My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) coming from Arrow

[Akijama]

https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/...-ray-preorder/

Description
He married a girl from out of town… Way out of town.

Dan Aykroyd (Ghostbusters), Kim Basinger (The Nice Guys) and Jon Lovitz (Southland Tales) star in a fish-out-of-water comedy with a sci-fi twist that questions whether a romance between two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart can ever work.

When widowed astronomer Steve Mills (Aykroyd) inadvertently causes a gravitational disruption in deep space, a race of hyper-advanced alien lifeforms sends one of their own to investigate, disguised in the alluring human form of Celeste (Basinger). Tasked with seducing the lovelorn Steve in a bid to gain access to his scientific research, Celeste finds herself falling for the man she’s been sent to swindle. But they’ve not counted on Steve’s young daughter Jessie (Alyson Hannigan, TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who’s none too thrilled by the prospect of a new mother – especially not one from another planet.

Funny and touching in equal measure, My Stepmother is an Alien is an offbeat and at times surprisingly risqué comedy that confirms the adage that what unites us is far greater than what divides us… even if what divides us happens to be an entire galaxy.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

– Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative

– High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation

– Original lossless 2.0 stereo audio

– Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

– Brand new audio commentary by critic Bryan Reesman

– Cosmetic Encounters: Directing My Stepmother is An Alien, a brand new interview with director Richard Benjamin

– Original trailer

– Image gallery

– Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Amanda Reyes”

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ALL DETAILS, INCLUDING RELEASE DATE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

[Dragon78]

Awesome, another one from my wish list.

[Talyn]

Bring it on! Looking forward to this, always enjoyed this one!

[R0CK0X]

That "Pump Up the Volume" sequence, though.

[formula_nebula]

Didn't see this one coming. It will be a welcome edition to my Arrow collection

[MifuneFan]

That artwork is terrible and uninspired. If they're just going to riff on the original art, and make it more derpy looking, then why even bother. At least do something a little different to separate it more from the reverse.

Maybe if we're lucky Arrow will use this art for the reverse

[Monterey Jack]

Dat cover...

[BluBonnet]

What, no steelbook?

[starsteam]

Aykroyd has quite the boner face there. The stuff at the bottom does feel sloppily placed, it probably would have looked nicer without those. It's not like the artwork was going to make or break this release.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Maybe if we're lucky Arrow will use this art for the reverse

[Show spoiler]

And they didn't..

[MiracleandWonder]

Cute movie, as a big Buffy fan it was nice to see a young Alyson Hannigan, and of course seeing "Willow and Oz" literally ten years earlier

Alyson and Seth - YouTube

[kngtmat]

Alyson Hannigan is always welcomed on Blu-Ray and it has Seth Green as her date prior to Buffy. It would be nice if they put Alyson's name on there.

[Savage_Blu]

I don't often 'day 1' Arrow titles, but this will be one of them.
Really looking forward to it, cover art is appealing (to me) as well.

[Luke Dodge748]

I'm refreshingly excited for this Arrow release. I want more films like this Arrow! Bring on the 80s and 90s family/comedy titles...

The artwork will do, but it's tough. I really miss original poster art.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Luke Dodge748

I'm refreshingly excited for this Arrow release. I want more films like this Arrow! Bring on the 80s and 90s family/comedy titles...

The artwork will do, but it's tough. I really miss original poster art.

It is on the reverse as posted above.

[Starman22]

I saw this on Arrow Video Facebook page earlier and about time! Time to rid of my DVD and finally getting this one day for me.

3 announcements of Dan Aykroyd coming to new Blu-ray: this, Nothing But Trouble and Christmas With the Kranks

[meremortal]

Interesting release. Have this one on digital hd and didn't find it all that funny on previous watch, but I'd like to give it another viewing.

[windom]

Originally Posted by kngtmat

Alyson Hannigan is always welcomed on Blu-Ray and it has Seth Green as her date prior to Buffy.

Pretty sure I saw this in the theater when it came out, but I've never realized that they were in this movie until now.

I wonder how embarrassed I must have been to ask for a ticket to see "My Stepmother is an Alien"...probably not much at the time actually.

[danny24]

I just bought the Spain BD like two weeks ago thinking this will never see the light of day on BD. You can all thank me now

Of course I'm in, day 1.

[indisposed]

I hope this delves more into the backround of the original script. It was in production hell for almost a decade, before it finally made it to screen... It started out as an alegory on child abuse!

As for the finished film... it's ain't great and it hasn't aged well... but Aykroyd had done much worse beforehand and would go on to do MUCH worse after it.