The body count continues - 1:49pm

Ouch! That hurts! Death can be such a messy business...as you'll find out on July 22nd when New Line Home Entertainment releases the hit sequel Final Destination 2. This souped-up Infinifilm Edition delivers all the bloody goods: 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital Surround EX and DTS ES 6.1, an audio commentary with director David Ellis, screenwriters Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber and producer Craig Perry, a subtitle fact track, the featurettes "The Terror Gauge," "Cheating Death: Beyond and Back" and "Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life," deleted and alternate scenes, and theatrical trailers. ROM extras include the script-to-screen viewer, the original theatrical website, downloadable wallpapers and the exclusive "Chain Reaction" interactive adventure. Retail is $27.95.

Want more New Line horrors just in time for Halloween? On August 5th comes Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, which will get the special edition treatment complete with a new documentary and more, plus the killer dog movie Man's Best Friend and not one but all four Critters flicks. Retail is $19.95 each, and stay tuned for the full specs.

If horror isn't your cup of tea, New Line will also be releasing two family "favorites" on July 8th: TV funnyman Bob Saget in Father and Scout (god help us) and the Whoopi Goldberg atrocity Theodore Rex. The later features anamorphic widescreen and full screen transfers, the former is full screen only, and both are presened in Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 surround. Extras include trailers and the "Pick That Flick" trivia game. Retail is $19.95 a pop.

Horror show - 1:49pm

Speaking of things that go bump in the night, Warner Home Video will release a bundle of horror greats on August 5th: the original masterpiece The Haunting, Vincent Price in House of Wax (not in 3-D), the killer rat-fest Of Unknown Origin, Charlton Heston in the oft-delayed The Omega Man, the movie that absolutely terrorized me as a child, Soylent Green, a new 50th anniversary edition of the Howard Hawks classic The Thing, and Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark. And for you John Carpenter fans, at long last comes the last of the director's oeuvre not yet released on DVD, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, which streets on August 17th. Retail is $19.95 each, and watch this space for further details.

And for our UK readers, or those Region-free enabled, more news on that overseas Friday the 13th special edition due this fall from Warner Home Video. In addition to the new documentary "Return to Crystal Lake," the DVD will also feature an audio commentary by director Sean Cunningham, stars Adrienne King and Betsy Palmer, composer Harry Manfredini and more. The disc will feature the international cut of the film (a few seconds bloodier than the R-rated domestic release) but as of presstime, will not be released in the U.S. by Paramount Home Entertainment. Perhaps someday Paramount will wake up and smell the bloody machete and give Mrs. Voorhees her due? Stay tuned...

Dynamic duo - 1:49pm

All this horror too much for you? Then laughter is the best medicine. The Bob & David website has just announced that HBO Home Video will release Mr. Show: The Complete Third Season on August 12th. According to the site, the set will include the usual "annoying audio commentary with the full cast and writers blathering endlessly, apologizing, celebrating their own minor achievements." Additional extras include an appearance by David Cross as the "Hot College Comic" at the HBO Aspen fest, and more. Retail is $29.95.

Mecha-Streisand - 1:49pm

Rounding out today's scary update, here's the most terrifying monster of all time: Barbra Streisand! Warner Home Video has just announced quite a coup and cause for much celebration among Babs fans. Le Streisand has recorded four full-length, screen-specific audio commentaries for the oft-delayed DVD releases of What's Up Doc (also features commentary by director Peter Bogdanovich), Up the Sandbox (also includes commentary with director Irvin Kershner) and The Main Event and Nuts. All will now street on July 1st and will be available separately for $19.95 a pop or as part of The Streisand Collection box set for $69.95. Like buttah.