A Filipino police squad suspects that a former FBI agent may be the key to solving a series of cult massacres and child sacrifices.
STARRING: Jana Victoria, Ian Ignacio, Jeffrey Quizon
Read more “Circle of Bones (2020) Available December 28”Tag: Releases
Blood-A-Rama Triple Frightmare Available December 28
A horror triple feature from the vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA)!
Help Me . . . I’m Possessed: A free-form nightmare that takes place at a sanitarium in the desert, this surrealist gem includes a psychopathic hunchback, delirious monsters, and a killer early synthesizer score.
Night Of The Strangler: A southern-fried whodunnit with murder, racial tension, and a starring role from The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, this sweat-soaked sleazer feels like a cross between an American giallo and a trashy airport paperback novel.
Carnival Of Blood: An ominous, semi-cinéma vérité horror movie that was shot at Coney Island in NYC, Carnival Of Blood features an early role from Burt Young (Rocky), pop-art gore that would make H.G. Lewis proud, and a gloriously seedy atmosphere.
NOTICE! These preservations were made from the only known film elements in existence. Please approach the technical quality of the source materials with empathy.
STARRING: Micky Dolenz, Burt Young
Read more “Blood-A-Rama Triple Frightmare Available December 28”December 21, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases
This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “December 21, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases”Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) (Extended Director’s Cut) Available December 21
Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His goal is to rule the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him to return. A young man begins to suffer from visionary flashbacks – of the past lives he lived. On his father’s birthday, a case containing an old book is found in their garden, which was hidden by a Warlock in 1943. When the young man touches with the book, he mutates into a monster and awakens an army of zombies, ready to bring back the fallen Angel Premutos.
STARRING: André Stryi, Christopher Stacey, Ella Wellmann
Read more “Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) (Extended Director’s Cut) Available December 21”Kingdom of the Vampire (1991) Available December 21
Inspired by ‘60s soap opera “Dark Shadows” and George A. Romero’s underrated thriller Martin, producer/director J.R. Bookwalter (The Dead Next Door) ushered shot-on-video features into the mainstream with his 1991 horror-drama Kingdom of the Vampire. The gloomy tale was far from a financial or critical smash, but paved the way for a tsunami of weird, wild camcorder movies throughout the ‘90s, decades before Hollywood abandoned film for digital cinema.
STARRING: Matthew Jason Walsh, Cherie Patry, Shannon Doyle, Tom Stephan, Jo Norcia
Read more “Kingdom of the Vampire (1991) Available December 21”Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000) (Special Edition) Available December 21
HE’S ICIN’ AND SLICIN’!
Jack Frost (Scott MacDonald), the chiller killer is back and he’s mad as hell. An accidental lab experiment resurrected the evil snowman, but this time, the crystal killer can’t be stopped by fire, bullets or even his worst enemy, chemical anti-freeze. With revenge on his mind, Jack sets out to finish off his nemesis, Sheriff Sam (Christopher Allport), who is vacationing on a Caribbean island. Sam’s balmy paradise turns into a Winter Terrorland when Jack freezes the island and quickly ices everyone around him. No one can stop the chilling killing spree when Jack can travel as lethal liquid or fatal, frosty flakes. Just when you thawed it was safe to go back in the fridge!
STARRING: Christopher Allport, Scott MacDonald, Eileen Seeley, Chip Heller, Jennifer Lyons
Read more “Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000) (Special Edition) Available December 21”Jack Frost (1997) (Special Edition) Available December 21
HE’S CHILLIN’ AND KILLIN’!
He’s got ice in his veins and he’s giving cold-blooded a whole new meaning… his name is JACK FROST. After five years of terror and 38 bodies in five states, serial killer Jack is on his way to execution. But a freak accident with a truckload of genetic material in the middle of a snowstorm mutates Jack into a killer snowman. Now only an army can stop the slayride of terror from this frosty monster with icicle fangs. Hell has just frozen over… he’s the abominable Jack Frost.
STARRING: Christopher Allport, Scott MacDonald, Shannon Elizabeth, Stephen Mendel, Eileen Seeley
Read more “Jack Frost (1997) (Special Edition) Available December 21”Humanoids from Atlantis (1992) Available December 21
Faced with a prolonged bitter Ohio winter in March, 1992 and a distributor release date just weeks away, producer J.R. Bookwalter (“The Dead Next Door”) had no choice but to toss out the majority of his “Humanoids From Atlantis” screenplay and have the cast and crew make it up as they went along. The result is a complete cinematic abomination that has to be seen to be believed, but strangely compelling in a meta kind of way.
STARRING: James L. Edwards, Sandra Wurzer, Christine Morrison, Tom Hoover, Arvin A. Clay
Read more “Humanoids from Atlantis (1992) Available December 21”Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (1992) Available December 21
Shot over three and half days in February, 1992 for under $1,500, “Galaxy of the Dinosaurs” keeps tongue firmly in cheek as producer J.R. Bookwalter (“The Dead Next Door”) brazenly intercuts 35mm stock footage from the 1977 movie “Planet of the Dinosaurs” into this camcorder quickie shot in the woods behind his father’s Mogadore, Ohio house. The results are as outrageous as you might expect, one of several reasons the original VHS release remains a coveted collector’s item nearly three decades later. Stopping for a brief lunch break on the planet Gurgon (which looks remarkably like Earth), five innocent Zyroxans (who look remarkably like humans) encounter chaos and terror when a race of ferocious dinosaurs become hell-bent on turning their intergalactic field trip into a full-fledged fright fest! Remastered from original Super-VHS-C camera masters with additional 2020 restoration work, “Galaxy of the Dinosaurs” roars onto Blu-ray together with never-before-seen bonus materials from the Tempe vaults, three audio commentaries, and original 1992 home video presentation captured from the archival edit master.
STARRING: James Black, Christine Morrison, Bill Morrison, Tom Hoover, James L. Edwards
Read more “Galaxy of the Dinosaurs (1992) Available December 21”Faded Memories Available December 21
Army veteran Frank Mason is losing his memory and his son Tom is desperate to try anything to help his dad, including allowing him to be part of a clinical trial of the military’s latest drug for mental acuity in combat, Deimosomine. However, no one can fathom the drug’s sinister side effect: it turns people into psychopathic homicidal maniacs, and the bodies are starting to pile up!
STARRING: Gary Lee Vincent, Greg Mason, Sandra E. Williams
Read more “Faded Memories Available December 21”Zombie Cop (1991) Available December 21
One Hollywood stunt rarely attempted in shot-on-video movies is the car chase, yet “Zombie Cop” spends a big chunk of its short running time attempting just such a feat, with mixed results. Voodoo rituals, fight scenes, questionable police procedure, and ample gunplay with actors using real weapons firing blanks also contribute to making this one of the most gonzo horror/action hybrids ever made. After a cop named Gill and Haitian voodoo master Doctor Death kill each other during a routine drug bust, the duo rise from the grave to continue their game of cat-and-mouse as members of the undead. Gill enlists the help of human partner Stevens in tracking down Death and putting a stop to his nefarious plans for world domination! Painstakingly restored from original Super-VHS-C camera masters with a dynamic new 5.1 surround remix, “Zombie Cop” is more arresting than ever on Blu-ray together with never-before-seen bonus materials from the Tempe vaults, three audio commentaries, and original 1991 home video presentation captured from the archival edit master.
STARRING: Michael Kemper, Ken Jarosz, James R. Black Jr., Bill Morrison, James L. Edwards
Read more “Zombie Cop (1991) Available December 21”The Vampire Lovers (1970) (Collector’s Edition) Available December 21
CAUTION: NOT FOR THE MENTALLY IMMATURE!
A diabolical female vampire ravages the young girls and other townsfolk of a peaceful hamlet in eighteenth century Europe in revenge for the killing of her fellow vampires years earlier. A rousing hunt for the vampiress ensues as a group of men follow her bloody trail of terror through the countryside. Adapted from J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla, this “rather erotic Hammer chiller” (Leonard Maltin) stars Ingrid Pitt (Countess Dracula), Madeline Smith (Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell) and Peter Cushing (Horror Of Dracula, The Curse Of Frankenstein).
STARRING: Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Madeline Smith
Read more “The Vampire Lovers (1970) (Collector’s Edition) Available December 21”ROH (2019) Available December 21
Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest.
STARRING: Farah Ahmad, Mhia Farhana, Harith Haziq, June Lojong
Read more “ROH (2019) Available December 21”“Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness” Season 1 Available December 21
Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield reunite to investigate the connection between two zombie outbreaks in distant countries and uncover a threat that will shake the nation to its very core.
STARRING: Jona Xiao, Kellen Goff, Stephanie Panisello
Read more ““Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness” Season 1 Available December 21″December 14, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases
This week’s horror 4K, Blu-ray and DVD releases!
Read more “December 14, 2021: Weekly Horror Releases”Tea Party with The Living Available December 14
Thomas, Sarah, and Donatien are about to reach the Suit-Man’s ruin. Sometimes open-air prison, sometimes tea dance: when the absurd borders on despair, a real existential fable is going to take place here, at the Tea Party with the Living. From director Julien Botzanowski, creator of Rutabaga and Slices of Vi. In French with English subtitles.
STARRING: Rodolphe Cappelletti, Fabien Hintenoch, Carole De Luca
Read more “Tea Party with The Living Available December 14”Slices of Vi Available December 14
For Victor, days go by but remain all the same. However, this dull life could be disrupted because, little by little, something is going wrong… Vi is sure: somewhere in his flat, or perhaps hidden in himself, Hell is ready to materialize. From director Julien Botzanowski, creator of Rutabaga and Tea Party with the Living. In French with English subtitles
STARRING: Julien Botzanowski
Read more “Slices of Vi Available December 14”Private House of the SS (1977) (aka SS Girls) Available December 14
Their weapon was desire … for which there was no defense ! Near the end of World War II top Nazi officials select a group of female prostitutes to seek out traitors in the Third Reich who might wish to overthrow Adolf Hitler. These beautiful women are trained to use any means necessary to uncover plots against the Fuhrer. Disloyal officers are executed, but what will become of those left when Hitler kills himself?
STARRING: Gabriele Carrara, Lucic “Benny” Bogoljub, Macha Magal, Marina Daunia, Vassilli Karis
Read more “Private House of the SS (1977) (aka SS Girls) Available December 14”Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) (Extended Director’s Cut) Available December 14
Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His goal is to rule the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him to return. A young man begins to suffer from visionary flashbacks – of the past lives he lived. On his father’s birthday, a case containing an old book is found in their garden, which was hidden by a Warlock in 1943. When the young man touches with the book, he mutates into a monster and awakens an army of zombies, ready to bring back the fallen Angel Premutos.
STARRING: André Stryi, Christopher Stacey, Ella Wellmann
Read more “Premutos: The Fallen Angel (1997) (Extended Director’s Cut) Available December 14”Morbid Colors Available December 14
After returning home from her most recent runaway trip, Myca isn’t quite the same. The brash rock n’ roll drummer’s strange behavior is most evident to her foster sister and bandmate, Devin. Following a horrific episode at one of the sisters’ concerts, Devin discovers the source behind Myca’s new demeanor: An insatiable thirst for human blood. As efforts to battle the affliction continue to fail, the sisters embark on a desparate mission across the American Midwest to save Myca and reverse the curse.
STARRING: Matthew Packman
Read more “Morbid Colors Available December 14”A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016) Available December 14
A lonely man with an intention of documenting every important detail is planning to kill his ex-girlfriend within 72 hours only to realize things are not as easy as he previously imagined.
STARRING: Balázs Szitás, Tímea Virga, Tamás Szilágyi
Read more “A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016) Available December 14”Death Breed (2021) Available December 14
Three ghoulish tales of horror and suspense. Death Breed, an anthology film in the tradition of Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt, brings these shocking stories to life with a number of legendary horror greats. Wolfsbayne is a story of two detectives who find themselves in a series of murders that tie them into the gypsy and werewolf underworld. Featuring cameos by Debbie Rochon, Linnea Quigley, Gunnar Hansen, Lloyd Kaufman, and Reggie Bannister. Shudder is a haunting tale of a family cursed by the sins of their forefathers. A maddening spiral of evil that envelopes a family and ultimately, a young girl. Starring Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, Tricia Cast, and Tiffany Shepis. Old Habits Die Hard balances horror and dark humor on the edge of a knife. A wholesome clan of cannibals, the Hollis family, runs the town’s only funeral home where people are just dying to get in.
STARRING: Kane Hodder, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal, Tricia Cast, Stacey Dixon
Read more “Death Breed (2021) Available December 14”Clementina (2017) Available December 14
After being brutally attacked by her husband, Juana returns home. He has ran away so she starts her recovery by herself, slowly. Strange sounds, objects that change places, shadows and voices that follow her: Juana doesn´t know if her husband is hidden there, everything is a figment of her imagination, or the house is haunted by a ghost.
STARRING: Cecilia Cartasegna, Emiliano Carrazzone, Lalo Rotavería
Read more “Clementina (2017) Available December 14”Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) Available December 14
Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of MARVEL’S greatest and most complex characters. In search of his next big story, journalist Eddie Brock lands an exclusive interview with convicted murderer and death row inmate Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who discovers Eddie’s secret and becomes the host for Carnage, a menacing and terrifying symbiote.
STARRING: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham
Read more “Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) Available December 14”The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre (2017) Available December 14
While touring to promote their first record, a heavy metal band break down in the desolate countryside, and must spend the night in a strange small town, populated by a family of bloodthirsty, cannibalistic maniacs – who are looking for their latest sacrifice to the patron saint who they worship. And they’ll stop at nothing until they take the band apart – piece by piece.
STARRING: Yolanda Berenguer, Hilario Blas, Pedro García Oliva
Read more “The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre (2017) Available December 14”Snuff Tape Massacre (2019) Available December 14
Brand is a unique kind of businessman, providing his clients with snuff videos. He doesn’t do the dirty work, instead hiring others to carry out the nefarious deeds. For this job, he hires two men to kidnap a girl from a local home and torture her. What unfolds onscreen is a a marathon of pain and sadism that will leave the viewer insane…
STARRING: Thomas Goersch, Navarro, Rahina
Read more “Snuff Tape Massacre (2019) Available December 14”The Secret of Sinchanee (2021) Available December 14
The survivor of a double murder returns home and discovers that a paranormal presence has occupied the house, haunting its sacred land.
STARRING: Tamara Austin, Laila Lockhart Kraner, Steven Grayhm
Read more “The Secret of Sinchanee (2021) Available December 14”Ripple (2017) Available December 14
Kevin takes his wife Joy to the beach for a vacation. What he doesn’t realize is that there are clowns coming out of the ocean.
STARRING: Blake Blalock, Cynthia Bonner, Ricky Brewer
Read more “Ripple (2017) Available December 14”Playdurizm (2020) Available December 14
First time filmmaker Gem Deger explodes on the film scene with this wildly colorful, dangerously sexy and dark-edged fantasy tale about a young man and the bizarre world he finds himself in. Demir (played by director Deger) suddenly wakes up with no memory of the past and in an unfamiliar apartment. Surrounded by balloons and an oinking pig, he scurries his way out only to be stopped by the hunky and handsome Andrew (Austin Chunn) who assures the teen that he actually lives there, with the hunk, his girlfriend and their pet pig. As he uncomfortably settles into this new reality, Demir quietly longs for his heterosexual roommate. He gets his chance when Andrew’s girlfriend Drew (Issy Stewart) ODs and they stash her body under the sofa. Demir now does everything he can to be possessed by this man, all the while ignoring the violent clues of how he got there. An intoxicating blend of fantasy, violence, passion and control.
STARRING: Gem Deger, Austin Chunn, Issy Stewart
Read more “Playdurizm (2020) Available December 14”Night: The Final Cut (2006) Available December 14
Detective Mike Jericho is changing. He stops showing up for work and shuts out the people once important to him. Now, he spends all his time hanging out with his new friends, having fun, and learning how to hunt and kill innocent people. Mike is changing; and his new friends aren’t quite human.
Detective Jimi Cannon is searching. He’s hitting the streets, fiercely looking for his best friend, Mike.
Now, Jimi must enter a world of shadows and face off – guns blazing – against an enemy that won’t die. He’ll do everything he can to save Mike, but it will take more than courage for Jimi to survive the NIGHT!
STARRING: Various
Read more “Night: The Final Cut (2006) Available December 14”