Ava, a washed-up writer who escapes a traumatic event in Los Angeles, retreats to a remote cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania. But the longer she stays, the more she realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.
STARRING: Amelia Duncombe, Shelby Hightower, Kenton Hoover, Jodi Draigie, Debbie Rochon
Read more “Freak Available February 22”Tragedy struck when Father Abraham was ready to save the world from an evil menace using exorcism. Years later, he lives on a remote farm with his daughter, haunted by the faces of those he saved and those he could not. After finding that pale humanoid creature lurking in the woods, he shoots and cremates the monster. But he soon discovers that the beast was not alone; his troubles have only begun.
STARRING: Andrea Zirio, Ortensia Fioravanti, Fabio Tarditi
Read more “Fallen (2022) Available February 22”2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION INCLUDES 3 REMASTERED VERSIONS + NEW SPECIAL FEATURES!
More than 40 years ago, it ignited a firestorm of outrage in America and DPP 39 condemnation in the UK. Now one of the grisliest gems of the ’80s can be seen uncut and fully remastered like never before: A shy incinerator worker (an unnerving performance by Dan Grimaldi of The Sopranos) scarred by memories of his mother’s abuse begins luring women to his childhood home for incendiary torment, including ”one of the most shocking, notorious scenes in sleaze-horror history” (Mondo Digital). Director/co-writer Joseph Ellison delivers ”an underrated classic on the same level as Maniac” (Ninja Dixon), now featuring a new 2K scan from the original negative – plus the alternate TV Version and The Extended Cut combining scenes from both – with 2+ hours of exclusive Special Features.
STARRING: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci
Read more “Don’t Go in the House (1979) Available February 22”THEY SHALL HAVE MURDER WHEREVER THEY GO…
For his feature film debut, director Peter Maris (Ministry Of Vengeance, Diplomatic Immunity) took portions of an unfinished urban conspiracy thriller and added a new psycho-killer procedural to create what may be the most unusual/vicious proto-slasher shocker of the ‘70s: When a series of savage murders rocks St. Louis, the police investigation will lead to a deranged Vietnam vet ”who looks like a cracked-out Seth McFarlane” (HorrorNews.net), an underground organization of white-collar vigilantes, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence and an absolute masterclass in low-budget regional filmmaking. One of the very first Section 2 Video Nasties, this longtime VHS rarity – also known as Psycho Puppet – is now presented on disc for the first time ever, restored from the only known 35mm print in existence.
STARRING: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek
Read more “Delirium (1987) Available February 22”THEY CREATED A MONSTER OVER LUNCH… NOW IT’S BACK FOR DINNER!
A U.S. satellite transporting a secretly engineered creature crashes to Earth near Los Angeles. Police officers McLemore (Charles Napier) and Sandbourn (Ann Turkel) are assigned to pursue the escaped mutant beast. Along the way, they clash with their superior, Capt. Robertson (Bo Svenson), and the scientists behind the project. Psychic Lady Elaine Wentworth (Julie Newmar) also lends them a hand before the beast and our heroes end up in a fight to the finish. Also starring Ron Glass (Barney Miller), James Booth (Avenging Force, Zulu), Elisabeth Brooks (The Howling), and Norman Burton (Scorchy, The Terminal Man) and directed by cult icon Fred Olen Ray.
STARRING: Charles Napier, Ann Turkel, Ron Glass, Bo Svenson
Read more “Deep Space (1988) Available February 22”Steve Railsback (famed for his unhinged performance as Charles Manson in 1976’s TV mini-series “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-overlooked creepy gem in a brand new restoration from the recently-unearthed camera negative!
STARRING: Sam Groom, June Lockhart, Colleen Camp, Steve Railsback, Jo Ann Harris
Read more “Deadly Games (1989) Available February 22”THE CREATORS OF ALIEN BRING A NEW TERROR TO EARTH.
Something very strange is happening in the quiet coastal village of Potters Bluff, where tourists and transients are warmly welcomed… then brutally murdered. But even more shocking is when these slain strangers suddenly reappear as normal, friendly citizens around town. Now the local sheriff (James Farentino of The Final Countdown) and an eccentric mortician (Academy Award winner Jack Albertson of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory) must uncover the horrific secret of a community where some terrifying traditions are alive and well… and no one is ever really Dead & Buried.
Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon), Lisa Blount (Prince Of Darkness), and Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street) co-star in this genuinely chilling horror hit written by Ronald Shusett and Dan O’Bannon (Alien), directed by Gary A. Sherman (Poltergeist III), and featuring ultra-grisly gore effects by Oscar winner Stan Winston (Jurassic Park). Now Blue Underground is proud to present Dead & Buried in an eye-popping new 4K Restoration approved by Director of Photography Steven Poster, ASC (Donnie Darko) and packed with Extras!
STARRING: Lisa Blount, Robert Englund, Jack Albertson, Melody Anderson, James Farentino
Read more “Dead and Buried (1981) (Remastered Special Edition) Available February 22”Zombies! Werewolves! Atomic Mutation! Intergalactic Avians! Let this quartet of classic terrors take you back to the golden age of B-Movie Monsters!
A mob boss hires an ex-Nazi scientist to reanimate his dead thugs in Creature with the Atom Brain. An auto-accident survivor is used as an experimental subject to create a vaccine for nuclear fall-out with hair-raising side-effects in The Werewolf. Treasure hunters get more than they bargained for in the search for a cargo of diamonds that went down with a sunken ship when they discover the zombified crew members are guarding the loot in Zombies of Mora Tau. Meanwhile, an enormous bird from outer-space descends to chow down on the people of planet Earth in The Giant Claw!
Four fantastic feature presentations from prolific producer Sam Katzman with a bounty of informative extras. These Cold War Creatures are coming for you!
STARRING: Richard Denning, Joyce Holden, Gregg Palmer, Mara Corday
Read more “Cold War Creatures (4-Disc Standard Special Edition) Available February 22”THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE SCANNED FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVE The most insane post-peplum psycho-sexual classic in Italian horror history just got even better: When the crew of a saucy photoshoot breaks into an abandoned castle, they will unleash the madness of the male-body-obsessed owner (muscleman Mickey Hargitay in the WTF? performance of his career) who is possessed by the vengeful spirit of a 16th century torturer. Walter Brandt (THE Playgirls And The Vampire) and Femi Benussi (Hatchet For The Honeymoon) co-star in this hair-raising orgy of sadism – also known as The Crimson Executioner – from director Massimo Pupillo (Terror-Creatures From The Grave) and the screenwriters of Kill, Baby… Kill! with special effects by future Oscar® winner Carlo Rambaldi (E.T.), now scanned in eye-stabbingly stunning 2K from the original uncut negative recently discovered in a Rome lab vault.
STARRING: Walter Brandt, Femi Benussi, Mickey Hargitay
Read more “Bloody Pit Of Horror (1965) Available February 22”A MOVIE SEEMINGLY MADE BY SATAN HIMSELF!
With classics like Whirlpool, Symptoms and Vampyres, writer/director José Ramón Larraz explored bold new realms of erotic horror. But with his most infamous film of all, the late Spanish auteur defiled nearly every taboo of sexual mayhem: When a young couple visits in-laws in the UK countryside, they will instead discover a haven of the occult where lesbianism, incest, sodomy, bestiality and beyond may all be commanded by Lucifer himself. The legendary Helga Liné (Nightmare Castle, The Loreley’s Grasp), Carmen Carrión (The Inconfessable Orgies Of Emmanuelle) and Mauro Rivera (The Sexual Story Of O) star in this notorious orgy of Satanic depravity – also known as Hot Fantasies, Naked Dreams and Sexual Rites Of The Devil – now scanned uncut in 2K with all-new Special Features.
STARRING: Helga Liné, Carmen Carrión, Mauro Rivera
Read more “Black Candles (1982) Available February 22”It’s the year 500 A.D. in deepest, darkest Denmark. A jealous, decapitating monster — the unstoppable Grendel — terrorizes the drunken revelers of mead-soaked Heorot. Fearless Princess Freawaru and her sidekick, the cynical scribe Shaper, journey in search a hero who can save their people. But it turns out true heroes are rarer than bloodthirsty monsters. And when famed imp-slayer Beowulf rides to Heorot’s rescue, her true agenda could prove more dangerous than Grendel himself.
STARRING: Jennifer Hill, Morgan Shaley Renew, Rachel Petsiavas, Josh Kern, Aaron Blomberg
Read more “Bae Wolf (2022) Available February 22”Tilly has inherited a Manor House. Soon, she will learn just how she has managed to inherit it when an evil Leprechaun begins to stalk her down, taking out anyone in its way – for his gold.
STARRING: Bao Tieu, Louisa Warren, Sofia Lacey
Read more “The Leprechaun’s Curse (2020) Available February 15”PART I: Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez, Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson, Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.
PART II: Presented by Quentin Tarantino and written and directed by Eli Roth, The second installment to this terrifying franchise centers around three young American women (Lauren German, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) (Bijou Phillips, Bully), and (Heather Matarazzo, Welcome to the Dollhouse) who are studying in Rome.
PART III: Hostel: Part 3 brings the underground world of the notorious Elite Hunting Club to “Sin City”, where human torture has been turned into a high stakes gambling opportunity.
STARRING: Various
Read more “Hostel (3-Movie Collection) Available February 15”A family is torn apart when the stepfather’s PTSD develops into something far more sinister…and possibly even supernatural.
STARRING: Greg Hobbs, Diane Ellis, Jade Callender
Read more “The Devil Came Home (2021) Available February 15”The films footage was found in 2013 and documents the start of a deadly new virus. When “Disease Control” are alerted that food at a local meat processing plant has been contaminated by a rare virus, trainee tactical police are sent in by the Cyber-tri-Tech Bio Company to evacuate the workers with a civilian camera crew to document the operation. They find the virus has infected the workers that are displaying extreme violent behaviour. When all is not what it appears and the infected start to murder each other, they realise that it could have disastrous and deadly repercussions on a world wide scale.
STARRING: Charlotte Curwood, Tom Ware, Jamie Langlands
Read more “C.A.M. (2021) Available February 15”With only nightmares for childhood memories, Lily returns to her family home to find out what happened to her parents. Despite the locals’ warnings of an evil presence, she crosses the threshold and discovers not all the ghosts that haunt us are dead.
STARRING: Cate O’Connor, Stefan Dennis, Perri Cummings, Shanon Kulupach, Wayne Tunks
Read more “Apparitions (2021) Available February 15”Another SRS Retro Release! TV reporter Mary Selby wanted to get inside the mind of a serial killer…now she can’t get out. Transgression is a bleak, subversive, character-driven, psychological drama that explores the extremes in human behavior. Driven and neurotic, Mary wanted more than to just report the story of a local serial killer, she wanted to understand the compulsions that drove him; so she consulted psychiatrist Dr. Andre Zarem. Immediately after utilizing her new insights in her newscasts, Mary is contacted by the killer and despite the objections of her police detective/boyfriend, Mary becomes the only link between the killer and authorities. Mary is taken hostage in a daringly executed kidnapping by the killer, who subjects her to an intense series of sadistic mind games that forever change her life and culminates in the ultimate transgression.
STARRING: Molly Jackson, Marc St. Camille, Michael P. DiPaolo
Read more “Transgression (1994) (The Director’s Cut) Available February 8”Survivors try to uncover the truth behind the evil Umbrella Corporation while battling bloodthirsty zombies in the wastelands of Raccoon City.
Witness the beginning of Evil. Raccoon City, which was once a booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, a group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
STARRING: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia
Read more “Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City (2021) (Steelbook) Available February 8”Horror Hospital is a British horror-comedy film starring Robin Askwith, Michael Gough, Dennis Price and Skip Martin. When attempts to break into the entertainment business leave him with nothing but a bloody nose, songwriter Jason Jones (Robin Askwith), decides to take a break with ‘Hairy Holidays’, an outfit run by shifty travel agent Pollock (Dennis Price). After failing to impress Jason, Pollock sends him to a pseudo-health farm, Brittlehurst Manor. On the train journey, Jason meets Judy (Venessa Shaw) who is travelling to the same destination to meet her long-lost aunt. Both are unaware that the health farm, i.e., Horror Hospital is a front for Dr. Storm (Michael Gough) and his lobotomy experiments that turn wayward hippies into mindless zombie slaves.The wheelchair-bound doctor surrounds himself with an entourage which includes Judy’s aunt, brothel madam Olga (Ellen Pollock), height-challenged Frederick (Skip Martin) and numerous zombie biker thugs. Dr. Storm also has a Rolls Royce car, fitted with a giant blade which decapitates escapees and interfering parties. Abraham (Kurt Christian) arrives at the Horror Hospital looking for his girlfriend, and is promptly hit around the head by the motorcycle zombies. Frederick, fed up at literally being Storm’s whipping boy, helps the kids escape – paving the way for the ‘70’s youth to put the final nail into the works of Dr. Storm’s scheme.This is a bizarre combination of horror and comedy and on the last night of filming, cake was served which was laced with drugs. In his autobiography, Askwith said ‘I don’t know what was put in the cake, but I ended up with a 280-pound electrician sitting on my lap and telling me he was in love with me’. Only producer Richard Gordon managed to avoid eating the cake. How’s that for a true ending to a really weird movie?
STARRING: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock, Dennis Price
Read more “Horror Hospital (1973) Available February 8”They say the ghosts of the past should stay in the past. This was the lesson learned by an out-of-work computer engineer who continues work on a dangerous project started by his deceased brother-in-law. With his marriage struggling, the deeper into the project he goes, the wider the rift between him and his wife. Problems arise when he brings back past versions of his wife in an effort to live in a happy marriage and realizes he is not the only person trying to play with the past.
STARRING: Valen Amaris, J.J. Crowne, Chuck Fonshell Jr.
Read more “Forward (2019) Available February 8”After being kidnapped, Kate Walker wakes to find herself trapped in a small chamber. She realizes she’s not the only prisoner, as nineteen others share the same fate. Hunted by demonic creatures, the group must band together if they are to escape the hellish labyrinth and survive the onslaught.
STARRING: Leah Rose, Ryan Schaufler, Tom Lodewyck
Read more “Carnivorous (2007) Available February 8”It’s The Exorcist, Italian style, in this Satanic shocker from director Alberto De Martino (Shadows in an Empty Room). In Rome, a beautiful young woman (Carla Gravina, Alfredo, Alfredo) is left paralyzed by the trauma of a horrific childhood accident. But when placed under hypnosis, she is seized by visions of her past life as a heretic and becomes a foul-mouthed seductress with a taste for perversion that leads to her defilement by Satan himself. Now, mankind’s only hope for salvation is a harrowing exorcism that will either cast out the Devil forever or open the door for the unspeakable birth of the Antichrist! Mel Ferrer (Nightmare City), Arthur Kennedy (Killer Cop), George Coulouris (Citizen Kane), Alida Valli (Suspiria), Umberto Orsini (Violent City) and Anita Strindberg (Almost Human) round out the cast of this puke-spewing cult classic, with cinematography by Eurosleaze king Joe D’Amato (Beyond the Darkness) and music by maestros Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) and Bruno Nicolai (A Full Day’s Work). Experience The Antichrist, also known as The Tempter, in all its uncut—and unholy—glory!
STARRING: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Alida Valli, Umberto Orsini
Read more “The Antichrist (1974) (aka The Tempter) Available February 8”Nocturna: The Collection brings together both award-winning films from iconic horror director Gonzalo Calzada into one ultimate collection. In “Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night”, Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, battling for redemption on his last night on earth. Faced with imminent death, he is forced to rethink his past, his present and his take on reality. “Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die” brings a new twist to the tale as a woman narrates the final night on earth of a 100-year-old man, whom fights for redemption from his life’s misdeeds.
STARRING: Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini
Read more “Nocturna: The Collection Available February 1”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.
STARRING: Asia Argento, James Russo, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest, Brad Dourif
Read more “Trauma (1993) Available January 25”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 sister’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…
STARRING: Clare Wren, Bruce Davison, Stacy Haiduk, David Naughton
Read more “Steel and Lace (1991) Available January 25”Determined to atone for the suffering brought upon his people during the Trail of Tears, a Cherokee elder engaged in dark magic to summon an ancient demon entity known as Retlawkoob. When the tribe awoke to find their bountiful harvest turned into rows of useless stone, they buried the elder in the fields beneath a pile of the cursed rocks; each of which bore the mark of a different bestial demon. After a flood causes the stones to resurface, six teenagers camping on the burial site unsuspectingly unleash the demonic forces. Possession consumes one camper after another, transforming them into animalistic, frenzied killing machines, voraciously feeding on the warm meat of their freshly deceased victims. As the body count grows, only the timid Mikki is left to unlock the riddles left behind by the elders and do battle with the vengeful demon Retlawkoob. Now, only bloodshed, violence, and terror grow in these darkened fields…and tonight the harvest begins.
St. Louis, Missouri based writer / director Eric Stanze (The Scare Game, Scrapbook, Ratline) made major waves in the underground with this ambitious, Native American themed, Evil Dead-style demonic possession romp filmed against the backdrop of the Great Flood of 1993; a real life debilitating disaster that devastated parts of the American Midwest. Elaborate practical effects, extreme chainsaw violence, a memorable monster, and some genuine atmospheric scares helped put Savage Harvest on the map and cemented Stanze’s status as one of the most consistent and visionary auteurs working in the shot on video horror medium.
STARRING: Lisa Morrison, Ramona Midgett, D.J. Vivona, William Clifton, Rebecca Kennebeck
Read more “Savage Harvest (1994) Available January 25”Photophobic Zano, arrives in the big city for the very first time. The year is 1984 and Athens beckons. A vampire and a fine dancer, Zano, quickly gets devoured by the dark underbelly of the capital city. All he really wants is a “warm” girl. Strung out and down and out, he ends up at disco Zardoz, a hive of scum and villainy, where he meets Alice, a prostitute, and Peter, a Norwegian drug dealer. Lured into their shady shenanigans, the three of them will traverse mountains and descend into the core of the earth, all the way to the Kingdom of Mathousalas. Norway puts on shiny new shoes, dances the night away with colorful scoundrels and only bites when absolutely necessary.
STARRING: Vangelis Mourikis, Alexia Kaltsiki, Daniel Bolda
Read more “Norway (2014) Available January 25”Set during the Taiwanese martial law of the 1960s, this shockingly gruesome and terrifying coming-of-age drama based on a hugely popular video game sees two classmates who go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school. This masterful debut from director and co-writer John Hsu recalls the best of Guillermo del Toro, with enough blood, striking sound design, art direction and special effects to evoke Silent Hill and other landmarks of the genre.
STARRING: Gingle Wang, Fu Meng-Po, Tse Jing-Hua, Cecilia Choi
Read more “Detention (2019) Available January 25”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…
STARRING: Klaus Kinski, Stan Ivar, Wendy Schaal, Lyman Ward, Diane Salinger
Read more “Creature (1985) Available January 25”Enid Baines, a film screener at the BBFC, has earned an unsavory reputation for being the organization’s strictest censors of violent films. Unexpectedly, Enid is contacted by Frederick North, a notorious director of exceptionally brutal, low budget horror movies, who has requested that she personally review his work for classification. While viewing one of North’s films, Enid is struck by its narrative similarities to the disappearance of her own sister years earlier. But when she finds another of North’s films which stars a woman who bares a striking resemblance to her sister, Enid’s life begins spiraling out of control, sending her on a mysterious and terrifying journey into the dark and violent recesses of her past.The acclaimed feature film directing debut of Prano Bailey-Bond, Censor is a scathing indictment of Britain’s notorious Video Nasty era, imagined as a horror film that’s every bit as brutal and twisted as the Nasties themselves. Exquisitely photographed on 35mm by Annika Summerson and featuring an electrifying score by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Vinegar Syndrome Pictures proudly presents Censor in its Blu-ray debut, with extensive bonus features including Bailey-Bond’s earlier short film, Nasty.
STARRING: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Sophia La Porta
Read more “Censor (2021) Available January 25”
