Universal Studios Home Entertainment is bringing puppet debauchery to the small screen with the home video release of The Happytime Murders starring Melissa McCarthy.
You will first be able to experience The Happytime Murders at home with the Digital HD release on November 20th. A Blu-ray and DVD release is coming December 4th, and there will be no 4K Ultra HD release at this time.
The raunchy film mixing puppets with humans also stars Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, and Elizabeth Banks.
Despite its struggles at the box office, Universal is including a decent selection of bonus features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Gag Reel
- Line-O-Rama
- Virtual Environments: Go behind the scenes to see the transformation of the film’s virtual environments including visual effects through backdrops, action scenes, and the movements of the puppets themselves.
- Avatars Demo: VFX supervisors discuss how The Happytime Murders created a new realm of puppet movies by using avatars to make the puppets come to life.
- VFX Breakdown: An overview of the impact of visual special effects in the film.
- Theatrical Trailers
- Feature Commentary with Director Brian Henson and voice actor Bill Barretta
Pre-order The Happytime Murders on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital combo at Amazon.
