Like a beachfront oil spill, you just can't contain Spinal Tap.

The heavy metal parody and the mockumentary celebrating it will soon be reborn, returning to video store shelves and theaters after a lengthy absence. MGM Home Entertainment notes that 1984's "This Is Spinal Tap" (the comedic gem that brought director Rob Reiner together with the fictitious metal oddities, played by Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest) is poised for re-release on VHS and DVD in September after being out of print for several years.

The new special edition home video versions of the film will boast new audio commentary from the cast, an hour's worth of deleted scene, beefed up sound and video, and more. Some of the goodies turned up on a "This Is Spinal Tap" CD-ROM that surfaced in the early '90s.

Meanwhile, entertainment trade daily "Variety" reports that the film will also soon return to theaters in select cities across the U.S. in early September to promote the home video release.

MGM has already started to sound the drum about Spinal Tap's return to VHS and DVD, launching a Web site (at www.mgm.com) featuring contests, outtakes, images, and more. "Variety" reports that the band will push the release even further with a VH1 special and live a performance on the network. The band (hailed for would-be hits like "Big Bottom," "Rock and Roll Creation," "Jazz Odyssey" and "Sex Farm") is also reportedly lining up live shows, including one at the House of Blues in Los Angeles.

In chronicling the sublimely oblivious wanderings of frontman David St. Hubbins, guitarist Nigel Tufnel, bassist Derek Smalls, and a rotating cast of ill-fated drummers, "This Is Spinal Tap" earned a spot in the cult classic hall of fame, as well as soft spot in the heart of the metal universe that it lampooned. The fictitious band even went on to record several albums, none of which remain in print.