayres (Bloodsport), Brian Backer (Fast Times At Ridgemont High), Larry Joshua (Dances With Wolves) and featuring early film appearances by Fisher Stevens (Short Circuit), Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and Holly Hunter (Raising Arizona), The Burning is a “grim and nasty movie [that] gets under your skin” (efilmcritic.com)!JEAN UBAND,  MICHAEL COHL,  CORKY BURGER PresentA HARVEY WEINSTEIN Production“THE BURNING”BRIAN MATTHEWS, LEAH AYRES, BRIAN BACKER,LARRY JOSHUA and LOU DAVID as CropsyAssociate Producer DANY UBAND,  Director of Photography HARVEY HARRISON, BBCMusical Director ALAN BRAWER,  Music Composed and Performed by RICK WAKEMANSpecial Makeup and Effects by TOM SAVINIExecutive Producers JEAN UBAND, MICHAEL COHL, ANDRE DJAOUIStory by HARVEY WEINSTEIN, TONY MAYLAM, BRAD GRAYScreenplay by PETER LAWRENCE and BOB WEINSTEINCreated and Produced by HARVEY WEINSTEINDirected by TONY MAYLAMAnamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)/DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (BD)/Dolby Digital Mono (DVD)/1981/Color/91 minutes The BURNING Collector’s Edition Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack *Special features are currently in development.Preliminary bonus features include

• Audio Commentary with director Tony Maylam, moderated by Alan Jones
• Blood n Fire Memories

THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack (including the debut of THE EVICTORS on DVD!)Don’t get caught in this town after sundown!When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana , local police are baffled. Three weeks later, two more people are slain in a similar setting and Deputy Norman Ramsey fears a pattern might be developing. Texas Ranger J.D. Morales (Ben Johnson, The Wild Bunch) is brought in to help. The two officers must find “the Phantom Killer” before he can kill again. Also starring Andrew Prine (Grizzly) and Dawn Wells (Gilligan’s Island), directed by Charles B. Pierce (The Legend Of Boggy Creek), and based on one of America ’s most baffling murder cases, this horrifying suspense thriller is a shocking experience you’ll never forget.A CHARLES B. PIERCE Film“THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN”Starring BEN JOHNSON, ANDREW PRINE, DAWN WELLS as “Helen Reed”Music Composed by JAMIE MENDOSA-NAVAWritten by EARL E. SMITHProduced and Directed by CHARLES B. PIERCEColor by TECHNICOLOR®An AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ReleaseBlu-ray: 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.35:1)/DTS-HD Master Audio MonoDVD: Anamorphic Widescreen/Dolby Digital MonoSpecial Features for THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack are currently in development. Special Bonus Movie Presentation: Charles B. Pierce’s The Evictors (DVD ONLY)SynopsisA nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history. Soon they find themselves tormented by the previous owners. Vic Morrow (Combat!, Humanoids From The Deep), Michael Parks (Django Unchained, Argo) and Jessica Harper (Suspiria, Phantom Of The Paradise ) star in this chilling horror film.A CHARLES B. PIERCE Film“THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN”Starring BEN JOHNSON  ANDREW PRINE  DAWN WELLS as “Helen Reed”Music Composed by JAMIE MENDOSA-NAVAWritten by EARL E. SMITHProduced and Directed by CHARLES B. PIERCEColor by TECHNICOLOR®The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Blu-ray and DVD): 1977/Color/86 minutes/RThe Evictors (DVD Only): 1979/Color/92 minutes/PGBlu-ray: 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.35:1)/DTS-HD Master Audio MonoDVD: Anamorphic Widescreen/Dolby Digital Mono As excitement builds for these two SCREAM FACTORY™  home entertainment collections, Shout! Factory will announce in-depth final bonus content and additional news in forthcoming months.