A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother’s house with the woman he plans to marry.
STARRING: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure, Sondra Locke, Mitch Ryan
Read more “A Reflection of Fear (1972) (Import) Available October 8”Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses.
STARRING: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Taiji Tonoyama, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno
Read more “Onibaba (1964) (The Criterion Collection) Available October 5”Another SRS Retro Release! Rising fear chokes the free-wheeling underbelly of San Francisco’s Music/Art/Drug/Punk scene as a killer stalks the night to feed an unspeakable appetite. Community suspicion focuses on the punk band Disease, tainted by groupie deaths allegedly induced by the drug DZS, and on The Creeper, a misshapen outcast from the bowels of the city. Investigation becomes obsession for the strong and beautiful female journalist Jean Michaelson when she probes the gruesome murders with police Inspector Alonso Bernardo. Her story hits closer to home than ever she imagined, as the quickening web of death devours neighbors, friends and lovers in her neighborhood of artist warehouses. The film plays as a mystery, as Jean, the Inspector and the community try to unravel clues to find who is responsible for the grisly murders. The story and characters interweave live New Wave/Punk music, sex, drugs and the urban environs of a 1980’s Bay Area leather-clad milieu. Retro at its best!
STARRING: Kate Alexander, The Nuns, Cintra Wilson
Read more “Night Feeder (1988) Available October 5”Yuta, a young master at the Tsukiji Fish Market, accidentally drops his meal of mixed seafood into the Sumida River. Some time afterwards a gigantic mutated squid monster arises from the depths and begins to wreak havoc upon an awe\-stricken Tokyo. Attempts by the Japan Self\-Defense Forces to stop the creature prove futile. As it seems things couldn\x27t get any worse an enormous mutant octopus monster emerges from the deep and heads into a clash of the titans with the gargantuan squid. As a last ditch effort, the government forms the Seafood Monster Attack Team (SMAT) and an all\-new plan of attack is immediately put into action. But just as the tide appears to be turning in humanity\x27s favor, a colossal crab monster appears, joining in the Monster Seafood Wars and plunging the world into culinary chaos.
STARRING: yuya Asato
Read more “Monster Seafood Wars (2020) Available October 5”When newlywed Altair claims to have found a way of communicating with God, she builds a black brick door in her bedroom but her increasingly erratic behavior points to something more sinister. Her spiral is documented on the 8mm films shot by her husband and later found after their disappearance. Cauldron Films is proud to present the world wide Blu-ray debut of the Mexican found footage film 1974: La posesión de Altair. Shot on super8 film and directed by Victor Dryere, this meticulously created descent into madness uses atmosphere and brooding sound design to shape an unnerving experience.
STARRING: Various
Read more “La Posesion De Altair 1974 (2016) Available October 5”Brothers Felipe and Eduardo’s relaxing weekend away with their girlfriends in their late grandmother’s old home plunges them into a nightmare when they discover a dark family secret hidden for generations in the La Condesa.
STARRING: Hannia Guillen, Diana Pou, Gonzalo Trigueros
Read more “La Condesa (2020) Available October 5”THE ONLY DIRECT SEQUEL TO THE 1978 MOVIE THAT FOREVER CHANGED THE FACE OF CINEMA!
Jennifer Hills is back! Forty years after 1978’s I Spit On Your Grave shocked the world with its story of a beautiful career woman assaulted and left for dead, and her notorious revenge on those responsible, cinema’s most lethal lady vengeance returns in the most anticipated sequel of all time.
Reuniting star Camille Keaton (What Have You Done to Solange?) and original director Meir Zarchi, I Spit On Your Grave: Déjà vu sends now successful writer Jennifer Hills hurtling back to where it all began – to face the wrath of the families of those she murdered. Kidnapped along with her daughter Christy (Jamie Bernadette), it’s a tense game of hunt – or be hunted – against a lethal gang of degenerates overseen by a violently unhinged matriarch Becky (Maria Olsen) Meir Zarchi delivers the next explosive saga in the most controversial tale of an eye-for-an-eye ever committed to celluloid. Some grudges refuse to be buried!
STARRING: Camille Keaton, Jamie Bernadette, Maria Olsen
Read more “I Spit On Your Grave: Déjà vu (2019) (Special Edition) Available October 5”THIS WOMAN HAS JUST CUT, CHOPPED, BROKEN AND BURNED FOUR MEN BEYOND RECOGNITION… BUT NO JURY WOULD EVER CONVICT HER!
Camille Keaton (What Have You Done to Solange?, Tragic Ceremony) stars as Jennifer Hills, a young and beautiful career woman who rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge in some of the most unforgettable scenes ever shot on film.
In 1978, one film changed the face of cinema forever. Now, four decades later, the original and notorious I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (aka ‘Day of the Woman’) is back and still refusing to be buried! In this new special edition Blu-ray, you can re-experience the phenomenon that shocked and divided the world – and influenced an entire genre and generation of filmmakers – with a new 4K HD scan and restoration of director Meir Zarchi’s 35mm original camera negative and a newly restored original mono soundtrack. Also loaded with a new location featurette hosted by writer Michael Gingold, an audio commentary with writer / director Meir Zarchi and more, this blu-ray is a must own for cinephiles around the world.
STARRING: Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace, Anthony Nichols, Gunter Kleemann
Read more “I Spit on Your Grave (1978) (Special Edition) Available October 5”Three videos on one retro collection! First up, Horror FX hosted by fright-master Tom Savini, creator of the gut-wrenching special effects in Dawn Of The Dead, Creepshow and Friday The 13th. Tom Savini not only makes dreams real he brings nightmares to life. His effects range from walking corpses to exploding zombies. He has also created some wonderful monsters, like Creepshow’s Fluffy and Friday The 13th’s Jason . In this video, he gives you step-by-step demonstrations of how some of his most shattering effects are achieved. If you are a film fan or a budding effects artist, you will gain a firsthand look at how cinematic illusions are created and you’ll be able to do many of them yourself! Then let Dick Smith, the creator of the magical special effects for Altered States, The Exorcist, The Hunger and Amadeus, show you how it’s done in Monster Make-Ups. You’ll never have to worry about searching for a Halloween costume again! Using easily available materials, you can transform yourself into any kind of creature that you wish to become. And then last, a special bonus, Zombie Jamboree ‘93! If you were lucky enough to attend this mind-boggling event back in 1993, you’ll want this lavishly produced documentary to help you relive the three days of fun and excitement. Includes the cast and crew from the original Night of the Living Dead plus many more celebrities!
STARRING: Various
Read more “Halloween Make-up & Effects with Tom Savini And Dick Smith (Bonus Feature: Zombie Jamboree ’93) Available October 5”One year following the events of Halloween 4, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield with a vengeance.
STARRING: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Wendy Kaplan
Read more “Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 5”Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece on Halloween.
STARRING: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Michael Pataki
Read more “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 5”When a terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked and brought to the hospital babbling and clutching the year’s most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask, Dr. Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins, The Fog, Night Of The Creeps) is thrust into a terrifying Halloween nightmare. Working with the salesman’s daughter, Ellie (Stacey Nelkin), Daniel traces the mask to the Silver Shamrock Novelties company and its founder, Conal Cochran (Dan O Herlihy, RoboCop). Ellie and Daniel uncover Cochran’s shocking Halloween plan and must stop him before trick-or-treaters across the country are kept from ever coming home in this terrifying thriller from writer/director Tommy Lee Wallace (Stephen King’s It).
STARRING: Tom Atkins, Stacy Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy, Michael Currie
Read more “Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 5”Picking up exactly where the first film left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first film. The inhuman Michael Myers is still very much alive and out for more revenge as he stalks the deserted halls of the Haddonfield hospital. As he gets closer to his main target, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasence) discovers the chilling mystery behind the crazed psychopath’s actions. Written by John Carpenter and Debra Hill, Halloween II is a spine-tingling dark ride into the scariest night of the year.
STARRING: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Pamela Susan Shoop
Read more “Halloween II (1981) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 5”THE ONE. THE ONLY. THE CLASSIC.
On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. For the last fifteen years, the people of Haddonfield have rested easily, knowing that Michael was safely locked away in a mental hospital … until tonight. Michael has escaped and he will soon return to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween.
STARRING: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers
Read more “Halloween (1978) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available October 5”Still banned in the UK as one of the infamous Video Nasties, in the tradition of The Night Porter, Salon Kitty and Salo only far more depraved comes perhaps the most notorious Nazisploitation epic of them all! Daniela Levy (aka Italian TV presenter and future UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Daniela Poggi) stars as a beautiful young death camp prisoner forced into a nightmare of brutality, torment and sexual degradation. But will a Commandant\x27s vilest urge trigger her ultimate vengeance? Marc Loud (aka Adriano Micantoni of Tomb Of Torture) co\-stars in this fetid slice of filth\-strudel also known as Last Orgy Of The Third Reich And Caligula Reincarnated As Hitler now presented on Blu\-ray for the very first time and restored in 2K From the original negatives.
STARRING: Marc Loud, Daniela Levy, Maristella Greco, Fulvio Ricciardi
Read more “The Gestapo’s Last Orgy (1977) Available October 5”Female Mercenaries On Zombie Island (1995) delivers all the classic ‘90s W.A.V.E. tropes – Damsels in Distress, Cannibalism, Wonder Women, Torture, Bondage, Cat Fights and Mad Scientists – in 2-hours of eye-popping, jaw dropping micro-budget entertainment as astonishing now as the day it was shot. Camp Motion Pictures proudly presents this Shot-On-S-VHS Epic and its equally outlandish sequel Mad Doctor Of Zombie Island to home media as a Blu-ray \/ DVD Combo with two never-before-released Super 8 bonus featurettes, The Misadventures of Fanny Starr and If a God Should Fail. Female Mercenaries On Zombie Island – It’s a post-apocalyptic uprising as mercenaries battle an Evil Doctor employing brain transplants, cloning and cannibalism to rule the world! Starring Tina Krause, Pamela Sutch and Deanna Demko. Mad Doctor Of Zombie Island – The fiendish Doctor is back with a new army of clones, to continue her quest for world domination! If A God Should Fail – To save the mankind, Zeus sends Hercules to earth to battle a cyborg! The Misadventures Of Fanny Starr – Investigating her sister’s murder, Private Detective Fanny Starr uncovers a satanic plot to open a doorway between Hell and earth!
STARRING: Various
Read more “Female Mercenaries On Zombie Island Collection Available October 5”THIS COLLECTION OF CULT CLASSIC MOVIES FROM FULL MOON IS AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME IS THIS COLLECTIBLE PACKAGE WITH PLENTY OF ”EXTRA” SPACE FOR ALL OF YOUR STORAGE NEEDS!
Charles Band’s EVIL BONG series is the world’s only weed-centric comedy/fantasy film franchise, an insane blend of stoner shenanigans, smutty humor and the sort of insane supernatural monster mayhem fans have come to expect from Full Moon.
Presented here in this beautiful ”stash box” collection for the very first time in HD and on Blu-ray, the original 2006 Evil Bong movie has been fully remastered from the 35mm negative, with brand new visual effects added. It joins its celebrated sequels, many of which are also making their debuts on Blu-ray, along with our sidecar stoner shocker Weedjies! And tons of extra space to store upcoming entries in the Evil Bong series…or whatever else you’re trying to hide from your mom. It’s the ultimate weed culture cinema collectible.
STARRING: Tommy Chong, Tonya Kay, Jessica Morris, Jannice Griffith, Tanya Tate
Read more “The Evil Bong Stash Box Available October 5”Elvira’s dreams of stardom are put on hold when she accidently winds up in a mysterious Carpathian castle inhabited by Lord Hellsubus.
STARRING: Cassandra Peterson, Richard O’Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson, Mary Jo Smith
Read more “Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001) (Collector’s Edition) Available October 5”This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “August 3, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases”From out of the surf it came…a familiar voice…a voice that belonged to the afterlife! An atmospheric masterpiece, The Amazing Mr. X stars Turhan Bey as Alexis, a mystery man who claims to communicate with spirits. Appearing on the beach one night, Alexis easily charms a depressed widow and her sister (Lynn Bari and Cathy O\x27Donnell). The sly Alexis makes a living by separating gullible people from their money, but before this tale is over he will learn that the living are far more dangerous than the dead. Thanks to exceptional cinematography by John Alton, director Bernard Vorhaus delivers a film that oozes weird passion and sinister suspense. This is a movie that breathes right on your neck!
STARRING: Turhan Bey
Read more “The Amazing Mr. X (1948) (The Film Detective Special Edition) Available October 5”Dracula In Love: Leila, a lonely young teen parties with her friends in a warehouse. As the social barriers between the sexes crumble, Leila hides from the boys, but senses there is someone else who wants her and he is not of this world. Shira: The Vampire Samurai: A half-human, half-vampire female samurai must stop an evil vampire warlord from populating the world with a new breed of daywalking vampires. Horrors Of War: Feeling the pressure from Allied advance, Hitler unleashes his secret weapons giving rise to a type of warfare the world has never seen. Throughout the European theater of WWII, Lieutenant John Schmidt comes face to face with these weapons. The Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S., precursor to the C.I.A.) initiates missions behind enemy lines to find the source of the weapons terrorizing U.S. soldiers fighting the Third Reich. Schmidt is joined by Captain Joe Russo and his group of war-hardened GIs who have experienced for themselves the all-too-real horrors of war in battle. Together, they must find and destroy Hitler’s horde of nightmare weapons before his horrific vision can be fully realized.
STARRING: Josh Maltin, Flex Alexander, Sean Velie
Read more “Dracula In Love / Shira: The Vampire Samurai / Horrors Of War (Horror Triple Feature) Available October 5”When Rebecca went away to college, her boyfriend John thought video chatting would help them stay in touch. But idle curiosity leads to a dark secret when Rebecca and John video chat with Vera Madeline, an online psychic, who initiates a deadly reign of terror over their lives. The Collingswood Story is an innovative and acclaimed micro budget horror film by writer\/director Mike Costanza. It’s the first found footage film to be viewed through webcams, which helped pave the way for future hits such as Host, Paranormal Activity, and Unfriended. Its macabre tale of murder, ritual, and mystery is told through an immersive interface where each character uses a cam for their own voyeuristic purposes – to communicate, to investigate, and to victimize – ultimately becoming witness to a shocking and disturbing finish! Cauldron Films is proud to present the worldwide Blu-ray debut of The Collingswood Story – the innovative and creepy supernatural found footage horror film, newly remastered from the original source tapes by writer\/director Mike Costanza!
STARRING: Various
Read more “The Collingswood Story (2002) Available October 5”A black comedy/drama about a lonely ice-cream van driver, Warren Thompson, and his unhealthy obsession with television soap starlet, Katey George.
STARRING: Glenn Maynard, Kyrié Nunan-Jackson, Aston Elliot
Read more “Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla (2014) Available October 5”Under Roman Polanski’s chilling direction, a classic thriller is born. Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy Woodhouse (John Cassavetes) are newlyweds, but Rosemary has no idea that her wedded bliss is about to come to a horrific end. Her husband’s ambition as a struggling actor is about to plunge her into an abyss of terror like she has never known. In exchange for a taste of fame, Guy makes a deal with the devil that puts his wife and soul in jeopardy. When Rosemary becomes pregnant, her husband becomes odd, her neighbors (Sidney Blackmer and Academy Award® winner* Ruth Gordon) border on obsessive and her normal life turns into a surreal nightmare. Slowly, she begins to realize that a seed of evil has been planted…and she is its host.
STARRING: Sidney Blackmer, Sr., Sidney Blackmer Sr., Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Read more “Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Available September 28”…WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES DEATH.
A decade after co-writing Night Of The Living Dead, writer/director John Russo gathered members of George Romero’s Pittsburgh crews to film a new shocker fueled by equal parts grisly grindhouse jolts and ’80s satanic panic: Fleeing her pervy alcoholic stepfather (Lawrence Tierney of Reservoir Dogs infamy), a hitchhiking teen (Melanie Verlin) is abducted by a family of crazed homicidal rednecks for an ordeal of graphic butchery, shag carpet and devil worship. John Amplas (Martin) co-stars in this ”greasy, grimy guilty pleasure” (DVD Talk) featuring gore effects by Tom Savini and executive produced by Sam Sherman (dracula vs. Frankenstein) – released in some US markets as Backwoods Massacre and seized in the UK as a Section 3 ‘Video Nasty’ – now scanned in 4K from the negative of the long-rumored uncut version with all-new Special Features.
STARRING: Lawrence Tierney, John Amplas, Lachele Carl
Read more “Midnight (1982) Available September 28”THE NIGHT HE CAME TO COLLECT HIS OWN!
From Earl Owensby Studios – the South’s biggest producer/distributor of ’70s/’80s regional horror and exploitation hits – comes what may be the most obscure and bizarre slasher movie of the entire godless genre: In a 1930s small town rife with lust, corruption and sin, a mysterious figure wielding a scythe arrives to cut an unholy swath of murder, madness and moralizing that may lead straight to Hell. William T. Hicks (Death Screams), Brownlee Davis (Wolfman), Jerry Rushing (Final Exam) and Harris Bloodworth star in this ”early ’80s oddity worth seeing as something very different” (The Slasher Report) produced by Earl Owensby (Tales Of The Third Dimension) and Worth Keeter (L.A. Bounty), now scanned in 2K from the IP for the first time ever.
STARRING: William T. Hicks, Larry Sprinkle
Read more “A Day Of Judgment (1981) Available September 28”From the mind of celebrated horror author Stephen King, the man behind such classic terror tales as The Shining, Carrie, and It, comes one of his most chilling offerings yet. Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Peter Horton (Thirtysomething) star as a young couple who find themselves lost on the backroads of Nebraska, eventually winding up in the seemingly deserted town of Gatlin. But the town is far from empty. As the couple soon discover, it is inhabited by a twisted cult of murderous children, thirsty for another blood sacrifice… Available for the first time ever in Ultra High Definition, Arrow Video is proud to present a brand new 4K restoration of the film that launched one of the most enduring horror franchises of all time. Children of the Corn… they’re an adult nightmare!
STARRING: Peter Horton, Linda Hamilton, R.G. Armstrong, Courtney Gains, John Franklin
Read more “Children of the Corn (1984) (Special Edition) (4K Ultra HD) Available September 28”A vacationing family turns the tables on a mass shooter who claims to be fighting demonic forces.
STARRING: Annette Adams-Brown, Jacklyn Collier, Nick Damici, Oghenero Gbaje
Read more “Blood Conscious (2021) Available September 28”Sweden is under attack by an unknown force. In the midst of this crisis, Alex is forced back to his childhood village to arrange the funeral of his mother. There, he must reconcile with both his father and his old flame, Anna. As old feelings come back to the surface, more mysterious attacks plunge Sweden into chaos and confusion.
STARRING: Christoffer Nordenrot, Lisa Henni
Read more “The Unthinkable (2018) Available August 3”When a cocksure, road-raging man driving cross-country with his family tailgates the wrong van, a simple road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course, as he realizes they are being pursued and terrorized by the van’s vengeful driver.
STARRING: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Anniek Pheifer, Willem de Wolf
Read more “Tailgate (2019) Available August 3”
