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Gorehouse Greats Collection - 12 Cult Classic Features



From Crown International Pictures Incorporated, Mill Creek Entertainment is proudly releasing on August 25, 2009, 12 cult horror classics presented in the grand tradition of the old Grind House theaters and Drive-In Cinema.

For over 40 years as a leading force in independent film production and distribution to a worldwide entertainment industry, Crown International has produced quality films with stars like John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Robert Alda, Cameron Mitchell, Alex Rocco and John Nolan. These 12 original theatrical releases are brought together for the first time in this DVD set!

These 12 theatrical releases are now available in 1 outstanding DVD collection for cult movie fans to treasure.

Films featured include:

Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
Blood Mania (1970)
Brain Twisters (1991)
The Devil's Hand (1962)
Madman of Mandoras (AKA They Saved Hitler's Brain) (1963)
Nightmare in Wax (1969)
Prime Evil (1988)
Satan's Slave (1976)
Stanley (1972)
Terrified (1963)
Terror (1978)
Trip With Teacher (1975)

Format: 3 DVD
Run Time: 17 Hours 10 Minutes
Rating: R - Restricted
Region Code: 0

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November 24th...

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced Blu-ray releases of

- 25th anniversary edition of Cujo, (The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include audio commentary with Director Lewis Teague and the three part documentary, "Dog Days: The Making of Cujo.")

- 20th anniversary edition of The Monster Squad, (The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include a five-part retrospective featurette Monster Squad Forever!, a classic interview with the Monster himself A Conversation with Frankenstein, deleted scenes, an animated storyboard sequence and more!)

- the special edition of the original My Bloody Valentine, (The Blu-ray Disc is presented in 1080P High Definition 16x9 Widescreen and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. Blu-ray Disc special features include the featurette "Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film," "Bloodlines: An interactive Horror Film History" and newly-discovered deleted footage!),

- Angel Heart, and

- Frailty.

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September 08, 2009 Releases


CREEPSHOW (Blu-Ray): Warner



Two macabre masters - writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero - conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave for Father's Day cake. A meteor's ooze makes everything ... grow. A professor selects his wife as a snack for a crated creature. A scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror. A malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia becomes the prey of a cockroach army. Let the Creepshow begin!


DEPRESSING PROSPECTS: Depressing Prospects Films

From avant-garde director Brian Labrecque comes pretty much ALL of his work with this 555 minute MAMMOTH DVD collection. In the beginning...(2004) there was a groundbreaking avant-garde short film made about a guy in Seattle who thinks he's Tori Amos. That film, 'Far Too Gone'; changed the indie film scene forever and made it s director, Brian Labrecque, into an indie film god. Now, in 2009, the world will witness the full realization of the characters from Far Too Gone in an action-packed full motion video graphic novel.


FREAKY FARLEY: Motern Media

When Farley Wilder -- a weirdo peeping Tom in a small New England town -- meets a daring young woman, he gains the confidence to both stand up to his domineering father and also save the town from the hushed-up secret that's been killing people for decades!


FREDDY VS JASON (Blu-ray): New Line



The slicer versus the slasher? Two titans of terror going at it mano-a-machete? They re gonna kill each other a lot! The horror (and wicked fun) begins when Freddy realizes he can t haunt dreams because folks no longer fear him. So he enlists Jason to do a little killing on his behalf on Elm Street. Presto, the fear is back and so is Freddy. One problem: Jason isn t about to stop offing people. And another: Freddy isn t about to let Jason rule Elm Street. This means war. Freddy Vs. Jason. Winner kills all.


FRINGE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: Warner



Teleportation. Mind control. Invisibility. Astral projection. Mutation. Reanimation. Phenomena that exist on the Fringe of science unleash their strange powers in this thrilling series, co-created by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), combining the grit of the police procedural with the excitement of the unknown. The story revolves around three unlikely colleagues – a beautiful young FBI agent, a brilliant scientist who’s spent the last 17 years in a mental institution and the scientist’s sardonic son – who investigate a series of bizarre deaths and disasters known as “the pattern.” Someone is using our world as an experimental lab. And all clues lead to Massive Dynamic, a shadowy global corporation that may be more powerful than any nation.


GREETINGS: 8 Range Road

It's Cathy's party, but she's not having a good time. The boys have found an Ouija board and are out for some harmless fun. When strange things start to happen, they blame each other, but the joke goes too far and soon they realize it isn't a joke at all...


HARPER'S ISLAND: THE DVD EDITION: Paramount



A horror-inspired drama, this CBS series is about a group of friends and family who meet to celebrate a wedding on an island just outside Seattle, an island that is famous for a streak of unsolved murders seven years ago. Suspense ensues when they end up dead one by one; has the killer returned or is someone else to blame?


HELLHOUSE: THE BOOK OF SAMIEL: Brain Damage

Before the beginning of time, Demons ruled the darkness. After humans took possession of the Earth, several books came into existence: Books of knowledge with pages containing rituals and incantations, one for each of the God Demons. The pages were to be used to banish the dark things that lurked in the shadows. Throughout the centuries, the books were passed down amongst an elite sect of soothsayers and have been highly sought after by the demons. Now they have found a way to reenter this world to take back what has always been theirs! A group of friends discover the awful truth that lay dormant in an old house. Now, with the aid of Earth s last soothsayer, they must stop the evil from entering this world and letting the demons get out!


HOT ROD HORROR: Hot Rod Horror Inc.

While trying to find where her younger brother wandered off to, Jenny and David, must search an abandoned wrecking yard with a horrifying history.


LIVE ANIMALS: Echo Bridge

In the quiet of the country, a sick, twisted man kidnaps young adults in the dark of night, binds them by heavy chain to stalls in an isolated barn. They are trained to obey with torture, broken like horses, prepared for merciless slaughter. Their screeches of pain go ignored - many others were once here, many more will arrive. But one batch of prisoners has the chance to escape. Too bad they've underestimated their killer...


MAD MONSTER PARTY: Lionsgate

Baron Von Frankenstein (voice of Boris Karloff) has decided to retire as the head of the Worldwide Organization of Monsters. But first, he must inform the other monsters about his plans. How to deliver the news? How else - through a MAD MONSTER PARTY! Von Frankenstein’s guests include a who’s who of Halloween favorites, including the Werewolf, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Mummy, the Invisible Man and more. But who among them is fit to be the new head of the monsters?


NATURE OF THE BEAST: Starz/Anchor Bay

Rich and Julia are a perfect young couple preparing for their upcoming wedding. But as the big day approaches, Julia discovers that Rich is hiding one huge, hairy secret: When the moon is full, he transforms into a ferocious werewolf. Is it true love? Can they survive a weekend of in-laws, choosing a silver pattern and werewolf hunting?


NIGHT OF THE DRIBBLER: Code Red

A teenage athlete named Stanley is a waterboy for a high school basketball team. Stanley wants to make the team, but the coach rejects him as a worthless player and sends him away. Soon afterwards, the basketball team members are being killed off one-by-one by a psychopath wearing a maniacally smiling basketball over his head. Is Stanley the deadly dribbler with the basketball head looking for revenge, or could it be some other hoop-dream wannabe?


THE NIGHT STALKER: North American Motion Pictures

Inspired by the true story of the most publicized and deranged serial killer known to everyone as "The Nightstalker." He stalked and killed relentlessly, keeping the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles terrified.


REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Blu-ray): Lionsgate



Darren Aronofsky follows up his acclaimed debut Pi with this gritty emotionally charged film set amidst the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brooklyn. Based upon the novel by celebrated author Hubert Selby Jr., the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother her son Harry, his beautiful girlfriend Marion and his best friend Tyrone. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM is a hypnotic tale of four human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall.


RISE OF THE GARGOYLES: Genius

The mysterious trail of mangled human corpses is only the bloody beginning for the secret terror buried beneath a condemned Parisian church. Suddenly unleashed for their subterranean crypt – and very much alive – the ancient, winged creatures have risen on a mission of destruction. What’s happening is not just a killing spree. It’s Judgment Day! Now only a small band of mere mortals, including an American professor are destined to battle the most deadly evil of all.


SILENT NIGHT: Vivendi

Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in Northern Mexico. Against the law of God and man, he falls in love with another woman and although he is honest with his wife about the affiar, his actions create conflict in their otherwise serene and tranquil existence


UNIVERSAL HORROR: CLASSIC MOVIE ARCHIVE: Universal

From the studio that created the horror genre comes five terrifying films that will send chills down your spine and bring terror to your heart in the "Universal Horror Classic Movie Archive"! Unearthed from the vaults and on DVD for the first time, Universal invites you to journey through fog-filled moors, into haunted mansions and through secret hallways to meet a chilling collection of mad scientists, crazed circus performers, an ape woman and maniacal killers! Prepare yourself for hours of pure terror starring some of the most iconic actors in the history of horror, including Lon Chaney, Jr. and Bela Lugosi! Includes the films THE BLACK CAT (1941), MAN MADE MONSTER (1941), HORROR ISLAND (1941), NIGHT MONSTER (1942), and CAPTIVE WILD WOMEN (1943).

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September 15, 2009 Releases


AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (FULL MOON EDITION): Universal (Blu-ray)



Blending the macabre with a wicked sense of humor, director John Landis delivers a contemporary take on the classic werewolf tale in this story of two American tourists who, while traveling in London, find their lives changed forever when a vicious wolf attacks them during a full moon. (features Director Paul Davis' phenomenal documentary Beware the Moon)


ARMY OF DARKNESS (SCREWHEAD EDITION): Universal (Blu-ray)



All primitive screwheads, listen up! Cult superstar Bruce Campbell reunites with director Sam Raimi to battle the deadly forces of evil in Army of Darkness - the outrageous, effects-fueled action epic that will make you scream with fear and laughter. Forced to lead a makeshift Dark Ages army against the demonic Deadites, who possess all the deadly magic of hell, the shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed, reluctant 20th century time traveler Ash must save the living from the dead, rescue his medieval girlfriend and get back to his own time.


CALL ME A PSYCHO: Cheney Films Company

A Psycho escapes from a poorly run British mental home. Two of Middlesex's top detectives are put on the case. The Psycho played by uber-talented Dave Marley, takes the two detectives on a riot of an adventure in an attempt to capture him. This film is spit the milk out of your nose funny if you love dark comedy. The dreadfully funny murders during the film are to die for.


CHILD'S PLAY: MGM (Blu-ray)

After 6-year-old Andy Barclay's babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that "Chucky," his new birthday doll, did it! Until things start going terribly wrong dead wrong. And when an ensuing rampage of gruesome murders lead a detective back to the same toy, he discovers that the real terror has just begun. The deranged doll has plans to transfer his evil spirit into a living human being young Andy!


DARK SHADOWS: THE CURSE OF COLLINWOOD: MPI

The Gothic television classic DARK SHADOWS attracted a fiercely devoted following during its airing on ABC-TV from 1966-71. The character of Barnabas Collins, a sympathetic vampire, became a cultural icon and turned the series into a must-see event for over 20 million viewers. Cursed by the scorned witch Angelique, Barnabas Collins returns to Collinwood as a creature of the night. In this special release, the story behind Barnabas transformation from mere mortal to living dead is detailed in a selection of storylines from the classic series.


DARK SHADOWS: THE CURSE OF THE VAMPIRE: MPI

In this special release, the story of how Barnabas was cursed as one of the living dead is detailed in a selection of scenes from the most popular episodes.


DEADGIRL: Dark Sky



When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong.


DRIVE-IN MADNESS: VOL: 1 - CAMPY CLASSICS: Passport

Time to hop in the car, put your buddies in the trunk, pick up your girlfriend, and head off to the drive-in! Relive those nostalgic warm summer nights with the smell of popcorn in the air. This two-disc set features, BRIDE OF THE GORILLA, TEENAGE ZOMBIES, PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES and ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, four of the campiest classics to ever invade the drive-in screen. Each feature is preceded by a vintage cartoon and newsreel. Intermission ads also included.


FEAR ITSELF: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: Lionsgate



Today's most talented horror directors and writers including John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Ronny Yu (Freddy vs. Jason), Mary Harron (American Psycho), Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers), Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw IV), Sean Hood (Halloween: Resurrection) and Rupert Wainwright (The Fog) have teamed up to create a unique television experience that leaves viewers with nothing to fear but Fear Itself. Fear Itself on DVD features 13 episodes, including four director's cut and five unaired episodes, from the chilling series that aired on NBC during the summer of 2008. The episodes - "Eater," "The Sacrifice," "Community," "In Sickness & In Health," "Spooked," "The Family Man," "New Year's Day," "Skin and Bones," "Something With Bite," "The Spirit Box," "Chance," "Echoes," and "The Circle" - feature great casts including Elisabeth Moss (TV's "Mad Men"), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Clifton Collins Jr. (Star Trek) and James Roday (TV's "Psych"). In addition, each episode on the DVD includes a "Recipe for Fear" making of featurette that contains cast and director interviews along with behind the scenes footage that addresses what they each think is scary to them, and how they brought that to their short film.


FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD: Paramount

Years after Tommy Jarvis chained him underwater at camp crystal lake the hulking killer Jason Vorhees returns to the camp grounds when he's released accidentally by a teenager with psychic powers.


FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN: Paramount

A passing boat bound for New York pulls Jason along for the ride. Look out Big Apple here comes hell in a hockey mask.


GRACE: Anchor Bay (Blu-Ray)



Eight months pregnant, Madeline Matheson deflects her demanding mother-in-law's insistent pressure for standard hospital treatment, instead opting for the peaceful companionship of a trusted midwife. Though reluctantly compliant, her husband remains supportive of her choices until a sudden tragic accident leaves her unborn baby lifeless inside of her. Madeline remains determined to carry the stillborn baby to term, where she miraculously wills the delivered corpse into life. But it is not too long before the increasingly isolated mother realizes that something is not right with baby Grace, and she must make horrible sacrifices to keep her living.


(To Be Continued...)

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(Continued from above)


THE HANNIBAL LECTER ANTHOLOGY: MGM (Blu-Ray)



Witness the birth of evil in spine tingling clarity, as the eerie and intense HANNIBAL LECTER ANTHOLOGY captures MANHUNTER, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and HANNIBAL together on stunning Blu-ray Disc for the first time. MANHUNTER, the intense thriller from writer-director Michael Mann (Heat, Public Enemies), first introduced the world to the cunning, unforgettable serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The psychological horror continues in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS with Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (The Elephant Man, Nixon) as the sophisticated murderer, alongside Oscarwinner Jodie Foster (Maverick, Contact) as FBI agent Clarice Starling, who liaisons with the killer in order to solve a murder case. Lastly, Hopkins reprises of the role of Dr. Lecter in HANNIBAL, as he comes out of hiding to draw FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore; Boogie Nights) into a high-stakes battle that will test her strength, cunning and loyalty.


IT'S ALIVE: COLLECTION: Warner

All three IT'S ALIVE films together for one low price!


KING KONG VS. GODZILLA: Universal

The two mightiest monsters of all time battle in the thrilling adventure classic, King Kong vs. Godzilla. When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus. Meanwhile, far below the sea, a submarine crew unleashes reptilian terror when they melt a block of ice and release the ferocious Godzilla from his icy lair. When both destructive monsters descend on Tokyo, it's a fight that holds the future of mankind in the balance in this knock-out film that was the first theatrical release to bring its larger-than-life contenders to the big screen in glorious color.


MISERY: MGM (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo)



Novelist Paul Sheldon doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Nor does he remember being nursed back from unconsciousness. All he remembers is waking up in the home of Annie Wilkes a maniacal fan who is bent on keeping her favorite writer as her personal prisoner for the rest of his "cock-a-doodie" life!


THROUGH NO ROAD: Cinema Epoch

The serenity of a yet another quiet evening alone is shattered for amateur photographer, Richard. Desperate, frightened and uninvited, Samantha has taken refuge in Richard’s sprawling, suburban home. As she seeks salvation from savage retribution, Richard is forced to fight Samantha’s battle for survival in order to save his home, his life and his sense of humanity.


PHANTASM II: Universal



The Tall Man is back with a vengeance in Phantasm II, the second chapter in the cult classic Phantasm series! Released after seven years in a mental hospital, Mike convinces his old pal Reggie to join forces with him to hunt down and destroy The Tall Man once and for all. Mike’s visions lead the two to a quiet little town where a horde of flying killer balls aim to slice and dice their gruesome way through each of them. Exploding with special effects, unparalleled thrills, horror and suspense, Phantasm II climaxes with a blood-curdling conclusion that you have to see to believe.


PVC-1: MPI

In 2000, a group of masked men invaded the home of a poor family in rural Columbia. They then attached a bomb encased in PVC-1 tubing around the mother s neck and demanded 15 million pesos. The family would be told by phone where to bring the money. If the ransom were not delivered according to exact instructions, the collar bomb would be detonated. Greek/Columbian writer/director Spiro Stathoulopoulos films the story of this harrowing ordeal in one unbroken take for an unprecedented achievement in real-time suspense that stunned audiences at the Cannes Film Festival.


SANCTUARY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON: E1 Entertainment



Dr. Helen Magnus is a brilliant and enigmatic scientist who seeks out all manner of monstrous creatures. Aided by her protégé, forensic psychiatrist Will Zimmerman and her fearless daughter Ashley, the Sanctuary team tracks down, studies and protects the strange and often terrifying creatures that secretly populate our world.


THE WOLF MAN (UNIVERSAL LEGACY SERIES): Universal



The original horror classic that introduced one of the screen's most infamous monsters! Lon Chaney, Jr. portrays Larry Talbot, who returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where Jenny's fate is revealed by a mysterious gypsy fortune teller. The dreamlike atmospheres and elaborate settings combined with a chilling musical score make The World Man a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time!


WRONG TURN: Fox (Blu-Ray)

An indescribable nightmare begins when a group of young friends is stranded on an isolated road deep in the Appalachian hills of West Virginia, with no hope of rescue. Desperate and fearing for their lives, the horror surges as they find themselves relentlessly pursued by a force of evil beyond their imagination! Featuring a hip ensemble of up-and-coming young stars, this blood-curdling epic is a shock-a-minute horror rush that will leave you screaming for more!


WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END: Fox (Blu-Ray)

Six reality TV show contestants are thrown together for six days in a simulated post−apocalyptic wasteland called "The Ultimate Survivalist." Located in a remote part of West Virginia, the contestants discover that they really are fighting for their survival... against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all!


(Titles marked as Bold and Italic are recommended by me for purchasing. Get ready to spend way more this week than you plan to.)

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Pretty pumped for Eureka's Masters of Cinema (R2) release of Fritz Lang's Mabuse films in an incredible boxset:



http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=71390

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002MPTIY...29&camp=211189

Not quite horror, but still so, so good.

Releases October 19th.

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September 22, 2009 Releases


ALBINO FARM: Anchor Bay



An Ozark Mountain town - with a century-old history of religious fanaticism - inadvertently creates a modern sadistic society of in-bred misfits who prey on stray travelers. Four young college students uncover its disturbing past while enduring a night of horrors.


AUTOPSY OF THE DEAD: Zero Day Releasing

More than 40 years after filming the 1968 horror masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, the 'dead' return in the all-new documentary Autopsy of the Dead. Packed with extensive cast & crew interviews, never-before-seen color photos and behind the scenes footage, visits to the original filming locations and other surprises, get ready for the most in-depth visual document on the making of the great American horror film.


BEWARE THE CHILDREN: Psycho Junkie

Five young children, ages 10-13 escape from a mental hospital after a car accident. Although young, these kids are homicidal! After a day wandering aimlessly through the woods killing a few campers and hikers along the way, they encounter a very dysfunctional family on a Memorial Day weekend retreat. When the sun goes down...you'd better Beware the Children!


CLIVE BARKER’S BOOK OF BLOOD: Lionsgate



While investigating a gruesome slaying, a paranormal expert finds a house that is at the intersection of "highways" transporting souls to the afterlife.


THE CHOSEN ONE: R Squared Films

From a traditional Lovecraftian tale of madness to the fetishized view of vampirism "The Chosen One" tells the tragic end of dreams for Samuel and Elizabeth Wolfe, a happily expecting married couple, and their unfortunate plunge into a fiendish nightmare, after being attacked by the undead of the worst sorts. The birth, life and undeath of the couple’s vampire child sends Samuel into a downward spiral of twisted and horrified events.


EDGES OF DARKNESS: Starz/Anchor Bay

The zombie apocalypse has come to Los Angeles, and the streets are infested with flesh-eating horror. In these three tales of human survivors – a computer obsessed husband, a young couple with a chilling addiction, and an urban warrior hunting the most demonic prey of all – the ultimate carnage is about to begin. The strong will flourish. The weak will be devoured.


EVILUTION: Brink DVD

A microscopic alien life form has been discovered with the ability to possess the living and resurrect the dead. The United States Army has tried to communicate with it but failed. Young scientist Darren Hall kidnaps the last pure specimen of the alien, determined to the reverse the damage inflicted and learn the secrets of life. Hiding in a mysterious building named The Necropolitan, the alien is set loose on one fateful night on the unsuspecting tenants resulting in a new evolution of apocalyptic horror as infected tenants attack the unsuspecting, turning them into a cannibal horde.


FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES – THE FINAL SEASON: Paramount

A suspense-mystery series that deals with the supernatural. In each episode, four brave souls embark on an assignment in danger and terror when they track down and retrieve cursed objects.


GHOST CAT: North American Motion Pictures

Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs. Ashboro and her pet cat, Margaret. When strange things start happening in the house, all fingers point to the presence of Margaret, who died the same day as Mrs. Ashboro.


GRAVE DANGER: Yellow Ape Productions/Tempe

Beautiful and perky Becky is home alone one dark night watching horror movies on TV when she becomes the victim of a madman terrorizing her with frightening phone calls.


THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO: Anchor Bay



El Superbeasto aka “Beasto” is an unstoppable superhero masked wrestler, Producer/Director/Star of BeastoWorld Enterprises—and world-famous man of action! In his first full-length animated adventure based on the comic book created by Rob Zombie, Beasto and his super-sexy sister Suzi X must stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black and diabolical Dr. Satan, or unleash all the sudsy powers of Hell! Welcome to a depraved domain of outrageous comedy, non-stop ultra-violence and bad-ass theme songs!


HILLBILLY CANNIBAL BLOODLINE: Psycho Junkie

An old legend has it that a family of inbreds have lived deep within the woods for nearly 100 years. To this day, no one has actually seen any of the family members but the stories still persist. In the summer of 2007 four brave university students set out to dispel the myth. They have since vanished without a trace.


HOT FUZZ (Blu-ray): Universal



Here comes the fuzz…with more action and comedy than ever before! This definitive Hot Fuzz Ultimate Edition features non-stop entertainment that delivers heart-pounding thrills and outrageous laughs from the guys that created Shaun of the Dead!


THE HOWLING TRILOGY: Collector’s Edition: Timeless Media Group

In this set, you will be spooked by three of the Howling Series, Volumes 3-5; The Marsupials, The Rebirth and The Freaks! Not only will they scare you, but they have some entertaining value also.


MONDO PSYCHO: Psycho Junkie

This setting for this wild and frenetic Mad Crampi film is a video store which is actually a front for the sadistic serial killer, Mr. Kidnap's warehouse where he stores bodies and body parts. With the help of his sister, Jezebel and brother, Willy (who looks like the living dead), they aggravate, rape and mutilate victims and then sell their body parts. Willy decides to get married to a nighttime radio talk show host so he kidnaps her, ties her up, dresses her like a bride until she agrees to become his wife. She continues to refuse. Dead Dad visits to warn the family that the cops are on to them and they have surrounded the house. Then all the fun begins.


THE PICK UP MEDIA PACK: Shriek Show

At the turn of the century, notorious occultist Alfred Fischer conjures up a brothel full of ravenous demons in a bizarre ritual. Taking the form of beautiful women, the beasts desire human flesh. A century after Fischer meets his mysterious end, a team of parapsychologists search for signs of the spirits. In no time they are besieged by sexy demons, a madman with a secret past, and a horde of slaughtering zombies!


THE RITE OF SPRING: Sarcophilous Films

A brooding film permeated with the same sense of paranoia and dread of the classic 1970s film, The Wicker Man. Murphy’s production is another ultra-low budget gem that shines on its own... Its first time ever this unheralded gem is made available on DVD!


RUN BUNNY RUN: Psycho Junkie

The illusive Bunny is hiding from Mr. Fritz, who has hired two body guards to be outside her apartment. Illmiora, a girlfriend who has another girlfriend Cherie who calls Illmiora Mommy, and Arcano, the wrestler and another one of Bunny's boyfriends who will stop at nothing to find her. Bunny doesn't want to be found. She meets a guy, Luigi, and they shoot whiskey. A crazy man with a Polaroid camera snaps their picture and tells them he now has their soul but they can buy the picture back for $10.00.


SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Blu-Ray): Universal



There comes a day in every man’s life when he has to get off the couch...and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies are on the hunt for a bite to eat, it’s up to slacker Shaun and his best pal Ed to save their friends and family from becoming the next entrée.


ULTRA TOXIC; Psycho Junkie

A 22-year-old junkie, Peter Shek has escaped from a scientific lab where scientists have planted a microchip in the back of his tattoo-loaded body. He was under the impression that they were going to help him get off drugs but instead he gets images in his head of "them" telling him to find particular types of electronic components and circuit boards and attach freshly killed brains and other internal organs and then connect them intravenously and inject the drugs so they both get ultra high.


VAMPIRES: OUT FOR BLOOD: Screen Media

Suspecting the drug- and music-drenched rave scene has become a breeding ground for the undead, dedicated detective Kevin Dillon is the laughing stock of his department. But when he suffers a bite from the head bloodsucker, Dillon must wipe out the entire gang of vamps or become one himself.


WITCHMASTER GENERAL: Yellow Ape Productions/Tempe

Phil Lewis of the legendary rock band L.A. Guns plays the charming but menacing Dr. Phineas Gorgon, an evil witch-doctor who uses his wicked powers -- as well as his close relationship with Satan himself -- in terrifying murder-for-hire schemes. Unfaithful wives, disloyal friends, a double-crossing boss... they can all go away for just the price of your soul!

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September 29, 2009 Releases


42ND STREET FOREVER: ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE EDITION: Synapse



WELCOME TO THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA, the most awesome post-modern hot spot for exploitation movie revival, deep in the heart of Texas! Home to world-famous events such as The Quentin Tarantino Film Fest, Fantastic Fest and Butt-Numb-A-Thon, the Alamo is one of the last places on earth where you can still see grindhouse classics such as THE DEVIL WITHIN HER and MAD MONKEY KUNG FU. Now, the Alamo has opened their vaults for a peek at some of the most outrageous cinematic gems from several golden ages of sleaze cinema. Digitally re-mastered in high-definition from the actual reels that show every week at the Alamo, this exciting edition of the 42ND STREET FOREVER series is the most bizarre, the most terrifying and the most hilarious one yet!


BLOODWINE: R Squared Films

Andrea is just an ordinary Goth college girl trying to deal with the tragedies life has thrown at her. When her best friend, Brandy, comes back into her life, Andrea thinks things might finally be taking a turn for the better. But when the machinations of a mysterious woman, Carmilla, cause a birthday gift to go horribly awry, Andrea is forced to make the most difficult choice of her life, not only for herself, but for her dearest friend.


BURKE AND HARE: Redemption USA

A Hammer Horror-style thriller recreating the story of the (in)famous Irish body snatchers, Burke and Hare. In the early 1800s, the supply of corpses used for medical research were limited to those of executed criminals, leaving a great demand from medical schools. When a resident in Burke and Hare's boarding house dies, they recognize the business potential in grave-robbing. Demand for dead bodies grows so high, they start speeding up the death process on their victims! However, suspicions rise when they murder a man seen earlier that day!


THE DARK CRYSTAL: Sony (Blu-ray)



THE DARK CRYSTAL- a source of Balance and Truth in the Universe- was shattered, dividing the world into two factions: the wicked Skeksis and the peaceful Mystics. Now, as the convergence of the three suns approaches, the Crystal must be healed, or darkness will reign forevermore! It's up to Jen -the last of his race- to fulfill the prophecy that a Gelfling will return the missing shard to the Crystal and destroy the Skeksis' evil Empire. But will young Jen's courage be any match for the unknown dangers that await him?


DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS: Redemption USA



Based on the play They Walk Alone by Max Catto, Daughter of Darkness is an atmospheric gothic chiller following an Irish maid with an irresistible attraction to men. With the reputation as a temptress where even the local priest is attracted to her, she is forced to leave for England. Sexual desire soon descends into psychopathy, as she lures a carnival boxer and other men in her new town, whose desire for her results in their downfall.


DINNER WITH A VAMPIRE: Mya Communications

The story begins when a camera crew unearths a thousand year old vampire from Mesopotamia. Years after his rise from the grave, the vampire becomes a famous horror film director and holds auditions for his up and coming film. Four young hopefuls are chosen and are invited to spend the night at the vampire's house. At dinner the vampire reveals his true nature to his guests and the real reason why they are there, to kill him before dawn, as he has grown bored with his existence.


DRACULA'S FINACEE: Redemption USA

A late addition in the Jean Rollin collection, Dracula's Fiancée (2002) has everything you might expect from the master of surreal horror, and so much more! Mad, chain-smoking nuns, raging dwarf-jesters, vampires, she-wolves, baby-eating Ogresses and wizards galore, as a professor and his young assistant on the hunt for Count Dracula's remains are thrown into a surreal parallel universe.


FARMHOUSE: Monarch



Chad and Scarlet leave their old life and horrifying secrets behind in search of a fresh start. But when a near-fatal car accident leaves them stranded in the middle of nowhere, they turn to a mysterious farm couple for shelter. Chad and Scarlet soon realize that this shadowy pair is somehow linked to their past and the fate of their future is held in unforgiving hands. Together, Chad and Scarlet endure immense torture and heartbreak in an attempt to make amends for their past mistakes, but will they be able to attain salvation, or will it be too late?


FERMAT'S ROOM: MPI

Four famed mathematicians, all strangers to one another, are invited to the remote home of a mysterious man known only as Fermat . Once there, they are locked in a room and given a series of logic puzzles that must be solved within one minute each. For each late answer, hydraulic presses will push the walls closer together. Why have they been placed in this elaborate death trap? What is their connection to each other? And for genius minds about to be brutally crushed, is staying alive the ultimate enigma?


FLESH, TX: Well Go USA

In the middle of nowhere lives a crazed and disturbed inbred family, the Barleys. When Donna Parker and her daughter Tabitha Parker stop for gas, little do they know what really goes on in Flesh, TX. Once Tabitha disappears from the gas station, Donna summons the help of the local sheriff who is not all he is cracked up to be. Donna becomes convinced that somehow this crazy town is connected. After she encounters Sugar Barley the local town slut, the hunt to find her daughter is on. She must hope she does not come across the Barley house on the edge of town. No human should ever have to see what happens in the Barley house in Flesh, TX.pop.666.


THE HAUNTING OF WINCHESTER HOUSE: The Asylum

A family moves into the mansion to act as caretakers, but when a malevolent force abducts their daughter they discover why the house deserves its reputation as one of the most haunted places in America.


THE HILLS RUN RED: Warner



You heard the story. The one about the goriest, bloodiest splatter fest ever, the one made in the ’80s but mysteriously lost. Flash forward to now: Young fright fans search for the secret location where the movie was shot, hoping to find the film. What they find is that the mysterious slasher flick is more than a movie. It’s real. And they’re its newest stars. The Hills Run Red with a whole new level of horror as the terrified cinephiles confront a demented killer who wears a nightmarish babydoll mask. Wait, Babyface is just a character from the movie, right? Wrong. He’s alive. He’s waiting. And he’s thrilled to meet fans who will die – slowly, gruesomely, shockingly – for his art. Roll camera!


IN A SPIRAL STATE: Halo 8

IN A SPIRAL STATE portrays Los Angeles through the eyes of an angel named Daya who’s become mesmerized by the city’s interconnected yet utterly isolated inhabitants, particularly its struggling and flawed artists, frauds, and drug addicts. Of particular interest to Daya is suicidal actress Maya and murderous femme fatales Marlena, Danielle, and Honey. An angel named Gadi tries to prevent Daya from interfering in their lives, but he is unable to stop the empathetic Daya as she is drawn into the frightening and twisted machinations of the city’s underbelly. Mixing Kabbalah, quantum mechanics, struggles of human existence, and theories of our own spiral galaxy, visionary filmmaker Ramzi Abed weaves an urban and divine love story in this hallucinatory thriller that pulls audiences into a world of drug overdoses, organ thieves, and metaphysical mystery.



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LABYRINTH: Sony (Blu-ray)



Sarah wishes her brother would be taken away by goblins, but when he really is, she sets out to rescue him and has to cross the Labyrinth before she gets to the Goblin castle.


MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: Paramount



When Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a “Monster” named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured by General W.R. Monger and held in a secret government compound filled with other “monsters” like herself. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach P.H.D.; the macho half-ape-half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to save the world from imminent destruction.


THE NEW YORK RIPPER: Blue Undergound (Blu-ray)



A blade-wielding psychopath is on the loose, turning The Big Apple bright red with the blood of beautiful young women. As NYPD detectives follow the trail of butchery from the decks of the Staten Island Ferry to the sex shows of Times Square, each brutal murder becomes a sadistic taunt. In the city that never sleeps, he's the killer that can't be stopped!


NIGHTMARE: IFC

A young film student has a one-night stand with an aspiring actress. The next morning, there is a video camera pointed at their bed. But rather than a sex tape, they find what appears to be a brutal snuff movie starring themselves as the killers. They have no memory of the murders and there is no evidence of the carnage. Do the answers to this waking terror wait in the student s own work, or could the line between reality and illusion slice straight to the edge of madness?


THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS: COMPLETE COLLECTION: Time Life

Get all 147 episodes of The Real Ghostbusters plus over TWELVE HOURS of bonus material. This special offer includes a deluxe firehouse collector's box with lenticular (hologram) panels on the front and sides. Inside this box are 5 separate steel book cases containing a total of 25 DVDs with every episode from The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer! A must have for any Ghostbuster fan.


THE SHORTCUT: Anchor Bay



Just behind the grammar school and past the ‘No Trespassing’ sign is the shortcut through the woods that nobody dares to take: People in town still whisper about the creepy old guy who lives back there and the kids that disappeared near his home a long time ago. Now a group of high school seniors has decided to find out just what the shovel-wielding weirdo may be hiding. But even if they can uncover his shocking secret, will they survive what happens when the truth is finally unleashed?


SNAKES ON A PLANE: New Line (Blu-Ray)

On board a flight over the Pacific Ocean, an assassin, bent on killing a passenger who's a witness in protective custody, let loose a crate full of deadly snakes.


STEPFATHER II: Synapse



Tonight, daddy's coming home to slice up more than just the cake... After a daring escape from a psychiatric hospital, the Stepfather assumes a new identity and sets out in search of a new family to marry into... and kill! He finds the perfect victims: attractive and recently divorced Carol Greyland and her son Todd. Posing as a caring family therapist named Gene, he appears to be the ideal second husband and father for these two lonely people. But Carol's best friend Matty suspects that Gene is too good to be true. When Carol's first husband returns to attempt a reconciliation, he trigger's Gene s fear of discovery, sending him on a violent, bloody killing spree.


TRAUMA: First Look Pictures

When Ben awakes from a coma, he discovers his wife (Naomi Harris) has been killed in a car accident. Waking from a coma after a car crash, Ben learns that his wife was killed in the accident, and his world collapses. As Ben attempts to rebuild his life, he gets a new job and new home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbor, Charlotte, his life starts to turn around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality and begins to doubt his own sanity.


UNTIL DEATH: Mya Communications

Six years later, the sinful couple hires a handyman, unaware that he is the reincarnated spirit of Scola's late husband. Gioia Maria Scola stars in this creepy horror film as a pregnant woman who poisons her husband and helps her lover bury him alive during a raging thunderstorm.

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Does this dvd released yet? Briefly searched on amazon & e-bay but couldn't find it anywhere.