OCTOBER 26

Don’t Breathe 2 [2021]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace, Rocci Williams, Stephanie Arcila, Bobby Schofield, Steffan Rhodri, Adam Young, Christian Zagia, Diaana Babnicova
  • DIRECTOR: Rodo Sayagues
  • SYNOPSIS: In the thrilling sequel to the breakout hit, Don’t Breathe 2 reprises Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang), who has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin. He lives with a young girl and has recreated the family stolen from him by a drunk driver. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of unseemly criminals kidnap her. Norman is forced to tap into even darker and more creative instincts in an effort to save her.
  • GENRE: Horror, Action, Drama
  • RATING: Rated R (strong bloody violence, gruesome images, and language)
  • RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Sony Pictures
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Breathe-2-4K-UHD/dp/B09BY81S9R/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6246322/

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Underworld: 5-Movie Collection

  • 4K Ultra HD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Kate Beckinsale
  • SYNOPSIS: Experience all five films in the iconic Underworld series on Blu-Ray in the ultimate Underworld collection!
  • Fully Remastered
  • Limited edition gift set includes fully remastered 4K UHD discs for UNDERWORLD (2003), UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS, UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING and UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS – the only way to get all 5 movies on 4K UHD
  • All 5 films include HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, plus the original theatrical audio mixes
  • UNDERWORLD features both the Theatrical and Extended versions in full 4K HDR with Atmos
  • Featuring hours of archival special features, plus rare featurettes across the films that haven’t previously been available to physical consumers
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B44BCWN/

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The Haunting Collection

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • SYNOPSIS
  • THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE is the critically acclaimed, modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s legendary novel about five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they’re reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, which forces them to finally confront the ghosts of their pasts… some of which lurk in their minds… and some of which may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House. For the first time, experience even more thrills with three extended Director’s Cut episodes featuring never-before-seen footage and go deeper inside Hill House with four exclusive commentaries from Creator and Director Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep).

  • From The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy comes THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR, the next highly anticipated chapter of The Haunting anthology series, set in 1980s England. After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) hires a young American nanny (Victoria Pedretti) to care for his orphaned niece and nephew (Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen (Rahul Kohli), groundskeeper Jamie (Amelia Eve) and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose (T’Nia Miller). But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.

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Skull: The Mask [2020]

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Old Habits Die Hard [2009]

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An Angel for Satan [1966]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Barbara Steele, Anthony Steffen, Claudio Gora
  • DIRECTOR: Camillo Mastrocinque
  • SYNOPSIS: In the final film of her Italian Gothic period, the legendary Barbara Steele (BLACK SUNDAY) stars in one of the most startling erotic shockers of her entire career: When a cursed statue is recovered from a villa’s lake, a young heiress (Steele) will inflict a torrent of depraved seduction and homicidal madness on the local village. Anthony Steffen (THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE), Claudio Gora (DANGER: DIABOLIK) and Marina Berti (NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS) co-star in a EuroHorror classic featuring Steele in all her mid-’60s glory (DVD Drive-In), co-written and directed by Camillo Mastrocinque (CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE) and scanned in 2K from the original negative – with both the Italian and thought-lost English tracks – recently discovered in a Rome vault. Bonus features include: Trailer, Barbara & Her Furs ― 1967 Short Film By Pierre Andro Based On “Venus In Furs” Starring Barbara Steele With Optional Partial Commentary By Steele, Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of ‘Daughters Of Darkness’, The Devil Statue ― Interview With Actor Vassili Karis, Audio Commentary With Actress Barbara Steele And Horror Film Historian David Del Valle, Extended Trailer
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 96 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DGHTF44/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060109/

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Beyond Darkness [1990]

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Gene LeBrock, David Brandon, Michael Paul Stephenson
  • DIRECTOR: Claudio Fragasso
  • SYNOPSIS: THE EVIL ONE HAS COME TO TAKE THE SOULS OF THE YOUNG! Shortly after completing TROLL 2, writer/director Claudio Fragasso and co-writer Rossella Drudi (SHOCKING DARK) returned to America to combine elements of THE EXORCIST, POLTERGEIST, THE BEYOND and their own insane aesthetic for what critics – and Fragasso/Drudi themselves – consider to be their horror masterpiece: When a Satanic child killer is executed, she transforms the new home of a young reverend and his family into a portal to Hell. Gene LeBrock (METAMORPHOSIS), David Brandon (CALIGULA 2) and Michael Paul Stephenson (child star of TROLL 2 and director of BEST WORST MOVIE) star in this “batsh*t crazy good time” (EuroCult AV) shot by Joe D’Amato with costumes by Laura Gemser, an epic score by Carlo Maria Cordio (NIGHT KILLER) and released in Italy as EVIL DEAD 5, now featuring new interviews produced exclusively for this edition.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 93 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GG6FSYJ/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103802/

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Retribution [1987]

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Dennis Lipscomb, Leslie Wing, Suzanne Snyder, Jeff Pomerantz, George Murdock, Pamela Dunlap, Hoyt Axton
  • DIRECTOR: Guy Magar
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • IT’S TIME FOR FEAR. IT’S TIME FOR TERROR. IT’S TIME FOR RETRIBUTION. THE TIME IS NOW!
  • For his 1987 feature film debut, co-writer/director Guy Magar delivered what Bleeding Skull hails as ”relentless, squishy joy that makes us angry we’ve lived this long without having seen it.” On the seedy side of Hollywood, an emotionally fragile painter miraculously survives a horrific suicide attempt. But when a series of grisly murders rocks the city, he discovers he may be possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered local hoodlum. Dennis Lipscomb (EYES OF FIRE), Leslie Wing (THE FRIGHTENERS), Suzanne Snyder (WEIRD SCIENCE) and Hoyt Axton (GREMLINS) star in this ”great lost gem with jaw-droppingly inventive splatter” (Blood Capsules) featuring a terrific score by Alan Howarth (THEY LIVE, PRINCE OF DARKNESS), now scanned in 2K from recently discovered pre-print elements with 2+ hours of all-new Special Features.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Audio Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Guy Magar
    • Writing Wrongs – Interview with Co-Writer Lee Wasserman
    • Shock Therapy – Interview with Actress Leslie Wing
    • Angel’s Heart – Interview with Actress Suzanne Snyder
    • Santa Maria, Mother Of God, Help Me! – Interview with Actor Mike Muscat
    • Settling The Score – Interview with Soundtrack Composer Alan Howarth
    • Visions Of Vengeance – Interview with Special Effects Artist John Eggett
    • The Art Of Getting Even – Interview with Artist Barry Fahr
    • Living In Oblivion – Interview with Production Designer Robb Wilson King
    • BINGO – Student Short by Guy Magar with Optional Director Commentary
    • Trailers
    • Stills & Poster Gallery
    • CD Soundtrack
  • TAGLINES:
    • Santa Maria, Mother of God…Help Me
    • A Supernatural Nightmare of Unholy Terror.
    • It’s time for fear. It’s time for terror. It’s time for retribution. The time is now!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 109 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severin-films.com/
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DGNTNRD/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095984/

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The Amazing Mr. X [1948]

  • Blu-ray/DVD – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry Mendoza
  • DIRECTOR: Bernard Vorhaus
  • PRODUCER: Benjamin Stoloff
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • From out of the surf it came…a familiar voice…a voice that belonged to the afterlife!
  • An atmospheric masterpiece, The Amazing Mr. X stars Turhan Bey as Alexis, a mystery man who claims to communicate with spirits. Appearing on the beach one night, Alexis easily charms a depressed widow and her sister (Lynn Bari and Cathy O’Donnell). The sly Alexis makes a living by separating gullible people from their money, but before this tale is over he will learn that the living is far more dangerous than the dead. Thanks to exceptional cinematography by John Alton, director Bernard Vorhaus delivers a film that oozes weird passion and sinister suspense. This is a movie that breathes right on your neck!
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Commentary by Professor and Film Scholar, Jason A. Ney
    • Full Color Booklet with essay, ”The Amazing Mr. Bey,” by Don Stradley
    • ”MYSTERIES EXPOSED: INSIDE THE CINEMATIC WORLD OF SPIRITUALISM” – A new documentary from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures featuring interviews with author Lisa Morton (Calling All Spirits: A History of Seances) and author/film historian C. Courtney Joyner.
  • TAGLINE: In his eyes, the threat of terror! In his hands, the power to destroy!
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Film-Noir
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 78 Minutes
  • STUDIO: The Film Detective
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Film-Detective-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B096WNY182/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040829/

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Frankenstein’s Daughter [1958]

  • Blu-ray – Special Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: John Ashley, Sandra Knight, Donald Murphy, Sally Todd, Harold Lloyd Jr., Felix Locher, Wolfe Barzell, Robert Dix, Voltaire Perkins, George Barrows
  • DIRECTOR: Richard Cunha
  • PRODUCER: Marc Frederic
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • ”Look at her! She lives!”
  • So says Dr. Oliver Frank at the sight of his new creation, a hulking beast with the transplanted brain of a beautiful young woman. He has finally carried on the legacy of his late grandfather, the notorious Dr. Frankenstein!
  • The twist in Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958) is that it takes place in ”modern” Los Angeles, where teenagers are forever in swim gear. Even as news reports warn them about a female monster menacing the neighborhood, nothing stops these kids from partying by the poolside.
  • Fans of low-budget horror will see some familiar faces in the cast, including John Ashley, Harold Lloyd, Jr., and former Playboy Playmate of the Month, Sally Todd (just a year after her appearance in The Unearthly). For Director Richard E. Cunha, Frankenstein’s Daughter was part of a productive year where he turned out three other cult favorites: She Demons; Giant from the Unknown; and Missile to the Moon. And though Donald Murphy lacked the schlock pedigree of his director and co-stars, his thousand-watt stare makes him a perfectly evil Dr. Frank.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Full Commentary track with Author/ Historian Tom Weaver
    • Full Color Booklet with original essay by Author/ Historian Tom Weaver
    • ”RICHARD E. CUNHA: FILMMAKER OF THE UNKNOWN” – A new career retrospective from Ballyhoo Motion Pictures featuring an archival interview with director Richard E. Cunha
    • ”JOHN ASHLEY: MAN FROM THE B’S” – A new career retrospective featuring film historian C. Courtney Joyner
  • TAGLINES:
    • IT reaches from the grave to re-live the HORROR, the TERROR
    • MORE Terrifying! MORE Destructive!
  • GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
  • STUDIO: The Film Detective
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096WK8KTJ/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051631/

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Killer Party [1986]

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Deep Red [1975]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray – Limited Edition
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia
  • DIRECTOR: Dario Argento
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some of the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red – the ultimate giallo movie.
  • One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems…
  • Aided by a throbbing score from regular Argento collaborators Goblin, Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso and The Hatchet Murders) is a hallucinatory fever dream of a giallo punctuated by some of the most astonishing set-pieces the sub-genre has to offer.
  • 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
    • New 4K restoration of both the original 127-minute Italian version and the 105-minute export version from the original negative by Arrow Films
    • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations of both versions in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
    • Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring originally and newly commissioned artwork by Obviously Creative
    • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Alan Jones and Mikel J. Koven, and a new essay by Rachael Nisbet
    • Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Obviously Creative
    • Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards
  • DISC 1 (4K ULTRA-HD BLU-RAY) – DEEP RED: ORIGINAL VERSION
    • Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks*
    • Optional lossless 5.1 Italian soundtrack
    • English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
    • New audio commentary by critics Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
    • Archival audio commentary by Argento expert Thomas Rostock
    • Almost three hours of new interviews with members of the cast and crew, including co-writer/director Dario Argento, actors Macha Méril, Gabriele Lavia, Jacopo Mariani and Lino Capolicchio (Argento’s original choice for the role of Marcus Daly), production manager Angelo Iacono, composer Claudio Simonetti, and archival footage of actress Daria Nicolodi
    • Italian trailer
    • Arrow Video 2018 trailer
    • Image galleries
  • DISC 2 (4K ULTRA-HD BLU-RAY) – DEEP RED: EXPORT VERSION
    • Restored original lossless mono English soundtrack
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    • Archival introduction to the film by Claudio Simonetti of Goblin
    • Profondo Giallo – an archival visual essay by Michael Mackenzie featuring an in-depth appreciation of Deep Red, its themes and its legacy
    • Archival interviews with Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Claudio Simonetti and long-time Argento collaborator Luigi Cozzi
    • US theatrical trailer
    • *The English audio track on this original cut has some portions of English audio missing. English audio for these sections was never recorded for these scenes. As such, they are presented with Italian audio, subtitled in English.
  • TAGLINES:
    • The maker of “SUSPIRIA” now takes you on a journey through the macabre, the bizarre. . . the unnatural.
    • from the creator of SUSPIRIA
    • In December 1949 Evil happened. Now it’s happening again.
    • It was the greatest Evil of All. And the child was made to bear it. The child suffered and became the man. Now it will be avenged.
    • When was the last time you were REALLY SCARED!!!? PSYCHO? The EXORCIST? JAWS? Now there’s DEEP RED.
    • You will NEVER forget it!!!
    • Flesh Ripped clean to the Bone… And the Blood runs Red…
    • When the Screaming starts and the Blood begins to flow… Pinch yourself and keep repeating I’M AT THE MOVIES! I’M AT THE MOVIES! I’M AT THE MOVIES! I’M AT THE MOVIES!
  • GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BTX766C/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073582/

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Don’t Breathe / Don’t Breathe 2 – Multi-Feature

  • DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace, Rocci Williams
  • DIRECTOR: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Don’t Breathe:From the twisted minds behind Evil Dead comes a new terrifying experience. Three young thieves (Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto) fight for their lives after breaking into the home of a blind man (Stephen Lang) who has a dark side.
  • Don’t Breathe 2:In the thrilling sequel to the breakout hit, Don’t Breathe 2 reprises Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang), who has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin. He lives with a young girl and has recreated the family stolen from him by a drunk driver. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of unseemly criminals kidnap her. Norman is forced to tap into even darker and more creative instincts in an effort to save her.
  • This is a multiple item set containing these film/programs:
  • Don’t Breathe [2016]
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4160708/

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OCTOBER 29

A Reflection of Fear [1972]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Sondra Locke, Mary Ure, Signe Hasso, Mitchell Ryan, Gordon DeVol, Victoria Risk, Michael St. Clair, Liam Dunn, Michelle Marvin
  • DIRECTOR: William A. Fraker
  • PRODUCER: Howard P. Jaffe
  • SYNOPSIS: Being stuck in the house with your estranged parents and dad’s new lover would be hard on any young girl. Most kids, however, don’t develop a split personality and go on a gore-filled rampage like Marguerite (Sondra Locke), who believes her doll to be alive and capable of justifiable homicide. Slashing, shocking suspenser also stars Robert Shaw, Sally Kellerman, Mary Ure. 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English LPCM stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; interviews; theatrical trailer.
  • TAGLINE: A cry in the night… A gasp in the dark…
  • REGION: Import
  • GENRE:  Horror, Drama, Crime
  • RATING: Rated PG
  • RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Imprint
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099NFQ1D5/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070599/

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