FEBRUARY 2
High Tension [2003]
AKA “Haute Tension”
Blu-ray – Limited Edition – UHD Box Set
PRINCIPAL CAST: Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon
DIRECTOR: Alexandre Aja
SYNOPSIS: A weekend away becomes a living nightmare for two best friends when a deranged killer breaks into the home, slaughters family members, and takes one of the friends hostage. A white-knuckle pursuit to find their friend before they become his next victim ensues.
Special Features
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- UHD presented in HDR10+ created by Second Sight Films and approved by Director Alexandre Aja
- New audio commentary by Dr Lindsay Hallam
- An Experiment in Suspense: a new interview with Alexandre Aja
- The Man in the Shadows: a new interview with Writer Grégory Levasseur
- The Darker the Better: an interview with Cinematographer Maxime Alexandre
- The Great French Massacre: an interview with Special Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi
- Only the Brave: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on High Tension
- Archive ‘Making of’ featurette
- Archive Interview with Cécile De France
- Archive Interview with Maïwenn
- Archive Interview with Philippe Nahon
Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by James Neal
- 70-page book with new essays by Anna Bogutskaya, Prince Jackson, Stacie Ponder and Zoë Rose Smith
- 6 collectors’ art cards
TAGLINES:
- Someone is hunting everyone around her…
- Love hurts.
- The most terrifying film of the year. (UK release poster)
- Hearts will bleed.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
STUDIO: Second Sight Films
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK4WVDX5/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338095/
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FEBRUARY 6
Candy Land [2023]
Blu-ray/DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Owen Campbell, Eden Brolin, Olivia Luccardi, Guinevere Turner, William Baldwin
DIRECTOR: John Swab
SYNOPSIS: Candy Land follows Remy (Olivia Luccardi), a seemingly naive and devout young woman, who finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself into the underground world of truck stop sex workers a.k.a. lot lizards, courtesy of her hosts, Sadie (Sam Quartin), Riley (Eden Brolin), Liv (Virginia Rand) and Levi (Owen Campbell). Under the watchful eye of their matriarch, Nora (Guinevere Turner), and enigmatic local lawman, Sheriff Rex (William Baldwin), Remy navigates between her strained belief system and the lot lizard code to find her true calling in life. Bonus features include: Filmmaker Commentary, Digital Zine
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: TV-MA
RUN TIME: 93 Minutes
STUDIO: Quiver Distribution
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https://www.amazon.com/Candy-Land-Limited-Owen-Campbell/dp/B0CKTQPFQN/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13857556/
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Burnt Offerings [1976]
Blu-ray (Special Edition)
PRINCIPAL CAST: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith
DIRECTOR: Dan Curtis
SYNOPSIS: Evil Has a New Home! Step inside a vacation house of horror in this terrifying thriller that does for summer homes what Jaws did for a dip in the surf. Karen Black (The Pyx), Oliver Reed (The Brood) and Bette Davis (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), star in this riveting haunted-house chiller that delivers hidden terrors mounting creepily as the film builds to a climax of pulverizing fright. Marian (Black) and Ben (Reed) find it hard to believe that for only $900 they’ve rented a sprawling country mansion for the entire summer. But as they settle into their isolated estate with their son (Lee Montgomery, Ben) and Ben’s aunt (Davis), they find themselves surrounded by an evil, hypnotic living presence that feeds on torture, fear and murder. The stellar cast includes Burgess Meredith (The Sentinel), Eileen Heckart (The Bad Seed), Dub Taylor (Gator) and Anthony James (High Plains Drifter). Co-written, produced and directed by horror legend Dan Curtis (The Night Strangler, Trilogy of Terror).
Special Features:
• Audio Commentary with Director/Co-Writer/Producer Dan Curtis, Actress Karen Black, and Co-Screenwriter William F. Nolan
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
• Interview with Actor Anthony James
• Interview with Screenwriter William F. Nolan
• Interview with Actor Lee Montgomery
• TRAILERS FROM HELL with Steve Senski
• Image Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles
TAGLINES:
- Up the ancient stairs, behind the locked door, something lives, something evil, from which no one has ever returned. [UK]
- THE FATHER. He knew there was something sinister about the house, but he didn’t know what it was. THE MOTHER. She was living in the house, but she didn’t know the house was beginning to live in her. THE LANDLORD. He told them the house would take care of itself. But he didn’t tell them it would take care of them too. THE AUNT. She wanted a nice, quiet vacation-but it may be the last one she ever takes. THE LANDLORD’S SISTER. She asked them to take care of her mother, but she wouldn’t tell them why
- Up the ancient stairs, down the twisting corridor, behind the locked door, something lives, something strange, something evil, something from which no one has ever returned
- The Perfect Rental for Your Last Vacation
- The perfect summer rental for the last vacation you’ll ever take.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated PG
RUN TIME: 116 Minutes
STUDIO: KL Studios Classics
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https://www.amazon.com/Burnt-Offerings-Special-Blu-ray-Curtis/dp/B0CQMMVM9C/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074258/
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Willy’s Wonderland [2021]
4K UHD/Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Nicolas Cage, Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, Chris Warner, Kai Kadlec, Beth Grant
DIRECTOR: Kevin Lewis
SYNOSIS: A quiet drifter (Nicolas Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Taking on a janitorial job at the now-condemned Willy’s Wonderland seems like an easy way to earn some cash…but the mundane task suddenly becomes an all-out fight for survival when he must do battle with wave after wave of demonic, murderous animatronics.
Bonus Content:
- Feature Film in Dolby Vision
- Inside the Fun Featurette
- Set Tour with Actor Christian Del Grosso
- Fresh Meat Featurette
- Colorful Darkness and the Demon-atrons Featurette
- Trailer
- Image Galleries
TAGLINES:
- Let playtime begin
- 2020 isn’t over yet kids!
- The Fun Begins This Winter
GENRE: Horror, Comedy, Action
RATING: TV-MA
RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNY75XN1/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8114980/
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The Terminal Man [1974]
Blu-ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Norman Burton, Jill Clayburgh
DIRECTOR: Mike Hodges
SYNOPSIS: Mind control. Advances of modern science have removed it from the realm of the mystical into the all-too-probable. What happens when science loses control is the subject of The Terminal Man, based on a novel by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain) and written for the screen and directed by Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Croupier). Computer scientist Harry Benson (George Segal) has experimental brain surgery to end his potentially dangerous seizures. Electrodes are attached to 40 terminals of his brain to counteract his violent impulses. But there’s no escaping his own mind. The experiment has back-fired, and the seizures return…with a terminal vengeance. Looking into this visionary tale will unnerve you. But the truth behind its hallucinatory horrors will fascinate and stimulate you.
TAGLINES:
- Harry Benson is a brilliant computer scientist. For three minutes a day, he is violently homicidal.
- His name is Harry Benson. He’s thirty four. He’s the first human being of his kind…and maybe the last.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
RATING: Rated PG
RUN TIME: 107 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNY61DTL/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072267/
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Funeral Home [1980]
AKA “Cries in the Night”
Blu-ray (Special Edition)
PRINCIPAL CAST: Kay Hawtry, Lesleh Donaldson, Barry Morse, Harvey Atkin
DIRECTOR: William Fruet
SYNOPSIS: Young and easily frightened Heather (Lesleh Donaldson, Happy Birthday to Me) is called to stay with her grandmother in the hopes of helping her turn an old funeral home into a bed-and-breakfast. But strange happenings and unexplained murders around the home quickly make this vacation spot a “dead-and-breakfast.” It is up to Heather to investigate the eerie and creepy corners of the former funeral home to unlock a decades-old secret. Will she survive long enough to solve the mystery???
Bonus Content:
- 2023 Scan from the Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary with Film Historians Jason Pichonsky and Paul Corupe
- Isolated Score Selections & Audio Interview with Music Historian Douglass Fake
- Audio Interviews with Actor Lesleh Donaldson, First Assistant Director Ray Sager, And Production Assistant Shelley Allen
- Secrets & Shadows: Interview with Director of Photography Mark Irwin
- Dead & Breakfast: Interviews with Art Director Susan Longmire and Set Assistant Elinor Galbraith
- Family Owned & Operated: Interview with Brian Allen, President of Premier Drive-In Theatres
- Original Filming Location Footage
- Theatrical Trailer
- Video Trailer
- TV Spots
- Radio Spots
- Still Gallery
TAGLINES:
- It’ll have you screaming for morning!
- They were warned… they were all warned… don’t go down to the cellar.
- Some things never rest in peace
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.amazon.com/Funeral-Special-Blu-ray-Lesleh-Donaldson/dp/B07GQ5SJZJ/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083976/
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Into the Abyss [2022]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Martn Rispau, German Baudino, Chucho Fernndez, Demian Salomon, Paula Brasca
DIRECTOR: Matias Xavier Rispau
SYNOPSIS: The world as we know it has fallen into decay in the wake of a mysterious deluge. Amidst the chaos, a rugged survivor named Bannon is trapped in the middle of an isolated city covered by a black and rainy sky. As explosions flash in the distance, he seeks to leave the condemned area…but the dilemma is: where could he possibly go? Proceeding through abandoned buildings in search of food and water, he finds only piercing screams and the threat of the demonic figures that came from the sky, heralding the devastation to come. Bannon must confront seemingly insurmountable obstacles from without and within his very soul to survive…or perish in the Abyss.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 104 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNY78Q5Z/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23035872/
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The Head [1959]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Helmut Schmid, Horst Frank, Karin Kernke
DIRECTOR: Victor Trivas
SYNOPSIS: A scientist invents a serum that can keep a dog’s head alive. When he dies of a sudden heart attack his assistant cuts off his head and uses the serum to keep his head alive. He is then forced to help with an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse a new body.
TAGLINE:
- The Body is Gone…But The Head Lives On!
- It Just Won’t Lay Down And Stay Dead!
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 97 Minutes
STUDIO: Cheezy Movies
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKTQ1Q6W/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053095/
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The Seduction Of Rose Parrish [2021]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Lily Knight, Justin Gerhard, Kelly Connor
DIRECTOR: Charles Band
SYNOPSIS: Full Moon returns to the moody, lush erotic, supernatural romantic thrillers from its ’90s video store glory days with THE SEDUCTION OF ROSE PARRISH, a stylish and sensual mystery for adults. Reeling from a bad breakup, Rose leaves LA and moves into her ancestral home, a massive estate filled with ornate antiques, rooms upon rooms and things that go bump in the night. Suddenly Rose begins hearing voices and seeing strange visions and soon she realizes that she’s not alone: the ghost of a long dead man walks the corridors, longing for Rose and ushering her into a world of forbidden love and spectral sensuality. Directed by the iconic Charles Band and made in the vein of classic Band Gothic fantasy films like MERIDIAN, THE SEDUCTION OF ROSE PARRISH is a sexy chiller you won’t want to miss. Bonus features include: Official Full Moon Features trailers, Full Moon Trailers
TAGLINE: Enter a world of sensual mystery
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Short
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 32 Minutes
STUDIO: Full Moon Features
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKTNF1GB/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16946188/
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Daytime Nightmare [2020]
DVD
PRINCIPAL CAST: Katrina Grey, Ron Smoorenburg, Bonnie Zellerbach
DIRECTOR: Katrina Grey
SYNOPSIS: Aspiring actress Lucy finds her life crippled by intense migraines. Taking painkillers provided by her housemate Sara, the headaches develop into terrifying visions of friends and strangers repeatedly killing her. When her ghostly inner self follows her into the real world Lucy pops more of Sara’s pills, desperate to shake it. A doctor attributes her worsening condition to exhaustion, despite a history of family schizophrenia. Aspiring actress Lucy suffers debilitating migraines, worsened by Sara’s pills. Her headaches lead to recurring, nightmarish visions of her own death. Despite family history of schizophrenia, a doctor attributes her struggles to exhaustion. Lucy remains trapped in a never-ending cycle of terrifying visions. She discovers Sara’s romantic feelings and her pills’ hallucinogenic effects, leading to her hospitalization. In the psychiatric ward, Lucy recognizes she’s living her worst nightmare, accompanied only by her spectral self. Finally, she embraces her inner demons and accepts her new reality.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
STUDIO: Gravitas Ventures
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSB3945G/
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