Newly transferred in high definition from the original uncut negative, the movie will be presented in anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen with Dolby Surround/DTS-HD sound, plus a bunch of new special features on both discs:

• “Meet the Boyles”: interviews with MacColl and Malco

• “Children of the Night”: interviews with child stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina

• “Tales of Laura Gittleson”: interview with actress Dagmar Lassander

• “My Time With Terror”: interview with de Mejo

• Deleted scene

• Theatrical trailers

• TV spot

• Poster and still gallery

The Blu-ray will include all these plus:

• “A Haunted House Story”: interviews with screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti

• “To Build a Better Death Trap”: interviews with cinematographer Sergio Salvati, makeup FX artists Giannetto De Rossi and Maurizio Trani, special FX artist Gino De Rossi and actor Giovanni De Nava

“INTRUDER’s coming along well,” (Don) May tells Fango about the Scott Spiegel supermarket-slasher gorefest. “The reason we’ve been waiting is that Scott has been tied up with HOSTEL: PART III, and we had to secure a time when he and [producer] Lawrence Bender could get together to do their audio commentary, so it was taking a while. But the commentary should happen shortly, and all the other extras are being put together right now by Michael Felsher at Red Shirt Pictures. The new hi-def transfer of the uncut version is all done, and also for THOU SHALT NOT KILL…EXCEPT,” Josh Becker’s Manson-esque cult shocker. “We have everything done for that, and Mike is editing those extras now as well. Those two will be Blu-ray/DVD combo packs, and we’re aiming to get them out by October/November of this year.”

On tap for the same period is the Blu-ray debut of William Lustig’s original MANIAC COP. “We’re doing all sorts of new, exclusive special features and interviews for that one,” May says, “plus, we’re including all the extras from the original DVD release, with a brand new hi-def transfer that I supervised. And the extras for TWINS OF EVIL are being completed by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures’ Daniel Griffith; I know a lot of people are waiting for that one, and we’d like to have that out in November or December, also as a Blu-ray/DVD combo.

Synapse is also giving Frank Henenlotter’s FRANKENHOOKER its Blu-ray debut, and giving the double-disc treatment to THE EXTERMINATOR, James Glickenhaus’ violent vigilante flick starring Robert Ginty and Christopher George. The latter will sport a notable audio upgrade, according to May. “For the longest time, THE EXTERMINATOR has only been released to video in mono in the U.S., even though it was Dolby Stereo in theaters. We looked for many, many months for those stereo tracks, and as we were putting together our release, we discovered a couple of sources for them. So our release will have the original Dolby tracks for the first time in the U.S. We also have commentary by Glickenhaus [moderated by Fango contributor Chris Poggiali], trailers and TV spots, and of course the hi-def transfer of the uncut version.”

I contacted James Glickenhaus himself, and he confirmed a BD release (of McBain [1991]) is in the works, featuring his commentary...James Glickenhaus confirmed the BD comes from Synapse Films and It will be a 2K transfer.

The Nesting is an overly talky, awkwardly paced, uninvolving ghost story that every once in a while lobs out a few seconds' worth of tits and gore. It waffles between classic atmospheric horror and shameless exploitation without ever really wrapping its hands around either approach. The Nesting isn't some kind of soul-crushingly embarrassing trainwreck or anything, but it doesn't do anything well enough to scream out for more than a rental.