A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.
STARRING: Wataru Nishida, Andrew Hunsicker, Zachary Chung Pun
Read more “Human Hibachi (2020) Available July 5”This is a fantastic film filled with a plethora of haunting Images. It is almost too deep to describe in a simple synopsis. Let it suffice to say that the story deals with a gem-carver in old Prague who becomes entangled in a web of murder plots and other strange supernatural happenings. The Golem “creature” is not nearly as pronounced as it is in Paul Wegener’s 1920 classic, but this is none the less a powerful psychological horror film laden with mysticism, mystery, and magic. This Euro-horror gem was made around the same time as another Golem film, It with Roddy McDowell.
STARRING: Andre Reybaz, Georges Douking, Francois Vibert, Magali Noel, Francoise Winskill
Read more “The Golem Available July 5”Jimmy is the typical college student who is picked on by the rich snobbish kids. A prank is carried too far, leaving Jimmy unconscious. When he awakens, he gets revenge on his tormentors in ways never before depicted on film using telekinesis and a variety of original weapons! Witness the most EVIL NIGHT you have ever seen!
STARRING: Holly Aeck, Joseph Fautinos, Mark Chavez, Todd Cook
Read more “Evil Night (1992) Available July 5”Lee, in his last screen performance as Dracula, is fantastic as he swings between serious moments of horror and outright comedy. Dracula takes a mortal woman to bear his son. After he’s born, the Count turns mom into a vampire. However, when she can’t make it back to her coffin before sunrise, the Count finds himself stuck with raising the young tyke, which isn’t easy since the young vampire balks at putting the bite on people. Eventually the son decides he wants to “make it on his own” in the real world. Meanwhile dad takes the role of a vampire in a big movie production—the producers not knowing he’s the real Dracula. There are many moments that will make you laugh. Watch for a scene involving rigor mortis and another involving an inflatable doll. Lee is superb, and the film has the same kind of brilliant comedy found in Fearless Vampire Killers. A portion of the film is in English, the rest is in French with English subtitles.
STARRING: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie Helene Breillat, Catherine Breillat
Read more “Dracula and Son (1976) Available July 5”One of the best drive-in movies of the 1970s. Two college kids come to a backwater town doing research on a “bigfoot” creature that’s inhabits a gloomy nearby swamp. Before long they find themselves caught in a sequence of chilling events, culminating with a head-to-head confrontation with the creature. Taylor and Elam are excellent, but Fimple and Carson steal the show as the energetic college kids who soon realize they’ve bitten off far more than they can chew. The final 15 minutes of this film are excellent. The film has a great music score and lots of humorous banter that helps keep the film from getting too dark. A must.
STARRING: Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman
Read more “Creature from Black Lake (1976) Available July 5”Six unruly kids break into a remote castle looking for kicks. The castle’s owner, an odd white-haired man (Lee), asks them to find a missing girl hiding in the castle. Little do they know that Lee is actually a Mephistoles-like character in disguise. At this point the six set out on a search that takes them through the nightmarish corridors and staircases of the castle. They encounter massive spiders, ghosts, and a bizarre room containing a labyrinth of sheet glass and mirrors. These horrors soon lead them to near-madness before they finally can escape. Watch for the scene when two female ghosts appear behind cobweb-shrouded doorways. The orgiastic dance scene is also great fun. This may be Lee’s most unusual portrayal in a horror film. Ardisson chews up the scenery with a wild performance. Filmed in Odescalchi Castle near Rome in 1963.
STARRING: Christopher Lee, George Ardisson, Bella Cortez, Lilli Parker
Read more “Challenge the Devil (1963) Available July 5”A woman leaves her husband one stormy night. She drives through the night on a lonely road, but her windshield breaks and she seeks help from a strange man and his butler who live in a creepy mansion. The woman spends the night, but next morning she finds no trace of her hosts. Finding her car repaired, she leaves; but she soon realizes it’s impossible for her to exit the grounds. She is lost in some kind of fantastic paradox that defies reality. This is a beautiful yet subtly terrifying film with many haunting scenes. Kristel is stunningly beautiful. This film is similar to Carnival of Souls and has a great twist ending. Wow.
STARRING: Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Ferdinand Ledoux, Francois Perrot
Read more “Alice, or The Last Escapade (1977) Available July 5”A mother is radically tested when her teenage daughter insists a supernatural experience has left her body in service to a higher power.
STARRING: Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Kaine Zajaz, Lindsay Duncan
Read more “A Banquet (2021) Available July 5”Deputy sheriff Fisher, tasked with watching a corpse, unknowingly triggers a conjuring that leads to him becoming possessed. As his past is unearthed, he’s forced to face his own demons with terrifying consequences.
STARRING: Sherryl Despres, Peter Tell, Haley Heslip
Read more “3 Demons Available July 5”A killer mime is on the loose, taking out a troupe of teen tropes (Alliteration Eh) in this outrageous horror-comedy. It’s got something for everyone, unless of course you are a child, my mother, or have any taste.
STARRING: Charles Early, Angel Giuffria, Manon Pages
Read more “Silent But Deadly (2016) Available July 5”A group of friends come together to support a man who has just lost his wife. After the funeral, the group decide to stay at the widower’s house for a long weekend. However, a black gloved killer is stalking the property and knocking off the friends one by one. One of the best of the 90’s shot on video (SOV) movies ever made! Co-starring Mark Polonia, produced by the Polonia Bros.
STARRING: Armand Sposto, Mark Polonia, Kelly Ashton
Read more “Savage Vows (1995) Available July 5”A murderous, prehistoric shark is wreaking havoc on local swimmers. A group of college students and their professor trail it to a strange island. It turns out the island is home to a secret military facility that the beast escaped from. There they cross paths with a mad scientist who has genetically engineered the shark so it can fly – and its hunger for humans is growing. The group must work together to battle the ultimate predator hunting them down.
STARRING: Candice Lidstone, Jessica Huether, Catherine Mary Clark
Read more “Raiders Of The Lost Shark (2015) Available July 5”A collection of the most disturbing snuff films ever found on the internet.
STARRING: Kieran Johnston, Wilhelm Müller, Tony Newton
Read more “Gore Grind (2020) Available July 5”Roland Bennett, an obnoxious late-night presenter specializing in the supernatural is not having a good night. A visit from his soon-to-be ex-wife brings divorce papers to the station, a boss listening in due to complaints, and finally, a call from The Outsider threatening to kill a woman live on the phone. Is it a prank’
STARRING: Douglas Epps, Rachel Lagen, Alexander Brotherton
Read more “Final Caller (2020) Available July 5”3 features about nature gone homicidal!
Razorteeth – An expedition into the glacial north discovers prehistoric, predatory piranhas frozen in ice. They are removed from their resting place and packed into a plane for scientific research. But on the way to the research site, the plane crashes into a resort lake, causing the ferocious fish to thaw and attack the vacationers there.
Peter Rottentail – When lifelong friends James and Lenny agree to aid in the restoration of a distant relative’s newly purchased home, the appearance of a murderous rabbit wielding deadly sharp carrots turns a benevolent gesture into a blood-soaked weekend of death.
World Of The Erotic Ape – A TV repairman / mad scientist creates a device that transports him to another world where women have banished men to a forbidden zone and taken apes as their love slaves.
STARRING: Various
Read more “Dawn Of The Animals Available July 5”Sybil Pittman’s only joy in life is her massive doll collection. Every day, she locks herself in her basement, broadcasting her doll restoration vlog all by herself, that is until the remnants of the dreaded Baby Oopsie comes into her life! After carefully restoring the doll, Sybil comes to realize that the tiny terror is alive…with murder and mayhem on its mind!
STARRING: Libbie Higgins, Joseph Huebner, Justin Armistead
Read more “Baby Oopsie (2021) Available July 5”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “Weekly Horror Releases: June 28, 2022”A prestigious journalist accepts an undercover writing assignment addressing the recent emergence of “clandestine restaurants,” one of which holds secret gatherings where diners feast on human flesh in exchange for large sums of money. What started as a simple job may just end in a bloody nightmare.
STARRING: Ángel Acero, Fernando Albizu, Carina Björne
Read more “Omnivores (2013) Available June 28”In this teen horror tale, Ayla and her friends discover a human monster and use it to shoot popular viral videos—but soon Ayla uses the beast to take revenge on her enemies.
STARRING: Paul Cottman, Michael Cervantes
Read more “Where the Scary Things Are (2022) Available June 28”A group of thieves break into the luxurious, secluded mansion Sophie is house-sitting. Sophie, a visually impaired former skier, must rely on Kelly, an army veteran living across the country, to help her fight back.
STARRING: Skyler Davenport, Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Laura Vandervoort
Read more “See For Me (2021) Available June 28”Isolated in his austere penthouse overlooking Central Park, obsessive Wall Street data analyst Richard Boca sees ominous patterns: His computer models are behaving erratically, as are the swarms of mosquitos breeding in his apartment, an infestation that attends his psychological meltdown.
STARRING: Beau Knapp, Charlotte Vega, Jack Kesy, Olivier Martinez
Read more “Mosquito State (2020) Available June 28”TWO JACK WEIS 42nd STREET GRINDHOUSE CLASSICS ON BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME!
Perhaps the most bizarre film by New Orleans writer/producer/director Jack Weis (Mardi Gras Massacre), Crypt Of Dark Secrets is “71 minutes of supernatural sleaze” (Every ’70s Movie) featuring voodoo vengeance, a possessed swamp stripper, and multiple feats of knuckleheaded folk horror, newly mastered from the original negative. Thought lost for more than 30 years, Death Brings Roses is the Big Easy auteur’s epic of pimps, hookers, mob bosses, double-crosses, a stupefying parade of performances by non-professional locals, and Henny Youngman. Real-life Hollywood tough guy Scott Brady (Johnny Guitar), Oscar® winner Broderick Crawford (All The King’s Men) and Hermione Gingold (Gigi) co-star in this French Quarter crime saga that “walks a fine line between utter hilarity and bubbling sleaze” (Bleeding Skull), now scanned in 2K from Weis’ personal 35mm print.
STARRING: Scott Brady, Broderick Crawford, Henny Youngman
Read more “Jack Weis Double Feature – Crypt Of Dark Secrets / Death Brings Roses Available June 28”THE OUT-OF-PRINT SOV CLASSIC IS BACK WITH 9+ HOURS OF NEW SPECIAL FEATURES
Long before they became big-time Hollywood players with Dorm Daze, Golan The Insatiable and the Sonic The Hedgehog movies, 20-year-old producer/co-writer/director Josh Miller and producer/co-writer/star Pat Casey spent the summer of 2000 with $500, a MiniDV cam and a group of friends in Bloomington, MN creating what remains the most insanely accomplished – and long-out-of-print – comedy/horror hit of the SOV era. It’s a deranged suburban saga of hole diggers, serial killers, nympho girlfriends, clothes-stealing monsters and lawn mower murders that Film Threat calls “goofy and funny with charm to spare, filled with ideas both creative and bizarre.” Intervision is proud to present this justifiable cult favorite now lovingly remastered in HD with all-new reunion featurettes, audio commentaries, short films and much more.
STARRING: Josh Miller, Dan Buechler, Sean Hall
Read more “Hey, Stop Stabbing Me! (2003) (Special Edition) Available June 28”Since the witch trials of 1612, evil witch Demdike has haunted Pendle Hill. Unfortunately for Matilda, her father has disappeared and she must venture into the woods, face the dark spirits and rescue him before it’s too late.
STARRING: Nicholas Ball, Mark Topping, Lowri Watts-Joyce, Jeffrey Charles Richards
Read more “The Haunting of Pendle Hill (2022) Available June 28”16-year-old Jeanne awakens in a pool of her own blood, her hands and feet marked with stigmata and her forehead bleeding as if from a thorny crown. This creates conflict, greed and of faith in a community sewn with horrifying secrets.
STARRING: Ali Skovbye, Elyse Levesque, David Richard, Tantoo Cardinal, Paul Amos
Read more “The Devil Within (2020) Available June 28”…TERROR BEYOND BELIEF!
Italian horror master Dario Argento (Suspiria, Deep Red) elevates the giallo genre to new heights with 1982’s Tenebrae, a darkly humorous and notoriously grisly murder-mystery that many consider to be one of his finest works. Now, Synapse Films, in conjunction with Arrow Video, makes this gory suspense classic available for the first time on UHD in a new 4K restoration for Tenebrae’s 40th anniversary!
American mystery author Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa, Death Wish II) comes to Rome to promote his newest novel, Tenebrae. A razor-wielding psychopath is on the loose, taunting Neal and murdering those around him in gruesome fashion just like the character in his novel. As the mystery surrounding the killings spirals out of control, Neal investigates the crimes on his own, leading to a mind-bending, genre-twisting conclusion that will leave you breathless! Co-starring John Saxon (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Daria Nicolodi (Phenomena), John Steiner (Caligula), this stunning all-new 4K restoration includes hours of extras and, for the first time ever, the alternate U.S. theatrical cut, Unsane.
STARRING: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Giuliano Gemma
Read more “Tenebrae (1982) (3-Disc Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD) Available July 26”Charged with pulse-pounding suspense, ingenious special effects from Richard Edlund (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and a first-rate cast including Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger and introducing Natasha Henstridge, Species is an adrenaline-charged thrill-ride you’ll never forget.
When a beautiful human-alien hybrid (Henstridge) escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch (Kingsley) dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance!
STARRING: Alfred Molina, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Michael Madsen
Read more “Species (1995) (Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) Available July 26”Academy Award Nominee Bruce Dern and Stephen Lang star in this horror tale about a couple renting a vacation home who meet the spirits of the architect and his two wives—plus their deranged, living son.
STARRING: Stephen Lang, Bruce Dern
Read more “Mid-Century (2022) Available July 26”A lonely teen discovers her family’s ties to witchcraft.
STARRING: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams
Read more “Hellbender (2021) Available July 26”While the release of Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage gave rise to a glut of imitators, there was more to the giallo than just shameless copycats setting out to ape a rigid formula. This volume of Giallo Essentials celebrates the range and breadth of the genre with three lesser-seen films from its early 1970s heyday.
In Silvio Amadio’s Smile Before Death, familicide with a sprinkling of Oedipal love is the order of the day when teenager Nancy returns home to discover the apparent suicide of her mother, and quickly comes to suspect that her stepfather and his mistress are to blame. Next, Horny priests and self-flagellating nuns abound in Francesco Mazzei’s The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive, as police commissioner Franco Boito investigates the brutal murder of a young clergyman, only to enter into an affair with the dead man’s lover. Finally, in Giuseppe Bennati’s The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, an assortment of wealthy degenerates – including Italian cult mainstays Andrea Scotti and Howard Ross – answer the summons of an eccentric nobleman and assemble in the theatre attached to his ancestral home, only to find themselves trapped in the decaying building while a savage killer picks them off Agatha Christie-style!
With gory murders, wanton debauchery and left-field plot twists a-plenty, all three of these oft-overlooked gialli are restored in 2K from their original camera negatives – including brand-new, Arrow-exclusive restorations of Smile Before Death and The Weapon, the Hour, the Motive – alongside a range of in-depth bonus features.
STARRING: Jenny Tamburi, Silvano Tranquilli, Renzo Montagnani, Bedy Moratti, Rosanna Schiaffino
Read more “Giallo Essentials (3-Disc Limited ‘Black’ Edition) Available July 26”
