Scream Factory to resurrect Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers & Rabid this November

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Scream Factory has been killing it so frequently lately, I think they classify as serial killers. Their latest triumph in Collector's Edition production is a double whammy of David Cronenberg goodness: DEAD RINGERS and RABID. They continue their reputation for lavish releases with these flicks, both on Blu-Ray for the very first time. You can pick up DEAD RINGERS on November 15th and RABID on November 22nd.

Here are the DEAD RINGERS bonus features:

DISC ONE

•  High-Definition Transfer Of The Film (1.78:1 Aspect Ratio)
•  NEW Audio Commentary With Writer William Beard, Author Of The Artist As Monster: The Cinema Of David Cronenberg
•  Audio Commentary With Actor Jeremy Irons

DISC TWO

• NEW 2K Scan At The Director's Preferred Aspect Ratio (1.66:1)
• NEW Carey's Story – An Interview With Heidi Von Palleske
•  NEW Working Artist – An Interview With Stephen Lack
•  NEW Connecting Tissues – An Interview With Special Effects Artist Gordon Smith
•  NEW Double Vision – An Interview With Director Of Photography Peter Suschitzky
•  Vintage interviews With Jeremy Irons, Director/Co-writer David Cronenberg, Producer Marc Boyman And Co-writer Norman Snider
•  Vintage Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
•  Original Theatrical Trailer

The synopsis:

Claire Niveau (Geneviève Bujold) is in love with handsome Beverly. Or does she love Elliot? It's uncertain because brothers Beverly and Elliot Mantle are identical twins sharing the same medical practice, apartment and women – including unsuspecting Claire.

In portrayals that won the New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Award, Jeremy Irons plays twin gynecologists whose emotional dependency collapses into mind games, madness and murder. David Cronenberg (The Fly) won the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards Best Director honors for melding split-screen techniques, body doubles and Iron's uncanny acting into an eerie, fact-based tale.

You can pre-order your copy of DEAD RINGERS right here!

And here are the RABID features:

 

• NEW 2K Scan From The Negative At Director David Cronenberg’s Preferred Aspect Ratio (1.66:1)
• NEW Audio Interview With Author Jill C. Nelson (Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women Of Classic Erotic Cinema, 1968-1985) And Marilyn Chambers' Personal Appearances Manager Ken Leicht
• NEW Young And Rabid – An Interview With Actress Susan Roman
• Audio Commentary With Writer/Director David Cronenberg
• Audio Commentary With William Beard, Author Of The Artist As Monster: The Cinema Of David Cronenberg
• Archival Interview With David Cronenberg
• Interview With Executive Producer Ivan Reitman
• Interview With Co-producer Don Carmody
• From Stereo To Video – A Video Essay By Caelum Vatnsdal, Author Of They Came From Within: A History Of Canadian Horror Cinema
• Original Theatrical Trailer And TV Spot
• Radio Spots (U.S. And U.K.)
• Still Gallery

The synopsis:

With Rabid, acclaimed director David Cronenberg (The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch) delivers a high-tension thriller filled with "zombified sluts and shock moments… an irresistible combination that Cronenberg handles well" (Almar Haflidason, BBC)!

After undergoing radical emergency surgery, Rose (former adult film star Marilyn Chambers in her first leading role in a mainstream film) develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane… and makes them equally bloodthirsty.

Follow the lovely but deadly Rose through her terrifying ordeal as victim by victim, the spreading circle of casualties grows… until no one can escape their grisly fate of becoming… Rabid.

You can pre-order your copy of RABID right here!