Another week of movie goodness is upon us dear friends and this week the video store is throwing all kinds of goodies at you. So instead of me blabbing away let us dive in to this bag of class and trash cinema shall we…
The love the shop has for Kubrick cinema will never leave. Great triple pack!
Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out. They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL (Michael Biehn) with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under mysterious circumstances, in some of the deepest waters on Earth.
On the day of her first communion, young Karen (Brooke Shields) is savagely murdered by an unknown assailant in a yellow rain mac and creepy translucent mask. But the nightmare is far from over – as the knife-wielding maniac strikes again and again, Karen’s bereaved parents are forced to confront the possibility that Karen’s wayward sister Alice might be the one behind the mask.
2 teen killers face rivals and growing pains in the leaner, meaner third sequel where inventive fights eclipse their usual sweet chaos. Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yugo Sakamoto, 2024
In this classic Japanese samurai film, a naively loyal samurai, framed for murder, falls from grace, confronting betrayal, class cruelty, and features a stunning last-stand battle for justice. Raizō Ichikawa, Tokuzō Tanaka, 1966
Kim Sun-woo is sent by his crime boss employer to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, to find out whether she is seeing another man. His instructions are to kill them both if it is true.
Sheep-fearing Henry (Nathan Meister) returns to his brother’s (Peter Feeney) New Zealand farm, hoping his sibling will buy out his share of the property. However, what he finds are genetically altered sheep that prey on humans and turn their victims into undead, woolly killers. Shear madness ensues as Henry, an animal-rights activist (Danielle Mason) and a farmhand (Tammy Davis) set out to stop the rampaging animals.
A collection of gritty 1970s blaxploitation films remastered in 4K: FOXY BROWN / FRIDAY FOSTER / COTTON COMES TO HARLEM / BUCKTOWN / SLAUGHTER / SLAUGHTER’S BIG RIP-OFF
When treasure hunter Frye (James Earl Jones) accidentally awakens an ancient sea monster that has been lying dormant on a Greek island, the inhabitants are forced to resume the practice of sacrificing virgins in order to placate the demonic creature. Meanwhile a couple, Neil and Sherry, arrive on the island in search of Neil’s missing sister, Madeline.
U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial-arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent (Leah Ayres), Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
Director Abel Ferrara’s chilling retelling of the classic horror sci-fi story where alien pod people are replacing humans on a remote U.S. military base in Alabama. Abel Ferrara (1993)
Jimmy McNichol stars as an orphaned high-school student raised by his strangely overprotective aunt (Susan Tyrrell of FAT CITY fame) who becomes implicated in a grisly murder investigated by a psychotic police detective (an equally unhinged Bo Svenson of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS).
This whimsically edgy comedy, directed by Jamie Babbit, follows teenager Megan (Natasha Lyonne), whose suburban existence filled with friends, cheerleading, and all-American fun is upended when her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian. In a panic, they send her to True Directions, a “rehabilitation” camp run by the strict and prudish Mary (Cathy Moriarty), to mount an intervention led by counselor Mike (RuPaul Charles). Megan dutifully follows the program until she develops feelings for another camper (Clea DuVall) in this timeless, satirical romantic-comedy about self-acceptance and love, also costarring Eddie Cibrian, Melanie Lynskey, and Michelle Williams.
CANNONBALL RUN: Contestants in a cross-country car race from Connecticut to California include a speed-loving racing driver disguised as an ambulance driver and his dimwitted sidekick, a pair of Ferrari-driving priests, and a James Bond-type character kitted out with secret weapons. Jackie Chan appears in one of his first US film roles.
CANNONBALL RUN 2: When a sheik (Jamie Farr) decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McLure (Burt Reynolds) enters the competition along with his friend Victor (Dom DeLuise). They aspire to claim the $1 million prize and pick up two women on the way. Meanwhile, the sheik helps Jamie Blake (Dean Martin) and Morris Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.) with an angry mob boss. But when the sheik is kidnapped, the contestants must come together to help him.
The discovery of an illicit love affair leads two young Angelenos on a violent, sexually charged tour through the dark side of human nature.
80’s horror about 8 teenagers trapped after hours in a high tech shopping mall pursued by murderous, out of control security robots. Jim Wynorski, 1986.
This incredibly imaginative tale – part sci-fi, part romance, and part road movie – is set in the near future when the atmosphere has become too polluted and toxic for humans to live, forcing them to live underground — a dark, depressing environment that can only be escaped with supplies of oxygen and the use of secret pathways that lead “topside.” Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Fletch) is Lori, a former bodyguard compelled into serving her former boss, Juice (Lu Leonard), a vicious dealer, during an exchange with the ruthless addict, Plughead (Vernon Wells). When a police bust causes everything to go wrong, Lori ends up with the score and an opportunity to change her life, but she needs to get to New York and escape the sadistic Plughead – not to mention the cops pursuing her – to capitalize on the illegal cache. Lori teams up with Danner (Jim Metzler), a “synthetic” gigolo held captive by an idea Juice has planted in his program. Lori manipulates Danner for his assistance in getting to New York, but the two face extraordinary hazards and obstacles on the way. Humorous characters and clever plotting don’t hide the shoestring budget, but this is one film that proves that inspired situations don’t require pyrotechnics — and the ideas behind this film are worth being explored. Newly remastered.
A teen in a struggling town faces a murderous clown and generational conflict as dark secrets explode into violence. Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Eli Craig, 2025
When churlish mobster Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina (Helen Mirren), is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with another restaurant guest, Michael (Alan Howard). Despite their efforts to keep it a secret, however, Spica finds out about their trysts, and he plans to exact a terrible revenge.
A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California, but their joyful weekend turns into horror, when a giant killer crocodile searching for its stolen eggs, picks off anyone who gets in its way. Can they all escape in one piece or will they slowly and painfully fall to the mammoth reptile.
The modern-gothic original that entranced audiences and critics alike, THE CROW tells the tale of a young musician brutally murdered alongside his beloved fiancée, only to rise from the grave by a mysterious crow. Seeking revenge, he battles a criminal underground that must answer for their crimes, in this supernatural superhero movie from director by Alex Proyas (DARK CITY), adapted from the comic book series, and starring Brandon Lee in his final, tragic performance.
Fighting for survival at an isolated fishing outpost, Eva and her crew are cursed after making the choice to not help a sinking ship off the coast. Facing the consequences, a darkness consumes them all, creating chaos and death at every turn.
One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow-Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he’ As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems…
20 years ago, Sundance was rocked by DIG!, Ondi Timoner’s genre-topping rockumentary about two Gen-X bands and their journey to alt-rock glory. Shot over nearly a decade, DIG! explores the collision of art and commerce through the star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry of dueling 90s bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
UNCUT R RATED VERSION! Two lifelong friends start a revenge-for-hire business to fund a father’s surgery, leading to explosive pranks and messy mob entanglements. Norm Macdonald, Artie Lange, Jack Warden, Traylor Howard, Bob Saget, 1998.
With Django, director Sergio Corbucci (The Great Silence) upped the ante for sadism and sensationalism in westerns, depicting machine-gun massacres, mud-fighting prostitutes and savage mutilations. A huge hit with international audiences, Django’s brand of bleak nihilism would be repeatedly emulated in a raft of unofficial sequels.
The Sarah Rose American Teen Princess Pageant is a beauty contest to die for! And that’s exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota, are doing. Ever since the vivacious-but-vicious former beauty queen Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV’s Cheers) started pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, The World Is Not Enough), to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. Between exploding tractors and deadly hunting accidents, it’s a wonder the top challenger, poor Amber (Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man), has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber’s mother (Ellen Barkin, TV’s Animal Kingdom) is injured in a suspicious trailer-park-beauty-shop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish — and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly! Experience plenty of mom, apple pie and all-American mayhem
NEW FILM FROM THE GREASY STRANGLER CREATORS! An abrasive anti-comedy depicts two eccentric musicians’, thinly veiled caricatures of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, absurd and repetitive collaboration on a controversial duet. Gil Gex, Sky Elobar, Max Bennett, Jim Hosking, 2024
David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature, Eraserhead, is both a lasting cult sensation and a work of extraordinary craft and beauty. With its mesmerizing black-and-white photography by Frederick Elmes, evocative sound design, and unforgettably enigmatic performance by Jack Nance, this visionary nocturnal odyssey remains one of American cinema’s darkest dreams.
Beloved cult film about a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned… from a DIMENSION OF PURE EVIL! Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Paul W.S. Anderson, 1997
Hired by a wealthy Los Angeles family to investigate the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness, a team of paranormal experts trace the affliction’s origin to a long-hidden family grave, but the process of exhuming the remains unleashes deadly consequences buried underneath.
When Jeffrey Franken’s fiancée is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City’s finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm.
Three Realities. Same Hell. From writer/director Quinn Armstrong (Survival Skills) and the studio that brought you Nightmare Cinema comes Fresh Hell: a new triptych of three visionary horror features. Travel through the worlds of a nefarious conversion camp due for a reckoning with The Exorcism of St. Patrick, to a group of neo-Nazi metalheads who can’t harness the beasts inside with Wolves Against the World, and to an archetypal ‘cabin in the woods’ where the ill-fated teens take control of their own narrative in Dead Teenagers. With Fresh Hell, Armstrong lovingly harkens back to the Hammer Horror or Roger Corman model of shooting films on a small budget back-to-back, each film with its own unique aesthetic and cleverly interconnected elements between them. Each film is shot with great creativity and killer practical effects by industry legend Dave Greathouse (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Wrong Turn, Fun Size).
Die Star Pictures presents a revoltingly ridiculous anthology of absurdity and ooze! When the sun goes down and the trash comes out… “Garbage Night” begins! From the warped minds at Die Star Pictures comes a putrid platter of horror-comedy shorts that’ll leave your brain bagged and your guts curbside!
He’s back from the bin and ready to spin more sinister stories! Your favorite putrid host R.E. Cycle returns for “Garbage Night 2” and this time, the trash is twice as toxic! Dig into another overflowing dumpster of disgusting delights as R.E. Cycle peels back the lid on all-new tales of terror, torment, and toe-tagged trash cinema.
British classic about a London gangster who returns home to investigate his brother’s suspicious death, unraveling a brutal criminal conspiracy. Michael Caine, Britt Ekland, Ian Hendry, Mike Hodges, 1971
In this Japanese animation, cyborg federal agent Maj. Motoko Kusanagi (Mimi Woods) trails “The Puppet Master” (Abe Lasser), who illegally hacks into the computerized minds of cyborg-human hybrids. Her pursuit of a man who can modify the identity of strangers leaves Motoko pondering her own makeup and what life might be like if she had more human traits. With her partner (Richard George), she corners the hacker, but her curiosity about her identity sends the case in an unforeseen direction.
Originally released under the only marginally more appropriate title of The Scaremaker, Girls Nite Out is a decidedly singular slasher flick which comes on like a frenetic cross between Animal House and Friday the 13th – veering from jovial frat antics to jarringly disturbing scenes of the killer shrieking obscenities as he slices up his victims. On this nite out, no one is coming home!
Japan has barely recovered from the Second World War when a gigantic peril emerges off the coast of Tokyo. Koichi, a deserter traumatised by his first confrontation with Godzilla, sees this as an opportunity to redeem his conduct during the war.
In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust.
When Big Ronnie and his son Brayden meet female tourist Janet on Big Ronnie’s Disco Walking Tour – the best and only disco walking tour in the city – a fight for Janet’s heart erupts between father and son, and the infamous “Greasy Strangler” is unleashed.
THE BEAUTY. THE PASSION. THE MYSTIQUE. THE LEGEND. Four of Greta Garbo’s most beloved classics are gathered in this treasured collection: ANNA CHRISTIE (1930) Her first sound film, adapted from the great Eugene O’Neill play in two versions, both English and German, CAMILLE-Garbo stars with Robert Taylor in George Cukor’s timeless love story, NINOTCHKA-Garbo’s landmark romantic comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and QUEEN CHRISTINA which reunited Garbo with John Gilbert, directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
In this Canadian made horror, a slasher invades a cursed summer camp as staff fight back in a neon-drenched blend of horror and comedy. Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, 2023.
Teenager Izzy lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending local girl Amber, Lizzy begins to question the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she soon develops a ravenous hunger for living things.
Something hideous is changing law-abiding citizens into monstrous, hyperviolent psychopaths. Now, only Kyle MacLachlan (Dune, Twin Peaks) and Michael Nouri (Flashdance) can halt the terrifying rampage of The Hidden! A series of bizarre, inexplicable robberies and murders have L.A. police detective Tom Beck (Nouri) totally baffled. And it doesn’t help when mysterious FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (MacLachlan) tells him that a demonic extraterrestrial creature is invading the bodies of innocent victims — and transforming them into inhuman killers with an unearthly fondness for heavy-metal music, red Ferraris and unspeakable violence! It’s a spine-chilling, high-velocity sci-fi thriller from the makers of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Macho biker Koh (Riki Takeuchi) skips town and hits the road on his beloved Kawasaki. On his countryside excursion, he encounters the free-spirited Miyo (Kiwako Harada, older sister of Obayashi favorite Tomoyo Harada). A nostalgia-filled reminiscence, Obayashi’s monochromatic dream playfully worships the biker culture of yesteryear, delivering a sentimental and liberating take on young love.
Michael Berryman (“The Hills Have Eyes”) explores the history of heavy metal music and horror, and how the two genres crossed paths. Various metal artists share their introductions to horror, influences, and more. Icons also discuss how their films have influenced the genre, their connections to metal artists, and why metal and horror work together, illustrated by commentary from industry giants. Mike Schiff includes a narrative wraparound film that helps set up each chapter of the documentary.
For Rod Kimball (Andy Samberg), performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank (Ian McShane), who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank’s operation — and then Rod will kick Frank’s butt.
In a mysterious Venetian hotel, a British film crew shooting a movie becomes entangled in bizarre and sinister events. As tensions rise on set, a documentary team captures the chaos, unaware of the eerie secrets lurking within the hotel. Blending black comedy, horror, and experimental storytelling, Hotel is a surreal, voyeuristic thriller where nothing is as it seems.
Starring Sam Neill and Jürgen Prochnow, an insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have on his fans is more than inspirational. John Carpenter (1994)
On a remote Australian cattle farm, biotech experiments fracture a marriage and unleash claustrophobic dread in a near-future thriller. Ashley Zukerman, Talia Zucker, Will Howarth, Tom McKeith, 2024
A Hong Kong police detective, Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan), works with the CIA to track a mysterious woman named Natasha (Grishajeva Nonna). She is suspected of delivering money to a terrorist, Jackson Tsui (Jackson Liu), who is trying to obtain a nuclear warhead from the Russian mob. Traveling from Hong Kong to the Ukraine to Australia, Chan aims to bust up the terrorist plot using his fists as much as his brains, doing battle underwater, on stilts and across mountain tops.
John Carpenter mines Rio Bravo again for this ridiculous B-movie about human colonists on Mars who must be rescued after becoming possessed by vengeful Martian ghosts. Jason Statham, Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, 2011.
John Carpenter’s neo-western action horror about a team of vampire hunters hunting a powerful vampire from gaining a sacred religious relic. James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Maximilian Schell, 1998.
Triple Feature!
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.
A love letter to video rental stores and the B-movie treasures that lined their walls, Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford’s debut feature, The Last Video Store, is a genre-loving blast of pure joy: “a real treasure trove for genre fans, both new and old.” (Kat Hughes, THN)
Japanese splatter horror / comedies featuring school girls cyborg killing machines: THE MACHINE GIRL: JACKED! / RISE OF THE MACHINE GIRLS
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Stars Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, and Sam Neill, after a freak accident, a yuppie turns invisible and runs from a treacherous CIA official, while trying to cope with his new life. John Carpenter (1992)
A headbanging hero is on a mission to have the heaviest band ever. With the help of his friend and two Nigerian thrashers, their brutal band Black Christ is poised to dominate the suburbs and eventually the world. A school counselor targets Sage for his lyrics and he is mesmerized by a Christian girl who wants to save his soul. How far he is willing to go to defend his faith in all that is Metal’
Anime director Satoshi Kon’s masterful follow-up to Perfect Blue traces the career of a legendary actress, Chiyoko Fujiwara, as seen through the eyes of documentary filmmakers. 2001.
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.
In this 80s horror, a quadriplegic man’s trained monkey helper develops homicidal tendencies. Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, George A. Romero. 1988.
Unwitting teens release an evil they can’t handle. Stylishly directed by legendary Aussie director Brian Trenchard-Smith of Stunt Rock fame. 1994.
Here are four tales of horror, complete with shocking twists that will freeze the scream in your throat! First, a routine trip to the market becomes a night of terror when a young housewife is stalked by an escaped psychopath. Then, a teenage arcade whiz meets his match when the ultimate video game turns lethal. Next, a priest questions his faith in God only to encounter demonic evil on a lonely desert road. Finally, a suburban family finds that their household rat problem is much bigger than humanly possible.
When a young opera singer (Cristina Marsillach) is stalked by a masked psychopath, she will be forced into a grisly aria of murder, memories and unimaginable torment. Ian Charleson (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Urbano Barberini (DEMONS), Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (MOTHER OF TEARS) and Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRE) co-star in this definitive presentation of “one of Argento’s best” (IndieWire).
Two-time Oscar(R) winner Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) directs Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton in this “smart, funny, shamelessly entertaining” film called “a blazing triumph” by the New York Times. Based on the true story of the notorious Hustler publisher who was sued by the Religious Right and paralyzed by a fanatic’s bullet, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT is a stranger-than-fiction comedy about one man’s outrageous public persona and eccentric private life. Chronicling Flynt’s raunchy business savvy, his wildly unconventional marriage and his infamous courtroom antics, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT is “the most scintillating and outrageous message movie of the decade.
An aspiring joker moves to Gotham City to make it big, but ends up grappling with her gender identity while forming an anti-comedy troupe and combatting a fascistic caped crusader. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that’s as much documentary as it is parody.
Czech director Jiří Barta’s stop-motion animated masterpiece, based on “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” is set in a dark and twisted medieval village of narrow streets and weird Gothic arches inspired by German Expression. This new Deluxe 2-Disc Edition features seven beautifully restored Barta short films, two director interviews, an all-new visual essay and more.
When the American Chicken Bunker, a military themed fast food restaurant, builds its latest chain restaurant on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the displaced spirits take revenge on unsuspecting diners and transform them into chicken zombies! Now, it’s up to a dimwitted counter boy, his collegiate lesbian ex-girlfriend and a burqa-wearing fry cook to put an end to the foul feathered menace once and for all.
Outstanding Japanese horror where a group of young friends tangle with strange phenomenon related to a creepy website. As their city grows emptier by the day, they must solve the mystery before all is lost. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2001)
After undergoing radical emergency surgery, a young woman develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane and equally bloodthirsty.
Thrilling tale about a deadly creature at large in the Chicago Field Museum. Following several grisly murders, a policeman teams up with a biologist to find the demonic force stalking the corridors of the museum. With the museum’s gala opening being imminent, they face a race against time to track down the creature before it strikes again.
The oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what – or who – is really going on inside his head. John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Brian De Palma, 1992.
Incarcerated for assault and manslaughter, a man (Siu-wong Fan) survives in a futuristic prison by resorting to more extreme violence.
Ultra-violent neo-noir about a corrupt cop who gets in over his head. Gary Oldman, Wallace Wood, Juliette Lewis, Peter Medak, 1993.
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.
Cult classic action comedy following a sexually insatiable cop with the skills of a samurai, including fluent Japanese. He’ll need it to stop a renegade Yakuza gang who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles. Amir Shervan (1991)
VENGEANCE FROM HELL! 37,000 peasants perished in the Shimabara Revolt; among them, the leader of that uprising, Shiro Amakusa. More than a decade later, Amakusa rises from the dead, hell-bent on revenge. Resurrecting a ghastly army of living dead master swordsmen by way of an occult art called Makai Tensho” (demonic transmigration), he sets his sights on overthrowing the Shoganate. Standing in their way is legendary samurai Jubei Yagyu, who will have to fight the reincarnation of his own father before the fierce final confrontation with Shiro Amakusa himself!”
Iconic head exploding sci-fi horror where a race of humans with telekinetic abilities must track down a rogue Scanner of unparalleled power waging a bloody war against the normals. David Cronenberg (1981)
A man with a fear of sharks is forced by a Russian crime syndicate to find sunken treasure in the breeding ground for a shoal of man-eating Great Whites.
Double Feature Time!
Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto: , TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER (1992), TOKYO FIST (1995), BULLET BALLET (1998), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004), KOTOKO (2011), KILLING (2018), THE ADVENTURE OF DENCHU-KOZO (1987), HAZE (2005)
One of the most distinctive and celebrated names in modern Japanese cinema, there’s no other filmmaker quite like Shinya Tsukamoto. Since his early days as a teenager making Super 8 shorts, he has remained steadfastly independent, garnering widespread acclaim while honing his own unique and instantly recognizable aesthetic on the margins of the industry.
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.
Avery (Henry Thomas), Max (Sean Patrick Flanery) and two friends (Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto), all wealthy men in their 20s, kidnap former Mafia boss Charlie (Christopher Walken) in an attempt to pay the $2 million ransom on the unrelated kidnapping of Avery’s sister. Their plan runs into trouble at every turn, and, with the help of Charlie’s psychological manipulation, the men begin to suspect that one or more among them was involved in the first kidnapping.
NIC CAGE ALERT! A man’s surfing plans spiral into chaos when he faces hostile locals, wild animals, and his own unraveling sanity on a Western Australian beach. Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nic Cassim, Lorcan Finnegan, 2024
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) — head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government — has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee’s tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl (Lori Petty) and Jet Girl (Naomi Watts) rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Tobe Hooper’s sequel to his beloved cult classic is wild, outrageous, and unbelievably gory mix of southern fried terror and surreal humour. Dennis Hopper, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, 1986.
When fierce bounty hunter is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only as Cutthroat Bill, he rallies a band of unlikely heroes including a grave-digging ex-slave and a street-smart woman-for-hire. Peter Dinklage
It’s the first week of winter in 1982. An American Research Base is greeted by an alien force, that can assimilate anything it touches. It’s up to the members to stay alive, and be sure of who is human, and who has become one of the Things.
Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits “Rekall,” a company that plants false memories into people’s brains, in order to experience the thrill of Mars without having to travel there. But something goes wrong during the procedure; Quaid discovers that his entire life is actually a false memory and that the people who implanted it in his head now want him dead.
Academy Award-winning drama stars screen-legend Humphrey Bogart (“Casablanca,” “The African Queen”), Walter Huston (“Yankee Doodle Dandy”), and Tim Holt (“The Magnificent Ambersons”) as three ill-fated prospectors who set out across the Mexican desert in search of gold but instead find mistrust, betrayal, and death.
Rock ‘n’ roll will never die, in this 1980s cult favorite that stars Marc Price (Family Ties) as Eddie Weinbauer, a teenage outcast who idolizes Sammi Curr (Tony Fields), a heavy metal superstar. After Sammi dies a violent death, his spirit returns to help Eddie get even with his high school tormentors. When Eddie realizes that he has become the tool of Sammi’s vengeance, he attempts to stop him.
Two scruffy pals’ (Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk) backwoods vacation takes a bloody turn when ignorant college students mistake them for a pair of murderous hillbillies.
There’s no shortage of magnificent Douglas Fir trees in Twin Peaks. Immerse yourself in the entire universe of Twin Peaks with this definitive collection which includes Seasons 1 and 2 of The Original Series?, A Limited Event Series, Fire Walk with Me, and 4K Ultra Hi-Def versions of the Original Series Pilot and Part 8 of A Limited Event Series?, plus so much more! So grab a cup of coffee, a slice of cherry pie, and experience the legendary mystery…again and again!
This Adult Swim animated series adapts Junji Ito’s horror manga about a Japanese town cursed by a spiral that warps minds, bodies, and reality. Madoka Ichikawa, Louis Kurihara, Hiroshi Nagahama, 2024
A relentless one-of-a-kind sensory assault chock-full of hyper-kinetic fight scenes, gangster shootouts, sword-slashing violence and gory zombie horror, Versus was a key title amongst the barrage of innovative horror and action movies that appeared as if from nowhere from Japan at the turn of the millennium, leading to a new wave of appreciation for Asian extreme cinema.
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).
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
Todd Solondz became the most talked-about new director in recent years with this acclaimed comedy about the suburban condition. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Welcome to the Dollhouse follows 11-year-old Dawn “Wienerdog” Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates, tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band. Bitterly funny and true to life, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE is a “mordantly hilarious suburbancomedy – excruciating funny.” (Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES)
In this Russian-Kazakh horror-thriller an investigator battles an ancient pagan spirit that preys on local teens, forcing him to confront his own fears to stop her deadly cycle. Arthur Beschastny, Maryana Spivak, Sofya Shidlovskaya, Serik Beyseu, 2024.
A broken-down and desperate detective investigates the murders of teenagers in a remote village, and encounters a terrifying supernatural entity whose whisper threatens a horrible death.
A man who was abducted by aliens returns to his family three years later, but his presence affects them negatively. Harry Bromley Davenport (1982)
And there we go guys. Movies should be here Thursday/ Friday. Cheers.
