JANUARY 21
The Substance [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: Coralie Fargeat
WRITER: Coralie Fargeat
PRINCIPAL CAST: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid
SYNOPSIS: Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister fired from her fitness TV show by studio head Harvey. She is drawn to THE SUBSTANCE. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn as the gorgeous, Sue.
TAGLINES:
- If you follow the instructions, what could go wrong?
- It’ll change your life,
- Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?
- You have to control yourself.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 140 Minutes
STUDIO: Mubi
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17526714/
https://www.amazon.com/Substance-4K-UHD-Coralie-Fargeat/dp/B0DMWRT6ZP/
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Smile 2 [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: Parker Finn
WRITER: Parker Finn
SYNOPSIS: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lucas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula
SYNOPSIS: About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
TAGLINES:
- It will never let go.
- It’s the last thing you’ll see.
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 127 Minutes
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29268110/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK1W6MG3/
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Andre Ovredal
WRITER: Bram Stoker, Bragi F. Schut, Zak Olkewicz
PRINCIPAL CAST: Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, David Dastmalchian, Liam Cunningham, Javier Botet
SYNOPSIS: The crew of the merchant ship Demeter sets sail from Carpathia to London to deliver a cargo of 50 unmarked wooden crates. However, they soon discover they’re not alone as Dracula’s unholy presence turns the trip into a nightmarish fight for survival.
Bonus Content:
- 4K Presentation from the Original Elements
- Presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos
- Audio Commentary with Film Critic Meagan Navarro
- Audio Commentary with Actor David Dastmalchian
- Audio Commentary with Director Andre Ovredal and Producer Bradley J. Fischer
- Interview with Folklorist & Author Karen Stollznow
- Deleted Scenes
- From The Pits of Hell: Dracula Reimagined
- Evil is Aboard: The Making of The Last Voyage Of The Demeter
- Dracula and the Digital Age: Featurette
TAGLINE: The Legend of Dracula is Born.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 118 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001520/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK2723C6/
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Vampires [1998]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: John Carpenter
WRITER: John Steakley, Don Jakoby
PRINCIPAL CAST: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell
SYNOPSIS: “Forget everything you’ve ever heard about vampires,” warns Jack Crow (James Woods), the leader of Team Crow, a relentless group of mercenary vampire slayers. When Master Vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) decimates Jack’s entire team, Crow and the sole team survivor, Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), set out in pursuit. Breaking all the rules, Crow and Montoya take one of Valek’s victims hostage—a beautiful but unlucky prostitute (Sheryl Lee). She is the sole psychic link to Valek and they use her to track down the leader of the undead. As Valek nears the climax of his 600-year search for the Berziers Cross, Jack and the new Team Crow do everything possible to prevent him from possessing the only thing that can grant him and all the vampires the omnipotent power to walk the world in daylight.
Bonus Content:
- 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative
- Presented in Dolby Vision
- Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter
- Time to Kill Some Vampires: Interviews with Director John Carpenter, Producer Sandy King Carpenter and Cinematographer Garry B. Kibbe
- Jack the Vampire Slayer: Interview with Actor James Woods
- The First Vampire: Interview with Actor Thomas Ian Griffith
- Raising the Stakes: Interview with Special Effects Artist Greg Nicotero
- Padre: Interview with Actor Tim Guinee
- Original Making of Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- Still Gallery
TAGLINES:
- The blood confrontation of the ages is about to begin.
- The final confrontation between good and evil has begun.
- They’ve been around for 600 years…and they’re very, VERY thirsty.
- From the master of terror comes a new breed of evil.
- Prepare for the Dawn.
GENRE: Horror, Action, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 108 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120877/
https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Collectors-Ultra-Blu-ray-UHD/dp/B0DK261RHL/
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The Cell [2000]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Tarsem Singh
WRITER: Mark Protosevich
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Catherine Sutherland, Colton James, Dean Norris, Dylan Baker
SYNOPSIS: Sublime, grotesque and visually ravishing, Tarsem Singh’s debut feature delivers on the extraordinary artistry of his work in music video and commercials as it takes the audience on a journey through the bizarre worlds inside the mind of a killer. When serial murderer Carl Stargher (Vincent D’Onofrio) falls into a coma with his latest victim still trapped in an unknown location and waiting to die, the FBI turn to psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) for help. Using an experimental technology she enters the dark dreamscape of Stargher’s mind, attempting to learn his secrets before it’s too late. But his unconscious is a twisted nightmare, a labyrinth that threatens to trap her inside his terrifying world forever. To save a life, she’ll have to risk her own. With a script by Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend), and a supporting cast that includes Vince Vaughn (Brawl in Cell Block 99) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (In Fabric), The Cell is a gripping, edge-of-the-seat thriller, filled with jaw-dropping imagery that will entrance and unsettle in equal measure.
TAGLINES:
- In order to save a life, she’ll have to risk her own
- This Summer… Enter The Mind Of A Killer
- enter the mind of a killer
- Once you enter the mind of a killer, YOU MAY NEVER GET OUT!
- His Mind Is Her Prison.
- Can beauty tame the beast?
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Crime
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 105 Minutes
STUDIO: Arrow Video
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209958/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLCX1N2R/
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He Never Left [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: James Morris
WRITER: James Morris, Michael Ballif, Colin Cunningham
PRINCIPAL CAST: Charla Bocchicchio, Colin Cunningham, David E. McMahon, Jake Watters, Jessica Staples, James Morris
SYNOPSIS: Gabriel, a federal fugitive on the run after a botched robbery, takes refuge in an old motel to avoid the U.S. Marshals who are hot on his trail. However, after hearing disturbing noises coming from an adjoining room, he and his girlfriend inadvertently become the targets of the brutal and notorious ‘Pale Face’ killer, whose reputation has gripped the local community in fear for decades.
TAGLINES:
- Some legends refuse to die.
- A fugitive couple hides in an old motel, only to find themselves the next targets of the terrifying ‘Pale Face’ killer.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 82 Minutes
STUDIO: Epic Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15789102/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG9LFQGT/
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Azrael [2024]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD
DIRECTOR: E.L. Katz
WRITER: Simon Barrett
PRINCIPAL CAST: Samara Weaving, Vic Carmen Sonne, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Vincent Willestrand
SYNOPSIS: In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.
TAGLINES:
- After The Rapture Those Left On Earth Will Suffer In Silence.
- The Battle To Survive Will Begin.
- Many years after the Rapture… Among the survivors, some are driven to renounce their sin of Speech.
GENRE: Horror, Action
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
STUDIO: IFC Films
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22173666/
https://www.amazon.com/Azrael-Blu-Ray-L-Katz/dp/B0DKM83PDP/
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April Fool’s Day [1986]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Fred Walton
WRITER: Danlo Bach
PRINCIPAL CAST: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O’Neal, Clayton Rohner, Jay Baker
SYNOPSIS: When Muffy St. John (Deborah Foreman, Valley Girl) invited her college friends up to her parents’ secluded island home for the time of their lives, she forgot to tell them it just might be the last time of their lives. Because as soon as the kids arrive on the island, someone starts trimming the guest list…one murder at a time. And what starts out as a weekend of harmless April Fool’s Day pranks turns into a bloody battle for survival. It’s just what you’d expect from the director of When a Stranger Calls and the producer of Body Parts, Species and several outings of Friday the 13th: a twistedly clever classic of the “holiday slasher” genre that’s essential viewing every April 1st!
Special Features:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson
- 1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
DISC 2 (ALL-REGION BLU-RAY):
- Horror with a Twist – Part 1: Interview with Director Fred Walton (23:58)
- Horror with a Twist – Part 2: Interview with Director Fred Walton (23:02)
- Well of Lies: Interview with Actress Deborah Goodrich Royce (16:32)
- Looking Forward to Dessert: Interview with Actor Clayton Rohner (17:15)
- Bloody Unforgettable: Interview with Composer Charles Bernstein (26:00)
- The Eye of Deception: Interview with Cinematographer Charles Minsky (17:23)
- TV Spots (1:35)
- Theatrical Trailer (1:42)
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
TAGLINES:
- Last one out’s… a goner. …A cut above the rest.
- Guess who’s going to be the life of the party?
- Childish pranks turn into a bloody battle for survival!
- Good friends… with some time to kill.
- Join eight guests who are dying to have fun.
- It’s the party to end all parties!
- Get ready to party till you drop!
- Don’t let the joke be on you!
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GENRE: Horror, Mystery
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 89 Minutes
STUDIO: KL Studio Classics
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090655/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNNJXYV9/
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Body Parts [1991]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Eric Red
WRITER: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Patricia Herskovic
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jeff Fahey, Kim Delaney, Lindsay Duncan, Zakes Mokae
SYNOPSIS: From Eric Red, the writer of The Hitcher and Near Dark, comes this bone-chilling tale of a medical experiment gone murderously wrong. Bill Chrushank (steely-eyed Jeff Fahey, The Lawnmower Man) is a criminal psychologist who loses his arm and nearly his life in a grisly car accident. A daring medical operation follows, in which a donor’s arm is successfully grafted onto Bill’s body. But after the operation, the arm starts to take on a violent life of its own, striking out against Bill’s wife and children. Consumed by fears about his dangerous behavior, Bill is driven to learn the donor’s identity—and makes a horrifying discovery that delivers him into a world of unimaginable terror. Co-starring the awesome Brad Dourif (Child’s Play, Death Machine), this gruesome excursion into supernatural, flesh-crawling evil will most certainly scare you…to pieces!
Special Features:
DISC 1 (4KUHD):
- Brand New HDR/Dolby Vision Master – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative
- Audio Commentary by Co-Writer/Director Eric Red
- 1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
DISC 2 (ALL-REGION BLU-RAY):
- Deleted Footage with Optional Audio Commentary by Eric Red (10:03)
- Interview with Eric Red (52:15)
- Interview with Editor Anthony Redman (22:32)
- Interview with Actor Paul Ben-Victor (13:40)
- Interview with Actor Peter Murnik (17:14)
- Stills Gallery (2:44)
- TV Spots (1:30)
- Theatrical Trailer (1:42)
- 1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Audio
- Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
- Optional English Subtitles
TAGLINES:
- It will scare you… to pieces.
- The medical experiment that went wrong.
- The transplant was a success. Then the donor came to take it back.
- Where does evil live, the heart, the mind or the flesh?
- A medical miracle has become a murderous nightmare.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
STUDIO: KL Studio Classics
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101492/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNNLL3VR/
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Nundead [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: Bobby Canipe Jr., Curtis Everitt, Donald Farmer
WRITER: Robbie Lopez, Ford Windstar
PRINCIPAL CAST: Robbie Lopez, Roni Jonah, Jerry Williams
SYNOPSIS: HOLY SISTERS UNLEASH UNHOLY HELL IN NUNDEAD. You’ve seen them everywhere. . .maybe in your own town. Devout nuns who pledged their lives to charity and Godly deeds. But what if the DEVIL has nuns?? Evil sisters who worship Satan!! Nuns who massacre the living and feast on the mutilated corpses of the dead!! You’ll meet them in NUNDEAD. And NO ONE is safe when Satan’s daughters walk the earth!! What about YOU? Will you PRAY FOR DEATH when the NUNDEAD find you??
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 77 Minutes
STUDIO: SRS Cinema
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27574270/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGBDC5PN/
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The Last Amityville Movie [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: Josh Spiegel
WRITER: Josh Spiegel
PRINCIPAL CAST: Tom Aiello, Eric Barnard, Jazz Beitler
SYNOPSIS: During the midst of a massive pandemic and lockdown, a Horror YouTube guy finds himself trapped in the very thing that he spends his time tearing down : a bad horror film. Alone and isolated, a mysterious package from somewhere in Long Island seems to be driving him mad. A series of terrifying and bizarre supernatural occurrences follows, testing the limits of his fortitude and patience, as well as his ability to not go downstairs to find out what made a noise in the middle of the night. Can he use his knowledge of crappy horror films to stay alive, or will he be just another victim in the Last Amityville Movie?
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 105 Minutes
STUDIO: SRS Cinema
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27485616/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG9W4SD9/
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Feed [2005]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: DVD
DIRECTOR: Brett Leonard
WRITER: Patrick Thompson, Alex O’Loughlin, Kieran Galvin
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alex O’Loughlin, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson, Patrick Thompson, Kieran Galvin
SYNOPSIS: Intensely grotesque and shocking as hell, Feed is a heavyweight thrill ride through the depths of depravity. A veteran of cyberporn investigations, Australian cop Philip Jackson, is no stranger to the dangerous side of sexual fetishes. He may have found his sickest case yet when he discovers a sinister side to an American website devoted to fat-admiring men and obese women called “feeders” and “gainers.” Could the man behind it all be force-feeding missing women to death? Tense, dark and deeply disturbing, director Brett Leonard (The Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity, Man-Thing) takes the crime-thriller genre to a twisted, gut-wrenching new level.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Commentary by Director Brett Leonard
- Deleted Scenes w/ Commentary by Director Brett Leonard
- Alternate Ending w/ Commentary by Director Brett Leonard
- Final Day Interview with Director Brett Leonard
- Interviews with Alex O’Loughlin, Jack Thompson and Producer Melissa Beauford
- Feed In Philadelphia: The North American Featurette
- Behind the Scenes Footage
- Infomercial
- Photo Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
TAGLINES:
- Can you stomach it?
- Consumption is evolution
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 101 Minutes
STUDIO: Unearthed Films
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445965/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGB9TVM5/
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Invasion of the Bee Girls [1973]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Denis Sanders
WRITER: Nicholas Meyer
PRINCIPAL CAST: William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri, Cliff Osmond
SYNPSIS: Invasion of the Bee Girls is the best schlock soft-core science fiction movie since The Vengeance of She,” buzzed critic Roger Ebert. And who wouldn’t be terrified at the very thought of watching these bee-hived beauties love their chosen mates to death? The Bee Girls are more than just killers, they’re “a buzzing race of lovelies, spawned by radiation, with big, black Stepford Wives eyes and bigger D-cup chests” (Cinefantastique)! In a small California town, a number of men—after making love—start dropping like flies. A government inspector (William Smith) investigates these strange occurrences and uncovers a horrific, out-of-this-world phenomenon. Now, he alone must stop it before he becomes one of the Queen Bee’s honeys! Co-written by Star Trek II director Nicholas Meyer and co-starring model-turned-actress Anitra Ford, this beloved B-movie classic serves up a stinging satire of 1970s sexual politics—with swarms of fun!
Special Features:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
- Theatrical Trailers
- Radio Spots
TAGLINES:
- They’ll Love The Very Life Out Of Your Body!
- Ordinary housewives turn into ravishing creatures,
- They’ll Turn You on from Dusk to Dawn
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
STUDIO: Kino Cult
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070222/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMXSPS69/
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