By MICHAEL GINGOLD
A cult classic from the ’70s and one from the ’90s are coming to Blu-ray from Shout! Factory on the Scream Factory line, and complete specs have now been released.
John Hancock’s LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH (pictured), the dreamlike, surreal study of a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown at a remote Connecticut house where the supernatural comes out to play, and Eric Red’s BODY PARTS, about a psychologist who loses an arm in accident and finds that its replacement has a murderous life of its own, are both coming January 28. JESSICA is presented in 1.85:1 widescreen with the following special features:
- NEW Audio commentary by director John Hancock and producer Bill Badalato
- NEW “Art Saved My Life”: composer Orville Stoeber on LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
- NEW “Scare Tactics: Reflections on a Seventies Horror Classic” with author/film historian Kim Newman
- NEW “She Walks These Hills”: the film’s locations then and now
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spot
- Radio spot
- Still gallery
PARTS is presented in 2.35:1 widescreen and comes with these extras:
- NEW Audio commentary by director Eric Red
- NEW “I Dare You to Read the Script”: an interview with director Eric Red
- NEW “Something Unstoppable”: an interview with actor Paul Ben-Victor
- NEW “Molded for Cinema”: an interview with actor Peter Murnik
- NEW “That One Hurt”: an interview with editor Anthony Redman
- Deleted gore footage with optional commentary by director Eric Red
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Still gallery
Retail price for each is $29.99, but you can pre-order JESSICA here and PARTS here for $23.99 each.