We have rounded up some of the latest horror/science fiction genre DVD & Blu-ray releases in the USA for the week beginning 18th July 2022.
GOD TOLD ME TO
IT WILL GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES FOREVER!
A rooftop sniper guns down 14 pedestrians on the streets of New York City. A mild-mannered dad takes a shotgun and blows away his wife and children. A cop goes on a sudden shooting spree at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. And each of these unlikely killers makes the same dying confession: “God told me to.” Now a repressed Catholic NYPD detective (Tony Lo Bianco of THE HONEYMOON KILLERS and THE FRENCH CONNECTION) must uncover a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.
Written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen (IT’S ALIVE), this critically acclaimed cult classic remains one of the most disturbing and thought-provoking horror films of our time. Deborah Raffin (DEATH WISH 3), Sandy Dennis (WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?), Sylvia Sidney (BEETLEJUICE), Mike Kellin (SLEEPAWAY CAMP), Richard Lynch (BAD DREAMS), and Andy Kaufman (TAXI) co-star in GOD TOLD ME TO, now presented in a new 4K restoration from the original uncensored negative, with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio, packed with revealing Extras!
Out now on 2-Disc Special Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray from Blue Underground
YELLOWJACKETS – Season One
A thriving high school girls soccer squad is left stranded in the northern wilderness after a plane crash and descend into savage clans, where survival becomes even more important than the team. Starring Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock), Oscar® and Emmy® nominee Juliette Lewis (Camping), Emmy nominee Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything) and Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable). Watch every intense episode of the psychological thriller in this 4-disc set, including never-before-seen special features.
Out now on DVD and Blu-ray from Showtime Networks
HELL HIGH
Teenage kicks take a decidedly dark turn in director Douglas Grossman’s Hell High – a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme, where Class of 1984 meets I Spit on Your Grave!
When high school football hero Jon-Jon (Breaking Bad’s Christopher Cousins) quits the team, he winds up falling in with a group of outcasts led by the sadistic Dickens (played to unhinged perfection by the late Christopher Stryker). With a willing new recruit in tow, the gang’s youthful hijinks soon spiral into a night of abject horror when they decide to play a cruel prank on the home of their teacher Miss Storm – who, unbeknownst to the youngsters, harbors a dark and tormented past.
Hell High – which was released in some international territories as Raging Fury – is a singular entry in the late ’80s horror canon, melding elements of the revenge movie with the trappings of the slasher genre to delirious effect. School’s out… forever!
Out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video
THE SACRED SPIRIT
BEWARE OF FALSE GODS The uncanny, the unsettling, and the unexpected combine to devastating effect in The Sacred Spirit, the extraordinary debut feature from Spanish writer-director Chema Garcia Ibarra. A missing girl. A community in shock. Jose Manuel lives a quiet life. He works in his modest tapas bar, takes care of his elderly mother and attends weekly meetings of the Ovni-Levante, a group of devoted UFO enthusiasts who gather after hours at the office of a local estate agent to exchange information about extraterrestrial messages and alien abductions. When their leader dies unexpectedly, only Jose is left to know the cosmic secret that could alter the future of humanity. And only Jose knows what he must do. As if Ken Loach and Aki Kaurismaki remade the The X-Files, The Sacred Spirit is a provocative, humane, and unsparing vision that marks the arrival of a unique new voice in genre cinema.
Out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video
THE RIGHTEOUS
A brooding occult horror with echoes of Bergman and Pasolini, The Righteous insinuates its way beneath the skin by way of an intelligent script, taut direction, and strong performances. Writer and actor Mark O’Brien (Ready or Not) pulls no punches as he confronts grief, guilt, faith and atonement in his remarkable directorial debut. A former priest, Frederic Mason (Henry Czerny), anguished by the tragic death of his young daughter, finds himself wrestling with his religious convictions when a mysterious young man (Mark O’Brien) appears wounded on his doorstop in need of assistance. After he and his wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) welcome him across the threshold and into their household, Frederic sees an opportunity for redemption in this mysterious and troubled lost soul, who might just be an emissary from God, or maybe the Devil. Set amongst the bleak and forbidding landscapes of Newfoundland, crisply captured in tenebrous monochrome by cinematographer Scott McClellan, and featuring robust performances from all its cast members, The Righteous is a sombre supernatural chiller that builds to a memorable crescendo, and signals the emergence of a major new filmmaking talent.
Out now on Blu-ray from Arrow Video
THE NECRO FILES
SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF DEAD!
An often referenced and notorious underground classic for the last 25 years, this “American Video Nasty” is finally available to a mass audience and for the first time ever in BR format. A serial killer rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie maniac! Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon baby try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul before he can kill again. The Necro Files is stacked with intense scenes of gore and sadism, and boasts some of the most WTF moments in the history of shot on video cinema.
1998 HORROR FILM OF THE YEAR! (MIAMI HORROR FILM FESTIVAL)
Out now on Blu-ray from Visual Vengeance
AMITYVILLE IN SPACE
The ultimate battle against the Amityville curse begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
THE EX
Sasha and Katya are a young couple who plagued by a series of inexplicable events after their recent engagement. Sasha so realizes that someone from his past has come back to settle an old score and refuses to let them have their happily ever after.
Out now on DVD from Itn
PLAGUE OF THE DEAD
During a global pandemic, a group of survivors document their attempts to fight off the living dead.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
SEAQUEST DSV – The Complete Series
Travel to the spectacular undersea world of SeaQuest DSV with all 57 groundbreaking episodes from all 3 seasons. The amazing adventure begins in the mid-21st century, as humankind expands its undersea colonization efforts and a tenuous world peace is enforced by the United Earth Oceans (UEO). In order to protect the fledgling underwater colonies from unknown dangers and hostile invaders lurking in the depths of Earth’s last frontier, the UEO recruits Captain Nathan Bridger (Roy Scheider) to command the high-tech battle submarine SeaQuest and its diverse and eclectic crew. Along for the ride are a roster of stellar guest stars, including Charlton Heston, William Shatner, Seth Green, Kellie Martin and Kent McCord.
Now on Blu-ray for the first time ever, the Emmy Award-winning show is sure to make waves with thrill-seekers everywhere!
Out now on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment
CREATURE CABIN
After losing her job and boyfriend, a young woman travels to a remote cabin rumored to be haunted. Once there, she must battle against a cabal of demonic monsters and cultists who emerge in an attempt to create hell on earth.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
THE AZTEC MUMMY COLLECTION
Curse of the Aztec Mummy: features the walking dead Popoca. Throw in some mobsters led by a tough guy called The Bat and his enemy a masked superhero wrestler called The Angel. The most rarely seen of the Popoca series, this Mayan mummy moving is dizzyingly familiar. The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy: Out to find the ancient Aztec treasure, a mad scientist referred to as The Bat, builds a giant humanoid robot to conquer the mummy warrior who is guarding the treasure’s map and the tomb where the treasure is located. This is the K. Gordon Murray version. Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy: The Wrestling Women were 2 beautiful female Mexican Luchadoras who starred in a series of 5 Wrestling/Horror movies made in the 1960’s; Their two most famous films were DOCTOR OF DOOM (1960) and this one, in which they go up against Popoca, the Aztec Mummy; The Mummy was originally introduced in a series of 3 Mexican horror films all released in 1957, and was a true fan-favorite with Mexican Monster Movie buffs; now you can witness his titanic encounter with the voluptuous Wrestling Women. Bonus features include: A Video Essay which covers each movie in depth by Mexican film authority, Dr. David Wilt.
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD from Vci Entertainment
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