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May 1, 2018

Blood Hook (1986) (Directed by: James Mallon)

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Mark Jacobs, Lisa Todd, Patrick Dana
  • SYNOPSIS: A killer tries to snag a Wisconsin teen and his friends during a “Muskie Madness” fishing contest.
  • RUN TIME: 111 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • Blood Sports of the Human Kind
    • Live bait … but not for long!
    • You Can’t Worm Your Way Out.
    • Fishing Was Never Like This!
  • http://www.troma.com/films/blood-hook/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090750/

 

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Terror (1978) (Directed by: Norman J. Warren)

  • PRINCIPAL CAST: John Nolan, Carolyn Courage, James Aubrey
  • SYNOPSIS: A British horror-film director and his cousin inherit a burned witch’s curse on their family.
  • RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • Have You Ever Felt An Evil Presence All Around You … ?
    • One Step beyond horror…
    • It was buried a hundred years … but never laid to rest!
  • STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome
  • https://vinegarsyndrome.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/vinsyn/

 

 

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Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built (Directed by: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig)

  • Was In Theaters: February 2, 2018
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Angus Sampson, Laura Brent, Tyler Coppin, Thor Carlsson, Dawayne Jordan, Emm Wiseman, John Lobato, Jeffrey W. Jenkins, Homero Lopez, Xavier Gouault, Finn Scicluna-O’Prey, Jeff Lipary
  • SYNOPSIS: Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the brilliant Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters…
  • BOX OFFICE: $23.8 Million
  • GENRE: Horror/Mystery
  • RUN TIME: 99 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • She is Not Alone.
    • Inspired by True Events at the Most Haunted House in History.
    • Terror is Building.
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Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (Directed by: Don Michael Paul)

  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Tanya van Graan, Jamie Kennedy, Michael Gross, Greg Kriek, Jay Anstey, Jenna Upton, Stephanie Schildknecht, Jamie-Lee Money, Christie Peruso, Alistair Moulton Black, Rob van Vuuren
  • PLOT: The sequel finds Burt Gummer and his son Travis at a remote research station, where they must go up against Graboids that have been converted into living weapons.
  • GENRE: Action/Horror/Science Fiction
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6086082/

 

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Desolation (2017) (Directed by: Sam Patton)

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • Stars:  Toby Nichols, Jaimi Paige, Alyshia Ochse
  • SYNOPSIS: A mother takes her son and her best friend on a trip into remote wilderness to scatter his father’s ashes; they must confront their fears when a lone hiker begins following them.
  • RUN TIME: 78 Minutes
  • TAGLINE:
    • Never Go Off Trail

 

 

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Blue Vengeance (1989) (Directed by: J. Christian Ingvordsen)

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: J. Christian Ingvordsen, John Weiner, Garland Hunter, Tony Kruk
  • SYNOPSIS: Convicted murderer Mark Trex has just escaped from an asylum and is headed for New York City to track down the members of his favorite childhood band, Warriors of the Inferno. Believing that their occult hit song, which told of Satan and death, is true, Trex is determined to see if the band members have held up their part of their pact with evil. However, cop-on-the-edge Mickey McCardle is hot on his trail and determined to end this serial killer’s spree.
  • RUN TIME: 84 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Vinegar Syndrome
  • https://vinegarsyndrome.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/vinsyn/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205779/

 

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Stephanie (2017) (Directed by: Akiva Goldsman)

  • Release Date: May 1, 2018 (DVD)
  • Official Synopsis: Abandoned by her parents in their remote home, Stephanie survives on peanut butter and conversations with her toy turtle, while a dark supernatural force looms in the background. When her mother and father return to claim her, the malevolent power spins out of control with Stephanie at the center.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5047400/

 

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Primal Rage (2018) (Directed by Patrick Magee)

 

 

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Bad Samaritan (Directed by: Dean Devlin)

  • Release Date: May 4, 2018 (Limited Theatrical)
  • Official Synopsis: A valet car park develops a scam to burglarize the houses of restaurant customers. Things go smoothly until he robs the wrong man and discovers a woman being held captive. Afraid of going to jail, he calls the police who find nothing when they investigate. Now the valet must endure the wrath of the kidnapper who seeks revenge on him while desperately trying to find and rescue the captive woman he left behind.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203528/

 

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The Cleanse (2016) (Directed by: Bobby Miller)

  • Release Date: May 4, 2018 (VOD)
  • Official Synopsis: Johnny Galecki (TV’s “Big Bang Theory) plays Paul Berger, an unemployed, down and out, heartbroken man searching for happiness. When Paul sees an ad for a spiritual retreat promising to restart your life, he immediately signs up, hoping to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. But after only a few days, he discovers the cleanse is releasing more than just everyday toxins… a lot more.
  • RUN TIME: 81 Minutes
  • http://thecleansefilm.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/thecleansefilm
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3734354/

 

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Family Blood (Directed by: Sonny Mallhi)

  • Release Date: May 4, 2018 (Netflix)
  • Official Synopsis: Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She struggles to stay sober in the past and determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can’t keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher – a different kind of addict – which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.
  • Stars:  Vinessa Shaw, James Ransone, Colin Ford
  • RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7895904/

 

 

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Gehenna: Where Death Lives (Directed by: Hiroshi Katagiri)

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Caught (2017) (Directed by: Jamie Patterson)

  • DVD Release
  • GENRE: Horror/ Sci-Fi
  • Plot: The film tells the story of a journalist couple who invite a man and woman into their idyllic village home, but what begins with an informal interview descends into a nightmarish fight for survival.
  • Stars:  Cian Barry, Ruben Crow, Aaron Davis
  • RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4485806/

 

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The Followers (2017) (Directed by: Ryan Justice)

 

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The Ballerina (2017) (Directed by: Steve Pullen)

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Family of Lies (2017) (Directed by: Jack Snyder)

  • GENRE: Thriller
  • PLOT: After their parents were killed in a mysterious car accident, Emily and her younger siblings moved to a small Louisiana town. Soon strange things start to happen, giving the siblings the feeling that they’re being watched.
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: John Schneider, Christa B. Allen
  • RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
  • NOTE:
  • TV Movie – originally on Lifetime Movie Network
  • TAGLINE:
    • Some families love you to death.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6799636/

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The Unwilling (2016) (Directed by: Jonathan Heap)

 

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Deadly Beyond 11 Movie Collection

  • SYNOPSIS: 11 Thrilling Films with Evil Scientists, Killer Creatures, and Upside Down Worlds. A group of kids on the run from evil scientists, a forbidden wasteland populated by bloodthirsty mutants and a family haunted by mysterious electronic pulses are just a few of the totally 80s tropes in this undeniably strange sci-fi/horror movie collection. With killer lineup of talent including Liam Neeson, Molly Ringwald, Mark Hamill, Joey Lawrence, Ben Kingsley, Karen Black, F. Murray Abraham, Bill Paxton and countless others, this 11-Movie Collection is one that you need to see to believe. Contents:
  • Pulse (1988) – Color – PG-13
    Stars:  Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence
    PLOT: In today’s world of modern conveniences, everything we rely on is run by electricity. But what happens if the power we take for granted turns against us?
  • Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) – Color – PG
    Stars:  Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Andrea Marcovicci
    PLOT: In the year 2136, Wolff, a wily salvage pilot and intergalactic bounty hunter, answers a distress signal on Terra Eleven for a rescue mission to save 3 women.
  • Krull (1983) – Color – PG
    Stars:  Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Liam Neeson
    Journey into a mystical time and place that belongs where extraordinary creatures of myth work their incredible magic, and a horrific, omnipotent Beast is the ruler.
  • My Mom’s a Werewolf (1989) – Color – PG
    Stars:  Susan Blakely, John Saxon, John Schuck, Marcia Wallace, Ruth Buzzi
    PLOT: A housewife finds herself transforming into a werewolf after a bite from a pet shop owner she meets. Her daughter and a friend set out to find a cure.
  • The Hearse (1980) – Color – PG
    Stars:  Trish Van Devere, Joseph Cotten, Donald Hotton, David Gautreaux
    PLOT: A young woman inherits her aunt’s home and moves in after a bad divorce. But rumors of witchcraft and mysterious visions haunt her and foretell of dangers.
  • Lurkers (1988) – Color – R
    Stars:  Christine Moore, Gary Warner, Marina Taylor
    PLOT: A woman who had a nightmarish childhood due to her abusive mother has become engaged to be married and begins experiencing strange occurrences.
  • Slipstream (1989) – Color – PG-13
    Stars:  Bill Paxton, Mark Hamill, Ben Kingsley, F. Murray Abraham
    PLOT: In the future when the Earth has suffered an environmental disaster, a fugitive has been captured by a pair of cops with the intent of bringing him in for the huge reward.
  • Mutant (1984) – Color – R
    Stars:  Bo Hopkins, Wings Hauser, Jody Medford
    PLOT: Two traveling brothers arrive in a small town to find it missing citizens and discover a toxic waste spill is transforming them into bloodthirsty zombies.
  • Warriors of the Wasteland (1983) – Color – R
    Stars:  Fred Williamson, Timothy Brent, George Eastman
    PLOT: In a post-apocalyptic future, a group of weary survivors is faced with a relentless onslaught from a gang of roving bandits that threaten the survival of the human race.
  • Alien Contamination (1981) – Color – R
    Stars:  Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Mase
    PLOT: A cargo ship from South America drifts into New York City harbor. When police board the vessel, they find the crew dead and filled with spore-like eggs.
  • Eternal Evil (1985) – Color – R
    Stars:  Winston Rekert, Karen Black, Andrew Bednarski
    PLOT: A bored TV director is introduced to the black arts and learns to separate his spirit from his body. Unfortunately, while he is sleeping, it roams the streets in a murderous rampage.
  • RUN TIME: 1038 Minutes
  • STUDIO:
  • https://www.millcreekent.com/the-deadly-beyond-11-movie-collection.html
  • https://www.facebook.com/MillCreekEnt

 

 

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