When a cursed Egyptian sarcophagus falls into corrupt hands, the new owner becomes obsessed with the preserved mummified princess within and concocts a scheme to bring her back to life. The only problem – to do so requires human blood.
STARRING: Chris Bell, Rafe Bird, Melvyn Rawlinson, Natalie Rayner, Raven Lee
Read more “The Mummy Resurrection (2022) Available February 21”At the height of the Italian giallo boom of the early 1970s, scores of filmmakers turned their hand to crafting their own unique takes on these lurid murder-mysteries. This volume of Giallo Essentials presents three distinctly different but equally thrilling examples of genre, featuring some of European cult cinema’s most recognizable faces.
In The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, director Emilio P. Miraglia (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) melds the giallo’s trademark twisty whodunit storytelling with gothic chills, as troubled aristocrat Alan Cunningham (Anthony Steffen, Django the Bastard) is haunted by the specter of his dead wife Evelyn, and the gruesome and untimely deaths of several members of his family. Next, Riccardo Freda’s (Double Face) The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire finds tough ex-cop John Norton (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) drafted in to catch the acid-throwing, razor-wielding maniac who’s terrorizing the streets of Dublin. Finally, Sergio Martino’s (Torso) The Suspicious Death of a Minor melds giallo trappings with elements of the then flourishing poliziotteschi crime thrillers, as undercover cop Paolo Germi (Claudio Cassinelli, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?) hunts a Milanese criminal outfit following the brutal murder of a teenage prostitute.
Brutal violence, globe-trotting intrigue and abundant sleaze collide in these three quintessential gialli, each one fully restored from its original camera negative and presented alongside an array of incisive bonus features.
STARRING: Anthony Steffen, Erika Blanc, Luigi Pistilli, Dagmar Lassander, Claudio Cassinelli
Read more “Giallo Essentials White Edition (3-Disc Limited Edition) Available February 14”An eclipse blocks out the sun, blackening the skies on a hot summer day – harbinger of the darkness that will envelop Diana when a serial killer chooses her as prey.
STARRING: Asia Argento, Ilena Pastorelli, Andrea Gherpelli, Maria Rosa Russo, Mario Pirrello
Read more “Dark Glasses (2022) Available February 14”A group of troubled teen girls and their teacher must fight for survival after discovering a cult has brought Humpty Dumpty, a killer doll, back to life and set loose on the camp where they are staying.
STARRING: Georgina Jane, Bao Tieu, Matt Baunsgard, Gillian Broderick
Read more “The Cult of Humpty Dumpty Available February 14”The son of a brilliant NASA scientist must enlist in Earth’s final mission to space in the hopes of finding his long-lost father as well as the new home for Mankind.
STARRING: Tim Llewellyn, Tom Zembrod, Michael Dooley
Read more “Andromeda (2022) Available February 14”In this action-packed horror comedy, three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. After their once peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, their scouting skills are put to the test to save mankind from the undead.
STARRING: Tye Sheridan, David Koechner
Read more “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) Available January 31”DECAPITATION. HANGING. DISEMBOWELMENT. CRUCIFIXION. STABBING. BURNING. AXING. THIS WAS THEIR… LEGACY OF BLOOD!
From the auteur called “an unmatched voice from the underbelly of low-budget genre cinema” (Rue Morgue) comes the hate-fueled/gore-spattered opus hailed as “a quintessential Andy Milligan film” (Senseless Cinema): For this loose remake of his own classic The Ghastly Ones, writer/director Milligan delivers a twisted family-gathers-in-creepy-mansion-for-inheritance saga filled with hysterical half-wits, inappropriate psychics, 1970s Staten Island standing in for late 1800s New England and some of the most insane explosions of graphic carnage in the entire Andy oeuvre. With all pre-print materials believed to be destroyed, the thought-lost complete theatrical version of Legacy Of Blood has been scanned in 2K from the only known 35mm release print. Legacy Of Horror, the television version featuring additional footage, is presented from a video master. Includes the uncut theatrical release and alternate television version.
STARRING: Elaine Boies, Louise Gallandra, Jeannie Cusick, Andy Milligan
Read more “Legacy of Blood (1978) (Special Edition Blu-ray) Available January 31”HE COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT A VIRGIN’S BLOOD… SO A VIRGIN HAD TO DIE!
Immediately after completing Flesh For Frankenstein, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning political allegory and “wickedly funny horror that obliterates the line between art and bad taste” (Pop Culture Beast): Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula – Kier in the performance Flavorwire calls “one of cinema’s Top 5 Best Draculas” – journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey’s Flesh, Trash and Heat). Stefania Casini (Suspiria) and Bicycle Thieves director Vittorio De Sica co-star – with an unforgettable cameo by Roman Polanski – in “one of the most unique vampire films in history” (Oh! The Horror), now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.
STARRING: Joe Dallesandro, Stefania Casini, Udo Kier, Roman Polanski, Vittorio De Sica
Read more “Blood For Dracula (1974) Available January 31”Will is a young Hispanic artist with a loving boyfriend and a good life, but when his bipolar mother reenters his life after a 10-year absence, it erodes the very foundation of his existence. Afraid of becoming his mother, Will spirals into obsession, despair and is tormented by the manifestation of his past trauma. He must confront own mental illness before it’s too late.
STARRING: Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima
Read more “Hypochondriac (2022) (Import) Available January 27”Medusa is back and her venom is deadlier than ever. When newcomer Lola is welcomed into Medusa’s circle, she endures a ritual to bring her closer to her new sisters, but what awaits her is more powerful and dangerous than she ever imagined.
STARRING: Becca Hirani, May Kelly, Connor Powles, Sarah T. Cohen
Read more “Medusa’s Venom: The Beast is Back Available February 14”Sam Coleman is a down-on-his-luck college student who is struggling to find a job. One day, he receives a fateful call from Brooke’s Hardware Store, an eerie establishment that is desperate to hire a new employee for its yearly Black Friday sale. Sam is ecstatic to begin working his new job and is trained by the enthusiastic store manager, Gene. But after befriending a cynical coworker named Sarah, Sam uncovers a mystery involving the final messages of a missing employee. As Sam and Sarah begin to investigate the secrets that lie within the store, they are foiled by the watchful eye of the menacing Brooke’s General Manager, Brian. In retaliation for their nosiness, Sarah is fired, and Sam is left alone to uncover the truth himself. Once he discovers the horrific fate of the missing employee, he boldly hatches a plan to take down the store and put a stop to the corruption. Sam sabotages Brooke’s Hardware Store on Black Friday and believes he has defeated the evil institution. However, when Brian reveals he was never really working against Sam and Sarah, the true terror that lurks behind the walls is unveiled. Sam is then forced with a choice between giving up or standing to fight dark forces beyond his imagination.
STARRING: Hugh McCrae, Jr., Sarah José, Anthony Candell
Read more “Human Resources (2021) Available January 10”The Amber Road is a place in the digital universe where anything can be bought, sold, and traded. Anything. It is a place where a person can fulfill their darkest desire or unleash their deepest depravity, and once you travel down that path, there comes a point where you can never return.
STARRING: Elissa Dowling, Rachel Riley, William McNamara, Janet Wang, Tom Sizemore
Read more “Amber Road (2022) Available January 10”In October, four filmmakers disappeared in a haunted house while live streaming on social media. A year later, their footage was found.
STARRING: Dylan DeVane, Tyler Mille, Katie Powell, Sarah Tyson, Kellan Rudnicki
Read more “The Haunting of the Murder House (2022) Available December 27”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: December 20, 2022”Se-Ra is a famous anchor on a broadcasting station. 5 minutes before her news broadcasts is to go live, she receives a phone call. The caller Mi-So tells Se-Ra “I am going to be killed by someone. Please cover the story of my death.”
Read more “Tuesday, December 20, 2022: The Anchor Premieres Today on Screambox”A group of strangers sharing a van have their trip abruptly interrupted when the driver accidentally hits a woman hiking in the middle of the night. They decide to take her to the hospital, but on the way quickly learn that she is not in need of a hospital and that they shouldn’t have let her in at all.
STARRING: Ramiro Blas, Paula Gallego, Cristina Alcázar, Cecilia Suarez
Read more “The Passenger (2021) Available December 20”Tower of Evil is a horror film starring Bryant Haliday as Evan Brent, Jill Haworthy as Rose Mason, Anna Park as Nora Winthrop, William Lucas as Superintendent Hawk and Anthony Valentine as Dr. Simpson. Two seamen are on a boat cruising through heavy fog on a spooky night. The boat lands on a rocky island called Snape Island, and the seamen begin to find severed limbs and bodies missing parts. They come across a young woman who is still alive and hiding in a closet. The traumatized woman stabs the older seaman, but the captain of the boat survives. Penny (Candice Glendenning), the young woman who survived is then being examined by doctors to determine how she and her murdered friends made it to Snape Island. Flashbacks disturb her and she begins to scream out loud. Penny begins to remember the ordeal and of the bearded psycho who murdered her friends. In the meantime, a group of scientists go to Snape Island to investigate the murders. They hear screams and begin to discover that a madman must have committed the murders of Penny’s friends. Several of the scientists begin to get murdered and you will be surprised at who the murderer turns out to be. Not just one murderer, but two! A delicious, haunting story for a wet, cold and stormy night!
STARRING: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anthony Valentine, Anna Palk, Dennis Price
Read more “Tower of Evil (1972) Available December 20”A modern fairytale with zombies! Oliver lives alone in his late parents’ suburban home and faces rejection at every turn. He is tasked with making new friends, and decides his best bet is to build a perfect TV family starting at the local cemetery where he digs friends up one at a time!
STARRING: Max Harwood, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Evan Ross, Ben Miller, Ashley Benson
Read more “The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022) Available December 20”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: December 16, 2022 (Imports)”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: December 13, 2022”A group of psychotic children (including future teen idol Leif Garrett) escape from their transport bus and terrorize the countryside. Part of the Alpha Video “Retrograde” collection featuring retro cover art.
STARRING: Leif Garrett, Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Taylor Lacher
Read more “Devil Times Five (1974) (Retro Cover Art) Available December 13”A centuries-old vampire (Mike Christopher from George Romero’s ‘Dawn of the Dead’) is resigned to his curse until he meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman (Erin Cline).
STARRING: Mike Christopher, Erin Cline, Joel D. Wynkoop, Krystal Pixie Adams
Read more “Joe Vampire (2012) Available December 13”The house of god is the starting point for the zombie apocalypse when three siblings gather at a funeral and witness the awakening of an ancient evil that spawns an army of the dead. Forced to hide in the labyrinth of deep catacombs under the church, the siblings must fight their way out to safety while trying to send the dead back to their graves in this non-stop zombie action thriller.
STARRING: Asta Stidsen, Jonas Bjørn-Andersen, Peter Althoff, Mads Althoff, Marie Frohmé Vanglund
Read more “Zombie Exorcism (2010) Available December 13”Journalist Ingrid returns to the remote village where she grew up to follow up on a story of murdered children. The locals believe the winter witch, Frau Perchta, has cursed the village and no child in the village is safe.
STARRING: Rula Lenska, Paul Dewdney, Paul Hughes, Jimmy ‘The Bee’ Bennett, Evie Hughes
Read more “The Winter Witch (2022) Available December 13”After her husband’s untimely death, a devout religious mother becomes dangerously obsessed with her gay son and his group of friends, leading to misfortune and murder. From director Brina Dorton (The Horror Network, Crazy Fat Ethel).
STARRING: Dixie Gers, Adam Freeman, James Stokes, Cody Alexander, Sondra Carver
Read more “Truly, Madly (2020) Available December 13”After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
STARRING: Sosie Bacon, Jason T. Usher, Kyle Gallner
Read more “Smile (2022) (4K Ultra HD) Available December 13”The sleepy village of Pangnirtung wakes up to a typical summer day. No School, no cool boys (well… except one), and 24-hour sunlight. But for Maika and her ragtag friends, the usual summer is suddenly not in the cards when they discover an alien invasion threatening their hometown. These teenagers have been underestimated their whole lives, but using makeshift weapons and their horror movie knowledge, they show the aliens you don’t mess with the girls from Pang.
STARRING: Tasiana Shirley, Alexis Vincent-Wolfe, Nalajoss Ellsworth, Chelsea Prusky, Frankie Vincent-Wolfe
Read more “Slash/Back (2022) Available December 13”Prepare for a trilogy of pure terror with this collection of films from the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. In Better Watch Out!, it’s a very bloody Christmas after Ricky Caldwell, the notorious “Killer Santa Claus,” awakens from a six-year coma with one thing on his mind: murder. In Initiation, a reporter’s investigation into a mysterious death leads her into the clutches of a cult that’s chosen her as its new queen, and The Toy Maker stars entertainment legend Mickey Rooney as a toy maker whose creations display some very human — and deadly — tendencies.
STARRING: Bill Moseley, Clint Howard
Read more “Silent Night, Deadly Night (3-Film Collection) Available December 13”When high profile serial killer Micah Anders dies in prison, a sudden and renewed interest arises in investigating the crimes he committed 10 years prior in an isolated area of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
STARRING: Elissa Dowling, Billy Hartmann, Rachel Riley
Read more “The Sierra Nevada Murders (2022) Available December 13”A group of six friends from around the world descend upon an old abandoned house in the French countryside. Soon, they discover an old VCR and a stack of VHS tapes, all filled with vintage horror movies. But what begins as a fun way to pass time quickly becomes deadly as each VHS tape spawns horrors from the movies on them and into reality, and the friends now must struggle for their survival.
STARRING: Various
Read more “Rewind Or Die! Available December 13”
