Category: Movie Releases

Island of the Doomed (1967) Available November 1

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Mitchell is the evil Baron von Weser, who has a grim collection of carnivorous plants. When a group of people vacation on his island, they soon they find themselves having to deal with his monstrosities. Watch out for his blood-drinking tree, which soon becomes acquainted with several unfortunate guests. This is a fast-moving piece of Euro-schlock. Mitchell is great as he underplays his evil role. This film has had some awful video releases in the past, but this is probably the best video copy on the market. Aka Man-eater of Hydra.

STARRING: Cameron Mitchell, Elisa Montes, George Martin, Kay Fischer

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The Ghost’s Royalty Available November 1

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In a small 1800s Massachusetts town, a student of theology becomes fascinated with a dilapidated old country mansion. He soon learns the place is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful young woman, whose father was responsible for her death. An arrangement has been made, though, between the ghost and the father whereby he is banned from the house in return for a ghost royalty, paid to him four times a year. This wonderful B&W gothic Euro-chiller is largely overlooked by horror film historians. It is filled with exquisitely acted scenes and atmospheric moments of underlying dread. The scene where the black-veiled ghost descends the stairs is quite memorable. Laforêt has a vague likeness to Barbara Steele and is a true beauty in her own right. Definitely recommended. Based on the classic Henry James ghost story, “The Ghostly Rental.” In French with English subtitles.

STARRING: Stéphane Fey, François Vibert, Marie Laforêt, Reine Courtois, Michael Lonsdale

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Ferryman Maria Available November 1

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One night a village ferryman hears the passenger bell. At the dock, he finds a dark figure waiting to cross the black waters. It’s Death, who has come for him. Soon after, young Maria takes over as the new ferryman. One night she gives a ride to a wounded man who is marked for death. But when Death comes she tries to save him. The scene where Maria dances with death is a great moment. She later flees over the dark countryside and hides in a church, but to no avail. With Death at her heals, Maria trudges into the swamp to meet her destiny. A beautiful film and a true classic.

STARRING: Sybille Schmitz, Aribert Mog, Carl de Vogt, Peter Vob

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The Deathhead Virgin (1974) Available November 1

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Gaynor is a treasure hunter who finds the haul of a lifetime—a sunken galleon off the coast of an island in the Philippines. Imagine his surprise, though, when he finds the ship is guarded by the vengeful spirit of an ancient princess (who’s depicted accurately in the film’s posters). She stalks totally naked around the beaches and possesses Gaynor’s partner’s soul, sending him on murdering rampages. Not bad for such a cheapie. Norman Foster directed. Several bikini-clad babes flaunt their goods. Rated R for nudity and violence.

STARRING: Jock Gaynor, Larry Ward, Diane McBain, Vic Diaz, Kim Ramos

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Dark/web (2019) Available November 1

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In the near future, the evolution of the internet has given way to a world in crisis: one where everyone’s connected but no one is safe. Molly Solis, a cyber analyst, understood these dangers better than anyone and was determined to make a difference… until she disappeared. Now, friends and foes from her past are in a race against time to decipher cryptic messages she’s left behind: tales that paint a grim picture of technology run amok. As the mystery deepens, they discover that the stories, and Molly herself, may be concealing information that could change the world… or destroy it.

STARRING: Lana Mckissack, Sibongile Mlambo, Brian Elerding, Michael Nardelli, Noemi Gonzalez

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Crowhaven Farm (1970) Available November 1

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Lange and her hubby inherit a farm—Crowhaven Farm. But there is something strange about the aging country estate. Lange sees visions of ancient settlers doing odd things with rocks and wooden doors. The neighbors spin tales of witchcraft that all seem to point to Crowhaven. But why is it that all the villagers, all typical modern Americans, seem so…kind? Soon Lange realizes that something is very amiss. Carradine has a great bit as a malevolent handyman. A wonderfully creepy film with an unsettling feeling of impending horror that will make you pull your feet up onto the couch and your knees up in front of your face.

STARRING: Hope Lange, Paul Burke, John Carradine, Lloyd Bochner

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Casting the Runes Available November 1

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This short made-for-TV British feature is only loosely based on the classic short story of the same title by M.R. James, but it is extremely eerie and chilling, just like you’d expect from an M.R. James work. A man is walking his dog when he is confronted with a supernatural horror that sends him stumbling and screaming into and open field. The authorities find him dead, nearly every bone in his body broken. Later, a beautiful young television producer is passed a slip of paper (slipped into one of her books) with ancient writing on it. She now has only four weeks (a Lunar calendar month) to live. She begins to experience terrifying events. The solution for her? Pass the paper back to the insidious fellow who passed it to her in the first place. But how? We all of course remember the earlier classic film version of this tale, Night of the Demon with Dana Andrews.

STARRING: Jan Francis, Iain Cuthbertson, Bernard Gallagher, Joanna Dunham, Edward Petherbridge

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Satan’s Little Helper (2004) Available October 25

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YOU’LL LAUGH ‘TIL YOU DIE!

Nine-year-old Douglas Whooly (Alexander Brickel, Palindromes) is obsessed with the handheld video game “Satan’s Little Helper,” and annoyed that the attention of his big sister Jenna (Katheryn Winnick, TV’s “Wikings” and “Big Sky”) is being distracted by her new boyfriend Alex (Stephen Graham). These two concerns collide on Halloween, when Douglas witnesses a serial killer in a devil mask (Joshua Annex) posing his victims like outdoor All Hallow’s Eve displays. Not comprehending how real the carnage is, Douglas becomes this Satan’s little helper–and that’s very bad news for Alex, for Douglas and Jenna’s mom Merrill (Amanda Plummer, Pulp Fiction, Netflix’s “Ratched”), and ultimately for their entire town. A different kind of Halloween horror film, Satan’s Little Helper combines grisly killings with a mile-wide streak of savage humor. Written and directed by cult favorite Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn), it satirizes the way video games can seize hold of young minds, and is driven by the inability of Douglas (and others) to distinguish the Satan Man’s nasty crimes from All Hallow’s prankery. Featuring one of Plummer’s most eccentric performances, Satan’s Little Helper has built a cult following on video and now makes its UNCUT high-definition Blu-ray debut, carrying a bagful of supplementary treats!

STARRING: Katheryn Winnick, Amanda Plummer, Alexander Brickel

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Terror At Tenkiller (1986) (4K Restoration Special Edition) Available October 25

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Leslie and Jana take off on a vacation and strange things start to happen at their remote cabin. Soon corpses begin turning up near the lake. One by one the locals disappear, but the horror of these murders does not fully dawn on our herione until she comes across the mutilated body of Jana.

STARRING: Dale Buckmaster, Michele Merchant, Dean Lewis, Stacey Logan, Mike Wiles

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Shadow Puppets (2007) Available October 25

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Eight amnesiacs awaken in an abandoned asylum to discover they are victims of an ill-fated experiment to erase bad memories. To make matters worse, the experiment accidentally released a monstrous, blood-thirsty entity within the asylum. As they piece together their memories, a vicious Shadow Creature stalks them, threatening their lives from the darkness.

STARRING: James Marsters, Tony Todd, Jolene Blalock

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Senseless (2022) Available October 25

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After Jason storms out on his wife following a heated argument, he avoids returning home and instead hides out in the nearby woods. But something dark dwells in the forest, an evil that entices Jason at every step; an evil that has survived by stealing souls from those lost within the dark recesses of the woods – and now it’s preying on Jason’s soul to feed its unyielding hunger. Jason must come face-to-face with the manifestation of this hounding evil, as well as his own growing darkness, if he’s going to survive the night and escape being trapped in this purgatory by the thing in the forest.

STARRING: Ryan Carter, Ella Palmer, Jackson Batchelor

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Nope (2022) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 25

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Oscar® winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with Get Out and then Us. Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, Nope. The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery. Nope, which co-stars Michael Wincott (Hitchcock, Westworld) and Brandon Perea (The OA, American Insurrection), is written and directed by Jordan Peele and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us, Candyman) and Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions. The film will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide.

STARRING: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Steven Yeun

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The Kindred (1987) Available October 25

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ANTHONY DIDN’T ASK TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD…

Academy Award®-winning screen legends Rod Steiger (In the Heat of the Night; Duck, You Sucker) and Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire; Planet of the Apes) star in The Kindred, a chilling tale of a genetic experiment gone wrong… very wrong! Kim Hunter is Dr. Amanda Hollins, a molecular scientist who calls on her son John (David Allen Brooks) to eliminate all evidence of her genetic experiments… most specifically her “Anthony Journals.” Dr. Philip Lloyd (Steiger), an acquaintance of Hollins who is familiar with her experiments, wants to continue her studies no matter the cost! John heads to his isolated childhood home with a group of friends to uncover his mother’s research and destroy it all. There’s something else in the house, however… something watching and waiting… a tentacled creature born from the desire to alter human evolution. It’s evil. It’s mad. It’s ready to kill! One of the best “creature features” of the 1980s, utilizing all practical special effects, The Kindred also stars Amanda Pays (TV’s “The Flash”, Leviathan) and Talia Balsam (TV’s Mad Men, Homeland).

STARRING: Rod Steiger, Kim Hunter, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, David Allen Brooks

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Jordan Peele 3-Movie Collection Available October 25

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Three-disc set includes: Get Out (2017)Comedian Jordan Peele earned an Oscar for his screenplay for his directorial debut, an unusual and topical horror tale about Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African American man about to meet his white girlfriend Rose’s (Allison Williams) parents for the first time. The trip to Rose’s family estate begins with some uncomfortable racial tension, but quickly turns into a fight for survival as Chris becomes the unwilling subject of a bizarre procedure that could cost him his mind. With Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener. 103 min. C/Rtg: R Us (2019)From “Get Out” writer and director Jordan Peele comes this effectively creepy chiller that finds Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o), her husband Gabe (Winston Duke), and their children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) being terrorized by horrifically violent doubles of themselves. Just who are these deadly doppelgängers, and what is their mysterious connection to Adelaide’s past?

STARRING: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke

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The Invitation (2022) Available October 25

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After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) takes a DNA test…and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, she’s at first seduced by the sexy aristocrat host but is soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity.

STARRING: Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Hugh Skinner, Sean Pertwee, Courtney Taylor

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Inheritance Available October 25

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Scarlett finds that she has just inherited a cabin from her departed father who she barely remembers. Her friends convince her that a vacation is long overdue and that they should check out this gift. What was supposed to be a nice getaway turns into a night filled with carnage as Scarlett’s long forgotten uncle Drake has other plans in mind.

STARRING: Melissa Sapienza

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I, Monster (1971) Available October 25

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In this adaptation of the 1886 story “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” psychologist Charles Marlowe (Christopher Lee) invents a drug that helps release the inhibitions of his patients. But when he tests it on himself, the concoction reveals a different side of Marlowe – an evil side named Edward Blake who spirals into a life of crime and, eventually, murder. His friend Frederick Utterson (Peter Cushing) suspects when grisly killings take place.

STARRING: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt

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House Of Psychotic Women (Rarities Collection Collector’s Set) Available October 25

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In 2012 Kier-La Janisse published House of Psychotic Women, billed as “”an autobiographical topography of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films.”” It soon became one of the most “”vital”” (Tim Lucas, Video Watchdog) and “”astonishing”” (Daily Grindhouse) genre tomes of all time. To mark the book’s 10th anniversary, award-winning writer/programmer/filmmaker Janisse now presents four of the strongest and strangest explorations of onscreen delirium and hysteria, all on U.S. Blu-ray for the first time: Elizabeth Taylor stars in 1974’s Identikit as a woman who travels to Rome to find the most dangerous liaison. In the surreal 1986 Polish horror-comedy I Like Bats, a vampire discovers that love may be the cruelest curse of all. Florinda Bolkan stars in the startling 1975 amnesiac giallo Footprints from the director of The Fifth Cord. And British screenwriter and radical theatre icon Jane Arden directs 1972’s harrowing The Other Side Of The Underneath.

STARRING: Elizabeth Taylor, Andy Warhol, Klaus Kinski, Jane Arden, Jack Bond

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