Supernatural Horror Thriller 'THE VORD' - Arriving at Digital outlets, May

THE VORD stakes its claim on a misguided soul in a dark and disturbing supernatural thriller steeped in mystery and mythology. Writer-director M.T. Maliha’s feature debut is set to arrive on UK digital 4 May 2026, courtesy of Miracle Media.

An ancient Nordic being binds its fate to a corrupt priest, commanding him to claim the soul of a woman, Maria, and deliver her as an offering to ‘The Old One’, securing the creatures long-sought redemption.  

Torn between her pagan roots and the Church, Maria struggles to resist the insidious darkness of those she once trusted, while her spiritual guardian known as The Vord, wrestles with its own burdens – caught between guiding Maria to salvation and its own desperate hope for atonement. 

Blending suspense and spirituality, THE VORD blurs the line between saviour and sinner to tell a centuries old tale of redemption. 

On Digital 4 May from Miracle Media

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

 

THE MUMMY & FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL Standard Edition Blu-rays - Arriving 25 May

Terrance Fisher’s acclaimed seminal Hammer horrors THE MUMMY (1958) and the last in the series of eight iconic Frankenstein films FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL (1974), starring screen icon Peter Cushing (Dracula, Star Wars), are resurrected as they arrive by Second Sight Films on Standard Edition Blu-ray complete with a slew of special features on 25 May 2026.

THE MUMMY

THE MUMMY sees Cushing give a haunting turn as an Egyptologist who discovers an ancient tomb and inadvertently unleashes the vengeful mummy of an Egyptian priest played by horror legend, Christopher Lee (Dracula, The Wicker Man, The Lord of The Rings).

In 1890s Egypt, a team of British archaeologists: John Banning (Cushing), his father Stephen Banning (Felix Aylmer), and Uncle Joseph Whemple (Raymond Huntley), discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux). Inside the tomb, Peter discovers The Scroll of Life and, when he reads it aloud, he unknowingly brings the mummified body of the high priest Kharis (Lee) back to life...

Three years later and the group have returned to England, unaware of the nefarious consequences of their actions. A follower of the same Egyptian religion unleashes The Mummy to exact grisly revenge on the despoilers of the sacred past. As the creature edges nearer to exact its revenge, can anything save them from its relentlessly vicious and vengeful mission?

Special Features
• Main feature presented in original UK theatrical aspect ratio 1.66:1 and alternative full frame 1.37:1
• New audio commentary by film academic Kelly Robinson
• Archive audio commentary by Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby
• An Appreciation of The Mummy by David Huckvale
• The Music of The Mummy
• Unwrapping The Mummy
• The House of Horror: Memories of Bray
• The Hammer Rep Company
• Original Promo Reel
• Still Gallery

Pre-order THE MUMMY BD from Amazon.co.uk

 

FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL

FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL sees Peter Cushing joined by acting legend Patrick Troughton who plays Bodysnatcher, ahead of his incarnation as the second Doctor Who, as well as a host of stellar British acting talent including the mighty Dave Prowse (Star Wars) as Frankenstein’s creation, who also happens to be the only man who played this role twice for Hammer, in two very different manifestations.

When a young doctor, Simon Helder (Shane Briant – Time Traveller) is committed to an insane asylum where the legendary Baron Frankenstein supposedly perished after being found experimenting on stolen corpses, he is quickly taken under the wing of mysterious Doctor Victor (Cushing).

But Simon quickly realises that there’s more than meets the eye with Doctor Victor, and that Frankenstein is alive and well and is continuing his macabre experiments...

This grisly, gothic Hammer production is a thought-provoking and stylish closure to the Frankenstein anthology, featuring another superb turn from Peter Cushing and boasting oodles of bloodshed, and spectacularly frightful moments.

Special Features
• Main feature presented in original UK theatrical aspect ratio 1.66:1 and alternative full frame 1.37:1
• New audio commentary by film academic Kat Ellinger
• Archive audio commentary by Shane Briant, Madeline Smith and Marcus Hearn
• An Appreciation of Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell by David Huckvale
• The Music of Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
• Taking Over the Asylum
• Charming Evil: Terence Fisher at Hammer
• Stills Gallery

Pre-order FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

Religious horror DIABOLIC - Coming to Disc and Digital

Lightbulb Film Distribution is pleased to announce that DIABOLIC will be released in the UK & Ireland from 25th May.

The Australian-produced supernatural horror, directed by Daniel J. Phillips (Awoken), comes to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital. 

The film stars Elizabeth Cullen (Evil Dead Wrath), John Kim (The Little Things), Mia Challis (Clickbait) and Terence Crawford (The Babadook).

After suffering terrifying blackouts, a young woman returns to the religious compound where she was raised. As she unravels the dark secrets of her past, an ancient ritual unleashes the vengeful spirit of a cursed witch.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

DIABOLIC will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from Monday 25th May

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

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

 

Erin Brown stars in VIDEO VIXEN - Exclusively on BloodStream, May

BloodStream, the horror, thriller, and sci-fi streaming platform built by genre fans and creators, will exclusively premiere VIDEO VIXEN, the provocative new slasher from Erin Brown and Victor Bonacore, on May 1, 2026. Studio Dome has acquired exclusive rights to the film, with a wider streaming rollout to follow after August 1, 2026.

A bold collision of erotic underground cinema and contemporary influencer culture, VIDEO VIXEN marks a major return for Brown, the iconic horror performer known to audiences worldwide as Misty Mundae. With hundreds of credits spanning cult, erotic, and mainstream horror since the late 1990s, Brown now steps fully into her role as a filmmaker, producing and starring in one of her most confrontational works to date.

In VIDEO VIXEN, Brown plays Kitty Video, an online performer who, alongside her partner Cam, produces staged “snuff-style” fetish content for a loyal online audience. Their work thrives on illusion. But when their quiet town of Silver Springs is overrun by attention-hungry influencers chasing viral fame, Kitty decides illusion is no longer enough. As the holiday season descends, performance turns to obsession. The violence escalates. The camera never stops rolling.

What begins as manufactured depravity becomes something far more dangerous as Kitty blurs the boundary between fiction and reality, spectacle and truth. And as the body count rises, one question lingers: when everything is content, does anyone care if it’s real?

Co-producer and lead actress Erin Brown says she is "Intoxicated by the notion of our movies being injected into the BloodStream. I hope it's contagious". Director Victor Bonacore adds, "Ecstatic to have my streaming cherry popped with BloodStream, it's an honor to be chosen by one of the new platforms of indie horror and beyond. My films have never streamed before, and this has been the perfect place to land".

BloodStream Acquisitions and Programming Curator Heidi Honeycutt says, "I have been a fan of Erin Brown for as long as I can remember. She’s directed and produced her own films throughout the years, and she has a stunningly original, raw voice. I am so excited that she is a creative force behind her new films and is making the kind of horror she wants to see. I’m absolutely honored that BloodStream is releasing this film".

Launched in late 2025, BloodStream was created as a dedicated home for genre storytelling, bringing together cult classics, international discoveries, festival favorites, and bold independent voices in one curated destination. The platform now features a rapidly expanding library of more than 2,000 titles, available through both free ad-supported and ad-free subscription tiers across major devices and browsers.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

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Grimmfest festival favourite horrors & thrillers - On UK digital this Spring

GrimmVision is delighted to announce the release of four fearsome festival favourite features arriving on digital this Spring, following their acclaimed UK premieres at Grimmfest.

Press play on CONTENT for a spine-chilling and scathingly satirical new screen life horror, arriving 27 April, take a spin with SELF DRIVER for an award-winning dark comedy thriller, out 11 May, explore the Shadows of WILLOW CABIN in a new supernatural horror where inner demons come to life, out 25 May, and find your TRIBE with a mind-altering found footage sci-fi chiller, arriving 25 May.

CONTENT 

A spine-chilling and scathingly satirical new screen life horror sees a devilish director stalk and blackmail his actors into starring in their own snuff movie 

Creep meets Unfriended in Adam Meilech’s (The Leak, Junk Male) Content – a sinister satire that reinvents found footage for the TikTok age. 

Following its acclaimed run on the festival circuit, including Grimmfest 2025, press play on Content when it makes its digital debut on 27 April, courtesy of GrimmVision. 

In a world of fame hungry influencers, meet modern day renaissance man AJ (Meilech): actor, writer, director… stalker, kidnapper and outright psychopath. 

Surveying his talent via hacked phones and laptops, the deranged director blurs the line between fiction and reality in the name of creating his cinematic masterpiece.

Quit doomscrolling and discover a new ‘unpredictable, unhinged and batshit crazy’ (Slasher Reviews) piece of CONTENT for a scarily good time. 

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

On Digital 27 April 

SELF DRIVER 

When a desperate cab driver joins a mysterious money-making app, he’s lured into the dark shadows of society where he pays the ultimate price – his freedom – in this award-winning dark comedy thriller 

Strap in for a high-stakes, pitch-black comedic thrill-ride with SELF DRIVER. Writer-director Michael Pierro (Hey, George) makes his feature debut with this award-winning festival favourite, which now comes speeding onto UK digital on 11 May, thanks to GrimmVision. 

Facing mounting costs and the unrelenting pressures of modern life, down-on-his-luck cab driver D (Nathanael Chadwick – The Last Porno Show), is lured onto a mysterious new ride-share app that promises fast, easy money. As he embarks on a journey deep into the dark underbelly of society, he is forced into moral dilemmas that challenge his very understanding of free will.  

Take a spin with SELF DRIVER for a pulse-pounding thriller that will push you to the brink of morality. 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

On Digital 11 May 

SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN 

Inner demons conjure real spirits when secret lovers meet at a remote cabin in new queer supernatural horror exploring love, prejudice, closure and sacrifice 

Buried traumas transform into physical phantoms in SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN. Actor – turned writer-director – Joe Fria (Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, The Belko Experiment) masterfully merges queer romance with supernatural horror in his feature debut to craft a moody, intimate and chilling feature that unfolds like a dark fever dream. 

Following its international premiere at Grimmfest 2025, SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN arrives on UK digital on 25 May, courtesy of GrimmVision. 

Albert (Bryan Bellomo) and Devon (John Brodsky) retreat to a remote mountain cabin, what begins as tentative desire soon deepens into intimacy, but the cabin has other plans… As the walls whisper with voices they thought had been silenced, the cabin comes to life, trapping the couple in a supernatural loop where time fractures, ghosts manifest, and their repressed traumas take terrifying forms.  

Discover what lurks in the SHADOWS OF WILLOW CABIN in this unnerving tale of identity, survival and love in the face of exile. 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

On Digital 25 May 

TRIBE 

A retired lecturer who is investigating the mysterious death of a friend finds himself embroiled in chilling conspiracies, cover ups and cosmic horrors in this fearsome found footage sci-fi  

Descend into the madness of TRIBE  – Dan Asma’s (Fall, Cinematographer) fear-filled feature that blends psychological terror with cult chills and body horror. Following its acclaimed run on the festival circuit, the film arrives on UK digital 25 May, courtesy of GrimmVision. 

On November 12 2024, retired university lecturer Devin Adams (Asma) documents the ever-changing symptoms of his strange new illness, as he continues to record his spiral into insanity, he discovers old videotapes that may just be the key to piecing together his fractured memories. 

The tapes reintroduce us to Devin back in August 2024 as he sets off to investigate the mysterious death of an old friend. But what initially starts out as an adventure soon transcends into a found footage nightmare involving chilling conspiracies, ancient creatures and cataclysmic cosmic horrors. 

Find your TRIBE in this mind-altering found footage hellscape. 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

On Digital 25 May 

 

 

Erik Skjoldbjærg's INSOMNIA starring Stellan Skarsgard - Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray release

Hailed as ‘one of the best Nordic Noirs’ (Collider), Erik Skjoldbjærg's (Narvik, Pioneer) sun-drenched directorial debut INSOMNIA, starring recent Academy Award nominee Stellan Skarsgard (Sentimental Value, Mamma Mia, Good Will Hunting), receives an eye-opening new 4K UHD/Blu-ray Limited Edition release set to arrive on 25 May 2026, courtesy of Second Sight Films.

As ‘Norwegian film is entering a new era’ (Guardian), Second Sight Films reawakens this brooding and atmospheric ‘90s chiller that not only kicked off a wave of renowned Nordic Noir films but also paved the way for Christopher Nolan’s 2002 remake.

The new Limited Edition Box Set will have fans up all night with a slew of special features including new interviews with the filmmakers, short films from director Erik Skjoldbjærg, a 120-page book with new essays and much more.

When 17-year-old Tanja Lorentzen is found murdered in the Northern Nordic city of Tromsø, two Kripos police officers are called in to investigate: Jonas Engstrom (Skarsgard) – a disgraced former Swedish police officer who moved to Norway following an inappropriate relationship with a witness – and his partner Erik Vik (Sverre Anker Ousdal – Blodsband, Familjen).

With a cold, cunning and calculated killer on the loose, the officers attempt an arrest, but it goes terribly wrong when the suspect escapes and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik, later pinning his death on the fugitive.

Haunted by guilt and repressed by the relentless glare of the Arctic Circle’s midnight sun, a destabilised Jonas gets caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse with the killer and as his insomnia worsens, so does his grip on reality.

Examining the fine line between cop and criminal, Insomnia is a gripping descent into the darkness of a person’s psyche set against Norway’s luminescent icy backdrop. ‘As close to perfection as a thriller can get. Tightly wound and psychologically dense’ Collider

Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray & Standard Editions 4K UHD & Blu-ray Arrive 25 May 2026

Don’t sleep on the Insomnia Limited Edition release or you might miss this trailblazing slice of Nordic cinema brilliance.

Special Features
- New 4K restoration presented with Second Sight Films Director Approved HDR grade with Dolby Vision
- Dual format edition including both UHD and Blu-ray with main feature and bonus features on both discs
- New audio commentary with Director Erik Skjoldbjærg and Co-writer Nikolaj Frobenius
- Running on Instinct: a new interview with Director Erik Skjoldbjærg
- Falling Into It: a new interview with Producer Petter J. Borgli
- Private Prisons: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Insomnia
- Erik Skjoldbjærg's Short Films: Spor, Close to Home and Near Winter Limited Edition Contents
- Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Peter Strain
- 120-page book with new essays by Jenn Adams, Mitchell Beaupre, Barry Forshaw, Francesco Massaccesi, Priscilla Page and Travis Woods
- Six collectors' art cards

Pre-order the UK Limited Edition 4K UHD Box Set from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

Marcel Walz's BRUTE 1976 - Available on Streaming Platforms,

A group of people travel to the California desert for a photoshoot when they stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. It has a history of hideous crimes from nearly 50 years ago but has been vacant for decades. Or so they thought. 

For they soon find they are not alone as a family of masked psychopaths have claimed Savage as their own and are hell bent on living up to the name. They are brutally hunted until the true nature of the family is revealed.

Life-long horror fan, Marcel Walz is the award-winning director of Blind (2019), Pretty Boy (2021). Garden of Eden (2025) and the Blood Feast (2016) remake of the Herschell Gordon Lewis cult classic, which received its world premiere at London’s FrightFest. 

BRUTE  1976 is a homage to 70s slasher movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. The cast includes Adriane McLean (Miracles of Christmas), Sarah French (Blind), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Dazelle Yvette (Garden of Eden) and Adam Bucci (NCIS Los Angeles).

View the trailer on YouTube. 

Digital release on streaming platforms from 3rd May,  in UK/ US:  Amazon Prime, Apple TV, GooglePlay/YouTube, Tubi, Pluto, and additional VODs