Another week of cinema is coming to the shop. Some new, some old, some WTF? Let’s just get right into it shall we…
Limited edition 4K release of the epic war drama about young German soldiers as they confront the horrors and futility of battle during World War I. Felix Kammerer, Edward Berger, 2022.
Double amputee, Mr. No Legs, may not seem much of a threat at first, but cross him and you’ll see why he’s Florida’s ruthless drug kingpin D’Angelo’s deadliest enforcer. With his unique martial arts mastery and shotgun-wielding wheelchair, Mr. No Legs is virtually unstoppable. But when a henchman kills the sister of a straight-shooting cop, D’Angelo’s whole enterprise may come undone, and threaten to bring No Legs down with it.
Director Ricou Browning (co-creator of Flipper and titular star of The Creature From The Black Lagoon) brings us into a world full of double crosses, cover-ups, bloody bar brawls, and weaponized wheelchairs with Mr. No Legs!
The Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) is a corrupt cop steeped in gambling debt who exploits his authority to sexually harass teenage girls, embezzle money and abuse drugs. His troubles come to a head when a mob lackey delivers an ultimatum: pay off his debt, or else. His fate appears sealed. But when The Lieutenant learns that a $50,000 reward is being offered to whoever catches a pair of thugs who raped a nun (Frankie Thorn), he jumps at the opportunity, hoping that he can still redeem himself.
A group of young shoppers and employees must band together when a zombie outbreak over runs their Hong Kong shopping center in the middle of the the biggest sale of the year. Jordan Chan, Emotion Cheung, Sam Lee, Wilson Yip, 1998.
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.
Jill has just returned home from college to the rural farm community where she grew up, only to discover that her parents have mysteriously vanished. Learning that her father, a banker, has become the local pariah for overseeing land foreclosures on local farmers, Jill quickly becomes the victim of a series of strange and increasingly depraved assaults. With only her childhood friend and former lover, Gary, and his mentally unstable brother, Mervo (Tiny Tim), willing to believe her, Jill begins to fear for her life. All the while, a stocking-masked killer is abducting, torturing, and brutally killing those closest to Jill… An unrelentingly grim and perverse psycho-sexual thriller, BLOOD HARVEST mixes gruesome throat slashings, copious amounts of T&A, and an unhinged supporting performance from music sensation, Tiny Tim. Long available only in heavily cut and grey market editions, Vinegar Syndrome proudly presents BLOOD HARVEST on Blu-Ray, fully uncut, uncensored, and newly restored in 4k from its recently discovered original camera negative.
The perversion behind imperial Rome, the epic story of Rome’s mad Emporer. All the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed right here: His unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome’s most infamous prostitute, his fiendishly inventive means of disposing those who would oppose him, and more.
Ruggero Deodato’s sleazy classic in 4K for all your gut munching needs!
This is one of the most notorious gore films ever, and was said to be the inspiration for “The Blair Witch Project.” Four people on a documentary film crew searching for cannibals in the Amazon meet a tribe called the “Tree People” who give them shocking newsreel footage of another film team’s horrific experiences. Disturbing sex sequences and violence abound. With Robert Kerman, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen; directed by Ruggero Deodato. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set. Region Free
Eight teenagers get trapped in a shopping centre after hours and three murderous security robots chase them.
Features many of director Takashi Miike’s most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes, cementing his reputation overseas as one of Japans most talented and innovative filmmakers.Takashi Miike (1999-2000-2002)
Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, Takashi Miike’s unforgettable Dead or Alive Trilogy features many of the director’s most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes.
German comedy drama where a young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. Nikias Chryssos (2015)
Ulli Lommel’s notorious witchcraft themed horror film with a legendary special effects meltdown of epic proportions! Suzanna Love, Donald Pleasence, Robert Walker Jr., Paul Willson, 1983.
Something is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies, and cemetery custodian Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett) grows tired of killing them all for the second time. However, the town politicians won’t listen to him, so Francesco is on his own. One day, he falls for a beautiful woman (Anna Falchi) whose husband has recently died — but their affair is tragically interrupted by zombies, sending Francesco into a tailspin of madness and woe.
Cult grim & gorey slasher from the early 80’s featured in a beautifully restored print. Laurie Lapinski, Daphne Zuniga, Jeffrey Obrow, 1982.
Set in an old dormitory where a group of students getting the place ready for demolition are stalked and slain via various nasty methods by a mysterious killer. The cast additionally includes Laurie Lapinski, Stephen Sachs, David Snow, Pamela Holland, Dennis Ely and Woody Roll; this was also the first feature for genre-fave composer Christopher Young.
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term “survival of the fittest.” David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination… which could be bad news for the Earth.
A straight-laced FBI Agent tasked with transporting a former hippie radical back to stand trial in Spokane, Washington. Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Carol Kane, 1990.
At last, the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60’s radical Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper) is heading for jail. So how come it’s Huey’s uptight FBI escort (Kiefer Sutherland) who ends up behind bars? And why do they soon team up as uneasy riders on the lam? Flashback–a comic collision course between the tie-dyed 60’s and the pin-striped ‘80s.
A teenager discovers that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire, so he turns to an actor in a television horror show for help dealing with the undead. Tom Holland (1985)
Based very loosely on a story by H. P. Lovecraft, a group of scientists create a resonator to stimulate the pineal gland, and open up a door to a parallel (and hostile) universe. Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Stuart Gordon, 1986.
A killer makes his own movie while executing the cast of a student slasher film being filmed at a camp.
GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING is the true story of what happened behind the scenes of one of the most outrageous television shows in history. From 1986-92, the airwaves were ruled by GLOW—a neon and glitter-soaked reimagining of the World Wrestling Federation with an all-female cast . . . only with more skits, chainsaws, and personalized rap songs. This documentary, which inspired the hit Netflix series GLOW, chronicles the rise and fall of the iconic show through the stories of those who lived it. Produced DIY-style by filmmakers Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason (THE ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION), GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING pays tribute to the incredible women who made it all possible. AGFA is thrilled to bring GLOW to Blu-ray for the first time, complete with enough extras to fuel three-thousand suplexes.
Korean horror where the crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building. Beom-sik Jeong (2018)
On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills.
As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren’t always clear and good doesn’t always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made.
This box set comprises three terrifying films from one of the longest running horror series in cinema history. Michael Myers takes on Tommy Doyle and Dr. Loomis with help from a mysterious cult, comes face to face with Laurie Strode again and slashes his way through the cast of a reality TV show! This set includes all of the previously released extras plus some brand-new surprises.
A man dying of a terminal illness receives an experimental medical treatment and soon discovers he has superhuman powers. But the origins of the treatment are intertwined in a dark history that becomes unravelled in his life.
25th anniversary special edition
It’s 1997, and the World Wrestling Federation is facing fierce competition from Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling. When the legendary Bret “The Hitman” Hart is offered a lucrative opportunity to jump ship to the WCW, WWF mastermind Vince McMahon appeals to his sense of loyalty and lures him back with a 20-year contract. But when McMahon abruptly reneges on the deal, Hart reconnects with the competition, paving the way for one of the most notorious events in the history of professional wrestling: the Montreal Screwjob.
Widely hailed as the greatest wrestling documentary of all time, Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows is an engrossing look at the life and career of Bret Hart and the Hart dynasty. Granted unprecedented access to the secret world of wrestling, director Paul Jay presents a real-world narrative far more dramatic than any story created for the ring. Expanding on the film’s eye-opening perspective, this disc also includes the potent companion doc, The Life and Death of Owen Hart – co-directed by Jay and Sally Blake – which explores the tragic death of Bret’s brother Owen.• Transferred and restored from the Betacam master
• Audio commentary featuring Bret Hart and Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor Dave Meltzer
• Anatomy of a Screwjob (2022, 23 min.) – New interview with Bret Hart
• Directing with Shadows (2022, 23 min.) – New interview with director Paul Jay
• Screwjob-specific commentary (2022, 13 min.) featuring Bret Hart
• Archival interview with Bret Hart (2008, 22 min.)
• Archival interview with Paul Jay (2008, 22 min.)
• The Life and Death of Owen Hart (1999, 47 min.) with an intro by co-director Paul Jay
• Booklet featuring an interview with producer Sally Blake
• Reversible cover artwork
• English SDH subtitles for both films
An executed killer (Brion James) haunts the house where a policeman (Lance Henriksen) lives with his wife (Rita Taggart) and children.
Miriam Blaylock collects Renaissance art, ancient Egyptian pendants, lovers, souls. Alive and fashionably chic in Manhattan, Miriam is an ageless vampire. Although vampire is not a word youll hear in this movie based on the novel by Whitley Strieber (Wolfen). Instead, debuting feature director Tony Scott fashions a hip, sensual, modern-gothic makeover. Catherine Deneuve radiates macabre elegance as Miriam, blessed with beauty, cursed with bloodlust. David Bowie is fellow fiend and refined husband John. In love, in life, in longing, they are inseparable. But when John abruptly begins to age and turns to a geriatric researcher (Susan Sarandon) for help, Miriam soon eyes the woman as a replacement for John. The Hunger is insatiable.
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie (Elizabeth Peña), and ex-wife, Sarah (Patricia Kalember), try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer’s chiropractor friend, Louis (Danny Aiello), fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Hugh Grant stars in Ken Russell’s delirious horror comedy where a Scottish archaeologist uncovers an ancient worm cult, but has he just released the monster himself? Ken Russell (1988)
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 nightmare begins when Captain Lansen (Eric Porter) attempts to transport illegal explosives and their rusty tramp steamer becomes stranded in the vast floating swamp of the mysterious Sargasso Sea.
Under the cover of night, the terrified travelers encounter unspeakable monsters, man-eating seaweed, vicious mutant pirates and stupendously endowed women.
Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, then picks up men and seduces them. However, her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she at last meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved drives her to the brink of insanity and murder.
Gruesome stop-motion fever dream produced, written, directed, designed and largely animated by legendary visual effects maestro Phil Tippett off and on for roughly 30 years. Alex Cox, Niketa Roman, Satish Ratakonda, Phil Tippett, 2021.
A celebratory documentary about cow-punk musician Mojo Nixon and his legendary status, featuring archival footage and interviews. Matt Eskey, 2022.
Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), a rather clueless police detective, tries to foil a plot to turn innocent people into assassins through mind control. After his partner, Norberg (O.J. Simpson), is shot, Frank sets out to find the culprit, leading him to business tycoon Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban). However, Frank has no evidence until he meets Jane Spencer (Priscilla Presley), Ludwig’s assistant. She knows nothing about Ludwig’s devious plans, but falls for Frank and agrees to help him.
A young man set up as the fall guy in a string of brutal slasher murders decides he’ll hide by sneaking into the forbidden subterranean realm of Midian where shape-shifting beings – The Nightbreed – dwell. Theatrically-released nationwide from Fox in 1990, the studio edited the film extensively and several scenes were excised or rearranged much to the Director’s disappointment . This original “Director’s Cut” has been considered a “lost” holy grail to horror fanatics …until now.
Hutch Mansell fails to defend himself or his family when two thieves break into his suburban home one night. The aftermath of the incident soon strikes a match to his long-simmering rage. In a barrage of fists, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must now save his wife and son from a dangerous adversary — and ensure that he will never be underestimated again.
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and child leave for a vacation, Bart inadvertently destroys the house while in pursuit of a rat.
The entire trilogy together!
OUTRAGE: After his men go too far in their confrontation with a rival gang, a yakuza henchman (Beat Takeshi) gets caught up in an escalating mob war.
BEYOND OUTRAGE: A detective involves a presumed-dead crime boss (Beat Takeshi) in his plan to crack down on organized crime by igniting a war between two yakuza factions.
OUTRAGE CODA: A ferocious power struggle erupts in the top echelons of two crime families.
Brian De Palma’s (Scarface, The Untouchables) classic musical cult comedy Phantom of the Paradise blends elements of The Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Grey, and Faust, paving the way for his later hits. In it, a disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace.
Canadian horror classic where a deranged little boy and his evil teddy bear throw people into a pit full of flesh eating mutant troglodytes. Lew Lehman (1981)
It’s hazing season at Phi Up and the boys are up to all sorts of nasty pranks on their hapless pledges, in between regular bouts of ‘wetting their whistles’ at the campus watering hole…with some of the area’s beautiful sorority babes. But this is going to be one literal ‘hell week’ as they unwittingly unleash the spirit of Acid Sid; an unfortunate pledge who was accidentally dissolved in acid during a hazing prank gone wrong some 20 years earlier. As the helpless fratboys and pledges fall victim to Sid’s wrath and seemingly indestructible towering zombie corpse, it’s up to the stragglers to figure out how to kill someone who’s been dead for two decades, or die trying.
An ordinary young man in a small town suddenly snaps, arming himself with machine guns and going on a relentless killing spree.
Whats more fun than a wrestling fan who drives a pump-it-and-dump-it sewage truck and sucks up the sweet air of World Championship Wresting glory at night? Two wrestling fans — Gordie and Sean! David Arquette is Gordie and Scott Caan is Sean this laugh-slammin comedy directed by Brian Robbins (Varsity Blues). With their brains in a hammerlock and their hopes high, Gordie and Sean set out to help their favorite WCW Monday Nitro hero (Oliver Platt) regain the championship. Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Sting and more superstars join the spin-dropping, power-bombing, ladder-swinging goings-on. To borrow from Gordie and Steve: Theyre the wrestlers who are better than all the wrestlers.
The brain munchers with attitude are back as a young man uses a secret government chemical program to reanimate his dead girlfriend, helping her as she consumes the only thing that will nourish her, human brains. Brian Yuzna (1993)
An astonishing film variously described as “Bat-Shit wonderful”, “Bat-shit crazy” and, most simply, “Bat-shit”.
An engaging spaghetti western telling the story of seven dangerous men hired to escort a sick woman and her husband across treacherous territory overcoming death in more ways than one.
A gritty tale of ill-fated hope, the power of love and the burning desire for revenge, is considered as one of Spanish director J. R. Merchant’s most impressive westerns.
Barry isn’t your normal high school student, he is obsessed with action movies, specifically ones starring the great Chuck Norris. In order to escape the difficulties of his everyday life, such as the loss of his mother and the bullies he has to face at school, Barry finds himself daydreaming of being Chuck Norris’s sidekick and beating up the bad guys in order to save the day. With the help of his favorite teacher and her uncle, Barry begins training in martial arts in order to gain confidence and to ground himself in reality. However, reality hits hard when Barry enters a martial arts tournament and is forced to face the bullies that have been tormenting him. With a little help from a hero of his, Barry must overcome his fears if he wants to win the tournament as well as the heart of his longtime crush.
When a social media star reluctantly agrees to attend a former friend’s hen party in a remote cabin for a weekend all hell breaks loose in this Aussie horror-comedy. Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes, 2022.
Ultra rare shot on video slasher film that might be one of the great lost experimental films of the 20th century or a hopelessly inept film about a guy who kills people with a sledgehammer. Ted Prior, 1983.
A wild and surreal outer space adventure. A mid-80s mash-up of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, ALIEN, and Edgar Rice Burrough’s TARZAN. In the year 6470, a husband and wife team of explorers receive a mysterious distress signal from an astronaut who disappeared decades earlier. They leave their son on board ship to search for the missing astronaut – but fate intervenes, their own ship crashes – leaving their son alone – or is he?* New restoration by Deaf Crocodile from the original 35mm negative
* New commentary track by film journalist Sam Deighan
* New interview with co-director Călin Cazan
* New booklet essay by Stephen R. Bissette
* Blu-ray mastering and authoring by David Mackenzie/Fidelity in Motion
A stranger (Norman Boyd) helps a religious brother (Michael Lake) and sister (Melissa Davis) build a crude plane to fly out of the desert.
Apt Pupil / Secret Window / Bag of Bones (Mini-Series) / Christine (1983) / Sleepwalkers (1992) / Stand by Me – Set (Bilingual)
IMPORT BLU RAY EDITION! ncarcerated for assault and manslaughter, a man (Siu-wong Fan) survives in a futuristic prison by resorting to more extreme violence.
It has been called “grisly,” “sick,” and “perverse,”, as well as “raw,” “unshakeable,” and “the movie that redefined horror.” It was attacked by churches, banned by governments, and acclaimed by only the bravest of critics. It stunned audiences worldwide and set a new standard in movie terror forever. Today writer-producer-director Tobe Hooper’s dark, visionary tale remains unparalleled in its impact as perhaps the most frightening motion picture ever made.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of this beloved horror classic, MPI Media Group presents the original restored film in an all-new 4k scan authorized by Tobe Hooper, featuring a dynamic new 7.1 surround sound mix and never-before-seen outtakes!
Thrust! is a super-saturated exploitation epic that follows two lovers, Aloe and Vera, through a dystopian society ruled by girl gangs. Aloe and Vera are on a quest to kill the last scumbag alive, a disgusting degenerate named Dirtbag Mike. Along the way they have to survive a lurid spectrum of horny and unhinged freaks and fiends. They just need love, a gun, some bullets, working plumbing, and maybe a little bit of the mysterious drug everyone calls “loud.”
A Texas ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Arkansas. Loosely based on a true story.
Interwoven stories demonstrate that some traditions are best not forgotten as the residents (Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker) of a small town face real ghosts and goblins on Halloween. Tales of terror reveal the consequences of extinguishing a Jack-o-Lantern before midnight and a grumpy hermit’s encounter with a sinister trick-or-treater.
Solve the mystery of how “Clue”, a film based on a board game, was murdered at the box office but, in a shocking twist, found a fanbase with a passionate appreciation for the movie’s hilarious dialogue and incredible cast.The evidence found in clue’s soundtrack featurett , additional interview footage not included in the film & a podcast interview with director Jeff Smith about the film
And there we go guys. Hope some stuff jumps out at ya and we’ll see you down at the old videostore soon enough. Cheers!
