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Plex is gearing up for an exciting lineup of films and series in November 2024. Viewers can look forward to a variety of new additions, including Blue Ridge, But I’m A Cheerleader, Call Jane, and Empire State. Cult classics like The Grudge, Hard Candy, House of 1000 Corpses, and The Midnight Meat Train are also hitting the platform, alongside more recent hits like Wind River and Where’d You Go, Bernadette? For fans of horror, thrillers, and emotional dramas, there’s no shortage of options. However, Plex is also bidding farewell to a number of films and shows in November. Among those leaving are 24 Hours to Live, Drive Angry, The Devil’s Rejects, Snowpiercer, and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. If you’ve been meaning to watch these titles, now is the time to catch them before they disappear. For those looking to binge their favorites, many notable titles are still available for streaming.

As Terrifier 3 prepares to hit theaters this Friday, it’s already stirring up intense controversy, having received a rare ban in France. This under-18 restriction hasn’t been imposed on a horror film there since Saw 3 in 2006. Known for its extreme violence and gruesome content, the Terrifier franchise, led by Art the Clown, is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Early screenings have even reported fainting and walkouts, sparking the latest conversation about what makes a horror film go too far?

But Terrifier 3 is hardly the first film to face the wrath of censors. Horror, as a genre, has a long history of crossing the line, provoking moral outrage, and—unsurprisingly—being banned in various countries. Let’s take a look at some of the most infamous horror films that got slapped with bans and delve into why certain subgenres, like video nasties and torture porn, seem to...

Last year, we heard that Spyder Dobrofsky – who worked on the scripts for such flicks as The Housewives of the North Pole and One Christmas Wish, as well as Mom’s Day Away, and made his feature directorial debut with the mystery thriller Spiral – was making a holiday horror movie called Down Below and had assembled a solid cast for the project: the legendary Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) stars alongside Bai Ling (The Crow), Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), and Doug Jones, who is best known for his creature (or heavily made up) performances in films like The Shape of Water, Hellboy, and Hocus Pocus. Now, Down Below has been sent out into the world, as it was given a digital release this week and is available to rent or purchase on Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link.

Down Below tells the following story: On the 20th anniversary of the...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in September. The Starz September 2024 schedule includes the premiere of Three Women, a limited series based on the New York Times bestselling book that explores female desire through the compellingly raw and honest stories of three women on a crash course to radically change their lives.

Part Two of the final season of Power Book II: Ghost will also premiere. On the film front, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Imaginary, Arthur the King, Knock at the Cabin, The Strangers: Chapter 1, Training Day, Ant-Man, and several other notable titles will join the Starz app this month.

Three Women Starz Highlights

Power Book II: Ghost Season 4 Part 2

The second half of the fourth and final season of “Power Book II: Ghost” premieres on Friday, September 6, at midnight Et on the Starz app. On linear, it will air on Starz at 8:00 p.

Bloody Disgusting has teamed up with Lionsgate to release seven modern horror favorites on Blu-ray + Digital in limited edition SteelBook packaging, available exclusively at Walmart today.

The line includes Wolf Creek, Hannibal Rising, I Spit on Your Grave, You’re Next, Sinister, Texas Chainsaw, and Leatherface.

Priced at $22.96, each title features brand new artwork by Bond.

Wolf Creek is written and directed by Greg McLean. John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, and Kestie Morassi star.

In the 2005 film, a trio of stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a psychopathic local, who takes them captive and tortures them.

Wolf Creek special features:

Unrated Cut of the Film Audio Commentary by Director Greg McLean, Executive Producer Matt Hearn, and Actors Cassandra Magrath and Kestie Morassi The Making Of Wolf Creek Deleted Scene Theatrical Trailer

Hannibal Rising is directed by Peter Webber and written by Thomas Harris, based on his own novel.

We have a good-news-bad-news situation for diehard horror fans and physical media collectors. The good news is that Bloody Disgusting is releasing an awesome line of SteelBooks for seven popular Lionsgate movies this summer. The bad news is that my wallet will be hurting because I need these so badly.

The collection is a Walmart exclusive and will feature the films Wolf Creek, Sinister, Texas Chainsaw (2013), I Spit On Your Grave (2010), You're Next, Leatherface, and Hannibal Rising. Each SteelBook includes the Blu-ray version of the film plus a digital copy.

All the new Steelbooks feature a new look and artwork by the artist Bond, designed as specially commissioned collectibles. They will be sold individually exclusively at Walmart beginning on August 20, retailing for $24.99 each.

More information about each of the titles below:

Wolf Creek (2005) - An Australian horror film about a trio of backpackers taken hostage by a psychopathic serial killer in the outback.

Now available in Walmart stores nationwide, Bloody Disgusting has curated the chain’s first ever horror fan shop, loaded with exclusive collectibles including Terrifier 2 on VHS. Additionally, we’re excited to announce that we’re bringing a line of SteelBooks to Walmart!

Bloody Disgusting is pumping the blood into summer at a Walmart near you with their exclusive SteelBooks, arriving on Blu-ray + Digital on August 20 from Lionsgate.

The featured titles include Wolf Creek, Leatherface, Sinister, Texas Chainsaw (2013), You’re Next, I Spit on Your Grave, and Hannibal Rising.

Each frightful SteelBook® brings these iconic horror titles back with a new look and artwork created by the artist Bond, all for the suggested retail price of $24.99 individually.

The Bloody Disgusting Blu-ray SteelBooks are available to preorder now!

And make sure you head out to your local Walmart at your earliest convenience, as our specially curated horror fan shop is taking over...

Stars: Rocio Scotto, Jason Faunt, Raj Jawa, Kylie Rohrer, Andy Lauer, James Hyde | Written and Directed by Andrew de Burgh

Zara slips out of bed as her husband Robert sleeps. She goes downstairs, pulls a small box out of a trunk and looks through the book of sinister-looking drawings it contains. She’s about to go from aspiring actress and abused wife to the seductress from hell.

Post credits we see them at the breakfast table, she’s waiting for a callback for a part and he’s being an obnoxious prick. The thing is he’s not wrong in saying if they have money troubles she should get an actual job, she made less than $10K last year, it’s the belligerent, demeaning way he says it that’s the problem. That belligerence only gets worse as time goes on, leading to Robert forcing himself on her, and, after...

He pitched slave-ship dramas to Ingmar Bergman, cast Marlon Brando as a bisexual man and wrote a Malcolm X screenplay that horrified the FBI. Why was this cinephile spurned by Hollywood?

It’s fair to say James Baldwin wasn’t a fan of The Exorcist. “It has absolutely nothing going for it,” he wrote in his 1976 memoir-meets-criticism collection The Devil Finds Work. “Except Satan, who is certainly the star.” William Friedkin’s 1973 horror hit about a possessed schoolgirl might have caused havoc in theatres, but for the African American literary giant it was a garish dud that missed the real target. “For, I have seen the devil, by day and by night, and have seen him in you and in me,” he went on. “He does not levitate beds, or fool around with little girls: we do.”

Baldwin wasn’t an opportunist critic bashing a big commercial hit – he was...

The religious horror movie Immaculate, starring Sydney Sweeney and directed by Michael Mohan, wears its horror influences on its sleeves. Neon’s new horror movie is now available on Digital and PVOD, making it easier to catch up with the buzzy title. If you’ve already seen Immaculate, this companion watch guide highlights horror movies to pair with it.

Sweeney stars in Immaculate as Cecilia, a woman of devout faith who is offered a fulfilling new role at an illustrious Italian convent. Cecilia’s warm welcome to the picture-perfect Italian countryside gets derailed soon enough when she discovers she’s become pregnant and realizes the convent harbors disturbing secrets.

From Will Bates’ gothic score to the filming locations and even shot compositions, Immaculate owes a lot to its cinematic influences. Mohan pulls from more than just religious horror, though. While Immaculate pays tribute to the classics, the horror movie surprises...

Between 1979 and 1983, 117 violent and gritty social realist pictures were produced in Taiwan, which eventually came to be known as Taiwan Black Movies. One of the most iconic is definitely “The Lady Avenger”, both because it is an exploitation movie directed by a woman, but also because it uses exploitation as a medium in order to make realistic social comments.

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Kai-ling is a model who, as the movie begins, is shooting a commercial for cosmetics, which includes, though, her being chased by men in a field before she falls down and desperately tries to reach the said product. After shooting the scene numerous times, she has a fight with the director and leaves the scene, but since she is in the middle of nowhere, she has to hitchhike her way home. She is picked up by Li, who ends up raping her.

It isn't always true that a cacophonous work of cinema takes home the Academy Award for Best Sound (or what used to be "Oscars" before Design and Mixing were combined into one category), but I can't think of the last time a genuinely quiet movie won this award.

Then again, Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest" might've been, in terms of subject matter, the loudest movie of 2023. It shouldn't have been. 80 years after Allied forces began liberating Axis-operated concentration camps at the end of World War II, we should be crystal clear on the topic of genocide. We should've been clear on it then. But rather than learn from history, we remain determined to repeat its most despicable mistakes.

And as "The Zone of Interest" makes abundantly clear throughout its harrowingly placid 104-minute runtime, these really aren't mistakes. The monsters who executed the Third Reich's Final Solution were...

Looking back on the horror genre throughout time, there’s always been a period where certain sub-genres have been most prominent. The 70s and 80s were all about the slasher flicks, with masked villains marauding around sleepy suburbs or high school kids having their heads chopped off, while remakes such as House of Wax and Ring dominated the early noughties. There’s another sub-genre, however, that had its roots in splatter films such as Peter Jackson’s superbly gross Bad Taste and Braindead, plus ‘video nasties’ like 1978’s I Spit on Your Grave. That’s right folk, we’re talking about ‘Torture Porn’, an exploitation horror subgenre known for its nasty, gory, and violent films. Do a quick Google search for the sub-genre, preferably with safe-search activated if you’re at work or Uni, just in case, and you’ll more than likely find several Top 10 lists of the best...

Spyder Dobrofsky is probably not a name you would expect to see credited on Christmas-themed TV movies, but that’s exactly how Dobrofsky got started out, working on the scripts for such flicks as The Housewives of the North Pole and One Christmas Wish, as well as Mom’s Day Away. When he made his feature directorial debut, it was on a movie called Spiral, which was something you’d expect to see a Spyder credited with: a mystery thriller. Now Deadline has broken the news that Dobrofsky is working on a holiday horror movie called Down Below… and he has assembled a solid cast for the project. The legendary Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) stars alongside Bai Ling (The Crow), Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), and Doug Jones, who is best known for his creature (or heavily made up) performances in films like The Shape of Water, Hellboy, and Hocus Pocus.

Saw is one of the longest-running slasher horror film franchises. With the release of its tenth film titled Saw X in September 2023, the Saw film series has been running for over 19 years. Starring Tobin Bell in the lead role of the Jigsaw killer, the Saw films were popular because of their inventive traps to kill people and also the twists and turns films took at the final minute. So, if you love the Saw film franchise here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Hostel (Hulu Add-On & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Lionsgate Films

Synopsis: Presented by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever), Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business. Paxton and Josh, two college friends, are lured by a fellow traveler to what...

For decades, viewers have been split on writer/director Meir Zarchi’s 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave (watch it Here). Some write it off as reprehensible trash. Some – including legendary drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs – think it’s a worthwhile revenge thriller. The film has developed a cult following, and now the folks at Printed in Blood, a publisher of art books, have announced that they’ll be celebrating the 45th anniversary of I Spit on Your Grave by releasing a collector’s edition I Spit on Your Grave Scriptbook!

Also known as Day of the Woman, I Spit on Your Grave stars Camille Keaton as a young woman who is brutally attacked and left for dead by a group of men. She then sets out to exact revenge on her attackers. Zarchi has said he was inspired to make the movie after helping a woman who had...

Years ago, a friend once asked me what a large whisk broom that I was holding was for. The response was something to the effect of ‘What do you think it’s for?’ Certain things are obvious even if some people refuse to see what is happening around them, even in film. The Texas-made film Those Who Call (2023) is one of those works on the screen that show the obvious not with style or flair.

The picture is helmed by Cuban-born Writer/Director Anubys Lopez with a cast of Latino leads in the person of Yetlanezi Rodriguez (Sandra) and Angie Sandoval (Ana). The film opens with a prologue that many in the genre have seen before and for some reason, filmmakers continue to mine ever since Camille Keaton went on a fateful drive to Connecticut in I Spit On Your Grave (1978) that is the solitary woman who runs into vehicle...

This article discusses cinematic depictions of sexual violence.

Once in a while, an R-rated movie is an experience that we're not sure we're meant to enjoy. Not like the taboo excitement of true crime, or the cathartic pain that comes with some documentaries. More like a feeling that we're not sure about who the intended audience is for this film ... and, dear God, are we that audience? We're watching something that skates off the edge of good taste, and just maybe, we're enjoying it.

It's an artistic conundrum that's fueled decades of controversy and censorship, from the famous "I know obscenity when I see it" Supreme Court trial to the U.K.'s all-too-familiar-today right wing conservative dalliance in the '80s with cleansing the landscape of the "video nasty." They're films from the famous to the infamous, movies that revel in pushing the boundaries. Sometimes there's a thoughtful message underneath the morass.

When Ralph Macchio first appeared on the big screen as Daniel Larusso, decked out in his now trademark white Karate Gi uniform, he effectively ushered in a bold new era of children’s entertainment. 1984’s The Karate Kid wasn’t just director John G. Avildsen applying the uplifting sports movie formula that had worked so well on one of his previous efforts, Rocky, in a new kid friendly context; it was also a film that helped take martial arts into the Western mainstream.

Suddenly American and European kids were joining dojos in hopes of emulating Daniel-san. But The Karate Kid was not solely responsible for this newfound appreciation in martial arts. The years that followed also saw the emergence of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in popular culture.

Originally a comic book series created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, much like the heroes in a half shell, it had mutated into something much bigger.

Maple Syrup Massacre is an editorial series where Joe Lipsett dissects the themes, conventions and contributions of new and classic Canadian horror films. Spoilers follow…

William Fruet is one of Canada’s most important directors. He’s renowned for not only his contributions to ‘realist social dramas’ such as 1970’s Goin’ Down The Road (one of Canada’s first English language fiction feature films) and 1972’s Wedding in White, but also for his Canuxploitation films of the 70s.

Death Weekend – or The House by the Lake as it was known in the United States – was made in 1976 in an effort to capitalize on a unique Canadian funding model at the time.

As previously explored in this editorial series, as well as my David Cronenberg podcast Sexy & Surreal, Canadian films are funded by the public via governmental organizations. In the 1970s, the government created the Canadian Film Development Council (Cfdc) in...

End Times, the latest from The Asylum, will be receiving a VOD and limited theatrical release this Friday, July 14th, and today we’ve gotten our hands on the trailer for the film. Check it out in the embed above!

Written and directed by Jim Towns, whose previous credits include House of Bad and The Possession of Anne, End Times follows a pair of mismatched travelers, Claire and Freddie (Bernadette and Stark), as they try to escape a deadly pandemic that has turned Los Angeles into a zombie-infested wasteland. Claire is a privileged young suburbanite ill-equipped to survive in this hostile new landscape, until she meets Freddie, a retired soldier who lost his daughter to the virus. As they travel together to reach the perimeter, Freddie teaches Claire the skills that will enable Claire to survive, and the uneasy partnership between the two grows into something more akin to a father/daughter relationship.

After many accolades with nominations and awards from around the globe, “Beneath Us All” is moving from the festival circuit to VOD & physical media from Painted Creek Productions and Deskpop Entertainment.

Closing out with a fantastic win at The International Horror Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio ‘Beneath Us All’ was crowned Best Horror Fantasy Film, plus the film had nominations for Harley Wallen as best Director and Kaiti Wallen for best lead actress in a feature film.

“Beneath Us All” is from the same writer/director and producers from last years big hit “Ash and Bone”. It’s easy to see why the horror community is so excited with Harley Wallen directing and written by Bret Miller (same collaborators from Ash and Bone) and a pretty amazing ensemble with Sean Whalen (Twister/The People Under the Stairs), Maria Olsen (Percy & the Olympians/I Spit on Your Grave), Yan Birch (The People...

Clockwise from Upper Left: John Wick (Lionsgate), Death Wish, Taken (20th Century Fox), Lady Snowblood Graphic: AVClub Revenge. It’s one of the easiest character motivations to understand. And there’s no dirth of reasons why a big screen character would swear revenge; maybe their daughter was kidnapped (Taken), maybe...

Wall Street treated Bob Iger’s return to Disney like sweet candy and gobbled up shares. Now the sugar rush has worn off.

Iger’s promises to offer up creative freedom while also cutting costs and leaning into IP are already being tested in a wary market that’s watching the box office and other metrics closely. The pressure for financial discipline could prove a tough test for his transitional tenure.

The latest Marvel film’s underperformance is just one striking example of the obstacles in Iger’s way. With an end-of-weekend-three total of $187 million domestically and $420 million worldwide, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is on track to earn less in North America than “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and less worldwide than either previous “Ant-Man” film. Disney’s stock price ended Wednesday barely over $99, down from $117 a month ago after a confident performance by Iger on an earnings call.

The...

Natalie Terrazzino in Hunt Her, Kill Her. Courtesy of Welcome Villian Films

There have been dozens of films in which an innocent woman is forced to summon previously untapped toughness and resourcefulness to fend off a group of assailants. An early example is a blind Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark whose home is invaded by thugs mistakenly thinking some drugs were stashed there. Among the grittier, bloodier explorations of the premise is 1978’s I Spit On Your Grave, which spawned a slew of sequels and imitators including its next-generation return bout, I Spit On Your Grave: DÉJÀ Vu, in 2019.

In Hunt Her, Kill Her, Natalie Terrazzino plays a woman on her first night as the janitor in a large industrial facility. She’s worried about her sick child left in the care of a neighbor. She starts hearing sounds that are troubling, since she’s supposed to be...

Aptly named for the acidic smell of deteriorating film, Vinegar Syndrome made an auspicious debut in 2013 with its inaugural release, The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. In the decade since, they have unearthed, restored, and distributed hundreds of cult, exploitation, horror, action, and adult films.

Popping in a new Vinegar Syndrome disc is a bit like cinematic Russian roulette. It’s always interesting, but you never know if you’re going to get an obscure masterpiece, a campy B-movie, a so-bad-it’s-good slice of fun, or a dud. The unknown is half the fun, and discovering those diamonds in the rough makes it worthwhile.

In celebration of their anniversary, I’m highlighting 10 hidden gems from Vinegar Syndrome’s first 10 years.

To narrow the choices, I’m ignoring the heavy hitters like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 and The Amityville Horror, box sets like Forgotten Gialli and Home Grown Horrors,...

We all have movies that have traumatized us in some way: the ones that are burned into the recesses of our minds, lurking, waiting for the right moment to strike right as you're trying to fall asleep at night. Most people remember the first time they really freaked out because of a movie. For me, it was when I was 5 and Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin pulled their faces off in "Beetlejuice," but for acclaimed writer and director Quentin Tarantino, that movie is an animated classic about a baby deer. 

For his new non-fiction book, "Cinema Speculation," Tarantino recently made the press rounds to promote the book and answer questions about his own cinematic history. In his November 2022 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Tarantino revealed that "Bambi" holds a special place for him because it was one of only two movies to ever make him want to run out of the theater.

One can trace the origins of the notoriously named "torture porn" subgenre to the early 2000s, and likely connect it directly to the events of September 11, 2001. Prior to 2001, during the Clinton administration, one can see horror movies moving through an intensely creative phase. Slashers were at an end, and there didn't seem to be a dominant trend to define the decade, leading to interesting, more thoughtful horror movies. This was the decade of "In the Mouth of Madness," "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Wolf," and "Jacob's Ladder." It wouldn't be until Wes Craven made "Scream" in 1996 that a self-aware revival of slashers would flood the market. Horror was snarky and playful and deconstructionist. 

By 2004, however, the mood had changed. Having witnessed too much real-life violence on 9/11, America's subsequent torture of prisoners (pictures of torture were leaked to the public in 2002), and the earlier tragedy of Columbine high school shooting in 1999, audiences were...

In the last 20 years, Taiwan has become a pivotal voice in horror. A few Taiwanese horror films cropped up throughout the '60s, '70s, and '80s. But 2002's "Double Vision," one of the first Hollywood-funded productions in Taiwan cinema, completely changed the genre. In the following decades, Taiwanese horror planted its flag firmly in the modern landscape and declared itself a prominent leader in the future of horror. Whether they offer a fresh glimpse into familiar territory or venture into the dark recesses of the wildly unhinged, Taiwan's contributions to modern horror are nothing short of remarkable. It's quickly becoming a force, with many entries competing directly with J-horror and K-horror.

Our list showcases the country's finest entries, including films that twist the membrane and some that soak you in blood. As you'll notice, most of our selections were released during the 2010s when Taiwan began taking full...

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment presents the controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave, coming to 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on 26th September, with brand new extras. “Just as visceral and horrifying as it was when it hit theatres” High-Def Digest “A cult classic” Little White Lies “Relentlessly unflinching” Horror News News/Social Media posts appreciated with #ISpitOnYourGrave Reviews: Screener available Triple …

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Emmy award winning show runner Mitch Watson discusses some of the movies he saw when he was a kid that ruined him for life.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

A History Of Violence (2005)

On The Border (1998)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary

Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Tfh’s Mogwai Madness celebration

E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)

Harold and Maude (1971) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary

Witchfinder General (1968) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s review

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Shampoo (1975) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Swashbuckler (1976)

Jaws (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Tfh’s Shark Attack At Hero Complex Gallery

The Neverending Story (1984)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

Videodrome (1983) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary

Don’t Look Up (2021)

Starship Troopers (1997)

They Live (1988)

Magic (1978)

Dead Of Night...

For the first official week of horror and sci-fi home media releases in the month of April, we don’t have a ton of titles coming out, but the ones that are being released on April 5th are a pretty damn good bunch of movies all the same. Probably the biggest movie arriving on multiple formats this Tuesday is Scream (2022) from the Radio Silence crew, so if you missed it in theaters, now is the perfect opportunity to be able to catch up with everything that happened in Woodsboro.

Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for April 5th include a 4K edition of I Spit on Your Grave (1978), The Long Night, Vicious Fun, The Ice Demon, a 2-Movie Scream collection, and 60 Seconds to Live!

I Spit on Your Grave (1978) 4K 3-Disc Limited Edition

In 1978, one film changed the face of cinema forever. Now, 44 years later, the original and notorious I Spit On Your Grave...

Producer Charles Band discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review

Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Puppet Master (1989)

Dollman (1991)

Trancers (1984)

Corona Zombies (2020)

Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)

Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings

I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review

Face of Fire (1959)

Hercules (1958)

The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary

Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary

King Kong (1933)

King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary

Star Wars (1977)

The Omega Man (1971)

Castle Freak (1995)

Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary

Laserblast (1978)

Crash!

Expectant mother Rachel (Jade Harlow) seeks to overcome the potential demonic possession of her baby in the new horror movie Unborn (directed by Steven R. Monroe), and with the fright-filled film now streaming for free on Tubi, we've been provided with the official trailer and clips to share with Daily Dead readers!

An expectant mother suspects that her unborn baby is possessed by the demonic spirit of her dead mother, while her wife questions her unstable state. From Cartel Pictures, Unborn is directed by Steven R. Monroe (“I Spit On Your Grave”) and written by Joe Rechtman.





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Running Jan. 14-Feb. 14, this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, an online fest organized by France’s film-tv promotional body UniFrance, will mark its 12th edition with a more diversified slate and a greater international push.

Showcasing festival gems, animated crowd-pleasers and outré genre fare – all subtitled in 15 languages – the 13 features and 17 shorts of this year’s selection will reach home viewers via 70 partner platforms as well on MyFrenchFilmFestival.com, where all the shorts will be available to screen free of charge.

Though ranging in presentational style from horror-comedy to bittersweet drama, the 10 films in this year’s feature competition often share similar thematic through lines, with nearly half of them looking at youth struggles from one angle or another. While Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma’s werewolf thriller “Teddy” tackles late teen growing pains through a more genre prism, Kamir Aïnouz’s “Honey Cigar” does so as a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale; when exploring young adult malaise,...

Watch the Short Film The Lake: "When a young man takes his girlfriend out on the lake to propose, they come face to face with the dark spirits beneath the surface."

Writer/Director/Editor - Joey Greene

Producer - Alexander Anderson, Julian Terry, Joey Greene

Starring:

Michael - Tommy Schneiders

Jaimie - Gina Vitori

Lake Spirit - Sonny King

Crew:

Creative Producer - Julian Terry

Co-Producer - Malcolm Garvey

Story By - Joey Greene, Julian Terry

Director of Photography - Paul Houston

1st AC - Efrain Pineda

Gaffer - Dijon Herron

SFX Makeup - Emma Lu Marshall

Sound Mixer (Location) - Nico Pierce, Chris Nawrocki

Composer - Alex Winkler

Sound Design - Christina Gonzalez

Color - Matthew Macar, Joey Greene

Additional Color - Caleb J. Phillips

VFX - Paul Houston

Set Lifeguard - Elizabeth McDowell

Casting Support Services - Breakdown Services

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5’7 Films inks with The Gersh Agency...

” It won’t stop bleeding!”

A vile bag of garbage without a shred of artistic distinction. Attending it was one of the most depressing experiences of my life.

—Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Mvd and Ronin Flix have partnered to bring their fan favorite line of collectible Blu-rays to retail and are celebrating the wickedest of holidays with the release of Meir Zarchi’s controversial 1978 feature film, I Spit on Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman) and it’s official sequel, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu on Blu-ray October 15th. Featuring a new 4K scan and restoration of Meir Zarchi’s uncut 35mm I Spit on Your Grave original camera negative, newly restored DTS-hd master audio mono and 5.1 surround, these two Blu-rays are prime examples of the work Ronin Flix does to carefully curate, restore and preserve cult movies for fans around the world.

“After being a...

September usually means the beginning of the traditional fall TV season. As such, Hulu’s list of new releases for September 2021 contains some impressive TV swings.

For starters, all of ABC and Fox’s (both now united under the Disney banner alongside Hulu) fall season offerings will be made available to stream on Hulu the next day. More impressively, however, two FX on Hulu originals make their way to the streaming world this month.

The first is the long-awaited adaptation of the classic comic Y: The Last Man. The story of a virus that destroys every mammal with a Y-chromosome (save for one escape artist and his monkey) is set to premiere on September 13. Shortly after that, the B.J. Novak-produced anthology series The Premise arrives on September 16. Even those who are fatigued from timely anthology concepts will want to check this one out.

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Directed by To Your Last Death's Jason Axinn, an animated version of Night of the Living Dead is heading to digital and Blu-ray / DVD this fall! Here's a look at the official trailer:

Revisit George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic in an altogether unprecedented presentation as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Night of the Animated Dead, a new, star-studded animated recreation of the thriller coming September 21, 2021 to Digital and October 5, 2021 to Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD.

Presented by The Long Game in association with Hemisphere Entertainment, Night of the Animated Dead is an animated adaptation of the 1968 horror classic and includes never-before-seen, exclusive animated scenes not found in the original live-action film. Night of the Animated Dead will be available on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD. Pre-order will be available beginning on August 10, 2021.

In Night of the Animated Dead, siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their father’s grave in a...

Directed by To Your Last Death's Jason Axinn, an animated version of Night of the Living Dead is heading to digital and Blu-ray / DVD this fall! Here's a look at the official press release and cover art:

Revisit George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic in an altogether unprecedented presentation as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Night of the Animated Dead, a new, star-studded animated recreation of the thriller coming September 21, 2021 to Digital and October 5, 2021 to Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD.

Presented by The Long Game in association with Hemisphere Entertainment, Night of the Animated Dead is an animated adaptation of the 1968 horror classic and includes never-before-seen, exclusive animated scenes not found in the original live-action film. Night of the Animated Dead will be available on Digital, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD. Pre-order will be available beginning on August 10, 2021.

In Night of the Animated Dead, siblings Barbara and Johnny visit their father...

They were called “video nasties” — those 1980s slasher flicks and splatter films filled with sexual violence, graphic depictions of murder and gallons of Caro syrup that, for a brief moment, were considered the root of all evil in Thatcher-era Britain. For years, some of the genre’s most extreme examples, whether homegrown or imported, were considered cinema non grata by U.K. censors. When videotapes hit the market, however, a number of horror movies considered too dangerous for the general public found their way into folks’ VCRs, and suddenly, you...

Among the most morally repugnant and vile aspects of the exploitation genre in the 1970s was the Rape-Revenge genre, a subset of films focusing on the prolonged, torturous rape of a female protagonist before doling out equally prolonged and vicious vengeance on the perpetrating forces that carried it out. Spearheaded by the likes of films such as the US entries “The Last House on the Left,” “I Spit on Your Grave” and the Italian efforts “Last Stop on the Night Train” and “The Last House on the Beach” among others, the genre made its way to Hong Kong where Dennis Yu produced his take with this underseen but highly effective gem.

Agreeing to a trip to the countryside, Wah (Eddie Chan) and his sister Ling (Patricia Chong) meet up with friends Louis (Paul Cheung), Ken (Ko Chun-man) and Pauline (Wong Siu-ling) and head into the mountains together. While on their journey,...

In his recent “reshooting” series, Taiwanese artist-filmmaker Su Hui-yu takes forgotten or forbidden artifacts from Taiwanese’s cultural collective consciousness and brings them vividly back into the present, restaging and reworking elements of the source materials into elaborate, expressive new scenarios that involve careful, considered choreography of both the camera and performers, bright, bold color and costuming, and no shortage of sexual or violent imagery. The result is something like a speculative remake, not so much a re-imaging but more a reimagining: a new work that bears ghost-traces of the original, related to it but unshackled from its limitations.In the first film in this series, Super Taboo (2015), a suited man sits in a secluded forest and reads a pornographic book from his childhood, letting his imagination run riot as descriptions from the book blend with his own erotic fascinations. Playing out in a single-take, a slo-motion frenzy of entangled bodies and vibrant colors,...

Here is a film that’s charged by contemporary sentiments yet borrows heavily from the past, riffing on titles such as I Spit on Your Grave, Ms. 45 and Hard Candy. Like those films, Promising Young Woman is a rape revenge drama that’s far too improbable and genre-inflected to be taken seriously. This is more of a problem for director Emerald Fennell than it was for Meir Zarchi (I Spit), Abel Ferrara (Ms. 45) and David Slade (Hard Candy), because Fennell’s film has the greatest pretense of being an ‘issue’ drama.

Carey Mulligan stars as Cassie, an angsty barista who dropped out of medical school following the rape of her friend Nina, whose case was dismissed by the dean and the legal system. Stewing in her parents’ home at the age of 30, Cassie spends her evenings feigning drunkenness at local clubs, luring men to private places and excoriating them when...

Promising Young Woman is a rape revenge movie but it has a distinctly different look and feel to its iconic predecessors – movies like I Spit on Your Grave and Last House on the Left. Partly this is because the assault isn’t actually shown. But it’s also because of the aesthetic of the movie and in particular the costumes.

Debut director Emerald Fennell creates a world of color and music and humor for her characters – primarily our avenging angel, Cassie, played by Carey Mulligan, to talk about rape culture from a very female perspective. During the day Cassie works in a coffee shop and dresses in pastels and pinks. She has a soft and playful look, with light make-up and perfectly manicured fingernails. But at night when she feigns drunkenness in nightclubs she wears a variety of different costumes. The way Cassie dresses – and how that is celebrated in...

If There Be Scorn: Fennell’s Debut a Stellar Portrait of Rape Trauma’s Rippling Effects

Heretofore, the rape revenge thriller has been something of a problematic presentation in cinema. The cheaply constructed catharsis born from masculine perspectives and their attempts to navigate a woman’s emotional experiences in response to rape and sexual assault ranges from well intentioned exploitation such as I Spit on Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman) or any number of high-profile dramatic representations in morbid, if effective melodramas.

Writer and actor Emerald Fennell (“Killing Eve” scribe and “The Crown’s” Camilla Parker Bowles) balances an exceptionally fine line with her directorial debut Promising Young Woman, which commands the assertions of troubling communal ripple effects in the wake of rape by displacing the usual locus of a woman scorned upon a helpless bystander.…...

I Spit On Your Grave, one of the most notorious films of the '70s exploitation boom, has just been re-released in a deluxe Box Set from indie distributor, RoninFlix, and it's a thing of shocking beauty. Initially released in 1978 to scathing reviews, I Spit On Your Grave is the brainchild of writer/director Meir Zarchi, an Israeli immigrant who had no intention of making an exploitation film, but nonetheless succeeded in creating a piece of history with his seminal rape-revenge masterpiece. A young writer, Jennifer Hills, leaves the hustle and bustle of the city to a secluded lakeside home to complete her first novel in solitude. Initially infatuated with her idyllic surroundings, Jennifer's dreamy isolation soon gives...

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Chances are, if you’re familiar with grindhouse/exploitation films of the 1970s or the output of later auteurs these titles influenced, you’ve heard and likely experienced the 1978 provocation I Spit on Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman). Although it shares the English language title of Boris Vian’s earlier I Spit on Your Grave(s), a steamy pulp thriller published in 1946 about a Black man who can pass for white and decides to take vengeance for his brother’s lynching by seducing as many white women as he can in the sweltering heat of the racist American South, Meir Zarchi’s sensational debut became part of the zeitgeist, absorbing all the references—and mostly for the extremely negative press it received.…...

Here are the latest Blu-ray releases you should check out this week. There’s Martin Scorsese‘s The Irishman coming from The Criterion Collection. There’s the long-delayed The New Mutants. And then there are not one but two different box sets – a 4K collection for the Resident Evil series and a set for the infamous I Spit On Your Grave […]

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These days, director William Dieterle is best remembered for his dreamy, stylized melodramas of the mid-to-late 1940s, but in his own time his greatest successes were mostly sturdy prestige biopics like The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Life of Emile Zola. A key transitional film was 1941’s The Devil and Daniel Webster, which introduced a supernatural element to Dieterle’s work and paved the way for a return to the German expressionist style in which he had worked as an actor. Before the delirious flights of fancy to come, however, Dieterle made one last return […]

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