Another week of cinema touches base at the video store and once again very excited to announce along with many other titles the underrated Nic Cage beauty BRINGING OUT THE DEAD is back in print on physical media! Love this movie and truly a forgotten gem from director Martin Scorsese! Now let’s see what else is coming shall we?
Coming of age comedy inspired by the true story of a nerdy, alienated, hopeful filmmaker named Pat Johnson about growing up, falling in love, and becoming the very first fan of the movie that changed everything, Star Wars.
The Mighty Monarch of Exploitation, David F. Friedman was no stranger to creating jaw-dropping sleaze epics, and in this first entry in a series celebrating his incredible filmmaking career, Something Weird and Distribpix present his final, and perhaps most notorious duo of sexploitation classics, both newly restored in 4K from their original 35mm camera negatives and on Blu-ray for the first time!
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado. Klaus Kinski, Werner Herzog, 1972.
It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It’s 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds…and it’s about to break out! From director Lewis Teague (Cujo) and screenwriter John Sayles (The Howling) comes an unstoppable thriller with bite. A family returning from Florida decides their pet baby alligator is too much to handle and flushes him down the toilet. Meanwhile, Slade Laboratories is conducting secret experiments with animals and disposing of them in the sewer. The alligator, fending for itself, begins to feed on the dead animals, and grows. Now, twelve years later, after several mysterious murders, David Madison (Robert Forster, Jackie Brown) is on the case to find out who…or what…is killing people.
Good friends…with some time to kill. When Muffy St. John (Deborah Foreman, Valley Girl) invited her college friends up to her parents’ secluded island home for the time of their lives, she just forgot to tell them it just might be the last time of their lives.
As soon as the kids arrive on the island, someone starts trimming the guest list…one murder at a time. And what starts out as a weekend of harmless “April Fool’s Day” pranks turns into a bloody battle for survival. It’s just what you’d expect from the producer who brought you Body Parts, Species and three of the Friday the 13th films!
A patient awakens in a mental asylum and fights real and imagined supernatural forces, only to find the outside world deadlier and drawn back inside. Richard Hatch, Tim Thomerson, Tiffany Shepis, Jay Woelfel, 2011
South London teenagers (John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones) defend their neighborhood from malevolent extraterrestrials.
He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler. A thief. A junkie. A killer. A cop. Now he’s investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in. NYC auteur/provocateur Abel Ferrara (The Driller Killer, King of New York) and co-writer Zoë Lund (Ms. 45) gaze unflinchingly into the life of a Bad Lieutenant. Starring screen legend Harvey Keitel (Mean Streets, Reservoir Dogs) at his most brilliant and brutal in what is perhaps the most incendiary and notorious film of the 1990s. The stellar supporting cast includes Victor Argo (Taxi Driver) and Paul Calderon (The Last Castle).
A group of friends spend a weekend in an inherited, abandoned hotel, where past traumas and the building’s eerie influence drive them toward betrayal and desire. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Stewart Thorndike, 2023
42 9th graders are sent to a deserted island. They are given a map, food, and various weapons. An explosive collar is fitted around their neck. If they break a rule, the collar explodes. Their mission: kill each other and be the last one standing. The last survivor is allowed to leave the island. If there is more than one survivor, the collars explode and kill them all.
Infamous porno about a woman kidnapped and taken to a secretive club, where she becomes the focus of a mysterious sexual performance that awakens hidden desires. Marilyn Chambers, Johnnie Keyes, George McDonald, Jim Mitchell, 1972
When Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) becomes ill, his son, William (Billy Crudup), travels to be with him. William has a strained relationship with Edward because his father has always told exaggerated stories about his life, and William thinks he’s never really told the truth. Even on his deathbed, Edward recounts fantastical anecdotes. When William, who is a journalist, starts to investigate his father’s tales, he begins to understand the man and his penchant for storytelling.
The story of a sexy lingerie model and a successful software salesman on a weekend getaway to a quaint Northern California town. But when the entire region is attacked by millions of homicidal birds, their picturesque paradise becomes a winged hell on earth. Hollywood legend Tippi Hendren of Hitchcock’s The Birds makes a Special Appearance in the global cult movie phenomenon.
Remake of the 1958 sci-fi horror classic about a deadly blob from another planet which consumes everything in its path. Teenagers attempt without success to warn the townspeople, who refuse to take them seriously. Chuck Russell (1988)
In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances as Jack, a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally (Nancy Allen), a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on the act of moviemaking.
A tense firefight between bank robbery suspects and police is caught on video, and the footage is humiliating for the cops. So when master thief Yuen (Richie Ren) and his crew are tracked to a dilapidated apartment building, Commissioner Rebecca Fong (Kelly Chen) decides to attempt a new approach to fighting crime: media savvy. Rather than initiating a siege, Fong starts packaging the upcoming arrest as a reality show. But Yuen hasn’t been caught yet, and he’s ready to turn the tables on her.
After a disheartening and haunting career wears him down, New York City paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) begins to collapse under the strain of saving lives and witnessing deaths. Through the course of a few nights, three co-workers (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) accompany Pierce as he grasps for sanity and pushes to be fired. Before Pierce falls off the edge, he still has a hope when he forms a friendship with a victim’s daughter (Patricia Arquette).
A desert photo shoot uncovers an abandoned town claimed by a murderous family in this brutal throwback horror. Adriane McLean, Sarah French, Marcel Walz, 2025
Legendary Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis star as elderly Elvis and geriatric JFK, who end up in the same old age home, but the two must join forces to battle an ancient Egyptian Mummy and save the souls of their fellow residents. Don Coscarelli (2002)
Two religious sisters run a boarding house where foreign tourists begin to disappear. A Spanish horror film combining giallo structure with social repression under Francoist Spain. Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy, Eugenio Martín, 1973
During a winter road trip, young couple Cliff (Schitt’s Creek’s Eugene Levy) and Gloria (Black Christmas’ Andrea Martin) get lost and make an unplanned stop in Farnhamville, Ontario, a snowy small town known as “The Friendly City.” When they hear the legend of three local women with a history of murdering men, they playfully investigate. But to their horror, it seems the killers are still active, police and other locals are complicit, and they’re all feasting on the victims. When the cannibals develop an appetite for Cliff and Gloria, they race to get on the road – before they get on the menu.
One of the greatest and most insane Canadian Christmas movies! While out for a tree, a pair of siblings meet a weirdo alien and decide to take him home. From the writer of the Hockey Sweater. Bernard Gosselin, 1972.
Two Japanese period crime films from cult director Hideo Gosha depicting yakuza, brothels, and social hierarchy in early 20th-century Japan. Tatsuya Nakadai.
In Critters, the terrified Brown family are trapped in a deadly nightmare and must fight for their lives against a litter of extraterrestrial, bloodthirsty monsters. But it’s a losing battle until two intergalactic bounty hunters arrive, determined to blow the creatures off the planet! In Critters 2: The Main Course, some eggs have survived and are popping open, bringing another horde of the little creatures! Brad Brown (Scott Grimes) returns to fight them along with three bounty hunters. Critters 3 stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Josh, a beleaguered Angelino who must lead the fight against the little monsters as they invade an L.A. apartment building. In the final film, Critters 4, a super strain of genetically engineered monsters are designed to take over the universe. This time, Brad Dourif and Angela Bassett must battle the little bloodthirsty hairballs.
Region Free 4K UK special edition release of the original Dawn of the Dead – includes the Argento cut, the Cannes Cut and the theatrical cut.
A Vegas choreographer battles addiction while outrunning coked-up killers, turning the city into an 80s neon warzone where every gunfight explodes into deranged interpretive dance. Roy Kieffer, Rebecca Barrington, Richard W. Munchkin, 1987
A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies. George A. Romero, 1985.
2 teens find a beautiful woman tied to a bed in a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel, 2008.
Four city-dwelling friends (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) decide to get away from their jobs, wives and kids for a week of canoeing in rural Georgia. When the men arrive, they are not welcomed by the backwoods locals, who stalk the vacationers and savagely attack them in the woods. Reeling from the ambush, the friends attempt to return home but are surrounded by dangerous rapids and pursued by a madman. Soon, their canoe trip turns into a fight for survival.
Average Joe’s Gym and its owner, Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn), are both down on their luck. A fancy competing gym called Globo-Gym, run by the maniacal health nut White Goodman (Ben Stiller), is about to put Average Joe’s out of business unless Peter can raise $50,000 to keep his mortgage. To save the gym, Peter and a ragtag group of Average Joe’s members and employees enter a dodgeball contest with a big cash prize. In response, White forms his own Globo-Gym team to rout the competition.
A Swedish psychological horror-drama about a lonely night watchman becomes obsessed with a mannequin, believing it is alive. Per Oscarsson, Arne Mattsson, 1962.
In director James Bryan’s 1981 cult classic, a group of obnoxious campers venture into the wilderness for what they assume will be a fun filled weekend. Unknown to them, a bloodthirsty maniac is hiding in the woods, watching their every move, and violently killing them, one by one, every chance he gets… Filled with low-fi gore effects and black humor, DON’T GO IN THE WOODS remains one of the quintessential regional slasher films of the early 80s, and is coming to Blu-ray for the very first time, newly restored in 2K from the 35mm Interpositive and loaded with extras.
ess Franco’s surreal, sexually explicit riff on the famous Oscar Wilde story features his main muse, the gorgeous Lina Romay (ROLLS ROYCE BABY), in one of her most powerful and raw performances. Romay stars as vampiric aristocrat Doriana Gray, a fluid-drinking succubus who shares a strange bond with her sexually voracious twin sister. It seems that when one woman feels aroused, the other sibling experiences every sensation, a phenomenon that is illustrated in shocking, salacious detail when a sexy young reporter comes to call…
A visually striking French drama following a drug dealer’s psychedelic afterlife journey through Tokyo’s neon underworld. Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Gaspar Noé, 2009
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world’s most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake’s body will end the mission – and his life – unless he succeeds!
A broad British spoof lampoons stately-home dramas and Agatha Christie mysteries as aristocrats, servants and suitors collide in relentless gag-driven mayhem. Thomasin McKenzie, Damian Lewis, Katherine Waterston, Jim O’Hanlon, 2025.
It is 1971, and journalist Raoul Duke barrels toward Las Vegas—accompanied by a trunkful of contraband and his unhinged Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo—to cover a motorcycle race. His cut-and-dried assignment quickly descends into a feverish psychedelic odyssey. Director Terry Gilliam and an all-star cast (headlined by Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro) show no mercy in adapting Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary dissection of the American way of life to the screen, creating a film both hilarious and savage.
Two Japanese pink films exploring voyeurism, repression, and intimacy. One is set in a private fantasy club; the other follows a voyeur hired to follow a woman, leading to mutual obsession and violence.
After serving two years in prison for arson, Amador (Amador Arias), returns to his mountainside village in north-west Spain, where he resumes a serene, if mostly solitary, existence tending cabbages and injured cows with his ageing mother, Benedicta (Benedicta Sánchez). Life resumes for the two following the rhythm of nature despite the suspicious glares of the unforgiving locals —until one night a devasting fire ignites that threatens to engulf the entire region.
A thrilling tale of friendship and survival that took indie animation to ecstatic new heights of ambition and imagination, this Academy Award–winning international sensation follows a courageous cat after its home is devastated by a great flood. As the cat teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, the crew must rely on trust, courage, and their wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet. Working with a small team using open-source software, visionary DIY animator Gints Zilbalodis conjures a sublime sensory odyssey and a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of community.
Three late period Italian gialli focusing on prostitution, fashion, and urban violence: Mystère (1983 – Carlo Vanzina) / Obsession: A Taste for Fear (1988 – Piccio Raffanini) / Sweets from a Stranger (1984 – Franco Ferrini)
Punk fights, rap duels, street justice, and NBA magic explode in four gonzo tales of 1987 Oakland under a strange green light. Pedro Pascal, Dominique Thorne, Jay Ellis, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2024
A lonely cringe-inducing suburban dad’s awkward obsession with his charismatic neighbour spirals into a darkly comedic and unsettling bromance. Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara, Andrew DeYoung, 2024
Never released outside of Japan, FUJI_JUKAI.MOV is an eerie found footage horror movie from filmmaker Katsumi Sakashita. The story follows Ami, a high school student who travels to the Jukai forest to take her own life. But when students Mi-tan and Hinata interrupt Ami’s plans, an even darker side of the forest is revealed. The first J-horror feature to be filmed entirely on an iPhone, FUJI_JUKAI.MOV combines true crime chills with ambitious unfiction to build an unsettling experience that’s a true discovery for found footage archeologists.
Los Angeles vice squad detectives, and partners, Jake Rodriguez (Tupac Shakur, Juice) and Frank Divinci (James Belushi, Red Heat), stage a faux drug deal with a drug trafficker that they end up murdering and robbing, taking his cash and drugs in the process. Upon turning in the stolen cocaine at their precinct, Rodriguez and Divinci are notified that the person they murdered wasn’t a lowly street criminal but, in fact, a DEA agent in deep cover, igniting a citywide search for those responsible for his murder. Now Rodriguez and Divinci have to find someone else to pin the murder on, before it’s too late.
The gross out parody cards make the jump to the movie screen in this cult bargain-basement comedy / “amusing spectacle of opportunistic anarchy-peddling passing for ham-fisted social satire.” Mackenzie Astin.
A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board. Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Karl Urban, 2002.
Pete Grunderson returns home to Christmas, CA and discovers his family is missing. Were they murdered by the Santa Slasher… and turned into Evil Gnomes?! Is the cult of Mithras alive and well in Christmas, Ca? This town was founded by pagans… More importantly… should Pete get back together with his High School sweet heart Anne? And how is she involved with this Craft Faire Cult that the FBI is investigating? All of this and more will be revealed to Pete as he becomes… GNOME SICK
Shot on video over six years in the mid-1990s by legendary photographer Richard Sandler, The Gods of Times Square is a portrait of the “Crossroads of the World” at the end of the millennium, told through the words of its denizens, particularly the various street preachers that populated every corner. Now over twenty five years since its transformation to the unrecognizable, the Times Square known for generations only exists in memory and dreams, one of many treasured, vanquished New York demimondes. The Gods of Times Square is now available in an extended version through the auspices of Josh Safdie, Elara Pictures and The Film Desk
When he and his roommate can’t pay their rent, video game creator Alex finds himself homeless and moves in with Lilly, his wacky grandmother. Lilly and her elderly pals like to hang out in front of the television all day, but their constant presence puts a damper on Alex’s social life and pot smoking. Alex wants to court co-worker Samantha, but he’s preoccupied by a rivalry with another game designer, so the would-be relationship is in limbo.
A young hacker and his friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus. Angelina Jolie
In a neon-drenched city, a rogue hacker plunges into violent criminal networks, psychotropic experiments, and extreme stunts in this cyber‑thriller cult favorite. Kai Lennox, Marlo Thomas, Ryo Kase, 2000
While on a cross-country drive, a bitter writer (Franco Nero) and his beautiful wife (Corinne Clery) pick up a stranded motorist (the one and only David Hess of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT infamy). But when this hitcher turns out to be a depraved psychopath, their road trip takes a vicious detour into sex and savagery where the miles are marked in mayhem and vengeance is the ultimate rule of thumb.
A witty, disgusting, eye-popping, and incomprehensible scabrous satire of organized religion that follows a Christ figure, his disciples, and their bloody quest for the home of the gods, whom they plan to depose. Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973.
A documentary about people who live in houses made famous by film or television, examining privacy, fandom, and daily life under public scrutiny. Tommy Avallone, 2024.
An executed killer (Brion James) haunts the house where a policeman (Lance Henriksen) lives with his wife (Rita Taggart) and children.
In this dazzlingly imaginative teen comedy, the breakthrough feature debut by writer-director Reginald Hudlin, hip-hop duo Kid ’n Play bring their star power to the big screen as aspiring MCs preparing for the party of the year. When Kid’s father (Robin Harris) forbids him from attending Play’s party, Kid sneaks out anyway, kicking off a wild night full of dance-offs and rap battles, run-ins with bullies and cops, and a bit of romance. With an ensemble cast that also includes Tisha Campbell, AJ Johnson, Martin Lawrence, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, and members of the music group Full Force, plus a hit soundtrack, House Party is a beloved, feel-good snapshot of early-1990s hip-hop culture that brought Black teenage experience to the mainstream, and that shines bright to this day.
On a dark and stormy night the last train out of London comes to a sudden halt deep in the middle of a forest. After the driver ventures out to investigate and never returns, the passengers are in a state of panic – particularly after seeing the driver’s mutilated body outside the carriage.
Japanese anime. When a young woman lacking self confidence is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent young wizard and his companions in his walking castle. Hayao Miyazaki (2004)
A sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer comes across a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain the enforcer can only dream about.
This collection features 7 classic films featuring the incomparable Jackie Chan: Killer Meteors / Shaolin Wooden Men / To Kill with Intrigue / Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin / Dragon Fist / Battle Creek Brawl / Dragon Lord
Whole Lotta John Wick!
A girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
A couple’s romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin in the woods turns eerie and nightmarish when they face a sinister presence and the cabin’s chilling secrets begin to surface. Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland, Birkett Turton, Osgood Perkins.
When Gary & Samantha’s parents head out of town one Halloween weekend, an all-time rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.
A freak accident wipes out the British royal family, and sleazy American lounge singer Ralph suddenly finds himself the next King of England. Before long, however, Ralph realizes that it might not be so good to be the king after all.
The Shat stars as veterinarian in an Arizona town infested with a horde of arachnids that turn on the humans whose insecticides have depleted their natural food supply. William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling, Woody Strode. 1977.
Two cellmates bond in a Latin American prison through escape fantasies and political tension, blending sexuality and political oppression in a powerful, award-winning film that challenged taboos in 1980s cinema. William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sônia Braga.
Three policemen, each with his own motives and obsessions, tackle the corruption surrounding an unsolved murder at a downtown Los Angeles coffee shop in the early 1950s. Detective Lieutenant Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a murdered detective, is out to avenge his father’s killing. The ex-partner of Officer White (Russell Crowe), implicated in a scandal rooted out by Exley, was one of the victims. Sergeant Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) feeds classified information to a tabloid magnate (Danny DeVito).
A sexy space vampire comes to earth and begins to transform the population of London into zombies. From director Tobe Hooper and writer Dan O’Bannon. Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, 1985.
On a remote island, Ephraim Winslow arrives as a lighthouse keeper and assists his elderly supervisor, Thomas Wake. As days pass, Ephraim is haunted by strange and mysterious visions.
A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies. Tobe Hooper (1995)
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest (played by Bruce Campbell), finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered. As Lieutenant Frank McCrae (Tom Atkins) investigates these mysterious killings, the death toll rises and he suspects a mysterious police cover-up.
The “Maniac Cop” is back from the dead and stalking the streets of New York once more. Officer Matt Cordell was once a hero, but after being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, he sets out on a macabre mission of vengeance, teaming up with a vicious serial killer to track down those that wronged him and make them pay… with their lives!
French Foreign Legion drama in which an ex-West Point cadet leads a potpourri of thieves, murderers, exiles, and aristocrats seeking adventure on a semi-suicidal mission to protect an archaeological dig in the Moroccan wilderness.
Comedy homage to 50’s B-movies about a William Castle inspired promoter who comes to small town Florida exciting the locals. John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Dante, 1993.
After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.
THE MOVIE ORGY is a legendary found footage triumph from Joe Dante—one of genre cinema’s most significant masterminds. In 1968, the future director of GREMLINS took an apartment’s worth of 16mm prints and, with the help of producer Jon Davison (ROBOCOP), meticulously created what is quite possibly the world’s first found footage megamix. Comprised of commercials, news reels, feature film clips, TV bloopers, and much more, THE MOVIE ORGY is an essential cultural artifact and a psychedelic vortex of mashed-up magnificence. Never available on home video, the film has been preserved from the original 16mm elements by AGFA in partnership with Joe Dante and Jon Davison.
Louis Malle’s captivating and philosophical filmed conversation between actor and playwright Wallace Shawn & friend and theater director André Gregory at a Manhattan restaurant. 1981.
It’s Halloween! The gates of Hull House have creaked open once again and Angela (Amelia Kinkade) is waiting for her treats. When a group of rambunctious teens take refuge in the foreboding funeral home to escape the law, they soon realize their grave error. Packed with thrills, chills, and bloody spills, Night Of The Demons 3 is a party to die for!
A marvelously inventive Japanese horror-comedy that’s equally a well executed zombie film, a satire of low-budget genre filmmaking and weirdly a charming family comedy. Shinichiro Ueda, 2018.
Spanish fantasy masterpiece set in the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. Guillermo del Toro (2006)
One of the most eccentric comedies of the 1980s, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is a pop-culture touchstone that helped make a manic oddball named Pee-wee Herman—the creation and alter ego of actor-comedian Paul Reubens—into an icon for outsiders of all ages. It also established the distinctive style of director Tim Burton, whose eye-popping visual sense is already on full display in this, his first feature film. Following the gleefully irreverent Pee-wee as he embarks on a road trip to recover his beloved stolen bicycle, the movie unfolds with the antic invention of a live-action cartoon, combining a gallery of memorably wacky characters, colorful, kitschy Americana, and surreal flights of fancy into a joyously uninhibited paean to creativity and the spirit of childhood.
Feature length animated film from Satoshi Kon about A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past. 1997.
Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord who was entombed on Earth millions of years ago after a failed attempt to destroy the universe. They nickname the evil creature Psycho Goreman (or PG for short) and use the magical amulet they discovered to force him to obey their childish whims. It isn’t long before PG’s reappearance draws the attention of intergalactic friends and foes from across the cosmos, and a rogues’ gallery of alien combatants converges in small-town suburbia to battle for the fate of the galaxy.
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.
A formerly renowned chef is forced to return to Portland and face his traumatic past after a group of attackers abduct his precious pig.
A British SAS officer during World War II is captured and forced to fight in a Japanese internment camp. Scott Adkins, Peter Shinkoda, Louis Mandylor, 2025.
Collection of the 2 fun-filled, action-packed films about a swashbuckling turn-of-the-century coastguard, hot on the trail of cut-throat pirates, smugglers and free-wheeling police officers. Jackie Chan.
Starring as a swashbuckling turn-of-the-century coast guard, hot on the trail of cutthroat pirates, smugglers and free-wheeling police officers, Jackie Chan treats his audience to a fun-filled, action-packed motion-picture experience, showing him at his most reckless and brilliant in a film that has become a benchmark standard for other filmmakers to follow.
A mysterious woman gunslinger, Ellen (Sharon Stone), saunters into the town of Redemption looking for revenge. Her father was killed by the town’s sadistic mayor, Herod (Gene Hackman), who is in the midst of organizing a quick-draw tournament. The lady enters, joining a cast of miscreants and outlaws for a brutal competition in which the loser dies. Among the competitors is “The Kid” (Leonardo DiCaprio), an upstart who has his own score to settle with Herod.
Double Feature of kick ass!
A graffiti arrest spirals into a gonzo odyssey of plutonium deals, mallrats, and a deranged cop in 2007 Fresno, Texas. Carl Fry, Maxwell Nalevansky, 2024.
Grace couldn’t be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family’s luxurious estate. There’s just one catch — she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons. As Grace desperately tries to survive the night, she soon finds a way to turn the tables on her not-so-lovable relatives.
Ten years after their high school graduation, Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) haven’t exactly accomplished everything that they set out to do. Despite their strong friendship, their personal and professional lives are still lacking. When they hear of their upcoming high school reunion, they take it as an opportunity to show their classmates how much they’ve changed — first by trying to reform themselves, then by creating a lie that eventually spins out of control.
An ingeniously engineered slash of thoroughly modern horror, arguably the most important film of the Canadian Tax Shelter era, which charts a social breakdown by tearing through our most intrinsic taboos. David Cronenberg, 1975.
Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature, as well as each other. But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible “accidents”, they discover that someone – or something – has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember.
In this classic slasher film, a woman with amnesia returns to her sorority house, where a series of grisly murders occur, leading to a terrifying night of survival. Angela O’Neill, Pamela Ross, Carol Frank, 1986
A feature-length, Lynch-influenced shot-on-video surreal murder mystery in a small town plagued by shared nightmares and supernatural events. Bonnie Aarons, Michael J. Anderson, Jamielyn Lippman, Josh Eisenstadt.
A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune. Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, 2014.
Masterpiece of terror where a young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man’s obsession. Dario Argento, 1996.
John Carpenter’s fun satire of consumerism finds an unemployed Roddy Piper uncovering that the world’s ruling elite are aliens in disguise who’s aim is to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. Keith David, Meg Foster, 1988.
Cult remake of the William Castle original populated with effects enhanced 13 ghosts. Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, 2001.
Gonzo body-horror from the director of Raw, follows a young woman damaged by a childhood car crash caused by her negligent father now making her living as a dancer at car shows & willing to go violent when men go too far. Julia Ducournau, 2021.
In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Phoenix Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is squashed when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. This onslaught of stylized violence and trippy colors got director Seijun Suzuki in trouble with Nikkatsu studio heads, who were put off by his anything-goes, in-your-face aesthetic, equal parts Russ Meyer, Samuel Fuller, and Nagisa Oshima. Tokyo Drifter is a delirious highlight of the brilliantly excessive Japanese cinema of the sixties.
Japanese anime taking place on Christmas Eve about three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo find a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents. Satoshi Kon, 2003.
In a quiet apartment complex in Los Angeles, a deranged handyman goes on a killing spree, murdering ‘immoral’ women with the tools of his trade – claw-hammers, screwdrivers, power drills and even a deadly nail gun! But these gruesome massacres are just the beginning of this landmark epic of violence and depravity that was vilified by critics, banned by censors, and treasured by fans worldwide.
The cult fantasy-horror film! Shot in Utah with a nonprofessional cast about a family vacationing in the town of Nilbog only to discover that it is populated by vegetarian goblins. Claudio Fragasso, 1990.
Twin Cheeks feels like if John Waters picked up a video camera and made a Twin Peaks homage and sprinkled in a dash of Rainer Werner Fassbinder for good measure. Filmed in a lot of the same locations David Lynch used but with the absurdity turned way up. Kelly Hughes is an unsung legend of the underground and we are so happy to bring his work to more people. Audio commentary with director Kelly Hughes, Interview with Kelly Hughes, Wrapped in DNA, Bliss Does Hollywood, Music Videos, Short Films, Bonus Feature Film: It’s Not the House, It’s My Mother
In this darkly beautiful horror animated film from Spain, war-hungry teddy bears journey from bootcamp to the psychedelic terrors of the Magic Forest. Alberto Vázquez, 2022.
Drama based on the true story of Manchester United’s legendary `Busby Babes’, the youngest side ever to win the Football League, and the 1958 Munich air crash that claimed eight of them. The film draws on first-hand interviews with the survivors and their families to tell the inspirational story of a team and community overcoming terrible tragedy.
Carl Theodor Dreyer’s unsettling, dreamlike horror film about an occult student assailed by various supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside Paris. 1932.
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon “Videodrome,” a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend (Deborah Harry) auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Includes: Fall of the House of Usher (1960) / The Haunted Palace (1963) / The Masque of the Red Death (1964) / Witchfinder General (1968) / The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).
After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide.
A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge, and they must make their way across the city to their own turf.
WAXWORKS (1988)
A mysterious man brings a waxworks museum to town and invites some teens to a special midnight showing, but that’s when the scenes come alive and suck their victims in.
STARS: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey
WAXWORKS II (1992)
The couple who survive the first Waxworks are followed by a murderous curse, and only by travelling through time can they hope to defeat the evil threatening to consume them.
STARS: Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre, Martin Kemp
Includes Wishmaster 1, 2, 3, 4 and loads of extras.
Special A24 release of Ti West’s X Trilogy – X, Pearl and MaXXXine
Cult teen 80s horror / sci-fi film about a mysterious fast-driving spirit who descends from the sky to take revenge against a road-racing gang of motor-heads. Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Mike Marvin, 1986.
And there we go guys. Movies should arrive Thursday/ Friday. Cheers!
