XTRO 2 - The Second Encounter
In this sequel, Dr. Shepherd is summoned to a top-secret facility where he is to help bring back three scientists who have failed to return from another dimension. Instead this simple task becomes a horrible nightmare that brings back an insatiably blood thirsty alien….
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XTRO - A New Dimension In Fear
This British take on the ALIEN theme is not for the squeamish, but packs a B-movie shock. Sam Phillips (Philip Sayer) is kidnapped by aliens while playing with his son. He reappears three years later– not quite himself, with bloody results for the quiet British community. A gory flip side to E.T. Look for Maryam D’Abo, who went on to be a Bond girl in THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) Director Harry Bromley Davenport directed two XTRO sequels and producer Robert Shaye went on to great success prod…
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Evil Dead 2
In this sequel-remake of the original EVIL DEAD, a group of people are trapped in a cabin while ancient evil lurks outside and threatens a fate worse than death. Can brawny wiseguy Ash save the day, or will his dead girlfriend come back to cause more trouble…
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Blood Of The Vampire
When Dr. John Pierre (Vincent Ball) is falsely accused of practicing medical heresy, he is sent to a remote castle prison run by Dr. Callistratus (Donald Wolfit), a maniacal scientist who specialises in strange diseases of the blood. Aided by violent prison guards and a creepy hunchback, Dr. Callistratus proves to be much more than he seems. A moody Gothic horror film in the grand Hammer tradition, penned by famed terror scribe, Jimmy Sangster (Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula)….
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Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell / Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (2 Disc)
In ‘Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell’ Doctor Helder is sent to an asylum for experimenting on cadavers. There he is rescued by Doctor Victor and learns that a new monster is set to walk the Earth. In ‘Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter’ swordsman Kronos finds himself in a village where the local young women have had their youth drained from them by a vampire’s kiss. He goes in search of the vampire ending up at the Durward estate and meeting a very aged and sick Lady Durward……
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Gothic (Wide Screen)
Horror story which relates to the events of one dark night in July 1816, when Lord Byron’s houseguests Mary Shelley and Dr. Polidori, both fuelled by gothic novels, pornography, lust, alcohol and laudanum, conceived ‘Frankenstein’ and the ‘Vampyre’ respectively….
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The Veil (3 Disc)
True stories from people who claim to have experienced supernatural going-ons, including a meeting with Jack The Ripper!…
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28 Days Later (Limited Edition)
TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by animal rights activists. The virus can be transmitted in one drop of blood and manifests itself within seconds, infecting its victims with a zombie-like state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country…
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Requiem From The Darkness - Vol. 3
The horror anime REQUIEM FROM THE DARKNESS is notable for its unusual style of animation, designed to fit the moody atmosphere and themes of the series. Momosuke is an author in Japan’s feudal period. Tired of writing children’s stories, he travels about gathering tales for a book, and meets with three mysterious figures. The trio–Ogin, Mataichi, and Nagamimi–move through the countryside dispensing karmic retribution on the truly evil. Each episode finds Momosuke and his strange friends dealin…
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Brotherhood Of The Wolf
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF is a wild mix of martial arts, horror, and French period drama. Gregoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan), a charming naturalist and libertine, arrives in Gevaudan with his companion, Mani (Mark Dacascos), a taciturn Mohawk Iroquois Indian with amazing fighting skills. Fronsac has been sent by the king to investigate a mysterious beast that is slaughtering women and children across the countryside. The local gentry include the friendly Marquis Thomas D’Apcher (Jeremie Renier)…
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To The Devil A Daughter
Dennis Wheatley’s occult chiller which tells of two men locked in deadly battle over possession of a young innocent for the ‘Children Of The Lord’ cult. A devil worshipper needs her sacrificial soul to form the satanic homunculus of the demon god Astaroph. And a supernatural specialist must stop the ghastly ritual before the powers of the Dark envelope the universe….
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Scars Of Dracula
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat’s blood. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one, loved to death by the mistress of Dracula. But after they discover his bloodstained corpse in Castle Dracula, the Vampire Lord’s lustful vengeance begins….
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The Plague Of The Zombies
A sadistic squire dabbles in voodoo rituals, resurrecting rotting corpses as slaves in an old eerie Cornish village. But exposing the evil zombie cult means risking human sacrifice when the day of the dead finally dawns….
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Demons Of The Mind
A wacky baron keeps his kids locked up because he believes them to be possessed by ‘demons of the mind’. It is, however, his own mind which is possessed by madness….
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Silent Scream
A college class volunteers to help their psychology professor with his research and are rewarded with a winter weekend retreat at his remote island cottage. When Nicole, best friend Chloe, boyfriend Mark, and the rest of the class go off for a weekend of partying at Professor Barren’s cottage, the appearance of a mysterious hooded figure has the friends spooked. And rightfully so. As the classmates disappear one by one, poor Nicole is left to figure out who’s after them… and how to escape….
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Ichi The Killer (Vanilla)
Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it’s only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza lieutenant, has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke and gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence. Then there’s…
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I Am The Ripper
A murderer goes berserk at a party attended by teenagers. The lone survivor must duel to stay alive. French dialogue with subtitles….
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Ab-Normal Beauty
The makers of ‘The Eye’ and ‘Bangkok Dangerous’ deliver an equally disturbing affair with ‘Ab-Normal Beauty’, the twisted tale of a young woman, who after witnessing a brutal accident, finds herself strangely turned on by its violence. Filled with a sudden sexual craving for seeing the face of death, young Jiney begins photographing the darker things in life, only to have the tables turned when she becomes the subject of another person’s gruesome fantasies….
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Wishing Stairs (Subtitled)
The third film in the Korean ‘Whispering Corridors’ series, ‘Wishing Stairs’, likes its predecessors, is a tale of horror and haunting set in an all-girls boarding school. This entry, however, benefits from its female director, Jae-yeon Yun, who is able to bring an awareness of the challenges facing adolescent girls to the film. Best friends Kim So-hie and Yun Ji-seong both study ballet at exclusive girls’ school, but So-hie has the advantages of talent and a moneyed upbringing. Ji-seong hears a…
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Land Of The Dead / Shaun Of The Dead (2 Disc)
Two features. In ‘Land Of The Dead’, Zombie movies slip in and out of fashion, but it’s always a special occasion when the man who helped turn the undead into a worldwide phenomenon decides to add an instalment to his ongoing saga of flesh-eating films. George A. Romero’s zombie movies have all appeared in different decades, beginning with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD in 1968, DAWN OF THE DEAD in ‘78, and DAY OF THE DEAD in ‘85. Romero skipped the ’90s, but a zombie renaissance in the early 21st cen…
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