New Horror Releases for August 25 to 31, 2026 – Part 1

AUGUST 25

Whistle [2025]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray/DVD

DIRECTOR: Corin Hardy

WRITER: Owen Egerton

PRINCIPAL CAST: Nick Frost, Sophie Nélisse, Dafne Keen, Sky Yang

SYNOPSIS: A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

TAGLINES:

Death blows.
Don’t Blow It

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 100 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29550683/

https://www.amazon.com/Whistle-Sophie-Nelisse/dp/B0GY1Q942H/

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The Demon Disorder [2024]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Steven Boyle

WRITER: Steven Boyle, Toby Osborne

PRINCIPAL CAST: Charles Cottier, Chrisian Willis, Dirk Hunter, John Noble, Amy Ingram

SYNOPSIS:

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

When their youngest brother is believed to be demonically possessed, two estranged brothers reunite to confront a dreadful family secret.

Bonus Features:
1. Commentary with director/co-writer Steve Boyle
2. Behind the Scenes of The Demon Disorder
3. Creaturette: Making the Creature Effects
4. Trailer
5. Booklet with new writing by MaryBeth McAndrews

TAGLINE: There is no cure.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 86 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27424585/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H76DLTFQ/

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Descendent [2025]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Peter Cilella

PRINCIPAL CAST: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger, Susan Wilder

SYNOPSIS:

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

While preparing for the birth of his first child, Sean, a school security guard, is haunted by childhood trauma. After a beam of light appears in the sky during a late-night shift, Sean wakes up in the hospital with an inexplicable talent for vivid, unsettling drawings of extraterrestrials and desert landscapes. As his visions blur the line between dreams and reality, Sean’s grip on sanity unravels. With time running out, he must confront his fears to escape his family’s tragic legacy.

Bonus Features:
1. Audio Commentary with Writer / Director Peter Cilella, Director of Photography Alexander Chinnici and Actress Sarah Bolger
2. Audio Commentary with Producers Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, David Lawson Jr., and Caleb Ward
3. Deleted Scenes
4. Booklet with new writing by film critic Katie Rife

GENRE: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 97 Minutes

STUDIO: IFC Films

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35521703/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H767W9TH/

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Death Cycle [2025]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Gabriel Carrer

WRITER: Dave McLeod

PRINCIPAL CAST: Justin Bott, Kristen Kaster, Matthew Ninaber, Sasha Ormond

SYNOPSIS:

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

After the death of her sister, a woman is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders by a motorcycle maniac. As their shared fear grows, the killer’s rampage continues, leaving them both questioning who the real monster is.

Bonus Features:
1. Director’s Commentary
2. Behind-The-Scenes Featurette with Cast & Crew Interviews
3. Grease, Guts & Gore: Making of the FX
4. Script To Screen
5. Trailer

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Drama

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 80 Minutes

STUDIO: Dark Star Pictures

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33092286/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H76JPGFH/

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Good Manners [2017]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR/WRITER: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra

PRINCIPAL CAST: ‎Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo

SYNOPSIS:

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

Filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s second collaboration (after the acclaimed Hard Labor) deftly integrates art-house and genre cinema to create a thrilling and dark gothic fable with sharp social commentary.

Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.

With powerful visuals and impeccable cinematography by Zama’s Rui Poças, Good Manners is Disney meets Jacques Tourneur. The film becomes an unexpected and wild werewolf movie unlike any other, and a poignant social and racial allegory on modern-day Brazilian society.

Bonus Features:
1. Commentary from Shelagh Rowen-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
2. 12-page booklet with an essay by Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
3. The Making of a Werewolf (2 minutes) – behind the scenes video
4. A Stem (2007, 15 minutes) – directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra
5. Doppelgänger (2012, 24 minutes) – directed by Juliana Rojas

GENRE: Horror, Fantasy

RATING: Rated PG

RUN TIME: 135 Minutes

STUDIO: Icarus Films

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5480782/

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Manners-Blu-ray-Juliana-Rojas/dp/B0H76B64V1/

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Reanimator Academy [1992]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: Blu-ray

DIRECTOR: Judith Priest

WRITER: Benton Jennings, Judith Priest

PRINCIPAL CAST: Steve Westerheit, Connie Speer, Richard Perrin

SYNOPSIS:

The fraternity brothers at Delta Epsilon Delta are your typical red-blooded American party animals, that is except for Edgar Allen Lovecraft. He’s locked up in his room trying to cure death and finds a serum that works on the severed head of a recently deceased comedian. When a mafia hood steals the serum to use on his murdered squeeze, her reanimated corpse goes on a campus killing spree – let the corny puns and one-punch decapitations fly!

Reanimator Academy was produced down and dirty for the booming early 90s video store rental market by legendary producer David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama) and directed by the equally renowned Bret McCormick (The Abomination), under what is possibly the best pseudonym ever used in a film. This silly send-up of Lovecraftian lore and cinematic tropes will leave you feeling as hungover and headless as a three-kegger blowout would.

First time ever on disc following its initial VHS release.

Bonus Materials

Transfer from existing SD tape masters
Commentary from Sam Panico of B&S About Movies and Bill Van Ryn of Drive-In Asylum
Talking Heads: director Bret McCormick Interview
Back To School: Reanimator Academy Location Tour
Brainwaves: Scoring Reanimator Academy
Interview with actor Tom Fegan
Fred The Head interview
Reanimator Academy: 2023 director’s alternate soundtrack cut
Bonus film: Bret McCormick’s Children of Dracula (1994)
Bret McCormick interview: Children of Dracula
Bret McCormick Reanimator Academy Q&A – Nitehawk Cinema
Visual Vengeance trailers
Optional English Subtitles
Folded mini-poster
Reversible sleeve featuring original VHS art
‘Stick Your Own’ VHS stickers (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
Limited Edition slipcase art by Giorgio Credaro (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
Limited Edition Video Store Card (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)

TAGLINE: Readin’, writin’ and reanimatin’!

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 80 Minutes

STUDIO: Visual Vengeance

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0491120/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H12B9J8D/

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Mothman Vs Bigfoot [2026]

PHYSICAL MEIDA: DVD

DIRECTOR/WRITER: ‎Dustin Ferguson

PRINCIPAL CAST: Vernon Wells, Dawna Lee Heising, Ken May

SYNOPSIS: When a young couple’s romantic camping trip in the California wilderness turns into a blood-soaked nightmare, the lone survivor brings shocking footage to a reluctant detective and an obsessed cryptozoologist, setting off a hunt for answers deep in the forest. As bodies pile up and media hysteria spreads, they uncover a terrifying truth: a winged killer long thought to be only a legend –the Mothman — has resurfaced, leaving a trail of carnage in its wake. But lurking in the shadows is another mythical creature, Bigfoot, a misunderstood forest guardian driven to confront the winged intruder in a brutal clash of mythic beasts. And in the ultimate battle between monsters, a darker truth about humanity itself will be revealed. Starring Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior, Commando) and Christopher Showerman (George of the Jungle 2, Supergirl, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D)

Bonus Materials