We have rounded up some of the latest horror/science fiction genre DVD & Blu-ray releases in the USA for the week beginning 11th October 2022.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY – The Ultimate Chills Collection
For the first time in one complete set, all 7 terrifying PARANORMAL ACTIVITY movies come together, including—exclusive to this box set—the latest thriller PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN and the definitive documentary UNKNOWN DIMENSION: THE STORY OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Packed with chills and unexpected surprises, this must-have, limited-edition collection starts with the breakthrough original horror phenomenon that enticed audiences around the globe and continued with six uniquely spooky sequels.
Out now on Blu-ray from PARAMOUNT
CRAZY FAT ETHEL
After years in a mental institution, Ethel Janowski is released and taken in by her aunt to live a quiet existence. But for many people, including the institution’s staff and a local detective, discharging Ethel was a huge mistake and they will soon discover that her appetite for murder is stronger than it ever was for food. Based on the 1970s cult classic Criminally Insane.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
NIGHT AT THE EAGLE INN
Fraternal twins Spencer and Sarah Moss embark on a pilgrimage to a remote Vermont inn to investigate the last known whereabouts of their father who mysteriously disappeared the night they were born. Once checked in, the uncanny innkeeper and enigmatic groundsman guide the twins through the institutions’s tragic and terrifying history. Not ones to leave any stone unturned, Spencer and Sarah go rogue and dive deeper – their exploration leading to shocking revelations as the property’s dark secrets ensnare them in a hellish labyrinth they must escape before dawn. Equal parts The Innkeepers, The Shining, and Vacancy, Night at the Eagle Inn is a fast-paced horror-mystery laden with intrigue, black comedy, and plenty of scares.
Out now on DVD from Mainframe Pictures
ALIEN ANNIHILATION
Classified files found in a desolate, small town, reveal aliens invaded and did something with the residents. For the four friends who stumbled across this travesty, it’s already too late. When a once thriving small community turns into an eerie ghost land, there’s no one left to hear you scream.
Out now on DVD from World Wide Multi Med
NIGHT VISITOR
SEX, LIES AND SATANTIC CRIMES!
A terrifying tale about a young man named Billy (Derek Rydall, Phantom Of The Mall) who claims that a respected member of his community, his history teacher (Allen Garfield, Mother, Jugs And Speed, Skateboard, Busting) is behind a series of horrific occult murders. Elliott Gould (Who?, The Silent Partner, The Long Goodbye) and Richard Roundtree (Shaft, Opposing Force, Earthquake) help sleuth out the satanic killer in this fast-paced demonic thriller that will keep you in its spell until its spine-tingling end. Can Billy get the cops to believe him, or will he and his girlfriend be the next victims? Also starring Shannon Tweed (Night Eyes, Of Unknown Origin), Michael J. Pollard (nominated for an Academy Award® for Bonnie and Clyde*) and Henry Gibson (Nashville, The Incredible Shrinking Woman). Now see this chilling 1989 cult horror thriller from a brand new 2019 HD master.
Out now on Blu-ray from Ronin Flix
THE WITCHING SEASON
Reminiscent of television shows like ‘Tales from the Darkside’ and ‘Tales from the Crypt’, The Witching Season is a five episode spine-tingling anthology of horror and suspense packed into one disc that delivers original tales of terror that capture the spirit of the Halloween season.
Out now on Blu-ray from Scream Team Releasing
HOMICYCLE
In a city riddled with corruption, drugs and gangs, a veteran cop is murdered by a vicious kingpin, sparking a brutal crime wave. Only one man can stop the bloodshed – a brutal, motorcycle riding vigilante bent on bloody revenge called HOMICYCLE – now picking off the killers one by one. Armed with an arsenal from Hell, he’s cleaning the streets by decapitation, nail gun and motorcycle madness! Is he a gun-toting savior on a path of righteous redemption, or is he literally HELL ON WHEELS?
Out now on DVD from Srs Cinema
SHOT BY NIGHT: THE BYRON C. MILLER COLLECTION
Another SRS Cinema Retro Release! Eight rare and/or never before seen shot-on-video shorts from the collection of filmmaker Byron C. Miller (“Night”). The Creeps – All-new cut of rare, SOV, made in high school in 95, horror anthology comedy. Directed, Shot, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Restored from the original VHS raw footage with new songs and score. With commentary by Byron C. Miller and co-creator Ryan Henry. It Thing – never before released, SOV, made in high school in 94, horror short film. Co-Directed, co-written, co-starring, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Terror in the Woods – rare, SOV, made in high school in 93, slasher/comedy short. Co-Written, co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller. The Slaughter – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, slasher short. CoDirected, Co-Written, Edited by Byron C. Miller. The Closet Monster – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, monster movie. Co-Directed, Edited by, and Starring Byron C. Miller. The Possessed – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, demonic possession short. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Trailers – rare, SOV, made in middle school in 92, trailer clip show. Co-Directed, Co-Written by, and Edited by Byron C. Miller. Fragments – never before seen, SOV, made in January 1989, first attempts by Byron C. Miller to make horror movies with his dad’s camcorder.
Out now on DVD from Srs Cinema
GOLDENGIRL
4K Restoration by StudioCanal! Gorgeous Susan Anton (Cannonball Run II) stars as an untried female sprinter who enters the Olympics, claiming that she will win an unprecedented three gold medals. But when one man (legendary James Coburn, Firepower) falls in love with her, he unravels the bizarre history of her training and the tough money men who stand to make millions…if she survives! Directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three), scored by Bill Conti (Rocky) and co-starring Leslie Caron (Gigi), Robert Culp (TV’s I Spy), Harry Guardino (Dirty Harry), Curt Jürgens (The Spy Who Loved Me), Michael Lerner (Barton Fink) and tennis great John Newcombe, Goldengirl is a winning sports story with a unique sci-fi twist.
Out now on DVD and Blu-ray from Kino Lorber/Scorpion
THE TWIN
Every parent’s worst nightmare is just the beginning for Rachel’s ordeal as in the aftermath of a tragic accident, she and her husband Anthony decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son Elliot. What begins as a time of healing and isolation in the Scandinavian countryside turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son as an entity claiming to be his dead twin brother takes over Elliot — setting Rachel on a diabolical journey to unravel the horrible truth about her twin son. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD from Image Entertainment
HELLWEEK
Rush week turns unexpectedly hellish when a band of sadistic, masked, homicidal maniacs holed up in an abandoned warehouse wreak havoc on a bunch of not-so-innocent college kids. Wanting to ensure the new pledges prove they’re worthy, fraternity president J.J. sends them to a deserted warehouse rumored to be inhabited by demonic squatters. But the hazing takes on a sadistic tone when the tales turn out to be true. Now the pledges find themselves in a fight for their lives.
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD from SGL Entertainment
THE SCIENCE-FICTION MAKERS
This feature documentary examines three integral writers who over the past century wrote within the Christian science-fiction genre. Through interviews with scholars and current writers, reenactments, archival materials, and excerpts from their works, we explore a genre that has been counterculture since its beginning. They were outsiders within the larger sci-fi genre and they would face harsh criticism, dismissal, and even hostility from all sides for putting their faith and imagination into their writing. In the end, Victor Rosseau, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L’Engle were pioneers of a sub-genre that would doggedly survive and continue to influence popular culture to this day.
Out now on DVD from Dreamscape Media
JURASSIC DOMINATION
When two military-made, weaponized dinosaurs attack a small mountain town, it’s up to the sheriff to figure out a way to stop the creatures before the dinos escape and wreak havoc nationwide.
Out now on DVD from Greenfield Media
THE HARBINGER
When a family moves their troubled daughter to a small town and their neighbors start dying mysteriously, they fear something evil has followed them.
Out now on DVD from Screen Media
THE MONSTER
When a wrecked car results in a missing person, amateur detective – he’s taken correspondence courses – starts on the case. A clue found at the scene leads him and his sidekicks to a remote mental sanitarium where he meets Dr. Ziska. All is not right in this place and soon the question arises… will the heroes survive the night in this sinister sanitarium behind locked doors and windows?
Out now on DVD from Reel Vault
LIZARD PEOPLE: THE TRUTH ABOUT REPTILIANS
They established rule over ancient man, a race of giants known as The Nephilim. Today, their descendants live among us, veiled in any form they choose… Demon… Alien… even REPTILIAN! Two hard core researchers, Carl Crew and Bryan Sadler, delve deep into the mythology that shrouds the theory of the Reptilians to uncover their true nature and their global power that some say continues to control the world. Through their deceit and deception, will the Reptilians ultimately destroy humankind?
Out now on DVD from World Wide Multi Med
ULTRAMAN ZEARTH DOUBLE FEATURE
Ultraman Zearth
All over the world gold mysteriously vanishes without a trace. MYDO (the Mysterious Yonder Defense Organization) is called in to investigate. The MYDO team, with their secret base disguised as an ordinary gasoline station, and their super aircraft, the Skyfish, set out to discover who is stealing the Earth’s gold. The Alien Benzen is after more than mere monetary gain. Under his control the monster Cottenpoppe sucks up the gold and converts it to energy which is then transferred to Alien Benzen making him even more powerful. To Alien Benzen, pollution is beauty and destruction an art form. Once filled with gold energy, Alien Benzen plans to defile the entire world. The only thing that stands in his way is ULTRAMAN ZEARTH, the MYDO team’s gigantic protector from outer space, is MYDO trainee Katsuto Asahi.
Ultraman Zearth 2
Ultraman Shadow, Ultraman Zearth’s most terrifying adversary yet, is brought to Earth by the murderous alien, Lady Benzen to be Ultraman Zearth’s assassin. His towering body of shimmering gold and nightmare black, his eyes, soulless glowing blood red jewels, Ultraman Shadow is a warrior of darkness equipped with mysterious powers. Prepare to witness the ultimate showdown, colossus versus mighty colossus, the battle ground: Planet Earth! Ultraman Zearth’s massive monster Milakron and Ultraman Shadow’s rampaging red eyed reptilian terror Darkla tangle through downtown Tokyo. It’s up to Earth’s greatest defenders the mighty Mysterious Yonder Defense Organization (MYDO) to help Zearth save the world.
Out now on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment
ULTRAMAN NEOS – Complete Series
Ultraman Neos – The Complete Series (12 Episodes)
The solar system is passing through a strange sector of the Cosmos known as the Unbalance Zone. Strange phenomena occur and HEART, the special team from the global defense organization is sent to investigate. However, when things get out of control, Ultraman Neos, a 58 meter tall Ultra Warrior flying at mach 30 from Nebula M-78, comes along to protect Earth from evil gigantic monsters that have appeared.
On Earth, Ultraman Neos shares the human body of Genki Kagura, the rookie member of HEART. In times of desperate need Kagura holds the Estreilar, the transformation device, high in the air, activates it and transforms into Ultraman Neos to fight the vicious monster.
Out now on DVD from Mill Creek Entertainment
GHOST TRACK
As children, a young boy named Morris is killed on train tracks, his group of friends unable to save him. Now as adults, that same group of friends are haunted by the spirit of the young boy, who is hell bent on revenge for those he feels let him die tragically.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
ANIMOSITY
From the director of The VelociPastor, a different kind of monster. A newlywed couple moves into a house deep in the woods only to discover that the surrounding forest is host to sinister supernatural powers that turn them against each other.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
NOSFERATU – 100th Anniversary Edition
The first on screen depiction of Dracula occurs in F. W. Murnau’s horror classic Nosferatu! Real estate agent Jonathan Harker (Wangenheim), travels to Transylvania to visit a new client, Count Dracula (Schreck). Although the locals warn Harker away from Dracula’s castle, the agent pursues the sale. Staying overnight, Harker feels an odd darkness in this castle, where the Count is oddly asleep during the daytime. After reading a book about vampires, Harker begins to suspect that the Count is really Nosferatu. Meanwhile, Dracula hides in a shipment of coffins and arrives in Wisbourg, Germany, to take ownership of his new home, across the way from Harker’s home. As locals mysteriously die, town doctors diagnose a plague…but Harker suspects a more nefarious cause. He races home to save his town and most importantly save his wife, Nina (Schröder). New score composed and performed by pianist Keith Taylor.
Out now on DVD from Reel Vault
TAXI CAB DEATH GAME
Laura is having a really bad day at her gig as a bartender, and while closing up she is attacked by a very aggressive customer. Still in shock, she stumbles into a taxi to go home, only a discover that her nightmare just got worse. A deadly game of violence and revenge escalates by the minute as she finds herself held captive in a fight for her life under the complete control of a very disturbed cab driver.
Out now on DVD from World Wide Multi Med
AMITYVILLE EXORCISM
A family awakens the dangerous spirit of a killer who murdered his family decades earlier, and who now possesses their daughter. A priest with a personal connection to the original murders must try to save the family and exorcize the demon that threatens to destroy them all.
Out now on DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
10/31 PART II
Creatures of the night awaken for this years Halloween Monster Marathon hosted by Malvolia: The Queen of Screams. Strap in for more freaky flicks with a new batch of indie directors. Spooky tales such as a Halloween celebration turned deadly in “A Samhain Liturgy”, and something unholy in the basement desires a nun in “Sister Mary” (Tory Van Buskirk of ‘Alone’), otherworldly strangers need fresh meat in “Dead Lift” (Stephen Wolfe of ‘Doll Factory’), explore the difference between hatchets and tomahawks at the best Halloween party ever in “Apache Hatchet Massacre II” (Max Groah of ‘Bong of the Living Dead’) and a serial killer has a big problem in “Overkill” (Drew Marvick of ‘Pool Party Massacre’). Including faux trailers from other indie filmmakers -“Treaters” (Zane Hershberger of ‘Force to Fear’), “Truck Squatch” (John Hale of ‘The Conduit’), “The Candy Taker” (Robert Lanphere of ‘Cryptids’) and “The October Kids” (Brett DeJager of ‘BoneJangles’).
Out now on Blu-ray from Scream Team Releasing
BIGFOOT VS KRAMPUS
With Christmas time approaching and the Illuminati forces on the retreat, the Allies are in high spirits. Space rough neck Van Helsing considers taking his relationship with Allied Forces leader Princess Kali to the next level. Unfortunately Satan is set to ruin the moment. From the depths of Hell, the wicked Lord Of Darkness summons the demon spirit of Christmas, Krampus to wreak havoc on the living. Upon hearing the news, the clone of magician Aleister Crawley joins forces with the reptilian form of General Stalin and the Illuminati to mount a Christmas Eve attack on the Allies forcing Van Helsing and Kali to take drastic action. With help from the rowdy space rouge Bigfoot, the Allied Forces bait a syndicate of monsters to help take down the fiendish Krampus and restore peace to the galaxy.
Out now on DVD from Wownow Entertainment
HAUNTED CONNECTICUT
Documentary filmmaker Tony Cadwell (Balsam: A Paranormal Investigation) teams up with an experienced paranormal investigator, Eric Vitale (Travel Channel’s and Discovery +’s Ghost Loop), to explore the most haunted locations in Connecticut and attempt to document proof that the supernatural exists. From Connecticut’s most haunted inn to the site of a shocking death, the team takes you inside these disturbing locations for a series of paranormal investigations. The evidence they capture is shocking. But does it prove that ghosts are real? See why Connecticut is called the most haunted state in America!
Out now on DVD from H13 Media
FROST – Plus Bonus Soundtrack
A young woman, Abby (Devanny Pinn, Ride Along 2) and her estranged father Grant (Vernon Wells, Commando) fight to survive after being stranded on a remote mountainside during a winter storm in this gripping thriller from writer James Cullen Bressack (Hot Seat, Fortress) and director Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed).
Out now on Blu-ray from Cleopatra
FROST
A young woman, Abby (Devanny Pinn, Ride Along 2) and her estranged father Grant (Vernon Wells, Commando) fight to survive after being stranded on a remote mountainside during a winter storm in this gripping thriller from writer James Cullen Bressack (Hot Seat, Fortress) and director Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed).
Out now on DVD from Cleopatra
SHREDDER
DEATH TO SNOWBOARDERS!
Horror hits the slopes in this slasher cult classic about a gang of snowboarders on a one-way chair lift to terror! Lindsey McKeon (Saved By The Bell: The New Class), Scott Weinger (Fuller House, Aladdin) and Brad Hawkins (Boyhood) star in this scare-filled, laugh-packed weekend of horror as a homicidal maniac with a grudge against snowboarders turns a snowy getaway into a body count nightmare when seven hot-blooded coeds break into an abandoned ski lodge. Soon the wild partying turns into a desperate fight for survival, and it isn’t long before they discover that on the slopes…no one can hear you scream!
Out now on Blu-ray from Ronin Flix
SPIRIT HALLOWEEN: THE MOVIE
Spirit Halloween is a chain of stores that typically open for business in August, offering holiday costumes and decoration for rabid fans of the season and families trying to solve any outfit issues in one fell swoop. Spirit Halloween is big news these days, with the fetishization of Halloween growing more intense every year, and the company seems perfectly comfortable with jabs at it’s business model, taking over buildings previously inhabited by retail failures. “Spirit Halloween” is the first film based on the brand, emerging as seasonal entertainment for younger viewers and a commercial for the stores, pitting excitable kids against possessed inventory. Director David Poag and screenwriter Billie Bates seem to understand the creative mission, creating broad emotion and conflicts to help inspire a mildly enjoyable adventure in the “Goosebumps” tradition, keeping things relatively easygoing and mercifully short.
Out now on DVD from Strikeback Studios
SMOKE & MIRRORS: THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI
THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTISTS IN HORROR FILM HISTORY, WHOSE CREATIONS EARNED HIM THE TITLE “THE KING OF SPLATTER.”
The definitive documentary on one of the most iconic and sought after special effects artists in horror film history, whose genre-defining creations earned him the title “The King of Splatter.” We follow Savini from his childhood in Pittsburgh and his tour of duty during the Vietnam War, leading into his legendary collaboration with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) and beyond. Here. Savini is celebrated by his peers, friends and collaborators like Robert Rodriquez, Tom Atkins, Tony Todd, Greg Nicotero and more.
Out now on Blu-ray and DVD from Wild Eye Releasing
DISTURBING BEHAVIOR
IN CRADLE BAY, IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE NOT PERFECT. YOU WILL BE.
Stars James Marsden (X-Men), Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) set the screen ablaze in this breathlessly fast-paced jolt-fest from veteran “X-Files” director David Nutter. Written by Scott Rosenberg (Con-Air) and featuring a hip soundtrack from the hottest bands around, this “clutch-your-armrest thriller” (Teen People) will pull you into the undercurrent of a deranged high school clique – and drag you away screaming!
Achieve, be excellent…and be afraid. For when the esteemed Blue Ribbon club of Cradle Bay High take their slogans too far, things in the small coastal town begin to go wrong. Dead wrong. And when a “dark sinister force” begins turning the school’s curricularly challenged into the soulless, academic elite, three “outsiders” join in a desperate race to avoid becoming insiders and losing their individuality forever!
Out now on Blu-ray from Mvd Rewind
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE
In a remote village in Central Europe, a nobleman’s body is found drained of it’s blood and with two small punctures on the neck-the Mark of the Vampire. An ancient terror, a horror that won’t die, haunts the village: the long undead Count Mora (Bela Lugosi) and his daughter, Luna (Carroll Borland), rule the night. But the vampires have not fed on the people of the village for a very long time. Now, with the help of an expert in the occult, Professor Zelen (Lionel Barrymore), and local Baron Otto (Jean Hersholt), police inspector Neumann (Lionel Atwill) unearths a mystery far stranger and more terrifying than anyone could have imagined!
Out now on Blu-ray from Warner
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