April 12 brings home The Forest, Justice League vs. Teen Titans, Grace and Frankie and more!
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at the major new releases, catalogue films and television collections hitting shelves and/or VOD beginning Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
The Natalie Dormer-led horror thriller The Forest kicks off a diverse week of titles, which also brings home last year’s French-Belgian thriller The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun and, debuting directly to home video April 12, the DC Comics animated feature Justice League vs. Teen Titans.
It continues to be a good week for horror fans as April 12 also offers Arrow Films‘ deluxe three-disc Blu-ray edition of 1989’s Bride of Re-Animator, a new Steelbook edition of last year’s indie hit, It Follows, and two great discs from Shout! Factory‘s Scream Factory imprint. They’ve got a fully-loaded special edition of John Carpenter’s 1995 remake of Village of the Damned as well as an Anthony Perkins double feature disc with both Destroyer and Edge of Sanity.
The Criterion Collection this week inducts Howard Hawks’ incredible 1939 adventure Only Angels Have Wings. Starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur (as well as Rita Hayworth in a relatively early role), the film coincidentally gets an HD release the same week as Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book arrives in theaters. While the connection may be lost on some, fans of ’90s cartoons are likely to remember Disney’s Talespin cartoon, which featured versions of the Jungle Book‘s animated cast in a world heavily influenced by Hawks’ classic.
April 12 also represents a giant week for Warner Archive, beginning with the Blu-ray debut of Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion. Other MOD titles include four Robert Montgomery classics: 1936’s Piccadilly Jim, 1938’s The First Hundred Years and Yellow Jack and 1940’s Haunted Honeymoon. Also arriving on DVD are two Eleanor Parker films: 1954’s Valley of the Kings and 1957’s The Seventh Sin. As if that’s not enough, cinephiles can also now pick up from the Archive 1929’s The Man and the Moment, the 2009 documentary Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler To Hollywood and a Bulldog Drummond Double Feature that includes both 1929’s Bulldog Drummond and 1951’s Calling Bulldog Drummond.
Small screen titles arriving April 12 include the recent event miniseries Heroes Reborn and, arriving on DVD only, the complete first season of Netflix’s acclaimed comedy drama Grace and Frankie, starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Meanwhile, the ’90s sitcom Family Matters continues its sluggish releases. The sixth season arrives on DVD today, nearly six years after the DVD debut of season one.
Digital HD titles arriving this week include the Chloe Grace Moretz led sci-fi thriller The 5th Wave, the Natalie Portman western Jane Got a Gun, the Christmas horror comedy Krampus, and the Kevin Hart and Ice Cube buddy cop sequel Ride Along 2.
You can check out cover art for all the April 12 releases in the gallery viewer below alongside a listing of each release’s special features (where applicable):
April 12, 2016 - This Week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD
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The Forest
- Exploring The Forest: Cast and filmmakers discuss their initial attraction to the project and the history behind the Aokigahara Forest; and dive into the characterizations, the visual effects, and the lore of the infamous Yurei in this behind-the-scenes featurette.
- Galleries
- Storyboards
- Feature Commentary with Director Jason Zada -
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
- The Man In The Car With A Pen And A Camera: Interview With Director Joann Sfar
- The Paintings of Director Joann Sfar
- Theatrical Trailer -
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
- An exclusive sneak peek at the next DC Universe Original Movie.
- Featurette – "Growing Up Titan" – The Teen Titans have fascinated readers for over 50 years due in part to their stories of valor, as well as earning empathy with comic book readers during their own trials growing up into adulthood. This documentary spotlights the importance of young voices in the DC Comics mythology, giving generations of readers a team of heroes that mirror their own life experiences.
- Featurette – "Heroes and Villains - Raven" – She is the daughter of one of DC Comics' greatest villains, the demon Trigon. Raven is a powerful telepath who uses her soul-self as a means for astral projection. She is integral to the Teen Titans. This documentary is her story.
- Featurette – "Heroes and Villains – Trigon – The most fearsome and evil opponent the Teen Titans have encountered is this inter-dimensional demon. Trigon uses his immortality to shape worlds and exact his control. This documentary introduces the character and how he raises the stakes for the Teen Titans.
- From the DC Comics Vault – Two Classic Episodes of DC Comics cartoons -
Bride of Reanimator
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 3-DISC LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 2K restorations of the Unrated and R-rated versions of the film, approved by director Brian Yuzna
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original Stereo 2.0 audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin
- Limited Edition Collector’s Booklet
- Limited Edition Packaging to be revealedDISCS 1 & 2 – BLU-RAY/DVD – UNRATED VERSION
- Brand new 2K restoration of the Unrated version
- Brand new audio commentary with Brian Yuzna
- Audio Commentary with Brian Yuzna, star Jeffrey Combs, visual effects supervisor Tom Rainone and the effects team including John Buechler, Mike Deak, Bob Kurtzman, Howard Berger and Screaming Mad George
- Audio Commentary with stars Jeffrey Combs and Bruce Abbott
- Brian Yuzna Remembers Bride of Re-animator – brand new featurette in which the director looks back at the making of the first Re-animator sequel
- Splatter Masters: The Special Effects Artists of Bride of Re-animator – Brand new FX featurette with a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Robert Kurtzman of KNB, Screaming Mad George, Tony Doublin and John Buechler
- Getting Ahead in Horror - archive making-of featurette
- Deleted ScenesDISC 3 - BLU-RAY – R-RATED VERSION
- Brand new 2K restoration of the R-rated version
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It Follows
- Critics' Commentary hosted by The Nerdist's Scott Weinberg, featuring Eric D. Snider (MovieBS), Britt Hayes (Screencrush), Samuel D. Zimmerman (Shock Till You Drop), Alison Nastasi (Flavorwire) and Eric Vespe (AICN)
- A Conversation with Film Composer Disasterpeace
- Poster Art Gallery -
Village of the Damned
- New It Takes A Village: The Making Of Village Of The Damned Featuring Interviews With Director John Carpenter, Producer Sandy King, Actors Michael Paré, Peter Jason, Karen Kahn, Meredith Salenger, Thomas Dekker, Cody Dorkin, Lindsey Haun, Danielle Wiener-Keaton And Make-up Effects Artist Greg Nicotero
- New Horror's Hallowed Grounds – Revisiting The Locations Of The Film
- New The Go To Guy: Peter Jason On John Carpenter
- Vintage Interviews Featuring John Carpenter, Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill And Wolf Rilla (Director Of The Original VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED)
- Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Footage
- Theatrical Trailer
- Behind-The-Scenes Still Gallery -
Destroyer / Edge of Sanity
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Only Angels Have Wings
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between filmmakers Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich
- New interview with film critic David Thomson
- Howard Hawks and His Aviation Movies, a new program featuring film scholars Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
- Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess, and Thomas Mitchell, and hosted by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Michael Sragow -
Suspicion
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Piccadilly Jim
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The First Hundred Years
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Yellow Jack
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Haunted Honeymoon
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Valley of the Kings
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The Seventh Sin
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The Man and the Moment
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Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
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Bulldog Drummond Double Feature
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Heroes Reborn
- Deleted Scenes (Discs One, Two, and Three)
- Heroes Reborn: Reliving the Legacy
- Heroes Reborn: Dark Matters -
Grace and Frankie: Season One
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Family Matters Season Six
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The 5th Wave
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Jane Got a Gun
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Krampus
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Ride Along 2
