August 25

Mind Rage (2001)

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Hallucinations (1986)

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Dark Tales (2017)

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Are We the Waiting (2017)

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Bio Raiders (2017)

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Aenigma (1987)

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Jared Martin, Lara Lamberti, Ulli Reinthaler
  • DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci
  • AENIGMA – Lucio Fulci’s Fan Favorite in 4K for the first time ever in America!For his final horror hit of the ’80s, writer/director Lucio Fulci combined elements of CARRIE, PHENOMENA and SUSPIRIA with the grisly surrealism of his own past classics for one last shocker packed with “brooding, ominous imagery and signature Fulci style” (The Horror Syndicate).When a bullied student at a New England girls school becomes comatose after a prank gone wrong, her tormenters will suffer graphic telepathic punishment that includes the infamous ‘death by snails’ scene. Jared Martin (DALLAS), Lara Lamberti (A BLADE IN THE DARK) and Ulli Reinthaler (ZOMBIE 3) star in this “blast from start to finish, with some of the most bonkers imagery Fulci ever put on film” (The Video Vacuum). o-written by Giorgio Mariuzzo (THE BEYOND, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) and scanned in 4k from the original negative for the first time ever in America.SPECS:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1.
    Dolby Digital Mono.
    Region: All.SPECIAL FEATURES:
    Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions – Lucio Fulci & His Films and Mondo-Digital.com’s Nathaniel Thompson.
    Writing Nightmares – Interview with Screenwriter Giorgio Mariuzzo.
    Italian Aenigma – Appraising Late Day Fulci Featurette.
    Trailer.
  • TAGLINES:
    • They made a clown out of Kathy once too often!
    • Possessed by revenge! [Canada]
    • All her enemies will be eliminated… but first they will suffer! [Canada]
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Romance
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severin-films.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/severinfilms
  • https://www.amazon.com/Aenigma-Blu-ray-Jared-Martin/dp/B08CW9LTCR/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092516/

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Demonia (1990)

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Brett Halsey, Meg Register, Lino Salemme
  • DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci
  • DEMONIA – Lucio Fulci’s nunsploitation shocker, scanned in 4k for the first time ever!In what fans consider his last great film, Godfather of Gore Lucio Fulci returns to the startling imagery and bloody excesses of his ’70s/’80s classics for an unholy saga of demonic nuns and supernatural carnage. When a Canadian archeological team begins excavating the ruins of a medieval Sicilian monastery, they will unleash the vengeance of a crucified coven of satanic sisters with full-on Fulci fury. Brett Halsey (THE DEVIL’S HONEY), Lino Salemme (DEMONS), Christina Engelhardt (SKINNER), Al Cliver (THE BEYOND, ZOMBIE) and Fulci himself star in this solid horror from a true master (Blu-ray Authority) co-written by Piero Regnoli (BURIAL GROUND, MALABIMBA), now scanned in 4k from the original negative recently discovered in the attic of a Collevecchio convent.SPECS:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1.
    Dolby Digital Mono.
    Region: All.SPECIAL FEATURES:
    Holy Demons – Interview with uncredited Co-Writer / Assistant Director Antonio Tentori.
    Fulci Lives – Interview with Lucio Fulci on set of DEMONIA.
    Of Skulls and Bones – Interview with camera operator Sandro Grossi.
    Audio Commentary with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci.
    Original Trailer.
  • TAGLINE: No Evil Deed Goes Undone!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severin-films.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/severinfilms
  • https://www.amazon.com/Demonia-Blu-ray-Brett-Halsey/dp/B08CWB7N4Y/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094997/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk_qAVUr5fU

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The House by the Cemetery (1981)

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray – Special Collector’s Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni
  • DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci
  • PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
  • Read The Fine Print You May Have Just Mortgaged Your Life!
  • A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something – is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
  • Catriona MacColl (THE BEYOND), Paolo Malco (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), AniaPieroni (TENEBRE), Carlo De Mejo (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), and Dagmar Lassander (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) star in this outrageous Italian shocker from The Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE). Blue Underground s acclaimed restoration of THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is now presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, fully loaded with hours of Extras!
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
  • Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 2.40:1 Feature Presentation and Bonus Extras Blu-ray
  • Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: 5.1 DTS-HD; English: 1.0 DTS-HD; Italian: 1.0 DTS-HD
  • Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, English for Italian Audio
  • Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
  • Deleted Scene
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • TV Spot
  • Poster & Still Galleries
  • Meet the Boyles Interviews with Stars Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco
  • Children of the Night Interviews with Stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina
  • Tales of Laura Gittleson Interview with Star Dagmar Lassander
  • My Time With Terror Interview with Star Carlo De Mejo
  • A Haunted House Story Interviews with Co-Writers Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti
  • To Build a Better Death Trap Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio Salvati, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Maurizio Trani, Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi, and Actor Giovanni De Nava
  • House Quake Interview with Co-Writer Giorgio Mariuzzo
  • Catriona MacColl Q&A
  • Calling Dr. Freudstein Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
  • BONUS! Embossed Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
  • TAGLINES:
    • BEWARE THE DEMON FORCES OF THE…BLOOD BEASTS
    • Past and present collide in a vortex of fear!
    • Can anyone survive the demented marauding zombies in…
    • Read the fine print. You may have just mortgaged your life!
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Blue Underground
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  • https://twitter.com/blunderground
  • https://www.amazon.com/House-Cemetery-4K-Ultra-Blu-ray/dp/B089J3LRHD/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082966/

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Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Boris Karloff, Faith Domergue, William Reynolds, André Morell, Jr. Lon Chaney
  • DIRECTORS: John Gilling, Juran Nathan, Will Cowan, Francis D. Lyon
  • WRITERS: Jerry Sackheim, David Duncan, Jerry Davis, Cecil Maiden, Richard Collins
  • PRODUCERS: Will Cowan, William Alland, Howard Pine
  • SYNOPSIS: Get ready for more thrills and chills! Volume 6 of the Universal Horror Collection includes four tales of terror from the archives of Universal Pictures, the true home of classic horror. Boris Karloff stars as a doctor who risks his own life to save the captives of a mad count in The Black Castle. Vengeance is sworn against six men who witness a ceremony where beautiful women turn into serpents in Cult of the Cobra. In The Thing That Couldn’t Die, when a young psychic discovers a box that contains the living head of an executed devil worshiper … heads will roll! A cat witnesses the murder of her owner … and this cat is hell-bent on revenge in The Shadow of the Cat.
  • GENREL Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 312 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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  • https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088BDC87L/

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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

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Tattoo (1981)

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The Dead Pit (1989)

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Jeremy Slate, Danny Gochnauer, Cheryl Lawson, Steffen Foster
  • DIRECTOR: Brett Leonard
  • PRODUCER: Gimel Everett
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • When The Dead Start To Walk, You Better Start Running.
  • A renegade doctor is shot dead and entombed with his fiendish experiments in the basement of an abandoned wing of a mental hospital. Twenty years later, a mysterious woman is admitted with amnesia, and her arrival is marked by an earthquake – which cracks the seal to the Dead Pit, freeing the evil doctor to continue his work.
  • Bonus features include new interviews with Cheryl Lawson, Jeremy Slate, Director Brett Leonard, and Writer/Producer Gimel Everett
  • TAGLINES:
    • Drop In Anytime.
    • They’re out. (US VHS)
    • When the dead start to walk you’d better start running…
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Dark Force Entertainment
  • http://darkforcedvd.com/
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Pit-Blu-ray-Jeremy-Slate/dp/B0875W7DF7/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122037/

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The Last Victim / Forced Entry (1976)

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Tanya Roberts, Nancy Allen, Michael Tucci, Glenn Scarpelli
  • DIRECTOR: Jim Sotos
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Where Do You Go When There’s No Place To Hide?
  • A hair-raising suspense drama starring Tanya Roberts (A View To a Kill), in a chilling nightmare faced by a beautiful woman forced into a life and death struggle against the demented obsessions of a psychopathic killer. The constant tension is unremitting from the first deadly encounter to the final diabolical conclusion. Definitely not for the faint-hearted.
  • Contains both the R rated and PG rated versions under the titles: THE LAST VICTIM and FORCED ENTRY along with reversible cover art featuring the original theatrical poster.
  • TAGLINES:
    • An Exercise in Terror!
    • Carl is the kind of man no woman ever wants to meet…but unfortunately some women do. Now it’s Nancy’s turn!
    • she’s alone…He’s a madman…Her nightmare is about to begin!
    • If it happened to Nancy, it could happen to anyone. It could even happen to you!
    • All Carl’s Women Have Three Things in Common. They’re Young, Beautiful…and DEAD!
    • Young Girls are the Choice Victims!
    • Some don’t LIVE to report it…While most teenagers won’t admit it.
    • A gruesome tale of horror!
    • Where do you go when there’s no place to hide?
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 88 minutes
  • STUDIO: Dark Force Entertainment
  • http://darkforcedvd.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/Dark-Force-Entertainment-158542421434304/
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0875ZJ7QG/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087282/

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The Beast Must Die (1974)

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Charles Gray
  • DIRECTOR: Paul Annett
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • BEAST MUST DIE – The final horror film from Amicus, upgraded and uncut!In the swansong horror production from ‘The Studio That Dripped Blood’, Peter Cushing, Calvin Lockhart (COTTON COMES TO HARLEM), Charles Gray (THE DEVIL RIDES OUT), Anton Diffring (CIRCUS OF HORRORS) and Marlene Clark (GANJA & HESS) star in a ’70s whodunit like no other. An eccentric millionaire has invited a group of eight colleagues to his island estate to hunt the deadliest game of all – one of the guests is a werewolf, and will be stalked and slaughtered for sport! But who is the lycanthrope, and do they have a shocking plan of their own?Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in the HARRY POTTER movies) co-stars in this “fast-moving and enormously entertaining” (SexGoreMutants) shocker from director Paul Annett (“EastEnders”). Featuring cinematography from Oscar® winner Jack Hildyard (THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI) and now fully restored – including the infamous ‘Werewolf Break’ – from a brand new 4k scan.SPECS:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1.
    Dolby Digital Mono.
    Region: All.SPECIAL FEATURES:
    Audio Commentary with Director Paul Annett and Filmmaker Jonathan Sothcott. And Then There Were Werewolves – Audio Essay by Horror Historian Troy Howarth.
    Directing the Beast – Archival Interview with Director Paul Annett.
    Audio Interview Excerpt of Milton Subotsky on BEAST MUST DIE – Interviewed by Philip Nutman.
    Audio Interview with Producer Max J Rosenberg – Interviewed by Sothcott.
    Original Theatrical Trailer with Optional Commentary by Genre Scholars Kim Newman and David Flint.
  • TAGLINE: One of these eight people will turn into a werewolf. Can you guess who it is when we stop the film for the WEREWOLF BREAK? See it … solve it … but don’t tell!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery
  • RATING: Rated PG
  • RUN TIME: 92 minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Must-Blu-ray-Calvin-Lockhart/dp/B08CWG629F/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071200/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klfE_nescX0

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The New York Ripper (1982)

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray – Special Collector’s Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Jack Hedley, Almanta Keller, Paolo Malco
  • DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Someone Is Taking A Big Bite Out Of The Big Apple On 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray!
  • A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detective Fred Williams (Jack Hedley of FOR YOUR EYES ONLY) follows the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, the hunt is on for the killer that can’t be stopped!
  • Co-written and directed by acclaimed horror maestro Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) and filmed on location in the mean streets of New York City, this is one of Fulci s most savage and controversial thrillers. Now Blue Underground s acclaimed restoration of THE NEW YORK RIPPER, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original 35mm 2-perf camera negative, is presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, gushing with hours of Extras!
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
  • Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 2.40:1 Feature Presentation and HD Blu-ray (1080p) Feature + Extras
  • Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: 5.1 DTS-HD; English: 1.0 DTS-HD; Italian: 1.0 DTS-HD; French: Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish: Dolby Digital 1.0
  • Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, English for Italian Audio
  • Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Splintered Visions: Lucio Fulci and His Films
  • The Art Of Killing – Interview with Co-Writer Dardano Sacchetti
  • Three Fingers Of Violence – Interview with Star Howard Ross
  • The Second Victim – Interview with Co-Star Cinzia de Ponti
  • The Broken Bottle Murder – Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
  • I’m an Actress! – 2009 Interview with Co-Star Zora Kerova
  • The Beauty Killer – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
  • Paint Me Blood Red – Interview with Poster Artist Enzo Sciotti
  • NYC Locations Then and Now
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Poster & Still Gallery
  • BONUS! Embossed Slipcover (First Pressing Only)
  • TAGLINES:
    • New York City: It’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to die there!
    • Slashing Up Women Was His Pleasure!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 93 minutes
  • STUDIO: Blue Underground
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089HZ5848/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084719/

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An Evil Tale (2018)

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