The first foray into sound filmmaking by one of cinema’s pivotal artists, VAMPYR remains a cornerstone work of the horror genre. The dreamlike tale of an occult-obsessed student’s visit to a small French village, as he is drawn into the unsettling mystery around a stricken family’s struggle with malevolent forces, remains an unparalleled evocation of the uncanny.
Adapting the haunted stories of Sheridan Le Fanu, Carl Th. Dreyer’s ceaseless innovation delivers a tour-de-force of supernatural phantasmagoria and creeping unease, via audacious camerawork and sound design.
Ted Lonergan thought he had quit the force to pursue a career as a writer. But when someone – or something – begins stalking and viciously killing the residents of Los Angeles, Ted is asked to lend his expertise in uncovering the mystery assailant. However, things aren’t as simple as they appear, as Ted discovers that the predator he’s after is in fact a first of its kind, and a rapidly evolving genetically mutated organism known as the Syngenor. Enlisting the help of Sherry Carpenter, a scientist specializing in genetics, the unlikely duo start tracking the tedious mutant in the hope of destroying it before the body count continues to rise or even worse: before it breeds.
Trailer for the Medieval Horror movie “The Haunting of the Tower of London” from writer/director Charlie Steeds (An English Haunting, Death Ranch) Out on UK DVD & Digital June 27th
In the early 70s, independent filmmakers based in the American south found a fruitful way to make a living in low budget horror movies destined for the drive-in market. Reveling in lurid and absurd concepts, these films are just as much windows into the cultures which bred them as they are wild rides into the most outlandish areas of exploitation cinema. Vinegar Syndrome’s Drive-In Collection presents these two classics of regional horror together on Blu-ray for the first time.
Rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, Madeleine (sexploitation superstar, Christina Lindberg) lives an isolated existence in her parents’ farmhouse. Missing the bus on her way to town one day, Madeleine accepts a lift from a wealthy and charming stranger named Tony. What starts off as an innocent meeting soon takes a nightmarish turn when Madeleine learns that Tony is really a sadistic pimp on the make, who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket by forcing her to become dependent on heroin. After refusing to service a client, Tony punishes Madeleine by violently blinding her in one eye, forcing her to wear an eyepatch. Despite her limited means, Madeleine secretly saves money to undergo karate and weapons training behind Tony’s back. Once she reaches lethal proficiency, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors…
Abandoned follows the sharply intense lives of a mother, father, and infant son as they move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, tragic history.
Starring: Emma Roberts, John Gallagher Jr., with Michael Shannon
Tech tycoon, Clay Amani, retreats to an off the grid location in search of meaning and peace, with disconnected siblings and their offspring, only to be caught in a bone-chilling killing spree within his new estate.
Lilith could have been the first woman of humanity but, instead, she was expelled from heaven and doomed forever for opposing the patriarchal system of the kingdom of heaven. Now she is back – with her servants and her thirst for vengeance to destroy the order created by God and the Devil.
In a city riddled with corruption, drugs and gangs, a veteran cop is murdered by a vicious kingpin, sparking a brutal crime wave. Only one man can stop the bloodshed – a brutal, motorcycle riding vigilante bent on bloody revenge called Homicycle – now picking off the killers one by one. Armed with an arsenal from Hell, he’s cleaning the streets by decapitation, nail gun and motorcycle madness! Is he a gun-toting savior on a path of righteous redemption, or is he literally HELL ON WHEELS?
A Musical Comedy with GUTS! In an alternate Edwardian England infested by zombies, a professor of phonetics attempts to teach a zombie woman to be a proper English lady with hilarious and gore soaked results! Very loosely based on the play by George Bernard Shaw.
Sophia, a wounded soldier, suspects the medical facility the military placed her in isn’t really for her recovery, but something far more devious. Codenamed Harmony, the facility is in fact a government program to create telepathy.
After a romantic weekend gets sidetracked, a young couple find themselves at an outdated hotel, caught up in murderous death-loops, and lured as bait for a demon lurking in the building’s underbelly.
Eight rare and/or never before seen shot-on-video shorts from the collection of Byron C. Miller. Includes:
The Creeps – All-new cut of rare, SOV, made in high school in 95, horror anthology comedy. Directed, Shot, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Restored from the original VHS raw footage with new songs and score. With commentary by Byron C. Miller and co-creator Ryan Henry.
It Thing – never before released, SOV, made in high school in 94, horror short film. co-Directed, co-written, co-starring, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Terror in the Woods – rare, SOV, made in high school in 93, slasher/comedy short. Co-Written, co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller.
The Slaughter – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, slasher short. CoDirected, Co-Written, Edited by Byron C. Miller.
The Closet Monster – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, monster movie. Co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller.
The Possessed – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, demonic possession short. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Trailers – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, trailer clip show. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller.
Fragments – never before seen, SOV, made in January 1989, first attempts by Byron C. Miller to make horror movies with his dad’s camcorder.
A woman’s carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she’s evaded for two decades.
After a night of partying on the beach, a group of spring breakers steal jet skis and head out to sea. But the fun quickly turns to horror after a head-on collision leaves them injured, bleeding and stranded in shark-infested waters fighting for their survival.
Six ex classmates decide to spend the holidays together and rent a house in the countryside to forget the raving madness of the city life. After getting to know a priest living in a church next door, the groups mood begins to deteriorate when strange, paranormal phenomena start to erupt around them.
Follow The Assassin through a forbidding world of tortured souls, decrepit bunkers, and wretched monstrosities forged from the most primordial horrors of the subconscious mind. Directed by Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), the world’s pre-eminent stop motion animator, every set, creature, and effigy in this macabre masterpiece is hand-crafted and painstakingly animated using traditional stop-motion techniques.
What if a Haunted Maze was more than it seemed? What if the Terror was real? Scare Zone is Oliver’s pride and joy. Sure, it’s just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House, but as always, he’s put his heart and soul into it. This year it’s “Scare Zone III: the Psycho-Splatter Raw-topsy Slaughter Dungeon” where he’s created an entire creepy Victorian manse featuring all of his best Scares! Terrible things start to happen… but the visitors to Scare Zone think it’s all part of the ‘show!’ “No one can hear you scream… if they’re screaming too!”
A group of strangers sharing a van have their trip abruptly interrupted when the driver accidentally hits a woman hiking in the middle of the night. They decide to take her to the hospital, but on the way quickly learn that she is not in need of a hospital and that they shouldn’t have let her in at all.
Wes Craven’s Cursedhowls its way into your home as a 2-disc Collector’s Edition, featuring both the Theatrical and Unrated cuts of the film!
Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets), Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland), Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death), Judy Greer (Halloween Kills), and Milo Ventimiglia (Kiss Of The Damned) find themselves caught up in an unimaginable horror!
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults who, after being mauled by the beast, learn that the only way to break the curse put upon them is to kill the one who started it all!
From master of horror Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson (Scream), Cursedis both frightening and undeniably fun!
