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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Bluray Tuesday Featuring Blade (4K), The Rental, & The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (4K)

 December 1st 2020


It's a new month and we're getting some new blurays releases to add to our growing collections. First up this week is Blade remastereed in 4K ultra HD. I love this film and remember seeing as a kid in theaters and wanting to watch it again right away. Best Buy will carry an exclusive steelbook edition for this release. Next up this week is psychological horror, The Rental. I really enjoyed this one and look forward to adding it to my collection. It's definitely one of the better 2020 releases in my opinion. Also hitting shelves this week is The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies in 4K ultra HD. They include both theatrical and Extended editions of each film. Best Buy has an exclusive steelbook packaging for these releases as well. Rounding out the week is indie horror Do Not Reply, Attack! from Kino Lorber, and Popeye live action film for the first time on Bluray. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!

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Blade (4K): Amazon - $24.99

Best Buy Steelbook: Best Buy - $29.99

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the human race while slaying evil vampires.

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The Rental: Amazon - $17.99

Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away.

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Lord of The Rings Trilogy (4K): Best Buy - $89.99

Best Buy Steelbook: Best Buy -$119.99

The Lord of the Rings is a film series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.

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The Hobbit Trilogy (4K): Best Buy = $89.99

Best Buy Exclusive Steelbook: Best Buy - $119.99

The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The three films are The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. They are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R.

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Popeye: Amazon - $9.99

The sailor-man travels to a town called Sweet Haven, falls in love with Olive Oyl, adopts Swee' Pea, and makes an enemy with Bluto.

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Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection: Amazon - $72.99

The characters of Looney Tunes get themselves into crazy situations.

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Coming To America (4K): Amazon - $19.99

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and will.

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Beverly Hills Cop (4K): Amazon - $19.99

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

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Attack!: Amazon - $16.99

When Lieutenant Joe Costa learns that his men died because the commander, Captain Cooney, was too much of a coward to join the fight, Costa issues a serious warning: Don't let it happen again! But Cooney's cowardice forces Costa into a fateful choice: continue to risk the lives of his men...or take the life of the captain!

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Perry Mason (Season One): Amazon - $24.99

In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.

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Chernobyl (4K Steelbook): Best Buy - $39.99

In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

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Do Not Reply: Amazon - $14.99

Chelsea, a high school introvert, is abducted through a social media app and is forced to look like other girls Brad holds captive. Chelsea desperately attempts to persuade them to escape before they all become victims in his virtual reality filmed murders.

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- The Impostor

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Overlook Hour Podcast Episode Guide #221


 Don't sleep on Michael Arcos. If you haven't seen "Valerio's Day Out" or "Garfield Estate Sale" both shorts are available below. 
Get more info on Michael's projects as well as Valerio merch at his site.

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And don't sleep on our boy Jahsaudi.

He's just joined the 2 Sentence Horror Story combat with a banger!

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Former Overlook Hour guest (ep #114) and forever homie, Brett Glassberg, is allowing his heartwarming holiday film to be hosted on YouTube for free.

You've got Nov 13th - Dec 24th to check it out.

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Marc Rebillet slayed it on #YMHlive3, but until that footage is available...

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Of all the videos I've shared via show notes. The violent skylift is the one hidden behind an age restriction.

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Baby Yoda, ate the eggs of the frog lady.

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You know, Tom and Jerry. The cat and mouse.

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Rob tracks down Hoss Cartwright's grave.

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Shout out to Scary Thots (😉).

Hear Dave O'shea and I relive Verotika on ep #160

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Michael Goi has a second life on TikTok!

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"Garfield Estate Sale"

The first of the Cat Trilogy.

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"Valerio's Day Out"

The Second of the Cat Trilogy.

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Since we're talking cats, here's a bonus vid from our boy Rob.

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Enjoy episode #221 with Michael Arcos!
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-Lord Battle

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Bluray Tuesday Featuring: Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula, Ava & Deadly Games

 November 24th 2020


The last Bluray Tuesday of November arrives and it's filled with early Black Friday deals goin on online and in stores like Best Buy, Target and Walmart but we also have a few new releases that may catch your eye this week. First up is Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula. This sequel / standalone film is pretty solid. I enjoyed it a lot and ended up seeing it twice in theaters, so I highly recommend this one. Next up is Deadly Games remastered for the first time in 4K with an awesome cover art. Also hitting shelves is action thriller Ava that looks interesting and is one I'm looking forward to checking out. Rounding out the week is Iron Mask starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, Mad Max 4K, and Rest in Pieces from Vinegar Syndrome. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week! I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving with their family and loved ones!

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Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula: Amazon - $16.99
4K: Amazon - $23.99

A zombie virus has in the last 4 years spread to all South Korea. 4 Koreans in HK sail thru the blockade to Incheon for USD 20,000,000 on a truck.

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Deadly Games: Amazon - $42.99

Thomas, a very intelligent and resourceful child, is left alone with his beloved and fragile granddad on Christmas Eve, when a psychopath dressed as Santa Claus breaks into their mansion and starts chasing them. Thomas will do whatever he can to save himself and his granddad.

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Ava: Amazon - $14.99

Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

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Mad Max (4K): Amazon - $24.99

In the ravaged near-future, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

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The Irishman: Amazon - $19.99

Frank Sheeran recalls his past years working as a hitman for the Bufalino crime family. The WWII veteran reflects on his most prolific hits, and considers his involvement with his good friend Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance in 1975.

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Iron Mask: Amazon - $14.99

The English traveler Jonathan Green receives from Peter the Great an order to map the Russian Far East. Once again he sets out for a long journey full of incredible adventures that will eventually lead him to China. The cartographer will unexpectedly face a lot of breathtaking discoveries, encounter bizarre creatures, meet with Chinese princesses, and confront deadly martial arts masters and even the king of all dragons - the Dragon King. What could be more dangerous than meeting eye to eye with Viy, except doing it again? What would be stronger this time - a staunch skepticism of the scientist or the old black magic that has seized power of Eastern lands?

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Rest In Pieces: Amazon - $31.99

A newlywed couple move into the mansion of the bride's recently dead aunt. Soon strange things begin to happen when the various tenants and servants of the mansion don't want to leave and the bride and groom are in a deadly predicament.

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Blood Games: Amazon - $31.99

A team of softball players get lost in the woods after their bus breaks down. They get attacked, beaten, raped and murdered by some psychotic men. The women fight back with baseball bats and bows and arrows.

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- The Impostor

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Overlook Hour Podcast Episode Guide #220


 Episode #220 teaches us that we are all Protagonists and Antagonists in the movie we call life.

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David Robson survived the election just so he could deliver his second 2SHS.

The Overlook Hour crew thanks you for your service.

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Spot Bigfoot in your neighborhood? Who ya gonna call?

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Flakes is on FIRE.

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I said I'd share the Baby Yoda tattoo. I'm sure you thought I'd forget.

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Clark might have seemed a bit distracted during the Baby Yoda segment, that's because he was having this text conversation with his sister...

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You really need visuals to try and understand what the hell this show is.

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TLC TUGGER MERCH

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Seriously, how do you not know Local H!?

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Scrapin' soap off the walls.

Kajillionaire

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I really might go to Kinko's and make this dream a reality.

Praise Cobra's Magic!

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Convince me this isn't The Residents.

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Here is the full episode where the construction workers find troll gold.

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Cricket Creek!

Directed by our boy Nicholas Santos.

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The full episode!

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-Lord Battle

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Bluray Tuesday Featuring: The New Mutants, Unhinged & Relic

 November 17th 2020


 It's a new week so let's see what new Blurays we can add to the collection. First up is The New Mutants, Marvel's last film from 20th Century Fox which was pushed back more times than the Cyberpunk 2077 game. Best Buy will carry an exclusive 4K steelbook packaging for this release. Next up this week from Scream Factory is Relic, which was a well done psychological thriller with horror elements. I'd recommend checking this one out. Next hitting shelves this week is edge of your seat thriller Unhinged. This is one of my favorite films this year and I'd also recommend this one - you won't regret it! Rounding out the week is Shudder exclusive Monstrum, Death of Me and the third season of Westworld. So what will you buy, rent or skip this week? Let us know in the comments. Until next week!

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The New Mutants (Blu-ray) 

The New Mutants 4K (Blu-ray) 

The New Mutants 4K (Blu-ray) 

The New Mutants: Best Buy - $24.99 

4K: Best Buy - $29.99  

Best Buy Steelbook: Best Buy - $34.99 

Five teenage mutants -- Mirage, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Sunspot and Magik -- undergo treatments at a secret institution that will cure them of their dangerous powers. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes to share their stories, their memories soon turn into terrifying realities as they start to question why they're being held and who's trying to destroy them.

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Relic (Blu-ray) 

Relic: Amazon - $16.99


A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.

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Unhinged (Blu-ray) 

Unhinged: Amazon - $19.99 

The story of a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy. "Road rage" doesn't begin to describe what he's about to do to her and everyone she knows.

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Death of Me (Blu-ray) 

Death Of Me: Amazon - $14.99 

Vacationing on an island off the coast of Thailand, Christine and Neil Oliver awake hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They find footage on Neil's camera, and watch, horrified, as Neil appears to murder Christine. With twenty-four hours until the next ferry and a typhoon threatening the island, Christine and Neil attempt to reconstruct the night's events--and are snared in a web of mystery, black magic, and murder.

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Monstrum (Blu-ray) 

Monstrum: Amazon - $12.99 

Yoon Gyeom is a loyal subject of King Jung Jong of Joseon. He struggles to fight against a monster that threatens King Jung Jong's life and a group of people trying to depose King Jung Jong.

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So Sweet, So Dead (Blu-ray) 

So Sweet, So Bad: Amazon - $29.99 

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

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2067 (Blu-ray) 

2067: Amazon - $12.99 

One man's journey to the future to save a dying world.

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Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution (Blu-ray) 

Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution: Amazon - $19.99

When researchers discover a fossil of the Mythical Pokémon Mew, they bring upon themselves a creation that goes against the very laws of nature: Mewtwo, a Legendary Pokémon intended for use as a tool of destruction. But as Mewtwo becomes aware of its existence, it begins to resent its human creators and seeks revenge - and Ash, Pikachu, and their friends find themselves at the center of its rampage! With the future of the Pokémon world at stake, will our heroes be able to overcome Mewtwo's challenge...and will Mewtwo be able to find a new meaning for its life?

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The Broken Hearts Gallery (Blu-ray) 

The Broken Hearts Gallery: Amazon - $22.99

A brokenhearted New York museum curator begins a collection of things connected to break-ups and writes about it on her blog.

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Words on Bathroom Walls (Blu-ray) 

Words on Bathroom Walls: Amazon - $14.99

A teenager coping with paranoid schizophrenia hopes his new experimental drug treatment will help him navigate high school and the outside world.
 
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Westworld: Season Three 4K (Blu-ray)
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Westworld (Season 3): Amazon - $44.99

Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park -- which is looked after by robotic "hosts" -- allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park's guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged.

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  - The Impostor