Good day dear movie friends. Once again it is time to let you all know what wonderful delights we have coming into the shop this week. Little bit of this, little bit of that. From the second season of Creepshow finally making it’s way to Blu Ray for you collectors out there to some random goodness and B Movie schlock the videostore continues to try and help out during the holiday season. Let’s take a look shall we…
In the year 2149, a young man named Darwin lives like everyone else — in a small cement module with little more than a computer. Forced to venture into the outside world, he meets a beautiful young woman who shows him the value of human contact.
BACK IN STOCK! Ambitious horror anthology film featuring 26 directors from 15 countries each creating small stories involving death. Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Xavier Gens, 2012.
Respected scientist and psychology professor Edward Jessup (William Hurt) decides to combine his experiments in sensory deprivation tanks with powerful hallucinogenic drugs, convinced that it may help him unlock different states of consciousness. The experiments are a success at first, but as Jessup continues his work, he begins to experience altered mental and also physical states. As he spends more time in sensory deprivation, his grip on reality begins to slip away.
450,000 years ago our ancestors descended from the heavens to engineer the first human beings. To us they were Giants that ruled as Gods over mankind. Now new evidence and scientific research acknowledges their existence on earth but reveals when they will return.
: Three hardened bounty hunters break out the artillery when they locate the Colombian drug thugs who kidnapped an heiress.
Two of the biggest animated slackers around, Beavis (Mike Judge) and Butt-head (also Judge) get a kick-start when two crooks steal their TV. On their mission to find a replacement, Beavis and Butt-head wind up in the motel of Muddy Grimes (Bruce Willis), where a case of mistaken identity has them after his wife, Dallas (Demi Moore). Due to misunderstanding Grimes when he says to “do” his wife, the two travel from Las Vegas to Washington, not realizing they’ve been sent out to kill the woman.
BACK IN STOCK! A heavily sedated woman (Eva Allan) with ESP tries to escape from the secluded commune where she’s been held captive.
Famed exploitation director Jack Hill (Spider Baby, Foxy Brown) directs this alternately brutal and camp look at desperate women behind bars. Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, 1971.
In this typically sleazy Jess Franco offering, a private detective is hired by a beautiful wealthy woman to retrieve some compromising photos. Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Asunción Calero, Alfredo Kier, Jesús Franco, 1983.
Italian horror masterpiece, a masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. Mario Bava (1964)
Double feature of Christopher Lee as the nefarious Fu Manchu directed by the infamous Jess Franco! BLOOD OF FU MANCHU (Jess Franco1968), CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (Jess Franco 1969)
Horror films and computer games fascinate teenager Michael (Edward Furlong), and a CD-ROM that portrays murder from the killer’s point of view combines these interests. The first time Michael plays it, he kills a stranger and cuts off a foot, thinking the events take place in virtual reality. But the next day Michael finds a foot in his refrigerator, and cyber-ghoul Trickster (T. Ryder Smith) emerges from the program and forces him to keep playing — and to continue committing violent crimes.
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them. Jacob Gentry, 2021.
With a cast of notable genre actors this movie about making a terrible B Movie is a fun watch for movie nerds.
Closeted young gay man gets fed up with being pushed around and signs up for “Butch Camp”, a macho-training boot camp run by a very butch lesbian. Judy Tenuta, 1996.
BACK IN STOCK! A cocaine dealer and an anthropology student fall victim to cannibalistic Colombian natives.
When two young women are viciously slain in a luxury high-rise, a beautiful young model (Edwige Fenech of STRIP NUDE FOR YOUR KILLER and HOSTEL: PART II) moves into one of their vacated apartments – and soon finds that she is now being stalked by the mysterious killer
Tromaville’s honour students are transformed into rampaging freaks when toxic waste leaks into the water supply.
The fictional Creepshow comic books come to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales hosted by the silent Creepshow ghoul. TV Series (2019)
BACK IN STOCK! Hammer’s lurid remake of Universal’s classic monster movie Frankenstein. Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Christopher Lee, Terence Fisher, 1957.
From Italian exploitation maestro Ruggero Deodato, a newswoman and her cameraman link a Jonestown style massacre to a South American colonel deeply involved in the cocaine trade. Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, 1985.
A father who is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. He adapts to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners. John Leguizamo, Harold Trompetero, 2021.
A lead singer in a teenage girl-band, mysteriously dies and soon haunts the other members, their new manager and her replacement. Andy Dick, Lourdes Narro, D’Lannie Brown, Jared Masters, 2014.
Cheesy early 90s riff on the Most Dangerous Game featuring the son of Chuck Norris, the son of Steve McQueen and the brother of Patrick Swayze. Mike Norris, Billy Drago, Don Swayze, Chad McQueen, 1992.
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DENTIST: Dr Alan Feinstone is a rich and successful Beverly Hills dentist. There’s only one problem, he’s insane. Dr Feistone loves perfection, and he expects it of everyone. Unfortunately, no one is perfect. This unacceptable fact annoys the good doctor and leads him to commit his one small imperfection: murder.
DENTIST 2: After spending some time in a mental institution, Dr. Feinstone (Corbin Bernsen) escapes his incarceration and heads to the small town of Paradise. He assumes the persona of retired dentist Dr. Caine, and is looking forward to starting over. But when Feinstone falls for his beautiful landlord, Jamie (Jillian McWhirter), his insane jealousy drives him to start killing again. No one in Paradise seems to suspect Feinstone — until a detective and a victim from his past show up in town.
An impetuous young martial arts master takes a job at a textile factory where another disciple of Shaolin warns him about the rival Manchu clan, who run another nearby mill. Cheh Chang, 1975.
A Scotland Yard inspector hunts a murderer who hunts down men dressed as Santa and kills them in different violent fashions. Only a suspicious reporter seems to offer the inspector any promising leads.
BACK IN STOCK! Italian mad doctor/zombie/cannibal carnage as an expedition to a small tropical island is soon hunted by cannibals and zombies created by a sinister Doctor O’Brien who is experimenting with corpses. Marino Girolami (1980)
After witnessing the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas), whom he arrested, police detective John Hobbes (Denzel Washington), and his partner, Jonesy (John Goodman), are soon investigating another murderer whose mode of operation is eerily similar to Reese’s. In the course of the investigation, Hobbes meets theology professor Gretta Milano (Embeth Davidtz), who introduces him to the world of the occult and the possibility that an evil spirit is behind the killings.
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty “Sex Ray” towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Howard Ziehm (1974)
Two kidnappers, a dealer, a group of college kids, and a killer converge in an abandoned school.
Frank Henenlotter’s beloved cult horror comedy. James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, 1990.
William Girdler’s charmingly daffy Jaws rip off about a 18 foot tall grizzly bear who terrorises a state park. Christopher George, Richard Jaeckel, Andrew Prine, 1976.
Double feature of the inspired radioactive cannibal films: The Hills Have Eyes (1977) / The Hills Have Eyes II (1984)
A woman’s (Monica Bellucci) lover (Vincent Cassel) and her former boyfriend (Albert Dupontel) take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist.
New father Frank (Emilio Estevez) departs for a night out, joining friends Mike (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Ray (Jeremy Piven) as they head to a boxing match. At the last minute, they are joined by John (Stephen Dorff), Frank’s brother. Stuck in gridlock traffic, the guys take a shortcut that gets them lost. In a very dangerous neighborhood, they witness a murder by a gang leader called Fallon (Denis Leary). They flee, but Fallon now wants them hunted down and and eliminated.
80’s sword & sorcery film about an evil bishop and a ragtag group who seek to depose him. Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Donner, 1985.
Mathilda (Natalie Portman) is only 12 years old, but is already familiar with the dark side of life: her abusive father stores drugs for corrupt police officers, and her mother neglects her. Léon (Jean Reno), who lives down the hall, tends to his houseplants and works as a hired hitman for mobster Tony (Danny Aiello). When her family is murdered by crooked DEA agent Stansfield (Gary Oldman), Mathilda joins forces with a reluctant Léon to learn his deadly trade and avenge her family’s deaths.
A brother and a sister try to uncover the mystery of an old abandoned carnival attraction and the maniac that supposedly thrives within.
A doctor’s daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her. A doctor’s daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her. A doctor’s daughter is kidnapped and buried alive, and he is given just five hours to find and rescue her.
Frank Zito (a career performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell of ROCKY and THE GODFATHER fame) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind.
Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everthing in his path! Robert Davi, Robert Z’Dar, Caitlin Dulany, William Lustig, 1993.
Transgressive indie filmmaker Mark Savage’s early over-the-top underground film featuring an epic tale of extreme violence, compulsive wanking and avenging nuns. 2000.
The surviving member of a devil-worshiping family uses a camcorder to videotape himself murdering young women during sex. The girlfriend of one of his victims goes to a detective to try to find her friend.
A female nurse tries to hide her necrophilia desires from her new boyfriend but still has pieces of her last lover in her possession.
A serial killer with rubber-like Freddy Krueger mask terrifies the city of Virginia Beach. Claudio Fragasso (1990)
A pair of never before released violent & raunchy giallo / slasher hybrids from the 1980s: NOTHING UNDERNEATH (1985) / TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE (1988)
JCVD stars as a convict on the run from the cops and hired killers who hides out on a farm with a beautiful widow and her family. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, 1993.
Extreme horror film about a woman who eeks out an existence as a cam girl to support her drug habit. What follows is a graphic depiction of her descent in darkness. Katrina Zova, 2017.
Very silly Italian period sex comedy about a horny womaniser who gets caught with the Mayor’s wife and is saved by a pilgrim. Antonio Cantafora, Melinda Pillon, Margaret Rose Keil, Bitto Albertini, 1973.
BACK IN STOCK! A quintessential piece of early 80’s trash newly restored from the original camera negative and on blu-ray for the first time! Just look at the cover! Cameron Mitchell and Vic Diaz star!
Pseudo sequel to Stuart Gordon’s cult favourite From Beyond follows the son of Jeffrey Combs’s character as he rebuilds his dimension spanning machine. William Butler, 2021.
Reb Brown stars in this mind melting mash-up of PREDATOR, ROBOCOP and Philippines war movie mayhem from director Bruno Mattei. 1988.
BLU RAY EDITION BACK IN STOCK! Alejandro Jodorowsky’s bizarre, violent and singular psychedelic epic involving circus freaks and religious cults. Guy Stockwell, 1989.
In the dark days of World War II, the Nazi High Command ordered its scientists to create a top secret race of indestructible zombie storm troopers – un-living, unfeeling, unstoppable monstrosities that killed with their bare hands.
During the last days of WW2, several female prisoners arrive at Camp 5 to work as sex slaves for officers and guinea pigs for horrific experiments by Nazi doctors who are trying to find a cure for burns. But these women are not going to die without a fight… Can they stay alive until the closing Red army comes to their rescue?
Two men purchase a vintage sports car unaware that the trunk is filled with a gangster’s illicit belongings.
BACK IN STOCK! Starring Michael Caine, a huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people. Irwin Allen (1978)
Single disc version of this amazing cult Australia biker film available for the first time on DVD in North America. Features Reg Evans of MAD MAX fame, 1974
BLU RAY EDITION BACK IN STOCK! Mia records the daily lives of Deborah and her daughter Sarah as part of her thesis. As the days progress, strange things happen around Deborah, and it becomes apparent something has taken control of her.
BACK IN STOCK! A homicidal maniac is on the loose in the city and the low-budget film crew of a Troma movie has the power to stop them. Lloyd Kaufman (1999)
While investigating a series of mysterious deaths, Sergeant Ben Peterson (James Whitmore) finds a young girl (Sandy Descher) who is unable to speak. As Peterson joins forces with FBI agent Robert Graham (James Arness) and scientist Dr. Harold Medford (Edmund Gwenn), he discovers that all the incidents are due to giant ants that have been mutated by atomic radiation. Peterson and Graham, with the aid of the military, attempt to find the queen ants and destroy the nests before the danger spreads.
Moe, Curly, Larry and all their slap happy antics are back and at their boisterous best in this 3 movie collection: Rockin’ in the Rockies (1945) / Time Out for Rhythm (1941) / Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
Moe, Curly, Larry and all their slap happy antics are back and at their boisterous best in this 3 movie collection: The Three Stooges Go Around The World In A Daze (1963) / The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962) / The Outlaws Is Coming (1965)
Italian crime, A tough, violent cop who doesn’t mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer. Umberto Lenzi (1976)
BACK IN STOCK! Part road movie, part buddy comedy, part punk musical, and all nuts! A punk band on their first tour hires a roadie who turns out to be a flesh eating demon! Matthew John Lawrence, 2020.
Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweller in relentless pursuit of the next big score. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019.
High school wrestler Louden Swain (Matthew Modine) feels he must do something significant in his life shortly after turning 18. Despite vehement advice against it from his father (Ronny Cox) and coach (Charles Hallahan), Swain decides to try to lose over 20 pounds in a very short time in an attempt to take on the defending state champion of a lower weight class. Meanwhile, he falls for the edgy, older Carla (Linda Fiorentino), who provides further distraction for the young wrestler.
In the near future, a group of disparate individuals contemplates the meaning of life as deadly asteroids hurtle toward Earth.
A story centered on a mysterious British Muslim man on his journey across Pakistan and India. Michael Winterbottom (2018)
Horror comedy based very loosely on a video game, a forest ranger & a postal worker must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community. Milana Vayntrub, Sam Richardson, Josh Ruben, 2021.
BACK IN STOCK! Second season, documenting the hilarious nightly exploits of vampire roommates as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their human familiar. Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry, Mark Proksch.
Romanian comedic thriller with a twisty, globetrotting plot about a cop caught in a labyrinthine plot involving women, whistling and a mattress full of money. Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Corneliu Porumboiu, 2019.
Garp sees himself as a “serious” writer, but his mom Jenny writes a feminist manifesto and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women. George Roy Hill, 1982
Teens ride motorcycles to California, stopping to skinny-dip and spray-paint their names on a rock.
A young soldier, monks and a priest seek celestial swords that will help protect an immortal from threatening evil.
And there we go guys. Some more goodies for you to check out later this week or maybe use as a fine and unique holiday gift to a fellow nerd. Either way always remember the videostore loves ya…Cheers!