May 21
A Brilliant Monster (2018) (Directed by F.C.Rabbath)
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Dennis Friebe, Joy Kigin, Bill Kelly, Mark A. Marple, Nick Leali
- WRITER: F.C.Rabbath
- SYNOPSIS: Where do you get those brilliant ideas? A question which plagues all creators. They say success comes with a price, but for the story of Mitch Stockridge, an author of self-help books, that price feeds a bigger monster inside of us all.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
- STUDIO: Gravitas Ventures
- http://gravitasventures.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/GravitasVentures/
- https://twitter.com/GravitasVOD
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6534422/
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May 28
The Alligator People (1959) (Directed by Roy Del Ruth)
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Beverly Garland, George Macready, Richard Crane, Lon Chaney Jr., Frieda Inescort, Vince Townsend Jr., Ruby Goodwin, Boyd Stockman, John Merrick, Lee Warren, Bruce Bennett, Doug Kennedy, Bill Bradley, Dudley Dickerson, Hal K. Dawson
- PRODUCER: Jack Leewood
- SYNOPSIS: A nurse tells psychiatrists how her husband was mutated by a mad scientist in the bayou.
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 74 Minutes
- STUDIO: Shout! Factory
- https://www.shoutfactory.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial
- https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
- https://www.amazon.com/Alligator-People-Blu-ray-Beverly-Garland/dp/B07NN3JDTN/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052549/
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Greta (2018) (Directed by Neil Jordan)
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Chloe Grace Moretz, Zawe Ashton, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Isabelle Huppert, Stephen Rea, Jeff Hiller, Angela Thompson, Parker Sawyers, Jane Perry, Graeme Thomas King, Jessica Preddy, Romii Reilly, Rosa Escoda, Thaddeus Daniels
- SYNOPSIS: A sweet, naive young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz) doesn’t think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends — but Greta’s maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta’s life is what it seems in this suspense thriller from Academy Award®-winning director Neil Jordan.
- BOX OFFICE: $10.5 Million
- GENRE: Horror, Drama, Thriller
- RATING: Rated R (some violence and disturbing images)
- RUN TIME: 99 Minutes
- TAGLINES:
- Who is Greta?
- Her Game has just Begun.
- Don’t take the bait.
- Everyone Needs a Friend
- STUDIO: Universal Pictures
- https://www.universalpictures.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/universalstudiosentertainment
- https://twitter.com/universalpics
- https://www.amazon.com/Greta-Blu-ray-Isabelle-Huppert/dp/B07NRFGFKN/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2639336/
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Record Of Sweet Murder (2014) (Directed by Koji Shiraishi)
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Je-wook Yeon, Kkobbi Kim, Tsukasa Aoi, Ryotaro Yonemura, Koji Shiraishi
- SYNOPSIS: From Koji Shiraishi, director of GROTESQUE, NOROI THE CURSE, THE SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN and SEDAKO VS. KAYAKO comes A RECORD OF SWEET MURDER: Sang-joon has recently escaped from a mental institution and managed to amass a kill count in the high teens, a South Korean journalist and a Japanese cameraman are invited to an abandoned apartment to interview the murderer. They believe the wanted criminal has committed 18 murders, but the criminal claims he has already killed 25. He furthermore claims that if he completes the killing of all 27 on his list, not only will his dead friend be resurrected, but also all 27 will come back to life.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 86 minutes
- STUDIO: Unearthed Films
- http://www.unearthedfilms.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/UnearthedFilms/
- https://twitter.com/unearthedfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Record-Sweet-Murder-Blu-ray/dp/B07MGJ6K3C/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3689908/
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The Uncanny (1977) (Directed by Denis Heroux)
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Peter Cushing, Ray Milland, Samantha Eggar, Susan Penhaligon, Donald Pleasence, Joan Greenwood, Roland Culver, Simon Williams, Alexandra Stewart, Donald Pilon, Chloe Franks, Renee Giraud, Katrina Holden, John Vernon, Sean McCann
- PRODUCER” Claude Heroux, Rene Dupont
- SYNOPSIS: A writer gives a publisher three examples to sell his story about a conspiracy of cats.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
- TAGLINES:
- They prowl by night…lusting for human flesh!
- Cats aren’t always cute and cuddly!
- A trilogy of feline terror!
- STUDIO: Severin Films
- https://severin-films.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms
- https://twitter.com/severinfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-Blu-ray-Peter-Cushing/dp/B07QMB4H2T/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076853/
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Climax (2018) (Directed by Gaspar Noe)
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile, Claude Gajan Maull, Giselle Palmer, Taylor Kastle, Thea Carla Schott, Sharleen Temple, Lea Vlamos, Alaia Alsafir, Kendall Mugler, Lakdhar Dridi, Adrien Sissoko
- WRITER: Gaspar Noe
- SYNOPSIS: From director Gaspar Noé (ENTER THE VOID) and actress Sofia Boutella (ATOMIC BLONDE) comes this hypnotic, shock-filled story of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one wintry night. In an empty and remote school building, a French dance troupe has gathered for rehearsal. The rehearsal morphs into a party — and then turns nightmarish as the dancers discover they’ve been drinking sangria laced with LSD. Passions and violence erupt as the night moves from jubilation to full-fledged anarchy.
- GENRE: Horror, Drama, Music
- RATING: Rated R (disturbing content involving a combination of drug use, violent behavior and strong sexuality, and for language and some graphic nudity)
- RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
- STUDIO: Lionsgate
- https://www.lionsgate.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/lionsgate/
- https://twitter.com/lionsgate/
- https://www.amazon.com/Climax-Sofia-Boutella/dp/B07Q958SJR/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8359848/
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Exorcism of the Dead (2017) (Directed by John Migliore)
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Sarah Swerid, Nick Biskupek, Rich Piatkowski, Carrie Beale
- SYNOPSIS: Candace is a deeply troubled young woman who is possessed by an ambitious demon. Her family has tried every conventional method to heal her, but both medicine and psychology have failed. As a last resort, they reach out for aid from the church. They are unaware that the priest who arrives to deal with the situation has his own dark secrets.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 87 Minutes
- TAGLINES:
- Death grants no escape.
- First you die, then the screaming starts…
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
- http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/Exorcism-Dead-Sarah-Swerid/dp/B07MCW5FBJ/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6508974/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Z11gp8Tjw
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Shark Attack Collection
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Dan Desmarais, Angela Kerecz, Greta Volkova
- DIRECTORS: Mark Polonia, Donald Farmer, Scott Patrick
- SYNOPSIS: Swim deep into the blood-infested waters with this box set of shark tales. You’ll never go back in the water after this triple set of terror, including three classic horror shark themed features:
- INCLUDES:
- Shark Exorcist (2015)
- Sharkenstein (2016)
- Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
- GENRE: Horror, Suspense, Adventure
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 227 Minutes
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
- http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/Shark-Attack-3-Pack-Dan-Desmarais/dp/B07MQXZHCT/
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Tuftland (2017) (Directed by Roope Olenius)
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Veera W. Vilo, Saara Elina, Miikka J. Anttila
- SYNOPSIS: A headstrong textile student tries to overcome her problems by accepting a summer job offer from an isolated and offbeat village of Kyrsyä.
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 90 minutes
- STUDIO: Subliminal Films
- https://www.subliminalfilms.com/
- https://www.amazon.com/Tuftland-Veera-W-Vilo/dp/B07PNK9YWN/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5104330/
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Near Extinction (2018) (Directed by Nick Wauters)
Aka: Shangri-La: Near Extinction
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Eric Szmanda, Sara Malakul Lane, Ewan Chung, Patrick Batiste, Rocky Bonifield, Mykayla Sohn, Darin Cooper, Mercy Malick, Ken Narasaki
- SYNOPSIS: From the creator of NBC’ hit series “The Event,” comes a post-apocalyptic creature thriller in which mankind is nearly extinct. Humans engineered an ice age to eradicate a plague that was killing them off. The ice age turned out to be just as deadly. A rag-tag group of survivors led by Vargas (Eric Szmanda) are on a quest for the safe haven known as “Shangri-La,” where their species has supposedly started rebooting civilization. They face many dangers on their quest including the frigid cold, a mutant cult and a pack of mysterious creatures known as Green Eyes.
- GENRE: Science Fiction
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 81 Minutes
- STUDIO: Infuse Releasing
- https://www.facebook.com/infuserel/
- https://twitter.com/InfuseReleasing
- https://www.amazon.com/Near-Extinction-Eric-Szmanda/dp/B07KM3HD1J/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7007846/
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