Halloween Make-up & Effects with Tom Savini And Dick Smith (Bonus Feature: Zombie Jamboree ’93) 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

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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) (Collector’s Edition) (4K Ultra HD) 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

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) (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

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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) (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

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Halloween II (1981) (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

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Halloween (1978) (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

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Fried Barry (2020) Available October 5

Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who – after yet another bender – gets abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.

STARRING: Gary Green, Chanelle de Jager, Bia Hartenstein

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Female Mercenaries On Zombie Island Collection 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

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The Evil Bong Stash Box 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

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Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001) (Collector’s Edition) 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

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Dracula In Love / Shira: The Vampire Samurai / Horrors Of War (Horror Triple Feature) 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

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The Collingswood Story (2002) 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

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The Purge: 5-Movie Collection Available September 28

Welcome to The Purge: a frightening future where all crime is legal for one night each year. It starts as a controversial social experiment, but becomes a deadly annual event where anarchists target people for execution while average citizens fight to survive. From home invasions to savage streets exploding with riots, the heart-stopping thrillers in The Purge 5-Movie Collection chronicle a dystopian America divided between murderous mayhem and a resistance movement determined to take back the country.

STARRING: Ethan Hawke, Frank Grillo, Y’lan Noel, Ana de la Reguera, Lena Headey

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Know Fear (2021) Available September 28

After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it. Includes a new, 25 minute making-of documentary!

STARRING: Amy Carlson, Mallory Bechtel, Meeya Davis, David Alan Basche, Jack Difalco

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Girls School Screamers (1985) Available September 28

At an exclusive all-girls college, a group of chronically misbehaving students are “rewarded” for their bad behavior by being assigned with the task of cleaning a magnificent old mansion (with a deadly past) in preparation for its grand re-opening by the school. But when the girls discover – and use – a dusty old Ouija board, they accidentally revive a terrifying evil spirit, which begins dispatching them by cleaver, hook, car, and more. Can they put an end to the carnage before none are left alive?

Independently produced in Philadelphia by first time director John P. Finegan (Blades) under the title The Portrait, its post production was undertaken by Troma, which immediately transformed the film into a late period grindhouse classic, re-christening it Girls School Screamers. With its effective mix of haunted house horror and gruesome, slasher structured kills, Vinegar Syndrome is delighted to offer Girls School Screamers on Blu-ray, for the first time, freshly restored from its original negative and jam packed with extras.

STARRING: Mollie O’Mara, Sharon Christopher, Mari Butler

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Death Screams (1982) (Limited Edition) Available September 28

In one of the most unlikely cinematic pairings of all time, David Nelson (who rose to fame as a child star playing alongside his real-life family in the wholesome TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) directs Playboy Playmate and adult star Susan Kiger in this bodycount-heavy, long overlooked slice of Southern fried hack-and-slash – 1982’s Death Screams!

Late one night, a young couple are brutally murdered at a make-out spot by an unseen assailant, their bodies tossed into the nearby river. As the lifeless lovers drift slowly downstream, the residents of the town excitedly prepare themselves for their annual carnival, unaware that a machete-wielding maniac with a twisted grudge is lurking in their midst. When a group of teen revellers plan a late-night after party down in the local cemetery, they unwittingly set the stage for a bloodbath.

Death Screams, which was released on US VHS as House of Death (and on UK DVD with the reels in the wrong order!) oozes early ’80s regional slasher charm from its every pore, boasting an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink final reel featuring slashed throats, bisected bodies and exploding heads. At long last arriving on Blu-ray and lovingly restored from the only-known existing 35mm print, this little-seen slasher classic is ready to carve its way into the bleeding hearts of horror fans everywhere!

STARRING: Martin Tucker, William T. Hicks, Susan Kiger, Andrea Savio, Jennifer Chase

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Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies (1992) Available September 28

Auntie Lee and her quartet of voluptuous “nieces” are known for making the tastiest meat pies around, all from Auntie’s top secret recipe which calls for a most unusual type of meat: human. In order to acquire the juiciest flesh, the girls employ their lusty charms; luring unsuspecting male strangers into a carnal – and deadly – trap, in which they’re chopped, quartered, and minced. Everything is going just peachy for Auntie’s little family, despite the occasional misbehavings of Larry, their “simple” helper, but when the girls lure a freaked out rock group over to have for dinner, things run the risk of getting out of control. And what about the perpetually snooping Police Chief Koal?

Taking a simple premise and turning it into an increasingly hallucinogenic nightmare, culminating in a surreal and bloody final act, Joseph F. Robertson’s (The Crawling Hand) Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies heaps on gruesome kills with a healthy side of pitch black humor. Graced with a cast as strange as the film itself, among them Pat Morita (The Karate Kid), Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), erotic film superstar Teri Weigel, Eurosleaze stalwart Werner Pochath (Terror Express), and starring Karen Black (Trilogy of Terror, House of 1000 Corpses) as Auntie Lee, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to bring this would be midnight movie to Blu-ray for the first time, newly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative.

STARRING: Karen Black, Pat Morita, Michael Berryman, Teri Weigel, Werner Pochath

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X-Cross (2007) Available September 28

Shiyori is a young lady trying to mend a broken heart who travels with her best friend, Aiko, to a remote village known for its therapeutic hot springs. But what was planned to be a relaxing, quiet get away, turns into a nightmare! Unbeknownst to them, the seemingly quiet country village harbors a community of psychopaths that begin to prey on the two friends. Amidst the panic, Shiyori and Aiko are separated and the cell phone that keeps them connected only serves to amplify the terror! Includes special features.

STARRING: Ami Suzuki, Nao Matsushita

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Shadow: Dead Riot (2006) Available September 28

Kung fu zombies invade a women’s prison! Horror icon Tony Todd (Clive Barker’s Candyman, Final Destination series) is the evil and all-powerful Shadow, an executed and resurrected serial killer who invades a women’s prison in search of a young woman named Solitaire. When Solitaire discovers the true identity of her mother’s killer, she seeks out Shadow and single-handedly confronts him and his army of zombies in a shocking supernatural kung-fu showdown that pits the living against the walking dead! Includes special features and an isolated music score by Vernon Reid of Living Colour.

STARRING: Carla Greene, Tony Todd

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Midnight (1982) 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

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Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Available September 28

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

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The Forever Purge (2021) Available September 28

The Great Experiment has failed: one night is not enough as the chaos continues into daylight. In the next thrilling installment of the franchise, there is a new landscape and a new twist on the Annual Purge, terrifying audiences with the prospect of a Purge that never ends.

STARRING: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas

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Eerie Fairy Tales (2019) Available September 28

An anthology of bizarre, fantastic and spooky tales from the past, present and future, dealing with curses, witches, perfect crime and science experiments.

STARRING: Lisette Pomerants, Jekaterina Novosjolova, Kadri Rämmeld

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A Day Of Judgment (1981) 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

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Children of the Corn (1984) (Special Edition) (4K Ultra HD) 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

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