February 23
Legion of the Night [1995]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: S. William Hinzman, Ron Asheton, Tim Lovelace, Shannon Hart Cleary, Heather Fine, Jeff Rector
- DIRECTOR: Matt Jaissle
- PRODUCER: Matt Jaissle
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dan Sales, Todd Tjersland
- SYNOPSIS:
- THE WAR OF THE FUTURE WILL BE FOUGHT BY THE DEAD!
- Taylor Bloom comes home and finds that his father has been murdered by the mob and his secret experiments stolen. Taylor’s father Dr Bloom had created the ultimate soldier using reanimated corpses. He called these soldiers CZA’s or Cybernetic Zombie Assassins and now they are being used by the mob as the ultimate hit men. Eager for revenge Taylor and his father’s assistant create an army of the dead to reclaim his father’s property and take out the mob. Things however don’t go quite as planned and Taylor finds himself in a life and after death struggle.
- Featuring performances by Bill Hinzman (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) Ron Asheton (THE STOOGES) Jeff Rector (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, NYPD BLUE). A well made film with a somber tone and enough action to keep eyes glued to the screen.
- TAGLINES:
- Zombie Cyborgs Born Of Flesh…And Bathed In Blood!
- The Ultimate Killing Machines…They Have No Soul…They Show No Mercy!
- GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KYV2FK9/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113632/
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Saga [2016]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Ted Skjellum, Terje Sødal, Ingvild Hogstad
- DIRECTOR: Jørn Steen
- SYNOPSIS: Roaming on their bikes in the Norwegian countryside, Ted Skjellums gang discovers the ancient Norse Saga of the Eyrdwellers, the story of a chieftain who came back from the dead to terrorize villagers. A Viking, zombie, and meta horror-comedy by the Norwegian black metal band Sarke. The DVD contains bonus features including music videos, concert footage, behind-the-scenes, and more! In Norwegian with English subtitles.
- TAGLINE: a Black Metal Viking Biker-film with Zombies
- GENRE: Horror, Comedy
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 88 minutes
- STUDIO: Bayview Films
- https://www.bayviewentertainment.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/bayviewentertainment/
- https://twitter.com/BayViewEnt1
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QSDRHV1/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5147818/
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Late Fee [2009]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Stephanie Danielson, J.D. Brown, Georgia Kate Hage
- DIRECTORS: Carl Morano, John Carchietta
- SYNOPSIS: The Devil Always Gets his Due! It’s Halloween eve and a young couple are desperate for something fun to do. They find a weird video store just as it’s about to close and beg the store owner to rent them the scariest movie in the store! The creepy owner agrees on one strict condition- that the DVD must be returned by midnight or they must pay the late fee! Halloween turns out to be a real nightmare as the couple lose track of time and rush to return the video! But it’s too late and they learn the hard way that the penalty must be paid in blood! (90 mins)
- GENRE: Horror, Comedy
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 90 minutes
- STUDIO: Media Blasters
- http://media-blasters.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/mediablastersinc/
- https://twitter.com/mediablasters1
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QLW21Y3/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1513076/
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Venom [2005]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Bijou Phillips, Jonathan Jackson, Agnes Bruckner, Rick Cramer, Meagan Good, Method Man, Stacey Travis
- DIRECTOR: Jim Gillespie
- PRODUCERS: Karen J. Lauder, Kevin Williamson, Scott Faye
- SYNOPSIS: Set in the Louisiana Bayou, Mr. Jangles is a man possessed by 13 evil souls killed by a voodoo priestess. Mr. Jangles becomes evil and collects keys as trophies from his victims.
- TAGLINE: He Never Hurt A Soul Until the Day He Died.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Rated R (strong horror violence/gore, and language)
- RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
- STUDIO: Miramax
- https://www.miramax.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/miramax
- https://twitter.com/miramax
- https://www.amazon.com/Venom-Agnes-Bruckner/dp/B08L3NWDBH/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428251/
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Nightwatch [1997]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Ewan McGregor, Nick Nolte, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Brad Dourif
- DIRECTOR: Ole Bornedal
- SYNOPSIS: He’s a full time college student who just took the wrong part time job. Now he’s the final piece in a brilliant serial killer’s puzzle.
- TAGLINES:
- An intense and shocking thriller.
- Prepare to be scared!
- He’s the prime suspect in a terrifying mystery. The police are after him and so is the murderer.
- In the mind of the police, he’s the prime suspect. In the eyes of a killer, he’s the next victim.
- What if someone you trusted was setting you up? What if you were the final piece in a brilliant serial killer’s puzzle? The night holds the secret.
- He’s a full-time college student who just took the wrong part-time job. Now he’s the final piece in a brilliant serial killer’s puzzle.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Drama
- RATING: Rated R (strong, morbid violence, language, sexuality, and some drug content)
- RUN TIME: 101 Minutes
- STUDIO: Miramax
- https://www.miramax.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/miramax
- https://twitter.com/miramax
- https://www.amazon.com/Nightwatch-Nick-Nolte/dp/B08L3XC1G1/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119791/
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From Dusk Till Dawn Collection
- DVD
- From Dusk Till Dawn [1996]
- SYNOPSIS: Five career criminals gather in Mexico to pull off a bank heist. They soon realize that they are up against far more frightening creatures than the police pursuing them.
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis
- DIRECTOR: Robert Rodriguez
- See Review HERE
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money [1999]
- SYNOPSIS: Five career criminals gather in Mexico to pull off a bank heist. They soon realize that they are up against far more frightening creatures than the police pursuing them.
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Robert Patrick, Bo Hopkins, Duane Whitaker
- DIRECTOR: Scott Spiegel
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter [1999]
- SYNOPSIS: Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Ara Celi
- DIRECTOR: P.J. Pesce
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120695/
- STUDIO: Miramax
- https://www.miramax.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/miramax
- https://twitter.com/miramax
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PXB959N/
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Demon Mother
- DVD
- SYNOPSIS: Ben has always been plagued by violent nightmares, and the visions are becoming more intense. He looks for an explanation and finds Nina, a woman with a dark secret. She can transform from a sultry temptress into a demonic killing machine and has been waiting for him. Bonus features include: Closed Captions, Scene Selection, Trailers
- GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 87 minutes
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
- http://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08L41B64Q/
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Plague Town [2008]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Josslyn DeCrosta, Erica Rhodes, David Lombard, Lindsay Goranson
- DIRECTOR: David Gregory
- SYNOPSIS: A tourist family lost in the Irish countryside… a remote village that hides a hideous secret… PLAGUE TOWN – the taboo-bashing indie horror milestone that has been called “maniacally twisted” (Horror News), “chilling and disturbing” (Blu-ray.com) and “an experience that goes where most mainstream horror fears to tread” (Fangoria). Experience this “brilliant” (Quiet Earth) hybrid of grisly ’70s shockers and graphic 21st century folk-horror, hailed as “an icy hand gradually sliding along the back of your neck for 90 minutes” (Mondo Digital). From co-writer/director David Gregory (BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON) and the producers of STAKELAND, now featuring an uncensored HD master and Special Features produced exclusively for this edition.
- Specs:
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1.
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Surround.
Region: All. - Special Features:
2009 Audio Commentary with Director David Gregory and Producer Derek Curl.
White Lace & Button Eyes – The Making of PLAGUE TOWN by Documentary Filmmaker Howard S. Berger.
A Visit to Plague Town – Behind the Scenes Featurette.
The Sounds of Plague Town.
Trailer.
Short Films – SCATHED, TIL DEATH. - TAGLINE: It’s In The Blood.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 85 minutes
- STUDIO: Serverin Films
- https://severin-films.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms/
- https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
- https://www.amazon.com/Plague-Town-Blu-ray-Josslyn-DeCrosta/dp/B08QBY9NY7/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118687/
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The Attic Expeditions [2001]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Andras Jones, Seth Green, Jeffrey Combs
- DIRECTOR: Jeremy Kasten
- SYNOPSIS: It’s been called “imaginative and audacious” (Los Angeles Times), “fantastic and surreal” (Classic Horror) and “an ideal film that verges towards masterpiece” (Weird Wild Realm). Now experience the Blu-ray premiere of the hallucinatory debut by director Jeremy Kasten (THE DEAD ONES, THE THEATRE BIZARRE, THE WIZARD OF GORE remake) about a young man committed to an asylum where madness, mayhem and murder may rip apart his mind forever. Seth Green (ROBOT CHICKEN), Jeffrey Combs (RE-ANIMATOR), Andras Jones (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4), Ted Raimi (SKINNER), Wendy Robie (TWIN PEAKS) and Alice Cooper star in the 2001 shocker Fangoria hailed as “an ambitious first feature laced with a wonderful cast, quirky charms and cool twists”, scanned in 2k from the original negative with all-new Special Features.
- Specs:
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1.
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo.
Region: All. - Special Features:
Cast & Crew 20 Year Pandemic Reunion & Story of Making THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS.
Alice Cooper & Jeffrey Combs Internet Reunion.
Horror Scholar Adam Rockoff Contextualizes THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS. - TAGLINES:
- Murder begins in the mind
- His search for peace of mind… will leave his mind in pieces.
- Your Mind Can Not Be Trusted.
- Magic Is No Illusion.
- Madness Is Only Escape.
- There are doors in the mind that should never be opened.
- Welcome to a living nightmare.
- GENRE: Horror, Comedy, Mystery
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 100 minutes
- STUDIO: Serverin Films
- https://severin-films.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms/
- https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Q9WF35G/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118652/
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Castle of the Creeping Flesh [1968]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Janine Reynaud, Howard Vernon, Elvira Berndorff
- DIRECTOR: Percy G. Parker
- SYNOPSIS: From writer/director Adrian Hoven, creator of the infamous MARK OF THE DEVIL, comes a rarely-seen EuroSleaze masterpiece packed with krimi depravity, mondo-style shocks and graphic gothic insanity. When a group of bourgeois swingers stumble upon the creepy castle of the cursed Earl of Saxon, they’ll discover an unholy nightmare of sexual violence, bombastic philosophy, deranged performances, grisly medical experiments, inappropriate music cues and one very mad bear. A stellar cast of Jess Franco regulars including Janine Raynaud (SUCCUBUS), Howard Vernon (SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY) and Michel Lemoine (KISS ME MONSTER) star in this sumptuous platter of late ’60s filthwürst, also known as CASTLE OF BLOODY LUST. Now scanned uncut and uncensored from the German negative for the first time ever in America.
- Specs:
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1.
Dolby Digital Mono.
Region: All. - Special Features:
Adrian in the Castle of Bloody Lust – Archival Interview with Joyce Hoven and Percy Hoven.
MARK OF THE DEVIL Q&A with The Hoven Family at Austrian Pulp Film Fest.
Locations Featurette.
Trailers – English / German / Alt Title APPOINTMENT WITH LUST.
Textless Opening Credit Sequence.
German Opening Credit Sequence. - TAGLINE: A haunted Gothic tale of madness, lust and blood-chilling horror!
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 83 minutes
- STUDIO: Serverin Films
- https://severin-films.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms/
- https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QBQK5TK/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061806/
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Nightbeast [1982]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Tom Griffith, Jamie Zemarel, Karin Kardian
- DIRECTOR: Don Dohler
- SYNOPSIS: An alien with an appetite for blood & disembowelment is set loose on a small town when its spacecraft crashes Sheriff Jack Cinder & local militia arrive on scene, a violent battle ensues, leaving only Jack, his deputy & a wild-eyed redneck as survivors. With a corrupt mayor unwilling to stand up against the Nightbeast’s reign of carnage, it’s up to Jack to evacuate the townsfolk & save the day!
- GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 80 Minutes
- STUDIO: Troma
- https://www.troma.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/TROMAENTERTAINMENT%20/
- https://twitter.com/Troma_Team
- https://www.amazon.com/Nightbeast-Blu-ray-George-Stover/dp/B08L3XBWGM/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086013/
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Shriek Pack: Flesh for The Beast & Dead Riot
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Jane Scarlett, Tony Todd
- DIRECTORS: Terry M. West, Derek Wan
- SYNOPSIS: Flesh for The Beast tells the dark tale of a notorious occultist who conjures up a brothel full of ravenous female demons from hell! A century later, a team of ghost hunters investigate the haunted manor for evidence of the restless spirits. DEAD RIOT stars horror icon Tony Todd (Clive Barker s Candyman) as Shadow, an executed and resurrected serial killer who invades a women s prison with his insatiable zombie army. Shadow seeks the inmate known only as Solitaire who somehow senses her impending doom and prepares for a supernatural martial arts showdown of epic proportions! A unique fusion of Asian action, The Walking Dead and women-in-prison antics! (179 mins on 2 DVDs)
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 2 hours, 59 minutes
- STUDIO: Media Blasters
- http://media-blasters.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/mediablastersinc/
- https://twitter.com/mediablasters1
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QM22XNR/
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Binding Souls [2018]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Carlos Chan, Esther Huang, Yu-Ning Tsao
- DIRECTOR: Pang-Chun Chan
- SYNOPSIS: When a group of students decide to return to their former high school, they find the school’s history as a former Japanese army military laboratory during World War II has caught up to them. When they stumble across a former student’s diary, they are beset by strange visions and happenings, all asking them to solve the question of a mysterious disappearance whether they like it or not. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 89 minutes
- STUDIO: Bayview Films
- https://www.bayviewentertainment.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/bayviewentertainment/
- https://twitter.com/BayViewEnt1
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QRYT633/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6267926/
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Wrong Turn: The Foundation [2021]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Matthew Modine, Emma Dumont, Charlotte Vega
- DIRECTOR: Mike P. Nelson
- SYNOPSIS: Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
- TAGLINE: This land is their land
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 109 minutes
- STUDIO: Saban Films
- https://www.sabanfilms.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/sabanfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Turn-Foundation-Matthew-Modine/dp/B08P1H49YN/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9110170/
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