Scream Factory Announce Full Details For "The Return Of The Living Dead" Blu-ray

Scream Factory has announced the full details of their Blu-ray release of The Return of the Living Dead. Details below:

The 2-disc Blu-ray Collector's Edition release of The Return of the Living Dead from Scream Factory will be out on 7/19/16. It will come with the following special features:

Disc 1:

• NEW 2K scan of the inter-positive
• NEW Audio Commentary with Gary Smart (co-author of The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead) and Chris Griffiths
• Audio Commentary with director Dan O’Bannon and Production Designer William Stout
• Audio Commentary with the cast and crew featuring Production Designer William Stout and actors Don Calfa, Linnea Quigley, Brian Peck, Beverly Randolph, Allan Trautman
• The Decade of Darkness – featurette on ‘80s horror films (23 minutes)
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spots
• Still Gallery – Posters, Lobby Cards, Movie Stills and Behind-the-Scenes photos
• Still Gallery – Behind-the-Scenes photos from special make-up effects artist Kenny Myers’ personal collection
• Zombie Subtitles for the Film
• In Their Own Words – The Zombies Speak

Disc 2:

• NEW The FX of the Living Dead with Production Designer William Stout, FX make-up artists William Munns, Tony Gardner, Kenny Myers and Craig Caton-Largnet, Visual Effects artists Bret Mixon and Gene Warren Jr. and actor Brian Peck (Expanded Version) (30 minutes)
• NEW Party Time: The Music of The Return of the Living Dead with music consultants Budd Carr and Steve Pross and soundtrack artists Dinah Cancer (45 Grave), Chris D (The Flesh Eaters), Roky Erickson, Karl Moet (SSQ), Joe Wood (T.S.O.L.), Mark Robertson (Tall Boys) plus musicians Greg Hetson (Circle Jerks) and John Sox (The F.U.’s, Straw Dogs), (Expanded Version) (30 minutes)
• NEW HORROR’S HALLOWED GROUNDS – revisiting the locations of the film
• Return of the Living Dead Workprint – includes 20 minutes of additional footage (in Standard Definition)
• More Brains: A Return to the Living Dead – The definitive documentary on The Return of the Living Dead (120 minutes)
• A Conversation with Dan O’Bannon – His final interview (28 minutes)
• The Origins of the Living Dead - an interview with John A. Russo (16 minutes)
• The Return of the Living Dead – The Dead Have Risen – interviews with cast members Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Brian Peck, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Linnea Quigley and more… (21 minutes)
• Designing the Dead – interviews with writer/director Dan O’Bannon and production designer William Stout (15 minutes)

1080p High-Definition Widescreen (1.85:1)/ DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/1985/Color/R/91 mins./Region A/Subtitles: English/Special Features are Unrated

Scream Factory will also have TWO different special offers available directly from them on the Shout Factory website. Here are the offers:

STANDARD OFFER

• Receive the 2-disc Collector’s Edition
• Receive a limited-edition 18” x 24” poster of the newly-designed art that is on the Collector’s Edition from artist Graham Humphries
• Product will be shipped two weeks earlier than national sreet date of July 19th
• Pre-order @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/…/the-return-of-the-living-dea…

DELUXE OFFER (Limited to 1,000 orders only)

• Receive the 2-disc Collector’s Edition
• Receive a limited-edition 18” x 24” poster of the newly-designed art from artist Graham Humphries
• Product will be shipped three weeks earlier than national street date of July 19th
• Receive a second slipcover—made exclusively for this promotion and newly-designed from artist Joel Robinson
• Receive a second 18” x 24” poster of the newly designed art from Joel Robinson
• Pre-order @ https://www.shoutfactory.com/…/the-return-of-the-living-dea…

Scream Factory also address the concern about the soundtrack that is on a lot of fans minds. Here is their answer. "We’d like to address the question of the soundtrack, which we know many of you have asked about: For our new transfer we have gone back to the original audio tracks to create a new soundtrack. Only one song - The Damned’s “Dead Beat Dance” - could not be cleared for inclusion on the disc unfortunately. Otherwise, the rest will be the original audio as heard in the theaters when the film played first-run."

What do you think of this announcement? Will you be picking up this release?