Cutting Class (1989) (4K Ultra HD) Available January 30

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NO MORE PENCILS. NO MORE BOOKS. NO MORE TEACHERS’ DIRTY LOOKS.

High school can be murder. Just ask Paula (Jill Schoelen, The Stepfather). Her overprotective father disappears during a weekend hunting trip. She’s being romantically pursued by Brian Woods (Donovan Leitch, The Blob), a creepy classmate who recently graduated from a mental institution. Her jealous jock boyfriend Dwight (Brad Pitt, Moneyball) is looking for any reason to release his juvenile rage. The lecherous school principle Mr. Dante (Roddy McDowall, Fright Night) is after her tight student body, and her friends and teachers are rapidly falling victim to a silent, shadowy mass-murder. As the body count rises, Paula begins to suspect that any one of her reckless suitors could be the twisted killer. But unless she learns his identity soon, her high school education will quickly come to a nasty end.

STARRING: Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Roddy McDowall, Martin Mull

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Crypto Shadows Available January 23

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After a mental breakdown from her toxic city job, a young female game developer finds solace as a rural cryptominer in California. While coding, she stumbles upon a mysterious message from an unknown origin. In her investigation, she faces cyberattacks and ominous encounters which turn into a fight for her life, forcing her to her secret bunker where she takes drastic action.

STARRING: Mikayla Iverson, William Benedict, Charla Bocchicchio

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You’re All Gonna Die (2023) Available January 16

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A young woman, NAOMI, finds herself alone with a tow truck driver, but instead of helping her, she becomes his next victim. This sparks a group of social justice warriors to find out who the killer is led by Ana, a part time investigator with a mysterious past. As the team searches for the killer each gets picked off one by one until it comes down to one person vs a prolific serial killer!

STARRING: Lori Petty, Richard Tyson, Martin Donovan

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Asylum (2008) Available January 16

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A group of beautiful young coeds discover that their dorm was once a mental hospital where unspeakable experiments were performed by a deranged physician trying to cure troubled teens. But now, the mad doctor’s ghost is back to continue his work…and he’s running out of patients! Sarah Roemer and Travis Van Winkle star in this spine-tingling thriller from cult director David R. Ellis.

STARRING: Sarah Roemer, Jake Muxworthy, Travis Van Winkle, Ellen Hollman, Carolina Garcia

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Curse of the Dog God (1977) Available January 23

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Mondo Macabro presents Curse of the Dog God – The first ever US release of this wild folk horror from Japan.

A trio of young scientists from the city head out into the countryside to investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain. On their way, they carelessly destroy a roadside shrine and run over and kill a dog belonging to a local boy. The boy puts a curse on them and tries to disrupt the wedding when a local girl, Reiko, marries one of the trio.

Back in the city, the newlyweds are subjected to a string of increasingly disturbing and inexplicable happenings and Reiko slowly goes insane, convinced that her husband has been cursed and that she has been possessed by the spirit of the Dog God. An attempt to exorcise her ends in tragedy when she dies during the ceremony. One of the trio of scientists throws himself off a skyscraper and a second member of the group is fatally attacked by a pack of feral dogs. But these terrible events are only the start of the Curse of the Dog God.

Written and directed by Shunya Ito, director of the first three of the Female Prisoner Scorpion series of women-in-prison films, Curse of the Dog God was one of the earliest Japanese films, in the wake of the Exorcist and The Omen, to tackle occult themes. Packed full of bizarre and shocking events, it’s a film ripe for rediscovery. This Blu-ray premier features a host of exclusive extras, including a rare interview with director Shunya Ito.

STARRING: Shin’ya Ohwada, Emiko Yamauchi, Masami Hasegawa, Jun Izumi

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The Inferno (1979) Available January 23

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Mondo Macabro presents The Inferno – A masterpiece of 1970s Japanese horror cinema.

The film begins with Miho and Ryuzo, two adulterous lovers, being hunted down by Miho’s husband. Ryuzo is killed while the pregnant Miho is bludgeoned and left for dead. As she dies, she gives birth to her daughter, Aki, who is thus considered to have been born in hell.

Twenty years later, Aki, who is the very image of her mother, has become a daredevil racing car driver. She feels that strange forces are trying to kill her. To solve the mystery of her past she returns to the remote village where her mother died and to the dysfunctional family that refused to take care of Aki when she was a baby. Aki’s arrival triggers a series of disastrous events as she tries to take revenge for the murder of her mother.

Inspired by the famous 1960 film JIGOKU, THE INFERNO shows the hell of Aki’s life in this world but then takes us on an astonishing trip into the beyond, where the film visualizes the hideous punishments and bizarre monsters that await the unfortunate souls condemned for eternity to THE INFERNO.

Director Tatsumi Kumashiro, formerly one of the mainstays of Nikkatsu Studio’s sexually charged “roman porno” series, here delivers one of the masterpieces of 1970s Japanese cinema

STARRING: Mieko Harada, Kyôko Kishida, Ryûzô Hayashi, Hayashi, Kunie Tanaka

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Dard Divorce (2007) Available January 30

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Massacre Video presents Dard Divorce – What started as a routine divorce, soon takes a turn into the unexpected and evolve into scenes of torture, bloodshed and slaughter.

Dard Divorce is the chilling tale of a young divorcee caught in battles both for her children and her life. When Nathalie’s daughter and son go missing, she must contend with violent corrupt forces to find them, entangling her with Mafioso, hit men, and other savage criminal elements – only to become brutally tortured herself. Massacre Video is proud to present Dard Divorce, from legendary German splatter director Olaf Ittenbach (Black Past, The Burning Moon). Completely uncut in all of its gory goodness, this is not a film for those who have sensitive sensibilities.

STARRING: Martina Ittenbach, Daryl Jackson, Jaymes Butler, Barrett Jones

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555 (1988) Available January 30

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Massacre Video presents 555 – Every 5 years… For 5 days… A sadistic killer is on the loose.

A hippie killer with a sex-fueled, murderous bloodlust is on a rampage and he’s brutally slaughtering innocent young couples! Fortunately, Detective Haller and Sergeant Connor have figured out his sadistic trend: striking at the same time every five years, for five days. But who is this perverse maniac? And more importantly, what is the significance of the third ‘five’?

Massacre Video proudly presents Wally Koz’s gore-soaked slasher, 555, for the first time on Blu-ray. Newly mastered, and fully uncensored, this grimy, shot on video, epic will make you watch your back the next time you fool around!

STARRING: Mara Lynn Bastian, Charles Fuller, Greg Neilson, Greg Kerouac

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Suitable Flesh (2023) Available January 9

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Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient who’s suffering from extreme personality disorder. However, it soon leads her into occult danger as she tries to escape from a horrific fate.

STARRING: Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Barbara Crampton

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Karate Ghost 2: Dojo of Death Available January 9

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Karate Ghost is back haunting this dojo of death! This martial arts monster is luring big breasted sorority girls to their doom! Only a man of action named Nick Laser, can save the day, but first he has to fight undead mutant entities in the spirit world before he can destroy the Karate Ghost! It’s the only way Nick can bring back balance to the universe! Can Nick Laser stop the Karate Ghost? Or will this Jujitsu-Geist, Karate chop the world in half? Find out in this over the top horror comedy from mad man director James Balsamo called “Karate Ghost 2: Dojo Of Death!”

STARRING: James Balsamo, Bam Margera, Linnea Quigley, Joe Borlik

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Everyone Will Burn (2021) Available January 9

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Plagued with a darkness of the heart, María José is prepared to face the end of her life when she is visited by a strange girl. As residents in her village begin to suffer horrific deaths, María José is accused of summoning an evil that has been whispered as local legend for generations and must confront her own past or risk fulfilling a prophecy that would bring about the end of the world.

STARRING: Macarena Gómez, Rodolfo Sancho, Ana Milán

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The Exorcists (2023) Available January 9

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When his child is possessed by an unrelenting evil, a father hires three expert exorcists to purge the demon and save his family before it’s too late. But this demon is merely the gatekeeper to a true hellion that will be unleashed.

STARRING: Doug Bradley, Kate Hodge, Kayla Fields

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They Turned Us Into Killers (2024) Available January 9

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A girl is assaulted by her boyfriend; which leads to her tragically committing suicide. She then writes a letter to her best friend; detailing the horrific events that unfolded that fateful night. Her best friend determined to seek revenge; hunts down those responsible for her untimely demise.

STARRING: Scout Taylor-Compton, Taryn Manning, Kane Hodder, Brian Anthony Wilson

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The Strangler (1970) Available February 27

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An unconventional French giallo released before the subgenre’s popularity boom resulting from filmmakers like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, THE STRANGLER centers on Émile (Jacques Perrin, The Young Girls of Rochefort), a handsome young man targeting women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple women fall to Émile’s suffocating white scarf, inspector Simon Dangret, the detective assigned to track down the killer, resorts to seriously unorthodox and even unethical methods to get his man with the assistance of Anna, a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a potential victim.

Praised as a “complex, melancholic meditation on isolation as well as a portrait of collective hysteria” by the New York Film Festival, the film equally subverts and indulges in the conventions of the giallo with unexpected beauty and refinement. Director Paul Vecchiali has been hailed as an “icon of a rebellious, reflexive, and emotionally excessive cinema” by Le Monde and celebrated for his prolific filmography and decades-spanning career as a critic, director, and producer.

STARRING: Jacques Perrin, Julien Guiomar, Eva Simonet, Paul Barge, Jacqueline Danno

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Age of Demons (1993) Available February 27

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A trio of sorceresses are hellbent on offering 100 human sacrifices in order to access Hades and bring forth the age of demons. They kidnap Mitch Feinstein (Eric Matson), a satanic punk rocker with unique psychic powers, and force him to summon a demonic monster who is let loose into the world to wreak mayhem and destruction. Mitch quickly enlists his goofy brother Don (Damon Foster) and his karate club compadres to do battle with the coven’s evil henchmen. In a final ditch effort to save humanity, the brothers combine their powers to resurrect Don’s mammoth robotics class project Cybertron, who flies to the rescue and challenges the demon head-to-head in a blood soaked, laser beam battle to the death!

A brain-scrambling amalgamation of high-risk amateur kung-fu stunts, raucous punk rock, bursts of extreme gore, crude visual effects, and scads of gratuitous nudity, notorious publisher, martial artist, filmmaker (Hot Dogs on the Run), and outspoken satanist Damon Foster turned heads in 1993 with Age of Demons; his homespun, madcap SOV homage to the Asian Tokusatsu and Kyodai Hero films. Like a primitive, analog episode of Ultraman captured through the subversive camcorder lens of Hugh Gallagher, Age of Demons simultaneously revolts and charms with its blend of crude humor, hair brained homemade creature suits, and vibrant visual insanity.

STARRING: Damon Foster, Eric Matson, Butch Portillo, Anthony Houk, Rebecca Torres

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Leviathan (1989) (4K Ultra HD) Available February 20

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Plunge into this go-for-the-jugular sci-fi thriller starring Peter Weller (RoboCop) and Richard Crenna (First Blood) and featuring non-stop action, nerve-shattering suspense and awesome creatures by special-effects legend Stan Winston (Aliens). On the dark and forbidding ocean floor, the crew of a deep-sea mining rig discovers a sunken freighter that harbors a deadly secret: a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong. With a storm raging on the surface and no hope of rescue, the captain (Weller) and his team are propelled into a spine-tingling battle for survival against the ultimate foe—a hideous monster that cannot die…and lives to kill. Directed by George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone) from a script by David Webb Peoples (Blade Runner) and Jeb Stuart (Die Hard), Leviathan is a gripping and imaginative thrill ride that will leave you gasping for air…and clawing for the surface! Featuring Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Ernie Hudson, Michael Carmine, Lisa Eilbacher, Hector Elizondo, Meg Foster and music by Jerry Goldsmith (Alien).

STARRING: Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern

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Cutting Class (1989) (4K Ultra HD) Available January 16

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NO MORE PENCILS. NO MORE BOOKS. NO MORE TEACHERS’ DIRTY LOOKS.

High school can be murder. Just ask Paula (Jill Schoelen, The Stepfather). Her overprotective father disappears during a weekend hunting trip. She’s being romantically pursued by Brian Woods (Donovan Leitch, The Blob), a creepy classmate who recently graduated from a mental institution. Her jealous jock boyfriend Dwight (Brad Pitt, Moneyball) is looking for any reason to release his juvenile rage. The lecherous school principle Mr. Dante (Roddy McDowall, Fright Night) is after her tight student body, and her friends and teachers are rapidly falling victim to a silent, shadowy mass-murder. As the body count rises, Paula begins to suspect that any one of her reckless suitors could be the twisted killer. But unless she learns his identity soon, her high school education will quickly come to a nasty end.

STARRING: Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen, Roddy McDowall, Martin Mull

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Impulse (1974) (2-Disc Special Edition) Available March 12

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WHEN THE DEMONS OF EVIL… TAKE ALL POWER OF REASON… ONLY IMPULSE REMAINS!

Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present one of the most shocking and demented thrillers of the 1970s. William Shatner stars as Matt Stone, a deranged gigolo who preys on rich women, unable to control his murderous psychosexual urges. Directed by legendary exploitation filmmaker William Grefé (The Death Curse Of Tartu), and co-starring Jenifer Bishop (Al Adamson’s The Female Bunch), Ruth Roman (Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train), Harold “Oddjob” Sakata (Goldfinger) and William Kerwin (Herschell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Feast), Impulse is being presented in a beautiful new master lovingly restored in 4K from rare archival 35mm film elements.

STARRING: William Shatner, Ruth Roman, Kim Nicholas, William Kerwin, Jennifer Bishop

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