JEEPERS CREEPERS : REBORN - Comes to Disc and Digital, Oct 10

Get your creep on as JEEPERS CREEPERS : REBORN – the brand-new horror reboot of one of the most iconic horror franchises of the century – is set to strike fear into a new generation. Following its theatrical release this wickedly demonic gorefest from Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky) gets its digital, Blu-ray and DVD release on 10 October 2022.

The Horror Hound festival is a big deal, and now, it’s coming to Louisiana for the very first time – the excitement is immense. The geeks, freaks and die-hard horror fans are coming from far and wide to experience the fear and the fun.

Chase (Imran Adams – Hollyoaks, Ghosts), a lovable geek, is one such fan. He can’t wait to go and has bagged tickets for him and his devoted girlfriend Laine (Sydney Craven – EastEnders, A Christmas Carol), who has even more exciting news she’s waiting to share...

But as the festival approaches, Laine experiences disturbing premonitions involving the town's terrifying past … and can’t shake the feeling that something evil is coming.

As the festival kicks off and blood-soaked entertainment builds to a frenzy, are Laine and Chase ready to face the legend of the Creeper, in a brand-new horror attraction? Or could Laine’s fears be about to come true – is one of the most wicked demons ever set to wreak havoc, death and devastation on the unsuspecting crowds?

The pair must prepare to fight for their lives as they realise their worst nightmare has come true as Jeepers Creepers is Reborn.

View the trailer on YouTube. 

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

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

 

 

 

Art the Clown returns in TERRIFIER 2 - On Disc and Digital, October.

Who is laughing now? Finally, a sequel that truly delivers. 

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, demented Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a bereaved family, especially teenage Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan. And it’s Halloween night too so pray you don’t get in deranged Art’s way! 

David Howard Thornton (Terrifier) is back as Art the Clown, alongside Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) and Griffin Santopietro (Cobra Kai). TERRIFIER 2 is written & directed by Damien Leone (Terrifier) who also designs and creates all the special effects.

Signature Entertainment presents TERRIFIER 2 on Digital Platforms, DVD and Blu-ray 24th October alongside TERRIFIER 1 & 2 Blu-ray box-set.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

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

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

Pre-order the UK BD Box-Set 1&2 from Amazon.co.uk
 

 

 

Post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi VESPER - in Cinemas and on Digital October

Set after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, this immersive and powerful sci-fi thriller follows Vesper (Raffiella Chapman - His Dark Materials), a headstrong 13-year-old girl surviving in the remnants of a strange and dangerous world with her ailing father, Darius (Richard Brake - Game of Thrones).

When Vesper finds the mysterious Camellia (Rosy McEwen - The Alienist), alone and disoriented after a crash, she agrees to help find her missing companion in exchange for safe passage. Vesper soon discovers brutal neighbour Jonas (Eddie Marsan - Sherlock Holmes) is searching for Camellia, who harbours a life-changing secret.

Forced into a dangerous adventure, Vesper must rely on her wits and bio-hacking abilities to unlock the key to an alternate future.  

VESPER is directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (Vanishing Waves), who also co-wrote the film with Brian Clark (Not Funny, The Happiest Day of the Year).

VESPER is in cinemas and on digital 21 October 2022

*ADDENDUM* VESPER will also be shown at the Mayhem Film Festival on Saturday, 14th October.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

POST MORTEM - Coming to Digital, 31st October

Smartdog Productions is delighted to share the poster and trailer for multi-award-winning horror POST MORTEM, which will be released across all major Digital Download platforms in the UK & Ireland from 31st October.

Péter Bergendy’s period horror POST MORTEM tells the supernatural story of a post-mortem photographer and a young girl confronting ghosts in a haunted village after World War I. 

As a result of the destruction caused by World War I and the Spanish Flu, countless spirits have become stranded in our world. Tomás, the young post-mortem photographer, ends up in a small Hungarian village during the freezing winter of 1918, after meeting a ten-year-old orphan girl, Anna.

But as he becomes more closely acquainted with the life of the place, he feels increasingly like he must escape it. The noises in the night, the village enveloped in hostility, the strange deaths, and the shadowy figures appearing in his photographs all prompt him to leave as soon as possible. Only a vision in the night and the certainty that ghosts exist, make Tomás return to the village, his conscience and desire for action awakened.

He decides that with the help of the instruments at his disposal, he will investigate the ghosts' intentions and will find a way to get free of them. The little girl accompanies Tomás's exciting exploration through all its dangers, but they find no clear answers; all the while, the spirits wreak greater havoc as each moment passes...

Post Mortem stars Viktor Klem (Hacktion, The Whiskey Robber) as Tomás, the young post-mortem photographer, Fruzsina Hais (Berlin Station) as Anna, a ten-year-old orphan girl, and Judit Schell (Just Sex and Nothing Else, Vademberek) as Marcsa.

The feature had its world premiere at Atlántida Film Fest, where it was nominated for the Audience Award. The chilling horror has since gone on to receive 27 awards, including "Best Feature Film" at Grimmfest (2022), and "Best Screen Play" at C-FEM Murcian Fantastic European Film Festival (2021). Post Mortem has also been nominated for numerous awards, including the prestigious Silver Méliès at Brussels International Film Festival (2021) and was also nominated by Hungary for the 2022 Academy Award for best International Feature Film. 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Lionsgate presents PREY FOR THE DEVIL - in cinemas 28 October

Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers) believes she is answering a calling to be the first female exorcist… but who, or what, called her? In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, Ann seeks out a place at an exorcism school reopened by the Catholic Church.

Until now these schools have only trained priests in the Rite of Exorcism – but a professor (Colin Salmon) recognises Sister Ann’s gifts and agrees to train her. 

Thrust onto the spiritual frontline with fellow student Father Dante (Christian Navarro), Sister Ann finds herself in a battle for the soul of a young girl, who Sister Ann believes is possessed by the same demon that tormented her own mother years ago. Determined to root out the evil, Ann soon realises the Devil has her right where he wants her.
 
PREY FOR THE DEVIL (previously titled The Devil’s Light) stars Jacqueline Byers (Roadies, Bad Samaritan), Colin Salmon (Mortal Engines, Alien Vs Predator), Christian Navarro (13 Reasons Why), Lisa Palfrey (Pride), Nicholas Ralph (All Creatures Great and Small) with Ben Cross (Star Trek) and Virginia Madsen (Candyman, Designated Survivor). Directed by Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism).

PREY FOR THE DEVIL is in UK cinemas nationwide 28 October 2022 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Surreal Sci-Fi-Horror SOMETHING IN THE DIRT - heading to UK Cinemas, November

Lightbulb Film Distribution is thrilled to confirm that the surreal, critically acclaimed sci-fi / horror SOMETHING IN THE DIRT will be in UK Cinemas from 4th November and then available on Digital Download from 28th November and Blu-ray from 5th December.

When neighbours John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment, they realise documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city and each other.

SOMETHING IN THE DIRT is the latest title from filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, the creators of the crtically acclaimed The Endless, Synchronic, as well as episodes from Marvel's Moon Knight and the upcoming second season of Loki. 

The film is fresh from its sold-out UK premiere at FrightFest and there are also two further October festival screenings at Celluloid Screams (Sheffield) and FilmFear (Manchester)

View the Trailer on YouTube.

 

Prime Video reveals first official trailer for THE DEVIL’S HOUR

Have you ever woken in the middle of the night and felt like something wasn’t quite right? You may have woken during the “Devil’s Hour” – the hour between 3am and 4am, or 3.33am specifically, regarded as a time when unexplainable things can occur...

Prime Video reveals the first official trailer from THE DEVIL’S HOUR, which features another look at Jessica Raine (Patrick Melrose), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Nikesh Patel (Starstruck) and Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso) in the highly anticipated upcoming thriller. View it below...

The series follows the story of Lucy, played by Raine, who is woken every night by terrifying visions at exactly 3.33am: the devil’s hour. Her eight-year-old son is withdrawn and emotionless. Her mother speaks to empty chairs. Her house is haunted by the echoes of a life that isn't her own. When Lucy's name is inexplicably connected to a string of brutal murders in the area, the answers that have evaded her all these years will finally come into focus. 

Capaldi plays a reclusive nomad, driven by a murderous obsession. He becomes the prime target of a police manhunt led by compassionate detective Ravi Dhillon, played by Patel. 

The six-part series is written and created by Tom Moran and produced by Hartswood Films (Dracula, Sherlock). The series will launch exclusively on Prime Video on October 28th. 

 

 

BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA - Returns to UK Cinemas this Halloween for its 30th Anniversary

In celebration of its 30th Anniversary, Park Circus is thrilled to announce that it will be screening a 4K restoration of Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic Academy Award-winning film BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA in cinemas from 7th October. 

From American Zoetrope and Columbia Pictures, 150+ cinemas across the UK & Ireland plus selected international territories will screen the masterpiece, including Vue, Odeon and Cineworld.

Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves star in director Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning, passionately seductive version of the classic Dracula legend, from a screenplay by James V. Hart. In BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula myth, and from that gothic romance, he creates a modern masterpiece. 

Gary Oldman's metamorphosis as Dracula who grows from old to young, from man to beast is nothing short of amazing. Winona Ryder brings equal intensity to the role of a young beauty who becomes the object of Dracula's devastating desire. Anthony Hopkins co-stars as the famed doctor who dares to believe in Dracula, and then dares to confront him. Opulent, dazzling and utterly irresistible, this is Dracula as you've never seen him. And once you've seen BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA, you'll never forget it.

A full list of cinemas screening BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA is available here:
https://parkcircus.com/film/107059-Bram-Stoker’s-Dracula

 

 

M. Night Shyamalan's KNOCK AT THE CABIN - Theatrical trailer released

Universal Pictures have released the trailer to forthcoming psychological horror film KNOCK AT THE CABIN by visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. Check it out below....

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

KNOCK AT THE CABIN stars Dave Bautista (Dune, Guardians of the Galaxy franchise), Tony award and Emmy nominee Jonathan Groff (Hamilton, Mindhunter), Ben Aldridge (Pennyworth, Fleabag), BAFTA nominee Nikki Amuka-Bird (Persuasion, Old), newcomer Kristen Cui, Abby Quinn (Little Women, Landline) and Rupert Grint (Servant, Harry Potter franchise). 

KNOCK AT THE CABIN is released to UK Cinemas early 2023. 

For more info, visit the Official Website at https://www.knockatthecabin.com/

 

SHOT IN THE DARK - arrives on UK Digital 10 Oct

Take a SHOT IN THE DARK with Keene McRae’s bold, impressive, and evocative directorial debut. 

Set in the late 1990s and taking place over 48 hours, this thrilling feature is inspired by true events. Once a successful writer—now small-town pariah— William Langston (Kristoffer McMillan – It Comes, Saudade) must fight for his life to avoid becoming the final victim of a sadistic serial killer.

As he battles to survive, William is forced to confront his demons, and as he grapples with a past mistake that has impacted the rest of his life, he must finally face his greatest fears. If he doesn’t kill the past, the past will kill him...

With ‘startling cinematography’ (Moving Pictures Film Club), this taut, visceral, and thought-provoking thriller promises to get under your skin.

Filled with unrelenting dread, give this haunting, tightly paced horror a SHOT IN THE DARK for a bone-chilling, enthralling terror ride.

After premiering at Grimmfest, this chilling and captivating atmospheric horror is now set to thrill audiences with its UK release on Digital this October, courtesy of Reel 2 Reel Films.

 View the Trailer on YouTube.

Psychological thriller STALKER comes to Disc & Digital, October

Following rave reviews from the World Premiere at FrightFest last month, psychological thriller STALKER starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander) is coming to DVD & Digital on 10th October from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. 

In this tense and atmospheric horror, Rose Hepburn, a young actress, returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger.  

Left with no phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator who is seemingly obsessed with her.

Starring Sophie Skelton (Outlander), BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan (Risen) and WWE legend Bret Hart, Stalker is directed by Steve Johnson (Convergence).

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment presents STALKER on DVD and Digital from 10th October

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

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

 

 

 

THIS IS GWAR gets Disc and Digital release, October

Take trip into the wild and extreme world of GWAR one of the most iconic heavy metal/art collective/monster bands in the universe, that you’ve probably never heard of. THIS IS GWAR is a wickedly entertaining, crazily captivating, stonking true story and Shudder Exclusive.

 

The film is set for its barnstorming Blu-Ray, DVD and digital release on 24 October 2022, courtesy of Acorn Media International and comes complete with a mother load of eye-watering extra including a commentary, a fascinating behind the scenes GWAR show feature and interviews, please see full list below.

 

This aural and visual delight tells the eye-opening and eye-wateringly terrific tale of an iconic collective who have been described as one of the sickest bands in the world and is told by the humans who have fought to keep it alive for more than 30 years.

 

Scott Barber’s (The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story, American Clown) feature documentary provides an astounding, deeply honest, personal glimpse into the world of these shocking pioneers.

 

Formed in Richmond, Virginia 1984 – comprised of and operated by a frequently rotating line-up of musicians, artists and filmmakers collectively known as Slave Pit Inc – GWAR quickly established themselves as heavy metal legends.

 

Following the early days of the band, through to their near-commercial success, this mind-blowing feature tells of a story from devastatingly dark times to triumph over adversity and includes a stellar line-up of contributors and fans including Jackass’ Bam Marger, actor Ethan Embry (Empire Records, Grace and Frankie, Sneaky Pete) and true original ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. There’s also footage of their wickedly outlandish performances and a host of colourful interviews making this documentary a total blast from start to finish.

 

Loudly and proudly celebrating one of the most iconic and original heavy metal collectives, THIS IS GWAR promises to rock your socks off – and then some.

 

Enter the unique, berserk, and utterly brilliant world of GWAR at your own risk.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES include:
- Commentary track with Derks and Bob Gorman
- Behind the scenes of a GWAR Show
- GWAR on Empire Records
- The legend of GWAR
- Last interview with Dave Brockien
- A message from the Scumdogs of the Universe
- Four pillars of GWAR
- Slave Pit walk through with Michael Bishop
- GWAR from the outside 

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

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

 

 

Streaming on SHUDDER this October

Streaming this October on SHUDDER, in the UK & Ireland, Shudder originals and exclusive films...

 
DEADSTREAM – A Shudder Original - Premieres Thursday 6th October

A disgraced and demonetised Internet personality (Joseph Winter) tries to win back his fans by live streaming himself, spending a night alone in an abandoned haunted house.

However, when he accidentally unleashes a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life (and social relevance) as he faces off with the sinister spirit of the house and her powerful following. 

Deadstream stars Joseph Winter, who wrote and directed the film with Vanessa Winter.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Dario Argento’s DARK GLASSES – A Shudder Original - Premieres Thursday 13th October

Rome. An eclipse blocks out the sun, blackening the skies on a hot summer day - harbinger of the darkness that will envelop Diana when a serial killer chooses her as prey. Fleeing her predator, the young escort crashes her car and loses her sight. 

She emerges from the initial shock determined to fight for her life, but she is no longer alone. Defending her and acting as her eyes is a little boy, Chin, who survived the car accident. But the killer won’t give up his victim. Who will be saved? 

A triumphant return from Italian master of horror, director Dario Argento. Starring Ilenia Pastorelli and Asia Argento.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

V/H/S/99 – A Shudder Original - Premieres Thursday 20th October

V/H/S/99 marks the return of the acclaimed found footage anthology franchise and the sequel to Shudder’s most-watched premiere of 2021. 

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations. Featuring five new stories from filmmakers Maggie Levin (Into The Dark: My Valentine), Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City), Flying Lotus (Kuso), Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls) and Joseph & Vanessa Winter (Deadstream), V/H/S/99 harkens back to the final punk rock analogue days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

 View the Trailer on YouTube.

NEW SHUDDER ORIGINAL SERIES & SPECIALS

THE 101 SCARIEST HORROR MOVIE MOMENTS OF ALL TIME
Continues with new episodes Wednesdays; Series Finale 26th October

Master filmmakers and genre experts celebrate and dissect the most terrifying moments of the greatest horror films ever made, exploring how these scenes were created and why they burned themselves into the brains of audiences around the world. Featuring clips from Jaws, The Exorcist, Psycho, The Shining, It Follows, The Witch, Get Out and many other films.

QUEER FOR FEAR: THE HISTORY OF QUEER HORROR
Continues with new episodes Fridays; Series Finale 21st October

Queer for Fear is a four-part documentary series about the history of the LGBTQ+ community in the horror and thriller genres. From its literary origins with queer authors Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and Oscar Wilde to the pansy craze of the 1920s that influenced Universal Monsters and Hitchcock, through the “lavender scare” alien invasion films of the mid-20th century and the AIDS obsessed bloodletting of 80s vampire films, Queer for Fear re-examines genre stories through a queer lens, seeing them not as violent, murderous narratives, but as tales of survival that resonate thematically with queer audiences everywhere.

THE BOULET BROTHER'S DRAGULA: TITANS
Premieres Tuesday 25th October; new episodes weekly

Hosted and created by the Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans is a ten-episode spin-off series starring some of the most popular drag icons from the show’s previous seasons competing in a grand championship of drag artistry and shocking physical challenges for a one hundred-thousand-dollar grand prize, the headlining spot on the upcoming world tour and the first ever “Dragula Titans” crown and title.  Guest judges include Elvira, Harvey Guillen, Justin Simien, David Dastmalchian, Poppy, Alaska, Katya, Joe Bob Briggs, Bonnie Aarons, Barbara Crampton, and more to be announced soon.

MAD GHOUL LOG
Premieres Saturday 1st October

The “Ghoul Log” is Halloween’s answer to the Christmas Yule Log: a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern providing the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. Fan favorites The Ghoul Log, Return of the Ghoul Log and Night of the Ghoul Log are back, along with a very special new edition inspired by Phil Tippett’s Mad God, hand-crafted by the team at Tippett Studios.

NEW ADDITIONS TO SHUDDER’S MOVIE LIBRARY

1st October

COLD SKIN

A young man comes to a desolate island to take up the lighthouse post of weather observer. But he finds no trace of the man he has been sent to replace, just a deranged brute who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. When nightly invasions of unknown creatures emerge in the dark from the ocean, he realizes that something else entirely lurks on this island.

3rd October

THE COLLINGSWOOD STORY

Young couple Rebecca and John attempt to keep their long-distance relationship alive via video chatting. However, a chance encounter with an online psychic plunges their lives into a world of nightmarish supernatural phenomenon.

THE NINTH CONFIGURATION

A troubled psychiatrist takes command of a military asylum filled with insane soldiers in this creepy only-in-the-’70s oddity written and directed by William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist). When Kane arrives at an army castle to cure the inhabitants, he bonds with an astronaut who snapped before a mission. But as the two men examine their demons, it becomes clear Kane may be more in need of help than his patients. Blatty’s unsettling mix of psychological horror and Altman-meets-Joseph Heller-esque comedy has fascinated die-hard cult cinema fans since its release in 1980.

THE DIABOLICAL

When a single mother (Ali Larter) and her two young children are tormented by an increasingly strange and intense presence in their quiet suburban home, she turns to her scientist boyfriend to take on the violent forces that paranormal experts are too frightened to face.

10th October

DISCOPATH

A timid man becomes a serial killer after hearing disco music for the first time in this tongue-in-cheek low-budget horror film. Traumatized by the pulsating beat as a child, Duane finds himself surrounded by the boogie-oogie-oogie in disco-happy 1976. After a tune makes him Super Freak-out on one innocent victim, he hightails it to Montreal, where rock and roll is dead, then picks up where he left off. Who'll be the next victim and who'll wind up stayin' alive? One thing's for certain. You've probably never thought records could be murder weapons before.

STAGE FRIGHT

Stage Fright tells the story of a snobby musical theater camp terrorized by a blood-thirsty masked killer who despises musical theatre. “Scream” meets “Glee” in this genre-bending R-rated horror-musical.

11th October

THE BOULET BROTHER'S DRAGULA - SERIES 1

The Boulet Brothers host a competition of drag performers who don’t just push the envelope – they chew it up and spit it out. With themes such as ‘Zombie’ and challenges including being buried alive, this ain’t your momma’s drag competition. Joining seasons 2, 3 and 4 and ahead of the upcoming Titans spin-off exclusively on Shudder, revisit the first season of the Boulet Brothers’ beloved groundbreaking drag-horror competition.

17th October

LOVERLY MOLLY

A former addict begins to have strange episodes after moving into her childhood home in this relentlessly disturbing ghost story from Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sanchez. But where that film relied on off-screen atmosphere to create dread, here Sanchez serves plenty of on-screen scares, resulting in a film that follows in the footsteps of graphic shockers like The Entity. Richly exploring the parallels between psychosis, addiction and demonic possession, Lovely Molly is a gripping look at how the traumas of the past come back to haunt us.

THE CHANGELING

Consumed by grief, a New York composer moves to a secluded Victorian mansion. There he finds himself haunted by a paranormal entity that may unleash an even more disturbing secret. Peter Medak's acclaimed and celebrated The Changeling is quite simply, one of the great haunted house films.

21st October

LET'S SCARE JULIE

Everyone loves a good scare ... but when a group of teen girls sets out to scare their reclusive new neighbor, what seems like a simple prank goes horribly wrong ... and not all of them will make it home in Let's Scare Julie, a white-knuckle thriller filmed in one uninterrupted, terrifying take.

24th October

HIGH TENSION

Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quiet, best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of the night, a stranger knocks on the front door. And with the first swing of his knife, the girls' idyllic weekend turns into an endless night of horror... This vicious, divisive neo-slasher introduced audiences to Alexandre Aja and helped usher in a highly praised new wave of French terror that brought us the likes of Inside and Martyrs in the mid-2000s.

FRONTIER(S)

In the ultra-gory French shocker that put director Xavier Gens (The Divide) on the map, a gang of bank robbers wind up locked in a vicious battle for survival after hiding out at an inn that’s run by a psychotic neo-nazi family. Once the clan’s intentions become clear, the blindsided crooks must do all they can to fight back and escape, even if it means going to the police.

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Dark WWII Thriller BURIAL - On Digital from 26 Sept

Featuring an all-star cast including Dame Harriet Walter (Succession, The Last Duel), Tom Felton (Harry Potter, Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Charlotte Vega (Wrong Turn, Warrior Nun), Barry Ward (The Capture, Des) and Bill Milner (X-Men,  Son of Rambow), this action-packed, battle-filled, blood-soaked saga sees a group of Russian soldiers tasked with trafficking a mysterious casket back to Stalin in Moscow.

London, Christmas Day. The home of an old woman (Harriet Walter), who watches the news of the collapse of The Soviet Union, is broken into by a violent Neo-Nazi (David Alexander), hunting for evidence from WWII. But he gets a little more than he bargained for…

Flashback to May 1945, the last days of World War II, and the tale of the woman’s younger self. In this gripping, thrill-packed feature, we follow a small band of Soviet soldiers, led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva (Charlotte Vega), who must deliver a mysterious casket to Stalin, back in Moscow. 

En route, the unit is attacked by German ‘Wehrwolf’ partisans, who stalk the fighters with the ultimate mission to pick them off one-by-one.

Brana leads her determined surviving comrades in a last stand to ensure their ‘cargo’ doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would see it buried, to hide the truth forever. What ensues is a thrilling high-stakes mission.

This bloody, brutal but poignant thriller is rife with tension and action in a race to stop this important piece of history from being buried forever.

You can read my review of it HERE.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Available Digitally 26th September from 101 Films.

PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE, ECHOES FROM THE GRAVE and PROFANE - Coming from TetroVideo

Thanks to TetroVideo, the docu-horror film Philosophy of a Knife (2008) by Andrey Iskanov (Nails e Vision of Suffering) is available on Blu-ray for the first time ever and the pre-order is now live on the official TetroVideo website and on Goredrome.

 

Philosophy of a Knife comes in a 3-Disc Collector's Edition, a 300 Limited Numbered Mediabook Edition (150 cover A and 150 cover B copies) with Blu-ray, DVD, CD (soundtrack), 40-Page Booklet and slipcase (limited to the pre-order customers), with a lot of extra content.

Instead, Echoes from the Grave, the italian horror anthology film based on Edgar Allan Poe's tales and the Iraqui thriller film Profane (2011) by Usama Alshaibi (Solar Anus Cinema) come in a Limited Numbered Mediabook edition (DVD + Blu-ray + 20 Pag Booklet + Slipcover limited to pre-order customers), thanks to the partnership with Goredrome Pictures.

PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE

Produced, written and directed by Andrey Iskanov, Philosophy of a Knife is a 2008 Russian-American horror film that covers the Japanese Army's Unit 731 (1936 al 1945), mixing interviews, archival footage and extremely graphic reenactments of experiments performed there.

Shot in black and white, the film is four hours long and is presented in two parts (Part one and Part two).

Tetsuro Sakagami, Tomoya Okamoto, Masaki Kitagava,Yukari Fujimoto, Yumiko Fujiwara, Reiko Niakawa, Veronika Leonova, Elena Romanova Probatova, Tatyana Kopeykina and Irina Nikitina star.

Bonus features:
-Making of
-Manoush on Philosophy of a Knife
-Photo Gallery
-Original Trailer
-Forgive me (videoclip)
-76 Swords of Silence (videoclip)
-Haunting (videoclip)
-Dead Before Born (videoclip)
-Flash Kinal (videoclip)
-Martyr (videoclip)
-Kill U (videoclip)
-SADOMAZO (videoclip)
-Stop The world
-A Glimpse of Hell (short film).

ECHOES FROM THE GRAVE

Echoes From The Grave is a horror anthology film that delivers ten tales from ten Italian directors. A very ambitious undertaking exploring some of the most famous literary works of Edgar Allan Poe: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Pit and The Pendulum", "The Black Cat", "Alone", "Never Bet The Devil Your Head", "King Pest", "Silence", "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Premature Burial":

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Lorenzo Dante Zanoni. Tommaso Arnaldi stars.
"The Pit and The Pendulum" by Donatello Della Pepa. Written by Donatello Della Pepa and Luca Ruocco. Cristiano Morroni stars.
"The Black Cat", a stop motion film by Paolo Gaudio.
"Alone" by Angelo and Giuseppe Capasso. Dario Biancone, Angelo Campus and Santa De Santis star.
"Never Bet The Devil Your Head" by Mirko Virgili. Written by Filippo Luciano Santaniello. Wayne Abbruscato, Arian Levanael, Rene Salazar Batista and Aurora Kostova star. Special Guest: Frank LaLoggia (Lady in White,1988).
"King Pest" by Alessandro Redaelli. Antonio Pauletta, Ettore Nicoletti, Mattia Stasolla, Amelie Perillon, Francesca Germini, Wayne Abbruscato, Toni Pandolfo and Massimo Onorato star.
"Silence (a poetry)" by Angelo and Giuseppe Capasso. Dario Biancone and Sara Cennamo star.
"The Black Cat" by Domiziano Cristopharo. Written by Andrea Cavaletto. Chiara Pavoni, Giorgio Agri and Cleverson Rodriguez star.
"Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Alberto Viavattene. Written by Emiliano Ranzani and Alberto Viavattene. Federica Tommasi, Desirée Giorgetti, Mario Cellini and Roberto Nali star.
"The Premature Burial" by Giuliano Giacomelli. Lucio Zannella, Marco Saraga, Virginia Bonomo, Cesare Ferri and Andrea Conticelli star.

Bonus features:
-Antonio Tentori about the POE series;
-Shadow (short film) by E. Tagliavini;
-Sphinx (short film) by A. Giordani.

PROFANE

Written and directed by the Iraqui-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi, the visionary and experimental film Profane centers around Muna (Manal Kara), a Muslim dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis who finds herself at a point in life where she wants to reconnect with the essence of who she is as a woman and as a Muslim. Manal Kara, Molly Plunk, Dejan Mircea, Jessica Bailey, Golbon Eghtedari and Kiel Frieden star.

Synopsis: Muna, a young Jordanian woman, as a child, was driven from her homeland to the United States because she could not memorize the passages in the Koran. Now she endures a hardscrabble existence as a dominatrix along with her best friend and domination partner Mary (Molly Plunk). 

The two girls live, work and play together, driven by a steady diet of drugs, outrageous behavior and bad decisions. It isn't long before Muna starts to hear voices and Ali, a Muslim cab driver, informs her that theses voices could be Djinni's, creatures who watch over us and inspire us to do the right thing.

Bonus Features
-Photo Gallery
-Original Trailer.

To purchase these and other titles visit TetroVideo

HALLOWEEN III Mini Masks - On sale from Fright-Rags

Have a happy, happy Halloween with Fright-Rags' HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH collection! Now embraced as a cult classic, the once-maligned sequel is celebrating its 40th anniversary in style.

Gather 'round for Fright-Rags' HALLOWEEN III mini masks based on the iconic skull, pumpkin, and witch masks from the film. Each vacuform plastic mini mask comes in its own display-ready window box. Sold only as a set for $60, they're limited to 2,000 and two per customer.

Fright-Rags also has three frighteningly fun HALLOWEEN III designs available in styles ranging from T-shirts to baseball tees and hoodies.

HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH collection is on sale now at Fright-Rags.com, along with recent apparel from Dracula, The Wolf Man, Halloween, and more.

George Romero's lost classic THE AMUSEMENT PARK - Set for Disc and Digital release, October

From the master of horror himself George A. Romero, comes his long-lost masterpiece… the critically acclaimed and truly terrifying thrill-ride THE AMUSEMENT PARK.

Discovered and restored some 46 years after its completion this haunting tour-de-force from the maestro who brought us seminal greats Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead, to name a few, was finally released in cinemas in 2019 and now this Shudder Exclusive gets its UK Blu-ray, DVD and digital release this Autumn.

The film, which has been certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, makes its home entertainment bow on 17 October 2022 from Acorn Media International and comes complete with stunning artwork and a host of brand-new special features. These include audio commentary with Michael Gornick, separate interviews with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, Bonnie Hinzman and Ryan Carr and a fascinating panel interview. There’s also the official brochure, the script and behind-the-scenes photos, please see full list below, making this Shudder Exclusive the must-have release this Halloween.

An elderly man (Lincoln Maazel – Martin) goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the middle of a hellish nightmare. Amid the rollercoasters and chaotic crowds, he becomes increasingly disoriented and isolated; as the pain, tragedies and humiliations of ageing in America are played out before him...

Perhaps Romero's wildest and most imaginative creation – an alarming and absurd allegory about the nightmares of growing older THE AMUSEMENT PARK provides a fascinating insight into the legendary filmmakers early artistic vision and is not to be missed.

Ingenuous and undeniably nightmarish – strap in for one unrelenting rollercoaster ride you’ll never forget.

Special features include:
• Audio commentary with Michael Gornick
• ‘Re-opening The Park’ with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero
• ‘Bill & Bonnie’s Excellent Adventure’ with Bonnie Hinzman
• ‘For Your Amusement’ with artist Ryan Carr
• Panel interview with Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, Sandra Schulberg, Greg Nicotero and
Daniel Kraus, moderated by Shudder’s Samuel Zimmerman
• The Amusement Park official brochure
• The Amusement Park script
• Behind-the-scenes photo gallery

THE AMUSEMENT PARK Arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital 17 October 2022

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

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

 

 

Unsettling folk horror NIX - Released Digitally, October

There’s something strange lurking in the woods by the lake in the unsettling new folk horror sensation NIX, released in the UK 31st October. 

 

Genre star favourites, Michael Pare (Bad Moon, Philadelphia Experiment) and Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Howling) star in this nerve-shredding supernatural thriller about an evil entity threatening a family, directed by Anthony C Ferrante, the man behind the hit horror comedy Sharknado films, here turning away from tongue in cheek to scares in the woods.  

 

Inspired by German folk tales, NIX is an eerie and intelligent examination of the impact of trauma on generations of families - as well as an all-out terrifying horror film with a very memorable new screen monster to scare you witless. 

 

Strikingly photographed, with elements of super-shockers Hereditary and Sinister, as well as containing a nifty nod towards the famous Patterson-Gimlin ’Bigfoot’ footage, and with veteran thesps Pare and Wallace lending a stamp of chiller credibility, NIX is sure to become a new Halloween horror favourite after it is unleashed this October. 

 

SYNOPSIS:  

A camping trip for the Coyle family ends in tragedy, when their young daughter Tessa disappears. Twenty-five years later, they are still haunted by the events of that day. Matriarch Donna (Dee Wallace) still believes Tessa is alive and continues to celebrate her birthday every year, hoping for her return.  

 

Oldest son Jack (James Zimbardi) tries to keep the family together without breaking down himself. Meanwhile middle son Lucas (Skyler Caleb) is a recovering addict with a young daughter of his own that he’s trying to protect. Terrible things start happening to the family again, with the appearance of a mysterious entity known as the “Nix”. The Coyle’s must confront the past - and what really happened out in the woods all those years ago - or succumb to the darkness that is waiting to consume them. 

 

View the Trailer on YouTube.

 

NIX was acquired by Central City Media in a deal closed by Jackrabbit Media.

NIX is released Digitally 31st October

 

 

October Horrors - Streaming on Arrow-Player

Key highlights this OCTOBER on the essential, alternative streaming service ARROW include two outstanding horror debuts exclusives, a pair of UK creature feature favourites, a supernatural cult classic, rampaging centurions, a season of gothic delights, co-eds in peril, and much more... 

 

In October ARROW are showing TWO WITCHES, a terrific horror treat sure to become a Halloween staple. With its super-saturated colour palette, tenebrous art design and electrifying soundtrack, TWO WITCHES  presents two truly terrifying conjoined tales of witchery, paranoia and terror that hark back to the gory thrills of classic Euro horrors such as  Suspiria, Shock and The Beyond. First-time feature director Pierre Tsigaridis, who also shot, edited and contributed to the film’s soundtrack, singles himself out as one to watch in a deft and unnerving depiction of unspeakable evil that truly delivers. It’s screaming first on ARROW! 

 

Also debuting in October, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT, an allegorical story of violence against women and the dangers of victim-blaming wrapped in a classic monster movie. Writer-director Gia Elliot takes no prisoners in her multi award-winning debut feature - fuelled by formidable female talent both in front of and behind the camera, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT is a terrifying suspense thriller that’s both an eye-opening exposé and a powerful rallying cry. 

 

ARROW are delighted to present two UK horror favourites in October: Neil Marshall’s fright-filled, blood-soaked hit THE DESCENT, which sees a band of female cavers up against fearsome cave dwelling beasts; and Christopher Smith’s CREEP, starring Franka Potente (Run, Lola Run) as a woman trapped in the tunnels of the London Underground and at the mercy of a strange subterranean creature.  

 

Seasons in October include THE SEASON OF THE WITCH, celebrating the addition of the wonderful TWO WITCHES to ARROW, with titles including The Witch Who Came from the Sea, The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch, and Hagazussa; WHY CAN’T A GIRL WALK HOME ALONE AT NIGHT?, a collection of films about women threatened, gaslit or attacked by men and exacting their revenge, with titles including Unsafe Spaces, The Wind, Bed Bug, Irezumi; GHASTLY GOTHIC, a deliciously dark collection of romance, murder, mystery and madness, with titles including The Blancheville Monster, The Witch, The Third Eye, and Lady Morgan’s  Vengeance; and CO-ED CARNAGE!, including Hell High, Girls Nite Out, Dude Bro Party Massacre III, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, and Torso. 

 

ALSO SHOWING: backwoods chills and thrills in WRONG TURN, vintage gothic horror in THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER, a spiral into madness in THE THIRD EYE, sadism and the supernatural in LADY MORGAN’S VENGEANCE, brutality and bloodshed in CENTURION, and much more…

New Titles – From October 1

Two Witches
Wrong Turn

New Titles – October 7

Centurion
The Descent

New Titles – From October 10

Take Back the Night


New Titles – From October 14

The Blancheville Monster 
The Witch  
The Third Eye
Lady Morgan’s Vengeance


New Titles – From October 21

The Cottage
The Hole

New Titles – From October 28

Severance
Creep

Where to get it

The Art of Cult. Head to ARROW and start your 30-day free trial. Available on the following Apps/devices: Xbox, Roku (all Roku sticks, boxes, devices, etc), Apple TV; iOS devices, Android TV and mobile devices, Fire TV (all Amazon Fire TV Sticks, boxes, etc), and on all web browsers at www.ARROW-Player.com.

Subscriptions are available for £4.99 monthly or £49.99 annually

Mayhem Film Festival full line-up now confirmed

With a number of UK premieres, archive screenings and even live music, fans of cult, sci-fi and horror from around the world are in for a treat when the curtains go up at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham this October.

 

The festival begins on Thursday 13 October with low-budget British werewolf film WOLF MANOR, and we’re delighted to welcome Director Dominic Brunt and star Rupert Proctor to the Mayhem stage for a post-screening Q&A.

 

The opening night finishes with a screening of Dario Argento’s latest giallo DARK GLASSES - his first film in ten years - in which a blind sex worker is left responsible for an orphaned boy as a serial killer attempts to hunt them down.

 

 

On Friday 14 October, Mayhem delves into the archives for a rare screening of THE APPOINTMENT, the Edward Woodward-starring supernatural shocker from 1982, and then it’s time to get your coat hangers ready for the dive-bombing birds of BIRDEMIC 3 : SEA EAGLE. A UK premiere, this third and final instalment in the Birdemic franchise features an ecological message alongside those long, long, walks on the beach.

 

We continue into the evening with Quentin Dupiex’s cracked-sitcom, sci-fi tale INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE, as a couple look for the home of their dreams and come across a house with a surprising selling point in its basement.

 

We finish Friday with the critically acclaimed Mexican supernatural body horror HUESERA, in which a mother discovers that the miracle of pregnancy isn’t all that she dreamed of.

 

Saturday’s line-up starts with an ultra-violent, bloody clash between teddy bears and unicorns in animated fantasy UNICORN WARS, and continues with Eddie Marsan and Raffiella Chapman in sci-fi adventure VESPER, as a 13-year old fends for her injured father and fights for survival amongst a collapsed ecosystem.

 

The festival continues into the evening with the always popular Mayhem Short Film Showcase, with the best new horror talent from across the world on the big screen.

 

We then take a feline turn with BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) supported, “Night of the Cat”. Supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network, “Night of the Cat” one of four special commissions by leading horror film festivals around the UK, will take over Broadway’s purr-fect Screen 1 with two rare film screenings Kaneto Shindo’s 1968 Japanese horror film KURONEKO (translated as The Black Cat) will open the night and will be accompanied by a kaleidoscopic live original score from Nottingham-based artist Yumah (aka Lucy Morrow). Then in Mayhem’s late-night cult slot, a 30th anniversary screening of Stephen King’s SLEEPWALKERS from 1992 will continue the cat theme into the night.

 

We're starting off the final day of the festival with FREAKS OUT, from Mayhem favourite Gabriele Mainetti. A genre-defying take on the superhero film, which pits a group of bizarre circus performers against the Nazis that have captured their mentor.

 

We then move on to the UK premiere of JETHICA - a smart, deadpan ghost story that twists the crazed stalker genre on its head.

 

Director Andy Mitten, who had great success at Mayhem 2018 with The Witch in the Window, returns with THE HARBINGER, an ambitiously scary film set during lockdown where isolation leads to very bad dreams that are starting to spread.

 

NO LOOKING BACK is another violent, action-packed and whiplash-fast film from the makers of huge Mayhem hit Why Don’t You Just Die! 

 

The final film of Mayhem 2022 is the scary and stylish WATCHER starring Maika Monroe (the star of It Follows) as a young American woman who suspects the man watching her from across the building is a serial killer, decapitating local women.

If you still haven’t got your passes, then we’re pleased to announce that a limited number of full festival passes are still on sale for £85, and individual tickets will be available from Wednesday 14 September. Frankenstein ticket packages will also be available on this date for £35. The Frankenstein ticket package is exclusively available at the Broadway box office and allows you to build your own film festival with any five films for £35.

Visit the Broadway Cinema Website  to find out more and book.