An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder.
STARRING: Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Robert Knepper, Michael Lombardi, Tommy Lee
Read more “The Retaliators (2021) Available February 21”Legends of a prehistoric creature, the link between man and beast, send American scientists on an expedition through the Himalayas. Their search for the Yeti leads them on a treacherous path through the mountains as the creature sets brutal traps to halt their pursuit. During a tense showdown deep within a cave, the team is able to capture one of the beasts. When the Yeti is brought to Los Angeles, the enraged monster breaks free from his cage. Striking from the concealment of the sewers, the beast unleashes his fury on the city. Acts of menace and destruction multiply as the police attempt to subdue the creature. Their pursuit leads to a violent confrontation with this bestial ancestor of man.
STARRING: Paul Langton, Leslie Denison, Teru Shimada, Robert Kino
Read more “The Snow Creature (1954) Available February 14”During a psychoanalytic session, a psychologist suggests her patient to go into a specialized clinic, but her suggestion unleashes the mysterious fellow’s latent madness.
STARRING: Sharon Alessandri, Federico Amorosi, Nikol Brown, Federica Carpico, Tony Cimarosa
Read more “Lust for Blood Available February 14”A madman drags one beautiful woman after another into his dank labyrinth of horror beneath the murky canals of Venice. The girls are then embalmed by the skull-masked monster who places the corpses on display as captive zombies in an underwater tomb. Andreas, a reporter, is investigating the disappearances. Unable to convince the police that the missing girls are victims of a maniac, he probes deeper into the cases. Donning scuba gear, the killer stalks his prey, once again sending an innocent girl to her death in his subterranean lair. A nubile young woman accidentally discovers the grisly secret of the Embalmer, sealing her fate and perhaps that of Andreas as well!
Alternately titled The Monster Of Venice, The Embalmer was frequently paired with the equally lurid chillers The Corpse Grinders and The Undertaker & His Pals for a triple feature that played the drive-in circuit in the late ’60s. Movie-goers were asked to sign an “assurance certificate,” indemnifying the theater and producers against death by fright or insanity resulting from viewing the pictures.
STARRING: Maureen Lidgard Brown, Gin Mart, Anita Todesco
Read more “The Embalmer (1965) Available February 14”Fleur is stuck in a repetitive nightmare, reliving a traumatic event from a wild pool party gone terribly wrong.
STARRING: Charlotte De Wulf, Felix Meyer, Bram Verrecas, Tine Roggeman, Aaron Roggeman
Read more “Deadly Lust Available February 14”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: February 7, 2023”#horror – #horrormovies – #MidnightSon – #JingaFilmsLtd – @JingaFilms –
Midnight Son is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
STARRING: Larry Cedar, Maya Parish, Joe D. Jonz, Juanita Jennings, Kevin Mccorkle
Read more “Midnight Son (2011) Available June 27”#horror – #horrormovies – #MeathookMassacre4 – #WildEyeReleasing – @WildEyeMovies –
On their way to Vegas, a group of friends celebrating a birthday get into an accident and end up going the VERY wrong way while looking for help.
STARRING: Brinke Stevens, Robert Lankford, Drew Marvick
Read more “Meathook Massacre 4 (2018) Available May 30”#horror – #horrormovies – #MeathookMassacre3FirstHunt – #WildEyeReleasing – @WildEyeMovies –
This prequel tells the story of a young Bubba Fleischer and his sadistic family in the Texas backwoods as they take him on his First Hunt.
STARRING: Liane Langford, Robert Lankford, Leah Gradney
Read more “Meathook Massacre 3: First Hunt (2017) Available May 30”#horror – #horrormovies – #HellOfTheScreamingUndead – #WildEyeReleasing – @WildEyeMovies –
Two ex-convicts kidnap two women and take refuge in a museum overnight during a zombie outbreak in Los Angeles.
STARRING: Lynn Lowry, Robert Allen Mukes, Mel Novak
Read more “Hell Of The Screaming Undead (2021) Available May 30”A look back at the grindhouse horrors of the 70s and 80s.
STARRING: Brinke Stevens, Lynn Lowry, John Dugan
Read more “Stale Popcorn And Sticky Floors (2020) Available May 16”From the SRS Cinema Nightmare Fuel Line! In a dystopian future, a mysterious nurse tries to repair the neural system of a sick android by transferring five repair files. Each file corresponds to a terrifying story where technology dominates humanity in different ways. Scary aliens, terrific mutations, extreme surgeries, a beautiful girl caught by tentacles from another world and much more will assault your senses in this movie inspired by 80’s/90’s Japanese splatter punk cinema.
STARRING: Ivan Brusa, Marco Cinque, Giacomo Clerici
Read more “Re-flesh (2022) Available May 16”10 years after the events of the original film, a rash of new meathook-murders makes Dan suspect this may be the same Killer responsible for the death of his twin Sister and her friends. Taking matters into his own hands he tracks down the maniac in an underground cavern and not only comes face-to-face with the meathook wielding mongoloid, but his entire sadistic family as well!
STARRING: Dawna Lee Heising, Deborah Dutch, Clint Beaver
Read more “Meathook Massacre 2 (2017) Available May 16”Three young women encounter car trouble on the way to a Dragonsclaw concert during a rainstorm. They are forced to go seek help, where one by bloody one they are attacked by a masked maniac and hung on meathooks.
STARRING: Danielle Brookshire, Robert Lankford, Breana Mitchell
Read more “Meathook Massacre (2015) Available May 16”Follow the owners of the infamous Maison de la petite mort during their daily work. After the shocking events in part one, you’ll never guess what the new owner Monsieur Matheo Maximè is up to. Torturing for money at it’s very – worst.
STARRING: Mika Metz, Annika Strauss, Ryan Nicholson, Uwe Boll, Mike Mendez
Read more “La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes (2014) Available May 16”Another popular SRS Retro Release! Christmas, the near future: terrorist attacks have turned North America into a police state. Strange murders have begun to plague the capital city. The police chief assigns two officers to look into the disappearance of a young fashion model – and the officers themselves promptly disappear. Fearing for the reputation of his department and hoping that he can make two of his problems take care of each other, the chief enlists the aid of a trio of troublesome private detectives he deems expendable. The group’s investigation leads them to an evasive fashion designer and his circle of enigmatic models. What they uncover is not just a simple murder, but a complex web of corruption, mass killing, deceit…and cannibalism. But this threat does not come from without…it comes from within…
STARRING: Tamara Barnard, Stephan Bourke, Fiona Eden-Walker
Read more “Binge And Purge (2002) Available May 16”Originally released in 1997, Two Orphan Vampires (Les Deux orphelines vampires) finds Jean Rollin, the master of the fantastique, returning to the vampire genre with which he had made his name.
By day, blind orphans Henriette and Louise seem to be the picture of innocence. But when darkness falls, their sight returns, and they wander the streets of Paris, encountering the city’s strange nocturnal denizens, and leaving a trail of corpses in their quest for fresh blood.
Featuring startling performances from novice leads Alexandre Pic and Isabelle Teboul, alongside Tina Aumont (Modesty Blaise) and Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (The Shiver of the Vampires) and Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Two Orphan Vampires is a beautiful and melancholy summation of Rollin’s unique and arresting style.
STARRING: Alexandra Pic, Isabelle Teboul, Natalie Perrey, Brigitte Lahaie, Tina Aumont
Read more “Two Orphan Vampires (1997) (US Limited Edition Blu-ray) Available April 25”Jean Rollin’s third feature film, 1971’s The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des vampires), established themes and visual motifs to which he would return throughout his career, blending horror, passion, fairy tale, and surrealism to create his unique cinema of the fantastique.
Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realize that they are the prey of the resident vampires…
With performances from Sandra Julien (I Am Frigid… Why?) and Marie-Pierre Castel (Lips of Blood), ravishing cinematography from Rollin’s regular collaborator Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampiresis regarded as one of Rollin’s greatest films.
STARRING: Sandra Julien, Jean-Marie Durand, Jacques Robiolles, Michel Delahaye, Marie-Pierre Castel
Read more “The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) (US Limited Edition Blu-ray) Available April 25”Passions are aroused and old wounds reopened in this sassy post-Scream teen slasher based on the urban legend of “The Hook”.
A steamy secret tryst that was brutally cut short on Valentine’s Day an unlucky thirteen years ago comes back to haunt the teens who linger around the lovers lane where the double slaying took place. The County Sheriff Tom Anderson (Matt Riedy) has just about come to terms with the fact that it was his wife who died in another man’s car on that fateful night. His daughter Mandy (Erin J. Dean), who as a four-year-old saw her mother’s corpse carried away from the scene, has a different take on things. It doesn’t help that her classmate Michael (Riley Smith) lost his father to the same hook-handed homicidal maniac in that night’s incident. To cap it all off, as another Valentine’s Day comes round, reports come through that the man arrested as “The Hook” has just bust out of his asylum.
Prepare yourself for the ultimate hook up in a scream-a-minute rollercoaster that marked the film debut of Anna Faris (the Scary Movie series; Lost in Translation).
STARRING: Erin J. Dean, Diedre Kilgore, Carter Roy
Read more “Lovers Lane (1999) (Special Edition) Available April 25”Magnus (Keir Dullea) and Julia Lofting (Mia Farrow) have a happy marriage until one morning when their daughter Kate (Sophie Ward) begins choking. Unsure what to do, Julia attempts a tracheotomy, inadvertently causing Kate’s death. Julia heads to a sanitarium to recover, and when Magnus asks that she come home, she prefers to buy a new house in London and live alone there. Magnus frets over Julia’s sanity, while Julia becomes convinced that her house is haunted by the spirit of a little girl.
STARRING: Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Robin Gammell, Jill Bennett
Read more “The Haunting of Julia (1977) (Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) Available April 18”If they hear you, they hunt you. In this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller, a family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Knowing that even the slightest whisper or footstep can bring death, Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and Lee (John Krasinski) Abbott are determined to find a way to protect their children at all costs while they desperately search for a way to fight back. Hailed by critics and audiences around the world, experience the must-see movie of the year.
STARRING: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski
Read more “A Quiet Place (2018) Available April 11”Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, and Wallace Beery star as explorers who learn that dinosaurs still exist in South America. Of course, the expedition can’t end without them trying to bring a prehistoric creature back to London, which results in catastrophe. This was the first full-length feature film to utilize stop-motion animation in the creation of its creatures. The painstaking process perfectly enables us to see the mighty prehistoric monsters clash with modern lovers in a most remarkable story of love, romance, and amazing adventure!
STARRING: Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone
Read more “The Lost World (1925) Available April 11”A group of researchers travel into the future to escape the impending apocalypse. They find the Idaho region, and possibly the world, has been affected by some sort of disaster, leaving few survivors. Facing the unknown they search for signs of life only to find a train filled with bagged bodies. Further discoveries leave them feeling hopeless for humanity’s future. They also learn that time travel takes a toll on their own bodies.
STARRING: Keith Carradine, Caroline Hildebrand, Kelly Bohanon, Kevin Hearst
Read more “Idaho Transfer (1973) Available April 11”Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson to you and your family from beginning to end.
STARRING: Gildart Jackson
Read more “Fireside Reading of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2022) Available April 11”Academy Award® Winner Kim Basinger stars as Maggie O’Connor, a single woman whose life revolves around her career as a nurse—until the surprise appearance of her sister her newborn baby girl, Cody. When her sister suddenly disappears, Maggie is left to raise Cody, an autistic child, by herself. But after her sister returns with a mysterious cult leader and abducts Cody, Maggie discovers that the child possesses extraordinary powers, powers that forces of evil have waited centuries to control. Together with an FBI specialist in occult-related crimes (Jimmy Smits), Maggie races to save the life of the innocent girl who may hold the key to save mankind.
STARRING: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Christina Ricci, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm
Read more “Bless the Child (2000) Available April 11”Surviving contestants are reunited in the ultimate game to win 10 million dollars. Only one contestant will survive and claim the prize as the others fall to the dinosaurs!
STARRING: Chrissie Wunna, Giedre Jackyte, Marcus Massey, Osian Dixon
Read more “Dinosaur Hotel: The Next Level Available April 4”WORLDWIDE DISC PREMIERE OF THE ACCLAIMED ITALIAN TV ANTHOLOGY
In 1981, RAI-TV presented six hour-long films based on stories by 19th century horror/fantasy authors from such directors as Giulio Questi (Django, Kill!), Marcello Aliprandi (A WHISPER IN THE DARK) and Giovanna Gagliardo (Street Of Mirrors), starring actors that included Veronica Lario (Tenebre), Saverio Vallone (Anthropophagous) and Stefano Madia (The Devil’s Honey). But it was the mini-series’ second episode that remains its most celebrated: The final work of legendary director Mario Bava – and the debut of his son Lamberto Bava as co-director – La Venere D’ille/The Venus Of Ille stars Daria Nicolodi (Deep Red) and Marc Porel (Don’t Torture A Duckling) in an elegantly chilling tale of supernatural love. Five episodes have been sourced from broadcast masters, with Bava’s swan song restored from a 16mm print discovered in the RAI vault by film preservationists Simone Starace and the late Michele De Angelis.
STARRING: Veronica Lario, Saverio Vallone, Stefano Madia
Read more “The Devil’s Game (1981) (2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray) Available March 28”THE NORTH AMERICAN DISC PREMIERE OF LUIGI COZZI’S FIRST FILM IN 27 YEARS! (PLUS TWO BONUS FEATURE FILMS!)
For his first narrative feature in 27 years, the legendary Luigi Cozzi (Paganini Horror, The Black Cat) wrote, directed and stars as himself in this insane supernatural sci-fi splatter mystery: When an obsessive fan’s visit triggers a brutal murder in Luigi’s Profondo Rosso store/museum, Cozzi’s phantasmagoric freakout will include vanished inventors, alternate dimensions, cursed books, lost films, bizarre pajamas and his own reputation as ‘the Italian Ed Wood’, with appearances by Lamberto Bava, Barbara Magnolfi (Suspiria), screenwriter Antonio Tentori (Cat In The Brain), best-selling author Giulio Leoni and Dario Argento. As a bonus, this collection also includes Cozzi’s charming 2018 children’s adventure The Little Wizards Of Oz and Fantasticozzi, the revealing documentary on Cozzi’s incomparable life and career.
STARRING: Luigi Cozzi, Lamberto Bava, Barbara Magnolfi, Dario Argento
Read more “Blood On Méliès’ Moon (2016) (2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray) Available March 28”One classroom holds an unspeakable secret. In the spring of 1998, 15-year-old Koichi Sakakibara goes to live with his grandmother in the mountain city of Yomiyama. Soon after moving, he’s sent to the hospital because of a recurring illness. While recovering, he sees a mysterious girl in a school uniform with an eye patch. But she only leaves him with cryptic words in front of the basement morgue. After his recovery, he starts Junior High School. When he steps into the class, he sees Mei Misaki, the girl from the hospital. Her presence begins to trouble Koichi, because his classmates and teachers all act as though Mei doesn’t exist.
STARRING: Kento Yamazaki
Read more “Another (2012) Available March 28”A new mother (Oona Chaplin) discovers a lullaby in an ancient book and regards the song as a blessing. But her world transforms into a nightmare when the lullaby brings forth the ancient demon Lilith.
STARRING: Oona Chaplin, Ramón Rodríguez, Liane Balaban, Mary Ann Stevens
Read more “Lullaby (2022) Available March 21”
