American Horror Project Vol 2 coming from Arrow

[Akijama]

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Description
Continuing its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series co-curated by author Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents).

Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), Dream No Evil is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman’s desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father – only to find herself drawn into a fantasyland of homicidal madness. Meanwhile, 1976’s Dark August stars Academy Award-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire) in a story of a man pursued by a terrifying and deadly curse in the wake of a hit-and-run accident. Lastly, 1977’s Harry Novak-produced The Child is a gloriously delirious slice of horror mayhem in which a young girl raises an army of the dead against the people she holds responsible for her mother’s death.

With all three films having been newly remastered from the best surviving film elements and appearing here for the first time ever on Blu-ray, alongside a wealth of supplementary material, American Horror Project Volume Two offers up yet another fascinating and blood-chilling foray into the deepest, darkest corners of stars-and-stripes terror.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 2K restorations from original film elements

• High Definition Blu-ray presentation

• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio

• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Reversible sleeves for each film featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

• American Horror Project Journal Vol. II – limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing on the films by Stephen R. Bissette, Travis Crawford and Amanda Reyes

DREAM NO EVIL

• Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower

• Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan

• Hollywood After Dark: The Early Films of John Hayes, 1959-1971 – brand new video essay by Stephen Thrower looking at Hayes’ filmography leading up to Dream No Evil

• Writer Chris Poggiali on the prodigious career of celebrated character actor Edmond O’Brien

• Excerpts from an audio interview with actress Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls) discussing her many cinematic collaborations with director John Hayes

DARK AUGUST

• Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower

• Brand new audio commentary with writer-director Martin Goldman

• Brand new on-camera interview with Martin Goldman

• Brand new on-camera interview with producer Marianne Kanter

• The Hills Are Alive: Dark August and Vermont Folk Horror – author and artist Stephen R. Bissette on Dark August and its context within the wider realm of genre filmmaking out of Vermont

• Original Press Book

THE CHILD

• 1.37:1 and 1.85:1 presentations of the feature

• Filmed appreciation by Stephen Thrower

• Brand new audio commentary with director Robert Voskanian and producer Robert Dadashian, moderated by Stephen Thrower

• Brand new on-camera interviews with Robert Voskanian and Robert Dadashian

• Original Theatrical Trailer

• Original Press Book

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[bsend]

Those all sound awesome! So glad to see there is life in the release series. Here's to hoping we get more and more gems from this line.

[Mister B Gone]

Can't. Frickin. Wait.

[Cujo]

Dark August is the undeniable gem of the set and worth buying the whole thing based on it alone. There's such a quietly unnerving air to it. Dream No Evil is also quite good. I have the big box VHS still in close to pristine condition. The Child isn't bad, just nothing particularly special. Not that I expected it, but I was really wishing Bert I. Gordon's incredibly underrated Burned at the Stake would finally show up. Never losing hope though.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Cujo

Dark August is the undeniable gem of the set and worth buying the whole thing based on it alone. There's such a quietly unnerving air to it. Dream No Evil is also quite good. I have the big box VHS still in close to pristine condition. The Child isn't bad, just nothing particularly special. Not that I expected it, but I was really wishing Bert I. Gordon's incredibly underrated Burned at the Stake would finally show up. Never losing hope though.

Cool, thanks for the impressions. I'm not familiar with any of these, unlike the first set where I knew two of them ahead of time. Sounds like maybe it's similar to the first, where there's one gem (Witch), one very interesting/strange thing (Malatesta), and one rather pedestrian movie (Premonition)?

I will have to read about them in the book.

[The Great Owl]

These three look like keen choices, especially Dark August. I’m all in.

[The Screaming Feces]

I'm still poring over Thrower's book (it's a tome in size and page count), so I'm happy that Vol. 2 has been officially announced. All three films sound intriguing --I'll be pre-ordering this once it's available!

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Maybe I can retire my VHS of Dream No Evil...

[Gerby]

I'm a big fan of both Dark August & The Child but Dream No Evil is one i haven't seen yet so really looking forward to seeing it.

[Member-222782]

Solid-looking followup. Better choice of films this time, IMO. The reason Vol. 2 took so long was the search for source elements was longer than expected so maybe the next volume won't take as long.

[ol_Dut]

I've not seen any of these before, but they all sound terrific. Especially The Child - those creepy kid movies are a particular favorite of mine. I'm in!

[DaveyJoe]

I am beyond excited for this. I love discovering these obscure gems. Like the first collection, I haven't seen any of the films, but they all sound intriguing. The Witch Who Came From the Sea and The Premonition were my favorites last time around. I'm thrilled to see others say the selection is even stronger for Vol. 2. It was a long wait, but I'm sure it will be worth it.

[mca213]

About fn time! All over this like flys on feces!

[gunnerg]

The Child is worth the price alone to me. My something weird video dvd has been spun to the moon and back. Two quick, truly scary moments in that film still creep me out to this day. Like no other film on earth.

[Petemo2010]

A pretty good line up this time around. I have Dream No Evil on one of those Psychotronica DVD Collections from VCI so that one will be a nice upgrade in quality. A confusing flick about a young woman with delusions, daddy issues and a bleeding duck.
I also own the Something Weird DVD of The Child which is in my opinion a great straight forward zombie horror flick. The flick was dubbed over in post-production, much like a Ray Dennis Steckler movie which can be annoying at times but still a good 70's horror IMO.
Dark August, I have never seen so that one should be a real treat and the one I'm most looking forward to.

[The Vortex]

I have The Child on DVD. It was a blind buy. I didn't like it and the ending goes on for waaay too long. The two others sound interesting. Never heard of them but I saw Garden of the Dead, which I got a kick out of.

[The Vortex]

I have The Child on DVD. It was a blind buy. I didn't like it and the ending drags on for waaay too long. The two others sound interesting. Never heard of them but I saw Garden of the Dead, which I got a kick out of.

[bipbop13]

The Child crosses off another Section 3
Video Nasty off the list!

[Jas Dadry]

Zavvi pre order is up, currently £39.99 https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/americ.../12084841.html Cheapest right now!
Those of you that still want Vol 1 BFI have some copies £44.99 https://shop.bfi.org.uk/american-hor...l#.XJ9xZS2cZsY
which is great considering everywhere is £60+

[indravayu]

I love THE CHILD and for that movie alone, the set is worth it; the other two will be blond buys for me, but I am encouraged by the positive things people say about them.