AUGUST 15
From Black [2023]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Anna Camp, John Ales, Jennifer Lafleur
- DIRECTOR: Thomas Marchese
- SYNOPSIS: Having lost her young son to violent abduction while in the throes of a high, recovering addict Cora Lowen (Anna Camp) has since gotten clean-but has remained unable to forgive herself. The solicitous leader (John Ales) of her bereavement group offers a strange means for her to reunite with her child… but she might not be able to deal with the unholy consequences. Disquieting shocker also stars Jennifer Lafleur, Travis Hammer, Ritchie Montgomery. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.
- TAGLINES:
- Some mistakes are better left in the dark
- Darkness is coming home
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 100 Minutes
- STUDIO: RLJE Films/Shudder
- https://www.shudder.com/
- https://letterboxd.com/RLJEFilms/
- https://www.facebook.com/RLJEfilms
- https://www.instagram.com/rljefilms/
- https://twitter.com/RLJEfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/From-Black/dp/B0C8DNQSBL/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13497984/
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Terror at Red Roof Inn [1972]
AKA “Terror House”
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: John Neilson, Linda Gillen, Arthur Space
- DIRECTOR: Bud Townsend
- SYNOPSIS: When Regina returns to her college dorm room she finds she has won a getaway at the Red Wolf Inn. Before she has time to tell anyone her transport to the inn arrives. The inn is run by a kindly old couple and it’s beautiful with fantastic food., but something is amiss when one of the other guests goes missing and the hosts are reluctant to let anyone near the meat locker.
- TAGLINES:
- They’d love to have you for dinner.
- A Grotty Bedtime Story
- No teenager will live through this night! Remember PSYCHO? A padlocked door, knife of cold steel, a scream in the night. [Secrets Beyond The Door]
- In the tradition of ADDAMS FAMILY & BEETLEJUICE [Terror at the Red Wolf Inn VHS]
- Welcome to Red Wolf Inn, Regina. Guess what we’re having for dinner?
- It’s a nice place to visit, but you WOULDN’T LIVE THERE!
- What sinister secret is hidden by…?
- You must see it, from the beginning!
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cheezy Movies
- https://www.cheezymovies.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.instagram.com/cheezymovies/
- https://twitter.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24NQ6KT/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069362/
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The Stay Awake [1988]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon, Jayne Hutton, Heath Potter, Ken Marshall, Lindsey Reardon, Michele Carey, Christobel D’Orthez, Maxine John
- DIRECTOR: John Bernard
- PRODUCER: Thys Heyns, Paul Raleigh
- SYNOPSIS: There is a ghost at the Catholic girl’s school. The ghost was a serial killer who was executed for murdering students. Now he’s back to take revenge on the current student body.
- TAGLINES:
- When Night Turns To Nightmare
- The night you couldn’t sleep… even if you wanted to!
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cheezy Movies
- https://www.cheezymovies.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.instagram.com/cheezymovies/
- https://twitter.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24NYNZ9/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183817/
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The Theatre of Death [1967]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Julian Glover, Christopher Lee, Lelia Goldoni
- DIRECTOR: Samuel Gallu
- SYNOPSIS: Paris is the home of the Theatre of Death, a venue that specializes in horror presentations. A surgeon for the police department becomes attracted to one of the performers. When bodies start piling up all over town he realizes there could be ties to the theatre.
- TAGLINES:
- Where Acting Can Be Murder.
- The bood fiend will disgust and repel those too weak to share a living nightmare of the bizarre!
- GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cheezy Movies
- https://www.cheezymovies.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.instagram.com/cheezymovies/
- https://twitter.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24S36D8/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062358/
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Satan’s Sadists [1969]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Greydon Clark, John ‘Bud’ Cardos, Scott Brady, Russ Tamblyn
- DIRECTOR: Al Adamson
- SYNOPSIS: Anchor leads a very cruel biker gang. The gang stops at a diner in the middle of nowhere in the California desert. There they terrorize the staff and patrons. After a little killing one of the patrons escapes into the desert. He must reach safety before the Satans catch him.
- TAGLINES:
- Hippie psychos on a mad murder spree!
- They get their kicks from cruelty!
- MOTORCYCLE Maniacs on Wheels — BREEZY RIDERS Roaring to HELL!
- Maniacs, Psychos and Fiends Seek Revenge!
- See: Passion Parties – Warped Women – Motorcycle Maniacs – Fantastic Fights
- Wild Beyond Belief!
- GENRE: Horror, Action, Drama
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cheezy Movies
- https://www.cheezymovies.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.instagram.com/cheezymovies/
- https://twitter.com/cheezymovies/
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24PQGSR/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064939/
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Shockumentary [2015]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Schuylar Craig, Breana Mitchell, Britany Dailey, Christopher Christiansen
- DIRECTOR: Dustin Ferguson
- SYNOPSIS: A group of hardcore horror movie fans discover that their local video rental store is making snuff films in its basement and renting them out to unsuspecting customers. And now they have become the latest prospects for the sadistic owner’s next production. Bonus features include: Unrated director’s cut, Scene Selection, Trailers
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 70 Minutes
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Raw
- https://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://www.instagram.com/wildeyemovies/
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2ZMH2X6/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5057916/
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Mondo Shock [2016]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Jeff Starkweather, Raws Schlesinger, Brinke Stevens, Jennifer Runyon Corman, Breana Mitchell
- DIRECTOR: Dustin Ferguson
- SYNOPSIS: Mondo Shock dives deep into the dark and ugly recesses of found footage on the internet and in underground video trading communities to present an incredibly shocking and gut-twisting compilation of creepiness sure to leave you without sleep and afraid of the shadows. Featuring ghosts, aliens, serial killers and Satanism, is it 100% real? You be the judge. Bonus features include: Trailers, Scene Selection, 100% Uncut
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 44 Minutes
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Raw
- https://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://www.instagram.com/wildeyemovies/
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24Q9NW5/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13351974/
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Evil Building [2022]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Andrea Bettini, Andrea Lupia, David White
- DIRECTOR: Francesco Longo, Nicola Pegg, Davide Pesca
- SYNOPSIS: A group of top European underground filmmakers invite us inside the Evil Building for several horrific tales of the macabre. There exists a place beyond horror, beyond suffering. It is a building we walk past everyday and think nothing about. But it has a life, and bloodlust, of its own. In this place, death is only a moment, but torment is forever. And we are never leaving. Bonus features include: Complete Uncut and Unrated version, In Italian with English subtitles, Scene Seletion, Trailers
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 114 Minutes
- STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
- https://www.wildeyereleasing.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/wild.eye.releasing
- https://www.instagram.com/wildeyemovies/
- https://twitter.com/WildEyeMovies
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24R4LYN/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27052695/
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City of the Living Dead [1980]
- 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Christopher George, Michele Soavi, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Janet Agren
- DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci
- SYNOPSIS:
- When a priest hangs himself in a cemetery, he opens the gates of hell in the mysterious New England town of Dunwich. At the same moment, Psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl- House By the Cemetery, The Beyond) enters a trance and witnesses the cosmic events unfold, causing her to seemingly die of fright. After being buried alive, she is rescued by skeptical reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George – Pieces, Enter the Ninja, Rat Patrol) who joins her on the journey toward Dunwich to help close the gates of hell before evil is unleashed upon the world! Will they be able to close the gates in time or will the souls of Dunwich be forever stuck in the twilight void?
- Lucio Fulci’s gut-spewing, brain smashing, head drilling, Lovecraftian zombie nightmare features an amazing list of Italian talent behind the scenes with a screenplay co-written by Dardano Sacchetti (Rat Man, Demons), special FX by Gino De Rossi (Zombie, Cannibal Ferox) cinematography by Sergio Salvati (Contraband, The Beyond), and soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi (Contraband, The Psychic). With supporting performances by Giovanni Lombardo Radice (Phantom of Death, House on the Edge of the Park), Carlo De Mejo (Contamination, House by the Cemetery) and Janet Agren (Rat Man, The Iron Commissioner), City of the Living Dead (a.k.a. The Gates of Hell) is among the greatest Italian Horror films of all time!
- Cauldron Films is honored to spew forth the worldwide UHD debut of Lucio Fulci’s Italian Horror classic from an updated 4K restoration, with a brand new Dolby Vision™ color grade, exclusively commissioned by Cauldron Films, along with hours of new and archival extras! 3 Discs Include 4K UHD Feature, Blu-ray Feature and Blu-ray Extras Disc Double sided Blu-ray wrap with artwork by Matthew Therrien.
- SPECIAL FEATURES:
- New audio commentary with film historian Samm Deighan
- Archival audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Archival audio commentary with actress Catriona MacColl moderated by Jay Slater
- Archival audio commentary with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice moderated by Calum Waddell
- Zombie Kings: Interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng
- Requiem for Bob: Interview with Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- On Stage: Q&A with Venantino Venantini & Ruggero Deodato
- Catriona MacColl Q&A
- Fabio Frizzi Q&A
- The Meat Munching Movies of Gino De Rossi
- Carlo of the Living Dead, an archival interview with actor Carlo De Mejo
- A Trip Through Bonaventure Cemetery
- Catriona Maccoll video intro from 2001
- Image Gallery
- Plus more archival extras and other surprises!
- Double sided Blu-ray wrap with artwork by Matthew Therrien
- Optional English SDH subtitles
- Seamless branching – watch in English Language w/ English credit sequences and watch Italian language w/ Italian credit sequences.
- UHD (feature film) 4K (2160p) presentation with Dolby Vision™ HDR (HDR 10 compatible)
- Blu-ray (feature film) 1080p presentation
- TAGLINES:
- “The Dead Shall Rise And Walk The Earth”
- From the bowels of the earth they came… to collect the living!
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 93 Minutes
- STUDIO: Cauldron Films
- https://www.cauldron-films.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/cauldronfilms
- https://www.instagram.com/cauldron_films/
- https://twitter.com/cauldronfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24SLG5K/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081318/
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August Underground [2001]
- Blu-ray
- PRINCIPAL CAST: AnnMarie Reveruzzi, Aaron LaBonte, Ben LaBonte, John A. Wisniewski
- DIRECTOR: Fred Vogel
- SYNOPSIS:
- Imagine walking down the street and finding an unmarked VHS tape. Curiosity piqued, you take it home and pop it in. What starts off as a couple of men screwing around with a video camera quickly transforms into a shocking sequence where two unidentified psychopaths tape their exploits in graphic detail. The devastation of your morals continues throughout the entirety of the footage, while subtly revealing the killers’ shattered pasts via the interaction with their victims and each other. The most shockingly realistic portrait of a serial killer’s existence is Fred Vogel’s AUGUST UNDERGROUND!
- SPECIAL FEATURES:
- An Introduction By Director Fred Vogel
- NEW! Audio commentary by Actor/Director Fred Vogel and Ulta Violent Magazine’s Art Ettinger
- Audio Commentary By Fred Vogel With Actors Aaron LaBonte & Ben LaBonte
- Audio Commentary By ‘The Killer’
- Audio Commentary By Actor/Director Fred Vogel
- NEW! 10 Questions with Fred Vogel
- NEW! TOETAG Masterclass: From Storyboard To Screen
- NEW! Dave Parker Interviews Fred Vogel
- HAMMER TO THE HEAD: A Closer Look At August Underground
- August Underground On Location
- August Underground Behind The Brutality
- August Underground ‘Too Real For Comfort’ An Outsiders Perspective
- Photo Gallery
- Trailers
- TAGLINE: The Sickest Film Ever Made?
- GENRE: Horror
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 70 Minutes
- STUDIO: Unearthed Films
- https://unearthedfilms.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/UnearthedFilms
- https://www.instagram.com/unearthedfilms/
- https://twitter.com/Unearthedfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2B4FQVW/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412467/
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Seire [2021]
- DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Seo Hyun-woo, Sun-young Ryu, Eun-woo Shim
- DIRECTOR: Kang Park
- SYNOPSIS: In Korean folk traditions, “seire” is the twenty-one days after a baby is born in which they’re uniquely vulnerable to bad luck, curses – even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks in a baby’s life, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows every one of them. Father Woo-jin is reluctantly willing to play along, but when he attends an ex-girlfriend’s funeral, he unwittingly opens the door to dark supernatural dangers. Plagued by terrible nightmares, the skeptical Woo-jin gradually begins to understand the seire custom, as he is forced to unravel the mystery of what is haunting him and his family in Kang Park’s “chilling indie horror debut” (Screen Anarchy) heralding the arrival of a fresh new voice in Korean genre cinema.
- GENRE: Horror, Drama
- RATING: Not Rated
- RUN TIME: 102 Minutes
- STUDIO: Film Movement
- https://www.filmmovement.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/FilmMovement/
- https://www.instagram.com/filmmovement/
- https://twitter.com/Film_Movement
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBD5Q8JX/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15482470/
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Nefarious [2023]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordan Belfi, James Healy Jr.
- DIRECTOR: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon
- SYNOPSIS: On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.
- TAGLINE: Speak of the devil.
- GENRE: Horror, Thriller
- RATING: Rated R (some disturbing violent content)
- RUN TIME: 98 Minutes
- STUDIO: Mill Creek Entertainment
- https://www.millcreekent.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/MillCreekEnt
- https://www.instagram.com/millcreekent/
- https://twitter.com/MillCreekEnt
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6FH7Q7K/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14537248/
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Journey Into The Beyond [1975]
- Blu-ray/DVD
- PRINCIPAL CAST: John Carradine, Rolf Olsen, Paul Ross, Edgar D. Mitchell, Othmar Fischer
- DIRECTOR: Rolf Olsen
- SYNOPSIS: A minor bad taste classic Journey into the Beyond was one of the first shock documentaries directed by Rolf Olsen, a journeyman director whose work includes everything from violent action movies, sexploitation epics and even children’s films. An apparent investigation into the fringes of psychic spirituality with so-called real experts, exorcisms and seances, be warned Journey also manages to be a very sleazy cocktail indeed. There’s many a grotty scene of real brain tumor removal and animal cruelty. An unforgettable scene offers a Third-World doctor yanking out cancers from his patients using his bare hands and no anesthetic. Although it seems less outrageous compared to later films of its ilk i.e. the Faces of Death series, Journey turned many people pale in the Seventies. Some prints came with a warning bell to alert viewers of the more vomitous scenes and when it was shown at a Spanish horror film festival in 1978 it had mass walkouts and numerous retchings. Olsen also directed Shocking Asia and its sequel under pseudonyms. The lesser Shocking Asia 2 shares some footage with this movie.
- GENRE: Horror, Documentary
- RATING: Rated R
- RUN TIME: 95 Minutes
- STUDIO: VCI Entertainment
- https://www.vcientertainment.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/VCIClassicMovies
- https://www.instagram.com/vciclassicfilms/
- https://twitter.com/vciclassicfilms
- https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Into-Beyond-Restoration-Blu-ray/dp/B0C24RJT9G/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076237/
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