The Horror Times

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3289956/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7T7N492/

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Maniac [2012]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: Franck Khalfoun

WRITER: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Joe Spinell

PRINCIPAL CAST: America Olivo, Elijah Wood, Genevieve Alexandra, Jan Broberg, Nora Arnezeder

SYNOPSIS: Father Son Holy Gore calls it “intense, innovative and disturbing.” Bloody Good Horror says, “it raises the bar for what a remake should be.” Now the film that Bloody Disgusting proclaims “a modern horror classic” – produced by Alexandre Aja (HIGH TENSION), Academy Award® winner Thomas Langmann (THE ARTIST), the original’s creator William Lustig and directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2) – defiles your senses in UHD for the first time in North America: In a career-redefining turn, Elijah Wood of THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy stars as a young man whose mind seethes with madness while his body commits unspeakable acts of depravity, all of which you will personally witness through the eyes of a maniac. Nora Arnezeder (ARMY OF THE DEAD) co-stars in “one of those rare genre remakes that stands on its own while recapturing the original’s spirit” (Fangoria), scanned in 4K with nearly 4 hours of new and archival Special Features that explore the entire MANIAC legacy.

Special Features

Audio Commentary With Director Franck Khalfoun, Actor Elijah Wood And Executive Producer Alix Taylor
Red Lucie Red Blood – Interview With Actress Megan Duffy
Monsters To Maniacs – Interview With Prosthetic Make-Up Supervisor Mike McCarty
Maniacs: The Twists And Turns Of A Potential Franchise – Interview Outtakes From THE JOE SPINELL STORY With William Lustig, Luke Walter, Caroline Munro, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Rainone, Joe Cirillo And More
The Making Of MANIAC
Deleted Scenes
Trailer

TAGLINE: I warned you not to go out tonight

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 88 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2103217/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7T89B74/

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Anthropophagous [1980]

AKA “The Grim Reaper”

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: ‎Joe D’Amato

WRITER: George Eastman, Joe D’Amato

PRINCIPAL CAST: Bob Larson, George Eastman, Margaret Mazzantini, Mark Bodin, Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi

SYNOPSIS: Those with intestinal fortitude know it’s “truly jaw-dropping” (Bloody Disgusting), “surprisingly thrilling” (Confluence of Cult) and “a must-see gut-muncher” (DVD Talk). It was condemned as a Video Nasty and accused of being an actual snuff film. Yet even by ’80s Italian gore-spewing standards, this grueling shocker from sleaze maestro Joe D’Amato (BEYOND THE DARKNESS, EMANUELLE IN AMERICA) still stands as perhaps the most controversial – and extreme – spaghetti splatter epic of them all, now in UHD for the first time ever in North America. Tisa Farrow (ZOMBIE), Zora Kerova (CANNIBAL FEROX) and co-writer/producer George Eastman/Luigi Montefiori (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR, ABSURD) star in this depraved daddy of cannibal carnage from “Italy’s King of Trash Sinema” (Horrorpedia) in both its original theatrical and extended Italian version – which incorporates a never-before-seen sequence obtained through Rome underworld contacts – all scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Special Features that include a new archival interview with D’Amato.

Special Features

Speaking Of Man-Eaters – Interview With Director Joe D’Amato
Don’t Fear The Man-Eater – Interview With Writer/Star Luigi Montefiori (aka George Eastman)
The Man Who Killed The Anthropophagus – Interview With Actor Saverio Vallone
Inside Zora’s Mouth – Interview With Actress Zora Kerova
Brother And Sister In Editing – Interview With Editor Bruno Micheli
Cannibal Frenzy – Interview With FX Artist Pietro Tenoglio
They Eat Their Own: Antisocial Cannibalism In Italian Cinema Of The ’70s And ’80s – Video Essay By Aaron AuBuchon Of Discover The Horror And S.A. Bradley Of Hellbent For Horror
Trailer

TAGLINES:

…He’s coming for you
THEY RIP OUT YOUR FEAR AND FEED ON IT! (The Zombies’ Rage)
DEATH AWAITS THOSE WHO TRESPASS IN THE REALM OF THE LIVING DEAD (The Zombies’ Rage)
It’s not fear that tears you apart…it’s him!

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 92 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082479/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H76C58P4/

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Absurd [1981]

PHYSICAL MEDIA: 4K UHD

DIRECTOR: Joe D’Amato

WRITER: George Eastman

PRINCIPAL CAST: Annie Belle, Charles Borromel, Edmund Purdom, George Eastman

SYNOPSIS: If you thought our 2018 Blu-ray was “batsh*t insane fun” (McBastard’s Mausoleum), get ready to experience splatter maestro Joe D’Amato’s “top-notch gruesome” (Morbidly Beautiful) follow-up to ANTHROPOPHAGOUS in UHD for the first time ever in North America: Borrowing heavily from HALLOWEEN, D’Amato unleashes a gut-spewing boogeyman (screenwriter Luigi Montefiori/George Eastman) into suburban America for an “incredibly vicious and unforgiving” (A Slash Above) saga of doomed nurses, butchered babysitters, bio-chemical clergy and some of the most insane splatter scenes in Italian exploitation history. Edmund Purdom (JULIUS CAESAR, PIECES) and Annie Belle (HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK) co-star in this “’50s creature feature with ’80s gore” (The Spinning Image) – also known as ANTHROPOPHAGOUS 2, ZOMBIE 6, HORRIBLE and MONSTER HUNTER – in both its English and Italian Versions, scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Special Features that include a new archival interview with D’Amato.

Special Features

The Return Of The Grim Reaper – Interview With Actor/Writer/Co-Producer Luigi Montefiori
As Red As Blood – Interview With Director Joe D’Amato
D’Amato On Video – Interview With Joe D’Amato
A Biker (Uncredited) – Interview With Actor/Assistant Director Michele Soavi
My Absurd Film Music – Interview With Composer Carlo Maria Cordio
Building With Images – Interview With Editor Vanio Amici
Trailer

TAGLINES:

Brutal …Shocking! …Violent! …Savage! …Not for the squeamish!
A Classic Gore Fest!
Pray you survive the hunt.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 88 Minutes

STUDIO: Severin Films