Lower Decks

TV pickings are rather slim this week for genre fans. Aside from the 8th season of C.S.I. and a box set that collects the entire original Ultraman series in one package, the only noteworthy release is the complete series set for Quark, the short lived 70’s science fiction comedy about the crew of an interstellar garbage ship. Yeah, it’s about as funny and as interesting as it sounds, which is to say, not a whole lot. When it comes to movies, October continues to see numerous horror flicks in hopes of cashing in on the Halloween season. Included in that is a 30th anniversary box set for the John Carpenter film of the same name (Halloween, duh). Of special note to cult film fans is the Icons of Horror: Hammer Films set, which offers up four classic horror flicks from Hammer studios. The films are The Two Faces of Doctor Jekyll (1960), Scream of Fear (1961), The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) and The Gorgon (1964), which features horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. All four films are presented in pristine anamorphic widescreen prints and look stunningly gorgeous. This is a must have for fans if classic horrors. Of course, the big release this week is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the first film in that franchise nearly twenty years. The film arrives on both DVD and Blu-ray in both single and double disc sets.

Note: this is not a comprehensive list of all DVD release for October 14th, 2008. Rather, it reflects titles that may be more of interest to genre fans.

Animation
Silverhawks – Season 1, Vol. 1
SpongeBob SquarePants – Who Bob What Pants

TV
C.S.I. – The 8th Season
Quark – The Complete Series
Ultraman – The Complete Series

Film
Alien/Predator – Total Destruction collection 8-disc set
Brotherhood of Blood
Camp Horror double Feature: Vampire’s Embrace / Through Dead Eyes
Capricorn One (Special Edition)
Dance of the Dead
Dark Floors
Deadly Game
Exploitation Cinema: Malibu High / A Trip With the Teacher
Exploitation Cinema: Mausoleum / Blood Song
Ghost House Underground Collection 8-disc set
Halloween 1978 (30th Anniversary Box Set) 6-disc set
Icons of Horror: Hammer Films 2-disc set
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2-disc set
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (single disc edition)
The Last House in the Woods
Mongol
Room 205
Shogun Assassin: Five Film collector’s set
Sweet Sixteen
Trackman