Home Video Releases
Assault was released on VHS by Media Home Entertainment in 1978 and on laserdisc by Image Entertainment on March 12, 1997. The '97 laserdisc came with commentary by John Carpenter, an isolated music score track and the original theatrical trailer.
The film was one of the first films to be released on the DVD medium on November 25, 1997, also by Image Entertainment. On March 11, 2003, Image Entertainment released in new widescreen "Special Edition" DVD of the film. Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly gave this 2003 DVD release a B+. Brian Lindsay of Eccentric Cinema gave the film's 2003 DVD release a 10 out of 10, the website's highest rating. Special features of the 2003 DVD release include:
- Film shown in anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) with monaural Dolby Digital 2.0 audio.
- Q & A interview session with writer/director John Carpenter and actor Austin Stoker at American Cinematheque's 2002 John Carpenter retrospective (23 minutes)
- Original theatrical trailer
- 2 radio spots
- Behind-the-scenes and lobby card stills gallery (16 minutes)
- Full-length audio commentary by writer/director Carpenter taken from a 1997 laserdisc release
- Isolated music score, also taken from the 1997 laserdisc release
The film was later released on UMD video for the PlayStation Portable in July 26, 2005 and in a "Restored Collector's Edition" for both DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Both releases have all of the special features found on the 2003 "Special Edition" DVD.
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