Woe, the confusion! Just announced are the details for 9/17 release of the Jodie Foster hit thriller Panic Room, which will first come out as one of Columbia's Superbit titles, featuring just the movie presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with DTS and Dolby Digital surround tracks, the usual plethora of subtitle options, and no extras. But just like the recent Black Hawk Down, Columbia has also announced that a special edition 2-disc set is on the way with street date still TBA. As always, stay tuned...

In more of Columbia's seemingly never-ending quest to be just like rival studio Fox (first one-disc special editions, now this) they have just announced a new line of Spanish-language DVDs, which replicate the existing DVD editions, only with Spanish language and subtitle track options. The first five titles are Hollow Man, Charlie's Angels, All the Pretty Horses, Dance With Me and Wild Things, which debut on 9/3 and retail for $19.95 each.

Just in from Buena Vista are the full specs for The Count of Monte Cristo, arriving on DVD on 9/3. Although only a mid-sized hit at the box office, this one will likely do bigger business on DVD, and Buena Vista has packed this two-disc set with plenty of extras just to make sure. Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with English and French 5.1 Dolby Digital tracks, extras include an audio commentary with director Kevin Reynolds and multiple featurettes: " An Epic Reborn," "The Pen of Alexandre Dumas," "The Napoleonic World" and "Clash Of Steel," the interactive breakdowns "Sword Choreography: The Final Duel" and "Layer By Layer Sound Design: Edmonds Escape," deleted scenes, and trailers. Retail is $29.95.

Street date alert - 12:01am

Just a quickie date change from New Line for that upcoming Blade II two-disc Platinum Series edition. Originally slated for a 9/3 release, it has been bumped up to a Friday release (yes, Friday) on 8/30. Specs remain the same...

Unhappy Campers

Oh, c'mon now, if you're a fan of bad 80's slasher movies at all, you gotta have a soft spot for the Sleepaway Camp flicks, a trio of yuk-filled maniac-on-the-loose thrillers that are as funny as they are scary. Although Anchor Bay already released the first Sleepaway Camp on DVD a couple of years back, on 8/27 Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland finally arrive, as well as the aptly-titled Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit, a box set of the entire trilogy. Both II and III are presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and English mono, and feature audio commentaries with director Michael A. Simpson, writer Fritz Gordon and moderator John Klyza, behind-the-scenes and outtake footage, a still gallery, poster art reproduction and trailers, and III also features extra deleted "gore" footage. The Survival Kit features all three flicks, a 16-page booklet and collectible med-pack packaging. (Click on the image above for an enlargement.) Scary! Retail is $19.95 each or $39.95 for the box set.

Also on 8/27, Anchor Bay will release the Charles Band cheapie Zoltan: Hound of Dracula(!?) in 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen and English and French mono, with the only extra being the film's theatrical trailer. Retail is $19.95.