New Horror Releases for May 1 to 12, 2025

MAY 2

Screamboat [2025]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Steven LaMorte

WRITER: Steven LaMorte, Matthew Garcia-Dunn

PRINCIPAL CAST: David Howard Thornton, Allison Pittel, Amy Schumacher, Jesse Posey, Tyler Posey, Jared Johnston

SYNOPSIS: Be our guest on a New York City ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder & mayhem. Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, Screamboat is a cinematic thrill ride – reimagining Steamboat Willie like never before!

TAGLINES:

Full Scream Ahead!
A Scream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

GENRE: Horror, Comedy

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 102 Minutes

STUDIO: DeskPop Entertainment

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30766582/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5FTJT27/

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MAY 6

What Lies Beneath [2000]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Robert Zemeckis

WRITER: Clark Gregg, Sarah Kernochan

PRINCIPAL CAST: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar, Katherine Towne

SYNOPSIS: Creepy suspenser from Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump) stars Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns) and Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) as married couple Claire and Dr. Norman Spencer, who live in a large house near a Vermont lake. While Norman, a university research scientist, works on an important project, Claire begins to see the image of a young woman in water, and, after other bizarre incidents, becomes convinced the house is haunted.

Bonus Content:

4K Transfer from the Original 35mm Camera Negative Approved by Cinematographer Don Burgess
Presented in Dolby Vision
Audio Commentary with Director Robert Zemeckis
4K Transfer from the Original 35mm Camera Negative Approved by Don Burgess
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath – Feature-Length Retrospective Documentary Including Brand-New Interviews with Robert Zemeckis, Producers Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke, Writers Sarah Kernochan and Clark Gregg, Cast Member Amber Valletta, Director of
Constructing A Thriller Featurette
Theatrical Trailer

TAGLINES:

He was the perfect husband until his one mistake followed them home.
Some men cheat and get caught. Some men pay a higher price.
They have the perfect marriage and the perfect house, until she found out what was wrong.

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

RATING: Rated PG-13

RUN TIME: 130 Minutes

STUDIO: Shout! Factory

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161081/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ271BW1/

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Field of Screams [2025]

PHYSICAL MEIDA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Alix Moad, Evan Runkle

WRITER: ‎Alix Moad, Evan Runkle

PRINCIPAL CAST: J. Jordan Parsons, Jared Chandler, Randy Rochford, Savanna Steinhoff, Calvin T. Shepherd, Jessica Shepherd, Bill D. Russell

SYNOPSIS: Following the death of his grandfather, Allen Crowe inherits an old farmhouse. When he and his friends arrive, they expect to find time-worn tchotchkes and family memories – what they don’t expect to find is a living scarecrow named Billy.

TAGLINE: Love. Loss. Killer scarecrows.

GENRE: Horror, Comedy

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 97 Minutes

STUDIO: Gravitas Ventures

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31450790/

https://www.amazon.com/Field-Screams-Blu-ray-Alix-Moad/dp/B0F5H7VQQ6/

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MAY 9

Stir of Echoes [1999]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray – Limited Edition

MEDIA FORMAT: Import

DIRECTOR: David Koepp

WRITER: David Koepp, Richard Matheson

PRINCIPAL CAST: Zachary David Cope, Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe

SYNOPSIS: What begins as a hypnotism stunt at a party turns into a terrifying journey into the world beyond the grave, as Chicago telephone lineman Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) begins receiving ghostly visions of a young girl who had disappeared only months earlier. With help from the otherworld, Tom tries to bring the spirits peace before they overwhelm his sanity and endanger his family. Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas co-star in this eerie suspense thriller based on Richard Matheson’s 1959 novel. 99 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD 7.1, DTS HD 5.1, LPCM stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; interviews; featurettes; behind-the-scenes footage; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; TV spots; music video; photo gallery. Two-disc set. Region Free

TAGLINES:

Some doors weren’t meant to be opened.
A mind altered, a man changed, a life in the balance.
A door opened. Secrets revealed. Listen.
In every mind there is a door that has never been opened.

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 99 Minutes

STUDIO: Imprint Films

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164181/

https://www.amazon.com/Stir-Echoes-Limited-Kevin-Bacon/dp/B0DY5C7CD2/

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Flesh and Fantasy / Dead of Night

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

MEDIA FORMAT: Import

DIRECTOR: Robert Hamer, Julien Duvivier, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti

PRINCIPAL CAST: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings

SYNOPSIS: Two-disc set includes:

Flesh And Fantasy (1943) A trio of fantastic “twist ending” tales comprises this hauntingly memorable anthology. A plain woman (Betty Field) hopes a supposedly enchanted Mardi Gras mask can charm a handsome reveler (Robert Cummings); a socialite (Edward G. Robinson) who mocked a psychic (Thomas Mitchell) comes to rue a prediction of murder; and an aerialist (Charles Boyer) meets the woman of his dreams (Barbara Stanwyck)… but those dreams involve his death fall. Robert Benchley co-stars. 94 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Dead Of Night (1945) One of the most chilling films ever made, this British anthology follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to one another. An antique looking glass reflects an ancient crime, in “The Haunted Mirror”; a “Christmas Party” is visited by a ghost; “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy” begins taking on a life of its own; there’s terror on the green, in “Golfing Story”; and, a race car driver has a grisly vision of the future, in “Hearse Driver.” Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Redgrave star. 104 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Standard; Soundtrack: English LPCM mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; video essay; documentary; interviews; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; more. Region Free

GENRE: Horror, Mystery

RATING: Not Rated

STUDIO: Imprint Films

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It Came From Outer Space [1953]

PHYSCIAL MEDIA: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

MEDIA FORMAT: Import

DIRECTOR: Jack Arnold

WRITER: Harry Essex, Ray Bradbury

PRINCIPAL CAST: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake

SYNOPSIS: Amateur astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) raced to the Arizona desert site of the meteor strike that he witnessed… and was stunned to discover a crashed UFO. Unfortunately, a subsequent landslide buried the evidence, and everyone he tried to warn dismissed him as a crackpot. Will they listen when locals start being replaced by shape-shifting extraterrestrials? Fifties sci-fi classic adapted from the Ray Bradbury story co-stars Barbara Rush, Russell Johnson, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer. Not in 3D. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English DTS HD 3.0 Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; documentary “The Universe According to Universal” (2000); theatrical trailer. Two-disc set. Region Free

TAGLINES:

Terror In 3-D… Reaching From The Screen To Seize You In Its Grasp!…
Thrills That Almost Touch You! through the magic of 3-DIMENSION
Amazing sights the human eye has never before seen!
Fantastic sights leap at you!
NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE! (original print ad – all caps)
THE OUTER SPACE ROCKET SHIP! THE THUNDERING AVALANCHE! (original ad – all caps)
XENOMORPHS INVADE OUR WORLD! They can look like humans or change to objects of awesome terror!
From Ray Bradbury’s great science fiction story!
Nothing Like This Has Happened to You Before!
What is the awesome secret of the thing from the eye of the Universe?
Exploding from the eye of the universe. It came to rule the world in a kingdom of fear! How can you escape!…from a sight you cannot see!…From a force you cannot feel!…From a fear you cannot face!
Amazing Sights Leap at You in 3-DIMENSION
Amazing! Exciting! Spectacular!
A helicopter’s churning blades whirl inches from your head!
In scientifically perfected, eye-resting, full sepia Monocolor!