Stephen King Fans Can Preorder Amazon’s Exclusive 4K Steelbook Edition Of The Dead Zone

The movie adaptation of Stephen King’s classic sci-fi novel The Dead Zone is getting a display-worthy new 4K version subsequent month. The Dead Zone’s Limited Edition Steelbook is unique to Amazon and obtainable to preorder for $45 forward of its June 10 launch. The steelbook case options paintings impressed by the the 1983 movie’s eerie promotional poster.

Collectors of King films ought to take into account that The Useless Zone’s Amazon exclusivity means it is probably not obtainable for very lengthy after its launch. In case you preorder now, you will be eligible for any worth cuts Amazon affords till your copy ships. And if The Useless Zone has you desirous about increasing your King assortment, you will discover a checklist of 4K Blu-ray editions of different diversifications of King’s novels and tales on the backside of this story.

The Useless Zone Steelbook Version Particular Options

On the 4K disc you will discover a number of audio commentary tracks–sadly, Cronenberg himself hasn’t recorded a track–with one in every of them containing perception from the film’s director of pictures Mark Irwin. Mike Flanagan, whose adaptation of the King novella The Life of Chuck hits theaters subsequent month, joins Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler of the Kingcast for one of many different tracks, and you can too watch the film with commentary from a number of movie and movie music historians.

The 1080p Blu-ray disc comes with the identical audio commentaries in addition to a number of further featurettes and trailers from prior Blu-ray releases.

The Useless Zone: Disc One (4K Blu-ray)

• Audio commentary with filmmaker Mike Flanagan and Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler of The Kingcast
• Audio commentary with director of pictures Mark Irwin
• Audio commentary with movie historian Michael Gingold
• Audio commentary with movie historian/creator Dr. Steve Haberman and Filmmaker/Movie Historian Constantine Nasr
• Audio commentary with movie music historian Daniel Schweiger with remoted rating alternatives

The Useless Zone: Disc Two (1080p Blu-ray)

• Audio commentary with filmmaker Mike Flanagan and Eric Vespe and Scott Wampler of The Kingcast
• Audio commentary with director of pictures Mark Irwin
• Audio commentary with movie historian Michael Gingold
• Audio commentary with movie historian/creator Dr. Steve Haberman and Filmmaker/Movie Historian Constantine Nasr
• Audio commentary with movie music historian Daniel Schweiger with remoted rating alternatives
• Interview With Actress Brooke Adams
• Chilly Visions: Producing The Useless Zone interviews with manufacturing supervisor John M. Eckert and affiliate producer Jeffrey Chernov
• Trailers From Hell : Mick Garris on The Useless Zone
• Recollections From The Useless Zone featurette
• The Look Of The Useless Zone featurette
• Visions Of The Useless Zone featurette
• The Politics Of The Useless Zone featurette
• Theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Behind-the-scenes nonetheless gallery

Directed by David Cronenberg and written by Jeffrey Boam, The Useless Zone stars Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith, a schoolteacher who wakes from a coma with psychic powers that enable him to see the way forward for folks he makes bodily contact with. There’s a restrict to Johnny’s visions–he refers to gaps in his readings as being within the “useless zone”–and as he good points mastery over his powers, he quickly finds himself burdened with horrible data of the long run.

Extra offers from The Useless Zone

As talked about, the Steelbook Version is a reissued model of the 2023 Collector’s Version, which comes with a normal plastic case and cardboard sleeve. You will get the Collector’s Edition for $28 at Amazon.

Practically twenty years after the movie’s launch, The Useless Zone was tailored right into a long-running TV sequence starring Anthony Michael Corridor. The anthology sequence used the premise as a springboard, however it was a a lot looser adaptation. As a substitute of following the novel’s plot beats, the sequence noticed Johnny use his psychic talents to resolve crimes in a police procedural format. It is a fairly good present in its personal proper, and you will get the complete six-season, 80-episode run of The Dead Zone on DVD for only $18 (was $30).

If you need a extremely good spoof as nicely, you possibly can decide up The Simpsons Season 15 on Blu-ray and take a look at “The Ned Zone” section in Treehouse of Horror 15.

After all, if you have not learn King’s authentic 1979 novel, we might advocate studying it earlier than watching the movie or TV diversifications. Considered one of King’s earliest novels, The Useless Zone confirmed off the horror author’s vary. It is a gripping sci-fi thriller that was named Runner-up for the Locus Award in 1980. You’ll be able to decide up a trade paperback copy of The Dead Zone for $11.15 (was $20) at Amazon.

Stephen King Films on 4K Blu-ray

In case you’re all for watching extra diversifications of Stephen King novels and tales, we put collectively a listing of the entire notable 4K Blu-rays you should buy now at Amazon and Walmart. Most of the films listed under are on sale, and a number of other different King diversifications have acquired the steelbook case remedy, together with Stand by Me, Creepshow, and Carrie.

Stephen King’s newest novel, Never Flinch, will be published by Scribner on Might 27. Fixed Readers can save big on hardcover preorders at Amazon.