Month: June 2023

Black Circle (2018) (2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray + CD) Available September 5

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Two sisters, Celeste and Isa, fall under the terrifying spell of a mysterious vinyl record from the 1970s. Used to help with stress and bring the listener to a state of calming self-hypnosis, the recording has the unfortunate side-effect of manifesting a doppelganger of the listener into our world. This “double” then grows stronger by the day to copy and take over the life of the person who played the vinyl. Seeking the help of the woman who originally created the recording, hypnotist Lena Carlsson (Christina Lindberg, Thriller: A Cruel Picture), Celeste and Isa try to banish the doppelgangers back to their own world before their lives are lost forever. Directed by internationally acclaimed horror master Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil, Late Phases), Black Circle is “top-notch psychological horror with a sci-fi bent that, as a doppelganger tale, rivals the best of the remakes of, and films inspired by, the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (scariesthings.com).

STARRING: Erica Midfjall, Felice Jankell, Christina Lindberg, Inger Nilsson, Hanna Asp

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The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023) Available August 8

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After witnessing her mother’s untimely death as a child and her brother’s violent murder as a young teen, Vicaria is on a desperate quest to cure death.

STARRING: Laya Deleon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman

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Final Cut Michel Hazanavicius Official U.S. Trailer

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The opening night selection of last year’s Cannes Film Festival was this wacky horror comedy, a remake of Shin’ichirô Ueda’s cult hit One Cut of the Dead. It follows a director (Romain Duris, L’Auberge Espagnole) making a live, single-take, low-budget zombie flick in which the cast and crew, one by one, actually turn into zombies. Oscar® winner Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) milks the film’s hilarious and meta-to-the-max premise for all it’s worth, while also crafting a sly love letter to the art of filmmaking. What’s on screen unfolds in typical cheesy B-movie fashion, while the off-screen hijinks offer a celebration of the unpredictable and collaborative nature of film sets. Featuring a hysterically unhinged turn by Oscar® nominee Berenice Bejo (The Artist) and serving up blood-soaked high farce par excellence, Final Cut revels in its affectionate embrace of goofy genre fun.

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“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” First Look | The Walking Dead Universe

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Stranger in a strange land! Daryl (Norman Reedus) finds himself stranded in France, will he be able to find his way back home?

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Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism Official Trailer HD

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Pushed by her husband, Lara seeks treatment from a congregation of zealots, where a ruthless exorcist will try to save her soul by putting an innocent woman through hell.

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You’ll Die At Midnight (1986) Available July 11

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A man discovers his wife has been having an affair. This results in a heated argument. Not much later she’s found deader than a doornail. He becomes the chief suspect. Lots of terror and suspense courtesy of Lamberto Bava.

STARRING: Valeria D’Obici, Leonardo Treviglio, Lea Martino

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The Woman From China (1930) Available July 11

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A beautiful Chinese maiden (who could easily pass for white) enters into a more or less arranged marriage with an older, wealthy Dutch businessman. The marriage was set up by a sinister Chinese racketeer, who is to receive half the inheritance after the murder of her husband. She also helps kidnap a sailor’s fiancee, whom the Chinaman lusts for; while, conversely, she lusts to have the sailor for herself. Unfortunately, the sailor has found out that the Chinaman is a contraband smuggler and must die! It all ends up in a dockside rumble with bullets flying and knives plunging. McLaughlin is quite good as the evil Chinese merchant, whose wharf-side hideout is filled with secret panels and passageways, torture chambers, and an elaborate secret room. Suedo gives a terrific performance as the femme fatale, aided by her beautiful, dark, penetrating eyes. As far as we know this is the first time on video for this late British silent film, which is full of enjoyable over-the-top Yellow Peril drama and expressive acting.

STARRING: Gibb McLaughlin

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Wolfman (1979) Available July 11

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Nothing like a fun, schlocky American-made werewolf movie set in the Deep South and that’s what this is. The werewolf makeup isn’t exactly Jack Pierce, but it’s still pretty cool. The film begins in a rustic old mansion with the stabbing death of an old man as he lays in his death bed something about a family curse! The young heir to the estate returns home, but soon finds he has also inherited a family curse that will turn him into a werewolf on the next full moon! Before you know it, villagers with torches are searching for the Wolfman! Owensby isn’t exactly Lon Chaney, and he’s a bit on the pudgy side (kind of like Paul Naschy without the muscle mass), but somehow it all works a true drive-in B-movie, filled with outrageous schlockiness. The fact that you have a bunch of characters dressed in 1800s-style clothing but talking like modern day southern rednecks just ads to the lovable dorkiness of it all. Then there’s Ed Grady, who hams it up like Lugosi or Karloff with his wonderfully over-the-top performance as an evil clergyman. Adding to the ambience is a lurid music score that combines, piano, harpsicord, orchestral, and electronic music. Hokey, but still great fun. Beautiful color, 35mm.

STARRING: Earl Owensby, Kristina Reynolds

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Spells Available July 11

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With every batch of new releases there’s always a film or two that we absolutely rave about. Spells is one of those films. The IMDB description fits it perfectly, listing it as a horror-crime-drama. Spells is full of latent and overt horror elements, featuring a black devil horse that terrorizes mountain villagers, seemingly seeking revenge for it’s murdered owner. Watch for the gnarled, frozen hand of the victim protruding through the snow. There’s also Lucien Coedel as the dark arts wizard who dabbles in magic spells, animal sacrifices, voodoo, and murder. Coedel is brilliant as he uses his dark powers to possess the woman he loves. Faure is amazingly appealing and almost angelic in her beauty as his intended victim. The climactic confrontation scene between her and Coedel is outstanding. Robinson and Pigaut are wonderful as the star-crossed lovers whose engagement is doomed by jealously and wavering hearts. But watch for Fernand Ledoux, who almost steals the show as Faure’s bewitched, crazy father. The acting in this film is superb, with many great moments, all of which are augmented by a top-of-the-line music score and a brilliant script. As if all this isn’t enough, the B&W cinematography is to die for. The setting, a snow-covered mountain village, is photographed in a way that leaves the viewer feeling as though they’ve visited a dreamlike, otherworldly place. We can’t recommend this film enough. Wow. Subtitled in English.

STARRING: Madeleine Robinson, Fernand Ledoux

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Screaming Skull (1958) Available July 11

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Another great ’50’s B horror film from AIP about a woman who is terrorized by the vision of her husband’s dead first wife’s skull. Weber is wonderful as the new bride who suddenly seems to doubt her own sanity as she comes to live in a haunted house. Is it really haunted or is there something more nefarious afoot? Then again, just maybe… Some great moments of true fright. Be ready for the highly shocking, supernatural ending. A great B-drive-in movie with a tremendous music score!

STARRING: John Hudson

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Robin Redbreast Available July 11

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This made-for-TV chiller has the same kind of feel as Christopher Lee’s The Wicker Man. After parting ways with her long term lover, Cropper takes refuge in a lonely country house. She gets to know the local villagers, who seem friendly at first; yet there seems to be something latently sinister about their intentions. After falling into a relationship with a young gamekeeper, she finds herself spiraling down a pathway toward inescapable horror. Kinescope 35mm.

STARRING: Various

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My Friend Dr Jekyll (1960) Available July 11

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What you’ve got here is a pretty well-made Euro horror comedy. Yes, there are plenty of laughs in this film, but they are blended in with many scary moments, all of which are enhanced by the film’s chillingly gothic B&W photography. The setting is a school for wayward girls. One of the professors who’s a bit beastly in appearance, has discovered a method of transferring his personality into the body of another. His first guinea pig is a handsome young professor, who then sets his sites on the beautiful young girls at the school, including the gorgeous Helene Chanel. An eccentric detective is eventually brought in to get to the bottom of things. Good fun.

STARRING: Ugo Tognazzi, Helene Chanel

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Mother Riley Meets The Vampire (1952) Available July 11

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Bela went abroad for this wacky British horror comedy and it was the last time he was seen on screen in his Dracula cape. There’s a bit of an espionage plot, which results in the kidnapping of Mercedes at the film’s beginning. However, the real star of the show here isn’t Lucan as Mother Riley, but Lugosi as a maniac who thinks he’s a vampire and wants to bring the world to it’s knees. He even has a massive robot as his command. Bela brings to his part an intensity that hadn’t been seen since his performances of the early ’30s. Worth it for him alone. This was released in the States years later as My Son the Vampire.

STARRING: Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Richard Wattis

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The Mark of Satan (1957) (La Marca De Satanás) Available July 11

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This forgotten Mexican horror gem concerns a village that has fallen into a state of panic-stricken horror. There are ax murders that leave gruesome remains for the villagers to discover. But there’s more than just an ax-wielding maniac afoot, there seems to be a dark supernatural force in play, with plenty of ghosts around to cause further dread. Soon the living dead have a death grip on the community. The brother of one of the victims decides to take a hand, but does he have the strength and power to stare down pure evil?

STARRING: Jaime Fernandez, Crox Alvarado

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The Long Hair Of Death (1964) Available July 11

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A woman under suspicion of witchcraft is burned alive. Her curse brings her back from the dead for revenge. Ardisson really gets it in the end! Barbara’s seldom looked more beautiful. Lots of great moments, especially the flaming finale. A very moody, atmospheric euro-horror thriller that’s probably one of Barbara’s five best films.

STARRING: Barbara Steele, Halina Zalewska

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Leonor Mistress Of The Devil (1975) Available July 11

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Ullmann plays Leonor, a beautiful woman who dies at the beginning of the film. Upon her death her widower (Piccoli) instantly remarries literally on the same day. But ten years and two sons later, Piccoli still yearns for his dead first wife. He’s eventually shown a way (at heavy cost) to bring her back from the dead. It’s a big mistake, though, as LIV begins stalking the countryside, looking for little kids to murder! All this happens while the black plague is decimating the countryside. Cool ending, but this is one of those, is the monster really dead? kind of movies. A fine Euro horror effort. Great color, 35mm

STARRING: Liv Ullmann, Michel Piccoli, Ornella Muti

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I Bury the Living (1958) Available July 11

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This is a great movie. Boone plays the unwilling manager of a local graveyard. The cemetery map has white pins inserted on vacant plots, and black pins inserted on occupied graves. When Boone switches black for white, live plot owners start dying. Does Boone, as the Chairman of the Necropolis, really have supernatural powers? Fine performances (especially by Boone) are complimented by a well-crafted script and an outstanding, highly effective music score.

STARRING: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith, Herbert Anderson

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The Hyperboloid Of Engineer Garin (1965) Available July 11

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This is an amazing mad scientist film laced with espionage and intrigue. Garin is a mad inventor who has created (with stolen plans) an apparatus called the Hyperboloid. It is a death ray of unparalleled destructive power. He is bound and determined to hold supreme power over Earth and commits atrocity after atrocity, with little regard for the consequences of his actions or the effect they might have on mankind. He is of course bewitched by a beautiful woman, who helps speed him along on his course to self-destruction. The scenes of death ray carnage are astonishing. Watch as Garin blows a war fleet of battleships out of the water. Wow. The film features beautiful black and white cinematography the use of light and shadow is excellent! The many rogue-ish characters are masterfully portrayed by an assortment of soviet thespians. But what really helps this film is it’s off-beat music score, which has, in certain moments, a bit of a tongue-in-cheek quality to it. The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin is a film you don’t want to miss.

STARRING: Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vsevolod Safonov, Mikhail Astangov

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The House With Laughing Windows (1976) Available July 11

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An art restorer comes to a small village to restore a fresco painted by a degenerate artist. After meeting the hunchback mayor, he begins to sense something creepy about the people of the village as though they are hiding something. He soon visits the old house where the artist lived and finds strange-looking mouths painted on the windows. Soon his feelings of mystery turn to feelings of horror. An exceptional Euro-horror film. With English subtitles.

STARRING: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina

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Horror Rises From the Tomb (1973) Available July 11

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In Medieval France, a warlock (Paul) has his head lopped off. His wife is also tortured and executed. But… voila! Paul’s spirit returns to modern times and takes possession of his descendant, who just happens to look exactly like hime. Horrific atrocities soon follow. This one of Paul’s cheeziest films, but still lots of fun. Rated R for violence and nudity. Beautiful color, anamorphic widescreen, from 35mm.

STARRING: Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Vic Winner, Helga Liné, Betsabe Ruiz

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The Ghoul (1933) Available July 11

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This is the one of the true horror masterpieces of British cinema of the 1930s. Karloff has great fun as a dead Egyptologist who returns from the grave to seek vengeance on those who defiled his tomb. Much of the action takes place in a spooky mansion during a night with a full moon. The moment when Thesiger see Karloff open the door of his tomb and step into the moonlight is unforgettable. This film also boasts one of the finest music scores of any horror film from the 1930s. The scene where Karloff engraves ancient symbols onto his chest with a knife is a stunner! A must.

STARRING: Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Dorothy Hyson, Anthony Bushell

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Dr. Orloff’s Monster (1964) Available July 11

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This is the second in the Dr. Orlof series about the good doctor and his latest monstrosity. The storyline features a beautiful young woman who travels to the forlorn castle of her mysterious uncle. The uncle is working on a decidedly sinister experiment. To her horror, she soon meets up with his zombie, who is controlled by ultra-sonic radio waves! Great fun. The only thing missing is Howard Vernon. Aka The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll & The Secret of Dr. Orloff. Anamorphic widescreen, from 35mm.

STARRING: Hugo Blanco

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Dorabella (1977) Available July 11

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Two wandering young men meet a strange, beautiful woman at a rustic European inn. Her name is Dorabella. One of the men (Clyde) falls in love with her to the point of total enchantment. The two adventurers follow her from inn to inn, a wake of horror left in her path. Interestingly enough, they never see here during the day. What is the ghastly secret of the large chest they transport across the ghostly countryside? Marson, in the title role, has a bewitching beauty that reaches out and touches the viewer with an overwhelming sense of evil. The climax, which takes place at the vampires’ castle (exterior shots a la a Chris Lee Dracula film) is unforgettable. There is a myriad of frightening scenes in this short British TV feature it’s an incredible film. Clyde, once a young rock and roll star from the days of the British invasion (Chad and Jeremy), delivers a riveting performance. John Justin has an incredible voice and is marvelous as Dorabella’s vampire father (it’s never stated, but it seems possible he’s supposed to be Dracula). Dorabella is one of the most wickedly terrifying vampire movies you will ever see. A real wow!

STARRING: Jeremy Clyde, John Justin, Esmond Knight, Jonathan Hyde

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Diabolical Pact (1969) Available July 11

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The late Dr. Jekyll’s daughter returns home to help out her guardian, who also happens to be a mad scientist (Carradine) searching for a formula for eternal youth. It seems the retina from the human eye is needed for this formula, many of which will be needed for his experiments. Soon a lost nephew turns up who has a habit of transforming into an apish creature from time to time, causing mucho fear and panic. A schlockfest for sure! Nice color with English Subtitles, from 16mm.

STARRING: John Carradine, Regina Torne

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Curse Of The Devil (1973) Available July 11

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In this, Paul’s seventh lycanthropic opus, he’s turned into a snarling beast by a group of female devil worshippers who are descendants of an ancient witch who was executed by one of Paul’s distant relatives, 400 years earlier. Paul, naturally, has some great scenes ravaging about as a bloodthirsty wolfman in what is widely considered one of his very best werewolf outings. The dead-of-night-deep-in-the-forest climax will put you on the edge of your seat. Take a close look at the little kid’s hand at the very end of the movie. Rated R for lots of nudity and violence.

STARRING: Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcon

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