Helter Skelter (2012) Available March 24

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Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention – the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and color-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.

This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.

STARRING: Anne Suzuki, Erika Sawajiri, GĂ´ Ayano, Hirofumi Arai

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Hellboy Universe : The Secret Histories Vol. 1 Available March 24

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Three stories of instrumental side characters are explored in full, collected for the first time in a trade paperback graphic novel perfect for any Hellboy fan’s library!

When did Rasputin find his calling to bring about Ragna Rok? How did the Visitor stay hidden on Earth for so long? And where did the legendary Sledgehammer armor really come from? These questions and more are answered in this new collection from the world of Hellboy!

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is joined by John Arcudi, Chris Roberson, Laurence Campbell, Christopher Mitten, Dave Stewart, and others to bring these hidden corners of the Mignolaverse to light.

Collects Rasputin: The Voice of the Dragon, Sledgehammer 44, and The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed.

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Dead Kids (Limited Edition) (1981) Available March 24

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Michael Murphy (Tanner ’88), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Dan Shor (Wise Blood), and Fiona Lewis (A Day at the Beach) head the impressive cast of Dead Kids (also known as Strange Behavior), a darkly comic blend of horror and science fiction from director Michael Laughlin (Strange Invaders).

In a small midwestern town, police chief John Brady (Murphy) investigates a bizarre series of murders. As the corpses pile up, all signs point to the hellish mind-control experiments of a twisted scientist…

Co-written by Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters), with a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream (Sorcerer), and produced in New Zealand by the legendary Australian producer Antony I Ginnane (Snapshot).

STARRING: Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Louise Fletcher, Michael Murphy

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The Walking Dead Deluxe #129 Available January 22

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Even now, the survivors still find new ways to dispose of the dead.

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Exquisite Corpses #9 Available January 21

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The Groundskeeper’s job is to keep order in the playing field. Killers must be kept in bounds, and civilians under control. But the survivors of Oak Valley have no intention of making the Groundkeeper’s job easy… TYLER BOSS (YOU’LL DO BAD THINGS) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (BITCH PLANET) rejoin JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, W0RLDTR33) and MICHAEL WALSH (THE SILVER COIN) as the game starts to break all of its own rules!

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Vampirella : Armageddon #7 Available January 14

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These Good Intentions Sure Are Slippery!

As Hemorrhage hunts for Vampirella through the sulphurous wastes of the Hell, a rescue party from Sepulcher City arrives to return the Daughter of Drakulon to the mortal world — but who is going to rescue the rescuers once it becomes clear how far out of their depth they have fallen?

Find out as renowned Vampi wranglers Tom Sniegoski and Edu Menna reconnoiter another ring of the Inferno in Vampirella: Armageddon #7 — enhanced by coordinated covers from Francesco Mattina, Lesley “Leirix” Li, Joseph Michael Linsner, and cosplay by Lauren Delorean!

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Pig Wife (Kindle) Available January 14

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Accidentally trapped in an underground bunker, a teen girl must navigate the bizarre secrets within. This astonishing indie-horror graphic novel will keep readers guessing—and turning pages! Mary had a bad feeling even before they arrived at dead Aunt Pearl’s house. Dragged to a remote mining town so her mom and stepdad can settle Pearl’s estate, Mary can’t wait to escape from her wreck of a family—but she’s stuck with them in the middle of nowhere. After a vicious fight, Mary runs off to hide in an abandoned gold mine. Her escape plan backfires when she realizes she’s trapped inside. Even more terrifying… she’s not alone.

Filled with suspense, dark humor, and spectacular nightmares, Pig Wife is a shockingly ambitious debut from graphic novelist Abbey Luck, seizing readers by the heart and the throat with a story of isolation, abuse, trauma, and survival. In this truly twisted coming-of-age tale, Luck suggests that survival doesn’t depend on our strength and wits alone—but on our ability to love others, even in the most horrific circumstances.

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DIEnamite : Blood Red #4 Available January 14

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It’s A Martian Standoff!

With Sonja leading the way through the sewers of Sin City, Purgatori’s strike team of Miss Fury, Vampirella, and Dejah Thoris are poised to capture the rogue Kaldanian scientist Taak and force him to divulge the cure for the Deadmen plague. But things take a turn for the traitorous when Vampi corners Taak in his Hoover Dam lair and gets a telepathic earful about both his and Dejah’s true intentions!

Two-fisted ink-slingers Fred Van Lente and Marco Finnegan lay out the good, the bad, and the ugly in Die!namite: Blood Red #4 — featuring quick-draw covers by EJ Su, Roberto Meli, Emilio PilliU, and Will Robson!

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Deadly Tales Of The Gunslinger Spawn #12 Available January 14

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A showdown is upon us. The Gunslinger has reached the end of his rope, literally, and the fate of a small town is in the balance.

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Vampirella Vol. 7 #9 Available January 7

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Reality Bites!

In this issue: Vampirella’s best and most trusted friend has seemingly returned from the grave. But is he “real” — an actual, sentient life form? Or is he merely an automaton crafted by the living algorithm ARIS, sent to complicate Vampirella’s own struggle to determine if she herself is an actual person?

The answer will hopefully be found within Christopher Priest and Davis Goetten’s Vampirella #9 — bolstered by perfectly imperfect covers from allegedly human artists Lucio Parrillo, Derrick Chew, Joseph Michael Linsner, Elias Chatzoudis, and cosplay by Rachel Hollon!

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Glitch Ditch 88 (2025) Available December 30

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Die Star Pictures proudly unleashes another round of behind-the-scenes chaos with James Balsamo! Dive back into the ditch as James Balsamo returns to guide you through the latest whirlwind of cinematic confusion! In Glitch Ditch 89, nothing goes as planned mostly because nobody had a plan.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 87 (2025) Available December 30

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Die Star Pictures presents another round of behind-the-scenes insanity with James Balsamo! Strap in as James Balsamo barrels headfirst into the outrageous production chaos of Die Star Pictures’ latest cinematic creation! In Glitch Ditch 87, you’ll get a wild, wink-and-nod peek at the mayhem, the madness, and the movie magic that definitely wasn’t in the script.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 86 (2025) Available December 30

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In Glitch Ditch 86, James pushes deeper into the Canadian wilderness, discovering that shooting a half-moose, half-Mountie monster movie comes with a whole new herd of troubles. From malfunctioning animatronic antlers to a cast member getting chased by what might have been a real cryptid, no one is safe from the hoof-stomping hilarity.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 85 (2025) Available December 30

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Bursting with creature effects, moose mutations, and syrup-slick slapstick, Glitch Ditch 84 proves that even in subzero temperatures, Balsamo’s horror never chills it thrills!

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 84 (2024) Available December 30

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The wild behind‑the‑scenes ride of Canadian Centaur — the moose‑mounted monster movie that redefines maple‑soaked mayhem! When Balsamo brings his unique brand of horror‑comedy to the frozen frontier, chaos follows faster than a Mountie on a moose as the crew battles blizzards, builds antlers for the half‑man, half‑moose Centaur hero, and faces a production so wild it could only happen in Canada.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 83 (2024) Available December 30

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Tighten your snow boots — James Balsamo is back on the loose in the Great White North as Glitch Ditch 83 follows the King of Indie Horror‑Comedy into Canada to shoot Canadian Centaur and Snake Church, but what begins as two monster movies quickly mutates into one frostbitten frenzy of behind‑the‑scenes bedlam.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 82 (2024) Available December 30

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The snow hasn’t melted, and neither has the madness as James Balsamo continues his wild northern escapade filming Werewolf in a Tank deep in the frosty wilds of Canada, where every scene spirals into a full‑blown comedy‑horror disaster.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 81 (2024) Available December 30

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Get ready for another behind‑the‑scenes breakdown of Balsamo‑brand madness in Glitch Ditch 81, the skateboard‑splattered, syrup‑soaked, fur‑flying Canadian adventure where the making of a movie becomes a monster movie itself.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 80 (2024) Available December 30

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Glitch Ditch 80 plunges viewers into a static‑soaked nightmare and unleashes never‑before‑seen behind‑the‑scenes footage from the cult classics Slasher Fetish 3 and Massage Massacre 3: Unhappy Endings, revealing lost FX tests, chaotic set disasters, and infamous scenes long thought erased.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Glitch Ditch 79 (2024) Available December 30

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Buckle up for another wild ride into the James Balsamo vault of madness as Glitch Ditch 79 kicks off with the chilling rough cut of 14 Ghosts, where spectral screams and sinister secrets haunt every frame, then heads behind the ropes of the green‑screen graveyard for never‑before‑seen footage from Slice 2: Children of the Course, where blood splatters and sand traps collide in a golf‑slasher sequel one stroke closer to insanity.

STARRING: James Balsamo

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Witchcraft 17 (2025) Available December 30

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A determined reporter probes the mysterious death of a woman who fell from a building, only to uncover a dangerous coven of witches intent on making her their fourth member. The only one who can stop them is warlock William Spanner.

STARRING: Ivy Smith, Jennifer Moriarty, Saint Heart

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The Mike Diana Film Collection Available December 30

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Infamous for his arrest, trial, and conviction in the 1990s for his self-published comix, artist Mike Diana also made a string of homemade films. Starting with 8mm in the early ’80s and graduating to video, Diana enlisted his own family and neighborhood kids in an array of bizarre, gross, and hilarious movies, to varied levels of completion.The 1989 feature Blood Brothers is Diana’s demented update on the slasher trend. Quite literally a “backyard movie,” it mostly stars children, and what it lacks in its zero-dollar budget it makes up for with unhinged charm. Illicit substances, coat-hanger abortions, mutilation and decapitation have never been so fun. 1990’s Baked Baby Jesus is a loud, unapologetic shot-on-video revolt against the downfall of American society. As if it was designed to be seen by Diana’s enemies instead of his peers, the shorts marry together real abortion rally footage, a necrophiliac love story, and perhaps the most infamous sequence of all, a tour of the infant-only cemetery Babyland. Both films were originally traded through the mail, and have only been available directly through Mike Diana himself. Factory 25 has gone back to the original video sources and provided higher quality than ever before possible (previous versions had primitive sound dubbing and editing) and has overseen the reconstruction of several otherwise lost short films, some completed here for the first time.

STARRING: Brian Bartlet, Jerred Assonio, Matt Diana, Paul Piazza

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The Advent Calendar (2021) Available December 30

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Eva has been paraplegic for the past three years. When her birthday arrives, she receives a strange advent calendar as a gift. But instead of the traditional sweets, every day reveals something different; sometimes pleasant but often terrifying, and increasingly bloody. It’s going to be a very deadly Christmas this year.

STARRING: ClĂŠment Olivieri, EugĂŠnie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Janis Abrikh

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Psychotropic Overload (1994) Available December 30

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A psychiatrist, a fashion photographer, and a detective find their lives intertwined in a curious case involving the disappearance of several male models. Steven Callahan (David Wittman) is a well respected therapist who has just taken on a new client named Christian (Joseph F. Alexandre) who’s an aspiring fashion photographer and suffers from a series of bizarre and violent fantasies. As the fantasies become more vivid, Steven becomes suspicious that these are more than just random thoughts. Simultaneously, foul mouthed detective Tim Poroski (John Thomas) is faced with a series of murders and disappearances of several male models. PSYCHOTROPIC OVERLOAD is one of the most unique independent horror movies of the 90s. It’s a very Hitchcockian movie and cleverly blends the video format with 8mm and 16mm films elements. We are so excited for this to get a new audience.

STARRING: David Whitman, John Thomas, Joseph F. Alexandre

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Model Hunger (2015) Available December 30

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A former model (Lynn Lowry) cast aside by the beauty-obsessed entertainment industry takes brutal revenge on young, attractive women. But when a new couple (Tiffany Shepis, Carmine Capobianco) moves in next door, they begin to suspect something sinister. The list of missing girls is growing—and all signs point to Ginny’s basement. What horrors has she been hiding all these years… and who will survive her hunger for revenge?

STARRING: Brian Fortune, Carmine Capobianco, Lynn Lowry, Tiffany Shepis

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Hot Spring Shark Attack (2024) Available December 30

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In a small hot spring town in Japan, a ferocious ancient shark reawakens and begins terrorizing the local hot spring facilities. As the threat escalates, the townspeople band together to protect their beloved town from the menacing predator, leading to a fierce and thrilling battle.

STARRING: Kiyobumi Kaneko, Koichi Makigami, Shoichiro Akaboshi, Takuya Fujimura

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