November 17

HNN Presents: The Wicked Woods [2014]

AKA: Perfidia

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The New Mutants [2020]

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Alice Braga, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Happy Anderson, Mickey Gilmore, Thomas Kee
  • DIRECTOR: Josh Boone
  • WRITERS: Chris Claremont, Josh Boone
  • SYNOPSIS: In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the MARVEL comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers. Included are Danielle Moonstar aka Mirage (Blu Hunt), who creates illusions from other people’s fears; Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), who transforms into the werewolf Wolfsbane; Sam Guthrie (Charlie Heaton), who, as Cannonball, can fly at jet speeds protected by a force field; Roberto da Costa aka Sunspot (Henry Zaga), who absorbs and channels solar power; and Illyana Rasputin aka Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy). The younger sister of Colossus, Magik becomes encased in armor at will and wields a soulsword that amplifies her multiple superhuman and psychic abilities. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga) to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five ”patients” come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared. As they relive their origin stories, their memories seem to turn into terrifying realities. Soon, they question what is real and what isn’t, and it becomes clear that the institution isn’t what it seems. Now the question is — why are they being held captive? And who is trying to destroy them?
  • TAGLINES:
    • Everyone Has Demons.
    • There is something new to fear.
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action
  • RATING: Rated PG-13 (violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material)
  • RUN TIME: 94 Minutes
  • STUDIO: 20th Century Studios
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  • https://twitter.com/20thcentury
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682266/

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Relic [2020]

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote
  • DIRECTOR: Natalie Erika James
  • WRITER: Natalie Erika James, Christian White
  • SYNOPSIS: When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family’s decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay’s concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she’s been clashes with Sam’s unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back. As Edna’s behavior turns increasingly volatile, both begin to sense that an insidious presence in the house might be taking control of her.
  • TAGLINE: Everything Decays
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama, Mystery
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
  • https://www.shoutfactory.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
  • https://www.amazon.com/Relic-Blu-ray-Emily-Mortimer/dp/B08F6R3RLJ/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9072352/

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A Haunting in Texas [2019]

AKA: Silhouette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqBKu9yQe8o

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Monstrum [2018]

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Insanity [2020]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXPbg6c2cQ

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Evil Night [2020]

AKA: Fabula

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

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Inner Sanctum Mysteries

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Lon Chaney, Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Brenda Joyce, Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish
  • DIRECTORS: Reginald Le Borg, Harold Young
  • WRITER: Edward Dein, Bernard Schubert, Luci Ward
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Death, dementia, dark arts…it’s just another day in the forbidding and fascinating world of the Inner Sanctum!
  • Get ready for unlimited thrills and chills as all six classic Inner Sanctum Mysteries come to Blu-ray for the first time ever. Based on the popular radio shows of the 1940’s, this collectible set is a must-own for every classic mystery and horror fan.
    You’ll have a hauntingly good time with horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr., as he gives timeless performances in these spooky feature-length films
  • This collection includes:
  • Calling Dr. Death (1943) A doctor is not sure if he murdered his wife and has his nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.
  • Weird Woman (1944) While on a trip, a professor falls in love with an exotic native woman who turns out to be a supernatural being.
  • Dead Man’s Eyes (1944) When an artist is blinded, an operation to restore his sight depends on another person willing to donate their eyes.
  • The Frozen Ghost (1945) A stage mentalist and a discredited plastic surgeon are involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum.
  • Strange Confession (1945) Flashbacks reveal the events leading up to a man’s revenge on the racketeer who took advantage of his wife.
  • Pillow of Death (1945) A lawyer in love with his secretary is suspected of suffocating his wife, among others.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 382 minutes
  • STUDIO: Mill Creek Entertainment
  • https://www.millcreekent.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/MillCreekEnt
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084QLDT33/

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Death of Me [2020]

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Beyond the Door [1974]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, David Colin Jr., Elizabeth Turner, Gabriele Lavia, Barbara Fiorini
  • DIRECTORS: O. Hellman, R. Barrett
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Legendary filmmaker Ovidio G. Assonitis, whose Tentacles and Piranha II sought to cash in on the killer fish craze spawned by Jaws, first hit pay dirt in 1974 with Beyond the Door a gloriously bonkers riff on The Exorcist featuring Emmy Award-winning actress Juliet Mills and distinguished British actor Richard Johnson.
  • Set against the backdrop of San Francisco, Beyond the Door stars Mills as Jessica Barrett, a young mother who starts to develop strange behaviors whilst pregnant with her third child. Before you can say split pea soup, Jessica is displaying signs of full-blown demonic possession complete with projectile vomiting and fully-rotating head! Could it be that she s carrying the child of the Antichrist himself?
  • Described as disgusting, scary trash and maddeningly inappropriate by film critic Roger Ebert and subject to a lawsuit by Warner Bros. (who claimed copyright infringement against a certain William Friedkin film), the devilish denizens at Arrow Video have summoned up this wickedly entertaining popcorn spiller fit for Satan himself!
  • SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
  • 2K restoration of the Uncut English Export Version, released as The Devil Within Her (108 mins)
    High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
    Original uncompressed mono audio
    Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    Archival audio commentary with director/producer Ovidio G. Assonitis and Euro-horror historian Nathaniel Thompson, moderated by Lee Christian
    Archival audio commentary with star Juliet Mills and filmmaker Scott Spiegel, moderated by film scholar Darren Gross and Lee Christian
    Archival introduction with Juliet Mills and Lee Christian
    The Devil and Me an interview with director/producer Ovidio G. Assonitis
    Barrett s Hell an interview with writer/ cinematographer Roberto D Ettorre Piazzoli
    Beyond the Music an interview with composer Franco Micalizzi
    The Devil s Face an interview with camera operator Maurizio Maggi
    Motels and Devils an audio interview with actor Gabriele Lavia
    Beyond the Door: 35 Years Later archival featurette including interviews with Ovidio G. Assonitis, Juliet Mills, star Richard Johnson and writer Alex Rebar
    Richard Johnson: An Englishman in Italy archival featurette
    Alternate opening titles
    Trailers, TV and Radio Spots
    Image Gallery
    Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach
  • TAGLINES:
    • A horrifying and blood chilling drama of possession.
    • Terror lives Beyond The Door!
    • Beyond this door the most terrifying event in the history of mankind is about to occur!
    • Demonic possession lives, and grows and grows and grows and…
    • Evil grows Beyond the Door!
    • The Ultimate In Horror!
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 108 minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
  • https://www.arrowvideo.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GVGCSNQ/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071212/

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So Sweet, So Dead [1972]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera, Chris Avram, Sandro Pizzochero, Krista Nell, Angela Covello, Fabrizio Moresco, Andrea Scotti, Irene Pollmer
  • DIRECTOR: Roberto Bianchi Montero
  • SYNOPSIS: A naked woman is found murdered and mutilated in a prosperous small province town in Southern Italy. But who killed her… and why? Inspector Capuana (Farley Granger; Strangers on a Train, Rope, Arnold) investigates what turns out to be a string of savage murders in which unfaithful women are targeted as they play around behind their husbands’ backs. Now the killer, who wears a black fedora, gloves, and trench coat as he stalks and photographs his victims, is becoming more relentless in a depraved quest to purge the world of what he believes to be immoral souls. Also starring Sylva Koscina (Lisa and the Devil, Hercules, Hornet’s Nest), this notorious Italian shocker also known as So Sweet, So Dead is now presented fully authorized and in HD for the first time!
  • TAGLINES:
    • One day you’ll get closer to the violence of death… but THIS IS AS FAR AS WE DARE TAKE YOU… with any hope of bringing you back!
    • Only beautiful women… only if they are evil… and when they are caught in the act… he commits the ULTIMATE BRUTALITY!
  • GENRE: Horror, Foreign, Drama, Crime
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 101 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Code Red
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HGZW55P/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069186/

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Hammer Films Ultimate Collection

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Guy Rolfe, Donald Sutherland, Andre Morell

DIRECTORS: William Castle, Terence Fisher, Val Guest, Michael Carreras

SYNOPSIS:

For more than four decades, Hammer Films unique blend of horror, science fiction, thrills and comedy dominated countless drive-ins and movie theaters. Enjoy this massive collection from the darkest corners of the Hammer Imagination!

Featuring 20 Cult-Classics from the infamous Hammer Studios produced in the 50s, 60s and 70s available together for the first time in high-definition!

Featured films:

  • The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
  • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
  • The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1963)
  • These Are The Damned (1962)
  • The Old Dark House (1963)
  • The Gorgon (1964)
  • The Snorkel (1958)
  • Maniac (1963)
  • Die! Die! My Darling (1965)
  • Scream of Fear (1961)
  • Stop Me Before I Kill! (1961)
  • Never Take Candy From A Stranger (1960)
  • Cash On Demand (1961)
  • The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
  • The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
  • The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
  • Sword of Sherwood Forest (1964)
  • The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
  • Yesterday’s Enemy (1959)
  • Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Special Features:

  • 12-Page Movie and Feature Guide Booklet
  • Hammer Film Featurettes and Retrospectives
  • Hammer at Columbia Pictures
  • The Actors of Hammer Film
  • The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb Retrospective
  • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Retrospective
  • Audio Commentaries:
  • The Revenge of Frankenstein
    • Commentary with filmmaker/film historian Constantine Nasr and author/film historian Steve Haberman

  • The Old Dark House
    • Commentary with The Monster Party Podcast featuring James Gonis, Shawn Sheridan, Larry Strothe, and Matt Weinhold
  • The Gorgon
    • Commentary with writer/director Joshua Kennedy (House of the Gorgon)
  • The Snorkel
    • Commentary with writer/producer Phoef Sutton, writer/film historian Mark Jordan Legan, and screenwriter/film historian C. Courtney Joyner
  • Never Take Candy From A Stranger
    • Commentary with filmmaker/historian Constantine Nasr
  • Scream of Fear
    • Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman

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