*Note, films may change dates unexpectedly.
March 20, 2018
Rockula (Directed by Luca Bercovici)
- Blu-ray
- Stars: Dean Cameron, Thomas Dolby)
- Plot: He’s a 400-year-old virgin who wants to rock all night!
- Ralph (Dean Cameron, Summer School) is just your typical, average vampire with love in his heart, music in his veins: and a curse on his head. Every 22 years, poor Ralph is doomed to lose his soulmate, Mona, at the hands of a rhinestone-peg-legged pirate brandishing a large hambone. But this time around, with the help of his newly-formed band Rockula, Ralph is determined to crush the curse once and for all: and show Mona that when you’re a vampire, true love is eternal … and rock ’n roll never dies.
- Directed by Luca Bercovici (Ghoulies) and featuring an eclectic cast of co-stars, including cult favorite Susan Tyrrell (Forbidden Zone) and recording stars Thomas Dolby, Toni Basil, and Bo Diddley, Rockula is an absolutely batty, bloody and bizarre comedy!
- Run Time: 87 minutes
- Studio: Shout! Factory
- https://www.shoutfactory.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100506/
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Still/Born (Directed by Brandon Christensen)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, Jenn Griffin, Sheila McCarthy, Sean Rogerson, Dylan Playfair, Praneet Akilla, Pat Chau, Grace Christensen, Michael Ironside
- WRITER: Brandon Christensen, Colin Minihan
- SYNOPSIS: When Mary loses one of her twins at child birth, she suffers from a psychotic break that leads her to believe that a supernatural entity is out to take her remaining child.
- RUN TIME: 87 Minutes
- STUDIO: Vertical Entertainment
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6087426
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The Transparent Woman (2015) (Directed by Domiziano Cristopharo)
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Roberta Gemma, Arian Levanael
- SYNOPSIS: Anna is a beautiful and fiercely independent blind woman. Due to financial problems, her husband Carl has to sell their city apartment and they move into his rural childhood home. Left to fend for herself during the day when Carl is at work, an unhappy Anna begins to hear eerie noises and strange events that lead her to think that someone… or something… is in the house with her. International sensation Roberta Gemma stars in ”The Transparent Woman,” a steamy thriller that promises to chill your bones while it raises your temperature. Directed by Domiziano Cristopharo, who brought the fantastic to life with his chillers “Dark Waves” and “Two Left Arms.”
- RUN TIME: 81 Minutes
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4235454/
- https://www.facebook.com/transparentwoman
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H.P. Lovecraft’s Two Left Arms (Directed by Domiziano Cristopharo)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Paolo Stella, Yvonne Scio, Frank Laloggia, Ruggero Deodato, Carlo De Mejo
- SYNOPSIS: Carter arrives in Italy to restore an ancient painting hidden in a de-consecrated church. As he goes about his work, he discovers the surroundings occupied by people performing strange rituals and a town that is hiding a mystery concerning the nearby lake, which local legend claims was created by a meteor’s impact. An impact, it seems, still felt hundreds of years later.
- RUN TIME: 76 Minutes
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2689660/
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Zburbs (Directed by Greg Zekowski)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Marieh Delfino, Gina Hecht, Bill Oberst Jr., Ian Alda, Michael Sorich, Clint Carmichael, Carl Bressler, Gabe Greenspan, Courtney Scheuerman, Dan Coplan, Carly Lucas
- SYNOPSIS: When a suburban housewife discovers that her husband has become a Zombie with an appetite for human flesh, she decides to make it work by feeding him! But only bad people, until the government discovers – he could be a great weapon. Now they must make a tough decision…
- RUN TIME: 96 Minutes
- STUDIO: Indican Pictures
- http://www.indicanpictures.com/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4827516/
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Caged (2017) (Directed by Nicholas Winter)
- Genre: Suspense
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Whit Kunschik, Sam Newman, Colicia Summers, Sophie Barker, William Joseph Firth
- SYNOPSIS: When her new-found friend goes missing – a vicious young female killer unearths a ring of sinister Internet snuff films being made in the middle of the Spanish desert.
- RUN TIME: 80 Minutes
- STUDIO: MTI
- http://www.mtivideo.com/
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- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6751468/
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The ‘Burbs (Directed by Joe Dante)
- Blu-ray/ Collector’s Edition
- Summary: Tom Hanks stars in The ’Burbs, a comedy about a suburbanite whose plans for a peaceful vacation at home are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block. Much to the disappointment of his wife (Carrie Fisher), Ray Peterson (Hanks) and his three neighbors set out to investigate the next-door residence after they begin to observe strange happenings. Set in an average neighborhood that is anything but ordinary, The ’Burbs blends slapstick comedy and spine-thrilling mystery and is superbly directed by cult filmmaker Joe Dante (Piranha, Gremlins, Matinee, The Howling).
- Studio: Shout! Factory
- https://www.shoutfactory.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial/
- Run Time: 102 minutes
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/
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Nightmare At Noon (aka: Death Street USA) (Directed by Nico Mastorakis)
- Blu-ray
- Tagline: IT’S AN EXPERIMENT IN TERROR!
- Summary: When three tourists stop at a roadside diner in Canyonland, they become the unwitting victims of a lethal scientific experiment. A deranged powerbroker and his high-tech army have sealed off the town and contaminated the water supply with a deadly toxin which turns calm, normal people into raving lunatics. Joining forces with the local sheriff and his daughter, this small band of holdouts wage an explosive life-or-death battle for survival.
- Note: Directed by Nico Mastorakis (The Zero Boys) , this thriller includes a B-Movie all-star cast featuring Wings Hauser (Vice Squad), Bo Hopkins (Mutant), George Kennedy (Airport), Brion James (Blade Runner) and Kimberly Beck (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter).
- Studio: Shout Factory
- https://www.shoutfactory.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial/
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100261/