August 17, 2018
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018) (Directed by Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Thomas Lennon, Michael Paré, Charlyne Yi
- SYNOPSIS: Recently divorced and reeling, Edgar (Lennon) returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell the doll for some quick cash at a small-town convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. Girl-next-door Ashley (Pellicer) and his comic book shop boss, Markowitz (Franklin), join Edgar for the doomed road trip. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that’s motivated by an evil as old as time.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 84 minutes
- August 17, 2018 (VOD) (Limited Theatrical)
- STUDIO: RLJ Entertainment
- https://twitter.com/PuppetMasterMov
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5685006/
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Ahockalypse (2018) (Directed by Wayne Harry Johnson Jr.)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Jesse Rennicke, Squall Charlson, Alex Galick
- SYNOPSIS: The Prairie Kings Hockey team battle for the championship and their lives all in one night. The boys win the cup only to find out that a Zombie Ahockalypse has happened. The boys battle their way to their home arena for a final showdown. Can Barry Melrose help the guys escape with their lives or is it sudden death for Jonesy and the boys???
- GENRE: Horror, Comedy
- (VOD)(DVD)
- https://www.facebook.com/Ahockalypse/
- https://twitter.com/Ahockalypsefilm
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6649792/
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Down a Dark Hall (2018) (Directed by Rodrigo Cortés)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Rosie Day, Rebecca Front, Kirsty Mitchell, Noah Silver, Victoria Moroles, Taylor Russell, David Elliot, Jim Sturgeon, Josep Linuesa
- WRITER: Lois Duncan, Michael Goldbach
- SYNOPSIS: Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school’s only other students, four young women also headed down a troubled path. While exploring the labyrinthine corridors of the school, Kit and her classmates discover that Blackwood Manor hides an age-old secret rooted in the paranormal.
- August 17, 2018 (Theaters)
- GENRE: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
- RUN TIME: 96 minutes
- RATING: PG-13 – mature thematic content, terror and violence, some language including a sexual reference, and smoking
- STUDIO: Lionsgate
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372251/
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August 21, 2018
The Ninth Passenger (2018) (Directed by Corey Large)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Jesse Metcalfe, Alexia Fast, Timothy V. Murphy, Tom Maden, Sabina Gadecki, Veronica Dunne, Cinta Laura Kiehl, Corey Large, David Hennessey, Joel Echallier, Selwa Dahab
- WRITER: Steve M. Albert, Corey Large
- SYNOPSIS: In this chilling horror-thriller, a gang of lusty, partying college kids hijacks a billionaire’s yacht for a midnight cruise. Onboard, sensible Jess (Alexia Fast, Jack Reacher) meets hunky Brady (Jesse Metcalf, John Tucker Must Die), a corporate spy posing as a mechanic. Near a mysterious island, an evil “ninth passenger” slips on board and starts slaughtering the party crowd. Jess and Brady find evidence of the gruesome scheme behind the killings… but are they already in over their heads?
- GENRE: Action/Comedy/Horror
- RATING: Rated R – language, drug use and some violence
- RUN TIME: 93 Minutes
- TAGLINE: The party ends here.
- DVD
- STUDIO: Lionsgate
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5361326/
- https://www.amazon.com/Ninth-Passenger-Alexia-Fast/dp/B07DKWYV1Q/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT6tS2zUVnM
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Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete Third Season (Directed by Sam Raimi)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Lucy Lawless, Arielle Carver-O’Neill
- WRITER: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Tom Spezialy
- SYNOPSIS: Ash, having gone from urban legend to hometown hero, discovers that he has a daughter. When Kelly witnesses a massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns to warn Ash and Pablo.
- GENRE: TV Series/Horror/Drama
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 428 Minutes
- DVD/ Blu-ray
- STUDIO: Lionsgate
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4189022/
- https://www.amazon.com/Ash-Vs-Evil-Dead-Blu-Ray/dp/B07D5186CP/
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The Walking Dead: The Complete Eighth Season
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Michael Cudlitz, Melissa McBride, Danai Gurira, Chandler Riggs, Steven Yeun, Christian Serratos, Sonequa Martin-Green, Lennie James, Josh McDermitt
- SYNOPSIS: Season 8 of “The Walking Dead” returns as the #1 show on television and ”quickly and explosively charges into the ‘All Out War'” (Deadline).
- GENRE: TV Series/Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 945 Minutes
- DVD/ Blu-ray
- STUDIO: Lionsgate
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/
- https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Ssn8-Andrew-Lincoln/dp/B07BLJLKDL/
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Leonor (1975) (Directed by Juan Luis Bunuel)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann, Ornella Muti, Antonio Ferrandis, Jose Maria Prada, Angel del Pozo, Jose Guardiola, George Rigaud, Jose Maria Caffarel, Piero Vida, Tito Garcia, Francisco Nieto, Jose Moreno
- WRITER: Roberto Bodegas, Juan Luis Bunuel
- SYNOPSIS: Legendary international star Liv Ullmann (Cries and Whispers, Persona) stars as Leonor, in this chilling and poetic 1970s arthouse horror film about a medieval noblewoman whose untimely death haunts her husband Richard (Michel Piccoli, Belle de Jour, Contempt). After years of mourning and with Leonor’s body walled up in a tomb, Richard marries the much younger Catherine (Ornella Muti, Flash Gordon, Oscar, Oasis of Fear), but he still can’t find true happiness. Desperate the relive his life with Leonor, he makes a pact with the devil that indeed brings back his late wife, but she’s cold to the touch and now possesses an unearthly hunger that could destroy everyone around him.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 184 Minutes
- STUDIO: Kino Lorber
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073278/
- https://www.amazon.com/Leonor-Blu-ray-Juan-Luis-Buñuel/dp/B07DKV22J2/
- No Trailer
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Deep Rising (1998) (Directed by Stephen Sommers)
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Barry Bernardi
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald, Kevin J. O’Connor, Wes Studi, Derrick O’Connor, Jason Flemying,Djimon Hounsou, Cliff Curtis, Clifton Powell, Trevor Goddard, Una Damon, Clint Curtis
- SYNOPSIS: They’ve seized the world’s richest ship, but no one’s on board. No one except a deadly force from the unexplored depths of the ocean that begins to snatch the intruders one by one.
- GENRE: Horror, Action, Adventure
- RATING: Rated R – sci-fi violence and gore
- RUN TIME: 106 Minutes
- TAGLINES:
- This ain’t no pleasure cruise
- Women and children first. You’re next.
- Full scream ahead.
- They Seized The World’s Richest Ship… But No One’s On Board!
- STUDIO: KL Studio Classics
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118956/
- https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Rising-Blu-ray-Stephen-Sommers/dp/B07DKV22HZ/
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The Tingler (1959) (Directed by William Castle)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge
- PRODUCER: William Castle
- SYNOPSIS: A mad pathologist discovers people die of fright because of an insect on their spinal cord.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 82 Minutes
- TAGLINES:
- Ghastly Beyond Belief!
- Amazing NEW TERROR Device Makes You A Living Participant in the FLESH-CRAWLING ACTION! PERCEPTO!
- In Screamarama
- Do you have the guts to sit in this chair?
- Can You Take PERCEPTO?
- BRING YOUR DATE AND WATCH HER TINGLE!
- SEE – The screen’s first BLOOD BATH IN COLOR!
- When the screen screams you’ll scream too…if you value your life!
- Fright-Filled SHOCK Thriller!
- STUDIO: Shout! Factory
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053363/
- https://www.amazon.com/Tingler-Blu-ray-Vincent-Price/dp/B07CTBHK13/
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Strait-Jacket (1964) (Directed by William Castle)
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Mitchell Cox, Lee Yeary, Patricia Krest
- PRODUCER: William Castle
- SYNOPSIS: An ax murderer comes home to her daughter after 20 years in an asylum. Directed by William Castle.
- GENRE: Horror, Drama, Thriller
- RATING: Rated Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 93 Minutes
- STUDIO: Shout! Factory
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058620/
- https://www.amazon.com/Strait-Jacket-Blu-ray-Crawford-George-Kennedy/
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Strait-Jacket / Berserk
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, George Kennedy, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough
- SYNOPSIS: The original scream queen delivers in two classic campy thrillers from the ’60s, STRAIT-JACKET and BERSERK.
- STRAIT-JACKET – Movie queen Joan Crawford (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?) gives a terrific performance in this chiller from pioneer horror movie producer William Castle. Lucy Harbin (Crawford) goes berserk when she finds her husband in bed with another woman. Lucy axes the couple to death and spends twenty years in a mental institution for murder. After she is released, she moves in with family and hopes her nightmare is over… but a string of ax murders suddenly start occurring in the neighborhood and police think Lucy has reverted to her old ways.
- BERSERK – Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) stars as Monica Rivers, the owner of a traveling circus plagued by a series of mysterious deaths. When a high-wire performer becomes the first victim, he is replaced by an even more daring aerialist who begins a romance with Monica. Their relationship draws envy from her business manager who is the brutal killer’s next victim. As the police begin to investigate, bigger audiences flock to the show. The mystery swirls as a cast of suspects and motives rage with jealousy and revenge.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 189 Minutes
- STUDIO: Mill Creek Entertainment
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058620/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061398/
- https://www.amazon.com/Strait-Jacket-Berserk-Double-Feature-Blu-ray/dp/B07CZFPYX9/