New Releases for February 1 to 10, 2020 February 29, 2020
New Horror Releases

February 4

Doctor Sleep (2019) (Directed by Mike Flanagan)

  • 4K/Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Ewan McGregor, Jacob Tremblay, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Emily Alyn Lind, Jocelin Donahue, Nicholas Pryor, Carl Lumbly, Chelsea Talmadge, Selena Anduze, Catherine Parker, Bethany Anne Lind, Robert Longstreet
  • WRITER: Stephen King, Mike Flanagan
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the “shine.” Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality.
  • Forming an unlikely alliance, Dan and Abra engage in a brutal life-or-death battle with Rose. Abra’s innocence and fearless embrace of her shine compel Dan to call upon his own powers as never before-at once facing his fears and reawakening the ghosts of the past.
  • BOX OFFICE: $72.2 Million Worldwide
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
  • RATING: Rated R (disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use)
  • RUN TIME: 155 Minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • A new chapter from Stephen King, author of ‘The Shining’
    • The World will Shine Again.
    • Dare to go back.
    • The next chapter in The Shining story.
  • STUDIO: Warner Bros.
  • https://www.warnerbros.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/warnerbrosent
  • https://twitter.com/Warnerbros
  • https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Sleep-Blu-Ray-Digital-McGregor/dp/B07XN4DTXX/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/

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Rabid (2019) (Directed by Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska)

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Halloween 2-Movie Collection

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Judy Greer, Virginia Gardner, Nick Castle
  • SYNOPSIS: For over 40 years, Michael Myers has terrified audiences with his frightening mask and relentless brutality. The Halloween 2-Movie Collection includes the original, groundbreaking film from director John Carpenter along with its blockbuster sequel…40 years later. In the original Halloween (1978), a night of babysitting turns into a desperate struggle for survival for teenager Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) when masked psychopath Michael Myers terrorizes her neighborhood. The horror continues in Halloween (2018) when Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and seeks vengeance on Laurie, who has spent the past four decades preparing for their final confrontation.
  • This is a multiple-item set containing these film/programs:
  • Halloween (1978)
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/

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Mon Mon Mon Monsters! (2017) (Directed by Giddens Ko)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wf6VsTH7kg

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The Devil’s Machine (2019) (Directed by Lawrie Brewster)

Aka: Automata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRbB2xtHw0k

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The House That Jack Built (2018) (Directed by Lars von Trier)

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Ouija Room (2019) (Directed by Henrique Couto)

Aka: Haunting Inside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acMo9qExejQ

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Pagan Warrior (2019) (Directed by Louisa Warren)

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Invasion Planet Earth (2019) (Directed by Simon Cox)

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Toyah Wilcox, Danny Steele
  • SYNOPSIS: After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a broken man. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short lived, as on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world. When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth’s cities, chaos and destruction follows. Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first he must confront a shocking truth, which threatens the key to the survival of the human race.
  • GENRE: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
  • STUDIO: 4Digital Media
  • http://4digitalmedia.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/4DigitalMedia/
  • https://twitter.com/4digitalm
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081KPTT5J/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3827540/

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Brain Damage (1988) (Directed by Frank Henenlotter)

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • From Frank Henenlotter, the man behind such cult horror favorites as Basket Case and Frankenhooker, comes Brain Damage
  • Meet Elmer. He is your friendly neighborhood parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in his hosts. But these LSD-like trips come with a hefty price tag: when young Brian comes under Elmer s addictive spell, it’s not long before he finds himself scouring the city streets in search of his parasite friend s preferred food source brains!
  • Featuring late TV horror host John Zacherle as the voice of Elmer, Brain Damage boasts some of the most astonishingly bad taste gore gags ever realized, including the notorious brain-pulling sequence and a xxxx-job that ends with a distinctly unconventional climax.
  • SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
    Original Mono and 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround Audio Options
    Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    Isolated Score
    Audio commentary by writer-director Frank Henenlotter
    Listen to the Light: The Making of Brain Damage documentary featuring interviews with actor Rick Herbst, producer Edgar Ievins, editor James Kwei, first assistant director Gregory Lamberson, visual effects supervisor Al Magliochetti and makeup artist Dan Frye
    The Effects of Brain Damage FX artist and creator of Elmer Gabe Bartalos looks back at his iconic effects work on the film
    Animating Elmer featurette looking at the contributions of visual effects supervisor Al Magliochetti
    Karen Ogle: A Look Back stills photographer, script supervisor and assistant editor Karen Ogle recalls her fond memories of working on Brain Damage
    Elmer s Turf: The NYC Locations of Brain Damage featurette revisiting the film s original shooting locations
    Tasty Memories: A Brain Damage Obsession an interview with superfan Adam Skinner
    Brain Damage Q&A with Frank Henenlotter recorded at the 2016 Offscreen Film Festival
    Image Galleries
    Original Theatrical Trailer
    Bygone Behemoth animated short by Harry Chaskin, featuring a brief appearance by John Zacherle in his final onscreen credit
    Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
  • GENRE: Horror, Comedy
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 84 minutes
  • TAGLINES:
    • The movie that will blow your mind!
    • Inside everyone’s head lurks an Elmer…
    • Heads up… Elmer’s here!
    • A howlingly horrific celebration of urban angst, sicko splatter and mind blowing, drug induced experiences!
    • It’s A Headache From Hell!
    • …Now You’re Really Losing Your Mind!
    • Hang onto your hats… Elmer’s here!
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
  • https://arrowfilms.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo/
  • https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
  • https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Damage-Blu-ray-Rick-Hearst/dp/B081KN6WK5/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094793/

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Restricted Area (2019) (Directed by Christopher M. Don)

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Daniel Isn’t Real (2019) (Directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer)

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10/31 Part II (2019)

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Tiffany Arnold, David E. McMahon, London Grace
  • DIRECTOR:  Jennifer Nangle, Tory Van Buskirk, Stephen Wolfe, Max Groah, Brett DeJager, John Hale III, Zane Hershberger, Robert Lanphere
  • SYNOPSIS: Creatures of the night awaken for this year’s Halloween Monster Marathon hosted by Malvolia: The Queen of Screams. Strap in for more freaky flicks with a new batch of indie directors. Spooky tales such as a Halloween celebration turned deadly in A Samhain Liturgy , and something unholy in the basement desires a nun in Sister Mary (Tory Van Buskirk of Alone ), otherworldly strangers need fresh meat in Dead Lift (Stephen Wolfe of Doll Factory ), explore the difference between hatchets and tomahawks at the best Halloween party ever in Apache Hatchet Massacre II (Max Groah of Bong of the Living Dead ) and a serial killer has a big problem in Overkill (Drew Marvick of Pool Party Massacre ). Including faux trailers from other indie filmmakers – Treaters (Zane Hershberger of Force to Fear ), Truck Squatch (John Hale of The Conduit ), The Candy Taker (Robert Lanphere of Cryptids ) and The October Kids (Brett DeJager of BoneJangles ).
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RUN TIME: 80 minutes
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • TAGLINE: More Blood Soaked Tales of Horror and the Macabre
  • STUDIO: Scream Team Releasing
  • https://screamteamreleasing.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/screamteamreleasing/
  • https://twitter.com/SceamTeam
  • https://www.amazon.com/10-31-Part-II-Blu-ray/dp/B082PPQVHX/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10584694/

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Evil Ed (1995) (Directed by Anders Jacobsson)

  • Blu-ray –  Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Kallaanvaara, Olof Rhodin, Hans Wilhelmsson
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WHEN HIS MIND BLOWS, ANYTHING GOES!
  • A blood-soaked love letter to the splatter films of the ’80s, video rental favorite Evil Ed returns in an extended “Special ED-ition” cut alongside hours of stomach-churning bonus features!
  • Mild-mannered film technician Edward enjoys his job. That is, until he finds himself transferred from his regular post to the “Splatter and Gore department”, where he’s forced to edit hours upon hours of grisly video nasty footage. Traumatised by the onscreen violence, Ed starts to lose his grip on reality with ghastly (and bloody) consequences…
  • Owing a debt to such films as The Evil Dead, Re-Animator and the early splatter classics of Peter Jackson, Evil Ed is a special FX fiend’s dream offering up a veritable smorgasbord of flying limbs, exploding heads and creepy creatures!
  • SPECIAL ED-ITION CONTENTS
  • Special ED-ition cut [99 mins]
  • Original Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD MA Audio Options
    Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    Introduction by writer/director Anders Jacobsson and editor Doc
    You Keep ‘Em Heads Rollin’ extensive making-of documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
    Beyond Ed the filmmakers discuss their careers following Evil Ed
    Deleted Scenes Featurette
    Reconstructing Edward featurette looking at the preparation of the Special ED-ition cut
    New Scenes Featurette a closer look at the scenes that were added to the Special ED-ition cut
    Trailers and Teasers
    Image Gallery
    Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
  • GENRE: Horror, Comedy
  • RUN TIME: 99 minutes
  • RATING: Rated R (sadistic violence and gore, language and some sexuality in a horror comedy)
  • TAGLINES:
    • When His Mind Blows … Anything Goes!
    • It cuts to the bone!
    • When his mind blows, anything goes.
    • It’s a no brainer.
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
  • https://arrowfilms.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo/
  • https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
  • https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Ed-Blu-ray-Michael-Kallaanvaara/dp/B081KQLJGZ/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116247/

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Perfect (2018) (Directed by Eddie Alcazar)

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Abbie Cornish, Garret Wareing, Courtney Eaton, Chris Santos, Tao Okamoto
  • SYNOPSIS: A young man with a violent past enters a mysterious clinic where the patients wildly transform their bodies and minds using genetic engineering. Produced and scored by Flying Lotus and executive-produced by Steven Soderbergh, PERFECT introduces Garrett Wareing as an emotionally-troubled young man. His mother (Abbie Cornish) sends him to a clinic, where modernist serenity whispers soothing promises of perfection. By planting plug-and-play characteristics directly into his own body, he is relieved of his dark, twisted visions, but his body pays the price for purity of mind.
  • About the Director
  • A festival favorite from writer and director Eddie Alcazar – one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Film.
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
  • RUN TIME: 88 minutes
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • STUDIO: Passion River
  • http://www.passionriver.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/PassionRiverFilms/
  • https://twitter.com/PassionRiver
  • https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Abbie-Cornish/dp/B082JP7CN9/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6222286/

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The Girl in the Crawlspace (2018) (Directed by John Oak Dalton)

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February 7

Covenant (2018) (Directed by Manuel H. Da Silva)

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Atomic Apocalypse (2018) (Directed by Martin Gooch)

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Night Tide (1961) (Directed by Curtis Harrington)

  • Blu-ray – Limited Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir
  • SYNOPSIS: Presented by Nicolas Winding Refn in a new 4K restoration, Curtis Harrington’s acclaimed fantasy-thriller, featuring Dennis Hopper (The Last Movie) in his first starring role, is an offbeat classic of American cinema. Hopper plays a sailor on shore leave, when he meets a young woman (Linda Lawson) who may not be as she seems… Exclusive to this two-disc set is a bonus Blu-ray devoted to Harrington’s short films, encompassing his seven decades as a filmmaker and featuring experimental works, documentaries, and the two adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher that bookended his career. DISC TWO: DREAM LOGIC: THE SHORT FILMS OF CURTIS HARRINGTON (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE DISC). High Definition remasters. Original mono audio. Eight short films spanning Harrington’s seven decades as a filmmaker, including experimental works, documentaries and his career-bookending Edgar Allan Poe adaptations: The Fall of the House of Usher (1942, 10 mins); Fragment of Seeking (1946, 14 mins); Picnic (1948, 23 mins); On the Edge (1949, 6 mins); The Assignation (1953, 8 mins); The Wormwood Star (1956, 10 mins); The Four Elements (1966, 13 mins); Usher (2002, 37 mins) All region code
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Romance
  • RUN TIME: 86 minutes
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • TAGLINES:
    • Temptress from the sea…loving…killing!
    • Was she Human?
    • Sensual ecstasy becomes supernatural terror!
    • A Unique Experience in the Weird and Terrifying!
    • Lovers caught in a dark tide of sinister TERROR!
    • eerie strange macabre
  • STUDIO: Power House
  • https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/
  • https://www.facebook.com/indicatorseries/
  • https://twitter.com/indicatorseries/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Night-Tide-Limited-edition-Blu-ray/dp/B0815GF381/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055230/

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February 10

The Devil (1981) (Directed by Jen-Chieh Chang)

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