John Cherry directs Jim Varney in the comedy Ernest Saves Christmas, which comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it quite difficult to recommend this Disney/Buena Vista release to anyone who is not an Ernest fan. There is little here for the average DVD consumer.
This release contains every episode from the first season of Z Nation, a Syfy series that follows a group of people attempting to transport one person from New York to California while the world suffers from a horrific zombie apocalypse. If the group succeeds, a cure for the plague may be found.
The screams are twice as big, and so are the laughs in season two of the deliciously twisted horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt. With 18 gruesome episodes and special guest stars including Demi Moore, Harry Anderson, Don Rickles and Bobcat Goldthwaite, you won't want to miss a minute of the mayhem.
Let the "ghoul" times roll as one of television's most beloved horror hits arrives on DVD courtesy of Warner Brothers Home Entertainment. Each episode of the macabre anthology series is presented in 1.33:1 as originally aired and features closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround audio with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles. For those curious to find out a little more about the origins of this long-running fright-fest, Warner Bros. has seen fit to include a "Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television" featurette that traces the evolution of the creepy franchise by offering interviews with comic-book historian Mark Evanier, Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives author Digby Diehl, horror director John Carpenter, EC Comics writer/artist Al Feldstein, and others in the know, with the Crypt Keeper himself chiming in to offer his own perspective on the six-episode season in "The Crypt Keeper's History of Season One." Finally, for those who thought they had heard the last of the cackling host, the Crypt Keeper returns to haunt your nightmares with an all-new introduction produced especially for this DVD release.
This action movie collection contains four feature films in the Karate Kid series. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita star as pupil and teacher, respectively, in the first three installments: The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid, Part II (1986), and The Karate Kid, Part III (1989). The 2010 reboot of The Karate Kid, starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan and Taraji P. Henson is also included in this compilation.
The Don Bluth-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced An American Tail, a lighthearted animated look at immigrants, comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, respectively. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a singalong section for the film's famous song "Somewhere Out There" and a handful of interactive games to entertain children. While the disc offers nothing of interest for those who want to learn about the animation process, kids will enjoy the extras on this Universal release. The DVD was released the same day as three of the film's sequels, including the theatrically released An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.