Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900) has been paraplegic for the past three years. When her birthday arrives, she receives a strange advent calendar as a gift. But instead of the traditional sweets, every day reveals something different; sometimes pleasant but often terrifying, and increasingly bloody. It’s going to be a very deadly Christmas this year.
Read more “The Advent Calendar “Captured” | A Shudder Original”Month: November 2021
Demonia Trailer | ARROW
Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci returns to the startling imagery and bloody excesses of his 70s and 80s classics for an unholy saga of demonic nuns and supernatural carnage!
When a Canadian archaeological team begins excavating the ruins of a medieval Sicilian monastery, they unleash the vengeance of a crucified coven of satanic sisters with full-on Fulci fury.
Read more “Demonia Trailer | ARROW”The Last Matinee Clip – Who are you?
TERROR! SCREAMING! DEATH! COMING SOON TO THIS CINEMA!
A trip to the movies takes a deadly turn in this stylish neo-giallo love letter to classic slashers that will send your popcorn flying and have you diving behind your seat!
A cold, wet day. A declining cinema. All you want is to get out of the rain and watch a good film. But who else is in there, hiding in the dark? When Ana takes over projection duties from her ailing father, she doesn’t expect anything worse than a broken reel or a burned-out bulb. But there’s a sadistic killer in the auditorium, and soon blood is running in the aisles as he starts picking off the audience members one by one. Can Ana and the few remaining survivors escape the murderous madman, or will they be victims of his matinee massacre?
Uruguayan director Maxi Contenti marks himself out as a talent to watch with a film that Rue Morgue calls “Visually stunning… indulgently violent!” Arrow Video is proud to present The Last Matinee. It’s a killer time at the movies!
Shatter Dead (1994) Available November 30
When the Angel of Death impregnates a mortal woman, the dead cease to die and the world becomes inexplicably populated by morose and disenfranchised zombies whose primary desire is to co-exist with the living during their never ending plight on Earth. Determined to traverse through this dystopian landscape and return home to her boyfriend, the gun-toting Susan runs afoul of a car-jacking, undead religious cult led by a mysterious zealot known only as The Preacher Man. With suicide now a pathway to eternal youth, Susan must grapple with her own mortality after discovering that her lover has gone through an ominous transformation of his own in her absence.
STARRING: Stark Raven, Robert Welles, Marina Del Rey, Flora Fauna, Daniel “Smalls” Johnson
Read more “Shatter Dead (1994) Available November 30”The Last Matinee (2020) Available November 30
It rains heavily in Montevideo on a Sunday in 1993. A particularly suspicious man enters the last screening of a horror film at a downtown cinema. The room, which is not very crowded due to the storm outside, slowly starts to get stained with blood.
Ana, the projectionist’s daughter, who has taken her father’s place just for the night, is in charge of the show. In the darkness of the cinema, the spectators fall one by one into the hands of the killer. From the projection room, Ana begins to notice that something strange is happening. A teenager and a boy who slipped into the room meet Ana as they try to escape. Together they must face this sadistic and ruthless killer to save their lives and avoid a massacre in the matinee.
STARRING: Ricardo Islas, Luciana Grasso, Franco Duran, Julieta Spinelli
Read more “The Last Matinee (2020) Available November 30”Saint Maud (2019) Available November 30
Live-in nurse Maud (Morfydd Clark) arrives at the home of Amanda (Jennifer Ehle), a famous dancer now frail from illness and trapped in her grand, isolated house. At first Amanda is intrigued by this religious young woman, who provides distraction from her failing health. Maud, in turn, is bewitched by her new patient. But Maud is not all that she seems. She is tormented by a violent secret from her past and by ecstatic messages she believes are directly from God. She becomes convinced she has been sent to Amanda not simply as a nurse, but to serve a divine purpose. As her grip on reality slides out of control, Maud’s care turns into a deadly mission to save Amanda’s soul, by any means necessary.
STARRING: Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight, Marcus Hutton
Read more “Saint Maud (2019) Available November 30”Malignant (2021) Available November 30
Malignant marks director James Wan’s return to his roots with this new original horror thriller. In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
STARRING: Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michole Briana White
Read more “Malignant (2021) Available November 30”Monster Portal (2021) Trailer
Blood For Dracula (1974) (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD – 3-Disc Special Edition) Available January 25
Immediately after completing Flesh For Frankenstein, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning political allegory and wickedly funny horror that obliterates the line between art and bad taste (Pop Culture Beast): Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula – Kier in the performance Flavorwire calls one of cinema’s Top 5 best Draculas – journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey’s Flesh, Trash and Heat). Stefania Casini (Suspiria) and Bicycle Thieves director Vittorio De Sica co-star – with an unforgettable cameo by Roman Polanski – in one of the most unique vampire films in history (Oh! The Horror), now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.
STARRING: Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica
Read more “Blood For Dracula (1974) (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD – 3-Disc Special Edition) Available January 25”The Last Matinee Trailer | ARROW
TERROR! SCREAMING! DEATH! COMING SOON TO THIS CINEMA!
A trip to the movies takes a deadly turn in this stylish neo-giallo love letter to classic slashers that will send your popcorn flying and have you diving behind your seat!
A cold, wet day. A declining cinema. All you want is to get out of the rain and watch a good film. But who else is in there, hiding in the dark? When Ana takes over projection duties from her ailing father, she doesn’t expect anything worse than a broken reel or a burned-out bulb. But there’s a sadistic killer in the auditorium, and soon blood is running in the aisles as he starts picking off the audience members one by one. Can Ana and the few remaining survivors escape the murderous madman, or will they be victims of his matinee massacre?
Uruguayan director Maxi Contenti marks himself out as a talent to watch with a film that Rue Morgue calls “Visually stunning… indulgently violent!” Arrow Video is proud to present The Last Matinee. It’s a killer time at the movies!
Read more “The Last Matinee Trailer | ARROW”Deadly Games Original Trailer (Scott Mansfield, 1982)
Steve Railsback (famed for his unhinged performance as Charles Manson in 1976’s TV miniseries “Helter Skelter”) is at his sinister best as a troubled Vietnam Vet in 1982’s Deadly Games a tale of madness, murder and adultery from writer/director Scott Mansfied.
A masked maniac with a penchant for a horror-themed board game is playing his own twisted game with the women of a small American town. Each time the dice is rolled, another victim meets a grisly end. Returning home to mourn the death of her murdered sister, Keegan (Jo Ann Harris) befriends local cop Roger and oddball cinema projectionist Billy (Railsback) but soon finds herself in the killer’s sights.
Originally entitled Who Fell Asleep, Deadly Games is an intriguing early ’80s slasher oddity which benefits from focusing as much on the development of its female-led cast as it does on its scenes of stalking and slashing. Available for the first time ever on disc, Arrow Video is proud to present this long-over-looked creepy gem in a brand new restoration from the recently-unearthed camera negative!
Read more “Deadly Games Original Trailer (Scott Mansfield, 1982)”Don’t Go in the House Original Trailer (Joseph Ellison, 1979)
A legendary title from the Video Nasties era, Joseph Ellison’s relentlessly bleak and disturbing Don’t Go In The House has lost none of its power to shock in the decades since it was first censored by the BBFC and seized by UK authorities.
Donny Kohler (“The Sopranos” Dan Grimaldi in a gripping central performance), a disturbed loner unhealthily obsessed with fire, comes home from his factory job one day to find his abusive mother has died. Now all alone in the large Gothic mansion he calls home and consumed in an inferno of insanity, he is finally able to fulfil his violent revenge fantasies against her. Soon, any woman unlucky enough to enter is forced to come face to face with the worst fate imaginable in the secret steelclad chamber of death he has built in the house’s depths…
Now fully uncut and making its UK high definition premiere in a brand new 2K restoration, the film that dares to ask “What if Norman Bates had a flamethrower?” is back in a definitive collectors’ edition with both original and extended versions.
Read more “Don’t Go in the House Original Trailer (Joseph Ellison, 1979)”Steel and Lace (1991) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Steel and Lace is available now on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!
After her attackers go free, Gaily Morton, the victim of a vicious assault, commits suicide. Her vengeful brother, brilliant robotics engineer and scientist, Dr. Albert Morton, decides to use his skills to exact vengeance, transplanting his sisters’s brain into a humanoid cyborg. With bone-crushing strength and an array of built-in torture devices, Albert begins sending Gaily on a series of missions to violently do away with the men who wronged her…
A twisted and original take on the rape and revenge genre, acclaimed effects artist Ernest Farino’s feature filmmaking debut, Steel and Lace, is an action and bloodshed packed early 90s, direct-to-video horror treasure. Starring Clare Wren (TV’s The Young Riders), Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion), along with genre film stars Stacy Haiduk (Luther the Geek) and David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present the Blu-ray debut of Steel and Lace, newly restored in 2K and featuring an extensive, new, making of documentary.
Read more “Steel and Lace (1991) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”Land Shark (2021) Trailer
Ebola Syndrome (1996) [Vinegar Syndrome 4K UHD & Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Ebola Syndrome is available now on 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!
Kai is a violent fugitive on the run from the law. Making his way from Hong Kong to South Africa, he begins a new life working at a small Chinese restaurant. When he joins his boss on a work trip through the African savanna, he encounters a remote African tribe afflicted with the Ebola virus. After attacking a young woman from the tribe, he contracts the virus, but to his surprise, he discovers that he’s immune to the deadly disease. His ruthlessness emboldened, Kai returns to Hong Kong, thus setting into motion a blood spewing and bodily fluids oozing nightmare!
One of the most shocking and notorious Category III films, Herman Yau’s (The Untold Story) Ebola Syndrome is a delectably grotesque and darkly comedic splatter film masterwork and stars Hong Kong cult film superstar, Anthony Wong (Hard Boiled), in one of his most outrageous performances. For years almost impossible to find in its uncut form, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to present the worldwide UHD debut of Ebola Syndrome, newly scanned and restored in 4K from its original 35mm camera negative and finally fully uncut for the first time on English friendly home video.
Read more “Ebola Syndrome (1996) [Vinegar Syndrome 4K UHD & Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”Friday, November 26, 2021: The Last Rite Premieres Today on VOD
A medical student suffering from sleep paralysis finds herself plagued by a demonic entity, after moving in with her boyfriend.
Read more “Friday, November 26, 2021: The Last Rite Premieres Today on VOD”Friday, November 26, 2021: Chhorii Premieres Today on Amazon Prime
Eight-month pregnant Sakshi must save herself and her unborn child from the evil within society and from the fear that lies in the paranormal world.
Read more “Friday, November 26, 2021: Chhorii Premieres Today on Amazon Prime”Trauma (1993) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Trauma is available now on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!
Aura is a young Romanian who, while on the run from her parents, is rescued by journalist and recovering drug addict, David Parsons. After being returned to her home, Aura’s parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter, sending Aura back on the run, to David. With no one to turn to for help, the unlikely pair launch their own investigation into the killings, discovering shocking and long hidden revelations that connect the continuing murders ever closer to Aura and a terrifying secret from her past…
The first US lensed film from the master of Italian horror, Dario Argento (Suspiria, Opera), TRAUMA was his return to classical form giallo filmmaking, offering a twist filled, labyrinthine plot, brutal and creative murders, stunning scope cinematography, and a haunting score by Pino Donaggio (Piranha). Headlined by an all-star cast including three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie (Carrie), Oscar nominees Frederic Forrest (Apocalypse Now) and Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), acclaimed actor James Russo (Django Unchained), and actress and director Asia Argento (The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things) in her first starring role. Vinegar Syndrome is thrilled to present TRAUMA on Blu-ray, newly restored in 4K and debut its longest and most complete version ever, with the complete English dialogue track totally intact for the very first time.
Directed By: Dario Argento
Starring: Asia Argento, James Russo, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif
Flesh For Frankenstein (1973) [Vinegar Syndrome 4K UHD & Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Flesh For Frankenstein is available now on 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!
Deranged scientist, Baron von Frankenstein, with the help of his bizarre assistant, Otto, is determined to create a new master race, of which he will be the leader. To achieve his objective, he constructs two perfect ‘zombies’ from an assemblage of body parts, intending them to mate. Meanwhile, complications ensue as Nicholas, a farm hand, begins an affair with the Baron’s sexually frustrated wife all while searching for his missing friend Sacha, whose head and brain have been used for Frankenstein’s male “zombie”!
A delectably gory and cynical social satire from acclaimed filmmaker Paul Morrissey (Mixed Blood), Flesh For Frankenstein is among the most original and transgressive interpretations of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. With an exceptional cast, led by Udo Kier (Suspiria, Mark of the Devil), in what might be his most iconic performance, Joe Dallesandro (Cry Baby), Monique van Vooren (Sugar Cookies), and Italian child star Nicoletta Elmi (Deep Red), and featuring a lush soundtrack by Claudio Gizzi (Blood for Dracula), Flesh For Frankenstein became an immediate midnight and cult movie sensation. Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents this true genre classic on 4K UHD for the first time, along with its never on home video original 3-D version, newly restored from its original negative!
Read more “Flesh For Frankenstein (1973) [Vinegar Syndrome 4K UHD & Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”Creature (1985) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Creature is available now on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome!
In the not too distant future, the crew of the spaceship Shenandoah make an unsettling discovery after landing at an archeological dig site on the Saturn moon Titan: another craft, of German origin, has already landed but its crew appears to have vanished save for hotheaded Captain Hans Hofner, who seems to be hiding something about the mysterious disappearances aboard the craft. But it’s not long before the truth is revealed, in the form of a giant, prehistoric alien which intends to eat, and absorb the essences of all humans…
A low-budget but very high ambition slice of mid-80s science-fiction/horror, William Malone’s (Scared to Death) Creature juxtaposes bloody alien killings with a madcap starring performance from the great Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre, Fitzcarraldo) alongside veteran TV actor Stan Ivar (TV’s Little House on the Prairie), Wendy Schaal (Innerspace), Lyman Ward (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), and Diane Salinger (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure). Featuring outstanding special effects work from genre legends Doug Beswick (Ticks) and Michael McCracken (Silver Bullet) and highly atmospheric cinematography by Harry Mathias (The Right Stuff), Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present the Blu-ray debut of Creature, newly restored in 4K from its original camera negative and presented in both its theatrical and Titan Find director’s cut.
Read more “Creature (1985) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”Night of the Demon (Official Severin Trailer)
Black Candles (Official CLEAN Severin Trailer)
Bloody Pit of Horror (Official Trailer)
House on the Edge of the Park (Official CLEAN Severin Trailer)
“Saying Grace” | Silent Night Clip | Altitude Films
The Halfway House (Official CLEAN Intervision Trailer)
The Forbidden Door (Official Severin Trailer)
Ballad in Blood (Official CLEAN Severin Trailer)
Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies (1992) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
Auntie Lee and her quartet of voluptuous “nieces” are known for making the tastiest meat pies around, all from Auntie’s top secret recipe which calls for a most unusual type of meat: human. In order to acquire the juiciest flesh, the girls employ their lusty charms; luring unsuspecting male strangers into a carnal – and deadly – trap, in which they’re chopped, quartered, and minced. Everything is going just peachy for Auntie’s little family, despite the occasional misbehavings of Larry, their “simple” helper, but when the girls lure a freaked out rock group over to have for dinner, things run the risk of getting out of control. And what about the perpetually snooping Police Chief Koal?
Taking a simple premise and turning it into an increasingly hallucinogenic nightmare, culminating in a surreal and bloody final act, Joseph F. Robertson’s (The Crawling Hand) AUNTIE LEE’S MEAT PIES heaps on gruesome kills with a healthy side of pitch black humor. Graced with a cast as strange as the film itself, among them Pat Morita (The Karate Kid), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), erotic film superstar Teri Weigel, Eurosleaze stalwart Werner Pochath (Terror Express), and starring Karen Black (Trilogy of Terror, House of 1000 Corpses) as Auntie Lee, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring this would be midnight movie to Blu-ray for the first time, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative.
Read more “Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies (1992) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”Girls School Screamers (1984) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]
At an exclusive all-girls college, a group of chronically misbehaving students are “rewarded” for their bad behavior by being assigned with the task of cleaning a magnificent old mansion (with a deadly past) in preparation for its grand re-opening by the school. But when the girls discover – and use – a dusty old Ouija board, they accidentally revive a terrifying evil spirit, which begins dispatching them by cleaver, hook, car, and more. Can they put an end to the carnage before none are left alive?
Independently produced in Philadelphia by first time director John P. Finegan (Blades) under the title The Portrait, its post production was undertaken by Troma, which immediately transformed the film into a late period grindhouse classic, re-christening it Girls School Screamers. With its effective mix of haunted house horror and gruesome, slasher structured kills, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to offer Girls School Screamers on Blu-ray, for the first time, freshly restored from its original negative and jam packed with extras.
Read more “Girls School Screamers (1984) [Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray Promo Trailer]”