“A brilliantly sinister horror film in the art-house mold of The Babadook and It Follows.”
– Entertainment Weekly
“The most terrifying film of the year.” –The Daily Beast
“Pure nightmare fuel” – A.V. Club
GOODNIGHT MOMMY
Austria’s Official Entry for Foreign Language Film for 2016 Academy Awards®
Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 1st
“Unsettling.” “Terrifying.” “Sinister.” The most talked about movie of summer and one of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year,
Goodnight Mommy arrives on Blu-ray™ and DVD December 1st from Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS. The “masterful and artfully unsettling” film, which is generating strong Oscar® buzz as Austria’s official 2016 entry for Best Foreign Language Film, is written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, and stars Susanne Wuest (Antares, Judas Goat, Thank You Mr. President), and brothers Elias Schwarz and Lukas Schwarz in their feature film debut.
A worldwide festival favorite, Goodnight Mommy made audiences squirm at the Venice Film Festival, AFI Fest, TIFF, Sitges, Thessaloniki Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.
In a lonesome house in the countryside in the heat of mid-summer, nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return from the hospital. When she comes home with her face obscured by bandages, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is. What ensues is a terrifying struggle with fatal consequences on par with The Shining and Dead Ringers in what The Daily Beast calls “the most terrifying film of the year.”
Goodnight Mommy is available on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment on December 1st for the suggested retail price of $26.99 and $22.98, respectively, and includes the special feature “A Conversation with Filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala.”
To learn more about the film, please visit www.anchorbayentertainment.com.
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ABOUT RADiUS
RADiUS is the boutique label of the Weinstein Company (TWC) and the first studio division dedicated to both multi-platform VOD and theatrical distribution. Utilizing both traditional and digital media, RADiUS brings the highest quality films and other specialty entertainment to a wider audience than ever before. Founded by Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, the label continues to develop innovative distribution strategies to make marquee content available to consumers where, when and how they want it. The label’s inaugural slate included such films as BACHELORETTE (the first multi-platform film to hit #1 on iTunes and the only multi-platform release to ever reach #4 for top Cable VOD performers) and Cannes competition entry ONLY GOD FORGIVES directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling and Kristen Scott Thomas. Other high profile releases include: the Academy Award winning CITIZENFOUR, the Academy Award winning 20 FEET FROM STARDOM; Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s LOVELACE; Zachary Heinzerling’s Oscar nominated CUTIE AND THE BOXER (Sundance 2013 U.S. Documentary Directing Award), Jacob Kornbluth’s INEQUALITY FOR ALL (Sundance 2013 U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award) and Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut – MAN OF TAI CHI in which he also starred. Last year, RADiUS’ slate featured (among others): Bong Joon Ho’s runaway hit SNOWPIERCER, BLUE RUIN (winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival), Errol Morris’ THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, FED UP from Laurie David and Katie Couric and THE ONE I LOVE starring Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass (Sundance). RADiUS is coming off the wildly successful IT FOLLOWS and currently has THE HUNTING GROUND – from the Academy Award nominated team of Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering andChris Evans’ directorial debut BEFORE WE GOin release.
ABOUT ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment company celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. Anchor Bay acquires and releases a wide array of filmed entertainment in the theatrical and home entertainment markets, including STARZ Original series, children’s entertainment, fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports and specialty films on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats. The company has long-term distribution agreements in place for select programming with The Weinstein Company, AMC Networks and RADiUS, among others. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a full service distributor in the North American market. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
GOODNIGHT MOMMY Blu-ray™
Street Date: December 1, 2015
Pre-book: October 28, 2015
Catalog #: BD63095
UPC: 013132630953
Run Time: 100 mins
Rating: R
SRP: $26.99
Format: Blu-ray™
Aspect Ratio: 2.39
Audio: German 5.1 Dolby Digital
GOODNIGHT MOMMY DVD
Street Date: December 1, 2015
Pre-book: October 28, 2015
Catalog #: WC63094
UPC: 013132630946
Run Time: 100 mins
Rating: R
SRP: $22.98
Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio: 2.39
Audio: German 5.1 Dolby Digital