Lovers Lane (1999) (Special Edition) 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

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The Haunting of Julia (1977) (Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) Available April 18

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

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A Quiet Place (2018) Available April 11

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

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The Lost World (1925) 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

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Idaho Transfer (1973) 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

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Fireside Reading of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2022) 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

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Bless the Child (2000) 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

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The Devil’s Game (1981) (2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray) Available March 28

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

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Blood On Méliès’ Moon (2016) (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

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Another (2012) 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

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Bloody Mary Returns Available March 21

A group of vloggers is looking for the ultimate Urban Legend, and soon, discover the legend of Bloody Mary is very much real. Now, the group is stuck under her curse and will have to learn how to stop Bloody Mary once and for all before its too late.

STARRING: Samantha Cull, Kelly Rian Sanson, Lauren Staerck, Annabel Hammond

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Easter Bunny Massacre: The Bloody Trail Available March 14

A group of old school friends is reunited for Easter where they are confronted about a crime they committed by a serial killer dressed in an Easter Bunny outfit.

STARRING: Coco Taylor, Amber Doig Thorne, Harry Boxley, Elliot Eason

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Screamers: The Hunting (2009) (aka Screamers 2) Available February 21

Inspired by a short story by visionary author Philip K. Dick, SCREAMERS: THE HUNTING is a mind-shattering sequel to the legendary sci-fi cult thriller! It’s been thirteen years since the robotic killing machines known as Screamers destroyed the human population of Sirius 6B. But now a distress signal brings a team of rescuers to the supposedly abandoned planet. Can it be a long-lost colony of human survivors? Or have the Screamers evolved into something even more sinister… half-man/half-machine hybrids that need to escape Sirius 6B to finish their mission: the complete annihilation of the human race?

STARRING: Christopher Redman, Tim Rozon, Lance Henriksen, Gina Holden, Greg Bryk

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Thinner (1996) Available February 14

Based on the best-seller, Stephen King’sThinner stars Robert John Burke (RoboCop 3, Tombstone) and Joe Mantegna (Bugsy, The Godfather III) in a story of supernatural terror and account down to the ultimate payback. A 109-year-old gypsy, hell-bent on revenge, exacts a curse so shocking it compels it’s victim to gorge himself in an effort to avoid shrinking away to nothingness. With time running out and a torture so bizarre and powerful, even death seems a more likely option.

STARRING: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna

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Cujo (1983) Available February 14

In rural Maine, Vic and Donna Trenton (Hugh-Kelly and Wallace) struggle to repair their crumbling marriage, while their young son Tad (Danny Pintauro) befriends a hulking, lovable, 200-pound St. Bernard named Cujo. With Vic away on business, Donna and Tad take their decrepit car to be fixed at the remote farm of their mechanic (Lauter). As their aging Pinto sputters to a stop and dies, Cujo appears. But the once docile dog has undergone a hideous transformation – and becomes a slavering, demonic, implacable killer possessed by almost supernaturalstrength… and unholy cunning. Critically acclaimed, CUJO is a fearsome, spine-chilling tour de force from the most popular name in horror!

STARRING: Daniel Hugh Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Christopher Stone, Dee Wallace, Ed Lauter

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Slice (2022) Available January 31

OH NO! IT’S THE BOGEY MAN!

Beware the fresh blood on the fairway, and gore on the green when The Bogey Man plays golf! Back from the bowels of Hell, The undead golf mascot known as The Bogey Man is cutting the heads off golfers and shrinking their skulls to play 18 holes of terror! Only pro golfer Chase Webb can send Bogey back to the fiery depths from whence he came. If Bogey completes the golf course, things will take a turn for the worst! It’s time for Chase to Putt up or shut up to stop all hell from breaking loose! This over-the-top horror/comedy is filled with so many celebrity cameo kills and naked golf girls that it will run chills down your nine! Nine iron, that is! Watch your strokes, and hold on to your balls or The Bogey Man will put a hole in you!

STARRING: James Balsamo, John Hitt, Robby Krieger, Eric Roberts

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Prey for the Beast (2007) (Retro Cover Art) Available January 31

Four overworked weekend warriors go hiking in the woods to get away from the troubles of domestic life. They stumble upon four sexy college girls tanning their well-shaped behinds in the sun – the perfect antidote to the nagging wives back home. Unbeknownst to both groups, a vicious, hulking creature awaits them in the forest…a monster with a taste for flesh. It’s survival of the fittest as the beast hunts down the hapless hikers one by one with brutal savagery. Man is no longer at the top of the food chain…

STARRING: Anastasia Kimmett, Jodi Pittman, Francis McDonald, Sonia Myers

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Karate Ghost Available January 31

Death and destruction fall upon all who enter the dojo from the Karate Ghost! The undead legend of Black Belt Joe is as real as a judo chop cutting though a wood board. One thing is for sure, you won’t be bored in this over-the-top horror karate comedy that is sure you to have you rolling on the floor with laughter and screaming at the blood and gore! Mullets, mayhem and monsters from beyond the grave await you in this thrilling action-packed movie that is “Karate Ghost.”

STARRING: James Balsamo, Joe Borlik, The Godfather Charles Wright

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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) Available January 31

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

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Legacy of Blood (1978) (Special Edition Blu-ray) 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

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Crypt Of The Vampire (1964) 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

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The Castle Of The Living Dead (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

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Bones And All (2022) 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

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Blood For Dracula (1974) 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

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