In the early days of the videostore the French Extreme Cinema was hitting the dusty shelves hard. High Tension, Frontiers, Inside, and ofcourse Martyrs. A forgotten gem that has been out of print for years was Calvaire AKA The Ordeal. A different type of extreme horror in that it focuses more on the uncomfortable than the blood and guts. Needless to say the videostore is happy as hell to see return. Let’s what else is hitting the shop shall we..
ANGEL HEART: Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is a private detective contracted by Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down the iconic singer Johnny Favorite. However, everybody that Angel questions about Favorite seems to meet a tragic demise. Eventually the trail leads Angel to New Orleans where he learns that Favorite had dabbled in the black arts. As Favorite’s whereabouts and true identity become clear, Angel learns that being hired by Cyphre was not a random choice.
JOHNNY HANDSOME: A disfigured petty criminal is given plastic surgery in prison and, unrecognisable as his former self, plans his revenge on the ruthless associates who betrayed him. The doctor hopes the painful operations which give Johnny a new look will help him to reform, but he is bent on settling the score with the gang who killed his only friend and left him to carry the can for their last heist.
A severe schizophrenic in a dreary Soviet mental hospital is convinced that, impossibly, he’s the killer of two Tsars: Alexander II in 1881 and Nicholas II in 1918. Malcolm McDowell, Oleg Yankovskiy, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Karen Shakhnazarov, 1991.
A sultry neo-noir thriller about an artist and her dangerous liaison with a criminal. Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, 1990.
Pamela Anderson is Barb Wire; the sexiest, toughest woman in Steel Harbor – a city marked by chaos and crime – providing a home for a new kind of mercenary. If you’ve got a problem, Barb Wire is the solution. She’ll use any dangerous weapon (including her body) to take what she wants, crossing the line for no man.
When her ex-boyfriend, Axel Hood, hits town, Barb is the only one who can get him out alive. Will Barb help the man who once betrayed her? There’s only one thing you can be sure of… she can get anything you want, for a price. Are you ready to pay…?
In the future, a spaceship dubbed the USS Palomino is on its way back to Earth when it discovers another ship that had been assumed missing, the USS Cygnus. Kate McCrae (Yvette Mimieux), a scientist aboard the Palomino, learns that it’s the same ship upon which her father had served as a crew member. When the Palomino’s crew boards the Cygnus, they are met by Dr. Reindhardt (Maximilian Schell) and a bizarre, faceless army who plan to be the first people ever to explore a black hole.
The sleepy little town of Mill Basin is about to get more than it bargained for. The satanic heavy metal rock band “Black Roses” is coming through to raise hell… literally! After making a deal with the Devil himself, the band’s music demonically possesses the kids in the audience, turning them into blood-thirsty demons. The blood flows as they start killing their parents and causing chaos at their local high school. Culminating in a fiery battle between man and ultimate evil, BLACK ROSES is considered a “MUST HAVE metal horror movie from the 80’s”
Academy Award Winner Kim Basinger stars as Maggie O’Connor, a single woman whose life revolves around her career as a nurse – until the surprise appearance of her sister her newborn baby girl, Cody. When her sister suddenly disappears, Maggie is left to raise Cody, an autistic child, by herself. But after her sister returns with a mysterious cult leader and abducts Cody, Maggie discovers that the child possesses extraordinary powers, powers that forces of evil have waited centuries to control. Together with an FBI specialist in occult-related crimes (Jimmy Smits), Maggie races to save the life of the innocent girl who may hold the key to save mankind.
Policemen (John Saxon, David Huffman) are baffled when people disappear, sucked into the beach by a sand creature.
Alternately known as “The Japanese Evil Dead,” this legendary, sought after independent Japanese cult film will enjoy its first ever North American release in any format and features new bonus content. Trapped inside a haunted house, a body builder must survive a blood soaked night of insanity to save himself and his friends from a demonic ghost that is hell-bent on revenge.
Presented within this glorious compendium are some of the legend’s most celebrated, yet disparate works, each accompanied by a slew of extras for your viewing pleasure. Sit back, relax and prepare to enjoy the BOX OF BURT.
A surreal French horror about a traveling singer who’s car breaks down in a creepy village where the residents have sinister intentions. Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Fabrice Du Welz, 2004
Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims?
In this blaxploitation classic, a black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim. Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, Jack Hill, 1973.
A teenage runaway takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams. Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Anthony Scott Burns, 2020.
While on a stakeout, Judith Gray (Tracy Scoggins), a beautiful, tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys. But these are no ordinary playthings – they have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness, “The Kid” (Daniel Cerny). Now, Judith must contend with the terror of Demonic Toys!
Dr. Lorca from HIDEOUS!(Michael Citrini) is back and is continuing to collect strange oddities, along with the help of Caitlin(Alli Kinzel) and her boyfriend, David(Lane Compton). Along the way, they collect the mysterious pieces of the last DEMONIC TOYS and they continue their search at a mysterious castle in Italy, where there have been rumors of a mysterious, ancient puppet alive and walking around, which is under the control of a mysterious demon, who takes on the human form of a little woman named Lilith(Selena Luna). When not looking, the puppet brings the Demonic Toys back to life, and now…blood, terror, and death counts will rise again.
Hard-boiled detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) is searching for evidence that proves Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice is the city’s most dangerous crime boss. He may have found the key to unraveling the crimelord’s illegal empire in Breathless Mahoney (Madonna), an enigmatic barroom singer who has witnessed some of Caprice’s crimes firsthand. However, she seems more set on stealing Dick away from his girlfriend, Tess (Glenne Headly), than helping him solve the case of his career.
Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.
A crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad. A crass, womanizing duck works as a private eye with his level-headed pig sidekick, all the while raising a family as a single dad.
For Your Height Only is a legend amongst lovers of truly “out there” cinema. A film about a two and a half foot tall Filipino secret agent: a kung fu master and suave loving machine who struts his stuff in a Travolta style white suit…
Can it be true that such a film exists? It can and it does. Unquestionably one of the most whacked out movies in the world, it tells the incredible story of how agent 00 – played by the legendary Weng Weng – takes on the mysterious “Mr Giant” and his death dealing gang of white slavers and drug dealers. See him fly through the sky in his mini jet pack, see him fell his opponents with below the belt kung fu action….just see him!
The disc also features the amazing Bruce Le – king of Brucesploitation – in his best film ever. Red hot martial arts action and thrills as two secret agents race around the globe to foil a crazed madmans plans for world domination. Presented here for the first time ever on DVD in a stunning new 2.35:1 widescreen transfer.
A New Jersey mad doctor (James Lorinz) rebuilds his girlfriend (Patty Mullen) with body parts from exploded hookers.
The crew of a rescue ship must face the horrors of their darkest imaginations when they respond to a deep space distress call. Second unit directing by James Cameron. Robert Englund, Erin Moran. 1981.
In the early 1970s, when the giallo boom was at its peak, producer-turned-director Luciano Ercoli helmed three standalone but thematically linked examples of the genre, each featuring a memorable star turn by Spanish born actress and model Nieves Navarro (billed under her adopted stage name of Susan Scott). Accompanied by a rogues’ gallery of familiar and recurring faces, this trilogy of terror represents the giallo at its most playful and unpredictable.
In The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion, Minou’s (Dagmar Lassander, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire) dull but pampered life is upturned by a mysterious sadist (Simón Andreu, Death Carries a Cane) who blackmails her into submitting to his every perverted whim. Desperate to escape his clutches, Minou confides in her libidinous best friend Dominique (Navarro)… but is she more involved than she’s letting on? Then, in Death Walks on High Heels, Navarro stars as exotic dancer Nicole, daughter of a murdered jewel thief, who finds herself terrorized by a black-clad assailant determined to procure her father’s stolen gems. Fleeing Paris and her knife-wielding pursuer, Nicole arrives in London, only to discover that death stalks her at every corner. Finally, in Death Walks at Midnight, Navarro stars as Valentina – a model who, in the midst of a drug-fueled photoshoot, witnesses a brutal murder in the apartment opposite hers. But when the authorities refuse to believe a crime has been committed, Valentina is forced to assume the role of amateur sleuth.
A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room. Céline Lomez, Claude Blanchard, Frédérique Collin, Denys Arcand, 1975.
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf. Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, 2000.
Granddaddy of all monster movies! On Criterion! Includes the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla, King of the Monsters, the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr.
An American author finds a dilapidated Welsh manor perfect for writing until the residents host a bizarre family reunion.
Documentary following 2 men who set out to build their own time machines: Rob Niosi is a stop motion animator and Dr.Ron Mallett is a theoretical physicist. Jay Cheel, 2016.
When a demon takes possession of her, high-school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) turns a hungry eye on guys who never stood a chance with her before. While evil Jennifer satisfies her appetite for human flesh with the school’s male population, her nerdy friend, Needy (Amanda Seyfried), learns what’s happening and vows to put an end to the carnage.
A wealthy married couple invites homeless people to their home to have fun with them. A cruel doctor seeks a new victim for his drug experiments. Then, a SM relationship takes a new turn.
Meek flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) pines for co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene). During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store. After Seymour feeds Audrey’s boyfriend, Orin (Steve Martin), to the plant after Orin’s accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant.
The eponymous artificially intelligent doll who develops self-awareness and becomes hostile toward anyone who comes between her and her human companion.
Writer/director George Romero’s twisted take on vampire films is set in Pittsburgh (where else?) and focuses on Martin Mathias (John Amplas), a young man who believes he is a real bloodsucker. Lacking fangs and wings, Martin must make do with drugging women and slashing their wrists with razor blades for his “nourishment.” Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Tom Savini, Sara Venable co-star. AKA: “Wampyr.” 95 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English. Region Free
An immersive archival journey through the explosive New York music scene of the early 2000s. Includes the bands THE STROKES, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, YEAH YEAH YEAHs, INTERPOL. 2021.
MONOLITH MONSTERS: A geologist (Grant Williams) and a schoolteacher (Lola Albright) evacuate a desert town attacked by thirsty giant crystals.
DEADLY MANTIS: When a melting iceberg releases a prehistoric giant praying mantis, a paleontologist works with the military to kill it after it attacks scientific outposts on its way to Washington and New York.
Wild teenage girls (Mimi Kinkade, Linnea Quigley) hold a Halloween seance in an old funeral parlor to scare their friends.
Wes Craven, the director of The Serpent and the Rainbow and Shocker, locks you inside the most terrifying house on the street. Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy is suddenly thrust into a nightmare. The boy quickly learns the true nature of the house’s homicidal inhabitants and the secret creatures hidden deep within the house. Stunning visuals highlight this inventive film that the San Francisco Chronicle calls, “Wes Craven’s most satisfying movie.”
John Waters made bad taste perversely transcendent with the forever shocking counterculture sensation Pink Flamingos, his most infamous and daring cinematic transgression. Outré diva Divine is iconic as the wanted criminal hiding out with her family of degenerates in a trailer outside Baltimore while reveling in her tabloid notoriety as the “Filthiest Person Alive.” When a pair of sociopaths (Mink Stole and David Lochary) with a habit of kidnapping women in order to impregnate them attempt to challenge her title, Divine resolves to show them and the world the true meaning of the word filthy. Incest, cannibalism, shrimping, and film history’s most legendary gross-out ending—Waters and his merry band of Dreamlanders leave no taboo unsmashed in this gleefully subversive ode to outsiderhood, in which camp spectacle and pitch-black satire are wielded in an all-out assault on respectability.
In this gory and disturbing thriller assassins use a mind-control device which shunts the consciousness of the victim in a dark recess when taken over. Brandon Cronenberg, 2020.
Documentary-like drama about a young Swedish woman who struggles to find agency as porn actress in the difficult, male-dominated LA Porn industry. Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Ninja Thyberg, 2021.
IMPORT EDITION! Power-hungry Queen Gedren (Sandahl Bergman) captures the priestesses guarding the Talisman, a mystical orb that created and can destroy the world. But one of the priestesses escapes and seeks out her warrior sister, Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen), to warn her about Gedren’s plan for world domination. Lord Kalidor (Arnold Schwarzenegger), the Talisman’s keeper, insists on helping Sonja, and though she scorns the assistance of any man, she soon gains respect for Kalidor’s fighting prowess.
Gut wrenching movie! A woman attracts the attention of a psychopathic former Army interrogator and an emotionally fragile young man caring for his depressed mother.
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapours cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Dan O’Bannon, 1985.
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a desolate Australian highway. Richard Franklin (1981)
A young wife comes to believe that her offspring is not of this world. Waifish Rosemary Woodhouse (Mia Farrow) and her struggling actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes) move to a New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and odd neighbors Roman and Minnie Castavet (Sidney Blackmer, Ruth Gordon). When Rosemary becomes pregnant she becomes increasingly isolated, and the diabolical truth is revealed only after Rosemary gives birth.
A pair of freewheeling bikers takes on an unscrupulous land developer to protect their friend’s wetlands property.
Horror Comedy anthology fully embracing the fuzzy & overlit aesthetic of the bygone era of VHS terrors. Jeremy King, Noah Segan, Toni Trucks, 2019.
When a horror guru’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of hilarious death traps, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game. Jeremy King, Zoe Graham, Byron Brown, 2022.
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
The story follows a variety of characters from the cigar store owner, one of his customers, a young kid, an unknown father, and a woman from the past.
The Pi-Ep sorority house has seen better days, but the girls are intent on gaining some new recruits. With housemother Auntie Snake as their guide, the naughty hi-jinks begin. Meanwhile, the Bowl-O-Rama bowling alley has had a break-in, and a breakout. With the escape of a magical Imp, it’s a fight for survival, with only one mysterious girl holding the answers to the riddle of the Imp’s wish.
After their car breaks down, a group of travelers find themselves stranded in a remote part of New England. After taking shelter in a spooky old mansion, complete with a graveyard, they discover a ouija board and decide to spend the night attempting to summon some spirits. But the group soon learns that playing with the forces of black magic isn’t fun and games, and it’s not long before they’re head-to-head with all sorts of demonic creatures, shape shifters, and other forms of evil, all of whom are more than happy to pick them off in the most gruesome of ways.
Of all of the bizarre horror films made in the 1980s, SPOOKIES easily ranks among the weirdest. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of the adored UK home video distributor VIPCO, the film became a fan favorite thanks to its expertly rendered creature effects and notorious for its bizarre production history in which its original creators, co-writers/directors Brendan Faulkner & Thomas Doran and co-writer/producer Frank M. Farel, were fired and replaced by Eugenie Joseph, who added new scenes and re-edited the previously shot footage, resulting in the legendary oddity SPOOKIES has become. Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings SPOOKIES to Blu-ray for the first time, newly restored in 4K from its long lost original negative and including a brand new, feature-length ‘making of’ documentary, charting its incredible and often unbelievable production history.
IMPORT BLU RAY EDITION of a videostore favourite!
Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi get the shock of their lives when they discover a parallel world populated by the intelligent descendants of dinosaurs. It seems they weren’t destroyed by a meteor millions of years ago but hurled into another dimension and, now, they have plans to rule our world. It’s up to our unlikely heroes to battle the evil King Koopa and his Goomba guards, free the beautiful Princess Daisy and save mankind in this adventure of a lifetime.
After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
Detective Joe Kozenczak (Michael Riley) tracks down John Wayne Gacy (Brian Dennehy), convicted in 1980 of 33 Chicago serial killings.
Italian horror, with a sex maniac loose on campus, friends elope to a secluded country villa – only to discover that, far from having left the terror behind, they’ve brought it with them! Sergio Martino (1973)
In this prequel to his groundbreaking 90s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the nightmarish last week of her life. Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie.
The complete TWIN PEAKS television journey all in one set!
A documentary about the legendary Jamaican musician Lee Scratch Perry, who created Reggae and discovered Bob Marley. Benicio Del Toro narrates. Ethan Higbee & Adam Bhala Lough, 2008.
An absurdist ensemble comedy from director Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong), about a cop who accidentally kills a guy and pursues a career in electronic music. Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Marilyn Manson, 2013.
After witnessing the murder of their corrupt boss, Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser), Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman) are blamed for Bernie’s embezzlement and fired. Desperate to find the stolen $2 million and clear their names, the pair learns the fortune was hidden in the Virgin Islands and travels there in pursuit. Meanwhile, Bernie’s corpse is partially revived in a voodoo ceremony by gangsters also looking for the money.
And there it is guys. Bit of everything this week. Expected delivery to the shop is Thursday/ Friday. Cheers!
