A quartet of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor’s house.
STARRING: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, Erland van Lidth
Read more “Alone in the Dark (1982) Available September 14”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “September 7, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases”Cult Epics presents 99.9 – From the acclaimed director of In A Glass Cage and Moonchild.
In this chilling horror film, Lara (Mario Barranco) is the host of a “psychic phenomena” radio show, whose ex-lover has been found dead in a small Spanish village. When she travels to the location, she discovers that he had been performing experiments to connect with tormented spirits, trapped between worlds. Upon arrival at the abandoned building where he conducted the experiments, she finds something she never expected.
99.9 is the third feature film directed by Agustí Villaronga (In A Glass Cage, Moon Child) that was made during the 90s wave of Spanish supernatural thrillers – with camerawork by Javier Aguirresarobe (Twilight, The Others) and music by Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backbone). Cult Epics presents 99.9 in a brand-new 2K transfer with new bonus features that include recent and vintage interviews with Agustí Villaronga and the cast (for the first time with English subtitles), plus an isolated score of the unreleased soundtrack by Javier Navarrete.
STARRING: Maria Barranco
Read more “99.9 (1997) Available September 14”After looting a Native American burial site, a hunter unleashes the Skinwalker, a shape shifting demon. Once thought to be only a legend, this ancient evil returns from the grave to wreak a terrible vengeance on all who cross its path.
STARRING: Dan Higgins, Nathaniel Burns, Becky Jo Harris, Charlie E Motley, Amelia Haberman
Read more “Skinwalker (2021) Available September 7”Joshua Riverton (Josh Eisenberg) spent 10 years working for a global chemical behemoth, notorious for their environmental negligence. When his daughter develops a mysterious illness, he steps forward as a whistle-blower, throwing his life into chaos and risks everything, even his soul, to save his terminally ill daughter.
STARRING: Josh Eisenberg, Paul Statman, Jennifer Churchich
Read more “Behemoth (2021) (Import) Available September 10”A young woman returns to her hometown, to discover it is corrupted by witchcraft. The locals whisper tales of a shadow that lures souls at night, and as she seeks answers, she comes face to face with a clan, which her mother is the leader.
STARRING: Cassandra Magrath, Kevin Hofbauer, Lee Mason, John Voce, Nicholas Denton
Read more “Witches Of Blackwood (2021) Available September 7”Dr. Kim believes that ancient dinosaurs are waking up due to global warming rapidly melting the glaciers where they have slept for thousands of years. The recently widowed scientist, now in isolation to study his theories outside the judgemental eye of the public, struggles to find balance with his obsession and raising his young daughter, Sohee. A reporter, named Kang Ok-hee, discovers his hideout and infiltrates his home in the guise of a housekeeper. When gigantic creatures start to appear on the mainland and cause massive destruction, the doctor and journalist must find a way to save themselves, and the world. Also know as The Flying Monster and Bicheongoesu, this kaiju classic has never been released in North America until now!
STARRING: Nam Hye-Gyeong, Da-hye Kim, Ki-Ju Kim
Read more “War Of The God Monsters (1985) Available September 7”Rebecca is searching for her sister, a young journalist who went missing while investigating a series of unfortunate events. The trail leads her to Timere, a remote place far from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, where amidst the tight-lipped silence of the town’s inhabitants there’s an ever-growing fear of dark forces at work and no-one dares to leave their home at night. Here Rebecca meets an extravagant writer, the church warden of the town and above all Caleb, a charming, rich and elegant man whose dark gaze hides a chilling secret. It’s in this town, where time appears to move between the shadows and danger lurks around every corner that Rebecca learns of the terrible truth and the battle between good and evil begins.
STARRING: Roberto D’Antona, Annamaria Lorusso, Francesco Emulo
Read more “Village Of The Vampire (2020) Available September 7”Star Vincent Price (Theater of Blood, The Last Man on Earth), director Roger Corman (The Premature Burial, The Raven) and screenwriter Robert Towne (The Last Detail, Chinatown) hook up for horror in Edgar Allan Poe’s most terrifying tale of passion, possession and purr-fect evil! When a dead wife sinks her claws into immortality—and comes back as a ferocious feline—she leads her husband’s (Price) new bride on a deadly game of cat and mouse. And when the fur starts flying, she soon learns that even in death… she can land on her feet! Elizabeth Shepherd (Damien: Omen II) and John Westbrook (Room at the Top) co-star in this chilling conclusion to Corman’s Poe cycle of films.
STARRING: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis, Oliver Johnston
Read more “The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) Available September 7”A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
STARRING: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David
Read more “The Thing (1982) Available September 7”A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
STARRING: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne
Read more “Theater of Blood (1973) Available September 7”A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, the killer jeans proceed to wreak carnage on staff who are locked in overnight to set up the new collection.
STARRING: Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Sehar Bhojani, Stephen Bogaert
Read more “Slaxx (2020) Available September 7”While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.
STARRING: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley
Read more “Scream 3 (2000) Available September 7”Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
STARRING: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy
Read more “Scream 2 (1997) Available September 7”Movies:
Haunt, Bloodline, Nekrotronic
STARRING: Katie Stevens, Seann William Scott, Ben O’Toole, Will Brittain, Mariela Garriga
Read more “Scared to Death 3-Movie Horror Collection Available September 7”Everyone’s favorite muck-encrusted plant-man falls in love with Dr. Arcane’s sexy daughter and must rescue her from her father’s nefarious and murderous plans. Heather Locklear stars as the vegetarian plant-lover in this superhero comic book adaptation. Also starring Louis Jourdan, Dick Durock, and Sarah Douglas. With elaborate mutant creatures designed by the legendary Carl Fullerton.
STARRING: Louis Jourdan, Dick Durock, Heather Locklear
Read more “The Return Of Swamp Thing (1989) Available September 7”GOD MADE HIM SIMPLE. SCIENCE MADE HIM A GOD. NOW HE WANTS REVENGE!
Enter the deadly world of virtual reality, where information is the key to world domination. In this intelligent sci-fi thriller that picks up where the original Lawnmower Man ended, Jobe (Matt Frewer – MAX HEADROOM) has become a hostage in futuristic hell. But when he discovers a computer chip that will give him the key to the ultimate revenge, the battle for world control begins. With visually stunning special effects, Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War takes you into a world where only the hardwired dare to journey.
STARRING: Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Ely Pouget, Camille Cooper
Read more “Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War (1996) Available September 7”Rush week turns unexpectedly hellish when a band of sadistic, masked, homicidal maniacs holed up in an abandoned warehouse wreak havoc on a bunch of not\-so\-innocent college kids. Wanting to ensure the new pledges prove they\x27re worthy, fraternity president J.J. sends them to a deserted warehouse rumored to be inhabited by demonic squatters. But the hazing takes on a sadistic tone when the tales turn out to be true. Now the pledges find themselves in a fight for their lives.
STARRING: Rob Jaeger, Karen Fox, Michael Reddy
Read more “Hellweek (2010) (10 Year Anniversary) Available September 7”In centuries long ago, The Knights of the Holy Brotherhood discovered an ancient box which legend claimed contained a piece of hell inside. They vowed to keep its contents hidden from those who would try and exploit it, but the curse within can not be contained! Today, a shadowy conspiracy unfolds that entwines a group of college girls, a suicidal psychiatrist, and a haunted couple with their own dark secrets. All their lives are horribly altered when they come into possession of the box. Will their sanity prevail in the struggle to save their souls?
STARRING: Erez Bowers, Russell Cate, Danielle Chau
Read more “Hellbox (2021) Available September 7”A blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare for five passengers when their seaplane goes down near a shipwreck. Stranded miles from shore in an inflatable life raft, they find themselves in a desperate fight for survival as they try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing pack of sharks lurking just beneath the surface.
STARRING: Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Te Kohe Tuhaka
Read more “Great White (2021) Available September 7”Those star-hopping Alterians are back in a cosmic caper of conjugal consequence! When an ancient hunger is awakened in the far reaches of space, the Alterian High Council sends ordained Collector Maxy Prime to investigate with her nimble know-it-all sidekick, Gabby Jinx. There they discover an ambitious professor and her students in the grips of the Thangarian Pleasure Pod, a mega-parasite who’s giving everyone good vibrations while slowly sapping them of their life essence. It’s up to the Alterians – hedonistic heroes of here and beyond – to put a stop to the tentacled terror. But when the Professor and hers students become mentally dominated by the Pod Queen and are turned into her willing slaves, the situation gets…very sticky. Will the Femaliens put an end to this tentacle terror, or will they succumb to the beast’s cosmic crush?
STARRING: Lilly Fairfield, Jillian Janson, Kira Noir, Rachel Grubb, Paris White
Read more “Femalien: Cosmic Crush (2020) Available September 7”After the accidental death of his parents, Jack\x27s comfortable lifestyle comes to an end and he must sell his family home. Desperate to improve his life, Jack throws out his childhood belongings including his beloved plush, Benny. It\x27s a move that has disastrous consequences when Benny springs to life with deadly intentions!
STARRING: Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, George Collie
Read more “Benny Loves You (2019) Available September 7”A lonely assistant finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal.
STARRING: Alyssa Limperis, Jack De Sena,, Paul Danke
Read more “Too Late (2021) Available August 24”MOVIES:
The Conjuring
The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
STARRING: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga
Read more “The Conjuring (Three Film Collection) Available August 24”The Cabin is a modern-day film about spiritual warfare telling the story of how one man courageously waged war against his personal demons. This suspenseful thriller shows the spiritual battlefield we all face each and every day.
STARRING: Michael Sigler, Timothy E. Goodwin, Deven Bromme
Read more “The Cabin (2019) Available August 24”A Double Dose of Terror from the Directors of Dawn Of The Dead and Suspiria
The Masters of Modern Horror – George Romero and Dario Argento – bring you an unprecedented pair of shockers inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In Romero’s The Facts In The Case Of Mr. Valdemar, a conniving wife (Adrienne Barbeau of The Fog) and her lover use a hypnotic trance to embezzle a fortune from her dying husband, only to receive some chilling surprises from beyond the grave. Then in Argento’s The Black Cat, a deranged crime scene photographer (Harvey Keitel of From Dusk Till Dawn) is driven to brutal acts of madness and murder by his girlfriend’s new pet. But will this cunning feline deliver a final sickening twist of its own?
Martin Balsam (Psycho), E.G. Marshall (Creepshow), John Amos (The Beastmaster) and Tom Atkins (Night Of The Creeps) co-star in this wild horror hit that also features grisly makeup effects by Tom Savini (Maniac). Blue Underground’s acclaimed restoration of Two Evil Eyes, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original camera negative, is now presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, packed with hours of Extras!
STARRING: Harvey Keitel, Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, E.G. Marshall, Tom Atkins
Read more “Two Evil Eyes (1990) (4K Ultra HD + Special Features Blu-ray) Available August 24”Influenced by Dario Argento’s horror classic Suspiria, director Norman J Warren and screenwriter David McGillivray – reteaming two years after the success of Satan’s Slave – created an offbeat blend of satire and the supernatural, sending up the British exploitation film industry while delivering ever more outlandish set-pieces. An eclectic cast list includes John Nolan (Doomwatch), Carolyn Courage (Space: 1999), Glynis Barber (Dempsey and Makepeace) and Peter Mayhew, best known for playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies.
STARRING: John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey, Sarah Keller, Tricia Walsh
Read more “Terror (1978) (Import) Available August 27”For his first foray into horror cinema – the genre in which he would ensure his legacy – Norman J Warren teamed up with critic-turned-screenwriter David McGillivray (House of Whipcord) and Hammer veteran Michael Gough (The Phantom of the Opera) for a tale of witchcraft and occultism. Candace Glendenning (Tower of Evil) plays a young woman who witnesses the death of her parents en route to visiting her uncle (played by Gough) and cousin (Martin Potter, Goodbye Gemini). While recovering from the trauma at his isolated estate, she begins to suspect all is not as it seems and that dark magic may be at work…
STARRING: Candace Glendenning, Celia Hewitt, David McGillivray, Barbara Kellerman, James Bree
Read more “Satan’s Slave (1976) (Import) Available August 27”IN THIS SLEEPY TOWN, THERE IS NO REST FOR THE LIVING … OR THE DEAD.
The terrifying tale of Salem’s Lot continues in the shocking and satirical A Return To Salem’s Lot! Beneath the quaint, picture-perfect exterior of a small New England community lurks an unsettling, undead evil: vampires. When fresh blood comes to town in the form of amoral anthropologist Joe Weber and his son Jeremy, the vampires employ the father to document their story. But when the stakes are raised, Joe must take on the hellish horde or lose his son … and his soul.
Directed and co-written by genre legend Larry Cohen (the It’s Alive trilogy, Black Caesar, God Told Me To) and featuring Michael Moriarty (the star of Cohen’s Q: The Winged Serpent), A Return To Salem’s Lot is a ghoulishly clever follow-up to the hit miniseries based on master of horror Stephen King’s acclaimed novel.
STARRING: Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Ricky Addison Reed
Read more “A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987) Available August 24”
