Hellbender – “Earthworm” Clip | A Shudder Original

Izzy makes some new friends and plays a drinking game.

16-year-old Izzy leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. Izzy dreams of a live gig, but her mother thinks she’s too sick and mustn’t be around others. Questioning her illness and starved for companionship, Izzy sneaks down the mountain where she befriends brazen Amber. Izzy is in heaven until a cruel drinking game with a live worm unleashes a new kind of hunger.

Hellbender, which had its world premiere at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival in August 2021, is the sixth feature film written and directed by the filmmaking Adams family, Toby Poser, John Adams, and their daughter Zelda Adams (The Deeper You Dig, Halfway to Zen, The Shoot). Zelda stars in the film, along with her mother and sister Lulu, and took home the Best Actress award at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

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Uncle Sam – Restored 1080p HD Movie Trailer – Blue Underground

The Star-Spangled Shocker From The Creators Of Maniac Cop

It’s Fourth Of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper – killed by ‘friendly fire’ during the first Gulf War – is returned to his all-American hometown. But when Sam rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic, only his young nephew and a bitter Korean War veteran (Soul icon Isaac Hayes of Shaft and “South Park” fame) can stop his red-blooded rampage. Draft dodgers, tax cheats, crooked politicians and flag-burners beware: Uncle Sam wants you… DEAD!

Timothy Bottoms (The Last Picture Show), Bo Hopkins (The Wild Bunch), William Smith (Fast Company), P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie) and Oscar® nominee Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) co-star in this zombie horror hit directed by William Lustig (Maniac, Relentless) and written by Larry Cohen (God Told Me To, The Stuff). Now Blue Underground is thrilled to present Uncle Sam in a sparkling new 25th Anniversary restoration, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm camera negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, loaded with illuminating Extras!

Tethered (2022) – Official Trailer

In the remote woods of North Carolina, a blind teenager named Solomon lives by himself in total isolation. Despite his impairment, Solomon is able to navigate his surroundings by tying a long rope around his waist that stays tethered to the cabin where he lives. Armed with only his tether, Solomon survives by fishing, foraging, and trapping small animals for food. His only other stimulation is a tape recorded message containing three mysterious rules: The First Rule: When you hunt or scavenge, do it for two—one for the forest and one for you. The Second Rule: When your will is almost gone and you feel like giving up, find comfort in singing our song. The Third Rule: You must never, ever let go of the rope.

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They Live in the Grey – “Your Turn” Clip | A Shudder Original

Sophie tells Claire two truths and a lie.

While investigating a child abuse case, a young social worker discovers that a supernatural entity is tormenting the family. To save the parents from losing custody of their child, she must confront her fears and use her clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force. Written and directed by brothers Burlee and Abel Vang (The Tiger’s Child.) They Live in the Grey stars Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood), Ken Kirby (Good Trouble, Dynasty), Ellen Wroe (For All Mankind, Shameless), Madelyn Grace (Don’t Breathe 2).

They Live in the Grey – “Don’t Leave Me” Clip | A Shudder Original

Claire has an unexpected dinner guest.

While investigating a child abuse case, a young social worker discovers that a supernatural entity is tormenting the family. To save the parents from losing custody of their child, she must confront her fears and use her clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force. Written and directed by brothers Burlee and Abel Vang (The Tiger’s Child.) They Live in the Grey stars Michelle Krusiec (Hollywood), Ken Kirby (Good Trouble, Dynasty), Ellen Wroe (For All Mankind, Shameless), Madelyn Grace (Don’t Breathe 2).

The Twin – Official Trailer [HD] | A Shudder Original

Following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins, Rachel (Teresa Palmer) and husband Anthony (Steven Cree) relocate to the other side of the world with their surviving son in the hopes of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing in the quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when Rachel begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him. From Taneli Mustonen, director of Lake Bodom.

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Shot In The Dark (2021) | Teaser Trailer | Kristoffer McMillan | Christine Donlon | Kelley Mack |

Lawton, Nevada’s once successful writer—now small-town pariah—William Langston, fights for his life as the final victim of a serial killer. Over the course of one day, William is captured and tortured. The pain launches him into the past where he is forced to confront his unresolved trauma of ‘love lost’ and the actions that led him into this trap.

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Raiders of the Lost Shark New Release 2022

A murderous, prehistoric shark is wreaking havoc on local swimmers. A group of college students and their professor trail it to a strange island. It turns out the island is home to a secret military facility that the beast escaped from. There they cross paths with a mad scientist who has genetically engineered the shark so it can fly – and its hunger for humans is growing. The group must work together to battle the ultimate predator hunting them down.

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Blood Cove Movie Trailer

Deep in the swamplands of Beansboro, Indiana… a killer waits. And when a young reporter on vacation, Joanie Craven (Katie Harbridge), goes missing, it’s up to skeptical police chief Greg Fontana (Jeff Angel) and Joanie’s father Michael (Deron Morgan) to find her and bring an end to the infamous “Skull’s” reign of terror, which has lasted decades. Despite warnings from local town historian Walt Caruthers (George Stover), no one in the town believes the mysterious deaths are truly the work of the Skull, but he knows the truth. And he knows more blood will be shed before Fontana and Michael can find Joanie. But will she still be alive?

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Blood Cove 2: Return of the Skull Movie Trailer

In the sleepy town of Beansboro, Indiana, a killer is about to strike again. Despite the best efforts from local authorities six months earlier, it appears the Skull was not destroyed in the haunted house fire as believed. Now the bloodthirsty maniac has set his sights on revenge – and the peaceful community is about to become the devil’s playground. Only Det. Dan Lockwood (Mark Dessauer) and his daughter Brooke (Autumn Hall) stand in the way of the masked madman’s killing spree.

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Outsiders | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical Entertainment

When Black high school student Jaylen Brown (Skylan Brooks) finds himself under suspicion after his classmate, Amira (Clark Backo), disappears during a party, all fingers point toward him as prejudice quickly boils to the surface in his small southern town. Working against the clock to clear his name and uncover the truth about Amira’s mysterious disappearance, Jaylen begins to unravel a massive web of secrets that reveal otherworldly forces at play.

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A Banquet – “It’s Your Body” Official Clip | HD | IFC Midnight

Widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022: Fallen Premieres Today on VOD

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.

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Yokai Monsters Collection (3-Disc Standard Special Edition) Available February 22

From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore, with ghosts and monsters from ancient myths and legends brought to life through stunning special effects, alongside an epic, big-budget reboot of the series from a modern-day master of the macabre.

In the first film in the trilogy, 100 Monsters, a greedy slumlord’s attempts to forcefully evict his tenants invite the wrath of the titular spirits when a cleansing ritual is botched, with terrifying results. The second film, Spook Warfare, tells the tale of an evil Babylonian vampire inadvertently awoken by treasure hunters, and a brave samurai that teams with the yokai to defeat the bloodthirsty demon. In the final film, Along with Ghosts (released only 12 months after 100 Monsters), the yokai are roused to defend a little girl on the run from deadly yakuza.

Decades later, none other than Takashi Miike (Audition) helmed The Great Yokai War, a loose remake of Spook Warfare that used cutting-edge digital effects to renew the franchise for a new generation. In it, a young boy is given a grave responsibility: to band together with a group of yokai to defend humanity against a vengeful and powerful demon that has sworn retribution against modern-day Japan.

STARRING: Shinobu Araki, Jun Fujimaki, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Hideki Hanamura, Pepe Hozumi

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Sinistre Available February 22

Three petty criminals attempt a botched armed robbery which culminates in a bloody shootout, leaving only the getaway driver Simon unscathed. The wounded felons decide to hole up in an isolated, abondoned house deep within the forest while awaiting a rendezvous with their co-conspirator Lisa. After burying one of his deceased accompolices in the backyard, Simon is eerily haunted by images of of violence and horror from his lamentable past. Aroused by the spilling of fresh blood, a spectral axe-wielding psychopath and his undead minions mysteriously materialize; inflicting incessant physical and psychological torture upon Simon and his gang throughout the night, in a malevolent attempt attempt to possess their corrupted souls for eternity.

The feature debut from Springfield, Missouri based video director Ronnie Sortor (Ravage), Sinistre is an awe-inspiring, post-Tarantino, heist / haunted house mash up that instantly marked the emergence of a fresh and unique voice withing the ’90s SOV scene. A mix of manic action set pieces, nightmarish surrealism, and entrail ripping, head stomping gore courtesy of FX artist Mike Strain (You’re Next, V/H/S) Saturn’s Core is proud to present Sinistre in its first and definitive Blu-Ray edition, fully approved and supervised by director Ronnie Sortor.

STARRING: Daniel Skinner, Steve Kelly, J. Gregory Dollarhide, Marcia Carol Miller-Dollarhide

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Sharon / Terri’s Revenge (Drive-in Double Feature #13) Available February 22

DOUBLE FEATURE RELEASE OF TWO OF ZEBEDY COLT’S 1970’S “42ND STREET” GRINDHOUSE FEATURES ”SHARON” + ”TERRI’S REVENGE”.

Sharon: Pretty young country girl Sharon (Sharon Sanders) has a series of intimate adventures with a variety of different people, including friends, relatives and even strangers she’s just met.

Terri’s Revenge: Women who’ve been abused by men turn the tables and exact brutal revenge on the men who abused them. Their goal isn’t just an eye for an eye. It’s more like a head for an eye.

STARRING: Terri Hall, Sharon Sanders, Zebedy Colt

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The Scary of Sixty-First (2021) Available February 22

Noelle and Addie have just moved into a beautiful, though impossibly cheap, apartment on Manhattan’s prestigious Upper East Side. Not long after their arrival, Addie’s behavior drastically changes, as she begins to sleepwalk and speak in a strange child’s voice, much to the horror of her boyfriend Greg. Noelle, meanwhile, becomes intrigued by a mysterious young woman who inexplicably shows up at their apartment, who reveals that she believes the apartment was previously owned by infamous sex criminal and friend of government elites, Jeffrey Epstein. Determined to uncover the truth, Noelle joins the woman in her search; a journey which takes them deeper into the illicit and occult world of terrifying globalist conspiracies, where violence lurks at every turn.

With strong anti-establishment sensibilities, well executed social and political satire, plentiful sex and nudity, and a satisfyingly bleak and violent final act, writer/director/co-star Dasha Nekrasova’s The Scary Of Sixty-First is an unfiltered and wholly original, contemporary exploitation-horror film. Paying homage to 70s Euro-horror through its gel-heavy 16mm cinematography by Hunter Zimny and a throbbing score by Eli Keszler, Vinegar Syndrome Pictures is thrilled to present the worldwide home video debut of The Scary Of Sixty-First, in a special features loaded Blu-ray edition.

STARRING: Dasha Nekrasova, Betsey Brown, Madeline Quinn, Mark H. Rapaport

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Night of the Demon (1988) Available February 22

THE BIGFOOT BLOODBATH CLASSIC RESTORED UNCUT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Amid the gush of early ’80s low-budget backwoods horror, only one lost classic brought together softcore sex, hardcore violence, Satanic sex cults and a limb-tearing, gut-slinging, dick-ripping beast for “the best and bloodiest Bigfoot movie ever made.” (Buried.com): When a group of Anthropology students heads into the forest to investigate a series of Sasquatch attacks, they’ll discover a brain-blast of crazy hermits, mutilated Girl Scouts, interspecies copulation and “one of the goriest final scenes in the whole history of splatter flicks” (A Slash Above). Producer/co-writer Jim L. Ball and director James C. Wasson deliver “an anti-masterpiece that moves like a bullet, unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Mondo Digital) now scanned in 2K from the recently discovered 35mm answer print with over 5½ hours of Special Features on two discs.

STARRING: Michael Cutt, Joy Allen, Robert Collings

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The Monster of Camp Sunshine & Honeymoon of Terror Available February 22

The Monster Of Camp Sunshine: Shot by anonymous maniacs in New York, this is a trash-art berserker that feels like what would happen if a 1980s slasher was teleported inside of a 1960s nudist film. A nurse and fashion model head to Camp Sunshine for a weekend of fun, sun, and cigarettes. But little do they know that Hugo, the camp’s gardener, has been transformed into an axe-wielding psychopath after drinking radioactive water! Combining experimental visuals with camp flair, this is a crackpot time capsule featuring Monty Python-esque animation, someone named Ron Cheney, Jr., and, at the end, “a brief summary of the movie for those who wish to relive its magic moments.”

Honeymoon Of Terror: An early dreamscape from director Peter Perry (My Tale Is Hot), Honeymoon Of Terror (aka Ecstacy On Lovers’ Island) is a moody mash-up of horror chills and nudie thrills that feels like a Looney Tunes cartoon made for adults. Frank and Marion are newlyweds who embark on their honeymoon to Thunder Island, only to run afoul of a psychotic, club-footed lumberjack with a lust for violence!

STARRING: Various

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The Midnight Swim (2014) Available February 22

Spirit Lake is unusually deep. No diver has ever managed to find the bottom, though many have tried. When Dr. Amelia Brooks disappears during a deep-water dive, her three daughters travel home to settle her affairs. But when the half-sisters jokingly summon a local ghost, their relationship begins to unravel and they find themselves drawn deeper into the mysteries of the lake.

STARRING: Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Lafleur, Aleksa Palladino, Beth Grant, Ross Partridge

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Menopause (2021) Available February 22

A solar eclipse seems to be interfering with the menstrual cycle of women everywhere and wreaking havoc on their hormones. The result is a need to kill any and every man they see. Some women fight it, and some sink into it like a comfy couch. By the time the film is done, the body count is high, lots of blood has been spilled, and women everywhere become murder machines.

STARRING: Katie Raulersobn, Jenn Nobile, Suzanne Johnson, Lucas Tremper, Julia Wyrzuc

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Koko-di Koko-da (2019) Available February 22

Elin and Tobias are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past and fight for their lives. Over, and over, and over again.

STARRING: Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Katarina Jacobson

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Killing Spree (1987) Available February 22

Newlywed Tom Russo (Asbestos Felt) suspects his wife Leeza (Courtney Lercara from Slaughterhouse) is having sexual encounters with their suburban neighbors and visitors! Tom retaliates by launching a methodical and inventive campaign to murder the lovers, utilizing such unexpected devices as a “killer ceiling fan,” a TV set, an ordinary screwdriver, a hammer, and a lawn mower! But Tom’s victims don’t lie buried peacefully in his backyard…they’re coming back from the dead…FOR REVENGE

STARRING: Asbestos Felt, Courtney Lercara, Joel D. Wynkoop

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The Halfway House (2004) Available February 22

THE WORLDWIDE BLU-RAY PREMIERE OF THE UNCENSORED DIRECTOR’S CUT From writer/director/FX fabricator Kenneth J. Hall (Puppet Master, Evil Spawn, Carnosaur) comes the ultimate union of graphic gore, evil nuns, relentless nudity, sexual depravity, Lovecraftian carnage and unapologetically over-the-top exploitation bliss: When a missing teen’s sister goes undercover at Mary Magdalen Halfway House for Troubled Girls, she’ll expose an unholy conspiracy of pervy priests, bonehead cops, aggressive lesbians and a secret dungeon where naked runaways are sacrificed to a one-eyed Cthulhu. Janet Tracy Keijser (Schism), FX legend Cleve Hall (Monster Man) and national treasure Mary Woronov (Eating Raoul, Rock & Roll High School) star in this “incredibly wild ride with everything you could want in a B-movie” (Video Zeta One), now on Blu-ray for the first time ever.

STARRING: Janet Tracy Keijser, Cleve Hall, Mary Woronov

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Girlfriend From Hell (1989) Available February 22

It’s a blind date from HELL… when awkward Maggie (Liane Curtis, Critters 2) gets possessed by the Devil! In human form, she is free to feast on the souls of any men who cross her path, as long as she doesn’t get caught by womanizer and inter-dimensional bounty hunter, Chaser (Dana Ashbrook, Twin Peaks). Featuring Lezlie Deane (Freddy’s Dead) as Maggie’s best friend.

STARRING: Dana Ashbrook, Liane Curtis, Lezlie Deane, James Daughton

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