JUNE 23
Butchers Bluff [2023]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: William Instone, Matt Rifley
WRITER: William Instone, Renfield Rasputin
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Four film students investigating the Hogman legend in Emerald Falls discover the masked killer may be real. As they uncover the town’s dark past, they must solve the mystery before becoming the next victims of this brutal force.
Bonus Features:
1. Butchers Bluff – Concept Trailer (2019)
2. Butchers Bluff BTS Music Video
3. Caught In My Eye – Short Film
4. Stills Gallery
TAGLINES:
- You Won’t find him, He’ll find you!
- There ain’t nothing in them woods except death!
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 127 Minutes
STUDIO: Dark Star Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11284972/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZ8MZ7B8/
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Lifechanger [2018]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Justin McConnell
WRITER: Justin McConnell
PRINCIPAL CAST: Elitsa Bako, Jack Foley, Lora Burke, Sam James White
SYNOPSIS:
*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*
Drew has an identity problem. Every few days, he has to shape-shift or face a painful death. He has to find someone and make a copy. He takes everything: their looks, memories, hopes and dreams. Their entire life. He becomes them, and they die horribly. Lately, the changes are becoming more frequent. Facing his imminent death, Drew sets out on one final blood-soaked mission.
Bonus Features:
1. NEW 2025 commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
2. NEW 2025 interview with writer/director Justin McConnell
ARCHIVAL:
1. Commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
2. Commentary with actors Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Sam James White, Steve Kasan & writer/director Justin McConnell
3. “Change and Adapt: The Making of Lifechanger” 104 minute making of documentary
4. Deleted Scenes with optional director’s commentary
5. Original Score by Sean Motley (BD-ROM + link)
6. Trailers, still gallery & storyboards
7. “Soul Contact” 2020 short film by Justin McConnell
THE COLLAPSED (2012)
First time on Blu-ray in North America! 83 minutes, 1080 AVC; Audio: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 2.0 Dolby Stereo; Subs: English SDH for Hearing Impaired
1. NEW 2025 commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell
ARCHIVAL:
1. Commentary with writer/director Justin McConnell and producer Kevin Hutchinson
2. Commentary with lead actor John Fantasia
3. “Apocalypse on a Budget: The Making of The Collapsed” 72 minute making of documentary
4. Music Video: Rob Kleiner’s “Devil in Disguise”
5. TV interviews from Naked News, G4TV’s Electric Playground, and Space TV’s Interspace
6. Original score by Rob Kleiner (BD-ROM + link)
7. Trailers, Photo Gallery
TAGLINES:
- It Becomes You
- It Will Drain The Life Out Of You
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GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Romance, Drama, Fantasy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 84 Minutes
STUDIO: Dark Star Pictures
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7188978/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZ8QWBLP/
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The Lost Tree [2016]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Brian A. Metcalf
WRITER: Brian A. Metcalf
PRINCIPAL CAST: Clare Kramer, Lacey Chabert, Michael Madsen, Scott Grimes, Thomas Ian Nicholas
SYNOPSIS: After a serious traumatic accident, a man leaves his old life behind and moves to an isolated cabin to start over. He soon learns of the surroundings of the area and its dangerous past.
TAGLINE: Some Things Are Better Left Unfound
GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Drama
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 104 Minutes
STUDIO: Leomark Studios
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2368606
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1TSTX1Q/
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The Undertaker and His Pals [1966]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: T.L.P. Swicegood
WRITER: T.L.P. Swicegood
PRINCIPAL CAST: James Westmoreland, Marty Friedman, Ray Dannis, Warrene Ott
SYNOPSIS: An undertaker and his two friends, who are restaurant owners, drum up business by going out on the town and killing people. The restaurant owners use parts of the bodies for their menu, and the undertaker gets paid by the families to bury the leftovers.
TAGLINE: A macabre story of two motorcycle-riding, knife-wielding, shiv-shaving, eye-gouging, arm-twisting, chain-lashing, scalpel-flashing, acid-throwing, gun-shooting, bone-breaking, pathological nuts and their pal the UNDERTAKER…
GENRE: Horror, Comedy
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 64 Minutes
STUDIO: Leomark Studios
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061140/
https://www.amazon.com/Undertaker-His-Pals-Blu-ray/dp/B0H1TH54X5/
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Velvet Vampire [1971]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Stephanie Rothman
WRITER: Maurice Jules, Charles S. Swartz, Stephanie Rothman
PRINCIPAL CAST: Celeste Yarnall, Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles, Sherry E. DeBoer
SYNOPSIS: Sleepy-eyed nice guy Lee Ritter and his vapid but pretty wife, Susan, accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware that Diane is really a centuries-old vampire, become objects of the pale skinned temptress’ seductions.
TAGLINES:
- They desired her body… She craved their blood.
- She’s Waiting To Love You…To Death
- Climax after climax of terror and desire . . .
- Where the living change places with the dead.
- She’s waiting to love you…to death! Climax after climax of terror and desire…where the living change places with the dead.
GENRE: Horror
RATING: Rated R
RUN TIME: 81 Minutes
STUDIO: Leomark Studios
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067929/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1TWTWHK/
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The Savage Bees [1976]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Bruce Geller
WRITER: Guerdon Trueblood
PRINCIPAL CAST: Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Paul Hecht
SYNOPSIS: During Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a swarm of African killer bees escapes from a freighter, threatening the city’s festivities.
TAGLINES:
- They’re coming this way…not to make honey, but to kill.
- A terrifying mind-boggler of a movie – and it really could happen. Millions of African Bees whose sting is fatal invade a New Orleans Mardi Gras. Starring Oscar-winner Ben Johnson and Michael Parks.
GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 90 Minutes
STUDIO: Leomark Studios
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075166/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1THNH4F/
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Malpertuis [1971]
AKA “The Legend of Doom House”
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Harry Kümel
WRITER: Jean Ferry, Jean Ray
PRINCIPAL CAST: Orson Welles, Susan Hampshire, Michel Bouquet
SYNOPSIS: Jan (Mathieu Carrière, Police Python 357), a sailor newly arrived onshore, is unsure about returning to land but makes the journey to visit his childhood home only to find it no longer there. He goes to Bar Venus and joins his friends but an altercation leaves him knocked out cold. He wakes up in Malpertuis, a gothic mansion presided over by his uncle, Cassavius (Orson Welles). All the inhabitants of Malpertuis are waiting for Cassavius to die and the opportunity to inherit his vast fortune. But Cassavius wishes anyone who inherits to stay there forever. Jan investigates as those who leave meet with mysterious deaths. Harry Kümel’s (Daughters of Darkness) phantasmagoria is a Matryoshka doll of fantastic ideas, realized with stunning photography by Gerry Fisher (The Exorcist III) and scored by Georges Delerue (Contempt). Newly restored and overseen by Kümel, it is released on Blu-ray for the first time in the world.
Bonus Materials
- New 4K restoration of the film overseen by director Harry Kümel
- Audio commentary by Harry Kümel and assistant director Françoise Levie (2005)
- New interview with Harry Kümel (2025)
- New interview with author and gothic horror expert Jonathan Rigby (2025)
- Malpertuis Archive – an archival documentary on the making of the film featuring Kümel, actor Mathieu Carrière and director of photography Gerry Fisher among others (2005)
- Orson Welles Uncut – a featurette on the casting of Welles, including rare outtakes of the actor (2005)
- Susan Hampshire: one actress, three parts – an archival interview with the actress, including screen tests and contributions from cast and crew (2005)
- Archival interview with Michel Bouquet and Harry Kümel from Belgian television (1971)
- Jean Ray, John Flanders 1887 – 1964 – an archival interview with the source novelist and co-writer of Malpertuis (2005)
- Malpertuis Revisited – Harry Kümel revisits locations from the film (2005, 4 mins)
- Malpertuis: The Cannes cut – the rejected version of the film which premiered in Cannes(100 mins, SD)
- The Warden of the Tomb – Kümel’s early film based on Franz Kafka’s play (1965, 37 mins)
- Trailer
TAGLINE: ..there is a place, an evil place where sane men fear to tread
GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 125 Minutes
STUDIO: Radiance Films
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https://www.instagram.com/radiance.films/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067386/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXL6TTXC/
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Demon Of Mount Oe [1960]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Tokuzō Tanaka
WRITER: Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Fuji Yahiro
PRINCIPAL CAST: Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu
SYNOPSIS: A group of mighty warriors is sent to eliminate a demon who steals women from the imperial capital of Kyoto. On the way, they face a satanic bull, a giant spider and a diabolical witch, but the closer they come to their goal, the more they realize that the demon they’ve been ordered to kill is far more human than they were led to believe. This lavish period fantasy was directed by Tokuzo Tanaka (The Snow Woman, The Betrayal), a former assistant to Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, and features an all-star cast including Raizo Ichikawa (Shinobi), Shintaro Katsu (Zatoichi), Kazuo Hasegawa (The Ghost of Yotsuya) and Sachiko Hidari (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters).
Bonus Materials
- New 4K restoration by Radiance Films
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- New interview with period film historian Taichi Kasuga (2025, 19 mins)
- Blade of the Demon Slayer: a visual essay by Tom Mes (2025, 4 mins)
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
GENRE: Horror, Fantasy
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 83 Minutes
STUDIO: Radiance Films
https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/
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https://www.instagram.com/radiance.films/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199890/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXLJC3FS/
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Ghost Of Kasane Swamp [1970]
PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray
DIRECTOR: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
WRITER: Shôzaburô Asai, Enchô San’yûtei
PRINCIPAL CAST: Teruo Ishiyama, Maya Kitajima, Reiko Kasahara
SYNOPSIS: When money lender Soetsu goes to collect a debt from samurai Fukami, the swordsman’s wife Sawano offers to repay with her body. Finding them in bed, Fukami kills them and dumps their corpses in a nearby swamp, but soon after he himself is found dead in an apparent suicide. Fukami’s delinquent son Shingoro and Soetsu’s shrewd daughter Oshiga both go in search of the money. As they cross paths, it becomes clear that the curse has passed to the next generation when the ghosts of Sawano and Soetsu begin to haunt them and bring misfortune at every turn.
Bonus Materials
- New 4K restoration by Radiance Films
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- New interview with J-horror filmmaker Norio Tsuruta (2025, 18 mins)
- Select-scene audio commentary by horror film scholar Lindsay Nelson (2025)
- A Legacy of Ghosts: a visual essay by Japanese ghost story scholar Zack Davisson (2025, 12 mins)
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
GENRE: Horror, Thriller
RATING: Not Rated
RUN TIME: 83 Minutes
STUDIO: Radiance Films
https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/radiancereleases
https://www.instagram.com/radiance.films/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065931/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXL3C6N2/
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