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Home- January 19, 2024
Santa Claus: The Movie Blu-ray Movie
Studio Canal | 1985 | 109 min | Rated BBFC: U | Nov 13, 2023 | Randy Miller III
The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the inventing elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.
Family / Fantasy / Holiday
Santa Claus: The Movie 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Studio Canal | 1985 | 109 min | Rated BBFC: U | Nov 13, 2023 | Randy Miller III
The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the inventing elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.
Family / Fantasy / Holiday
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: Season One Blu-ray Movie
Showtime Entertainment | 2020 | 591 min | Not rated | Sep 29, 2020 | Kenneth Brown
When a grisly murder shocks Los Angeles in 1938, Detective Tiago Vega and his partner Lewis Michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of the city.
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Period
- January 18, 2024
The Sinister Dr. Orloff Blu-ray Movie
El siniestro doctor Orloff | Standard Edition
Mondo Macabro | 1984 | 89 min | Not rated | Nov 14, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
The son of the infamous Dr. Orloff clashes with his father when he begins to stalk and dismember prostitutes in order to get parts to reanimate his dead mother.
Horror / Foreign
Battle Kaiju Series #1: Ultraman vs. Red King Blu-ray Movie
Mill Creek Entertainment | 1966-2019 | 425 min | Not rated | Jun 27, 2023 | Martin Liebman
Every episode across all of the Ultraman Series that featuring various monsters across the franchise.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Count Dracula 4K Blu-ray Movie
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht / El Conde Drácula 4K / w/ Drácula Barcelona on BD / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + CD
Severin Films | 1970-2017 | 2 Movies | 186 min | Not rated | Nov 28, 2023 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Infamous Spanish horror director Jesús Franco created this surprisingly low-key and faithful adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel. Christopher Lee, who played the same role in Britain's Hammer Films, does a first-rate job as the undead Transylvanian count with a thirst for blood. Frederick Williams is Harker, the young lawyer who travels to the count's castle and winds up a prisoner, while Dracula goes off to London to seduce his wife, Mina (Maria Rohm). Soledad Miranda plays Lucy, Dracula's first victim, and Klaus Kinski is an unusually underplayed Renfield...
Documentary / Horror / Foreign
Django 4K Blu-ray Movie
Limited Collector's Edition / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Cult Films | 1966 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 90 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Dec 11, 2023 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Django is a lone stranger who roams the West dragging a coffin filled with chaos towards a destiny ruled by vengeance.
Action / Western / Foreign
Blood Simple 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Criterion | 1984 | 96 min | Not rated | Jan 09, 2024 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When Marty, the owner of a Texas backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. The sleazy hit man decides instead to shoot Marty, thereby collecting his unearned fee and eliminating the only person who could implicate him — or so he thinks.
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller
The Golden Swallow Blu-ray Movie
Jin yan zi / 金燕子
Shout Factory | 1968 | 109 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Golden Swallow (Pei-pei Cheng) is living peacefully with her "friend" ('Lo Lieh' ) by a waterfall. She has seemingly given up her death-dealing ways but soon she is accused of going on a bloody rampage against an evil clan. As it turns out, the actual culprit is an old beau named Silver Roc ('Jimmy Wang Yu' ) who is impersonating her to draw her out into the open. A complicated love triangle develops as her affections are torn between the two men while all three must also deal with the evil kungfu clan.
Action / Adventure / Romance / Martial arts / Foreign
The Thundering Sword Blu-ray Movie
Shen jian zhen jiang hu / San kim jan kong woo / 神劍震江湖
Shout Factory | 1967 | 95 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
A clan sends out two of their members to retrieve a powerful sword to prevent its misuse. Along the way they encounter a skilled swords-woman who is also after the sword. A complex love tragedy develops when she falls in love with one of the men and thoughtlessly wounds the other. Though the sword is found it becomes secondary to the love story and the guilt of the woman over her hasty and violent actions towards her lovers clan.
Action / Adventure / Foreign
The Assassin Blu-ray Movie
Da ci ke / 大刺客
Shout Factory | 1967 | 117 min | No Release Date | Neil Lumbard
Nieh Cheng is a two-armed swordsman who is also a Wei Empire patriot. Inside the Han Empire, Han Kuei who comes from the royal family, is actually assumed full power and he wants to eliminate loyal officer Yen Sui.
Action / Adventure / Foreign / Period
- January 17, 2024
Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe Blu-ray Movie
At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul / This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse / The Strange World of Coffin Joe / Awakening of the Beast / The End of Man / When the Gods Fall Asleep / The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures / Hellish Flesh / Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind / Embodiment of Evil | Limited Edition
Arrow | 1964-2008 | 11 Movies | 937 min | Not rated | Jan 16, 2024 | Jeffrey Kauffman
No synopsis for this title.
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Psychological thriller / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul Blu-ray Movie
À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma
Arrow | 1964 | 84 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In a small town, the creepy and violent gravedigger Zé do Caixão is feared by the locals. Zé do Caixão lives with Lenita, who can not deliver a son to him. Obsessed to have a son, Zé do Caixão harasses Terezinha de Oliveira, who is the fiancée of his friend Antônio de Andrade, and kills Lenita with a spider simulating an accident. Then he drowns Antônio and rapes Terezinha expecting to have a baby with her. Terezinha commits suicide but does not accuse Zé do Caixão in his letter. When Dr. Rodolfo decides to request another autopsy of Antônio, Zé do Caixão burns him to death. The inspector Barretos can not prove that Zé do Caixão is the killer, but on the Day of the Dead, the local gypsy warns him that the dead will take his soul to hell.
Horror / Foreign / Surreal
This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse Blu-ray Movie
Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver
Arrow | 1967 | 108 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Coffin Joe is still looking for the perfect woman to give birth to a son of his, and, cleared of the past crimes in the first film (At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul), keeps terrorizing the people in his small town with his iconoclast and sadistic practices.
Horror / Foreign / Surreal
The Strange World of Coffin Joe Blu-ray Movie
O Estranho Mundo de Zé do Caixão
Arrow | 1968 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three episodes: A dollmaker whose dolls are eerily human, a tale of necrophilia, and a doctor proves love is dead.
Horror / Foreign / Surreal
Awakening of the Beast Blu-ray Movie
O Ritual dos Sádicos / O Despertar da Besta
Arrow | 1970 | 93 min | Rated BR: 18 | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Psychiatrist experiments LSD on 4 volunteers, to investigate Coffin Joe's influence over them. Each patient presents a different reaction, involving sex, perversion and sadism.
Horror / Foreign / Surreal
The End of Man Blu-ray Movie
Finis Hominis - O Fim do Homem
Arrow | 1971 | 79 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. He names himself Finis Hominis (The End of Man, in latin), and soon becomes sort of a modern Messiah, capable of performing miracles. An adulterous woman and a cheated husband are among his most faithful followers, as well as a group of hippies.
Comedy / Drama / Foreign / Surreal
When the Gods Fall Asleep Blu-ray Movie
Quando os Deuses Adormecem
Arrow | 1972 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Prophet Finis Hominis escapes from jail and resumes his mission of saving humanity from its moral ruin.
Horror / Foreign
The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures Blu-ray Movie
A Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres
Arrow | 1976 | 81 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Um proprietário do hotel sinistro recebe convidados, cujos nomes já estão escritos no livro. The events of several travelers who stop at a sinister hostel one stormy night.
Horror / Supernatural / Foreign / Surreal
Hellish Flesh Blu-ray Movie
Inferno Carnal
Arrow | 1977 | 85 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
O brilhante cientista Dr. George Medeiros está próximo de sua grande descoberta, e centrado em suas pesquisas ele nunca arruma tempo para sua bela esposa Raquel. Ela e seu amante Oliver, melhor amigo do Dr. George, planejam seu assassinato para ficar com toda sua fortuna. Mas nem tudo ocorre como planejado, e Dr. George Medeiros sobrevive e planeja sua cruel vingança. A scientist seeks revenge on his cheating wife when she disfigures him with acid.
Horror / Psychological thriller / Foreign