NEWS ARCHIVE 2021

LATEST | FEATURES | INTERVIEWS | NEWS | FRIGHTFEST | REVIEWS The best kind of honey trap! Doctor Who: Hornets' Nest is coming to vinyl
Posted on Thursday 16th December 2021 On limited edition vinyl for the very first time, Demon Records presents Doctor Who: Hornet's Nest, the unique audio adventure that first instigated Tom Baker's remarkable return to the role of the Doctor. This release will include an exclusive, frameable portrait of the Fourth Doctor - every copy of which has been individually signed by Tom Baker himself and is just one of the treats i...

SHARE: READ MORE Stagefright to be released thanks to Shameless
Posted on Saturday 4th December 2021 Combining graphic, blood-splattered set pieces with his trademark wit and filmmaking elegance, Michele Soavi's (Dellamorte Dellamore, The Sect, The Church), Stagefright is now unleashed in a new 4K restoration. When a masked killer infiltrates a group of actors rehearsing overnight in an isolated theatre, thesta ge is set for carnage! Featuring an abundance of over-the-top kills and spills, shot with Soav...

SHARE: READ MORE Scream - Legacy cast posters revealed
Posted on Saturday 4th December 2021 It's always someone you know. Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past. Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers) and David Arquette (Dewey Riley) return to the...

SHARE: READ MORE Finally, Argento's masterpiece to get 4K restoration release
Posted on Saturday 4th December 2021 From master of horror Dario Argento (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) comes Phenomena - one of his most eccentric and unique thrillers, featuring telepathic insects, maggots galore, and even a razor-wielding chimp! Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly), daughter of a world-renowned movie star, arrives in the so-called "Swiss Transylvania" to att...

SHARE: READ MORE Video nasty classic Don't Go in the House will reopen next year
Posted on Saturday 4th December 2021 A legendary title from the Video Nasties era, Joseph Ellison's relentlessly bleak and disturbing Don't Go In The House has lost none of its power to shock in the decades since it was first censored by the BBFC and seized by UK authorities. Donny Kohler (The Sopranos' Dan Grimaldi in a gripping central performance), a disturbed loner unhealthily obsessed with ...

SHARE: READ MORE Hammer returns from the grave!
Posted on Wednesday 1st December 2021 Network Distributing has concluded a deal with Hammer Films to form Hammer Studios Ltd. The new company will manage and control Hammer's interests in its substantial library of content such as The Woman in Black (2012), Let Me In (2010), Dracula (1958), The Abominable Snowman (1957) and The Quatermass Experiment (1953), and will see heavy investment both in r...

SHARE: READ MORE Swallow to get an extra special release.
Posted on Monday 15th November 2021 Second Sight is delighted to announce Carlo Mirabella-Davis' visually stunning, critically acclaimed feature debut Swallow is set to receive a fantastic Limited Edition Blu-ray Box set release, complete with a slew of fascinating new bonus content this November. Haley Bennett (Hillbilly Elegy) gives an outstanding performance as Hunter a young woman who on the surface appears to have it all, the handsome, s...

SHARE: READ MORE One for your Christmas list, the new book from Kim Newman
Posted on Wednesday 27th October 2021 From the award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a masterclass in wit and cinematic vision as the legendary maestro of horror teams together two icons of page and silver screen in a daring and horrifying tale that puts a twist on the genre, as only Kim Newman can. Something More Than Night promises to be a genre-bending horror thriller that brings together two icons of the 1930s. Ho...

SHARE: READ MORE 88Films to release the classic euro horror The Doll of Satan
Posted on Tuesday 26th October 2021 After her uncle dies unexpectedly, Elizabeth Balljanon inherits his sprawling castle. The walls are crumbling, the electricity doesn't work and there's a fully equipped torture chamber in the cellars but interior decoration is the least of her worries: a black-gloved killer haunts the halls at night and, even worse, the tales she's been told about the castle's ghosts might not be stories af...

SHARE: READ MORE Nothing will prepare you for Chuck Steel - Night of the Trampires!
Posted on Sunday 17th October 2021 Animortal Studios, announces that its British-made stop-motion animated feature, Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires, is releasing into UK cinemas on Friday 29th October, in time for Halloween. From the fevered imagination of two-time BAFTA-winning writer/director, Mike Mort (Gogs), and featuring the voices of UK comedy legends, Jennifer Saunders (Abso...

SHARE: READ MORE Hallowen Kills...on vinyl!
Posted on Thursday 14th October 2021 Renowned composer/director John Carpenter and his creative foils Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies have announced details for the impending release of the original motion picture soundtrack for the fiercely anticipated second installment in the new Halloween trilogy, Halloween Kills, from Universal Pictures, Miramax, and Blumhouse, directed by David Gordon Green and starring horror i...

SHARE: READ MORE Horror Channel sponsoring Grimmfest Online 2021
Posted on Thursday 30th September 2021 Horror Channel is proudly sponsoring Grimmfest Online 2021 which runs 14th-17th October and will offer audiences the chance to experience the live festival programme in the comfort of their own homes, as well as enabling them to catch up on anything they might have missed at the live event. The virtual festival will complement and sit alongside the live festival, with much of the content crossing both...

SHARE: READ MORE Would you dare enter? Escape Room 2: Tournament of Champions coming home soon
Posted on Sunday 26th September 2021 Sequel to the box-office hit psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world Escape Room 2: Tournament of Champions is available to Download and Keep on October 4 and to Rent on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD on October 18 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed by Adam Robitel (Escape Room, Insidious: The Last Key) the movie stars Taylor Russell (Escape Room, Wa...

SHARE: READ MORE Creature-Feature mockumentary Bigfoot Hunters to be unleashed soon
Posted on Sunday 26th September 2021 Join the hunt for the legendary sasquatch in hilarious creature feature-comedy mockumentary Bigfoot Hunter. Meet Brian Emond, a millennial clickbait reporter longing to work on serious news stories. Unfortunately for him and his producer Zach, their network has zero faith in them and sends them into the Appalachian Mountains in search of Bigfoot. Along for the ride is their guide, Jeffe...

SHARE: READ MORE Escape From New York score to be released on blue vinyl
Posted on Wednesday 8th September 2021 Originally released on the 31st of July 2015, the vinyl edition of John Carpenter's classic 1981 thriller, Escape From New York mirrored the expanded CD release from 2000, with over 20 minutes of previously unreleased music plus music from scenes deleted from the final print and original dialogue highlights. The masters for that CD were re-mixed from the ori...

SHARE: READ MORE Cult classic Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge! coming to Blu-ray
Posted on Sunday 29th August 2021 With numerous interpretations of Gaston Leroux's classic novel The Phantom of the Opera having been turned out over the years, it was only a matter of time before the slasher genre decided to take a stab at the tale - step forward 1989's Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge! High school sweethearts Eric Matthews and Melody Austin are so in love, but their youthful ro...

SHARE: READ MORE The Hills Have Eyes to have 4K release
Posted on Sunday 29th August 2021 Horror master Wes Craven achieved critical and commercial success with the likes of Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street - but for many genre fans, the director's seminal 1977 effort The Hills Have Eyes remains his masterpiece. Taking an ill-advised detour en route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their campervan breaks down i...

SHARE: READ MORE Studiocanal announces 4K restoration of Joe Dante's horror classic The Howling
Posted on Thursday 19th August 2021 To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joe Dante's horror classic The Howling, STUDIOCANAL has announced a brand new 4K restoration of the 1981 contemporary tale of timeless horror. Available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, DVD and Steelbook editions from the 25th October 2021. Starring Dee Wallace, Patrick MacNee and Dennis Duggan, Dante's classic satiric werewolf horror is an absolute must-see! With Th...

SHARE: READ MORE Original soundtrack for Halloween Kills to be released on October 15th via Sacred Bones
Posted on Tuesday 17th August 2021 Renowned composer/director John Carpenter and his creative foils Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies have announced details for the impending release of the original motion picture soundtrack for the fiercely anticipated second installment in the new Halloween trilogy, Halloween Kills, from Universal Pictures, Miramax, and Blumhouse, directed by David Gordon Green and starring horror i...

SHARE: READ MORE Monster Hunter will be unleashed in September
Posted on Monday 16th August 2021 Starring Milla Jovovich, written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and based on the global video game series phenomenon by Capcom, Monster Hunter will be available to Download and Keep on September 6, and to Rent on Digital, on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on September 20 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The movie also stars Tony Jaa, Tip "T.I." Harris, Meagan Good, D...

SHARE: READ MORE New from Burning Witches Records, The Stylist score
Posted on Monday 16th August 2021 Burning Witches Records in conjunction with Arrow Video are excited to announce the original motion picture soundtrack to The Stylist by Nicholas Elert. Elert captures the mood perfectly for the acclaimed female led phychological horror. Full on atmospherics and lonely tinkling piano make up the backbone for this wonderfully dark score to become obsessed by. We all dream of bei...

SHARE: READ MORE Hero Collector launches brand new line of Horror figurines for Halloween!
Posted on Sunday 8th August 2021 Hero Collector - designers, manufacturers, and publishers of high-quality collectibles - is celebrating the shivers with a new collection of highly detailed statuettes, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, showcasing some of the most iconic horror creations in cinema! The new Hero Collector Horror 1:16 Figurine Collection features hand-painted models sculpted in metallic ...

SHARE: READ MORE A stalker finds himself the prey in Eye Without a Face
Posted on Friday 23rd July 2021 Do you know who's watching this very moment? Brand new horror feature Eye Without a Face from director Ramin Niami (Paris, Shirin In Love) combines chills, thrills and bloody murder to bring the voyeur genre bang up to date. This edgy movie creeps on to digital 23 August for its UK Premiere from Miracle M. Holed up in his LA apartment agoraphobic Henry (Dakota Shapiro) spends his ...

SHARE: READ MORE See how music can kill in Sound of Violence
Posted on Friday 23rd July 2021 In thrilling new horror Sound of Violence, a young girl recovers her hearing and gains synthetic abilities during the brutal murder of her family. Finding solace in the sounds of bodily harm, as an adult she pursues a career in music composing her masterpieces through gruesome murders. From the mind of talented new writer-director Alex Noyer and featuring a stunning...

SHARE: READ MORE Exploitation movie that will bring out the Devil in you!
Posted on Friday 23rd July 2021 Directed by Domenico Paolella (The Prey/The Story of a Cloistered Nun), The Nun and the Devil AKA Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo is a headily erotic tale of seduction and persecution detailing the sinful practices which spill out of a 16th century convent. When the psychotically ambitious Sister Julia (Anna Heywood) vies to take the place of ...

SHARE: READ MORE V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask now at The Cartoon Museum
Posted on Thursday 22nd July 2021 The Cartoon Museum has re-opened (no advance booking required) with an exciting new exhibition which celebrates the cultural impact of V for Vendetta from the classic graphic novel to the cult film classic. Tickets are available now and the exhibition is open and will be running until 31st October 2021. V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask will chart the rise from graphic novel, to hit film and no...

SHARE: READ MORE Fulci's The Psychic getting a Shameless release
Posted on Saturday 17th July 2021 Shameless is prud to present Lucio 'The Godfather of Gore' Fulci's The Psychic (aka Murder To the Tune of the Seven Black Notes) like never seen before, extensively restored from new 2K-scanned materials on August 9th. Jennifer O'Neill, fresh from Luchino Visconti's The Innocent, plays Virginia, a woman who has had psychic powers since childhood when she sensed her mother's suicide... ...

SHARE: READ MORE Halloween Kills - New poster and trailer
Posted on Sunday 4th July 2021 Universal Pictures has unleashed the official trailer for Halloween Kills, coming to UK cinemas October 15. In 2018, David Gordon Green's Halloween, starring icon Jamie Lee Curtis, killed at the box office, earning more than $250 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing chapter in the four-decade franchise and setting a new record for the biggest opening weekend in history for a h...

SHARE: READ MORE Space: 1999 - Soundtracks to get the vinyl treatment
Posted on Sunday 4th July 2021 The latest Silva Screen release in their series exploring the musical worlds of Gerry Anderson is the most extensive yet and incorporates two separate Double LP releases. Space: 1999 (showing weekdays at 6pm on Horror) ran for two series from 1976 to 1977 and depicted the occupants of Moonbase Alpha and their struggle for survival when, after the explosion of a nuclear waste dump, the Moon is hurtle...

SHARE: READ MORE Graham Humphreys' stunning artwork for Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 celebrates the festival's cinematic return.
Posted on Friday 2nd July 2021 Arrow Video FrightFest is proud to present Graham Humphreys' stand-out poster design for 2021, which marks the 13th appearance for his iconic Monster. Graham revealed today: "We have a happy monster this year. Though how happy a monster should be in a horror film festival raised the question, what would make the monster happy? Last year's event was not 'live'. This year, w...

SHARE: READ MORE The Dark and the Wicked makes its UK Blu-ray debut in July
Posted on Wednesday 23rd June 2021 The director of the renowned, hit horror The Strangers Bryan Bertino, comes his latest critically acclaimed feature The Dark and The Wicked, which makes its UK Blu-ray debut from Acorn Media International in conjunction with Shudder, following its success on the streaming service. This the first of many exciting Shudder titles Acorn will be releasing on physical formats this year. Bert...

SHARE: READ MORE Werewolves Within - New artwork revealed
Posted on Wednesday 23rd June 2021 Signature Entertainment has released the new artwork for Werewolves Within, an acclaimed whodunnit on Digital HD & DVD 19th July and based on the on the hit video game by, and produced by Ubisoft. The film takes place in the small US town of Beaverfield, where a snowstorm has trapped a group of residents inside a local inn. Forest ...

SHARE: READ MORE More missing Who to hit vinyl in August
Posted on Saturday 19th June 2021 Demon Records presents the narrated TV soundtrack of Doctor Who - The Myth Makers, a 'lost' four-part adventure set in ancient Greece, starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. When the TARDIS lands on the plains of Asia Minor, not far from the walled city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed as the great god Zeus. He's enlisted by the Greek army - led by Odysseus and Agamemnon - ...

SHARE: READ MORE James Herbert's The Shrine is now a movie and known as The Unholy
Posted on Monday 14th June 2021 Thrilling and unsettling, horror movie The Unholy is available to Download & Keep, Rent on Digital, on Blu-Ray and DVD on August 2 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Written and directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos, from the producer of Evil Dead and Don't Breathe, Sam Raimi, The Unholy stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan ("The Walking Dead"), Katie Aselton (The Gift), William Sadler (Bill & Ted Face the Music) an...

SHARE: READ MORE Acclaimed Spanish psychological thriller The Offering gets UK release date
Posted on Saturday 12th June 2021 Sovereign has announced the UK release of acclaimed Spanish psychological thriller The Offering on 30th July, in cinemas and on Virtual Cinemas and VOD. Jan, mysterious and marked by a profound sense of guilt, tries to win back the love of his ex Violeta, who is now a psychiatrist, with a family of her own. Jan's complex and perverse plan to reunite him with Violeta, 20 years afte...

SHARE: READ MORE From the creators of What We Do In The Shadows comes Wellington Paranormal!
Posted on Saturday 12th June 2021 Wellington Paranormal follows hilariously hapless officers Mark Minogue and Karen O'Leary as they are assigned to the new Paranormal Unit of Wellington's police force, tasked with tackling the increasing number of local crimes and misdemeanours of a supernatural nature. From Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, the visionary creators behind What We Do In The Shadows,...

SHARE: READ MORE The Quanderhorn Collexion almost ready for download!
Posted on Friday 11th June 2021 The Quanderhorn Collexion, the acclaimed cult BBC Radio 4 sci-fi comedy by Rob Grant & Andrew Marshall is to be available for download on 16th June from BBC Digital Audio. It is London, England, 1952 and we meet the mercurial genius Professor Quanderhorn (James Fleet) - a maverick scientist with absolutely no moral compass. Join him and his rag-tag crew on their frontal-lobe-knotti...

SHARE: READ MORE Coming soon from Arrow Video, The Sergio Martino Collection
Posted on Saturday 5th June 2021 One of Italian cinema's most celebrated and prolific filmmakers, Sergio Martino worked across a range of genres, but is arguably best known for his giallo thrillers. This collection from Arrow Video (due 2nd August) brings together three of his finest with a solid collection of extras for each movie. In The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, recently widowed Lisa Bau...

SHARE: READ MORE Dario Argento classic to get a 4K release
Posted on Saturday 5th June 2021 In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage - a film which redefined the 'giallo' genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom. Thanks to Arrow Video the film will get a special 4K release on 26th July. Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own th...

SHARE: READ MORE Super 8 to get a super 4K release
Posted on Friday 14th May 2021 Writer/director J.J. Abrams and producer Steven Spielberg join forces for the extraordinary tale of youth, mystery, and adventure Super 8, debuting on 4K Ultra HD 24th May from Paramount Home Entertainment. Originally released on June 10, 2011, Super 8 celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Newly remastered for this 4K Ultra HD release, the critically acclaimed film stars Joel Courtney (The Kissin...

SHARE: READ MORE Classic supernatural chiller Lake Mungo to have a very special release
Posted on Friday 14th May 2021 Escape this summer with seminal Australian horror Lake Mungo from director Joel Anderson, which is set for its highly anticipated first ever UK Blu-ray release as a stunning Limited Edition Box set on 7 June. This cult favourite arrives with a host of brand new, fascinating special features from specialist in the field Second Sight Films. Since its original release in 2008, this documentar...

SHARE: READ MORE From the creator of Final Destination comes Don't Look Back
Posted on Friday 14th May 2021 Marking the directorial debut of acclaimed horror screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), Don't Look Back is a riveting, tense and terrifying new horror. When a young woman overcoming her traumatic past is among several witnesses who see a man fatally assaulted and don't intervene, they find themselves targeted by someone, or something, out for revenge. Dazzler Media presents Don't Look Back ...

SHARE: READ MORE Humanoids from the Deep to rise on Blu-ray
Posted on Monday 26th April 2021 Noyo's a sleepy little place, where nothing much happens. So why are people being attacked and killed by THINGS that come out of the water? The answer involves pollution and mutated sea life that's developed a taste for death. As the 'orrible humanoids lay siege to Noyo, it's up to the great Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot; Warlords of Atlantis), to put a stop to their murd...

SHARE: READ MORE Do you believe in Urban Legends?
Posted on Monday 26th April 2021 Camp fire stories aren't real - are they? Someone thinks they are and, in Urban Legend, they pick on their victims using those apparently apocryphal yarns as a template. The killing continues in Urban Legends: Final Cut, with a new killer - and new inspirations. And if your nerves can handle it, Urban Legends: Bloody Mary places a fresh, terrifying, spin on some old, old tales. Even better than li...

SHARE: READ MORE Yesssssss! The Ice Warriors to bring chills to vinyl
Posted on Wednesday 14th April 2021 Demon Records presents the narrated TV soundtrack of The Ice Warriors, a partially 'lost' six-part adventure set in a future Ice Age, starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. The Doctor and his friends land on Earth in the future, and find it in the grip of a new Ice Age. They join a team of scientists struggling to hold back the huge glaciers that threaten all human l...

SHARE: READ MORE Goblin releases being pressed for RSD 2021
Posted on Monday 12th April 2021 Record Store Day 2021 is shaping up to be one of the strongest in years and horror fans are being given the opportunity to catch some very collectible titles from the legendary group, Goblin. Both will be available in limited numbers on June 21st. Goblin's Greatest Hits volume 1, was released in mid-2020 and was filled with the unprecedented masterpieces that made them famo...

SHARE: READ MORE John Carpenter titles for Record Store Day 2021
Posted on Thursday 8th April 2021 Varèse Sarabande Records will be releasing two John Carpenter soundtracks as part of Record Store Day 2021. First up is for Village of the Damned which he co-wrote with Dave Davies. This Deluxe Edition for Village of the Damned presents the full score as heard in the film for the first time, a far more complete presentation than the 1995 Original Soundtrack which w...

SHARE: READ MORE Lake Mungo to have a limited Edition Blu-ray release from Second Sight
Posted on Thursday 8th April 2021 Acclaimed Australian horror Lake Mungo, from director Joel Anderson, is set for its highly anticipated first ever UK Blu-ray release as a stunning Limited Edition Box set on 31 May thanks to Second Sight. This cult favourite arrives with a host of brand new, fascinating special features from specialist in the field Second Sight Films. Since its original release in 2008, this documentary...

SHARE: READ MORE Daleks set to invade Record Store Day 2021
Posted on Thursday 8th April 2021 Demon Records has announced Doctor Who - Dalek Terror for Record Store Day (Drop 1), which is taking place on Saturday 12th June 2021. Dalek Terror is an exclusive vinyl compilation featuring four stories of galactic terror and global invasion, taken from Terry Nation's much loved Dalek Annuals of the 1970s. Pressed on stunning 2 x 140g Extermination Splatter vinyl and presented in a gatefol...

SHARE: READ MORE Hands up who wants to see the next release from Eureka!
Posted on Wednesday 31st March 2021 Eureka Entertainment to release The Hands of Orlack, Robert Wiene's triumphant work of sinister German Expressionism starring Conrad Veidt, on Blu-ray for the first time on home video in the UK as part of The Masters of Cinema Series from 14 June. The first print run of 2000 copies will feature a Limited-Edition O-card Slipcase. Reuniting the star and director of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Th...

SHARE: READ MORE Can Guy Pearce save us on The Seventh Day?
Posted on Wednesday 31st March 2021 From the mind of new horror writer-director Justin P. Lange (The Dark) comes The Seventh Day which stars Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Memento), Vadhir Derbez (How to Be a Latin Lover, Sense8), Keith David (21 Bridges, They Live) and Stephen Lang (VFW, Avatar). A renowned exorcist teams up with a rookie for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil b...

SHARE: READ MORE A survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker, Clapboard Jungle to be released on Blu-ray
Posted on Tuesday 30th March 2021 Following five years in the life and career of independent filmmaker Justin McConnell (Lifechanger), Clapboard Jungle is a documentary which explores the struggles of financing, attracting the right talent, working with practical effects and selling the finished product in the hope of turning a profit. Featuring interviews with a range of industry luminaries - including Guillermo ...

SHARE: READ MORE Encounter of the Spooky Kind to get restored 2K release
Posted on Tuesday 30th March 2021 Eureka Entertainment will release Encounter of the Spooky Kind, the unique ground-breaking action-horror comedy from legendary director Sammo Hung, presented on Blu-ray (a worldwide debut of this brand-new 2K restoration on home video) for the first time in the UK as part of the Eureka Classics range from 21 June. The First Print Run of 2000 copies will fe...

SHARE: READ MORE Spiral: From the Book of Saw - brand new trailer
Posted on Tuesday 30th March 2021 Starring Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols and Samuel L. Jackson, Spiral: From the Book of Saw has been given a UK release date of May 17th and to celebrate we've the brand new trailer for you thanks to Lionsgate. A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks (Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city's g...

SHARE: READ MORE Second Sight Films announce standard edition Blu-ray of Upgrade
Posted on Saturday 27th March 2021 The critically acclaimed breakout Sci-Fi hit, Upgrade from director Leigh Whannell (Insidious, Saw) and the team behind Get Out, gets a new Blu-ray release in Standard Edition complete with an enhanced slew of special features on April 26th. In a near-future world, where technology controls everything, technophobe Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) is the victim of a brutal mugging that ...

SHARE: READ MORE Time Lord Victorious comes to a dramatic end this April
Posted on Thursday 18th March 2021 The epic Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious event comes to a dramatic conclusion with Doctor Who - Echoes Of Extinction from BIG Finish and Demon Records this April. Trapped, a haunted monster Waits to Consume new victims. It needs help. It needs a Doctor. Unfortunately, it also needs to kill whoever it meets. Thrust into immediate danger, and on the back-foot, it will take all of the...

SHARE: READ MORE Meatball Machine to get limited Blu-ray release
Posted on Thursday 18th March 2021 Terracotta Distribution is excited to announce the release of cult hit Meatball Machine on special limited edition Blu-Ray from 12th April. Part tragic love story, part body horror, Meatball Machine is an extreme steampunk gorefest that has stood the test of time since its first release. It has since spawned a sequel Meatball Machine: Kodoku. The new Blu-Ray, which will be limited to 2,000 copies, wi...

SHARE: READ MORE Brand new UHD restoration of classic cult shocker Battle Royale out 26th April
Posted on Thursday 18th March 2021 The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School are back, in a brand new UHD restoration of Battle Royale, the classic cult shocker adapted from the controversial novel by Koushun Takami. Presenting an alternate dystopian vision of turn-of-the-millennium Japan, Battle Royale follows the 42 junior high school students selected to take part in the govern...

SHARE: READ MORE It's a wrap as psychological horror thriller Evie enters post-production
Posted on Tuesday 16th March 2021 Brit indie feature film Evie, starring Holli Dempsey (Derek, After Life), Michael Smiley (Luther, Kill List) and Jay Taylor (Donkey Punch, Manhunt), has just wrapped a four week shoot on locations in Yorkshire and the Llyn Peninsula, Wales. Directed by Dominic Brunt (Before Dawn, Bait,) and Jamie Lundy (marking his feature film debut). the brooding psychological horror thriller centres on Evie (Dempsey), who ...

SHARE: READ MORE Battlestar Galactica - The classic lands on Horror March 24
Posted on Monday 15th March 2021 Battlestar Galactica is the much-loved Emmy-winning series which depicts epic futuristic battle between the last remaining population of humans and their evil robotic nemeses - the Cylons. Spiralling through space in their titular fleet, the human forces, led by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene), search the Universe for the last known plant refuge - Earth. This TV favourite still remains a c...

SHARE: READ MORE Julia Ducournau's 'Raw' gets a tasty Limited Edition Blu-ray release
Posted on Friday 12th March 2021 Get ready to tuck into a meaty treat with Raw, the deliciously dark tale of a strict vegetarian who discovers a taste for human flesh after heading to a brutal veterinary college where initiation ceremonies are the norm. Second Sight has cooked up a special Limited Edition Blu-ray of this horror hit due to be dished up on 19 April. Julia Ducournau's shocking feature film debut was acclaimed by critics after a ...

SHARE: READ MORE Get ready for Spookies!
Posted on Thursday 4th March 2021 On 26th April 101 Films Black Label will be releasing cult 80s horror Spookies (1986) on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK on 26th April. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of legendary video distributor VIPCO, the film's tumultuous production history saw original co-writers/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and co-writer/producer Frank M. Farel fired, and Eugenie Joseph brought on board to shoot new scenes a...

SHARE: READ MORE The ultimate experience in celluloid terror now in 4K!
Posted on Thursday 4th March 2021 Brand new 4K restorations of Demons and Demons 2 are out now via Arrow Video! More vivid and terrifying than ever before, the new 4K UHD Blu-ray release comes with a wealth of bonus features old and new, making this the ultimate experience in celluloid terror. In the early 1980s, Dario Argento, the famed horror maestro responsible for such classics as Suspiria and Deep Red, branched out from directing i...

SHARE: READ MORE Dare you listen to The Vigil?
Posted on Thursday 4th March 2021 Lakeshore Records has digitally released The Vigil Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Michael Yezerski (The Tax Collector, Blindspotting). Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, The Vigil is a supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn's Hasidic Borough Park neighbourhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular relig...

SHARE: READ MORE Are you ready for The Final Countdown in 4K?
Posted on Saturday 27th February 2021 Trapped outside the boundaries of time and space - 102 aircraft... 6,000 men... all missing. Katharine Ross and Ron O'Neal co-star in this spellbinding sci-fi action hit filmed on location aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz with the full participation of the U.S. Navy and the ship's crew. Now Blue Underground are to release The Final Countdown in a stunning new restoration, scanned in 4K 16-b...

SHARE: READ MORE Enjoy retro-sci-fi-fun with They Came from Beyond Space
Posted on Tuesday 23rd February 2021 STUDIOCANAL presents a brand-new restoration of the Amicus Productions' cult 60s sci-fi horror They Came from Beyond Space from the legendary director of The Evil of Frankenstein and Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Freddie Francis. Available to buy on Blu-ray for the first time and on DVD and digital formats from 8th March. Starring Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne,...

SHARE: READ MORE Get ready to meet a Promising Young Woman in March
Posted on Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Driven by a mysterious and tragic event in her past, a young woman seeks out vengeance in this thrilling and wildly entertaining story about a delicious new take on revenge in Promising Young Woman, available to own for the first time on Digital on March 2, 2021 and Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on March 16 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This edgy thriller is the directorial debut...

SHARE: READ MORE FrightFest favourite The Columnist is coming
Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2021 This year, keyboard warriors need to be careful who they offend online, as The Columnist is unleashed in cinemas and on digital platforms, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing, on 12th March in the UK and Ireland. Starring Westworld's Katja Herbers, the movie was a stand-out at last year's FrightFest, is a savagely satirical, gory and wholly thrilling look at what happens when the victim of online ab...

SHARE: READ MORE Director of Reborn now delivers the intense thriller Skin Collector
Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2021 Danse Macabre has announced the UK and Irish release of Julian Richards' award winning crime thriller Skin Collector which will be available on DVD and VOD this week. John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) stars as a serial killer who develops an unhealthy obsession with the only victim to survive his attack. Danielle Harris (Halloween) stars as the victim, a shy young secretary with an indomnitable will to surv...

SHARE: READ MORE Grimmfest Easter Edition: Full Feature Film Line-Up
Posted on Wednesday 17th February 2021 Grimmfest has announced the launch of their Grimmfest Easter Edition, a new annual event, taking place over the Easter Weekend, and complimenting the long-established festival in October. Easter is traditionally a time for rebirth, renewal, resurrection. But as the Pandemic continues to rage, and the world remains on lockdown for the foreseeable future, it is also a time...

SHARE: READ MORE Dawn of the Dead has returned (again)
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 After the huge success of its lavish Limited Edition box sets released in Autumn 2020, the dead are preparing to walk the earth once more as Second Sight announces the release of the definitive restored versions of George A Romero's zombie classic Dawn Of The Dead in standard editions on 22 March. The standard editions of this beautifully restored, com...

SHARE: READ MORE Finally uncut, Tammy and the T-Rex!
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 Starring Denise Richards and Paul Walker in early roles, Tammy and the T-Rex was originally released in the USA with a PG-13 rating. This release features the recently restored 'Gore Cut', presented as originally conceived in all its gore-filled glory. Tammy is a popular high school cheerleader whose new boyfriend, Michael, might be the love of her life. But T...

SHARE: READ MORE New trailer for Willy's Wonderland starring Nic Cage
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 Ever wanted to see Nic Cage battle violent animatronic amusement park mascots? If so then Signature Entertainment have the movie for you, Willy's Wonderland will be unleashed on Digital 12th February. Stranded in a remote town with a car that won't work and no way to pay the local repair shop, The Janitor (Nic Cage) agrees to spend the night in an abandoned theme park full of animatronic characters that were once a joy to the kids of the town, but now hold a dark secret. As night falls, these once happy mascots come to life and they're out for blood. Survive at any cost, it's only one n...

SHARE: READ MORE They Came from Beyond Space to be released in remastered form in March
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 STUDIOCANAL presents a brand-new restoration of the Amicus Productions' cult 60s sci-fi horror They Came from Beyond Space from the legendary director of The Evil Of Frankenstein and Dr Terror's House Of Horrors, Freddie Francis. Available to buy on Blu-ray for the first time and on DVD and digital formats from 8th March. Starring Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, ...

SHARE: READ MORE Get ready to learn about The Curse of Hobbes House in March
Posted on Monday 8th February 2021 4Digital Media will be releasing Juliane Block's gripping undead horror thriller The Curse of Hobbes House on DVD and Digital download in the UK from March 8. Directed by Juliane Block (8 Remains, 3 Lives), and written by Block and regular collaborator Wolf-Peter Arand, the movie was shot entirely on location at Kings Weston House, Bristol. After the death of ...

SHARE: READ MORE "I want you to watch the movie screen. There's something I want to show you" Donnie Darko to be released in 4K
Posted on Sunday 31st January 2021 Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science fiction, Spielbergian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template - and the high-water mark - with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Donnie is a...

SHARE: READ MORE Eureka Entertainment to release a collection of essential films from one of the most recognisable figures in Horror
Posted on Sunday 31st January 2021 Eureka Entertainment to release Karloff at Columbia, six films comprising the entirety of the horror icon's filmic output for Columbia Pictures. To be presented as a Limited-Edition Blu-ray [featuring an O-card Slipcase and Collector's Booklet (3000 copies only)] in their worldwide debut as a part of the Eureka Classics range from 19 April. One of the m...

SHARE: READ MORE From Jennifer Kent comes The Nightingale
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2021 Powerful Australian Western horror The Nightingale, the second feature from lauded director Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), premiered at Venice International Film Festival in 2018 and screened at Cannes Film Festival, provoking a strong reaction from critics and audiences alike. The Nightingale now arrives as a Limited-Edition Blu-ray box set from Second Sight Films on 8 February. 1825, the penal colony o...

SHARE: READ MORE Will you try the new Wrong Turn?
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2021 A chaotic fight for survival befalls a group of friends on the Appalachian trail in this iconic franchise reboot from original Wrong Turn creator Alan B. McElroy. When a dream trip turns into a nightmare, one group of friends finds themselves at the mercy of an urban legend - The Foundation. As a freak accident drives the group deeper into the mountains, they find themselves succumbing one by one to hunting traps large enough to take out anyone that dares venture off the beaten path. The group soon realises they are not alone and what happens next escalates into a gruesome game of s...

SHARE: READ MORE Doctor Who is back on Target
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2021 BBC Books has announced seven new titles in the Doctor Who Target range, all publishing on March 11th each with new cover art by Anthony Dry. For Doctor Who fans the range the range of novelisations published in the 1970s and 1980s hold a very special place. There was a novel published for almost every Doctor Who serial between 1963 and 1989 with very few, (five, actually) notable exceptions. Since 2012 BBC Books have ...

SHARE: READ MORE Lionsgate UK to released Hellraiser: Judgment and Hellraiser: Revelations
Posted on Saturday 23rd January 2021 From the depths of hell, horror icon Pinhead returns in the latest chilling chapters of the bloodcurdling Hellraiser franchise, created by horror master Clive Barker. With long-time series SFX artist Gary John Tunnicliffe at the helm, get ready for gore-soaked set-pieces and nightmare visuals that will tear your soul apart! Hellraiser: Judgment finds two tough detectives, b...

SHARE: READ MORE Possessor is coming to HE
Posted on Monday 18th January 2021 From the visionary mind of writer director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), Possessor is a game-changing sci-fi thriller about elite, corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough, Mandy). Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people's bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that th...

SHARE: READ MORE New music from John Carpenter - Alive After Death
Posted on Saturday 9th January 2021 Ahead of the release of his first album of non-soundtrack music in nearly five years, John Carpenter has shared a final pre-release single and accompanying video. Following the stomping "Weeping Ghost" and dancefloor-ready "The Dead Walk," new single "Alive After Death" is a brooding, suspense-filled track, perfectly embodying the exhilarating, spine-chilling, story-telling soundtracks that Carpenter is famous for. The song is accompanied by an equally unsettling visual by legendary illustrator Boneface - a bold collaboration between two unique creative minds. Lost Themes III: Alive ...

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