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Here’s a review of this week’s comic and movie releases and premieres!
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Friday Review: January 12, 2024
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Here’s a review of this week’s comic and movie releases and premieres!
Read more “Friday Review: January 12, 2024”Strange Invaders (1983) (Limited Edition) (Import) Available April 5
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Inspired by Sci-Fi films from the 50s, comes a terrifying story of alien invasion starring Nancy Allen (RoboCop). When Professor Bigelow’s wife abruptly leaves him to return to her hometown, he has no idea that following her there would pull him into a close encounter with something otherworldly. And quite possibly sinister.The follow up film to the cult classic Strange Behavior (1981).1500 copies only.
STARRING: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, Louise Fletcher
Read more “Strange Invaders (1983) (Limited Edition) (Import) Available April 5”Ravagers (1979) (Import) Available April 5
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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!This harrowing post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi sees Richard Harris (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) and Ernest Borgnine (McHale’s Navy) fight off a murderous breed of mutant creatures.In the aftermath of a global catastrophe where lawless bands roam the earth and terrorize what is left of society, a man named Falk lives in a deserted steel mill with his wife, who is raped and killed by a gang of hoods. Seeking vengeance, Falk becomes a vigilante.Based on the 1966 novel Path to Savagery by Robert Edmond Alter.1500 copies only.
STARRING: Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Turkel
Read more “Ravagers (1979) (Import) Available April 5”Friday Review: December 29, 2023
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Here’s a review of this week’s comic and movie releases and premieres!
Read more “Friday Review: December 29, 2023”Friday Review: December 22, 2023
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Here’s a review of this week’s comic and movie releases and premieres!
Read more “Friday Review: December 22, 2023”Hammer Horror Vol. 2 (Import) Available January 26
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Movies:
Shadow Of The Cat
Night Creatures
Phantom Of The Opera
STARRING: Various
Read more “Hammer Horror Vol. 2 (Import) Available January 26”Audition (1999) (Import) Available January 26
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A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
STARRING: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
Read more “Audition (1999) (Import) Available January 26”The Mist (2007) (Import) Available December 29
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After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
STARRING: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Frank Darabont
Read more “The Mist (2007) (Import) Available December 29”Gate / Gate II: The Trespassers (Limited All-Region) (Import) Available December 29
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The Gate (1987)
The 80’s horror classic comes to Blu-ray for the first time in Australia! Starring Stephen Dorff (Blade, The Power Of One). Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
The Gate II: The Trespassers (1990)
It’s been five years since Terry’s friend Glen discovered The Gate to hell in his backyard. Glen has now moved away and Terry begins practicing rituals in Glen’s old house and eventually bringing back demons through The Gate and leading to demoniac possession and near world domination.
STARRING: Various
Read more “Gate / Gate II: The Trespassers (Limited All-Region) (Import) Available December 29”A Haunted House (2013) (Import) Available December 22
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Young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) have just moved into their dream home. As they settle in, they learn that they’re not alone — not because the house is haunted, but because Kisha is possessed by a demon. Desperate to salvage his relationship — and more importantly — his sex life — Malcolm hires a coterie of paranormal specialists, which includes a priest and ghost busters, to banish the unwelcome intruder from Kisha’s body.
STARRING: Marlon Wayans, Marlene Forte, Essence Atkins, David Koechner, Dave Sheridan
Read more “A Haunted House (2013) (Import) Available December 22”Black Friday (2021) (Import) Available December 22
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A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
STARRING: Devon Sawa, Ivana Baquero, Ryan Lee
Read more “Black Friday (2021) (Import) Available December 22”High Tension (2003) (Limited All-Region UHD Boxset) (Import) Available February 2
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A weekend away visiting parents becomes a living nightmare for Alex and her best friend Marie when a deranged killer breaks in, slaughters family members and kidnaps Alex. Hiding to evade capture, Marie sets off on a white knuckle pursuit to save her friend.
STARRING: Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon
Read more “High Tension (2003) (Limited All-Region UHD Boxset) (Import) Available February 2”Andy Warhol’s Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) (Import) Available January 15
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Baron Frankenstein creates two “zombies” – one male, one female – planning to mate them in order to create a master race.
STARRING: Srdjan Zelenovic, Arno Juerging, Monique Van Vooren, Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro
Read more “Andy Warhol’s Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) (Import) Available January 15”Andy Warhol’s Blood for Dracula (1974) (Import) Available January 15
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An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.
STARRING: Arno Juerging, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Joe Dallesandro, Stefano Oppedisano
Read more “Andy Warhol’s Blood for Dracula (1974) (Import) Available January 15”Stigmata (1999) (Import) Available December 15
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When a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.
STARRING: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Thomas Kopache
Read more “Stigmata (1999) (Import) Available December 15”Ribspreader (2022) (Import) Available December 15
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Decades after his career as a tobacco advertising icon, Bryan Burns’ (Tommy Darwin) life is in ruins. After his mother dies of lung cancer, he is tormented by a talking cigarette on an anti-smoking billboard. He snaps and transforms into the Ribspreader, a killer stalking the city, extinguishing smokers and cutting out their lungs to make his macabre smoking jacket
STARRING: Tommy Darwin, Marni Russo, Neil Foley
Read more “Ribspreader (2022) (Import) Available December 15”Monkey Shines (1988) (Import) Available December 15
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A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.
STARRING: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest
Read more “Monkey Shines (1988) (Import) Available December 15”The Wraith (1986) (Import) Available November 24
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The 1986 cult favourite sci-fi action film from director Mike Marvin and starring Charlie Sheen (The Arrival), on Blu-ray for the first time in Australia. Featuring a soundtrack chock full of 80s legends including Robert Palmer, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Bonnie Tyler and Billy Idol!
Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can ‘win’ their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie’s girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie’s sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn’t; eliminate Packard’s criminal gang the hard way…
STARRING: Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn
Read more “The Wraith (1986) (Import) Available November 24”The New York Ripper (1982) (Lo Squartatore Di New York) (Uncut Edition) (Import) Available November 24
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A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
STARRING: Alexandra Delli Colli, Paolo Malco, Jack Hedley, Almanta Keller, Howard Ross
Read more “The New York Ripper (1982) (Lo Squartatore Di New York) (Uncut Edition) (Import) Available November 24”Communion (1989) (Special Edition) (Import) Available November 24
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This 1989 science fiction horror is based on the book by Whitley Strieber, and stars Academy and SAG Award winning actor Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter, The Dead Zone). Strieber says the story is a real-life account of his own encounter with alien “visitors”…
Directed by Australian artist Philippe Mora, and finally available on Blu-ray for the first time in Australia!
Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. While there, the group experiences some weird occurrences… is it UFO activity? Whitley is abducted and then faces a horrible dilemma – was he abducted or is he going mad? He sees a psychiatrist who tries to use hypnotic regression to discover the truth.
STARRING: Christopher Walken, Lindsay Crouse, Frances Sternhagen
Read more “Communion (1989) (Special Edition) (Import) Available November 24”The Wraith / The Arrival (Import) Available November 17
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The Wraith: Packard Walsh and his motorized gang control and terrorize an Arizona desert town where they force drivers to drag-race so they can ‘win’ their vehicles. After Walsh beats the decent teenager Jamie Hankins to death after finding him with his girlfriend, a mysterious power creates Jake Kesey, an extremely cool motor-biker who has a car which is invincible. Jake befriends Jamie’s girlfriend Keri Johnson, takes Jamie’s sweet brother Bill under his wing and manages what Sheriff Loomis couldn’t; eliminate Packard’s criminal gang the hard way…
The Arrival: Zane Zaminsky is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
STARRING: Various
Read more “The Wraith / The Arrival (Import) Available November 17”R.L. Stine Collection (Import) Available November 17
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5-disc set containing 5 spook-tacular family movies based on the stories of R.L. stine, the writer of Goosebumps.
STARRING: Various
Read more “R.L. Stine Collection (Import) Available November 17”The Andromeda Strain (2008) (Special Edition) (Import) Available November 24
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This 2008 science fiction miniseries, based on the 1969 novel of the same name written by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), was produced by Ridley Scott (Alien) and Tony Scott (Top Gun), and stars Benjamin Bratt (Law and Order), Eric McCormack (Will and Grace) and Viola Davis (The Help).
When a mysterious virus is brought to earth by a returning satellite, an elite and dedicated squad of scientists assembles to search for the truth and stop the mutating killer before it ends life on earth.
STARRING: Eric McCormack, Benjamin Bratt, Christa Miller, Daniel Dae Kim, Viola Davis
Read more “The Andromeda Strain (2008) (Special Edition) (Import) Available November 24”Firestarter Collection (Import) Available November 17
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Firestarter (1984): As youths, Andy McGee and his future wife, Vicky, participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple’s daughter, Charlie, begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as “The Shop.”
Firestarter 2: Rekindled: Charlene “Charlie” McGee has spent the past 10 years on the run from the unscrupulous government agents who created her. Now she’s through running and has decided to reclaim her life. A showdown is inevitable, and Charlie’s only chance for survival lies in a turncoat government agent and a half-mad professor named Richardson.
STARRING: Various
Read more “Firestarter Collection (Import) Available November 17”Pandemic (2016) (Import) Available November 10
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A New York doctor travels with her team to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic.
STARRING: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle
Read more “Pandemic (2016) (Import) Available November 10”The Hybrid (2014) (Import) Available November 10
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An elite team of mercenaries is hired for a covert operation, deep inside a former Soviet state. Arriving at an underground laboratory, their mission is to secure specimens of genetically engineered human and alien hybrids. Battling with a ferocious armed militia as well as dark, menacing creatures, the odds of survival are stacked against them.
STARRING: John Lynch, Morjana Alaoui, Craig Conway
Read more “The Hybrid (2014) (Import) Available November 10”The Devil’s Hand (2014) (Import) Available November 10
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When young girls start to go missing within a religious cult, older followers fear a long-told prophecy while the younger members suspect abusive elders are killing them off.
STARRING: Jennifer Carpenter, Rufus Sewell, Colm Meaney
Read more “The Devil’s Hand (2014) (Import) Available November 10”Messiah of Evil (1974) (Import) Available November 3
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A woman arrives in a sleepy seaside town after receiving unsettling letters from her father, only to discover the town is under the influence of a strange cult that weeps tears of blood and hunger for human flesh. From Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, the writers of American Grafitti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Howard the Duck, this dreamy and atmospheric film transposes the post-Night of the Living Dead zombie movie to a surreal small-town American setting, presented through gorgeous Techniscope visuals that echo the stylish European horror of Mario Bava and Hammer.
A true cult film, Messiah of Evil, which was also released as Dead People, has overcome distribution challenges to enjoy growing awareness and high acclaim after decades of word-of-mouth enthusiasm among horror cinema fans and critics around the world.
STARRING: Marianna Hill, Elisha Cook Jr, Michael Greer, Joy Bang, Anitra Ford
Read more “Messiah of Evil (1974) (Import) Available November 3”Child’s Play Collection (Import) Available December 22
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YOU JUST CAN’T KEEP A GOOD GUY DOWN!
From his very first outing in 1988, Chucky the pint-sized, plastic ‘Good Guy’ doll has managed to carve out a unique and enduring legacy while trying his (plastic) hand at some truly creative, blood-soaked mayhem!
In Tom Holland (Fright Night)’s Child’s Play, a young Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent) receives his very own Good Guy doll. Unluckily for both him and his mother Karen (Catherine Hicks), “Chucky” happens to contain the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), and causes chaos for Andy and those around him, leaving a trail of corpses in his wake. In Child’s Play 2, Chucky returns in full mini-monster mode, terrorising Andy further in a sinister game of hide-and-seek. Child’s Play 3 sees a teenaged Andy (Justin Whalin) dealing with both military school and a recently resurrected Chucky.
In Ronny Yu’s Bride of Chucky, the doll with a killer personality returns and continues his murderous spree alongside his love, Tiffany Valentine (Jennifer Tilly). Series creator Don Mancini makes his directorial debut in Seed of Chucky, where Chucky and Tiffany continue their wicked antics after being resurrected by their living-doll child, Glen (Billy Boyd). Nine years later, Chucky chooses Nica (Fiona Dourif) and her family to torture in Mancini’s Curse of Chucky, followed swiftly by Cult of Chucky, in which Nica faces the Good Guy once more with a little help from a grown-up Andy Barclay (Vincent).
Featuring brand new 4K restorations of the sequels with recent cast and crew interviews as well as Kyra Elise Gardner’s behind the scenes documentary Living with Chucky, you don’t want to miss this toybox of terror from Arrow Video! Wanna play?
STARRING: Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks, Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Christine Elise, Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, Redman, John Waters, Billy Boyd, Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Allison Dawn Doiron
Read more “Child’s Play Collection (Import) Available December 22”