101 Films Black Label presents David Cronenberg’s Rabid on two-disc Blu-ray 26 August and lost 90s horror Skinner of dual-format 23 September as we all add to our classic film collection and run out of shelf space. Rabid, the enduringly tense and gruesome horror that marked a landmark in David Cronenberg’s early career came out…
Complete Your X-Men Collection When X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX Arrives on Digital Download on 28 September and on 4K Ultra HD™, Blu-ray and DVD on 7 October Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence fire up an all-star cast in this spectacular culmination of the X-Men saga! During a rescue mission in space, Jean…
On the hunt for an elusive serial rapist and murderer, battle-hardened cop Marshall (Henry Cavill) crosses paths with vigilante duo Cooper (Ben Kingsley) and Julia (Eliana Jones) as they trap online predators and deliver their own extreme methods of justice. When Julia is kidnapped, Marshall, Cooper and the police hunt down the perpetrator but the…
A body-horror throwback out of the UK, writer-director Cesare Pollacci Libardi di K’s Landing Lake is now available on video on demand and DVD from High Octane Pictures. Shot in Super35mm, and utilizing the lavish terrain of Trentino, Northern Italy, and the UK, this pulsating cocktail of The Thing and Rabid is pure lung-draining thrills. A team of satellite technicians…
Oslo. Norway. The early 1990s. A new, uncompromising style of heavy metal explodes onto the underground – True Norwegian Black Metal! Blasting and brutal yet also majestic, this subgenre achieves worldwide infamy through the extraordinary achievements of its musicians and the suicides, murders and church burnings that come to define the scene… Seventeen-year-old Euronymous (Rory…
The seaweed is certainly not always greener in this particular lake… The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead begins with a mermaid falling in love with a human, but that’s where the similarities with Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale end, instead taking a terrifying twist as she instead aims to keep him underwater in her Kingdom of…
(Photo by Stephen W. Dunn) A War Of Two Halves tells the dramatic and moving story of the gifted Hearts team of 1914, whose Scottish title ambitions were interrupted by the outbreak of World War 1. Accused of being cowards by playing football, and inspired by Colonel Geordie McCrae, the team joined up en masse…
On August 4th audiences are invited to dance the night away ‘The Chicago Blues Brothers’ – Europe’s biggest and best-loved production of the Blues Brothers which comes to the West End London’s Savoy Theatre This award-winning spectacular is a high-octane, adrenaline-pumping musical mash-up presents the best material from the original Blues Brothers movies; jam-packed full of songs by legends such…
On August 9, Midnight Releasing sets free Wicked Witches, the creepy, witchy new horror jaunt from The Pickering Brothers. After being thrown out of his home by his wife for being promiscuous, Mark finds himself back at Dumpling Farm, a place of youthful memories and parties, but things aren’t quite right. His old buddy Ian,…
Starring and executive produced by Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Rob Lowe (The West Wing, Parks and Recreation, Wayne’s World, Austin Powers franchise), Wild Bill is a fish-out-of-water comedy drama following a high-flying American cop who is parachuted into rural England. It’s out on DVD on 29th July 2019 and is available on Digital Download now. Wild…
Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment present SEEDS, in theaters September 13 and on VOD/DVD September 24. Starring Trevor Long, star of Netflix drama Ozark, which was this week nominated for 9 Emmy Awards, director Owen Long’s SEEDS is a gothic horror about a man haunted by his dark past while pursuing some self-care…
Justin Hayward is an actor and producer with a great list of credits behind him and am sure there are more great ones in front of him too.First appearing in one of my favourite films Cockneys v Zombies in 2012, Justin has gone onto appear in over 40 roles including Adventure Boyz, 13 Graves,…
Gripping, weighty drama is a triumph…timely, bleak, intelligent and compelling’ ★★★★★ The Independent ‘A drama so powerful you can almost feel the radiation pumping out of the screen’ ★★★★★ The Times ‘Compelling, vital television… a staggering, unmissable achievement which will haunt you for weeks… one of the most affecting and haunting shows to emerge this…
Ten years after the film’s initial release, the extreme, provocative performances from Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist still have the power to shock, repulse and divide audiences. The sound design by Kristian Eidnes Andersen with Lars Von Trier, was composed using only natural sounds and samples (including internal body recordings). Each element was…
For decades ive always been fascinated by the world (and other worlds) of UFOs, Aliens, and their technology. For a few years back in the late 80s and early 90s I attended lectures, met with people who claimed they had been abducted by alien beings, and who had been involved in various earth bound jobs…
The first July title from Criterion and Sony is SWING TIMEIn this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (Top Hat) are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens (Womanof the Year)…
Arrow Academy’s July Blu-ray releases are a classic Hollywood romantic drama making it’s hi-def debut, and a magnificent Dostoyevsky adaptation, both with lavishly illustrated collector’s booklets, video appreciations and rare radio plays, along with much, much more. First in July is Hold Back the Dawn (1941), a heart-rending romantic drama, from one of the most underrated directors…
This summer a writers retreat takes a very dark turn when its obsessive showrunner manipulates his team into playing along in his disturbed, hidden-camera “masterpiece”. American Killing on VOD and DVD August 6 from High Octane Pictures. Jeb’s cartoon is on the verge of cancellation, so the studio sends him and an eclectic team of…
Its not the first time that a film studio has changed footage within a film thats already out in the wild. Universal did it with ET and Star Wars has been done countless times, as has Blade Runner and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. but its been a while since we learned about tweaks…
With FrightFest entering its 20th year, the search is set to resume for new writers in the horror genre. For the third year running, New Blood reunites FrightFest with Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures with its mission to find emerging UK-based writers dedicated to the genre and nurture their projects from script to screen. Queensbury is ultimately interested in buying the finished script rather…
In July 1969, the space race ended when Apollo 11 fulfilled President Kennedy’s challenge of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” No one who witnessed the lunar landing will ever forget it. Al Reinert’s documentary FOR ALL MANKIND is the story of the twenty-four men who travelled to the moon,…
Scary Stories, the highly anticipated documentary about Alvin Schwartz’ iconic Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkbook series, will be released on DVD July 16 via Wild Eye Releasing. Explore the history of one of the most controversial works of modern children’s literature: The best selling teen classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which scared…
A Disney Legend for a New Generation Comes Home On Digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray on 29th July Extras explore how one of cinema’s most imaginative filmmakers and an award-winning cast and crew collaborated with Disney to bring to life this beloved classic for the entire family Dumbo, the grand live-action adventure from Disney and…
Prepare for take-off as Flight of the Navigator, the action-packed classic from the 80s adventure, gets a brand new 4K scan and restoration and makes its arrival on Limited Edition Blu-ray thanks to Second Sight Films on 26 August 2019. Whilst I havent seen the film for many years, Flight Of The Navigator was one…
Something nasty is lurking in the forest in what might be the most frightening film of the year, a nerve-jangling mix of The Witch and Hereditary. A bold and brilliantly constructed cross between Pet Sematary and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the debut feature from writer-director Lee Cronin is a genre game changer that masterfully builds the tension, delivers the frights…
A strong ensemble cast headlines UNTOGETHER, arriving on Digital Download July 15 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Real-life siblings Jemima Kirke (TV’s “Girls,” “Maniac”) and Lola Kirke (TV’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” Mistress America) star alongside Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, TV’s “The Fall”) and Ben Mendelsohn (Captain Marvel, TV’s “Bloodline”) in this sharply observed and…
For the second successive year, immerse yourself in free, family friendly films as Leicester Square rolls out the red carpet for the return of its Summer Screenings. Opening its gates from Thursday 8th August to Sunday 11th August, Leicester Square Gardens will be screening something for everyone. Tim Burton’s live action re-imagining of Dumbo will bring the perfect finale to…
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios released the Mortal Kombat™ 11 (Original Game Soundtrack) last Friday 28th June. Fresh off the most successful launch in franchise history, award-winning composer Wilbert Roget, II and the Mortal Kombat™11 music team have carefully created this selection of original music to seamlessly transport listeners back into the game’s bone-crushing fighting and cinematic story mode. This…
“Such a Funny Life” is about the Guiterrez family who moves to New York from “nowhere”. Our main character, David grew up in a challenging household with an abusive and plotting father Ralph, and mentally challenged mother Mariah. David is a complete pariah in school and in the street but he is destined to be…
If you were around in the cinemas in the mid 80s then you will be familiar with the face of Mr Barret Oliver, whos roles in the likes of Th Neverending Story, D.A.R.Y.L, and Cocoon made him a recognizable visitor to our screens. Whilst rewatching Cocoon recently I wondered what became Of Barret, had he…
Set thirty years in the future, this epic reimagining of the original family space adventure finds the Robinsons torn off course en route to what they hoped would be a fresh start on a distant space colony. Against all odds, but with endless hope and extensive training, the family bands together to survive on a…
In Hong Kong, a former triad member-turned-property tycoon (Andy Lau, Chasing the Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs) publicly offers a $100 million bounty to eliminate the notorious, number one drug dealer in the city (Louis Koo, Paradox, Call of Heroes, The White Storm). Causing a ripple effect throughout the underworld, the bounty sets off…
The only way to survive in Hollywood is to toughen up. At least that’s the advice Kevin Smith, aka Silent Bob, passes on to his best friend Jason “Jay” Mewes. Only Smith didn’t expect his advice to turn Jay into a psychopathic killer. No longer content being known as Jay, Jason takes matters into his…
The United Kingdoms biggest and boldest horror and fantasy film festival is celebrating its 20th bloody year. 20 years and how time flies.. Since the first event in the 2000 Frightfest has made its indelible mark, not only on the ever-burgeoning horror community but also on the UK genre landscape as a whole. The internationally…
It’s November 1998 on the World’s End Estate in Chelsea. Energetic single mum Viv (Patricia Potter; Holby City) has just moved in with her shy, troubled son Ben (Tom Milligan; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End), eager to start afresh and escape economic precarity. Next door, single father and painter-cum-security guard Ylli and his confident,…
Action star Paul Mormando (Bound By Debt, Justified Vengeance) has been cast as Benny Blades in SILENT PARTNERS, an exciting new pilot based on real-life mafia boss Dave Iacovetti. Mormando, a Brooklyn native and rising action star, will portray the heavy-hitting street enforcer for the Gambino crime family, offering ample opportunity for the skilled martial artist to showcase…
Perennially picked-on high school nerds Gary (Anthony Michael Hall, Sixteen Candles) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are sick of their status at the bottom of the social food chain. Using Wyatt’s computer, the two hatch a plan to create their dream woman – and following a massive power surge, that woman unexpectedly appears in the form of…
Multi award winning short film director Matt Routledge tackles his second full feature with a brutal stylistic Horror Action genre movie ‘ TRIBAL – Get Out Alive. The film started production in March 2019 and is due to wrap in a few more weeks as it begins its journey into post production but has already…
Where to start with Wretched Things, the latest film by Gage Oxley ( Pulse, This World We Live In), a film made of up three ‘vignettes’ telling three very different stories that at their core, feature a very similar world and set of emotions. (in my opinion anyways) A first-time model (Ben played by Warren…
From writer/director Peter Hearn (Dead Air)comes SCRAWL, a terrifying motion picture experience now available on TVOD and DVD (Walmart Only). Simon Goodman (Liam Hughes) is a 16-year boy living in a rundown seaside town. With his best friend Joe Harper (Joe Daly), they create a comic book called SCRAWL as a way to escape their…
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