A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
Read more “Friday, August 20, 2021: Demonic Premieres Today on VOD”Month: August 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021: Blood Conscious Premieres Today on VOD
A vacationing family turns the tables on a mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces.
Read more “Friday, August 20, 2021: Blood Conscious Premieres Today on VOD”Martyrs Lane – Official Trailer [HD] | A Shudder Original
In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in. Written and directed by Ruth Platt. Starring Denise Gough, Anastasia Hille and Steven Cree.
Read more “Martyrs Lane – Official Trailer [HD] | A Shudder Original”Broadcast Signal Intrusion – Official Movie Trailer (2021)
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
Read more “Broadcast Signal Intrusion – Official Movie Trailer (2021)”The Power – OFFICIAL TRAILER
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val must work the night shift in the empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face her own traumatic past in order to confront the malevolent power that’s intent on destroying everything around her.
Read more “The Power – OFFICIAL TRAILER”Boys From County Hell – OFFICIAL TRAILER
Strange events unfold in Six Mile Hill when construction on a new road disrupts the ancient burial ground of Abhartach, a legendary Irish vampire said to have inspired Bram Stoker’s famed “Dracula.” Deadly and sinister forces terrorize the construction crew, and they’re forced to fight to survive the night, while exposing the true horror that resides in the town’s local myth.
Read more “Boys From County Hell – OFFICIAL TRAILER”Hostage – Official Trailer
After Mark breaks into a suburban home, he is stuck having to pay for the consequences of his actions. Mark soon learns that the home is inhabited by criminals who will do whatever it takes to make sure he does not get out alive. Mark, who is a criminal himself wants to do whatever it takes to get out of the messy situation to which he got himself into.
No One Heard The Scream (1973) Available August 31
One year after his international breakthrough with Cannibal Man, defiant Basque filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia co-wrote and directed this twisted thriller – his last under Spain’s repressive Franco regime – that instantly made him ”the father of Spanish giallo” (Spanish Fear): When a woman spies her neighbor disposing of his wife’s corpse, she will cross the line from witness to accomplice to something far more depraved. Vicente Parra (Cannibal Man), Carmen Sevilla (The Glass Ceiling), María Asquerino (That Obscure Object Of Desire) and Antonio Casas (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) star in ”a must for all European film fans, with a final twist that will resonate with you for a very long time” (The Gore Splattered Corner), now featuring an HD scan from the original negative.
STARRING: Carmen Sevilla, Vicente Parra
Read more “No One Heard The Scream (1973) Available August 31”We Need to Do Something “Ozzy Osbourne or a Cute Puppy?” Official Clip | HD | IFC Midnight
Seeking shelter from a storm, a family find themselves trapped for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls in this wildly fun house-of-horrors thrill ride.
Opening in theaters and VOD: September 3
Read more “We Need to Do Something “Ozzy Osbourne or a Cute Puppy?” Official Clip | HD | IFC Midnight”Prophecy “Sleeping Bag” Clip
Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire star as a doctor and his wife who travel to Maine to research the impact of the lumber industry on the local environment. They begin to investigate a succession of mysterious and terrifying events: ecological freaks of nature and a series of bizarre and grisly human deaths. Something unimaginably horrible waits in the woods. Something unwittingly created by man, that will become an uncontrollable, merciless machine of destruction.
A graphically violent piece of environmental horror from director John Frankenheimer, PROPHECY comes to Blu-ray for the first time ever in the UK.
Read more “Prophecy “Sleeping Bag” Clip”August 17, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases
This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “August 17, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases”Tuesday, August 17, 2021: Howling Village Premieres Today on VOD
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.
Read more “Tuesday, August 17, 2021: Howling Village Premieres Today on VOD”Forgotten Gialli: Volume #2 Available August 31
With the giallo at its peak in the early 70s, it seemed that every filmmaker working in Italy was vying to make one and put their unique creative stamp on this highly popular genre. Presented here are a trio of early 70s gialli, all directed by filmmakers who had never made one before (or after) and all presenting wildly different approaches to the genre’s most prevalent trappings.
The Girl In Room 2A: After being released from prison, Margaret (Daniela Giordano) goes to stay at a halfway house for female ex-cons, run by the kindly Mrs. Grant. It’s not long before she begins experiencing strange happenings in the old house, and things take an even more unsettling turn when she befriends Charlie, who is searching for his sister, who disappeared after staying in the house.
A bizarre giallo directed by American exploitation filmmaker, William L. Rose & produced by globe trotting sleaze impresario, Dick Randall, The Girl In Room 2A (‘House of Fear’ in Italian) plays like an American roughie that’s been dressed as a murder mystery. Vinegar Syndrome is pleased to present this in a brand new 2K restoration of its original 35mm camera negative & in its longest and most complete version ever presented on disc!
The French Sex Murders: Following the brutal death of a prostitute at a Parisian brothel, grizzled Inspector Fontaine (Robert Sacchi) is brought in to investigate. After implicating Antoine (Peter Martell), a petty thief & regular client of the murdered woman, Fontaine believes the case to be closed. However, after Antoine makes a daring attempt to escape, getting decapitated in the process, those affiliated with implicating him begin to meet their own violent ends. Has Antoine’s vengeful spirit returned to kill those he believes responsible for his own gruesome fate, or has another, more sinister character been behind these diabolical murders from the very beginning?
A sublimely trashy giallo produced by Dick Randall and helmed by assistant director, Ferdinando Merighi, The French Sex Murders straddles the line between a clever murder mystery and a distinctly 70s sleaze-fest. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present the world Blu-ray debut of this cult favorite, newly restored from its original 35mm camera negative!
My Dear Killer: After a man is decapitated at a construction site, Inspector Luca Peretti (George Hilton) is assigned to the case. But what initially seems to be an isolated killing soon paves the way for an ever growing number of vicious murders. As Peretti tries to unmask the killer, he discovers that all of the victims were connected to another shocking & unsolved crime – the horrific murder of a young girl.
Directed by Tonino Valerii, My Dear Killer was his sole foray into the giallo genre. The result is a handsomely produced and unrelenting mystery-thriller that revels in clever twists and brutally depicted murders. Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present this sleeper masterpiece of prime era giallo cinema on Blu-ray, from a stunning new 4K restoration of its 35mm original negative.
STARRING: George Hilton, Patty Shepard, Anita Ekberg, Daniela Giordano, Rosalba Neri
Read more “Forgotten Gialli: Volume #2 Available August 31”Terror (1978) (Import) Available August 27
Influenced by Dario Argento’s horror classic Suspiria, director Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray – reteaming two years after the success of Satan’s Slave – created an offbeat blend of satire and the supernatural, sending up the British exploitation film industry while delivering ever more outlandish set-pieces. An eclectic cast list includes John Nolan (Doomwatch), Carolyn Courage (Space: 1999), Glynis Barber (Dempsey and Makepeace) and Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies.
STARRING: John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller, Tricia Walsh
Read more “Terror (1978) (Import) Available August 27”Satan’s Slave (1976) (Import) Available August 27
For his first foray into horror cinema – the genre in which he would ensure his legacy – Norman J Warren teamed up with critic-turned-screenwriter David McGillivray (House of Whipcord) and Hammer veteran Michael Gough (The Phantom of the Opera) for a tale of witchcraft and occultism. Candace Glendenning (Tower of Evil) plays a young woman who witnesses the death of her parents en route to visiting her uncle (played by Gough) and cousin (Martin Potter, Goodbye Gemini). While recovering from the trauma at his isolated estate, she begins to suspect all is not as it seems and that dark magic may be at work…
STARRING: Candace Glendenning, Celia Hewitt, David McGillivray, Barbara Kellerman, James Bree
Read more “Satan’s Slave (1976) (Import) Available August 27”A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987) Available August 24
IN THIS SLEEPY TOWN, THERE IS NO REST FOR THE LIVING … OR THE DEAD.
The terrifying tale of Salem’s Lot continues in the shocking and satirical A Return To Salem’s Lot! Beneath the quaint, picture-perfect exterior of a small New England community lurks an unsettling, undead evil: vampires. When fresh blood comes to town in the form of amoral anthropologist Joe Weber and his son Jeremy, the vampires employ the father to document their story. But when the stakes are raised, Joe must take on the hellish horde or lose his son … and his soul.
Directed and co-written by genre legend Larry Cohen (the It’s Alive trilogy, Black Caesar, God Told Me To) and featuring Michael Moriarty (the star of Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent), A Return To Salem’s Lot is a ghoulishly clever follow-up to the hit miniseries based on master of horror Stephen King’s acclaimed novel.
STARRING: Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Ricky Addison Reed
Read more “A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987) Available August 24”Prey (1977) (Import) Available August 27
Following the commercial success of Satan’s Slave, Norman J Warren next turned to science fiction. Barry Stokes (The Corruption of Chris Miller) plays a carnivorous, shape-shifting alien on a fact-finding mission to Earth. He discovers the rural house of a lesbian couple – played by Sally Faulkner (Vampyres) and Glory Annen (Felicity) – and the three become embroiled in a claustrophobic psychological drama of sex and violence.
STARRING: Sandy Chinney, Glory Annen, Sally Faulkner, Eddie Stacey, Barry Stokes
Read more “Prey (1977) (Import) Available August 27”No One Heard The Scream (1973) Available August 24
One year after his international breakthrough with Cannibal Man, defiant Basque filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia co-wrote and directed this twisted thriller – his last under Spain’s repressive Franco regime – that instantly made him ”the father of Spanish giallo” (Spanish Fear): When a woman spies her neighbor disposing of his wife’s corpse, she will cross the line from witness to accomplice to something far more depraved. Vicente Parra (Cannibal Man), Carmen Sevilla (The Glass Ceiling), María Asquerino (That Obscure Object Of Desire) and Antonio Casas (The Good, The Bad And The Ugly) star in ”a must for all European film fans, with a final twist that will resonate with you for a very long time” (The Gore Splattered Corner), now featuring an HD scan from the original negative.
STARRING: Carmen Sevilla, Vicente Parra
Read more “No One Heard The Scream (1973) Available August 24”Inseminoid (1981) (Import) Available August 27
Boasting a strong female cast – including Judy Geeson (10 Rillington Place), Stephanie Beacham (Tam-Lin) and Victoria Tennant (Flowers in the Attic) – and co-financed by Run Run Shaw of the Shaw Brothers, Inseminoid is among Norman J Warren’s most widely seen films… and his most infamous. Once listed as a ‘video nasty’, this science-fiction horror concerns a small crew of scientists who are terrorised by a creature on a distant planet. Comparisons with Ridley Scott’s Alien have been ever-present, though Inseminoid has a charm all of it’s own – it may not have the gloss or the budget, but it’s certainly a great deal of fun.
STARRING: Judy Geeson, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Robin Clarke, Steven Grives
Read more “Inseminoid (1981) (Import) Available August 27”The Cannibal Man (1972) Available August 24
WHEN THE BUTCHER GOES BERZERK!
From subversive Spanish writer/director Eloy de la Iglesia comes the international hit and DPP 39 ‘Video Nasty’ that remains among the most notorious and misunderstood shockers of the ’70s: When a slaughterhouse worker (Vicente Parra of No One Heard The Scream) accidentally kills a man during a fight, it will trigger a desperate descent into madness, mass murder and ‘the most horrific use of a single apartment since Polanski’s Repulsion’ (Mondo Digital). Emma Cohen (Cut-Throats Nine) and Eusebio Poncela (Law Of Desire) co-star in this ‘unforgettable mix of Euro arthouse and exploitive sleaze’ (DVD Drive-In) – also known as The Apartment On The 13th Floor and Week Of The Killer – now featuring both the International and extended Spanish Version newly scanned from the original negatives for the first time ever.
STARRING: Vicente Parra, Emma Cohen
Read more “The Cannibal Man (1972) Available August 24”