Just like the living dead, you just can't keep Anchor Bay down. Perhaps the leading independent distributors of cult films on DVD, they've just updated their official website with a newly revised list of titles coming soon or in development. Highlights include such cult favorites as Dead-end Drive-In, Road Games, Night Patrol, Tobe Hooper's Spontaneous Combustion, Fear No Evil, Man Who Fell to Earth, and new multi-disc collections highlighting the work of such talents as Richard Lester, Peter Sellars and Wim Wenders. And - yep! - 2003 should see the release of yet more new editions of such classics as George Romero's Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, and a 25th Anniversary Edition of John Carpenter's Halloween, which has already been released and re-released umpteen times. I guess there's always more blood to be squeezed from any venerable horror franchise, and check out the website for more info.

Elvira returns! - 12:01am

Fresh from a limited theatrical run this past spring, everyone's favorite mistress of the dark, Elvira, returns in her latest cinematic opus, Elvira's Haunted Hills. Debuting on DVD on 10/18, this special edition includes a new 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, English 5.1 Dolby Digital surround track, "The Making Of Elvira's Haunted Hills" featurette, an interview with costar Richard O'Brien, a still gallery, and the trailer. Retail is $24.95.

'Heavenly' update - 12:01am

Rounding out today's news, we've received updated specs from Buena Vista on the 9/18 DVD release of Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. While still featureless, the disc will include a new 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and 5.1 Dolby Digital, and will not be pan & scan only was erroneously indicated on the Buena Vista website. It's great news for fans, and retail remains $19.95.