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”When a research scientist proves she can track people into the afterlife, two strangers harboring dark secrets race across the country to join the contentious study and leave their lives behind.
STARRING: Gavin Powers, Joe Powers, Katie Parker
Read more “Next Exit (2022) 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”In a lavish gothic shocker inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu’s immortal novella Carmilla, Christopher Lee delivers a rare ‘hero’ turn as nobleman Count Karnstein whose foreboding castle teems with ancestral curses, unnatural desires, philosophical hunchbacks and grisly acts of vengeance. Adriana Ambesi (Fangs Of The Living DeaD) co-stars in this 1964 Spanish-Italian co-production – also known as Terror In The Crypt and Crypt Of Horror – directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (An Angel For Satan) from a screenplay by giallo master Ernesto Gastaldi (All The Colors Of The Dark) and Sergio Leone protégé Tonino Valerii (My Name Is Nobody), now featuring a 2k scan from a fine-grain 35mm master print.
STARRING: Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis
Read more “Crypt Of The Vampire (1964) Available January 31”NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO DIE…
In the final film of his early ’60s European period, Christopher Lee stars as a 19th century Count who invites a theatrical troupe for a weekend of horrors that boasts an enthusiastically creepy performance by Lee, startling locations in Lazio, Italy’s Orsini-Odescalchi Castle and ‘Park of the Monsters’, second-unit direction by Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General) and the screen debut of Donald Sutherland as both a doofus gendarme and a hunchbacked hag. Philippe Leroy (The Night Porter) and Jacques Stany (Violence In A Women’s Prison) co-star in this 1964 French-Italian co-production from American producer Paul Maslansky – who would go on to produce Death Line and the Police Academy movies – and fellow expat writer/director Warren Kiefer – after whom Sutherland would name his son – now scanned in 4K from the Italian negative for the first time ever for this 1080p Blu-ray release.
STARRING: Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Diana Dors
Read more “The Castle Of The Living Dead (1964) Available January 31”Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, Bones and All is a story of first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Timothee Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter; a liberating road odyssey of two young people coming into their own, searching for identity and chasing beauty in a perilous world that cannot abide who they are. Luca Guadagnino directs from a screenplay by David Kajganich. The stellar cast also includes Andre Holland, Chloe Sevigny, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg and Mark Rylance.
STARRING: Taylor Russell, Michael Stuhlbarg, Andre Holland, Chloe Sevigny, David Gordon Green
Read more “Bones And All (2022) 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”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: January 27, 2023 (Imports)”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: January 24, 2023”Originally shot as an 8-part horror miniseries for Italian television, maverick director Sergio (Torso) Martino’s 1982 horror mystery The Scorpion With Two Tails was later cut down to feature length and released theatrically in various European markets. But the movie hasn’t properly been available in North America on Blu-ray or DVD….until now! The Scorpion With Two Tails film tells the story of a young woman (Elvire Audray, Nosferatu In Venice) who is having gruesome dreams of ancient sacrificial rites. When her husband is murdered in the same ritualistic way, she begins to suspect that someone or something is targeting her, leading her deep into a nightmarish mystery involving death, smuggling and reincarnation. Featuring a score by the great Fabio Frizzi (in part using cues from Lucio Fulci’s City Of The Living Dead) this stylish and bizarre chiller stars the iconic John Saxon (A Nightmare On Elm Street) in a key role, features a supporting turn by Italian exploitation regular Franco Garofalo (Hell Of The Living Dead) and is filmed on location in eerie Italian catacombs, caves and cemeteries. Full Moon is excited to be bringing this eerie chiller back from the dead in a handsome presentation remastered from the best available materials.
STARRING: Claudio Cassinelli, John Saxon, Marilù Tolo, Paolo Malco, Elvire Audray
Read more “The Scorpion With Two Tails (1982) Available January 24”Detective Paul Wolfs is an older cop and one week before his retirement it seems he has caught alleged serial killer Robert Clarck. The evidence is overwhelming and a confession would be the icing on the cake of his career.
STARRING: Michele Rocco Smeets, Stefan Vancraeynest, Rufus Six
Read more “Rotten Fruit (2021) Available January 24”Grossly affluent banker Georges de Saxe (Philippe Noiret) keeps his daughter, Carolina (Anicée Alvina), hidden in a mysterious house of perversion after a kidnapping attempt snags a young woman who resembles her. Carolina soon finds herself trapped in a deliberately confused existence in the house of sexual exploitation and imprisonment. At the heart of it all seems to be an enigmatic man named Franz (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who will either be Carolina’s killer or savior. Alain Robbe-Grillet’s surreal, absurdist sado-masochistic drama Playing with Fire (Le jeu ave le feu) was a commercial success due to to the appearance of Emmanuelle star Sylvia Kristel – in one of her most challenging roles.
STARRING: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Anicee Alvina, Sylvia Kristel, Christine Boisson
Read more “Playing With Fire (1975) Available January 24”WHEN NIGHT FALLS, THE HUNT BEGINS!
From writer / director Rolfe Kanefsky comes “a brilliant gem of independent horror …” (Jane Magazine). After receiving a demonic African mask in the mail, Ellen Morris (Blythe Metz) is attacked in her dreams by an evil being she calls ‘Nightmare Man’ and is labeled a paranoid schizophrenic by both her Doctor and her husband. Unsure if the demon is real or not, Ellen flees for her life the next she is brutally attacked and is taken in by a group of friends staying at a remote cabin in the woods. A throwback to the terrifying slasher films of the 1980’s, Nightmare Man is ‘one hell of a fun ride’ (Horror-Asylum.com) that will keep you guessing until the very end. Starring Kanefsky regular and one of Playboy’s 50 sexiest scream queens of all time, Tiffany Shepis (The Hazing, Sharknado 2), Blythe Metz (The Craving Heart), and Richard Moll (TV’S “Nightcourt”, Scary Movie 2).
STARRING: Richard Moll, Blythe Metz, Tiffany Shepis
Read more “Nightmare Man (2006) Available January 24”When Olivia is deferred from her dream college she begins to spiral. To regain control, she embarks on a social media war against those in her way, but as things escalate, she is forced to embrace her darkest impulses to get ahead.
STARRING: Madelaine Petsch, Melissa Leo, Chloe Bailey
Read more “Jane (2022) Available January 24”THE GHOSTS OF MONDAY tells the chilling story of a group of US film-makers who travel to Cyprus to film a documentary in the tragically famous Hotel Gula – a once popular resort where more than 100 people died in mysterious circumstances. What begins as just another day at the office will eventually turn into a terrifying journey into the unknown.
STARRING: Mariana Rosset, Christina Marouchou, Elva Trill, Mark Huberman, Julian Sands
Read more “The Ghosts Of Monday (2022) Available January 24”Two scientists experiment with suspended animation. Frank insists on being a test subject despite direct orders to the contrary. While working in the lab his wife is killed by gunshot and he’s suspected of her murder. Now the authorities insist he be thawed out immediately and face the consequences!
STARRING: Mark Stevens, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Read more “Frozen Alive (1964) Available January 24”Led by the troubled medium Jules (Fiona Dourif) an American team of paranormal TV investigators go to the home of a couple who claim to have experienced inexplicable, threatening disturbances. Delving into the mystery, they encounter possessions and apparitions more terrifying than any they’d witnessed before – actual contact with the other side. As the cameras roll and bodies are possessed, they’re inevitably overwhelmed by this violent supernatural force. Their only hope? Jules. She refuses to face what really happened when her first supernatural encounter left her sister dead. But her dark past, if she can unlock it, may be their only hope of stopping the demon before it’s too late.
STARRING: Jordan Belifi, Ashlyn Boots, Malin Crépin
Read more “Don’t Look at the Demon (2022) Available January 24”Where there’s a drill, there’s a way. Corbin Bernsen stars as homicidal dentist Dr. Alan Feinstone in these two horror favorites, available for the first time on Blu-ray™. In The Dentist, Beverly Hills dentist Dr. Feinstone seems to have the perfect, ordered life — until the discovery of his wife’s affair with the pool boy sends him off the deep end, unlocking the killer inside. The Dentist 2 finds the evil doctor in a maximum-security mental hospital…but not for long, as he escapes to a small town and turns his attentions to a new love interest and new victims.
STARRING: Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman
Read more “The Dentist Collection Available January 24”It’s been three years since Michelle (Lexi Dripps) escaped the events in Wheary Falls. However, she is still plagued with the questions of what truly happened to Sam and Josh (Mitchell Musolino and Will Stout) and the rest of her friends that disappeared on Halloween night. Now in college, Michelle and best friend, Heather (Sable Griedel) are put in charge of the annual Gamma Tau Psi haunted house. Unfortunately for Michelle some uninvited trick or treaters from her past come knocking…and this time they’ve brought their friends… Featuring a monster mash of guest stars including Ari Lehman (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th), Linnea Quigley (Night of the Demons), Joe Bob Briggs and Diana Prince aka Darcy the Mail Girl (Shudder’s The Last Drive-In), Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger), and Doug Bradley (Pinhead from Hellraiser).
STARRING: Doug Bradley, Joe Bob Briggs, Diana Prince, Linnea Quigely, Ari Lehman
Read more “The Barn Part II (2022) (Special Edition Blu-ray) Available January 24”Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: January 19, 2023”Here are today’s hardcover, paperback and Kindle releases!
Read more “Today’s Book Releases: January 18, 2023”After the death of their father, two brothers decide to embark on a hunting trip to help bring them closer together. But they get more than they bargained for when they become the prey of a deadly creature that has roamed the desert for centuries. Eric, a struggling drug addict, goes missing, while his brother Donnie becomes hellbent on finding him. Following the downward spiral of dangerous clues, he teams up with a professor with a dark past and an overeager paranormal studies student to try to solve the mystery and save Eric before it’s too late.
STARRING: Mitch Pileggi, Bill Farmer, Emily Sweet
Read more “Desert Shadows (2022) Available February 28”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: January 17, 2023”When single mother and nurse Natalie Paxton (Kestie Morassi – ‘Wolf Creek’) falls mysteriously ill and is rushed to hospital doctors inform her she gave birth without being pregnant. Returning home Natalie is plagued by bizarre paranormal events and invasive visits from social worker Lauren Balmer (Jane Badler – TV’s ‘V’) who believes Natalie is an abusive mother. When the paranormal attacks become vicious and target her 9-year-old daughter Rose (Taysha Farrugia – TV’s ‘InBESTigators’), Natalie must overcome her fear and embrace the spirit realm to try to save her family from being destroyed.
STARRING: Natalie Paxton, Kestie Morassi, Lauren Balmer, Jane Badler, Rose Paxton
Read more “Surrogate (2022) Available January 17”Author: Abigail Anderson
Home again and finally finding forgiveness in Mother’s heart, Teal reconnects with his family only to discover an old threat is resurfacing…
The price for the twins’ rampage was a steep one, and no-one is as hard-hit by it as Teal. Finally home after months at sea, contrite and regretful, he found peace within himself. He reconnects with Azura who has a surprise of her own, and find forgiveness in Mother’s arms. At first wary and angry at Ger, the golden Drake who decided Scarlet’s fate, he and the Gold strike a friendship that ignites a special bond. Despite a number of challenges, the young DragonChylde is yet to moult- Until a foe thought to be neutralised finds its way back to the family again.
Read more “A Twin’s Place (The DragonChylde Trials: Book Four) by Abigail Anderson Available January 19”Author: Nigel Kneale
Originally published in 1949, Tomato Cain and Other Stories is the sole collection of short fiction by Nigel Kneale. Drawing on his experiences of growing up on the Isle of Man, many of Kneale’s tales conjure up a remote, old-fashioned community where mythology and superstition are part of everyday life. Several stories go further, making imaginative leaps into the kind of weird, eerie territory with which Kneale would go on to make his name, as the writer of TV’s Quatermass, The Road, Beasts, and The Stone Tape. Though garlanded with praise on publication—it won its author the 1950 Somerset Maugham Award—Tomato Cain has long since been out of print. In the face of a steady groundswell of interest, this new edition, published by Comma Press to mark the centenary of Kneale’s birth, makes the collection available again at last, uniting the stories from both the original UK and US editions for the first time ever. It’s sure to delight Kneale’s legions of fans and indeed all admirers of skilfully-crafted short stories.
Read more “Tomato Cain and Other Stories by Nigel Kneale Available January 19”Author: Sullyn Shaw
People often fantasize about being swept up into a magical world where they were thrown into mythical wars and epic love triangles. My sister and I used to be just like them, until it happened.
The wondrous start our family presented was a façade, intending to hide their ulterior motives and the darkness that lurked around every corner, stalking us like prized hogs. We enjoyed bacon as much as the next gals, but we never intended to be sows for a royal family, despite us being Oedinia’s long-lost water nymph princesses.
Despite our protests, our birth family forced us to be pawns in their twisted games, and we watched as our lives and sanity crumbled before our eyes. It wasn’t just our lucidity at stake, though. Our mates and best friend’s were bound to crash down at any moment. They had stayed so strong while we fell apart, but we saw the cracks that the combined trauma brought on.
There was still some fight in us, and we knew one day this would all be worth it, but we questioned how much more we could take and if we would live to see ‘one day.’
Read more “Tethered in Torment (Nymphs of Incyssia Book 1) by Sullyn Shaw Available January 19”Author: Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant
From the multiple best-selling author team that brought you Pattern Black and Burnout comes a brand new transcendent mindfuck of a fantasy novel.
Two powerful and fierce immortal gods are trapped on an island, endlessly pursuing a Sisyphean task that must be completed each day and is renewed each night.
Enemies forced to work together, they sabotage each other, play tricks on each other, and murder each other, only to be resurrected the following day. Yet, despite the daily friction and violence, ultimately, they live in an uneasy balance.
Until the day the stranger arrives. Then the balance tips, the pit collapses, and all hell breaks loose.
Read more “The Island by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant Available January 19”Author: James Wright
Somebody has to kill them. Is it going to be you? Unlikely. Too many bags of chips, too many soft drinks, too little in the way of doing anything remotely half-ass worthwhile.
Fortunately, someone has trained most of his life to protect your worthless ass.
COME ALONG FOR THE THRILL RIDE OF THE YEAR.
Read more “A Handbook for Killing Demons : Sam Levi – Demon Thriller (Sam Levi – Demon Thrillers 3) by James Wright Available January 19”Author: Clyde Derrick
A story set in Prague that crosses the lines between the living and the dead. The great love of your life is dead, but that doesn’t stop him from communicating with you—or luring you to join him in the afterlife. To remain safe in this world, you accept the help of a professional medium who develops his own emotional agenda. The Ghost Trio that emerges takes us to pre- and post-World War II Prague where a poignant and chilling love triangle finds its resolution. There we meet great Czech creators of the past including Leoš Janácek and Karel Capek. Inspired by the ghost stories of Henry James and Daphne du Maurier, Clyde Derrick introduces three characters whose passions defy time and the accepted boundaries between the dead and the living. The author, who has lived in and visited purportedly haunted sites in advance of writing this novella, contends that this story and its characters found him. Meanwhile, his portrayal of two Pragues—one poised to fall to Hitler’s army, the other muted by Communist oppression—offers us insights into the past and reminds us to stay vigilant against dangerous politics. The Ghost Trio is a spiritual excursion in which we ponder the limitations and hazards of romantic love as well as the possibility of other lives in other times. The Ghost Trio is the winner of the 2020 Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook / Novelette Contest, chosen by Molly Gloss.
Read more “The Ghost Trio by Clyde Derrick Available January 19”
