From Director Peter Simmons comes, sinister, eerily evocate horror ‘Another Day To Live Through’ from Reel 2 Reel Films ( @Reel2reelF )


  This isn’t just Another Day To Live Through in a brand new, hauntingly powerful, psychological, ground-hog-day-esque horror that gets its UK digital release on 11 September 2023, courtesy of Reel 2 Reel Films.  Directed by Peter Simmons, in his feature debut, this captivating British/Finnish thriller unveils a world of harrowingly exquisite visuals, shrouded in enigma. Satu (Lene Kqiku – Carcera), a Finnish ex-pat seeking solace…

‘Minore’ gets European Premiere at FrightFest on 26 August ( @frightfest )


  Get ready for a creature feature like no other, Minore, from award-winning director and visual effects expert extraordinaire Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. Renowned for his work on Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities,1917, West Side Story, Guardians of The Galaxy and more, Koutsoliotas brings his artistic brilliance to this unique, Greek, magnificent monster movie. Filled with…

ARROW present Katsuhito Ishii’s Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, this September. ( @ARROW_Player )


  In September, ARROW present Katsuhito Ishii’s Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, a fast moving and action packed odyssey into a comically violent world, starring Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer, Thor), this is visually impressive, massively entertaining, and quite unlike anything you’ve seen before – make sure you don’t miss it on ARROW in September.  In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko…

Heartwarming comedy drama. SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS. On Digital 21st August courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.


  From Ray Romano (The Big Sick) in his directorial debut, Romano stars alongside Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) in this heartwarming comedy drama. SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS is available to Buy or Rent on Digital on 21st August courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Leo (Ray Romano) and Angela Russo (Laurie Metcalf) live a simple, blue-collar life in Queens,…

Scorsese’s classic After Hours, and Tod Brownings Freaks, headed to The Criterion Collection UK this October 2023.


  On 9th October comes Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque cult classic  After Hours on Blu-ray  and for the first time in the UK, also on 4K Ultra HD.  The film stars Griffin Dunne and a scene stealing Rosanna Arquette in a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity.   DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY  SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor…

6 October at 8pm, The Book Of Darkness & Light bring one-man show, HAUNTED by Adam Z. Robinson to Manchester in association with Grimmfest (@Adam_Zed @DarkLightBook @grimmfest )


  The Book of Darkness and Light are bringing HAUNTED, a one-man play performed by actor and writer Adam Z. Robinson, to Manchester! At 8pm on Friday 6 October, The Storyteller will bring to life two classic ghost stories for a unique and thrilling solo show at The Lion’s Den. In ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ by W.W. Jacobs, the White…

Starring Kayla Strada; Jaydelise Volquez; and Anna Faith, Night of the Insolent Vermin now on Bluray from Bayview Ent ( @BayViewEnt1 )


  Night of the Insolent Vermin directed by Gary DeJidas and starring Kayla Strada; Jaydelise Volquez; and Anna Faith is now available on Blu-ray from Bayview Entertainment.   A diverse group of girlfriends, and a Dominican drifter they snatched from a couple of creeps, decide to hunker down together to ride out a colossal hurricane rolling through…

Bag yourself a Free Eurocine Bluray Box Set if you sign up to Full Moon Features streaming channel today. ( @fullmoonhorror )


In the early days of VHS (oh how I miss those days) , Charles Band’s Wizard Video blazed trails and kept video store customers super happy (me included) , importing strange, unusual and exciting international horror, action and exploitation for the video rental market, some for the very first time in North America. To honor…

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and Jessica Lange star in MARLOWE on Blu-ray & DVD 18th September from Dazzler Media ( @DazzlerMedia )


  When private detective Philip Marlowe (played by Liam Neeson, Silence, Taken) is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress, it looks like an open and shut case, but Marlowe soon finds himself in the underbelly of Hollywood’s film industry of the 1930’s and unwittingly drawn into the crossfire of a legendary Hollywood actress…

Steve Lawson’s ‘Wrath of Dracula’, Hannaj Bang Bendz as Mina Harker sets out to settle scores with the Count. Out Now from High Fliers Films ( @HighFliersFilms )


Having (as I often like to do) gone into watch Wrath of Dracula without having watched any trailers or reading any plot details about the film, I was expecting a film I’d probably enjoy , but also expecting  to see another retelling of the Dracula story, one that I  had seen many time before, whether…

Fatboy Slim documentary RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW comes to Blu-ray, DVD & Download 25th September from Dazzler Media ( @DazzlerMedia  )


  In 2002, superstar DJ Fatboy Slim organises a free beach party for his hometown of Brighton. 40,000 ravers were expected by the seaside, but a quarter of a million turn up. Chaos ensues…   Right Here, Right Now is the real story behind dance music’s most infamous gig: illustrated through jaw-dropping archive and told by the people…

NIGHT OF THE CAREGIVER starring Eileen Dietz & Eric Roberts arrives in Theaters August 15th 2023( @EricRoberts @queenofscreams )


  ITN Studios has obtained the North American rights to the horror film NIGHT OF THE CAREGIVER, directed by Joe Cornet (GUNFIGHT AT RIO BRAVO) and produced by Alexander Nevsky (BLACK ROSE) from a script by Craig Hamann (BOOGIE BOY).  Starring Eileen Dietz (THE EXORCIST), Natalie Denise Sperl (MANK), Eric Roberts (THE DARK KNIGHT) and Cornet,…

Multi-Award Winning and Heart-Warming Documentary ‘Cats of Malta’ unveils its purrrfecttrailer and poster


Multi-award winning, heart-warming documentary Cats of Malta is now on digital download in the UK and Ireland. Directed by Sarah Jayne Portelli, most known for her work directing Daughter –starring Katherine Langford. Cats of Malta is also produced by Sarah Jayne Portelli and Ivan Malekin. Ivan is a prolific producer, director, editor and cinematographer, selected for the ‘Top 50 Australian…

Studiocanal add two brand new restorations of director Alberto De Martino’s to their blu ray library this September @StudiocanalUK


  STUDIOCANAL are adding two brand-new restorations to their ever growing physical media library, both from legendary director Alberto De Martino – the 1974 Italian exorcist film THE ANTICHRIST, a superbly sleazy and unsettling shocker, featuring an amazing score by Ennio Morricone, starring Carla Gravina (Madame Bovary), Mel Ferrer (Nightmare City) and Oscar  nominee Arthur Kennedy…

Premiere for Sean Hogan’s ‘To Fire You Come At Last’ August 26th at FrightFest ( @frightfest )


  Step back in time to 17th century rural England for a wickedly enthralling folk horror, To Fire You Come At Last, from writer-director Sean Hogan (Little Deaths, The Devil’s Business). This mini feature is an atmospheric homage to the great tradition of British supernatural television from the 1970s and gets its world premiere at FrightFest 2023 on Saturday,…

Final film for the late Tom Sizemore , Trauma Therapy : Psychosis schedules theatrical, digital, and on demand release September 1


  The very final film for the late, great Tom Sizemore (Heat, Saving Private Ryan), Trauma Therapy : Psychosis has been scheduled for a theatrical, digital, and on demand release September 1 by Quiver Distribution. Directed by Lawrie Brewster, and written by Tom Malloy and David Josh Lawrence, the film – a sequel to Trauma Therapy (2019) – sees Malloy return…

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City arriving on Digital September 11th and bluray and DVD September 25th from Universal Pictures Home Ent ( @universaluk )


Jason Schwartzman (The French Dispatch, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Jojo Rabbit), and Tom Hanks (Elvis, News of the World) star in the “Terrifically entertaining and lightly sophisticated” (The Guardian) comedy ASTEROID CITY, available to own with all-new bonus content on Digital from September 11 and on Blu-ray and DVD on September 25, 2023 from Universal…

First of its kind channel-surfing horror to celebrate World Premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest ( @frightfest )


  Transmission, the unique and surreal horror, will have its World Premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on Saturday 26th August. Described as the first of its kind channel-surfing horror, Transmission is a twisted take on the classic horror anthologies like you’ve never seen before!    As we watch TV late at night, flipping between channels we realize that…

A blend of martial arts mayhem & zombie-zapping thrills  ‘Johnny Z’ arrives on digital on 14 August from Reel 2 Reel Films. ( @Reel2reelF )


  Experience a rip-roaring, gut-splattering zombie-fest with Johnny Z – the ultimate action-packed horror from award-winning writer-director Jonathan Straiton (Night of Something Strange). This undead, brain-splatting wild-ride walks on to UK digital on 14 August courtesy of Reel 2 Reel Films. The earth has changed beyond recognition as a violent zombie epidemic has almost completely…

Owen Wilson stars as public television painter, Carl Nargle in PAINT, available to Buy or Rent on Digital on August 7th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment


Owen Wilson (Shanghai Noon, The French Dispatch) stars as Vermont’s #1 public television painter, Carl Nargle in the droll and funny film PAINT available to Buy or Rent on Digital on August 7th. Carl Nargle, a local treasure with a soothing whisper of a voice, hosts his own painting show on Vermont public television. His art has attracted…

Spending Time With… Chaos Rising’s Patrick Cappaloff Fowler


  Chaos Rising is an epic fantasy-action film drawing inspiration from the rich and immersive Warhammer universe.  The film is a proudly independent and ambitious project from combat experts whose skills have featured in Outlander, Game of Thrones and projects by Ridley Scott. I (virtually) caught up with with Patrick Cappaloff Fowler who plays the…

10 Questions with George Baron, director of gender-bending murder thriller THE BLUE ROSE ahead of Frightfest screening ( @thepigeonshrine @frightfest )


Ahead of the World Premiere of THE BLUE ROSE, which he made whilst still at school, George Baron talks about overcoming self-doubt, the concept of ‘pastel-noir’ and the influence of David Lynch as a male role model. THE BLUE ROSE marks your feature film debut. What would you say were the biggest challenges in getting it off the…

Edinburgh Festival news: Self-Proclaimed “Best Band In The World” Otto & Astrid Rot Release Competing Solo Singles For Their Edinburgh Show


Ahead of their month-long run of performances at the Edinburgh Festival, Berlin’s prince and princess of art rock and Europop, Otto & Astrid (best known as Die Roten Punkte) have released two competing singles in an attempt to prove to one another who is the real star of Berlin’s Euro-punk-pop scene. Otto & Astrid  – who together have won a host…

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment team up with the UK’s Museum of Youth Culture to launch ‘FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOODS’ photo competition today


  To celebrate the Digital home entertainment release of SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has teamed up with the UK’s Museum of Youth Culture to launch a nationwide ‘FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOODS’ photography competition today on International Spider-Man Day! The Museum of Youth Culture – which is dedicated to the styles, sounds and social movements innovated by…