Bluray Tuesday: Featuring The Summoning, The Survivor and Deepwater Horizon

January 10th 2017

Bluray Tuesday returns for its second week of 2017. Not many horror titles are released this week but we do have a few and they seem interesting. The Summoning starring Eric Roberts is the newest of the horror released today. I haven't heard a thing on this but may check it out in the near future. Severin releases 80's supernatural horror film The Survivor. This is the first time this is released on Bluray and it's packed with new bonus material. Scream Factory also releases an 80's film for the first time on Bluray titled Dead of Winter. Rounding out the week is Ben Affleck's crime thriller The Accountant which is pretty pricey for a day one purchase but it is from WB studios and those tend to drop in price quickly. I suspect this will be at least $14.99 in the coming weeks so I will be picking this one up a bit later. Deepwater Horizon is one I plan to pick up this week; I missed this in theaters but heard great things. And Target will carry a exclusive steelbook packaging too. Mr. Robot fans can pick up and catch up on its second season this week, just before the new season starts sometime this year. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? let us know in the comments. Until next week!

The Summoning: Amazon - $24.99

When a law student uncovers chilling secrets and places her life at risk, a bitter, rough-around-the-edges detective gets assigned to her case. 

 

The Survivor (1981): Amazon - $17.99

Keller is an experienced pilot whose plane crashes in a field near a town. He ends up being the sole survivor, but he's unable to remember what happened that caused the plane to crash. He also can't explain how come he's the only one who survived without even a scratch while everyone else on board died. A local female psychic, Hobbs, who's been having visions ever since the night of the crash, and Keller's own sense of survivor's guilt convince Keller that he needs to get to the bottom of things. Meanwhile, some of the children killed in the crash begin appearing to some of the locals and an eerie series of strange deaths occurs. Keller and Hobbs approach the local priest, who seem to be the only one in town who believes in Keller's innocence and Hobbs disturbing visions.

Special Features:

• NEW 2K restoration
• Not Quite Hollywood Extended Interviews with Producer Antony I. Ginnane and Cinematographer John Seale
• The Legacy of James Herbert
• Robert Powell on James Herbert - Archive TV Special On Location Featuring Interviews with Stars Joseph Cotten and Peter Sumner
• Archive TV Interview with David Hemmings
• Archive TV Interview with David Hemmings and Robert Powell
• Antony I. Ginnane Trailer Reel
• TV Spot

 

Deepwater Horizon: Amazon - $19.99

4K: Amazon - $24.99

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, igniting a massive fireball that kills several crew members. Chief electronics technician Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) and his colleagues find themselves fighting for survival as the heat and the flames become stifling and overwhelming. Banding together, the co-workers must use their wits to make it out alive amid all the chaos.

Special Features:

• "Beyond the Horizon" Hour-Long Five-Part Series
• "Captain of the Rig: Peter Berg" Featurette
• "The Fury of the Rig" Featurette
• "Deepwater Surveillance" Featurette
• "Work Like An American" Tributes 

 

 

Steelbook: Target - $19.99

 

Closet Monster: Amazon - $19.99

A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.  

Dead of Winter (1987): Amazon - $18.99

Struggling actress Katie McGovern (Mary Steenburgen) is approached by the mysterious Mr. Murray (Roddy McDowall) and invited to an upstate New York mansion to film a screen test. There she meets Dr. Joseph Lewis (Jan Rubes), who is eager to hire Katie as a replacement for an actress who's suffered a nervous breakdown. But the film shoot takes a sordid turn as Katie begins to understand that her role is simply a pawn in Lewis' twisted blackmail games.

 

Kevin Hart: What Now?: Amazon - $19.99

Comedic rock star Kevin Hart takes center stage in this groundbreaking, record-setting, sold-out performance of What Now?-filmed outdoors in front of more than 50,000 people at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field -- marking the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium. The film takes Hart back to his hometown for the culmination of the biggest comedy tour in history.

 

The Accountant: Amazon - $24.99

4K: Amazon - $29.99

Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.

Special Features:

• Inside the Man - Uncover the secrets behind a unique action movie hero.
• Behavioral Science - an inside look at how Christian Wolff's condition affects his behavior.
• The Accountant in Action - He's precise, swift and deadly. Stunt and weapon specialists detail how specific training draws out Christian Wolff's one-of-a-kind talents and skills. 

     

Max Steel: Amazon - $19.99

The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.

 

The Birth of A Nation: Amazon - $19.99

4K: Amazon - $22.99

Nat Turner is an enslaved Baptist preacher who lives on a Virginia plantation owned by Samuel Turner. With rumors of insurrection in the air, a cleric convinces Samuel that Nate should sermonize to other slaves, thereby quelling any notions of an uprising. As Nate witnesses the horrific treatment of his fellow man, he realizes that he can no longer just stand by and preach. On Aug. 21, 1831, Turner's quest for justice and freedom leads to a violent and historic rebellion in Southampton County.

 

 

 

Mr. Robot (Season Two): Amazon - $29.99 

Follows a young computer programmer who suffers from social anxiety disorder and forms connections through hacking. He's recruited by a mysterious anarchist, who calls himself Mr. Robot.

 

-The Impostor