New Releases for January 25 to 31, 2022 January 12, 2022
New Horror Releases

JANUARY 25

Blood for Dracula [1974]

  • 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray/
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Udo Kier, Joe Dallesandro, Arno Juerging, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime McKendry, Roman Polanski
  • DIRECTOR: Paul Morrissey
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS… DIRECTOR PAUL MORRISSEY’S ‘BLOOD FOR DRACULA’… IN 4K ULTRA HD!
  • Immediately after completing FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, writer/director Paul Morrissey and star Udo Kier created what remains sumptuously depraved Euroshocker, cunning political allegory and ”wickedly funny horror that obliterates the line between art and bad taste” (Pop Culture Beast): Desperate for virgin blood, Count Dracula – Kier in the performance Flavorwire calls ”one of cinema’s Top 5 best Draculas” – journeys to an Italian villa only to discover the family’s three young daughters are also coveted by the estate’s Marxist stud (Joe Dallesandro of Morrissey’s FLESH, TRASH and HEAT). Stefania Casini (SUSPIRIA) and BICYCLE THIEVES director Vittorio De Sica co-star – with an unforgettable cameo by Roman Polanski – in ”one of the most unique vampire films in history” (Oh! The Horror), now scanned uncut in 4K from the original negative for the first time ever.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Trans-Human Flesh and Blood – Interview with Director Paul Morrissey
    • Rubinia’s Homecoming – Interview & Location Visit with Actress Stefania Casini
    • Blood For Udo – Interview with Actor Udo Kier
    • Little Big Joe – Interview with Actor Joe Dallesandro
    • Conversation with a Vampire – Audio Interview with Actress Milena Vukotic
    • Bloodthirsty – Interview with Assistant Director Paolo Pietrangeli
    • Black Cherry – Interview with Art Director Gianni Giovagnoni
    • The Blood of These Whores… – Interview with ‘Murderous Passions’ Author Stephen Thrower
    • Sad, Romantic Dracula – Interview with Soundtrack Composer Claudio Gizzi
    • The Roman Connection – Interview with Producer Andrew Braunsberg
    • Trailers
    • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Composed, Orchestrated, and Conducted by Claudio Gizzi
  • TAGLINES:
    • He couldn’t live without a virgin’s blood….. …So a virgin had to die! [UK]
    • After Andy Warhol’s “Frankenstein”…
    • He’ll go right to your neck and you’ll go right to his heart
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 103 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severin-films.com/
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Dracula-3-Disc-Special-Blu-ray/dp/B09DGMCT6T/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071233/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpahqPr71ho

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Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror [2021]

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer, Piers Haggard
  • DIRECTOR: Kier-La Janisse
  • SYNOPSIS: EXPLORES THE FOLK HORROR PHENOMENON AND ITS CULTURALLY SPECIFIC MANIFESTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL HORROR, FROM ITS FIRST WAVE IN THE 1970’s TO TODAY.
  • It’s been hailed as ”stunning” (Diabolique Magazine), ”brilliant” (AV Club) and ”mind-blowingly epic” (Film Threat) and stands as perhaps the definitive genre documentary of our time. From writer/director/co-producer Kier-La Janisse comes ”a seductive mega-text” (Indiewire) through the history of folk horror, featuring clips from over 200 films and interviews with more than 50 filmmakers, authors and scholars that explore the rural roots, occult creeds and cultural lore that continue to shape international cinema. Severin Films presents this ”astounding achievement” (Screen Anarchy) – also featuring an original score by Jim Williams (A FIELD IN ENGLAND), animation by Ashley Thorpe (BORLEY RECTORY) and collage sequences by Guy Maddin (MY WINNIPEG) – that Rue Morgue calls ”an unprecedented journey into where folk horror has been, where it’s going and ultimately what it says about humanity. ”
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Video Introduction By Writer/Director/Producer Kier-La Janisse
    • Animating Folk Horror ― A Conversation With Ashley Thorpe
    • Outtake: What Is Folk Horror?
    • Outtake: Harvest Hymns ― The Sounds And Signals Of Folk Horror
    • Outtake: Terra Assombrada ― Expressions Of Folk Horror In Brazil
    • Folk Poetry
  • GENRE: Horror, Documentary
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 192 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severinfilms.com/
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  • https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Woodlands-Dark-Days-Bewitched-History/dp/B09KYC2VNX/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13938338/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSYBpdDSh9A

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Eyes of Fire [1983]

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Dennis Lipscomb, Guy Boyd, Rebecca Stanley
  • DIRECTOR: Avery Crounse
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • THE WORLDWIDE DISC PREMIERE OF THE LOST AMERICAN FOLK HORROR CLASSIC
  • In 1983, acclaimed photographer Avery Crounse made his debut as writer/director with what is considered to be the seminal American folk horror film. Misunderstood by audiences and mishandled by distributors, it has remained virtually unseen until now: On the 18th-century frontier, an adulterous preacher and his followers flee to ‘the promised land’ only to enter a valley of lust, madness, pagan vengeance, and hallucinatory terror. Dennis Lipscomb (RETRIBUTION), Guy Boyd (BODY DOUBLE) and Kerry Sherman (SATAN’S CHEERLEADERS) star in this ”extraordinary horror fantasy” (The Psychotronic Video Guide) restored in 4K from the original negative with more than 2½ hours of Special Features that include the answer print of Crounse’s original cut, CRYING BLUE SKY.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Audio Commentary With Colin Dickey, Author Of Ghostland: An American History In Haunted Places
    • The Secret Is In The Trees ― Nightmare USA Author Stephen Thrower Interviews Writer/Director Avery Crounse
    • CRYING BLUE SKY ― Alternate, Longer Cut
    • Short Film: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
    • Short Film: TRANSFORMATIONS
    • Short Film: BACKWOODS
    • Trailer
  • TAGLINES:
    • When America was young and Spirits of Evil reigned in a Forest of Darkness.
    • The Secret is sleeping in the trees
    • Sinister evil is waiting in the woods.
  • GENRE: Horror, Western
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severinfilms.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms/
  • https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Special-Blu-ray-Dennis-Lipscomb/dp/B09L8KZJL7/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085515/

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

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Delirium [1979]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek
  • DIRECTOR: Peter Maris
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • THEY SHALL HAVE MURDER WHEREVER THEY GO…
  • For his feature film debut, director Peter Maris (MINISTRY OF VENGEANCE, DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY) took portions of an unfinished urban conspiracy thriller and added a new psycho-killer procedural to create what may be the most unusual/vicious proto-slasher shocker of the ‘70s: When a series of savage murders rocks St. Louis, the police investigation will lead to a deranged Vietnam vet ”who looks like a cracked-out Seth McFarlane” (HorrorNews.net), an underground organization of white-collar vigilantes, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence and an absolute masterclass in low-budget regional filmmaking. One of the very first Section 2 Video Nasties, this longtime VHS rarity – also known as PSYCHO PUPPET – is now presented on disc for the first time ever, restored from the only known 35mm print in existence.
  • SPECIAL FEATURES:
    • Directing DELIRIUM: Interview with Director Peter Maris
    • Monster Is Man: Interview with Special Effects Artist Bob Shelley
    • Trailer
  • TAGLINES:
    • When the Monster is Man
    • Filmed Entirely in St. Louis
    • He’s waiting to kill you… he’s wanting to kill you… Poor Charlie – You’ll die when you meet him.
  • GENRE: Thriller
  • RATING: Rated R
  • RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severinfilms.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/severinfilms/
  • https://twitter.com/severinfilms/
  • https://www.amazon.com/Delirium-Special-Blu-ray-Turk-Cekovsky/dp/B09L8QM1S7/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079039/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiW2lnp6z44

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Triaphilia [2021]

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Arrebato [1979]

  • Blu-ray/DVD
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Helena Fernan-Gomez, Marta Fernandez Muro
  • DIRECTOR: Iván Zulueta
  • SYNOPSIS: Horror movie director José is adrift in a sea of doubt and drugs. As his belated second feature nears completion, his reclusive bubble is popped by two events: a sudden reappearance from an ex-girlfriend and a package from past acquaintance Pedro: a reel of Super-8 film, an audiotape, and a door key. From there, the boundaries of time, space, and sexuality are erased as José is once more sucked into Pedro’s vampiric orbit. Together, they attempt the ultimate hallucinogenic catharsis through a moebius strip of filming and being filmed.
  • Bonus Features:
    • Region Free Blu-ray
    • Commentary Track w/ Mike White of The Projection Booth
    • Documentary: Ivan Z by Andrés Duque (51 min)
    • Theatrical Trailer
    • Other Trailers
    • Reversible Art
    • English subtitles
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama, Fantasy
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 115 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Altered Innocence
  • https://www.alteredinnocence.net/
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  • https://twitter.com/altinnocence
  • https://www.amazon.com/Arrebato-Blu-ray-Eusebio-Poncela/dp/B09NGS7DP9/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078797/

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Savage Harvest [1994]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Lisa Morrison, Ramona Midgett, D.J. Vivona, William Clifton, Rebecca Kennebeck
  • DIRECTOR: Eric Stanze
  • SYNOPSIS: Determined to atone for the suffering brought upon his people during the Trail of Tears, a Cherokee elder engaged in dark magic to summon an ancient demon entity known as Retlawkoob. When the tribe awoke to find their bountiful harvest turned into rows of useless stone, they buried the elder in the fields beneath a pile of the cursed rocks; each of which bore the mark of a different bestial demon. After a flood causes the stones to resurface, six teenagers camping on the burial site unsuspectingly unleash the demonic forces. Possession consumes one camper after another, transforming them into animalistic, frenzied killing machines, voraciously feeding on the warm meat of their freshly deceased victims. As the body count grows, only the timid Mikki is left to unlock the riddles left behind by the elders and do battle with the vengeful demon Retlawkoob. Now, only bloodshed, violence, and terror grow in these darkened fields…and tonight the harvest begins. St. Louis, Missouri based writer/director Eric Stanze (The Scare Game, Scrapbook, Ratline) made major waves in the underground with this ambitious, Native American themed, Evil Dead-style demonic possession romp filmed against the backdrop of the Great Flood of 1993; a real-life debilitating disaster that devastated parts of the American Midwest. Elaborate practical effects, extreme chainsaw violence, a memorable monster, and some genuine atmospheric scares helped put Savage Harvest on the map and cemented Stanze’s status as one of the most consistent and visionary auteurs working in the shot on video horror medium.
  • Bonus Features:
    • Region Free Blu-ray
    • “A Quarter Century Since the Harvest” – new 2021 retrospective documentary
    • “Hell or High Water: The Making of Savage Harvest” – archival 1994 documentary
    • Archival audio commentary with writer / director / producer Eric Stanze & actor / producer D.J. Vivona
    • Archival audio commentary with associate producer Jessica Wyman and actors Ramona Midgett & Rebecca Kennebeck
    • Behind-the-scenes stills montage
    • Archive of music videos directed by Eric Stanze (1994-2000)
    • Eric Stanze / Wicked Pixel Cinema trailer vault
    • Reversible cover art
    • English SDH subtitles
  • TAGLINE: Only bloodshed, violence, and terror now grow in these darkened fields… And tonight, the harvest begins.
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 72 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Saturn’s Core
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  • https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Harvest-Blu-ray-Lisa-Morrison/dp/B09NGKK96X/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128453/

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Detention [2019]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Gingle Wang, Fu Meng-Po, Tse Jing-Hua, Cecilia Choi
  • DIRECTOR: John Hsu
  • SYNOPSIS: Set during the Taiwanese martial law of the 1960s, this shockingly gruesome and terrifying coming-of-age drama based on a hugely popular video game sees two classmates who go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school. This masterful debut from director and co-writer John Hsu recalls the best of Guillermo del Toro, with enough blood, striking sound design, art direction and special effects to evoke Silent Hill and other landmarks of the genre.
  • Bonus Features:
    • Region A Blu-ray
    • Trailer
    • Music video
    • 3 featurettes
    • 2 essays
    • Inside sleeve artwork
    • English subtitles
  • GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Mystery
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Dekanalog
  • https://www.dekanalog.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/dekanalog
  • https://twitter.com/dekanalog_
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NGRDFQD/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10805432/

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Doctor Carver [2021]

AKA “Conjuring the Plastic Surgeon”

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Wired Shut [2021]

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The Deeper You Dig (2019)

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: John Adams, Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, Shawn Wilson, Joan Poser, Mike Childs, Izzy Figueredo, Inderpreet Singh Khangura, Bob Lane, Milli Lupinetti, Rick Miller, Frank Wood
  • DIRECTOR: John Adams, Toby Poser
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • Themes of family, loss and survival intersect on the thin line that separates the living from the dead in The Deeper You Dig, the latest feature written, directed by and starring filmmaking family the Adams Family (Knuckle Jack, Rumblestrips) – described as “a force to be reckoned with” (Dread Central) and “the multi-hyphenates other multi-hyphenates hope to be when they grow up” (Nightmare on Film Street).
  • Bogus tarot card reader Ivy (Toby Poser) and her teenage daughter Echo (Zelda Adams) are an unconventional but loving mother/daughter team. But when reclusive Kurt (John Adams) moves in down the road, a tragic accident results in Echo’s murder, causing three lives to collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt believes he can hide his secret beneath the earth – but Echo, refusing to accept death, burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones. As she haunts his every move, trying to reach her mother from beyond, Ivy must dig deep to see the signs and prove that love won’t stay buried.
  • A dark, unsettling meditation on grief, survival and the brittle barrier that separates the living from the dead, The Deeper You Dig is a compelling and original entry in the canon of American independent horror.
  • SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
    • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
    • Original lossless PCM 2.0 stereo soundtrack
    • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
    • Audio commentary by writers/directors/stars Toby Poser and John Adams
    • At Home with the Adams Family, an in-depth interview with the trio of filmmakers responsible for The Deeper You Dig
    • It’s in the Blood: The Family in the Horror Genre, a visual essay by critic Anton Bitel exploring the theme of family in The Deeper You Dig and the Adams Family’s broader filmography
    • Special effects breakdown with commentary by special visual and make-up effects artist Trey Lindsay
    • FrightFest TV interview with the Adams Family
    • Hellbender music videos
    • Theatrical trailer
    • Image gallery
    • Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
  • GENRE: Horror, Drama
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
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  • https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KMGFJ3K/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10563420/

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Sleep [2020]

  • Blu-ray
  • PRINCIPAL CAST: Sandra Huller, August Schmolzer, Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Marion Kracht, Agata Buzek, Max Hubacher, Benjamin Heinrich
  • DIRECTOR: Michael Venus
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WHO PROTECTS YOU WHEN YOU SLEEP?
  • Nightmare and trauma. Fear and repression. Guilt and atonement. Weaving together the emotional violence of horror with the cryptic motifs of German folk and fairy tales, Arrow Video is proud to present Sleep, the debut feature from a major new talent in world cinema.
  • Tormented by recurring nightmares of a place she has never been, Marlene (Sandra Hüller, Requiem) cannot help but investigate when she discovers the place is real. Once there, she suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric ward. Determined to discover what happened to her, Mona (Gro Swantje Kohlhof), her daughter, follows and finds herself in Stainbach, an idyllic village with a dark history. What is it that so tormented her mother, and the people of Stainbach? What is the source of the nightmares she suffers? And who is the mysterious Trude that lives in the forest?
  • Richly conceived and confidently told, director Michael Venus draws influence from Mario Bava, David Lynch, Franz Kafka and the Brothers Grimm, but his voice is uniquely his own. As invested in substance and story as he is in style, Venus claws his way down to the roots of what haunts a people, a community, a nation and comes up screaming. “Will definitely keep you up at night” – Joey Keough, Wicked Horror
  • LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
    • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
    • Original DTS-MA 5.1 audio
    • Optional English subtitles
    • Audio commentary by film critic and historian Kim Newman & author Sean Hogan
    • A Strange Dark Magic, a visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
    • Sleepwalking through National Trauma, a visual essay by film critic Anton Bitel
    • Dream & Folktale in Sleep, an interview with anthropologist, dream researcher, and filmmaker Louise S. Milne
    • This is No Dream, a short introduction by director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof
    • Talking in their Sleep, director Michael Venus and star Gro Swantje Kohlhof in conversation
    • A Dream We Dream Together, a compilation of film festival introductions created during lockdown by director Michael Venus and the cast of Sleep
    • Making Dreams Come True, a glimpse behind the scenes of Sleep
    • Deleted Scenes
    • Marlene’s Sketches, explore the many obsessive dream journal sketches that are only glimpsed in the film, created by artist Christoph Vieweg, presented here in full
    • Trailer
    • Image gallery
    • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Oink Creative
    • Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Alison Peirse, an interview with director Michael Venus, and Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Frau Trude”
    • Double-sided fold-out poster featuring newly commissioned artwork by Oink Creative
  • TAGLINE: Who protects you when you dream?
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Arrow Video
  • https://arrowfilms.com/
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KNTRJ51/
  • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11744432/

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All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror

  • Blu-ray + CD – 15 Disc
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • 12 BLU-RAYS, 3 CDs, 20 FEATURE FILMS, PLUS 15+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES & MORE!
  • The most comprehensive collection of its kind. Experience 19 of the best-known, least-known, rarely seen and thought-lost classics of folk horror from around the world, all restored from the best available vault elements.
  • Special Features include short films, audio commentaries and exclusive featurettes. The ultimate genre exploration continues with the original WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED soundtrack by Jim Williams, a 2-disc reading of the classic short story ‘The White People’ by actress Linda Hayden with a new score by composer Timothy Fife, as well as a 156-page book curated by Kier-La Janisse, featuring new writings by renowned film scholars, authors and historians alongside a selection of archival writings, poems and folk tales.
  • FEATURE FILMS INCLUDED IN THIS SET:
    • WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED (192 mins/1.85:1/English 2.0/CC)
    • EYES OF FIRE (86 mins/1.85:1/English 1.0/CC)
    • LEPTIRICA (65 mins/1.33:1/Serbian 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • WITCHHAMMER (107 mins/2.35:1/Czech 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • VIY (76 mins/1.33:1/Russian 1.0/English 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • LAKE OF THE DEAD (77 mins/2.40:1/Norwegian 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • TILBURY (57 mins/1.33:1/Icelandic 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • THE DREAMING (90 mins/1.85:1/English 1.0/CC)
    • KADAICHA (88 mins/1.33:1/English 1.0/CC)
    • CELIA (103 mins/1.85:1/ English 1.0/CC)
    • ALISON’S BIRTHDAY (99 mins/1.85:1/ English 1.0/CC)
    • WILCZYCA (103 mins/1.33:1/Polish 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • LOKIS: A MANUSCRIPT OF PROFESSOR WITTEMBACH (100 mins/1.66:1/Polish 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • CLEARCUT (98 mins/2.35:1/English 5.1/English 2.0/CC)
    • IL DEMONIO (100 mins/1.85:1/Italian 1.0/English Subtitles)
    • DARK WATERS (89 mins/1.85:1/Italian 2.0/English Subtitles)
    • A FIELD IN ENGLAND (90 mins/2.35:1/English 5.1/English 2.0/CC)
    • ANCHORESS (108 mins/1.66:1/English 1.0/CC)
    • PENDA’S FEN (90 mins/1.33:1/English 1.0/CC)
    • ROBIN REDBREAST (76 mins/1.33:1/English 1.0/CC)
  • GENRE: Horror
  • RATING: Not Rated
  • RUN TIME: 31 Hours, 34 Minutes
  • STUDIO: Severin Films
  • https://severin-films.com/
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  • https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KMDY8FW/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-5UBxgiRiQ

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