This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
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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
(more…)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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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…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
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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
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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
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A lonely teen discovers her family’s ties to witchcraft.
STARRING: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams
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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
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EUROCRYPT COLLECTION 2 PRESENTS FIVE OF THE MOST UNEXPECTED, UNDERRATED AND UNDERSEEN FILMS OF THE ICONIC ACTOR’S EUROPEAN CAREER.
Immediately following Horror Of Dracula, Lee reprised the role in the quirky 1959 Italian comedy Uncle Was A Vampire. Lee speaks fluent German opposite Klaus Kinski for the crazed 1962 krimi The Secret Of The Red Orchid. In the 1974 UK psycho-thriller Dark Places, Lee toplines a cast that includes Joan Collins, Herbert Lom and Jane Birkin. Lee’s final performance as The Count in the 1976 French comedy Dracula And Son can at last be seen in its superior Director’s Cut, while the ultra-rare 1989 Dutch drama Murder Story brings Lee into the sex shops of Amsterdam. Each film has been remastered from original negative materials with over 15 total hours of trailers, commentaries, alternate cuts, vintage interviews and new featurettes, plus the Dracula And Son soundtrack and an all-new 100-page book by Lee biographer Jonathan Rigby.
STARRING: Christopher Lee
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A thriving high school girls soccer squad is left stranded in the northern wilderness after a plane crash and descend into savage clans, where survival becomes even more important than the team. Starring Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock), Oscar® and Emmy® nominee Juliette Lewis (Camping), Emmy nominee Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything) and Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable). Watch every intense episode of the psychological thriller in this 4-disc set, including never-before-seen special features.
STARRING: Tawny Cypress, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci
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A brooding occult horror with echoes of Bergman and Pasolini, The Righteous insinuates its way beneath the skin by way of an intelligent script, taut direction, and strong performances. Writer and actor Mark O’Brien (Ready or Not) pulls no punches as he confronts grief, guilt, faith and atonement in his remarkable directorial debut.
A former priest, Frederic Mason (Henry Czerny), anguished by the tragic death of his young daughter, finds himself wrestling with his religious convictions when a mysterious young man (Mark O’Brien) appears wounded on his doorstop in need of assistance. After he and his wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) welcome him across the threshold and into their household, Frederic sees an opportunity for redemption in this mysterious and troubled lost soul, who might just be an emissary from God, or maybe the Devil…
Set amongst the bleak and forbidding landscapes of Newfoundland, crisply captured in tenebrous monochrome by cinematographer Scott McClellan, and featuring robust performances from all its cast members, The Righteous is a sombre supernatural chiller that builds to a memorable crescendo, and signals the emergence of a major new filmmaking talent.
STARRING: Henry Czerny, Mark O’Brien, Mayko Nguyen
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Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Class of 1984 meets I Spit on Your Grave!
When high school football hero Jon-Jon (Breaking Bad’s Christopher Cousins) quits the team, he winds up falling in with a group of outcasts led by the sadistic Dickens (played to unhinged perfection by the late Christopher Stryker). With a willing new recruit in tow, the gang’s youthful hijinks soon spiral into a night of abject horror when they decide to play a cruel prank on the home of their teacher Miss Storm – who, unbeknownst to the youngsters, harbors a dark and tormented past.
Hell High – which was released in some international territories as Raging Fury – is a singular entry in the late ’80s horror canon, melding elements of the revenge movie with the trappings of the slasher genre to delirious effect. School’s out… forever!
STARRING: Maureen Mooney, Christopher Stryker, Christopher Cousins
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Sasha and Katya are a young couple who plagued by a series of inexplicable events after their recent engagement. Sasha so realizes that someone from his past has come back to settle an old score and refuses to let them have their happily ever after.
STARRING: Konstantin Beloshapka, Vera Kincheva, Sergey Dvoynikov, Vladimir Seleznyov
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This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
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After a tragic accident where their son was killed, a young couple decides to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son. But life in the countryside turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son.
STARRING: Teresa Palmer, Steven Cree, Barbara Marten
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Elijah and his rock star girlfriend Lyn are forced into making the ultimate choice when their weekend holiday turns deadly, and they quickly realize that they’ve been summoned to settle a supernatural debt that spans generations.
STARRING: Emma Fitzpatrick, J. Quinton Johnson, Angela Gulner, Frederick Stuart, Salvador Chacon
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A group of spring breakers steal jet skis and head out to sea, but the fun quickly turns to horror after a head-on collision leaves them injured, bleeding and stranded in shark-infested waters fighting for their survival.
STARRING: Eva Longoria, Matt Walsh, Nicole Byer
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Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.
STARRING: Stefanie Scott, Isabelle Fuhrman, Judith Roberts, Rory Culkin
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INCREDIBLY CREEPY… DON’T SEE IT ALONE.
In 1995 a four-man team from the cable-access program Fact or Fiction braved the desolate New Jersey Pine Barrens determined to deliver a live broadcast of legendary monster, the Jersey Devil. Only one came out alive. The lone survivor was sentenced to life in prison, but filmmaker David Leigh is convinced that he’s innocent. Could the Jersey Devil still haunt the barrens?
101 Films presents trailblazing thriller The Last Broadcast (1998). Released on Blu-ray for the first time, Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler’s chilling feature debut is a landmark in the history of the found footage genre. This Limited Edition Blu-ray release includes a new 30 minute interview with the directors, newly-commissioned slipcase artwork from legendary comics artist Stephen R. Bissette, and a booklet with expert writing on the film and the found footage genre from the directors of feature documentary “The Found Footage Phenomenon” (2021).
STARRING: David Beard, Jim Seward, Lance Weiler, Rein Clabbers, Stefan Avalos
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An aquarium in need of a new attraction develops a deadly blood shark. It’s smarter, faster, and deadlier. And when the shark turns the tables it’s creators, they quickly discover who’s really in charge.
STARRING: Tara Clance, Lik-Sun Fong, Ziqing Liu, Yue Ang Wang
(more…)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
(more…)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
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In a North Dublin housing estate Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
STARRING: Hazel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken, Paul Reid
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Jess and Andrea, two American friends who recently reconnected years after high school are hiking in the Scottish Highlands, but their adventure holiday turns sinister when they meet two opportunistic travelling thieves in a local pub. Before long Andrea has disappeared leaving Jess to search for her friend in a country she doesn’t know and in a town where the locals are less than friendly. Where did Andrea go? Did the guys at the bar have something to do with it or is there a more sinister plot at play in the beautiful but foreboding Scottish countryside? Darkness is falling and time is running out.
STARRING: Michaela Longden, Emma O’Hara, Nathan Shepka
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