New On DVD: Zombie Double Feature: State of Emergency / Infected

New this week from Image Entertainment is the Zombie Double Feature: State of Emergency / Infected.

"STATE OF EMERGENCY (2013, NR, 90 Mins) After an explosion unleashes the contents of a military bio-weapons plant, the unsuspecting populace is transformed into a roaming army of flesh-eating zombies. Trapped in the quarantine zone, Jim (Jay Hayden, A Warrior's Heart) finds himself cut off, confused and fighting for his own survival. Contacted by a small band of others unaffected by the toxins, Jim sets out to reach their besieged warehouse. Becoming the group's de-facto leader, he struggles to keep order as they hunker down, fortify their stronghold and arm themselves against the attacking mutants. Fragmentary radio reports from outside hint at a last-ditch government rescue plan. But can the survivors hold out until help arrives… or will they succumb to the living hell of an undead apocalypse?

INFECTED (2015,NR, 120 Mins) An average day in a quiet suburb becomes ground zero for the end of the world that we knew. When a fast-spreading global pandemic turns ordinary people into flesh-eating monsters, a handful of terrified survivors and the remnants of an army squad find refuge in an elementary school turned emergency shelter. With the hordes of walking dead trying to get in, scarce weapons and a dwindling food supply, the embattled refugees begin to turn on each other. As they slowly perish, they desperately attempt to escape and determine if they are the last uninfected humans left on Earth."

Zombie Double Feature: State of Emergency / Infected is available now on DVD.

New On Blu: Goosebumps

New this week from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Goosebumps, directed by Rob Letterman, and starring Jack Black as R.L. Stine, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, and Amy Ryan.

"After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. Stine is very mysterious and a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and he protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their manuscripts. When the monsters are accidentally unleashed and begin to terrorize the town, it’s up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get them back in their books where they belong."

Goosebumps is available now on Blu-ray, DVD, 3D Blu-ray, and Amazon Instant Video.

New On Blu: Contracted: Phase 2

New this week from Scream Factory and IFC Midnight is Contracted: Phase 2, directed by Josh Forbes, and starring Matt Mercer, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Najarra Townsend, and Anna Lore.

"THE VIRUS IS SPREADING…

Picking up immediately after the events of the first film, this riveting sequel follows Riley (Matt Mercer, Contracted), now infected and running out of time, as he attempts to find out more about the virus and its mysterious host. As he digs deeper into its origins, Riley attracts the attention of a detective (Marianna Palka, Good Dick) who doubts his innocence, and BJ (Morgan Peter Brown, Absentia), who holds the key to the virus – and perhaps the destruction of mankind as we know it – leading to a blood-soaked finale you have to see to believe. Hang on to your barf bags, buckle up, and get ready for the genre ride of the year!"

Contracted: Phase 2 is available now in a Blu-ray/DVD combo edition.

New On Blu: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

New this week from Paramount is Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, directed by Christopher Landon, and starring Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont, David Koechner, and Cloris Leachman.

"Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak."

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is available now as a Blu-ray/DVD combo disc and a DVD edition.

New On Blu: Zombie High

New this week from Scream Factory is Zombie High, directed by Ron Link, and starring Virginia Madsen, Sherilyn Fenn, Paul Feig, and Richard Cox.

"The incredible story of a hard-working student and the warped way of life that made her go wacky!

Virginia Madsen (Candyman, Sideways) and Richard Cox (Cruising) star in this humorous thriller about the bizarre happenings that occur in a prestigious boarding school. It seems to Andrea Miller (Madsen) that the upperclassmen act like robots. They're the perfect students – dedicated, involved and loyal. Their clothes are perfectly pressed and their hair is perfectly styled. It seems that the teachers have something to do with this ingratiating behavior. And when Andrea, the new kid at school, sees her friends turning into clones, she starts to suspect the worst."

Zombie High is available now on a Blu-ray/DVD combo disc.

Zombie Movie Marathon Today on Syfy

Syfy is featuring a zombie movie marathon all day today featuring Zombie Night, Rise of the Zombies, The Dead 2: India, Zombie Apocalypse, Apocalypse L.A., The Crazies, and Zombieland. And it all wraps up with a new episode of Z Nation at 10pm ET.

See Syfy's schedule for details.

New On Blu: Voodoo Man

New this week from Olive Films is Voodoo Man from 1944, directed by William Beaudine and starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco, and Wanda McKay.

"Zombies, adventure and romance, Voodoo Man has them all!

Bela Lugosi (Dracula) stars as Dr. Richard Marlowe, a “mad” scientist intent on bringing his late wife Evelyn (Ellen Hall, Lawless Code) back from the dead using voodoo magic in the atmospheric chiller, Voodoo Mandirected by William Beaudine (The Panther’s Claw).

By using the essences of the young women he’s captured and aided by his associates Nicholas (George Zucco, House of Frankenstein) and Toby (John Carradine, Son of Frankenstein), the voodoo doctor will find his plan jeopardized by the derring-do of intrepid screenwriter Ralph Dawson (Michael Ames, Hang ‘Em High)."

Voodoo Man is available  now on Blu-ray and DVD.

Zombie Films On Sale on iTunes

Apple's iTunes store is running two sales right now featuring zombie films.

The Halloween Spine-Tinglers sale includes $9.99 HD versions of 28 Days Later, The Cabin in the Woods, Zombieland, I Am Legend, Evil Dead 2, and the World War Z Unrated Cut.

And the Horror Discoveries sales includes Burying The Ex in HD for $7.99.

New On DVD: 12 Movie Horror Pack

New this week from Alchemy is the 12 Movie Horror Pack.

The collection features multiple zombie films including Day of the Dead, Dead Within, Apocalypse of the Dead, Buck Wild, Germ Z, plus Deadtime Stories Volume 1, Deadtime Stories Volume 2, Asylum of the Dead, The Occupants, Parts Per Billion, Deadline, and Death From Above, .

The 12 Movie Horror Pack is available now on DVD.

New On DVD: Dead Rising: Watchtower

New this week from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is Dead Rising: Watchtower, directed by Zach Lipovsky, and starring Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Keegan Tracy, Virginia Madsen, Robert Riggle, and Dennis Haysbert.

Based on the videogame created by Capcom. When a mandatory government vaccine fails and a full-scale zombie epidemic ensues, a news reporter and three other survivors are trapped inside a quarantine zone. The team must use everything they can find to fight off the flesh-hungry mob and evade becoming part of the undead horde.

Dead Rising: Watchtower is available now on DVD and Amazon Video.

New On Blu: The Dead / The Dead 2

New this week from Anchor Bay Entertainment is the two-movie collection The Dead / The Dead 2, both directed by Howard J. Ford and Jonathan Ford.

Dead 1: After crashing off the coast, Lt. Brian Murphy battles for survival across the vast terrains of Africa in search for a way to get back to his beloved family. Joined by local military man Daniel Dembele, who is also searching for his son, both men join forces, all the while battling against the ever-present threat of the living dead!

Dead 2: In this ferocious sequel to the worldwide horror hit, The Dead, The Ford Brothers take their chilling vision of the zombie apocalypse to a different country and a whole new level: As the infectious epidemic spreads through India, an American turbine engineer (Joseph Millson of Casino Royale) learns that his pregnant girlfriend is trapped near the slums of Mumbai. Now, one man must battle his way across a 300-mile wasteland of the ravenous undead and into a nightmare city seething with flesh-eating madness. The Dead 2 puts the Ford Brothers’ unique apocalyptic vision on a far bigger canvas in terms of breathtaking scope, thrilling action , death-defying stunts, emotional resonance and spine-tingling fight. “The Dead 2 is bigger, better and more exciting than the first,” raves HorrorCultFilms. “Thrilling, frightening and incredibly violent. Powerful stuff!”

The Dead / The Dead 2 collection is available now on Blu-ray and DVD.

New On DVD: Extinction

New this week from Sony Pictures is Extinction, directed by Miguel Angel Vivas, and starring Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan, Quinn McColgan, and Valeria Vereau.

"For nine years, Patrick (Matthew Fox), Jack (Jeffrey Donovan) and his daughter Lu (Quinn McColgan) have outlasted the zombie apocalypse by shutting themselves off in the snowbound town of Harmony. The monsters have seemingly disappeared, with no sign of other survivors, but the constant fear of the unknown is starting to take a toll on this makeshift family. When Patrick goes scavenging for food, he discovers the undead have returned and evolved into something terrifying, beyond imagination. Will the last breath of the human race survive a second zombie apocalypse?"

Extinction is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New On DVD: Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer

New this week from Whacked Movies is Atom The Amazing Zombie Killer, directed Zack Beins and Richard Taylor, and starring Mark Shonsey, Lindy Starr, Zachary Byron Helm, with a  special appearance by Lloyd Kaufman.

"Atom is an amazing zombie killer, has a horny girlfriend...and is the best bowler in the league! But don't tell that to Dario and the Slashers, the evil bowling rivals who will stop at nothing to thwart Atom and his buddies. When all of his problems come to a head, Atom must battle his worst nightmare--ZOMBIES! May the bloodbath begin! let's ROCK and BOWL in this outrageous horror comedy!"

Special features include a commentary track, music videos, and a making of documentary. 

Atom The Amazing Zombie Killer is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New On DVD: Zombie Resurrection

New this week from Midnight Releasing is Zombie Resurrection, written and directed by Andy Phelps and Jake Hawkins, and starring Eric Colvin, Jim Sweeney, Danny Brown, and Simon Burbage.

"It has been 15 months since the zombie apocalypse. With no new infections for months, the zombies have decayed away; deteriorating to slow, disordered, toothless pests. A group of eight survivors are in the middle of a six-day march across the badlands. A faction splits away from the group and discovers a mysterious serene zombie that lays his hands upon one of the horde, who violently returns to life. Petrified, the resurrected man struggles to escape but is immediately re-devoured; a continual recycling of the horde that keeps them fresh and extraordinarily dangerous. Is this the answer to the zombie plague? A deadly balancing act develops between survival and heroism, in an increasingly splatter-ridden game of cat-and-mouse."

Zombie Resurrection is available now on DVD.

New On DVD: Burying The Ex

New this week from Image Entertainment is Burying The Ex, directed by Joe Dante, and starring Ashley Greene, Anton Yeltsin, and Alexandra Daddario.

"It seemed like a great idea when all-around nice guy Max (ANTON YELCHIN, Star Trek) and his beautiful girlfriend, Evelyn (ASHLEY GREENE, Twilight Saga) moved in together. But when Evelyn turns out to be a controlling, manipulative nightmare, Max knows it’s time to call it quits. There’s just one problem: he’s terrified of breaking up with her. Fate steps in when Evelyn is the victim of a fatal, freak accident, leaving Max single and ready to mingle. Just as Max is thinking about moving on with what could be his dream girl, Olivia (Alexandra Daddario, True Detective) – Evelyn has returned from the grave and is determined to get her boyfriend back...even if that means transforming him into one of the undead."

Burying The Ex is available now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video.

New On Blu: Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead

New this week from Shout! Factory's Scream Factory is Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, directed by Kiah Roche-Turner, and starring Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, and Luke McKenzie.

"In the aftermath of a comet breaking up over Earth, most of the planet's population quickly succumbs to a strange disease which turns them into "zombies." Few survive, and those who do, quickly discover all existing fuel sources have been rendered useless by the plague.

Trapped in a wilderness teeming with living dead, one of the survivors, Barry, has lost everything except his sister, Brooke. But even as the disaster unfolds, Brooke is kidnapped and dragged to a terrifying medical lab run by a psychotic "doctor" who is performing a series of deranged experiments on plague survivors. As Brooke struggles to devise an escape plan, she realizes that the doctor's experiments have given her strange powers over his zombie captives. Unaware of his sister's new powers, Barry teams up with fellow survivors to rescue her and protect what family he has left.

With a healthy dose of Mad Max-inspired vehicular mayhem and an enormous serving of pure, raw talent, this raucous post-apocalyptic epic is one of the most original and wildly entertaining genre films in years!"

Bonus features include an audio commentary with The Roache-Turner Brothers, The Wyrmdiaries: Behind The Scenes Of Wyrmwood featurette, Crowdfunding Videos: Wyrmwood Production Pitch, deleted scenes, 7-Minute Teaser Scene, storyboards, and the theatrical trailer.

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is available on Blu-ray, DVD, Amazon Instant Video, and Netflix streaming.

Zombie Shark Attacks Tonight on Syfy

Sharknado week continues tonight with Zombie Shark on Syfy at 9pm ET.

Zombie Shark was directed by Misty Talley, and stars Becky Andrews, Ross Britz, Carter Burch, and Leslie Castay, 

New On Blu: Maggie

New this week from Lions Gate is Maggie, directed by Henry Hobson, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, and Douglas M. Griffin.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger, Academy Award Nominee Abigail Breslin, and Joely Richardson star in this post-apocalyptic thriller set against the backdrop of a deadly epidemic. As the nation reels from a virus that turns its victims into zombies, Wade's (Schwarzenegger) daughter Maggie (Breslin) has been infected. Now, as Maggie's condition worsens, Wade will stop at nothing to protect her from the authorities seeking to kill her to eradicate the virus."

Maggie is available now on Blu-ray, DVD, and Amazon Instant Video.

New On DVD: Fight of the Living Dead

New this week from Cinedigm is Fight of the Living Dead, directed by Kevin Abrams, Chris Hall, and Tony E. Valenzuela, and starring Katie Booth, Meghan Camarena, Chris Carnel, Heidi Cox, and Olga Kay.

"A competition series with horror overtones, FIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (FOTLD) is an unprecedented mash-up of the reality and scripted genres. The show will follow 8 top YouTube stars as they attempt to survive the first 24 hours of a highly simulated Zombie Apocalypse. The only prize is survival."

Fight of the Living Dead is available now on DVD.

New On DVD: Garden of the Dead

New this week from Bayview Entertainment is the 'Shock-A-Thon Wide Screen Double Feature' of Shriek of the Mutilated / Garden of the Dead.

"A double-dose of shock and terror await you as the Dead walk and Sasquatch stalks the living in this Wide Screen scream fest double-feature DVD. GARDEN OF THE DEAD (1972) tells the horrific tale of a gang of ruthless prisoners who, after being slaughtered in an attempted escape, return as zombies, hell bent on destroying the living. SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED (1974) spins an even wilder yarn, as Bigfoot hunts a group of college students on a remote island off the coast of New York! From the creative force behind the cult classic Invasion of the Blood Farmers! Both features are presented in widescreen and the DVD has the following bonus features: original trailers, plus a GARDEN OF THE DEAD Commentary Track by Cult Filmmakers David DeCoteau and Fred Olen Ray."

Garden of the Dead, originally released in 1972, was directed by John Hayes and stars Philip Kenneally, Duncan McLeod, John Dullaghan, John Dennis, and Susan Charney.

Shriek of the Mutilated / Garden of the Dead is available now on DVD.