JANUARY 27
Bad Things [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Stewart Thorndike
WRITER: Stewart Thorndike
PRINCIPAL CAST: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Rad Pereira
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
When a group of friends escape the city to spend the weekend in an abandoned hotel, a pervading eerie energy begins to illuminate the cracks in their little family unit. Ruthie Nodd (Gayle Rankin) inherits the hotel from her grandmother and with bad childhood memories threatening to burst to the surface, Ruthie wants to sell the hotel and never return. But her partner Cal (Hari Nef) drags her there in the hopes of returning it to its former glory. They are joined by their amiable friend Maddie (Rad Pereira) and mysterious grifter Fran (Annabelle Dexter-Jones). As the friends dance, cook, flirt, and fight, they find themselves entwined in the hotel’s seductive embrace and start doing bad things to each other.
Bonus Features:
1. New audio commentary with director Stewart Thordike and producers Lizzie Shapiro and Lexi Tannenholtz
2. New video interviews with director Stewart Thorndike, cinematographer Grant Greenberg and production designer Amy Williams
3. Archival interviews with cast members
4. BTS stills galleries featuring on set polaroids and film photos
5. New video essay by film critic Alexandra West
6. Booklet with new writing by film critic Alexandra Heller Nicholas
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 86 Minutes
STUDIO: Shudder
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27542845
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Things-Blu-ray-Stewart-Thorndike/dp/B0G546BX91/
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Slapface [2021]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Kipp
WRITER: Jeremiah Kipp
PRINCIPAL CAST: August Maturo, Libe Barer, Mike C. Manning, Mirabelle Lee
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a dangerous relationship with a monster rumored to live in the woods.
Bonus Features:
1. Commentary with Writer / Director Jeremiah Kipp
2. Commentary with Writer / Director Jeremiah Kipp, Actor / Producer Mike Manning, and Actor August Maturo
3. Cast and Director Q&A
4. Interview with Writer / Director Jeremiah Kipp
5. “Slapface” Short Film
6. Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
7. Trailer
8. Booklet with new writing by film critic BJ Colangelo and film historian Philip Escott
TAGLINES:
- Where do monsters come from?
- Trauma can conjure the most horrific things.
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 85 Minutes
STUDIO: Shudder
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10601552/
https://www.amazon.com/Slapface-Blu-ray-Jeremiah-Kipp/dp/B0G54829F9/
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World War Z [2013]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD (Steelbook Limited Edition)
DIRECTOR: Marc Forster
WRITER: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof
PRINCIPAL CAST: Brad Pitt, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Mireille Enos
SYNOPSIS: United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is called upon to help stop the chaotic pandemic that has gripped populations around the world. Lane fights to keep his family safe, while searching for an answer to the outbreak before it destroys all of civilization.
TAGLINES:
- I can’t leave my family
- Horror in the Streets
GENRE: Horror, Action, Adventure
RATING: Rated PG-13 (intense frightening zombie sequences, violence, and disturbing images)
RUN TIME: 116 Minutes
STUDIO: Shout! Factory
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FWFFLH9P/
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Asylum of Darkness [2013]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Jay Woelfel
WRITER: Jay Woelfel
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
After awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans his escape to freedom while fighting off supernatural forces in both the real world, and some that may only live inside his head. But once on the outside, he learns that the life awaiting him is more twisted and dangerous than anything he could conjure in his head, one that is luring him back to the asylum forever. Starring genre icons Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), Tim Thomerson (Near Dark, Trancers, Air America), and Tiffany Shepis (Sharknado, Tales of Halloween).
Bonus Features:
1. Director supervised transfer from the original 35mm elements
2. Director Jay Woelfel Introduction
3. Commentary with Director Jay Woelfel and Actor Nick Baldasare
4. Commentary with Tony Strauss of Weng’s Chop Magazine
5. Director Jay Woelfel Interview
6. Actor Tim Thomerson feature-length Interview
7. Actress Amanda Howell Interview
8. Effects Artist Brian Spears Interview
9. Effects Artist John Ellis Interview
10. Director of Photography Scott Spears Interview
11. John Ellis F/X Demo Reel
12. Deleted Scenes
13. Trailer
14. Short Film: The Escape
15. Short Film: Distance Between Two Points
16. Short Film: He, He
17. Commentary with Director Jay Woelfel and Actor Nick Baldasare
18. Short Film: Horatio’s Hamlet
19. Horatio’s Hamlet Commentary with Director Jay Woelfel and Actor Nick Baldasare
20. 12-page booklet by Tony Strauss
21. Closed Captions
TAGLINES:
- He escaped his insanity only to face a darker reality.
- The Face of Insanity
- A Horrifying Thriller about Insanity and the Supernatural
- There Is Evil Inside Us All
- Look into the face of insanity!
SEE REVIEW HERE
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 117 Minutes
STUDIO: Wild Eye Releasing
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2196848/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G545PDJ8/
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Gnome Sick: 7 Slays Til Mithras [2025]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Mike L. Taylor
WRITER: Mike L. Taylor, Jim Martin, Lennon Hobson
PRINCIPAL CAST: Bryan Forrest, Ian Michaels, Lennon Hobbison, Pyar Anderson
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Pete Grunderson returns home to Christmas, CA and discovers his family is missing. Were they murdered by the Santa Slasher… and turned into Evil Gnomes?! Is the cult of Mithras alive and well in Christmas, Ca? This town was founded by pagans… More importantly… should Pete get back together with his High School sweet heart Anne? And how is she involved with this Craft Faire Cult that the FBI is investigating? All of this and more will be revealed to Pete as he becomes… GNOME SICK!
Bonus Features:
1. Commentary with Writer/Director Mike L. Taylor and Select Cast
2. Theme Song Lyric/Karaoke Visualizer
3. Trailer
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 88 Minutes
STUDIO: Dark Star Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34929434/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G54673W7/
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Fear Pharm Double Pack
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Dante Yore
WRITER: Mark S. Allen, Howard Burd, Dante Yore
PRINCIPAL CAST: Aimee Stolte, Emily Sweet, Houston Stevenson, John Littlefield, Tiana Tuttle
SYNOPSIS: A family business expands beyond their wildest dreams; however, their dreams are the nightmares of others in this fun set of films starting with Halloween where the local kids are fodder for a family of crazies. This family drains them dry to make skin cream products of everlasting beauty.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 154 Minutes
STUDIO: Indican Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9191844/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13197764/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G8TGT56W/
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Wild Beasts [1984]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Franco Prosperi
WRITER: Franco Prosperi
PRINCIPAL CAST: Alessandra Svampa, Alessandro Freyberger, Antonio Di Leo, Enzo Pezzu, Lorraine De Selle, Ugo Bologna
SYNOPSIS: For his final work, Godfather of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi – writer/director of MONDO CANE, AFRICA: BLOOD AND GUTS and GOODBYE UNCLE TOM – took on the ‘Nature Strikes Back’ genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career, now in UHD for the first time ever: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo, the drug-crazed beasts – including tigers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, as well as seeing eye dogs and sewer rats – go berserk and rampage through the streets of Frankfurt. What follows is a terrifying mix of actual animal attacks (supervised by professional circus trainers) and over-the-top ’80s Italian gore that remains “the greatest eco-revenge shocker in EuroCult history” (DVD Beaver). Lorraine De Selle (CANNIBAL FEROX, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) and Ugo Bologna (NIGHTMARE CITY) star in “the very definition of an exploitation movie” (Daily Grindhouse), newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative.
Special Features
- Altered Beasts – Interview With Director Franco E. Prosperi
- Wild Tony – Interview With Actor Tony Di Leo
- Cut After Cut – Interview With Editor/Mondo Filmmaker Mario Morra
- The Circus Is In Town – Interview With Animal Wrangler Roberto Tiberti’s Son, Carlo Tiberti
- House Of Wild Beasts – A Visit To The Home Of Franco E. Prosperi
- Trailer
Bonus Materials
- Altered Beasts – Interview With Director Franco E. Prosperi
- Wild Tony – Interview With Actor Tony Di Leo
- Cut After Cut – Interview With Editor/Mondo Filmmaker Mario Morra
- The Circus Is In Town – Interview With Animal Wrangler Roberto Tiberti’s Son, Carlo Tiberti
- House Of Wild Beasts – A Visit To The Home Of Franco E. Prosperi
- Trailer
TAGLINES:
- There’s No Escape
- The Wild Beasts Will Get You!
SEE REVIEW HERE
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
STUDIO: Severin Films
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090322/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXB81QC7/
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House On The Edge Of The Park [1980]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD
DIRECTOR: Ruggero Deodato
WRITER: Gianfranco Clerici, Vincenzo Mannino
PRINCIPAL CAST: Annie Belle, Brigitte Petronio, Christian Borromeo, David Hess
SYNOPSIS: For his follow-up to CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, director Ruggero Deodato delivered a shocker packed with even more cruelty and controversy. 40+ years later, it remains one of the most disturbing exploitation films of all time, now in UHD for the first time ever in North America: David Hess of THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT infamy stars as a charismatic psychopath who – with his equally unhinged sidekick (Giovanni Lombardo Radice of CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD) – turns a get-together of chic New Yorkers into an ordeal of class warfare and sexual violence. Annie Belle (ABSURD), Christian Borromeo (TENEBRAE) and Lorraine De Selle (WILD BEASTS) co-star in this “sick, perverted and demented classic” (Savage Cinema) from the screenwriters of THE NEW YORK RIPPER, now scanned uncut in 4K from the original camera negative with 3+ hours of Special Features.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Audio Commentary By Bruce Holecheck (Cinema Arcana) And Art Ettinger (Ultra Violent)
- The Man Who Loved Women – Interview With Director Ruggero Deodato
- Lights On – Interview With Cinematographer Sergio D’Offizi
- Like A Prairie Dog – Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- External Beauty & Internal Ugliness – Archival Interview With David Hess
- House Sweet House – Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- Gallery
- Trailer
Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary By Bruce Holecheck (Cinema Arcana) And Art Ettinger (Ultra Violent)
- The Man Who Loved Women — Interview With Director Ruggero Deodato
- Lights On — Interview With Cinematographer Sergio D’Offizi
- Like A Prairie Dog — Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- External Beauty & Internal Ugliness — Archival Interview With David Hess
- House Sweet House — Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- Gallery
- Trailer
TAGLINES:
- Delivers Shocks To The Maximum … Pushes The Limits Of Acceptability
- David Hess … star of “Last House on the Left” is loose again … DON’T GO IN THE PARK!
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 92 Minutes
STUDIO: Severin Films
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080503/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZLLW9KW/
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Pulse [1988]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Paul Golding
WRITER: Paul Golding
PRINCIPAL CAST: Cliff De Young, Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Roxanne Hart
SYNOPSIS: Young David (Joey Lawrence) and his family are threatened by a seemingly intelligent force of electricity that is terrorizing their quiet California suburb.
TAGLINES:
- It traps you in your own house… then pulls the plug.
- In every second of every day, it improves our lives. And in a flash, it can end them.
- The ultimate shocker.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi
RATING: Rated PG-13
RUN TIME: 91 Minutes
STUDIO: Mill Creek Entertainment
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095924/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2MV96GW/
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Satan Hates You [2010]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: James Felix McKenney
WRITER: James Felix McKenney
PRINCIPAL CAST: Angus Scrimm, Christine Spencer, Don Wood, Reggie Bannister
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Homicidal maniac Marc (Don Wood) is constantly driven by demons buried deep within his soul while party girl Wendy (Christine Spencer) lives life fast and hard without a second thought to the consequences. Their separate paths will eventually cross, but will it be on the road to salvation or the highway to hell?
Bonus Features:
1. Feature film in HD for the first time
2. Stereo and 5.1 audio mixes
3. Original SATAN HATES YOU trailer
4. 22-minute “making of” featurette
5. “Creepy Christmas” short film – “December 23rd”
6. “Creepy Christmas” short film – “Eighteen Reindeer”
7. 13 TV segments from the film featuring Angus Scrimm, Pauley Perrette and author Max Brooks
8. Audio Commentary with writer-director James Felix McKenney, cast & crew members Laree Love and Noah DeFilippis
TAGLINE: God Loves You.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 94 Minutes
STUDIO: Glass Eye Pix
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462516/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5456MDM/
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