'The Lair of the White Worm' & 'The Gate' Walmart Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBooks Coming May 14

Two cult classic fantasy horror favorites - 'The Lair of the White Worm' & 'The Gate' - will be getting new Walmart-exclusive Blu-ray SteelBook releases on May 14.

The releases both appear to have all of the previously released as part of Lionsgate's growing Vestron Video series. As we saw with Shivers, Little Monsters, and Kickboxer it looks like these are just going to be repackaged discs with new art and SteelBooks. Which is great if you never bought them previously! It's nice to see Walmart picking up the pace with more store-exclusive packaging ever since Best Buy exited the market. The trick will be if these actually make it to store shelves, we've seen a lot of pictures of bare racks on the interwebs - so hopefully these will be coming to a store near you! 

Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, and Catherine Oxenberg star in this mix of heart-stopping horror and campy humor. James D’Ampton (Grant) returns to his country castle in England. Legend has it that James’s distant ancestor once slayeed the local dragon — a monstrous white worm with a fondness for the sweet flesh of virgins. The young lord dismisses the legend as folklore, until archaeology student Angus Flint explores James’s property and unearths a massive reptilian skull and a pagan snake god’s ancient site of worship. When James’s virtuous girlfriend, Eve Trent (Oxenberg), suddenly disappears, James and Angus set out to investigate the foreboding cavern said to be the worm’s lair, where a centuries-old mystery begins to uncoil.

The Lair of the White Worm Walmart Exclusive SteelBook 

SPECIAL FEATURES (Previously Released)

• Audio Commentaries:
• Director Ken Russell
• Lisi Russell, in conversation with Film Historian Matthew Melia
• Featurette: “Worm Food: The Effects of The Lair of the White Worm”
• Interviews
• “Cutting for Ken” with Editor Peter Davies
• “Mary, Mary” with Actress Sammi Davis
• Trailers and Gallery
• “Trailers from Hell” featuring Producer Dan Ireland
• Theatrical Trailers
• Still Gallery

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate — an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it's now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever . . . if it's not too late.

The Gate Walmart Exclusive SteelBook 

SPECIAL FEATURES (Previously Released)

• Audio Commentaries
• Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
• Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
• Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
• Featurettes:
• The Gate: Unlocked
• Minion Maker
• From Hell It Came
• The Workman Speaks!
• Made in Canada
• From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
• The Gatekeepers
• Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
• Teaser Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer
• TV Spot
• Storyboard Gallery
• Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery

Pre-orders for the Walmart Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBooks for The Gate and The Lair of the White Worm are now live!

Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)

The Gate Walmart Exclusive SteelBook (Blu-ray)

The Lair of the White Worm Walmart Exclusive SteelBook (Blu-ray)