MARCH 15
The Kindred [2021]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: April Pearson, James Cosmo, Samantha Bond
- DIRECTOR: Jamie Patterson
- SYNOPSIS: After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 94 Minutes
- STUDIO: Vertical Entertainment
- https://www.vert-ent.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/VertEnt/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NLB74GC/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10306450/
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Monster Python [2018]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Wang Xinman, Wang Hongqian
- DIRECTOR: Zhang Dicai
- SYNOPSIS: A film crew shooting in an abandoned village use a collection of large eggs that they find, as props for their movie. Only to discover that the mother of the eggs would kill to get them back.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 64 Minutes
- STUDIO: ITN Distribution
- https://itnfilmdistribution.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/ITNDISTRIBUTION
- https://twitter.com/ITNFILMS
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NL8B5T2/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16429984/
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The Boy Behind the Door [2020]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Micah Hauptman, Scott Michael Foster
- DIRECTOR: Justin Powell, David Charbonier
- SYNOPSIS: A night of unimaginable terror awaits twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend, Kevin, when they are abducted on their way home from school. Managing to escape his confines, Bobby navigates the dark halls, praying his presence goes unnoticed as he avoids his captor at every turn. Even worse is the arrival of another stranger, whose mysterious arrangement with the kidnapper may spell certain doom for Kevin. With no means of calling for help and miles of dark country in every direction, Bobby embarks on a rescue mission, determined to get himself and Kevin out alive… or die trying. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL.
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
- STUDIO: RLJE Films/Shudder
- https://us.rljentertainment.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/RLJEfilms
- https://twitter.com/RLJEfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Kristin-Straten-Hauptman-Michael/dp/B09P1YP9SL/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10772662/
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Sin Eater [2022]
- DVD
- PRINCIAL CAST: Jessie Nerud, Danny Bohnen, Scotty Bohnen
- DIRECTOR: Carmelo Chimera
- SYNOPSIS: When a woman on the run from her past suffers a terrifying injury, she becomes stranded in a town with a dark secret. As bizarre phenomena intensify and with no one to trust, she’ll have to face her inner demons before a real one takes her soul.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- STUDIO: Magnolia Pictures
- https://www.magnoliapictures.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/MagnoliaPictures
- https://twitter.com/MagnoliaPics
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Q12DYV6/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11667808/
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Incarnation [2015]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Taye Diggs, Jessica Uberuaga, Michael Madsen
- DIRECTOR: Isaac Walsh
- SYNOPSIS: A struggling young couple, chasing the American dream, realizes their worst nightmare when they discover a demonic spirit in their new home. Soon they discover that getting rich can come at a hefty price.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cinedigm Entertainment
- https://cinedigm.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/Cinedigm
- https://twitter.com/Cinedigm
- https://www.amazon.com/Incarnation-BLU-RAY-Isaac-Walsh/dp/B09NRZL33M/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13157970/
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John and the Hole [2021]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Pamela Jayne Morgan, Charlie Shotwell, Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Ehle, Taissa Farmiga, Lucien Spelman, Georgia Lyman, Samantha LeBretton, Tamara Hickey, Ivy O’Brien, Elijah Ungvary
- DIRECTOR: Pascual Sisto
- WRITER: Nicolas Giacobone
- SYNOPSIS: A desperate game of survival unfolds after 13-year-old John traps his family in a hole in the ground in this unsettling psychological thriller.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Drama
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 103 Minutes
- STUDIO: IFC Films
- https://www.ifcfilms.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/IFCFilmsOfficial
- https://twitter.com/ifcfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Shotwell-Michael-Farmiga-Jennifer/dp/B09P213FGJ/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11307724/
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Nightmare [1964]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: David Knight, Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden, Brenda Bruce, George A. Cooper, Irene Richmond, John Welch, Timothy Bateson, Clytie Jessop, Julie Samuel
- DIRECTOR: Freddie Francis
- PRODUCER: Jimmy Sangster
- SYNOPSIS: As a child, Janet (Jennie Linden, Old Dracula) witnessed an unbearable horror—her insane mother stabbing her father to death. Now a young woman, Janet suffers from recurring nightmares that have her convinced that she’ll follow her mother to the asylum. Accompanied by her schoolteacher, Miss Lewis (Brenda Bruce, Peeping Tom), Janet retreats to the home of her guardian (David Knight, The Devil’s Agent), who has hired lovely Grace (Moira Redmond, A Shot in the Dark) as a companion to help calm his troubled ward. But Janet’s nightly terrors, magnified by the eerie, creaky old house, bring all her fears chillingly to life. Are Janet’s problems all in her head…or is there a sinister force at work?
- Bonus Content:
- 2K Scan from the Interpositive
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Bruce Hallenbeck
- Sleepless Nights – An Interview with Author/Film Historian Kim Newman
- Slice and Fright – An Interview with Author/Film Historian Jonathan Rigby
- Reliving the Nightmare – Including Interviews with Actress Julie Samuel, Continuity Person Pauline Wise, and Focus Puller Geoff Glover
- Nightmare…In the Making – Including Interviews with Actress Jennie Linden, Writer Jimmy Sangster, and Art Director Don Mingaye, Hosted by Author Wayne Kinsey
- Jennie Linden Remembers – The Full Interview with Actress Jennie Linden
- Madhouse: Inside Hammer’s Nightmare Featuring Interviews with Film Historians Jonathan Rigby, Kevin Lyons, Alan Barnes, and John J. Johnson
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery
- TAGLINES:
- THREE SHOCKING MURDERS…did she DREAM them? …or DO them?
- She dreamed a dream of murder…that didn’t end when she woke up!
- Child of an Evil Curse??? Victim of an Insane Horror???…or vengeful cunning murderess??? NIGHTMARE has the SHOCKING SHOCKING SHOCKING answers!!!
- Supernatural or Super-Murderous?
- It will HAUNT your dreams!
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 83 Minutes
- STUDIO: Shout! Factory
- https://www.shoutfactory.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/shoutfactoryofficial
- https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNT3747/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058405/
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An American Werewolf in London [1981]
- 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray – Limited Edition
- PRINCIPAL CAST: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, David Schofield, Lila Kaye, Paul Kember, Don McKillop, Frank Oz, Anne Marie Davies, Paula Jacobs, Gordon Sterne, Mark Fisher, Michele Brisigotti
- DIRECTOR: John Landis
- PRODUCER: George Folsey Jr.
- SYNOPSIS:
- One of the greatest directors of the 1980s, John Landis, expertly combines macabre horror with dark humor in the lycanthropic classic, An American Werewolf in London.
- American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the streets of the capital…
- An American Werewolf in London had audiences howling with laughter and recoiling in terror upon its cinema release. Landis’ film has gone on to become one of the most important horror films of its decade, rightly lauded for its masterful set-pieces, uniquely unsettling atmosphere, and Rick Baker’s truly ground-breaking, Oscar-winning special make-up effects. Now newly restored and presented with an abundance of extra features, this big beast of horror can be devoured as never before…
- 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original uncompressed 1.0 mono and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Commentary by Beware the Moon filmmaker Paul Davis
- Commentary by actors David Naughton and Griffin Dunne
- Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, with interviews with John Landis, David Naughton and more
- An American Filmmaker in London, interview with John Landis about British cinema and his time working in Britain
- I Think He’s a Jew: The Werewolf’s Secret, video essay by filmmaker Jon Spira about how Landis’ film explores Jewish identity
- The Werewolf’s Call, Corin Hardy, director of The Nun, chats with writer Simon Ward about their formative experiences with Landis’ film
- Wares of the Wolf, featurette in which SFX artist Dan Martin and Tim Lawes of Prop Store look at some of the costumes and special effects artefacts from the film
- Beware the Moon, Paul Davis’ acclaimed, feature-length exploration of Landis’ film which boasts extensive interviews
- An American Werewolf in Bob’s Basement and Causing a Disturbance: Piccadilly Revisited, two 2008 featurettes filmed by Paul Davis
- Making An American Werewolf in London, archival featurette on the film’s production
- An Interview with John Landis, archival interview with the director about the film
- Make-up Artist Rick Baker on An American Werewolf in London, the legendary make-up artist discusses his work on the film
- I Walked with a Werewolf, archival interview with Rick Baker about Universal horror and its legacy of Wolfman films
- Casting of the Hand, archival footage from Rick Baker’s workshop showing the casting of David Naughton’s hand
- Outtakes
- Storyboards featurette
- Original trailer and teaser plus TV and radio spots
- Extensive image gallery featuring over 200 stills, posters and other ephemera
- Reversible sleeve featuring original poster art and artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Double-sided fold-out poster
- Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproductions
- Limited edition 60-page, perfect-bound book featuring writing by Craig Ian Mann and Simon Ward, archival art
- TAGLINES:
- John Landis – the director of Animal House brings you a different kind of animal.
- Beware the Moon
- From the director of Animal House — a different kind of animal
- A masterpiece of terror
- The monster movie
- GENRE: Horror, Comedy
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 97 Minutes
- STUDIO: Arrow Video
- https://www.arrowfilms.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo
- https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo
- https://www.amazon.com/American-Werewolf-London-Limited-Ultra/dp/B09NRXK4N5/
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Dawn of the Dead [2004]
- Blu-ray – Unrated Director’s Cut
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell
- DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder
- SYNOPSIS: Heart-pounding action and bone-chilling thrills power this edgy, electrifying fright-fest starring Mekhi Phifer, Ving Rhames and Sarah Polley! When a mysterious virus turns people into mindless, flesh-eating zombies, a handful of survivors wage a desperate, last-stand battle to stay alive…and human! Exploding with terrifying surprises and nerve-shredding fun, Dawn of the Dead is an edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride that FOX-TV calls “one of the best horror flicks in years.”
- TAGLINES:
- When the undead rise, civilization will fall.
- Too terrifying to be shown in cinemas! (Unrated director’s cut UK DVD cover)
- Based on the original screenplay by George A. Romero. (Japanese teaser poster)
- When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.
- How do you kill what’s already dead?
- 36 billion people have died since the reign of humanity. For the new Dawn, there’s a reunion…
- GENRE: Horror, Action
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 101 Minutes
- STUDIO: Universal Pictures
- https://www.uphe.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/universalpictures
- https://twitter.com/UniAllAccess
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T3RFQKV/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/
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8 Days to Hell [2022]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Eric Roberts, Shane Woodson, Tori London, Jennifer Day, Drew Hale
- DIRECTOR: Shane Woodson
- SYNOPSIS: 8 DAYS TO HELL is a horror anthology of 7 intertwined tales that follows the paths of several serial killers on their nights of terror and destruction through Los Angeles. The story begins with Jonathan Jones, a Hollywood method actor (Shane Woodson), whose encounter with a sadistic casting director (Eric Roberts) launches a series of horrifying events over a period of 8 bloody days that include a beautiful woman (Tori London) with a secret life, an infamous serial killer (David Castro) who strikes on Halloween, a tragic husband’s sick wife who requires special treatment for her disease, a tortured artist who discovers a magic sketch book that changes his life, and culminating with a degenerate gambler playing for the highest stakes of all.
- TAGLINE: The devil pays a visit to Los Angeles
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
- STUDIO: Indie Rights
- https://www.indierights.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/IndieRightsMovies
- https://twitter.com/indierights
- https://www.amazon.com/Days-Hell-Blu-ray-Shane-Woodson/dp/B09T3SSY1P/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7033820/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vb3sYds0Lk
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Slasher Double Feature – Death Row and San Franpsycho
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Joe Estevez, Todd Bridges, Jose Rosete, Jimmy Bridges, Chris Angelo
- DIRECTOR: Jose Quiroz, Eduardo Quiroz
- SYNOPSIS: As eight convicts serve their sentences in a work-release program at a creepy, abandoned prison, an unknown killer stalks them in the darkness. One by one, the prisoners are slaughtered in the most brutal ways. Their only hope to survive is to learn the killer’s identity and stop the psychopath’s reign of terror. With a stellar cast that includes cult favorites Joe Estevez and Todd Bridges, this twist-filled shocker will keep you guessing until the hair-raising end! SAN FRANPSYCHO: A serial killer is stalking the city of San Francisco and sending a news reporter cryptic letters after each murder. As the body count rises, two SFPD detectives, the reporter and a psychologist-priest relentlessly pursue the madman, determined to put an end to his bloody carnage. But as the killer gets closer and closer to the news reporter, will the detectives catch him before it’s too late? Shot on location in the San Francisco Bay Area, this gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller will have you frozen in your seat as you witness the madness of the San Franpsycho.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- STUDIO: All Channel Films
- https://www.amazon.com/Slasher-Double-Feature-Franpsycho-Blu-ray/dp/B09RHGBR38/
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MARCH 18
Retro Horror Triple Feature Volume 1
- Blu-ray
- SYNOPSIS: Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate. Son of Frankenstein (1939) Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him. House of Frankenstein (1944) A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf. Extras: “Bride of Frankenstein” Trailer “House of Frankenstein” Trailer
- SET INCLUDES:
- Bride of Frankenstein [1935]
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/
- Son of Frankenstein [1939]
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/
- House of Frankenstein [1944]
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036931/
- MEDIA FORMAT: Import
- GENRE: Horror, Sc-Fi, Drama
- RATING: Not Rated
- STUDIO: Umbrella Entertainment
- https://umbrellaent.com.au/
- https://www.facebook.com/UmbrellaEnt
- https://twitter.com/UmbrellaEnt
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SBL8BBB/
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MAY 21
Rave [2020]
AKA “Svartklubb”
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Isabelle Grill, Tuva Jagell, Victor Iván
- DIRECTOR: Nils Alatalo
- SYNOPSIS: The local underground club is shutting down, but not before throwing one last party. Mimmi (Isabelle Grill of ‘Midsommar’) drags her nervous friend Lina (Tuva Jagell of ‘Girls Lost’) along for a night of alcohol, ecstasy, and dancing. But as the night nears its end, more and more of the party goers become affected by a strange infection. As people start to deteriorate in the goriest ways, Mimmi tries to find her way out through the club’s neon-lit corridors and dark back rooms. However, surviving the night is only the beginning in this hallucinogenic descent into body horror hell.
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 72 Minutes
- STUDIO: Scream Team Releasing
- https://screamteamreleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/screamteamreleasing/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PTPMGCV/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9910530/
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