Six ex-classmates decide to spend some holidays together in a manor house in the countryside. Very soon, the jovial mood progressively deteriorates as strange paranormal phenomena start to happen.
STARRING: Giovanni Araneo, Aran Bertetto, Giovanni Guidelli, Jennifer Mischiati, Marco Quaglia
Known for his impressively eclectic filmography and for helping to launch the careers of several young Hollywood stars of the 80s and 90s, Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, St. Elmo’s Fire) tackles the existential question that, at one time or another, haunts us all: what awaits us after we die?
At the University Hospital School of Medicine, five ambitious students subject themselves to a daring experiment: to temporarily induce their own deaths, hoping to glimpse the afterlife before being brought back to life. But as competition within the group intensifies and their visions of the world beyond increasingly bleed into their waking lives, they’re about to learn that the greatest threat comes not from the spirit world but from the long-suppressed secrets of their own pasts…
The first foray into sound filmmaking by one of cinema’s pivotal artists, VAMPYR remains a cornerstone work of the horror genre. The dreamlike tale of an occult-obsessed student’s visit to a small French village, as he is drawn into the unsettling mystery around a stricken family’s struggle with malevolent forces, remains an unparalleled evocation of the uncanny.
Adapting the haunted stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, Carl Th. Dreyer’s ceaseless innovation delivers a tour-de-force of supernatural phantasmagoria and creeping unease, via audacious camerawork and sound design.
Ted Lonergan thought he had quit the force to pursue a career as a writer. But when someone – or something – begins stalking and viciously killing the residents of Los Angeles, Ted is asked to lend his expertise in uncovering the mystery assailant. However, things aren’t as simple as they appear, as Ted discovers that the predator he’s after is in fact a first of its kind, and a rapidly evolving genetically mutated organism known as the Syngenor. Enlisting the help of Sherry Carpenter, a scientist specializing in genetics, the unlikely duo start tracking the tedious mutant in the hope of destroying it before the body count continues to rise or even worse: before it breeds.
Trailer for the Medieval Horror movie “The Haunting of the Tower of London” from writer/director Charlie Steeds (An English Haunting, Death Ranch) Out on UK DVD & Digital June 27th
In the early 70s, independent filmmakers based in the American south found a fruitful way to make a living in low budget horror movies destined for the drive-in market. Reveling in lurid and absurd concepts, these films are just as much windows into the cultures which bred them as they are wild rides into the most outlandish areas of exploitation cinema. Vinegar Syndrome’s Drive-In Collection presents these two classics of regional horror together on Blu-ray for the first time.
Rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, Madeleine (sexploitation superstar, Christina Lindberg) lives an isolated existence in her parents’ farmhouse. Missing the bus on her way to town one day, Madeleine accepts a lift from a wealthy and charming stranger named Tony. What starts off as an innocent meeting soon takes a nightmarish turn when Madeleine learns that Tony is really a sadistic pimp on the make, who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket by forcing her to become dependent on heroin. After refusing to service a client, Tony punishes Madeleine by violently blinding her in one eye, forcing her to wear an eyepatch. Despite her limited means, Madeleine secretly saves money to undergo karate and weapons training behind Tony’s back. Once she reaches lethal proficiency, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors…
Abandoned follows the sharply intense lives of a mother, father, and infant son as they move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, tragic history.
Starring: Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr., with Michael Shannon
Tech tycoon, Clay Amani, retreats to an off the grid location in search of meaning and peace, with disconnected siblings and their offspring, only to be caught in a bone-chilling killing spree within his new estate.
Lilith could have been the first woman of humanity but, instead, she was expelled from heaven and doomed forever for opposing the patriarchal system of the kingdom of heaven. Now she is back – with her servants and her thirst for vengeance to destroy the order created by God and the Devil.
In a city riddled with corruption, drugs and gangs, a veteran cop is murdered by a vicious kingpin, sparking a brutal crime wave. Only one man can stop the bloodshed – a brutal, motorcycle riding vigilante bent on bloody revenge called Homicycle – now picking off the killers one by one. Armed with an arsenal from Hell, he’s cleaning the streets by decapitation, nail gun and motorcycle madness! Is he a gun-toting savior on a path of righteous redemption, or is he literally HELL ON WHEELS?
A Musical Comedy with GUTS! In an alternate Edwardian England infested by zombies, a professor of phonetics attempts to teach a zombie woman to be a proper English lady with hilarious and gore soaked results! Very loosely based on the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Sophia, a wounded soldier, suspects the medical facility the military placed her in isn’t really for her recovery, but something far more devious. Codenamed Harmony, the facility is in fact a government program to create telepathy.
After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and lured as bait for a demon lurking in the building’s underbelly.
Eight rare and/or never before seen shot-on-video shorts from the collection of Byron C. Miller. Includes:
The Creeps – All-new cut of rare, SOV, made in high school in 95, horror anthology comedy. Directed, Shot, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Restored from the original VHS raw footage with new songs and score. With commentary by Byron C. Miller and co-creator Ryan Henry.
It Thing – never before released, SOV, made in high school in 94, horror short film. co-Directed, co-written, co-starring, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Terror in the Woods – rare, SOV, made in high school in 93, slasher/comedy short. Co-Written, co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller.
The Slaughter – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, slasher short. CoDirected, Co-Written, Edited by Byron C. Miller.
The Closet Monster – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, monster movie. Co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller.
The Possessed – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, demonic possession short. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Trailers – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, trailer clip show. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Fragments – never before seen, SOV, made in January 1989, first attempts by Byron C. Miller to make horror movies with his dad’s camcorder.
A woman’s carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she’s evaded for two decades.
After a night of partying on the beach, a group of spring breakers steal jet skis and head out to sea. But the fun quickly turns to horror after a head-on collision leaves them injured, bleeding and stranded in shark-infested waters fighting for their survival.
In Studio 666, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.
STARRING: Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett
A disgraced whistle-blower is convinced that his unscrupulous employers are to blame for his daughter’s deadly illness. Are the dark forces all in Josh’s head, or has he stumbled onto a terrifying league of evil?
STARRING: Paul Statman, Josh Eisenberg, Jennifer Churchich, Angela Nicholas, Richard Wagner
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
STARRING: Martin Henderson, Jenna Ortega, Mia Goth, Brittany Snow, Scott Mescudi
Umma, which is the Korean word for “mother,” follows Amanda (Sandra Oh) and her daughter (Fivel Stewart) living a quiet life on an American farm. When the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.