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New Horror Releases

AUGUST 24

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It [2021]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/Digital
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook
  • DIRECTOR: Michael Chaves
  • WRITERS: James Wan, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
  • SYNOPSIS: “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
  • TAGLINES:
    • The demonic case that shocked America.
    • It was the devil!
    • Based on the shocking true story of demonic possession.
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R (terror, violence, and some disturbing images)
  • RUN TIME: 112 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Warner Bros.
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098GT2H6Q/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7069210/

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Death Rink [2019]

AKA “Skateway Massacre:

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Red Scream Vampyres [2009]

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FrightWorld [2006]

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Acid Love [2021]

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The Last Matinee [2020]

AKA “Red Screening”

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Funhouse [2019]

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Valter Skarsgard, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Khamisa Wilsher
  • DIRECTOR: Jason William Lee
  • SYNOPSIS: Down and out backup singer and celebrity ex-husband Kasper is invited to compete in the Funhouse, an online ‘Big Brother’ style reality show. To rebrand his image and tarnished reputation, Kasper reluctantly accepts the offer. Together with 7 other C-list celebrities from around the globe he will compete for the prize of 5 million dollars. At first, the Funhouse is just as the name suggests, full of wild times, budding friendships, love connections and brewing rivalries. To everyone’s surprise, the fun quickly turns into misery when the first challenge leaves one of the contestants brutally murdered.
  • GENRE: Horror, Crime, Drama
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 106 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092H87LWF/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6852534/

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A Return to Salem’s Lot [1987]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Michael Moriarty, Richard Addison Reed, Andrew Duggan, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes, Jill Gatsby, June Havoc, Ronee Blakley, James Dixon, David Holbrook
  • DIRECTOR: Larry Cohen
  • SYNOPSIS: In a certain New England town, it’s hard to keep the undead down. Its shocking story continues courtesy of Larry Cohen, a maestro of cinematic horror (the It’s Alive trilogy) and writer of police-action thrillers (Best Seller, Maniac Cop), tapping into his senses of the macabre as well as satire in a clever chiller based on characters created by Stephen King. Joining in to bedevil and terrify are Michael Moriarty as an anthropologist asked to write a “bible” for the town’s ghastly group, Andrew Duggan as the leader of the town folk (including June Havoc and Evelyn Keyes) who hide their blood-feasting bent behind sweet exteriors and filmmaker Samuel Fuller in a rare on-screen role as a vampire hunter. For mortals who occasionally like to go to the devil — and come back — A Return to Salem’s Lot is one terrific terror trip.
  • TAGLINE: Salem’s Lot. Population: Dwindling. Primary industry: Terror.
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Comedy
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 100 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Return-Salems-Lot-Blu-ray/dp/B07GQDXXT3/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093855/

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The Conjuring/The Conjuring 2/The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • The Conjuring [2013] Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. “The Conjuring” tells the true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga), world renowned paranormal investigators, who were called to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767/

 

  • The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist [2016]The supernatural thriller brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star as Lorraine and Ed Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3065204/

 

  • The Conjuring: Thehttps://youtu.be/VFsmuRPClr4 Devil Made Me Do It [2021]”The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7069210/

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Two Evil Eyes [1990]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Harvey Keitel, Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada
  • DIRECTOR: George Romero, Dario Argento
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • A Double Dose of Terror from the Directors of DAWN OF THE DEAD and SUSPIRIA
  • The Masters of Modern Horror – George Romero and Dario Argento – bring you an unprecedented pair of shockers inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. In Romero’s The Facts In The Case Of Mr. Valdemar, a conniving wife (Adrienne Barbeau of THE FOG) and her lover use a hypnotic trance to embezzle a fortune from her dying husband, only to receive some chilling surprises from beyond the grave. Then in Argento’s The Black Cat, a deranged crime scene photographer (Harvey Keitel of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN) is driven to brutal acts of madness and murder by his girlfriend’s new pet. But will this cunning feline deliver a final sickening twist of its own?
  • Martin Balsam (PSYCHO), E.G. Marshall (CREEPSHOW), John Amos (THE BEASTMASTER) and Tom Atkins (NIGHT OF THE CREEPS) co-star in this wild horror hit that also features grisly makeup effects by Tom Savini (MANIAC). Blue Underground’s acclaimed restoration of TWO EVIL EYES, scanned in 4K 16-bit from the original camera negative, is now presented with Dolby Vision HDR and a new Dolby Atmos audio mix, packed with hours of Extras!
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Critically acclaimed restoration NOW IN TRUE 4K ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION with DOLBY VISION HDR and a new DOLBY ATMOS audio mix
    • Ultra HD Blu-ray (2160p) Widescreen 1.85:1 Feature Presentation and Bonus Extras Blu-ray
    • Audio: English: Dolby Atmos; English: 2.0 DTS-HD; French: 1.0 DTS-HD
    • Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
    • Audio Commentary with Troy Howarth, Author of Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento
    • Theatrical Trailer
    • Poster & Still Gallery
    • Two Masters’ Eyes – Interviews with Directors Dario Argento & George Romero, Special Make-Up Effects Supervisor Tom Savini, Executive Producer Claudio Argento, and Asia Argento
    • Savini’s EFX – A Behind-the-Scenes look at the film’s Special Make-Up Effects
    • At Home with Tom Savini – A personal tour of Tom Savini’s home
    • Adrienne Barbeau on George Romero
    • Before I Wake – Interview with Star Ramy Zada
    • Behind The Wall – Interview with Star Madeleine Potter
    • One Maestro and Two Masters – Interview with Composter Pino Donaggio
    • Rewriting Poe – Interview with Co-Writer Franco Ferrini
    • The Cat Who Wouldn’t Die – Interview with Assistant Director Luigi Cozzi
    • Two Evil Brothers – Interview with Special Make-Up Assistant Everett Burrell
    • Working With George – Interview with Costume Designer Barbara Anderson
    • BONUS! Limited Edition embossed slipcover featuring artwork by legendary artist Enzo Sciotti (First Pressing Only)
    • REGION FREE
    • Special Features May Not Be Rated, Closed Captioned or In High Definition.
  • TAGLINE: When I Wake You…You’ll Be Dead.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 120 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Blue Underground
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092WPZZFF/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100827/

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The Cat O’ Nine Tails [1971]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Limited Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Karl Malden, James Franciscus, Catherine Spaak, Cinzia De Carolis, Carlo Alighiero
  • DIRECTOR: Dario Argento
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Following the success of his debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, distributor Titanus tasked writer/director Dario Argento with delivering a follow-up in short order. The resulting film, granted a greatly enhanced budget and heralded in its US marketing campaign as nine times more suspenseful than its predecessor, was The Cat O Nine Tails.
  • When a break\-in occurs at a secretive genetics institute, blind puzzle-maker Franco Arnò (Karl Malden, Patton, One-Eyed Jacks, who overheard an attempt to blackmail one of the institutes scientists shortly before the robbery, teams up with intrepid reporter Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus, Beneath the Planet of the Apes) to crack the case. But before long the bodies begin to pile up and the two amateur sleuths find their own lives imperiled in their search for the truth. And worse still, Lori (Cinzia De Carolis, Cannibal Apocalypse), Francos young niece, may also be in killers sights.
  • This second entry in the so-called Animal Trilogy found Argento further refining his distinctive style and cementing his reputation as the master of the giallo thriller. Co-starring Catherine Spaak (Il Sorpasso) and Rada Rassimov (Baron Blood) and featuring another nerve-jangling score by the great Ennio Morricone (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly), The Cat O Nine Tails remains one of Argentos most suspenseful and underrated films.
  • 4K ULTRA HD BLU\-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
    • New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
    • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu\-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
    • Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
    • English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
    • Audio commentary by critics Alan Jones and Kim Newman
    • Nine Lives, an interview with co-writer/director Dario Argento
    • The Writer O Many Tales, an interview with co\-writer Dardano Sacchetti
    • Child Star, an interview with actress Cinzia De Carolis
    • Giallo in Turin, an interview with production manager Angelo Iacono
    • Script pages for the lost original ending, translated into English for the first time
    • Original Italian, international and US theatrical trailers
    • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring an original essay on the film by Dario Argento, and writing by Barry Forshaw, Troy Howarth, and Howard Hughes
    • Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Obviously Creative
    • Six double-sided, postcard\-sized lobby card reproduction art cards
    • Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring originally and newly commissioned artwork by Obviously Creative
  • TAGLINES:
    • It’s nine times more suspenseful!
    • From the Master of Terror Who Gave You “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage” – The Picture That Out-Psyched “Psycho”!
    • Step into the Cult Arena!
    • As the body count increases, will no one escape the sting of the cat o’ nine tails
    • Caught between the truth and a murderer’s hand!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 112 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0942G6BS4/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065761/

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Blind Beast [1969]

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku
  • DIRECTOR: Yasuzo Masumura
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Blind Beast is a grotesque portrait of the bizarre relationship between a blind sculptor and his captive muse, adapted from a short story from Japans foremost master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, The Black Lizard, Caterpillar.
  • An artist’s model, Aki (Mako Midori), is abducted, and awakens in a dark warehouse studio whose walls are decorated with outsized womens body parts eyes, lips, legs, and breasts and dominated by two recumbent giant statues of male and female nudes. Her kidnapper introduces himself as Michio (Eiji Funakoshi), a blind sculptor whom she had witnessed previously at an exhibition in which she featured intently caressing a statue of her naked torso. Michio announces his intention of using her to sculpt the perfect female form. At first defiant, she eventually succumbs to his intense fixation on her body and finds herself drawn into his sightless world, in which touch is everything.
  • Blind Beast is a masterpiece of erotic horror that explores the all\-encompassing and overwhelming relationship between the artist and his art and the obsessive closed world that the artist inhabits, with maestro director Yasuzo Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi) conjuring up a hallucinogenic dreamworld in which sensual and creative urges combine with a feverish intensity.
  • SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
    • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
    • Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
    • Optional English subtitles
    • Brand new audio commentary by Asian cinema scholar Earl Jackson
    • Newly filmed introduction by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns
    • Blind Beast: Masumura the Supersensualist, a brand-new visual essay by Japanese literature and visual studies scholar Seth Jacobowitz
    • Original Trailer
    • Image Gallery
    • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
    • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by Virginie Sélavy
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 84 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096CP9BQB/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140384/

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The Dark [1979]

  • Blu-ray – Collector’s Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Keenan Wynn, Cathy Lee Crosby, William Devane, Jacquelyn Hyde, Casey Kasem
  • DIRECTOR: John ‘Bud’ Cardos
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • A CHILLING TALE OF ALIEN TERROR!
  • In this chilling tale of alien terror, a writer (William Devane, Rolling Thunder) takes a personal interest in a series of baffling, shocking murders in Los Angeles … and evidence suggests the suspect may not be human. Every night ”The Mangler” stalks the streets, attacking and mutilating random victims. On the creature’s trail is TV reporter Zoe Owens (Cathy Lee Crosby, Coach) and police detective Dave Mooney (Richard Jaeckel, The Dirty Dozen), but the truth behind the murders is far more strange and horrifying than they could ever imagine in this 1979 cult classic from director John ”Bud” Cardos (Kingdom of the Spiders, Mutant) and featuring Keenan Wynn (Dr. Strangelove), Casey Kasem (radio legend and ”American Top 40” host) and Jacquelyn Hyde (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?) in her Saturn Award® nominated performance.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in 2.35:1 aspect ratio
    • Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo
    • Subtitles: English
    • Commentary features producer Igo Kantor and director John ”Bud” Carlos.
    • Interview with Composer Roger Kellaway (SD, 25:29)
    • Interview with John ‘Bud’ Carlos (SD, 13:32)
    • Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:34)
    • Collectible Mini-Poster
  • * Special Features May Not Be Rated, Closed Captioned or In High Definition
  • TAGLINES:
    • After fear…beyond terror…there is THE DARK!
    • When Night Moves In … Terror Walks Alone.
    • Now there’s a reason to be afraid of … “The Dark”
    • Not all alien encounters are friendly.
    • It is as old as the universe. It is real. It is evil. And now, IT IS HERE.
    • Somewhere, in the void of infinite space, there is a form of life…which Man has reason to fear.
    • A Chilling Tale of Alien Terror
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
  • STUDIO: MVD Entertainment
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0943YTR49/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079027/

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One Dark Night [1982]

  • Blu-ray – Collector’s Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Meg Tilly, Melissa Newman, Robin Evans, Leslie Spieghts, Donald Hotton, Elizabeth Daily, David Mason Daniels, Adam West, Leo Gorcey Jr., Rhio H. Blair, Larry Carroll, Katee McLure, Kevin Peter Hall, Ted Lehman
  • DIRECTOR: Tom McLoughlin
  • PRODUCER: Michael Schroeder
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • A NIGHT TO REMEMBER UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE.
  • World renowned psychic Raymar is found dead after announcing that he had uncovered the secret of how to become even more powerful in death by the use of telekinetic powers. At the same time, two high school girls plan an initiation night for their friend Julie (Meg Tilly, The Big Chill), who is determined to shed her goody-goody image. Her test is to spend the night locked in the crypt – the same one that Raymar has been buried in that very day.
  • The crypt soon becomes a battlefield of horror involving unmated special effects with vaults cracking and exploding open, coffins sliding out and splintering open to release decayed corpses at Raymar’s bidding.
  • The climatic surprise ending will chill the audience and consume them with terror in this shocking tale of horror from writer/director Tom McLoughlin (Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives) that takes you beyond fear!
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • High Definition (1080p) presentation of the main feature in 1.78:1 aspect ratio
    • Audio: LPCM 2.0 Mono
    • English Subtitles
    • Audio commentary with Director & Co-Writer Tom McLoughlin and Producer Michael Schroeder
    • Audio commentary with Director & Co-Writer Tom McLoughlin and writer Michael Hawes
    • Interview with Director Tom McLoughlin
    • Interview with Actress E.G Daily
    • Interview with Actress Nancy Mott
    • Interview with Cinematographer Hal Trussell
    • Interview with Production Designer Craig Stearns
    • Interview with Producer Michael Schroeder
    • Interview with Special Effects crew member Paul Clemens
    • Alternate Director’s Cut / Work Print Version of the film (SD, 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio)
    • Behind the scenes footage
    • Paul Clemens photo gallery
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Reversible Artwork
    • Collectible Mini-Poster
  • * Special Features May Not Be Rated, Closed Captioned Or In High Definition
  • TAGLINES:
    • A night to remember – until the day until you die!
    • a crypt is a place where the dead are laid to rest… or are they?
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated PG
  • RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
  • STUDIO: MVD Entertainment
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  • https://www.amazon.com/One-Dark-Night-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B0943YC9VV/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086050/

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Evil Dead Trap [1988]

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Miyuki Ono, Fumi Katsuragi, Hitomi Kobayashi, Eriko Nakagawa
  • DIRECTOR: Toshiharu Ikeda
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • RAW HORROR KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES!
  • A TV station employee takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported murder that was videotapes there, only to end up running for her life. Nami hosts a late night home video program. She receives a videotape which appears to contain an actual murder. She and her crew investigate the location where she meets a man looking for his brother who warns her to stay away. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Audio Commentary with Director Toshiharu Ikeda and SPFX Manager Shinichi Wakasa
    • Audio Commentary by filmmaker Kurando Mitsutake (KARATE KILL, GUN WOMAN)
    • Audio Commentary with James Mudge of eastern Kicks
    • Trappings of the Dead – Reflecting on a Japanese Cult Classic
    • Storyboards
    • Behind the Scenes Stills
    • Promotional Artwork
    • Trailer
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Unearthed Films
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B092CHCJSV/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167147/

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