MARCH 26

Out of Darkness [2022]

Blu-ray/DVD

PRINCIPAL CAST: ‎Iola Evans, Arno Lüning, Rosebud Melarkey, Tyrell Mhlanga

DIRECTOR: Andrew Cumming

SYNOPSIS: 45,000 years ago, six people search for a new home in an inhospitable landscape. When night falls, hope turns to fear as they realize they are not alone. Stalked by a terrifying enemy, the group fractures as everyone fights for survival.

TAGLINE: The dawn of man. The birth of fear.

STUDIO: Decal Releasing

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https://www.amazon.com/Out-Darkness-Blu-Ray-Andrew-Cumming/dp/B0CQTRBH2Y/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7527682/

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Nightsiren [2022]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Natalia Germani, Eva Mores, Juliana Olhová, Iva Bittová

DIRECTOR: Tereza Nvotová

SYNOPSIS:

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

In a remote mountain village, two sisters grow up at the mercy of their abusive mother. A terrible accident happens when the eldest, Šarlota, escapes into the woods, followed by her sister Tamara. Otyla, a Roma woman living on the outskirts of town, is blamed for the girls’ disappearance and accused of witchcraft. Twenty years later, Šarlota unexpectedly shows up in the village. As she digs into her past, the locals grow suspicious. Only a young and eccentric herbalist, Mira, is willing to befriend her. When the animals in the village start to fall ill, the locals accuse Šarlota of conjuring Otyla’s spirit.

Bonus Features:
1. Trailers
2. Stills Gallery

TAGLINE: Be witched

GENRE: Horror, Drama, Mystery

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 106 Minutes

STUDIO: Breaking Glass Pictures

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTS9Y1BT/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10334222/

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Perpetrator [2023]

DVD

PRINCIPAL CAST: Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell, Melanie Liburd

DIRECTOR: ‎ Jennifer Reeder

SYNOPSIS: Jonny, a wild and impulsive teenage girl living precariously in a town where young women continue to go missing, and the power she’s forced to unlock to survive.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 101 Minutes

STUDIO: RLJE Films /Shudder

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP68YH6X/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24082454/

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When Evil Lurks [2023]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Ezequiel Rodríguez, Eduardo Salomón, Silvia Sabater, Luis Dziembrowski

DIRECTOR: Démian Rugna

SYNOSIS: In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to “give birth” to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the body, only to end up unintentionally spreading chaos.

TAGLINE: There’s no point in praying.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 99 Minutes

STUDIO: RLJE Films /Shudder

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQRZBN5Q/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16300962/

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Burial Ground [1981]

AKA “Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror”

4K UHD

PRINCIPAL CAST: Anna Valente, Antonella Antinori, Benito Barbieri, Claudio Zucchet, Karin Well, Gianluigi Chirizzi, Simone Mattioli

DIRECTOR: ‎Andrea Bianchi

SYNOPSIS: For his only foray into the zombie genre, psychosexual sleaze maestro Andrea Bianchi (MALABIMBA: THE MALICIOUS WHORE, STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER) unleashed the barrage of flesh-ripping, gut-chomping and depraved oedipal mayhem that set insane new standards in Italian horror, now in UHD for the first time in North America: Mariangela Giordano (of SATAN’S BABY DOLL, THE SECT and PATRICK STILL LIVES fame) stars in the ’80s splatter classic about a cursed country estate besieged by horny houseguests, undead Etruscans and the unusual relationship between a mother (Giordano) and her mega-creepy young son (disturbingly portrayed by adult actor Peter Bark) that will trigger some of the most jaw-dropping scenes in grindhouse history. Severin Films is improbably proud to present the definitive version of this gorehound/sex-fiend favorite, now featuring an all-new 4K scan and 4 hours of special features.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary With Critics Nathaniel Thompson, Troy Howarth And Eugenio Ercolani
• Audio Commentary With Italian Cinema Experts Calum Waddell And John Martin
• Villa Parisi: Legacy Of Terror – Location Featurette
• Return To The Burial Ground – Interview With Actor Peter Bark At Villa Parisi
• Peter Still Lives – Festival Q&A With Peter Bark
• Just For The Money – Interview With Actor Simone Mattioli
• The Smell Of Death – Interviews With Producer Gabriele Crisanti And Actress Mariangela Giordano
• Deleted/Extended Material
• Theatrical Trailer

TAGLINES:

• The earth shall tremble…. graves shall open…. they shall come among the living as messengers of death and there shall be the nights of terror…. “Profecy of the Black Spider”
• They craved flesh with a hunger!
• When the moon turns red, the dead shall rise!

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Unrated

RUN TIME: 85 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

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https://www.amazon.com/Burial-Ground-UHD-Andrea-Bianchi/dp/B0CSKLC7VZ/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081248/

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Dracula, Prisoner Of Frankenstein [1972]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Alberto Dalbés, Anne Libert, Brandy, Carmen Yazalde, Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldón

DIRECTOR: Jesús Franco

SYNOPSIS: Inspired by Universal’s 1940s monster mash-ups, writer/director Jess Franco instead delivered “a weird and wonderful masterpiece that transports you to a world like no other” (Scream Magazine): With minimal dialogue and maximum gothic atmosphere, Franco crafts a fever dream of erotic horror in which Count Dracula (Howard Vernon of DELICATESSEN), Dr. Frankenstein (Dennis Price of TWINS OF EVIL), his assistant Morpho and Frankenstein’s monster battle gypsies, showgirls, Dr. Seward and a wolfman. Alberto Dalbés (THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN), Carmen Yazalde (A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD) and Geneviève Robert (star of Franco’s DEVIL’S ISLAND LOVERS and the future Mrs. Ivan Reitman) co-star in “a fantastic experience for those who respect Franco’s demented vision” (Mondo Exploito), now scanned in 4K from Spanish, French and German release prints and presented in 1080p HD on Blu-ray to create the longest and most comprehensive version known to exist.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Prisoner Of Franco-Stein – Interview With Stephen Thrower, Author Of Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema Of Jesús Franco
• In The Land Of Franco Part 10
• Spanish Opening Credit Sequence
• Deleted Scene From English Language Version
• Trailer

TAGLINE: They have awakened… and they are the sound of terror!

GENR: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 83 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSKK6LQ7/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065660/

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Bloodmoon [1990]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Helen Thomson, Ian Williams

DIRECTOR: Alec Mills

SYNOPSIS: Though it arrived near the end of the cycle, it remains the most satisfyingly depraved – yet least-seen – old-school slasher in Ozploitation history: Someone is butchering students at St. Elizabeth’s Girls School, complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic gore, obnoxious teens, creepy cuckolds, barbed wire garroting, ’80s Aussie glam-metal band Vice, an acid-flinging nun and heaps more. Leon Lissek (COUNTESS DRACULA), Christine Amor (SNAPSHOT) and Helen Thomson (ELVIS) star in the directorial debut of acclaimed UK cameraman/cinematographer Alec Mills (Polanski’s MACBETH, RETURN OF THE JEDI, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS) with a standout score by Brian May (THE ROAD WARRIOR, PATRICK), now scanned uncut in 4K from the negative at The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and complete with ‘The BLOODMOON Fright Break Challenge’ presented in 1080p Blu-ray for the first time ever in America.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Film Buffs Forecast Audio Interview With Actor Leon Lissek Conducted In 2000 By Paul Harris And Mark Hartley
• Interview With Actress Christine Amor From NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD
• Trailer
• Fright Break Trailer

TAGLINE: The last full moon you’ll ever see.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 103 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSKMBJ1G/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096954/

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Spider Labyrinth [1988]

4K UHD/Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Arnaldo Dell’Acqua, Attila Lõte, Bill Bolender, Bob Holton, Roland Wybenga, Paola Rinaldi, Margareta von Krauss

DIRECTOR: Gianfranco Giagni

SYNOPSIS: For more than three decades, the remarkable debut feature – and sole horror film – by award-winning director Gianfranco Giagni has been one of the most elusive Italian horror titles in home video history…until now: When an American professor is sent to Budapest to complete a mysterious research project, he’ll become ensnared in a mind-bending web of sexual provocation, occult carnage and arachnidian havoc.

Roland Wybenga, William Berger (FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON) and Stéphane Audran (FACELESS) star in this “invaluable contribution to ’80s Italian Horror” (Screen Rant) featuring unnerving special effects by Sergio Stivaletti (CEMETERY MAN) and an outstanding score by Franco Piersanti (TERRAFERMA), now scanned in 4K from the original vault negative at Cinecittà with over 4 hours of new Special Features for the first time ever!

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary With Dr. Will Dodson, Professor Of Rhetoric And Media Studies, And Ryan Verrill, Host Of The Disc Connected
• Caught In A Web – Interview With Director Gianfranco Giagni
• Arachne – Interview With Screenwriter Gianfranco Manfredi
• All The Colors Of A Spider – Interview With Cinematographer Nino Celeste
• Smile Of The Spider Woman – Interview With Actress Paola Rinaldi
• Death In Stop Motion – Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
• Web Of The Weird – Placing SPIDER LABYRINTH In The Weird Genre With Dr. Will Dodson, Ryan Verrill And Erica Shultz, Author Of The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide To Child Kills In Film
• Trailer

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

RATING: Unrated

RUN TIME: 86 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

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https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Labyrinth-UHD-Gianfranco-Giagni/dp/B0CSG89C1P/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095728/

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Night of the Blood Monster [1970]

AKA “The Bloody Judge”

PRINCIPAL CAST: Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn, Diana Lorys

DIRECTOR: Jesús Franco

SYNOPSIS:

Christopher Lee (THE WICKER MAN) gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Judge Jeffreys, the infamous 17th Century witchfinder whose unholy obsession with a luscious wench (Maria Rohm of EUGENIE) fuels a jaw-dropping spree of torture, brutality and flesh-ripping perversion. Howard Vernon (SUCCUBUS), Margaret Lee (FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS), Maria Schell (99 WOMEN) and Oscar® nominee Leo Genn (QUO VADIS) co-star in this landmark epic of sexual violence and sadism, complete with a superb score by Bruno Nicolai (COUNT DRACULA) and directed with spectacularly deviant glee by the one and only Jess Franco (VENUS IN FURS).

Blue Underground is proud to present the most complete and uncensored version of NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MONSTER (also known as THE BLOODY JUDGE) from a brand-new 2023 Dolby Vision HDR 4K master, painstakingly restored from various European vault elements featuring additional nudity, bloodshed and what Christopher Lee himself calls “scenes of extraordinary depravity!”

SPECIAL FEATURES:

DISC 1 (4K Ultra HD) Feature Film + Extras:

• Audio Commentary #1 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary #2 with Film Historians Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians David Flint and Adrian Smith

DISC 2 (Blu-ray) Feature Film + Extras:

• Audio Commentary #1 with Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
• Audio Commentary #2 with Film Historians Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• Audio Commentary #3 with Film Historians David Flint and Adrian Smith
• Bloody Jess – Interviews with Director Jess Franco and Star Christopher Lee
• Judgment Day – Interview with Stephen Thrower, Author of “Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco”
• In The Shadows – Interviews with Filmmaker Alan Birkinshaw and Author Stephen Thrower on Harry Alan Towers
• Deleted and Alternate Scenes
• Trailers and TV Spot
• Still Galleries

TAGLINE: Horror will hold you helpless!

GENRE: Horror, Biography

RATING: Rated PG

RUN TIME: 103 Minutes

STUDIO: Blue Underground

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPMC1JMJ/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064727/

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Patrick [1978]

4K UHD/Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar

DIRECTOR: Richard Franklin

SYNOPSIS: A comatose killer is brought to a small private hospital where he unleashes a waking nightmare of psychokinetic carnage. Susan Penhaligon stars in this international hit shocker directed by Richard Franklin (ROAD GAMES, PSYCHO II) – now restored in 4K.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES

• Brand-new 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
• 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Three presentations of the film: the original Australian theatrical version; the shortened US theatrical cut with American dubbing; and the Italian theatrical version, featuring an alternative score by Italian prog legends Goblin and presented with English subtitles for the first time
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with director Richard Franklin and screenwriter Everett De Roche (2002)
• On-Set Interview with Richard Franklin (1978): behind-the-scenes interview with the Patrick director conducted by Australian film critic Ivan Hutchinson
• Interview with Richard Franklin (2001): previously unseen interview in which the director discusses Patrick
• A Coffee Break with Antony I Ginnane (2009): the renowned genre-film producer revisits Patrick
• ‘Not Quite Hollywood’ Interview Excerpts (2008): extensive selection of outtakes from Mark Hartley’s acclaimed documentary on Australian cinema, featuring Franklin, De Roche, Ginnane, and stars Susan Penhaligon and Rod Mullinar
• Stephen Morgan on ‘Patrick’ (2023): appreciation by the academic and Australian cinema specialist
• Original Australian theatrical trailer
• Original US theatrical trailer
• TV spots
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
• New and improved English translation subtitles
• Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Alan Miller, exclusive extracts from director Richard Franklin and producer Antony I Ginnane’s unpublished memoirs; archival interviews with screenwriter Everett De Roche and special-effects supervisor Conrad Rothmann, and full film credits
• World premiere on 4K UHD
• Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

All extras subject to change

TAGLINES:

• Patrick is Nearly Dead … And Still He Kills!
• Some people thought he was crazy, He appeared to be deaf, dumb and blind, None of them knew of the sixth sense: The power of PATRICK’S mind!
• Patrick doesn’t need his body anymore
• He’ll scare the hell out of you
• PATRICK …A Suspense Thriller
• Patrick has a way with people. His way or else.
• Australia’s International Award-Winning Film
• There’s more to him than meets the eye…
• PATRICK is here!
• Acclaimed by moviegoers and critics everywhere!
• Patrick has a way with people. His way. Or else.
• Patrick has a way with people. His way… Or else…
• Patrick has a way with people. His way. Or else!
• The Ozploitation killer-in-a-coma classic!
• He’s in a coma… Yet, he can kill…

GENRE: Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi

RATING: Rated PG

RUN TIME: 112 Minutes

STUDIO: Powerhouse Films

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKBZP1XK/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078067/

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The Panther Women [1967]

Blu-ray

PRINCIPAL CAST: Ariadne Welter, Elizabeth Campbell, Yolanda Montes ‘Tongolele’, Eric del Castillo

DIRECTOR: René Cardona

SYNOPSIS:

Gothic horror and lucha librecollide in The Panther Women (Las mujeres panteras), which showcases a host of Mexico’s top female stars, including Elizabeth Campbell, Ariadne Welter, and Yolanda Montes aka Tongolele.

The Panther Women are a witch cult who resurrect their leader by sacrificing the descendants of the family which murdered him. As the cult seeks to kill the youngest descendent, they are taken on by fearless luchadoras Loreta Venus (Welter) and Golden Rubí (Campbell).

Directed by René Cardona (Night of the Bloody Apes), scripted by Alfredo Salazar (The Bat Woman), and produced by Guillermo Calderón (Santo vs. the Riders of Terror), The Panther Women is an action-packed and influential classic of the cine de luchadoras.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2K restoration from the original negative
• Original Spanish mono audio
• Audio commentary with publisher of From Parts Unknown and screenwriter of Los campeones de la lucha libre, Keith J Rainville (2024)
• Let Them Fight! (2024): the Killer Film, el critico enmascarado (the Masked Critic), lucha librespecialist, and filmmaker behind the Monterrey female wrestlers’ documentary La femenil, discusses the protagonists of the film, the cine de luchadoras, and the controversial story of Mexican female wrestling
• Cat Fight (2024): academic and Latin American horror specialist Valeria Villegas Lindvall, also known as Morena de Fuego, examines the struggle for empowerment and the subverted representation of the female characters in the film
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English translation subtitles
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Iain Robert Smith, archival essays by Janina Möbius and Ricardo Cárdenas Pérez, an archival interview with Guillermo Calderón, and full film credits
• Limited edition of 8,000 individually numbered units for the UK and US

All extras subject to change

GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action

RATING: TV-PG

RUN TIME: 88 Minutes

STUDIO: Powerhouse Films

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSQLVW9R/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132340/

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