Friday 29 September 2017

Martine Beswick introduces Hammer classic "Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde" at Curzon Bloomsbury.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary the first Hammer Horror films, star Martine Beswick will be at the Curzon Cinema, Bloomsbury to introduce a new digital restoration of the 1971 Hammer classic, Roy Ward Baker’s Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde.


In a thirty year acting career, Martine was twice a Bond girl (From Russia With Love and Thunderball), starred alongside Klaus Kinski (A Bullet for the General) and appeared in many classic TV series (The Six Million Dollar Man,The Fall Guy and Fantasy Island). Having starred in Hammer’s One Million Years BC and Prehistoric Women, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde was Martine’s first role in a horror film.

In Victorian London, Professor Jekyll (Bates), an earnest scientist, obsessively works day and night haunted by the fear that one lifetime will not be enough to complete his research. Side-tracked from his objective he becomes consumed with developing an immortality serum. Once convinced his findings are complete, he consumes the potion only to discover that he is to become two as he turns into half Jekyll and half Hyde.

Desperate to cover up his newfound identity he calls her his sister, but things take a turn for the worse when he realises that he needs female hormones if he is to maintain his existence. Before long he is battling with his alter ego Mrs Hyde (Beswick), as a number of young girls begin to go missing in the streets of London...

Sunday 1 October at 3.30pm, Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick London WC1N 1AW.

Book tickets HERE 


Studiocanal and Park Circus, in conjunction with FrightFest, Scalarama and more, are releasing brand new restorations of eight classic Hammer Horror titles at cinemas and on DVD/Blu-ray doubleplay

Studiocanal will release the newly restored films as Doubleplay editions on 30th October 2017 [Blood From The Mommy’s Tomb, Demons Of The Mind, Fear In The Night, Scars of Dracula] and on 29th January 2018 [Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Straight On ‘Til Morning, To The Devil A Daughter, The Horror Of Frankenstein]. Extra features include new featurettes for each film plus more tbc.

Pre-order BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB from Amazon.co.uk 

Pre-order DR JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE from Amazon.co.uk 

Pre-order DEMONS OF THE MIND from Amazon.co.uk 

Pre-order FEAR IN THE MIND from Amazon.co.uk 

Pre-order TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order SCARS OF DRACULA from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN from Amazon.co.uk 

 

 
 

Horror Channel FrightFest announces line-up for Halloween 2017 event

Horror Channel FrightFest Halloween 2017 unleashes seven choice shockers for the 7th annual West End Halloween chillorama – a wits-end wallow in all things gruesome, gory and glorious.

This year, the all-day shocktoberfest is at the Empire Haymarket on Sat Oct 28, 2017 and embraces one world, one European and five UK premieres, spanning three continents.

From the emotional making of a low-budget slasher to zombie nightmares, Gothic horrors, an outrageously strange mind cult, a sci-fi alien action extravaganza, a comic strip creature feature and the last word in Killer Clowns, this year’s line-up is an eclectic mix of the quirky, unusual and extreme.

Alan Jones, FrightFest co-director said today: “After FrightFest’s successful return to central London in August for our biggest and most acclaimed event yet, we’re pleased to announce our equally ambitious, and extended Halloween spooktacular. The line-up is a heady cocktail of horror, fantasy and sci-fi, which we hope haunts your nightmares until our Glasgow grindhouser next March”.

Attending guests will be announced shortly.

FULL LINE UP:

10:00 HORROR MOVIE: A LOW BUDGET NIGHTMARE (European Premiere)

Director: Gary Doust. Cast: Craig Anderson, Dee Wallace, Gerard Odwyer, Bryan Moses, Robert Anderson. Australia 2017. 99 mins.


A funny, sad, candid and revealing documentary on the making of RED CHRISTMAS, a recent FrightFest favourite. Sick of playing quirky roles on Australian TV shows, actor/filmmaker Craig Anderson puts everything on the line to make his first low budget slasher about an aborted foetus seeking revenge on its family. With money issues, union troubles, an angry Hollywood Scream Queen and even a circumcision to overcome, we follow Craig’s nail-biting rollercoaster production journey as he gambles his family’s life savings to relaunch his career as a horror film director in the highly competitive digital age of moviemaking and distribution.


12:05 HOSTILE (UK Premiere)

Director: Mathieu Turi. Cast: Brittany Ashworth, Javier Botet, Gregory Fitoussi, Jay Benedict, David Gasman. USA 2017. 82 mins.


A worldwide epidemic has killed most of the planet’s population. The few survivors struggle to find food and shelter. But they are not alone, for the ravaged remnants of society go hunting at night for human flesh. On her way back to base camp from a foraging expedition, Juliette has a terrible accident. Stuck in her car, with a broken leg, in the middle of an unforgiving desert, she must survive the perils of the post-apocalypse while a strange creature prowls around... From producer Xavier Gens, director of THE DIVIDE and FRONTIER(S), a terrifying, moving and unusual shocker.


14:10 THE BLACK GLOVES (World Premiere)

Director: Lawrie Brewster. Cast: Macarena Gómez, Nicholas Vince, Alexandra Nicole Hulme, Craig J. Seath, Jamie Scott Gordon. UK 2017. 80 mins.


The terrifying story of a psychologist obsessed with the disappearance of his young patient and the menacing owl-headed figure that plagued her nightmares. His investigations lead him to a reclusive ballerina who, just like his patient, is convinced that she is about to die at the hands of this disturbing entity. In the bleak Scottish highlands, Finn counsels his new patient, under the watchful eye of her sinister ballet teacher. He soon finds himself entangled in a pas-de-deux of paranoia, dark agendas and a maze of deadly twists and turns, as the legend of the Owlman becomes a terrifying reality.


16:10 IT CAME FROM THE DESERT (UK Premiere)

Director: Marko Mäkilaakso. Cast: Mark Arnold, Harry Lister Smith, Vanessa Grasse, Alec Mills, Callum McGowan. Finland/UK/Canada 2017. 89 mins.



Inspired by Cinemaware’s cult 1980s video game, itself motivated by the giant creature feature craze infesting 1950s Hollywood, get ready for the pulp action horror mutant monster movie of the year! It’s a terribly tall tale involving rival motocross heroes and cocooned heroines, out-of-control kegger parties in the New Mexico desert, crashed meteors from outer space, secret underground labyrinth military bases, romantic insecurities …and epic havoc caused by massive spider/ant hybrids! Smartly scripted, extremely funny and very creepy, with terrific special effects in homage to Ray Harryhausen, get with the OTT deadpan delivery and the Project T.H.E.M. program.  


18:45 HOUSEWIFE (UK Premiere)

Director: Can Evrenol. Cast: Clémentine Poidatz, David Sakurai, Ali Aksöz, Defne Halman, Alicia Kapudag. Turkey 2017. 82 mins.

 

The first English-language feature from innovative Turkish director Can Evrenol who took shocked audiences on a tour of hell in BASKIN. After that homage to John Carpenter, join the Turkish delight as he navigates Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci territory with another pitch black delve into dark sexuality, family values, social claustrophobia, and outrageous nightmares. On a snowy eve, little Holly's sister and father are killed by her frantic mother. Twenty years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra-weird when she visits the ‘Umbrella of Love and Mind’ cult.


20:40 BEYOND SKYLINE (UK Premiere)


Director: Liam O'Donnell. Cast: Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Johnny Weston, Antonio Fargas. USA/Indonesia 2017. 105 mins.

In the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2010 breakout blockbuster hit SKYLINE, tough-as-nails detective Mark (THE PURGE star Frank Grillo) embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his embittered rebellious son Trent (Johnny Weston) from a nightmarish alien warship as the extraterrestrial menace continues its human harvest. Set concurrently with the original sci-fi shocker, with Mark and Trent trapped on a subway train as the intergalactic invasion begins, THE RAID franchise martial arts star Iko Uwais joins the thrilling turbo-charged action adventure as a disparate group of survivors must learn the true meaning of family.


23:00 TERRIFIER (UK Premiere)

Director: Damien Leone. Cast: Jenna Kanell, Catherine Corcoran, Margaret Reed, Katie Maguire, David Howard Thornton. USA 2017. 82 mins.


You thrilled to IT, now chill to Art the maniacal clown of all your worst nightmares. Appearing initially in director Damien Leone’s 2008 short THE 9th CIRCLE, then the 2011 award-winning short TERRIFIER, horrifying Art returns for his first full-length frightener. Here Leone delivers all the gore and much more in this slasher exploitation extravaganza that’s both lip-smackingly disturbing and screamingly shocking. For Art is back on the silent prowl ready to terrorize three young women on Halloween night and anybody who stands in his dismembering way.

Tickets go on sale from noon on Sun 1 Oct. Passes: £45, single tickets: £14.50.


Remaining single tickets can also be bought at the cinema on the day.

Visit the official Website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram pages.




Jonny Phillips leads cast for Mayhem Festival’s live stage reading of Hammer's ZEPPELIN V PTERODACTYLS

Mayhem Film Festival is proud to reveal the full cast of its exclusive live stage reading of unmade Hammer Films script, Zeppelin V Pterodactyls.

Jonny Phillips (Titanic, Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime), who previously played Dracula in Mayhem’s live stage reading of The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula back in 2015, will return to the festival as the narrator in this year’s production of Zeppelin V Pterodactyls. Derby actor, Thomas Farthing, and Nottingham-based actors, Melvyn Rawlinson, Olivia Newton, Rob Goll and Sylvia Robson, will join Jonny Phillips on stage and complete the cast.

The one-of-a-kind event will take place at Broadway, Nottingham as part of Mayhem’s 13th edition on Sunday 15 October at 5PM, with the group of actors bringing to life a never-seen-before Hammer story, accompanied by original music from Gavin Morrow and Gerallt Ruggiero.

Based on a thought-lost outline from the Hammer Scripts Archive, now faithfully expanded into a full-length script by Mayhem Co-Director, Steven Sheil (Mum & Dad, Dead Mine), Zeppelin V Pterodactyls will take audience members on an epic sci-fi adventure to a lost world beyond the arctic snows where prehistoric creatures may still roam. The event is made possible with thanks to Hammer Films and CATH (Cinema and Television History) Research Centre at DeMontfort University.


Earlier this month, Mayhem announced its full line-up of events and guests, including guested screenings of Double Date, which will be followed by a Q&A with director Benjamin Barfoot, writer/actor Danny Morgan, actress Georgia Groome and producer Matt Wilkinson; Habit with special guests director Simeon Halligan, producer Rachel Richardson-Jones and actor Elliot Langridge, and the UK Premiere of Prey with special guest director Dick Maas. The festival will also host screenings of Friday the 13th Part III – 3D on Friday 13th October, a new restoration of Dario Argento’s Suspiria as part of The CultFilms Tour of SUSPIRIA-4k, the UK Premiere of Korean film A Day, and previews of festival favourites Most Beautiful Island, 68 Kill, Mayhem, M.F.A., Top Knot Detective and many more.

The full line-up and schedule is available at http://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/tickets

The live stage reading of Zeppelin V Pterodactyls will take place on Sunday 15 October at Broadway, Nottingham at 5PM. Mayhem Film Festival takes place on 12-15 October 2017.

Individual tickets, day passes and full festival passes are now on sale. For more information, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com

 

Halloween II & Halloween III apparel available from Fright-Rags

Whether you prefer Michael Myers or Silver Shamrock, Fright-Rags has something for all fans of the Halloween franchise with the Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch collections.


They feature a whopping eight shirts - four from each film - including classic poster artwork, brand new designs, and art styled after vintage advertisements. The poster designs are also available on Fright-Rags' custom black and orange baseball tees.

Eight new enamel pins are available as well. There are five Halloween II enamel pins, including a depiction of Nurse Jill's death scene with sliding action. All three of Halloween III's killer masks have been turned into enamel pins, each housed in a miniature mask box.

Always thinking outside the box, Fright-Rags has recreated Budd's Haddonfield Memorial Hospital uniform from Halloween II as a zip-up hoodie. Complete the outfit with pairs of Halloween II and Halloween III socks, each featuring the respective movie's masks.

Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch collections are on sale now at Fright-Rags.com. All items are in stock and ready to ship except the baseball tees, which are pre-order. The clock is ticking!

Halloween fans will want to keep an eye on Fright-Rags in the coming weeks, as they'll be unveiling new merchandise from John Carpenter's classic.

Horror Reigns at REGENT STREET CINEMA this October...

Horror Cinema is for life not just for Halloween at REGENT STREET CINEMA this October with two brilliantly terrifying upcoming events to get your teeth stuck into.

On October 4th, THE CRITERION COLLECTION present Herk Harvey’s macabre masterpiece CARNIVAL OF SOULS.

Introduced on the evening by Kim Newman, this eerily effective B-movie classic was intended to have “the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau” and, with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score, it continues to inspire filmmakers today.

The film will be screened from The Criterion Collection’s newly released Blu-ray, from a new, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.


On October 28th, expect all manner of ghoulish delights as CIGARETTE BURNS return to the cinema with INITATION – an all-nighter of epically evil proportions.


The five films screening into the twilight hours include:

No holds barred Filipino chaos factory THE KILLING OF SATAN

Classic 80s slasher THE BOOGEY MAN with one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 25 Film Soundtrack

An extremely rare archive print screening of 70s Satanic Panic shocker THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN

Everlasting 80s Lovecraftian schlock from RE-ANIMATOR

Dario Argento’s SUSPIRIA screening on 35mm for the first time in a long time from a 40 year old print

All films will be screening from 35mm!

Musical accompaniment for the evening will be provided by Pentagram Home Video and die-hard (not necessarily the Bruce Willis film) can enter the notoriously tough COSTUME CONTEST.


For full listings, please check out: https://www.regentstreetcinema.com/


Paul McGann is ready to welcome you to this B&B (23 Oct)

If you haven't booked your weekend break away for the end of October, then a word of caution about this particular B&B establishment. A rural retreat that might be murder to get to, but a real killer to return from...

Marc and Fred (Tom Bateman, Sean Teale) return to a B&B to bait its Christian owner,
Josh (Paul McGann) who had previously opposed them sharing a bed.  Marc and Fred’s return visit is set to be weekend of mischief but events take darker turn when Josh’s son reveals himself to be gay and another more imposing guest arrives, who seems to have something more sinister in mind.                                                       

If the Bates motel is fully booked, then this is the guest house for you. Directed with a touch of Hitchcockian suspense by Joe Ahearne (best known for Doctor Who, Apparitions, The Replacement), it stars Tom Bateman (Murder On The Orient Express [2017], TV’s Jekyll & Hyde, DaVinci’s Demons), Paul McGann (Withnail & I; Doctor Who), Sean Teale (TV’s Skins and Bryan  Singers’ new The Gifted TV series) and Callum Woodhouse (The Durrells). 
 
Blending "Withnail And I" with "Psycho". B&B is an atmospheric thriller with darker twists waiting in the midnight shadows.  
 
"B&B" is released to selected UK cinemas 23rd October and on UK DVD/VOD from Peccadillo pictures. 

View the trailer on YouTube.
 
Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk 
 
 
 

Wednesday 27 September 2017

Killer Mutant Rabbits Attack on US VOD this November!

Gremlins meets Hot Fuzz in "Cute Little Buggers", premiering on US VOD Nov 7.

Tony Jopia’s highly anticipated comedy-horror hybrid sees locals of a peaceful English village, enjoying their annual summer festival, when they are suddenly attacked by mutated killer rabbits!

Somewhere in the depths of space, aliens are watching the earth and planning their attack. Unaware of the impending danger, the locals of a sleepy English village are preparing for their summer festival. The aliens launch their offensive by mutating the local rabbit population, and when the furry demons are released, the body count starts to pile up as blood, guts, and fur flies in all directions as the humans fight off the alien threat.

Featuring genre icon Caroline Munro (Maniac, The Spy Who Loved Me) and from Tony Jopia, director of Crying Wolf , comes the wildest film of the fall, Cute Little Buggers – crashlanding on US VOD Nov 7 from Uncork’d Entertainment.

View the trailer on YouTube

Tuesday 26 September 2017

Horror Channel celebrates Stephen King's 70th year and goes SOUTHBOUND this October.

FILM NEWS (UK): Horror Channel celebrates Stephen King’s 70th year and goes SOUTHBOUND this October.


Works by Stephen King feature heavily this month on Horror Channel, which celebrates the icon’s 70th year as one of horror’s most prolific and popular authors. There are network premieres for his fearsome feline anthology CAT’S EYE, starring James Woods & Drew Barrymore; his darkly weighty cautionary tale STEPHEN KING’S THINNER, directed by Tom Holland in his directorial debut; the science-fiction action horror MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, starring Emilio Estevez; and the 2009 adaptation of his short story CHILDREN OF THE CORN.

Horror Channel has eleven film premieres in October, including the UK premieres of SOUTHBOUND, a chiller compendium from the creators of the V/H/S franchise; Mitch Wilson’s gruesome hell-ride KNUCKLEBONES; and Declan O’Brien’s twisted take on the Outback slasher franchise, WRONG TURN 5: BLOODLINES.

There are also network premieres for remakes THE HILLS HAVE EYES 1 & 2, George Mihalka’s Canadian slasher MY BLOODY VALENTINE, and hillbilly horror returns in Valeri Milev’s WRONG TURN 6: LAST RESORT.

Full film details in transmission order:

Fri 6 Oct @ 22:50 – WRONG TURN 5: BLOODLINES (2012) *UK TV Premiere


The popular Outback slasher franchise continues… A small mining town hosts the Mountain Man Festival on Halloween. The wild night of costumes, drinking and partying turns into a bloodbath when an inbred family of hillbilly cannibals target several college students for dinner. Doug Bradley, Roxanne McKee, and Camilla Arfwedson star.

Sat 7 Oct @ 21:00 – CAT’S EYE (1985) *Network Premiere

Three shocking Stephen King short stories are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next. First, Dick (James Woods) is trying to quit smoking by any means necessary — even joining a shady self-help group. Next, Johnny (Robert Hays) is an adulterer forced by the wronged husband to circle a building’s hazardous ledge. Lastly, Amanda (Drew Barrymore) is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

Fri 13 Oct @ 23:00 – WRONG TURN 6: LAST RESORT (2014) *Network Premiere


Get ready for more backwoods gory mayhem as a sudden and mysterious inheritance brings Danny (Anthony Ilott) and his friends to Hobb Springs, a forgotten resort deep in the West Virginia hills. Hobb Springs is being looked after under the watchful care of Jackson and Sally, a socially awkward couple who introduce Danny to the long lost family he's never known. Soon, Danny is forced to choose between his friends and his bloodline.

Sat 14 Oct @ 21:00 – MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) *Network Premiere

After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks. A diner cook, Bill Robinson (Emilio Estevez), emerges as the unlikely leader of the pack, attempting to find an escape plan for himself and the survivors.

Fri 20 Oct @ 22:45 – THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2006) *Network Premiere


Alexandre Aja’s remake of Wes Craven’s 1977 original centres on a family who becomes stranded in a barren US atomic zone. They soon discover, to their horror, that the wasteland is far from uninhabited. A band of bloodthirsty mutants prowls the area, and there is nothing they like better than fresh human meat.

Sat 21 Oct @ 21:00 – STEPHEN KING’S THINNER (1996) *Network Premiere

Billy Halleck (Robert John Burke) is an obese lawyer who accidentally hits a gypsy with his car. Given Halleck's influence in town he manages to brush the incident under the rug with some unethical legal help. However, the victim's father, Tadzu Lempke (Michael Constantine), places a curse on him and he starts to lose weight at an alarming rate. Then, events become even more macabre.

Sun 22 Oct @ 23:00 – MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) *Network Premiere

It's Valentine's Day in a tiny mining town in Nova Scotia, and, for the first time in two decades, the residents are planning a holiday dance, defying an old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine’s Day. True to legend, bodies begin piling up, setting the scene for a tale of monstrous revenge and a climactic chase through the mines.

 Fri 27 Oct @ 22:50 – THE HILLS HAVE EYES II (2007) *Network Premiere


During a routine patrol of the New Mexican desert, members of a National Guard unit (Michael McMillian, Jessica Stroup & Daniella Alonso) stop at a deserted research camp. Picking up a distress signal coming from a mountain range, they set out to investigate, unaware that a tribe of vicious, cannibalistic mutants awaits their arrival…

Sat 28 Oct @ 21:00 – CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2009) *Network Premiere


As physician Burt Stanton (David Anders) and girlfriend Vicky (Kandyse McClure) drive across the American Midwest to his new job, their trip comes to a sudden halt when they encounter the body of a murdered boy in the road. Trying to contact the authorities, Burt and Vicky wander into a small town populated only by children. Soon they realise in horror that the youthful fanatics want to sacrifice them to their demonic deity.

Sun 29 Oct @ 21:00 – SOUTHBOUND (2015) *UK TV Premiere


Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of travellers who confront their worst nightmares over one long night on a stretch of desert highway. There are two blood-soaked men on the run from supernatural horrors, an all-girl band taken in by a strange family, a man who has to perform emergency surgery with spooky 911 assistance, a home invasion and a rescue mission that goes horribly awry. The Crypt Keeper would be so pleased! Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath and Radio Silence.

Tues 31 Oct @ 21:00 – KNUCKLEBONES (2016) *UK TV Premiere


When a group of bored friends come together for a night of fun they dare each other to draw a pentagram and perform an ancient rite. Then they stumble across an antique dice game of chance made from human knucklebones. Their first instinct is to roll them gruesome bones. Their second instinct is to run for their lives when they summon up a murderous demon…

TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138 / Freeview 70

 

Controversial 80s horror "Suffer Little Children" comes uncut to UK DVD

Britain’s Most Controversial Horror Movie of the 80s coming to UK DVD Fully Uncut!

"Gruesome... Terrifying!" Screamed The People, "Gory Violence!" Decried The Telegraph. "As Explicitly horror as has ever been on video!" Claimed The Video Week as the British tabloid press called for it to be banned among the panic of the Video Nasty witch hunts. 

The master tapes were seized by the police. The Censors refused it a rating in its uncut form. Many of the children involved in its production were never seen nor heard from again. Now Intervision Picture Corpis proud to present SUFFER, LITTLE CHILDREN FULLY UNCUT AND UNCENSORED with exclusive new extras which finally reveal the shocking truth behind the most notorious British shot - on - video feature ever! 

For the first time in history, the murky shadows surrounding the production will be fully illuminated. At the time little was known of the production except what was cryptically scribbled on the back of the box: Suffer, Little Children : a tale of a child’s demonic supernatural powers and the brutal.... terrifying results. 

Suffer, Little Children is a reconstruction of the events, which took place at 45 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey, England in August 1984. None of these events were reported in the press and now the house is scheduled for demolition in the immediate future.
 
HOW IN GOD'S NAME DID THE POWER OF THE DEVIL FALL INTO THE HANDS OF A CHILD?
 
Special Features:
 
School of Shock - An Interview with Director Alan Briggs
Seducing The Gullible - An Interview With Legend of UK "Nasty" Era Fanzine Critique John Martin
Trailer

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk



Monday 25 September 2017

December Horrors from Arrow Video...

This December, Arrow Video ensures horror fans will have a stocking stuffed with terrifyingly good treats, with a selection of tasty and controversial American independent chillers, a very creepy house full of horrors, plus a special edition release of a classic shocker from the king of horror.

The Witch Who Came In From The Sea - on Blu-ray and DVD on 5th December

Millie Perkins (Cockfighter) gives an extraordinary, unsettling and breathlessly erotic performance as an unhinged woman whose memories of childhood abuse spiral out of control into a murder spree, prefiguring Isabelle Adjani’s descent into madness in Possession. Matt Cimber’s unique and unclassifiable art house horror features a couple of jaw-dropping sequences that caused it to foul of the censors during its initial cinema and home video releases. 

It has been fully restored here by Arrow, showing off the superb cinematography of Dean Cundey (who would go on to film John Carpenter’s The Thing), for this extant re-issue featuring audio commentaries and a brand new documentary, that is a must for fans of cult curios.

BLU-RAY (and DVD) DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
2K restoration from original vault materials
High Definition Blu-ray presentation (Standard Def on the DVD)
Original Mono Audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
Audio commentary with producer-director Matt Cimber, actress Millie Perkins and director of photography Dean Cundey
Tides and Nightmares – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Cimber, Perkins, Cundey and actor John Goff
A Maiden’s Voyage – archive featurette comprising interviews with Cimber, Perkins and Cundey
Lost at Sea – director Cimber reflects on his notorious cult classic
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk


Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood - on Blu-ray + DVD on 5th December

‘A rollercoaster ride to bloody death’, featuring an appearance by Hervé Villechaize (Man with the Golden Gun, TVs Fantasy Island), this little known horror is a treat for lovers of the fairground terrors of Carnival Of Souls and Funhouse

A strangely compelling piece of celluloid dementia, that has that has unjustly languished in obscurity, it is released here in a brand new 2k restoration, with a reversible sleeve, and extras including new interviews with director Christopher Speeth and writer Werner Liepolt.
 
 BLU-RAY (and DVD) SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

2K restoration from original vault materials

High Definition Blu-ray presentation (Standard Def on the DVD) 
Original Mono Audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
Audio Commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith
The Secrets of Malatesta – an interview with director Christopher Speeth
Crimson Speak – an interview with writer Werner Liepolt
Malatesta’s Underground – art directors Richard Stange and Alan Johnson discuss the weird, mysterious world of Malatesta’s underground
Outtakes
Draft script (DVD-ROM content)
Stills gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk


The Premonition - on Blu-ray + DVD on 5th December 

It’s Alive! star Sharon Farrell and prolific genre actor Richard Lynch (Bad Dreams) head up the cast in this utterly unique, hypnotic, unpredictable and moving low budget wonder about a foster mother attempting to find a young girl who has been kidnapped by her crazed biological mother. 

This long buried horror thriller - that has more than a touch of another December Arrow release, Carrie, about it - comes with a host of extras including a new commentary and interview with the director, as well as a selection of his short films, and brand new new sleeve artwork.

BLU-RAY (and DVD) DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation (SD on the DVD)
Original Mono Audio
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Introduction to the film by Nightmare USA author Stephen Thrower
Isolated Score
Audio commentary with producer-director Robert Allen Schnitzer
Pictures from a Premonition – brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with Schnitzer, composer Henry Mollicone and cinematographer Victor Milt
Archive interviews with Schnitzer and star Richard Lynch
Trailers and TV Spots
Three Robert Allen Schnitzer short films: Vernal Equinox, Terminal Point and A Rumbling in the Land
4 “Peace Spots”
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil


Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk


House - on Blu-ray and DVD on 11th December

Steve Miner, the producer behind the original Friday 13th, and director of parts two and three of that series, had a huge hit with the comedy horror House in 1985, written by Fred Dekker (Night Of The Creeps, The Monster Squad), and starring William Katt (Carrie) as a writer trapped in a haunted house. 

This brand new restoration includes a documentary on the making of the film, the short story it was based on, and audio commentaries from Steve Miner, producer Sean S. Cunningham and William Katt.



BLU-RAY (and DVD) SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation (SD on the DVD)
Original Mono, Stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio Options
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Steve Miner, producer Sean S. Cunningham, actor William Katt and screenwriter Ethan Wiley
Ding Dong, You’re Dead! The Making of House – brand new documentary featuring interviews with director Steve Miner, producer Sean S. Cunningham, screenwriter Ethan Wiley, story creator Fred Dekker, stars William Katt, Kay Lenz and George Wendt, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up and creature effects artists Barney Burman, Brian Wade, James Belohovek, Shannon Shea, Kirk Thatcher and Bill Sturgeon, special paintings artists Richard Hescox and William Stout and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
Vintage Making-of
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailers, Teaser and TV Spots
First Draft Screenplay and Fred Dekker’s original 15-page Twilight Zone-inspired story which served as the basis for House (BD-ROM Content)
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn




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House II: The Second Story - on Blu-ray and DVD on 11th December

Another House, another horror! Following on from the original 1986 horror classic, this sequel relocates the terror to a sprawling mansion where multiple dimensions converge – all of them terrifying! 

Featuring a splendid cast including John Ratzenberger from Cheers, Amy Yasbeck (The Mask), and TV host Bill Maher, this newly restored deluxe Blu-ray edition is the horror sequel that offers up even more thrills and chills than its predecessor, and comes with a brand new making-of documentary.

BLU-RAY (and DVD) SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:


Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray presentation (SD on the DVD)
Original Stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio Options
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with writer-director Ethan Wiley and producer Sean S. Cunningham
It’s Getting Weirder! The Making of House II: The Second Story – brand new documentary featuring interviews with writer-director Ethan Wiley, producer Sean S. Cunningham, stars Arye Gross, Jonathan Stark, Lar Park Lincoln and Devin DeVasquez, composer Harry Manfredini, special make-up and creature effects artists Chris Walas, Mike Smithson, visual effects supervisor Hoyt Yeatman and stunt coordinator Kane Hodder
Vintage EPK
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailer and TV Spot • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn


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House III: The Horror Show - on Blu-ray and DVD on 11 December 

Starring horror legends Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark) and Brion James (Blade Runner, Scanner Cop), produced by Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th) and directed by James Isaac (Jason X), House III was released in the US as The Horror Show, where it was hacked by the US censors for its gratuitous gore sequences. 

Now it’s been lovingly reinstated for this definitive release from Arrow Video, with extras including a new featurette on the gore effects, behind the scenes footage, a reversible sleeve, as well as the original US cut.

BLU-RAY (and DVD) SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:


Uncut European Version
Alternate US Theatrical Version
High Definition Blu-ray presentation (SD on the BD)
Original Stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio Options
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with producer Sean S. Cunningham
The Show Must Go On – interview with actor/stuntman Kane Hodder
House Mother – interview with actress Rita Taggart
Slaughter, Inc. – brand new featurette with special make-up effects creators Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger
Behind-the-Scenes Footage
Workprint Footage
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn


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House IV - The Repossession - on Blu-ray and DVD on 11th December

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the House… the makers of Friday the 13th return with one last terrifying entry in the hit horror franchise! The action packed final film in the series features scenes to sicken and stupefy in equal measure (the appearance of a ghoulish singing pizza is a particular standout), and might just be the barmiest of them all. 

The release includes a brand new documentary featuring interviews with director Lewis Abernathy,  producer Sean S. Cunningham, William Katt, Kane Hodder and composer Harry Manfredini, as well as a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork.


BLU-RAY (and DVD) SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation (SD on the DVD)
Original Stereo and DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio Options
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director Lewis Abernathy
Home Deadly Home: The Making of House IV – brand new documentary featuring interviews with director Lewis Abernathy, producer Sean S. Cunningham, stars Terri Treas, and William Katt actor/stunt coordinator Kane Hodder and composer Harry Manfredini
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn



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Carrie - Limited Edition Blu-ray on 11th December

In 1976, Stephen King’s first novel, the story of Carrie White, a troubled young girl who discovers she has telekinetic powers, was adapted for the big screen, directed by hotshot film maker Brian De Palma. It proved a massive hit, launched De Palma into the A-list of directors and led to a stampede of King films in its wake. 

To this day Carrie still has the power to thrill and shock, with its buckets of blood, split screen carnage and a killer jolt of an ending. Stars Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie picked up Oscar nominations for their performances,and future stars such as Amy Irving, John Travolta and Nancy Allen were given their first major roles in the film. This new release of the iconic film includes extensive featurettes on the making of a horror classic, as well as a deluxe 60-page booklet on the film.


COLLECTOR’S EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
4K restoration from the original negative
High Definition (1080p) presentation
DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio and uncompressed 1.0 mono soundtracks
Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Commentary by Lee Gambin, author of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo, and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Cultographies: Ms. 45 and Devil’s Advocates: Suspiria, recorded exclusively for this release
Brand-new visual essay comparing the various versions and adaptations of Carrie across the years
Acting Carrie, archive featurette containing interviews with director Brian De Palma, actors Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt and others
More Acting Carrie, additional interviews with the cast of the film • Visualising Carrie: From Words to Images, archive featurette containing interviews with De Palma, writer Lawrence D. Cohen, editor Paul Hirsch and art director Jack Fisk • Singing Carrie: Carrie the Musical, archive featurette on the stage musical adaptation of King’s novel
Writing Carrie, an interview with writer Lawrence D. Cohen • Shooting Carrie, an interview with cinematographer Mario Tosi
Cutting Carrie, an interview with editor Paul Hirsch • Casting Carrie, an interview with casting director Harriet B. Helberg
Bucket of Blood, an interview with composer Pino Donaggio
Horror’s Hallowed Grounds, a look back at the locations of Carrie
Gallery
Trailer
TV spots
Radio spots
Carrie trailer reel
Limited edition 60-page booklet featuring new writing on the film by Neil Mitchell, author of Devil’s Advocates: Carrie, and numerous reprints and interviews



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