Intense sequel 47 METRES DOWN : UNCAGED surfaces February.

Move over Meg, it’s girl power versus shark terror in this sensationally scary sequel to the smash hit underwater thriller 47 Metres Down.

Four teenage girls go diving in a submerged Mayan City. Their rush of excitement turns to sheer terror, after they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels, in search of a way out of their watery hell.

The standalone sequel to the smash hit 47 Metres Down has taken nearly $40million at the box office, with writer/director Johannes Roberts delivering another terrific, edge of your seat underwater horror thriller, as a group of teenage girls are terrorised by a fearsome great white shark in underwater caves off the coast of Mexico.

Roberts, the director about to helm the Resident Evil reboot, has lined up a fantastic cast of all female leads to kick shark butt - among them Book Thief star Sophie Nelisse, Sylvester Stallone’s daughter Sistine Rose Stallone, and Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corinne Foxx. Roberts subjects them to some skin-crawlingly effective shark attack sequences, that, combined with a pulsing score by tomandandy (The Wolf’s Call, The Strangers), will send your heart rate soaring. From the sighting of the first shark at the half hour mark, you can kiss your nerves goodbye.

Like an underwater version of horror favourite The Descent, 47 Metres Down: Uncaged is sure to appeal to fans of shark-in-the-water hits The Meg and The Shallows, and monster hit Crawl. A gory and intense, fingernail-gnashing depth charge of a film, your feet won’t touch the floor while you’re watching! 

47 METRES DOWN : UNCAGED comes to UK DVD Feb 3rd.

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

BEYOND THE DOOR - Limited Editon Blu-Ray - coming from Arrow

Coming to limited edition Blu-Ray this March from Arrow Video. Legendary filmmaker Ovidio G. Assonitis, whose Tentacles and Piranha II sought to cash in on the killer fish craze spawned by Jaws, first hit pay dirt in 1974 with Beyond the Door - a gloriously bonkers riff on The Exorcist featuring Emmy Award-winning actress Juliet Mills and distinguished British actor Richard Johnson.

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco, Beyond the Door stars Mills as Jessica Barrett, a young mother who starts to develop strange behaviors whilst pregnant with her third child. Before you can say “split pea soup”, Jessica is displaying signs of full-blown demonic possession - complete with projectile vomiting and fully-rotating head! Could it be that she’s carrying the child of the Antichrist himself?

Described as “disgusting”, “scary trash” and “maddeningly inappropriate” by film critic Robert Ebert and subject to a lawsuit by Warner Bros. (who claimed copyright infringement against a certain William Friedkin film), the devilish denizens at Arrow Video have summoned up this wickedly entertaining popcorn spiller in a brand new, extras-packed edition fit for Satan himself!

LIMITED EDITION 2-DISC BLU-RAY CONTENTS

• Limited to 3,000 units

• Brand new 2K restoration of the extended Uncut English Export Version

• Exclusive bonus disc containing the alternate US Theatrical Version and Italy Possessed, a brand-new feature-length documentary on Italian exorcism movies!

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Schoenbach

• Reversible fold-out poster

• Perfect-bound collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by John Martin and Alessio di Rocco

DISC ONE - UNCUT ENGLISH EXPORT VERSION

• Brand new 2K restoration of the Uncut English Export Version, released as Devil Within Her (108 mins)

• High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation

• Original uncompressed mono audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• The Devil and I – a newly-filmed interview with director/producer Ovidio G. Assonitis

• Barrett’s Hell – a newly-filmed interview with cinematographer Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli

• Beyond the Music – a newly-filmed interview with composer Franco Micalizzi

• The Devil's Face – a newly-filmed interview with camera operator Maurizio Maggi

• Motel and Devils – a newly-conducted audio interview with actor Gabriele Lavia

• Alternate Italian Chi Sei? opening titles

• Alternate Behind the Door VHS opening titles

• Alternate Japanese Diabolica opening and ending sequence

• Trailers, TV and Radio Spots

• Image Gallery 

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

 

First Love (Takashi Miike) & Samurai Marathon (Bernard Rose) coming to disc and digital

Signature Entertainment proudly presents two exciting Japan-set features, the epic and gorgeous Samurai Marathon from 6th January, and the wildly entertaining First Love from 14th February.

SAMURAI MARATHON 

From Bernard Rose, director of Candyman. Get ready for an epic historical setting, action, violence and suspense in the gorgeous SAMURAI MARATHON this January.

Inspired by a real-life race that is still held annually in Japan, Samurai Marathon is an epic sword slasher from the team behind 13 Assassins and The Last Emperor. In the late feudal era of Japan, a young ninja (Satoh) is operating undercover in the court of an aging Lord during a peaceful era of Japan that is on the brink of change. After the Lord challenges his lazy samurais to a punishing marathon to toughen them up, the ninja finds his loyalties put to the test. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters is running a race to win or die.

Starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Shôta Sometani (First Love) and Danny Huston (The Aviator), Samurai Marathon is thrilling adventure with original music from legendary composer Philip Glass (A Brief History of Time, The Hours).

Signature Entertainment presents Samurai Marathon on Digital HD from 20th January 

FIRST LOVE

Blood, gore, severed heads and a tender love story at its heart. Visionary director Takashi Miike (Audition, 13 Assassins, Ichi The Killer) returns to the big screen with the wildly entertaining Tarantino-esque crime thriller First Love.

A boxer with a brain tumour, a crooked cop with terrible luck, an amputee Chinese gangster and a terrified call girl who’s stalked by a ghost in tighty whities come together in action-packed chaos. First Love is the story of Leo and Monica, who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one raucous night of unadulterated mayhem in Tokyo.

Starring Masataka Kubota (13 Assassins), Nao Ohmori (Ichi the Killer) and Shōta Sometani (Himizu) and a brilliantly unhinged performance from Japanese TV personality Becky. Prepare for love, laughs and lots of death when First Love hits screens from Valentine’s Day 2020.

Signature Entertainment presents First Love in Cinemas & Digital HD from 14th February and Blu-ray & DVD 24th February  

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

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

EDGE OF THE AXE finally unleashed on Blu-ray by Arrow Video

From cult Spanish filmmaker José Ramón Larraz (Vampyres, Symptoms) comes this long-neglected late 80s slasher classic, finally unleashed on Blu-ray for the first time ever!

The rural community of Paddock County is being rocked by the crazed exploits of an axe-wielding psychopath, who stalks the night in a black trenchcoat and mask. 

As the victims pile up, the authorities attempt to keep a lid on the situation, whilst computer whizz-kid Gerald and girlfriend Lillian seek to unmask the killer before the town population reaches zero.

Nominally set in Northern California but shot primarily in Madrid, giving the film an off-kilter, American/European atmosphere akin to the likes of Pieces, Edge of the Axe is a late entry hack-and-slash masterpiece from one of the titans of Spanish terror.

Special Features

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Amanda Reyes

Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative

English and Spanish language versions of the feature

Original uncompressed mono audio Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack

Newly translated English subtitles for the Spanish soundtrack

Brand new audio commentary with actor Barton Faulks

Brand new audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues

Newly-filmed interview with actor Barton Faulks

The Pain in Spain - a newly-filmed interview with special effects and make-up artist Colin Arthur

Image Gallery

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Justin Osbourn

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

LITTLE MONSTERS comes to UK Disc and Digital February

Following rave reviews from the film’s UK and Irish release and 2019’s BFI London Film Festival, Celluloid Screams, and Sundance, horror hit LITTLE MONSTERS starring US’s Lupita Nyong’o, and FROZEN’s Josh Gad, releases on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download 10th February 2020.

LITTLE MONSTERS follows Dave (Alexander England ALIEN: COVENANT), as a recently dumped washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a serious liking to the fearless schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o US). Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kids’ show personality and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad FROZEN).

One thing none of them bargained for, however, is a sudden zombie outbreak. Will Dave rise to the occasion and have a chance at Miss Caroline’s heart, or will zombies get there first?

A smart, sharp and deliciously gruesome zom-com that will appeal to fans of the Zombieland films, What We Do in the Shadows and Happy Death Day. Doused with a generous helping of absurdity, pitch-perfect timing, and a nifty blend of gore and wit, it’s a wild, frenetic ride.

The film comes from the production team behind cult chillers The Guest and You’re Next, and the 2016 Blair Witch remake (as well as the forthcoming reboot of Korean revenge thriller I Saw The Devil), with special effects from the Oscar-winning studio behind Mad Max: Fury Road.

LITTLE MONSTERS releases on UK DVD, Blu-ray and digital download 10th February 2020.

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

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

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STALKED On Demand 30th December

Central City Media is thrilled to announce that it will release Stalked on demand from 30th December.

Written & Directed by Justin Edgar (The Marker, We Are The Freaks) and Produced by Phil Arkinstall, it stars Rebecca Rogers (Shadow of the Tomb Raider, The Rebel, the Solder and the Outcast), Laurence Saunders (The Snarling, The Seasoning House), Stephen Uppal (The Mummy) and Vanessa Donovan (London Unplugged, The Marker).

Stalked featured in the official selection for Frightfest Film Festival 2019 and its star Rebecca Rogers was nominated for the Screen Rising Genre Star Award.

Stalked is a nail-biting suspense thriller based around a highly original suspense concept. Former Royal marine Commando and single mother Sam is brutally kidnapped on her way to the pharmacy. She wakes up disoriented in what seems to be a deserted military factory. Worried that she has left her baby alone at home, she hurries to find a way out but all exits have been sealed.

She soon realises that she is not alone. Someone or something is preying on her. Stalked and attacked by an invisible foe, she must use all of her military skills and knowledge to survive this deadly game of cat and mouse.

When she discovers that her kidnapper is a serial killer wearing a quantum stealth suit that renders him invisible and that the compound is guarded by military drones, she unleashes all her strength in the hope to get back to her baby.

Stalked will be available on the following platforms from 30th December 2019:

Sky Store

Virgin Media

Apple TV / iTunes

Google Play

Amazon

YouTube

Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND on Special Edition Blu-ray 13 January 2020

Shameless Films presents Lucio Fulci's The Beyond on special edition Blu-ray from a new 2K scan in January

When jaded New Yorker (Catriona MacColl) inherits a New Orleans hotel, she calls on composed local doctor (David Warbeck) to contain the inexplicable and increasingly gory accidents that are plaguing the building and its grounds. 

But soon the Gates of Hell themselves open under the hotel, rendering their fight futile as the dead emerge to walk the earth in Fulci’s masterpiece of metaphysical horror The Beyond.

NEW EXTRAS

- ‘Emily’s Eyes’ – an interview with Cinzia Monreale (with English subtitles)

- ‘Arachnophobia’ – an interview with Michele Mirabella (with English subtitles)

- ‘Murder, They Wrote’ – a unique interview with scriptwriter Giorgio Mariuzzo on working with Lucio Fulci (with English subtitles)

- Prologue four-way comparison showing the original colour, B&W, standard sepia and the new, fourth-way, a golden version of toning over colour

ARCHIVE EXTRAS

- Sergio Salvati (Director of Photography) feature-length audio commentary dissecting the film - with new English subtitles

- A feature-length audio commentary from stars Catriona McCall and David Warbeck

- Lucio Fulci speaks (short conversation on a film set)

SPECIAL BLU-RAY FEATURE

For the first time ever The Beyond is presented with four different versions of the prologue, seamlessly branched, allowing fans of Fulci’s masterpiece to see the original colour footage which the film was actually shot on, as never seen before and show the various stages of the post-production process of this landmark film.

- The now accepted standard sepia

- The original colour camera footage

- The B&W version

- A new fourth-way: presented as an homage to director Lucio Fulci and DOP Sergio Salvatti for the first time ever. For this new alternative prologue version Shameless have used the restored colour camera footage as a base on which a new golden toning was applied in reference to known considerations from Salvatti. The result is that the reds of the gore are now strikingly visible and all the light sources such as the torches and car headlights are much more luminous

Shameless Films presents Lucio Fulci's The Beyond on special edition Blu-ray on 13 January 2020 

The BD will be available to pre-order shortly

Interview with Tyler MacIntyre, director of PATCHWORK & TRAGEDY GIRLS

On the eve of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of PATCHWORK, director Tyler MacIntyre reflects on body image issues. twisting audience expections and his admiration for current female genre directors. 

Q: PATCHWORK finally gets its UK TV premiere on Horror Channel. Excited or what?

Relieved actually. It’s been a long time coming. The third screening of the film ever happened at FrightFest in Glasgow and since then I’ve had people asking me when it was going to come out. The UK genre fans are among the most diehard in the world, so I’m very excited to finally have it available for them.

Q: You were in attendance when PATCHWORK, your directorial feature debut, received its European premiere screening at FrightFest Glasgow 2016. What are your abiding memories?

I met a lot of awesome filmmakers and made some really good friends on that trip, particularly Joe Begos, who had THE MIND’S EYE playing right before us. My favorite was doing one of my first Q&As with the great Alan Jones. He did an amazing job of contextualizing the film and set the expectations that allowed it to be one of the most fun screenings I’ve ever had.

Q: It has been described as an “ingenious Frankenstein variant”. Fair comment? And how would you describe it?

Haha. Ingenious is a bit of a judgement call, but the inception of the character really did try to get behind what it would be like for a character comprised of multiple bodies. That’s what’s most off-putting about Frankenstein to me, so it was quite satisfying to explore that in the context of more contemporary body image issues.

Q: Stuart Gordon helped you on the film? What role did he play?

Stuart was as a bit of a mentor to us through the process. He read a very early draft of the script and gave us notes, as well as weighed in on the cuts. We were quite obviously influenced by the splat-stick horror of the late-1980s, DEAD ALIVE, EVIL DEAD II, and RE-ANIMATOR especially, so it was amazing to get his blessing.

From l to r: Tracey Fairaway, Tory Stolper & Maria Blasucci in PATCHWORK

Q: The chemistry between Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway and Maria Blasucci is amazing. How did that come together from the casting process?

We had actually worked with Tory on the short film version, so she was the first in. I’d edited a film that Tracey acted in a few years before, so I knew she brought a lot of good ideas and had a fun bubbly energy. Once we had them in place, we had to counter-weight them with a more off-beat comedic energy, which Maria has very naturally. Once I got to see all three together it became apparent very quickly that they bounce off each other well, and it was going to be a blast to work on.

Tyler MacIntyre on the set of PATCHWORK 

Q: Your second feature, TRAGEDY GIRLS, described as “the most frightening slasher send-up since Scream”, also deals with strong women in subversive, anti-heroine roles. Is this a conscious theme to your work?

When I write things either by myself or with my writing partner Chris Lee Hill, we tend to look for ways to twist the expectations of the audience, trying to take them somewhere they haven’t been before. That leads us to a lot of the more subversive elements. Since there are still a lot of story areas involving female protagonists that are unexplored, we often come up with ideas involving female leads pretty organically. We’ve also have been very fortunate to work with a lot of amazing up-and-coming actresses, who really inspire us to keep developing material with similar themes.

Tracey Fairawa in PATCHWORK 

Q: TRAGEDY GIRLS closed FrightFest 2017, where you and the film received a rousing reception. What is it about the genre that attracts you the most?

For me it’s actually the community. Fans of genre have a great way of standing up to be counted, and in my experience, they’re quite open and welcoming. The film industry is competitive and toxic enough as it is, so I’m happy to be part of a section that is actually really supportive and collaborative.

Q: What’s your take on the burgeoning growth of female directors/voices in the horror genre?

It’s amazing, and I hope grows even more quickly. I was absolutely bowled-over by what Julia Ducournau did with RAW. That movie floored me. So precise with its tone and psychology. And likewise with what Issa López did with TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID. I watched the most emotional Q&A I’ve ever seen at the Canadian premiere of that film. We even named the teacher character in TRAGEDY GIRLS “Ms. Kent” after Jennifer Kent, because we were so impressed with THE BABADOOK. There are a lot of great voices popping up, which makes this a very exciting time.

Q: Favourite genre film of 2019 so far?

It’s probably PARASITE, but the year isn’t over yet.

Q: Finally, what’s next?

We are developing a couple of feature projects right now that are in the horror space, as well as a television series that’s more of a mystery-comedy. I am hoping that we get the opportunity to shoot our first studio feature film next year.

PATCHWORK in on Horror Channel, Sat 14 Dec, 9pm. 

Horror Channel: Be Afraid

TV: Sky 317 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 70 / Freesat 138

Website: http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk

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SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT Apparel, and merch available from Fright-Rags.com

Fright-Rags knows when you've been naughty, so the horror apparel company is bringing 2019 to a close with unique Silent Night Deadly Night merchandise.

The collection includes Fright-Rags' first-ever activity book, which boasts 12 pages of coloring, games, and puzzles based on the 1984 holiday horror classic. Each Big Naughty Activity Book comes with a free pack of Fright-Rags crayons. 

The Silent Night Deadly Night line also features two T-shirts (including a reprint of Justin Osbourn's bestselling design), a glitter enamel pin, and new Wax Packs. Collect all 80 base cards, plus stickers, Linnea Quigley autographs, and more in Fright-Rags' latest trading card series.

The Silent Night Deadly Night collection is on sale now at Fright-Rags.com. December 18 is the US domestic shipping deadline to guarantee arrival by Christmas.

New poster revealed for sci-fi thriller UNDERWATER

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX is pleased to share a brand new poster for the upcoming science-fiction drama UNDERWATER. 

Synopsis: A crew of underwater researchers must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory.

UNDERWATER is directed by William Eubank (The Signal) and stars Kristen Stewart (Charlie's Angels, The Twilight Series) alongside T.J. Miller (HBO's Silicon Valley), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, La Haine), John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane), Jessica Henwick (Netflix's Iron First), Mamoudou Athie (Netflix's The Get Down) and Gunner Wright (J. Edgar).

The film is produced by Peter Chernin (War For the Planet of The Apes), Tonia Davis (The Greatest Showman), Kevin Halloran (Le Mans '66) and Jenno Topping (Red Sparrow) with a screenplay by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan).

UNDERWATER will release in UK cinemas on 7th February 2020.

View the trailer

 

Horror Channel kicks off the New Year with a STRANGER FEARS SEASON

Horror Channel kicks off the New Year with a STRANGER FEARS SEASON – a retro-flavoured selection of 1980s influenced modern horror, which includes the UK TV premieres of Jeremy Gillespie & Steven Kostanski’s hard-core hospital horror THE VOID and Jackson Stewart’s throwback paranormal fantasy BEYOND THE GATES, starring horror legend Barbara Crampton. Broadcast every Saturday night throughout the month, the season also includes Todd Strauss-Schulson’s entertainingly subversive slasher fantasy THE FINAL GIRLS and Lowell Dean’s stylish, rage-fuelled WOLFCOP. 

STRANGER FEARS SEASON

Full film details in transmission order:

Sat 4 Jan @ 22:50 – THE VOID (2016) * UK TV premiere

In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare.

Sat 11 Jan @ 22:50 – BEYOND THE GATES (2016) *UK TV Premiere

Following their father’s mysterious disappearance, two estranged brothers reunite to liquidate his business, a video store specialising in horror movies. Digging through all the fire sale stock, they find an old VCR board game entitled ‘Beyond the Gates’. Deciding to play the obscure game for a laugh, they soon realise it holds the connection to their father’s vanishing and the deadliest of consequences for anyone who dares fool around with it.

Sat 18 Jan @ 22:50 – THE FINAL GIRLS (2015)

 Max, a high school senior, is mysteriously transported with her friends into a 1980s horror film that starred Max's mother, a celebrated scream queen. Trapped inside the movie, Max finds herself reunited with her mom, whom she lost in real life. Together, they must fend off the camp counsellors’ raging hormones, battle a deranged machete-wielding killer, and find a way to escape the movie and make it back home.

Sat 25 Jan @ 22:50 – WOLF COP (1998)

Lou Garou is a lazy, alcoholic cop by day, a violent crime-fighting werewolf by night with a new found sense of duty to uphold. Overnight, the small rural town of Newhaven has a new lycanthropic hero and he’s determined to become a better policeman…one full moon transformation at a time.

OTHER PREMIERES

Fri 3 Jan @ 21:00 – HOSTILE (2017) *UK TV Premiere 

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… On her way back to base camp from a scavenging mission, Juliette (Brittany Ashworth) 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.

Fri 10 Jan @ 21:00 – THE BAY (2012) *Channel Premiere 

The quaint seaside town of Chesapeake Bay thrives on water; it is the lifeblood of the community. When two biological researchers from France find a staggering level of toxicity in the water, they attempt op alert the mayor, but he refuses to create a panic in the docile town. As a result, a deadly plague is unleashed, turning the people of Chesapeake Bay into hosts for a mutant breed of parasites that take control of their minds, and eventually their bodies.

Fri 17 Jan @ 22:40 – HOLLOW MAN (2000) *Channel Premiere 

Kevin Bacon is a gifted scientist Sebastian Caine, who develops a serum that induces invisibility. The arrogant but charismatic scientist heads a top-secret U.S. government research project. When the formula works successfully on animals, Caine disobeys Pentagon orders and experiments on himself. Unfortunately, the gamble goes terribly wrong when the procedure cannot be reversed.

Fri 24 Jan @ 21:00 – MARY SHELLEY’S FRANKENSTIEN (1994) *Channel Premiere 

As Viktor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) is dying he shares a tale of gruesome terror with a sea captain. Viktor, using previous experiments by a brilliant scientist, was able to bring a creature (Robert De Niro) assembled from body parts back to life. Once he realised how destructive his experiments had become, he abandoned the creature and tried to live a normal life with his fiancé (Helena Bonham Carter). The lonely creature seeks out Viktor and demands one of two things: a bride or revenge.

Fri 31 Jan @ 22:50 – I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1998) *Channel premiere 

This sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer finds Julie James (Jennifer Love Hewitt) coping miserably with the memory of last year's terrifying ordeal, as the past continues to haunt her, However, it looks as though things may be turning out for the better when her college roommate, Karla (Brandy Norwood), invites Julie to join her on an all-expense paid trip to the Bahamas. But when the romantic vacation is threatened by a violent hurricane and the reappearance of the vengeful fisherman, Julie's future promises to be as short-lived as her escape from the past.

Horror Channel: Be Afraid

TV: Sky 317 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 70 / Freesat 138

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THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE - Coming Feb 2020

Director Richard Stanley (Hardware) returns to film making with an adaptation of the HP Lovecraft tale THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, starring Nicholas Cage and Joely Richardson. Which comes to selected UK cinemas this February, ahead of its a Digital and Disc release in April.

The Gardner family has traded city life for the country, after inheriting a rural estate located near Arkham, Massachusetts. But when a small meteorite crashes into their back yard, an alien presence soon begins to take an ill effect on the surrounding vegetation and wildlife, and the Gardner family themselves...

Checkout the trailer below...

THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE is released at selected UK Cinemas 28th February. The film will then be released Digitally, and on Blu-Ray and DVD 6th April.

I actually reviewed this film at the Mayhem Film Festival in Nottingham, you can read my thoughts on it HERE

Arrow Video - February 2020 releases

In February, Arrow Video send a wonderful Valentine to genre film fans, with an acclaimed new indie horror, the Blu-ray debut of a cult slasher, and, a bells and whistles release of a classic J-horror trilogy. As usual, the films are pristine, and the extras include exclusive interviews, commentaries, video essays, archival documentaries and rare trailers, all beautifully packaged with brand new, striking artwork, and collector’s booklets.

Daniel Isn’t Real – On Blu-ray 10 February

Childhood wonderment meets the horror of the adult world in Daniel Isn’t Real, director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s (Some Kind of Hate) darkly twisted take on the “imaginary best friend” concept, critically acclaimed as “one of the year’s most disturbing out-and-out horror films” (Kim Newman).

Luke Nightingale, a lonely young boy with an emotionally unstable mother, invents a friend named Daniel who leads them both into a world of fantasy and imagination. After Daniel tricks Luke into doing something terrible, Luke is forced to banish him to the bottom of his subconscious. Twelve years later, Luke (Miles Robbins, Halloween 2018), now a college freshman, brings Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger, Midnight Sun) back — and he now appears as a charming, manipulative young man with a terrifying secret agenda.

Featuring star-making turns from a young cast, and co-starring Sasha Lane (American Honey) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Skin), Daniel Isn’t Real is a visually stunning, thought-provoking exploration of mental illness, entitlement and childhood trauma, perfectly tailored for our troubled times, and one of the most unique and captivating independent horror movies of recent years.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation

• Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• New audio commentary by co-writer/director Adam Egypt Mortimer, exclusive to this release

• Beyond the Garden of Earthly Delights, an exclusive video essay on the film and its themes by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

• Deleted scenes

• Alternate ending

• Cinema of Anxiety, an exclusive video interview with Adam Egypt Mortimer

• FrightFest premiere introduction and Q&A

• FrightFest TV interviews with Adam Egypt Mortimer

• Theatrical trailer

• Stills galleries

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Katie Rife.

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

Deadly Manor – On Blu-ray 17 February

An old, dark house... A maniac on the loose... An orgy of bloodlust! All the hallmarks of late master of Spanish macabre José Ramón Larraz (Edge of the Axe, Vampyres) are present and correct in 1990’s Deadly Manor - the final horror movie from one of the genre’s most unheralded filmmakers.

Whilst en route to a lake, a group of youngsters make an unscheduled stop-off at a remote, seemingly abandoned mansion where they plan to spend the night. But the property is full of foreboding signs - a blood-stained car wreck in the garden, coffins in the basement, scalps in the closet, and photographs of a beautiful but mysterious woman adorning every corner of the house. Before daybreak, the group will unwittingly uncover the strange and terrifying truth that lurks behind the walls of this dreadful place.

The last in a trio of transcontinental slice-and-dice co-productions helmed by Larraz towards the end of the 80s (all of which which he directed under the anglicized moniker of Joseph Braunstein), Deadly Manor - released on VHS in the US under the title Savage Lust - is a fitting capper to the director’s prolific career in fear, now finally unearthed for the first time on Blu-ray.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation

• Original uncompressed mono audio

• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Brand new audio commentary with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan

• Newly-filmed interview with actress Jennifer Delora

• Making a Killing - a newly-filmed interview with producer Brian Smedley-Aston

• Extract from an archival interview with Jose Larraz

• Original “Savage Lust” VHS trailer

• Image Gallery

• Original Script and Shooting Schedule (BD-ROM content)

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Adam Rabalais (TO BE REVEALED)

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author John Martin

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One Missed Call – On Blu-ray 24 February

An iconic trilogy of J-horror films comes to Blu-ray for the first time! Tapping into the same brand of terror as the Ring and Grudge movies, visionary director Takashi Miike (Audition, Blade of the Immortal) presents a modern, high-tech twist on that mainstay of Japanese folklore, the yurei or vengeful spirit, in the form of its own iconic antihero – the terrifying Mimiko.

In the first instalment in the trilogy, 2003’s One Missed Call, student Yoko (Anna Nagata, Battle Royale) receives a phone message from her future self, ending with her own death scream. Two days later, she dies in a horrific rail collision. As the mysterious phone curse spreads, claiming more young lives, Yoko’s friend Yumi (Ko Shibasaki, Battle Royale, 47 Ronin) joins forces with detective Hiroshi (Shinichi Tsutsumi, Space Battleship Yamato), whose sister met the same gruesome fate. But can they unravel the mystery before the clock runs out on the next victim – Yumi herself?

Mimiko’s curse continues to wreak bloody havoc in two sequels – 2005’s One Missed Call 2 and 2006’s One Missed Call: Final, in addition to spawning a TV series and an American remake. This lavish collection from Arrow Video gathers together the original trilogy – with the third instalment making its UK debut – and a swathe of in-depth bonus features for the ultimate spine-tingling experience.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations

• Lossless Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 soundtracks

• Optional English subtitles

• New audio commentary on One Missed Call by Miike biographer Tom Mes

• The Making of One Missed Call, an hour-long archival documentary on the film’s production

• Archival interviews on One Missed Call with actors Ko Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi and Kazue Fukiishi, and director Takashi Miike

• Archival interview on One Missed Call with director Takashi Miike

• Archival footage from the One Missed Call premiere

• Live or Die TV special

• A Day with the Mizunuma Family

• One Missed Call alternate ending

• The Making of One Missed Call 2, a half-hour archival documentary on the film’s production

• Gomu, a short film by One Missed Call 2 director Renpei Tsukamoto

• One Missed Call 2 deleted scenes, introduced by Renpei Tsukamoto

• One Missed Call 2 music video

• The Making of One Missed Call: Final, an hour-long archival documentary on the film’s production

• Maki and Meisa, an archival behind-the-scenes featurette on One Missed Call: Final with actresses Maki Horikita and Meisa Kuroki

• Behind the Scenes with Keun-Suk Jang, an archival featurette with One Missed Call: Final’s South Korean star

• The Love Story, a short film tie-in for One Missed Call: Final

• Candid Mimiko, an archival location tour with the series’ iconic villain

• Theatrical trailers and TV spots

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matt Griffin

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Anton Bitel

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