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Home- October 08, 2021
The Green Knight Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Lionsgate Films | 2021 | 130 min | Rated R | Oct 12, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, "The Green Knight" tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger.
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Epic
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story Blu-ray Movie
MPI Media Group | 2021 | 107 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Randy Miller III
A documentary about the life and career of Jonathan Frid, best known as Barnabas Collins on ABC's daytime serial, "Dark Shadows", as told by friends, family members, and colleagues.
Documentary
- October 07, 2021
Lucky Luciano Blu-ray Movie
Kino Lorber | 1973 | 105 min | Rated R | Sep 28, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Biography / Crime / Drama
Dementer Blu-ray Movie
Limited Edition | Includes Jug Face
Arrow | 2021 | 2 Movies | 81 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Oct 04, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults, only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.
Drama / Horror
Jug Face Blu-ray Movie
Arrow | 2013 | 81 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A demonic power worshiped by an isolated rural community offers health and protection in exchange for human sacrifices. The ones to be offered up are identified when their faces materialize on ceramic jugs. Bloody chaos ensues when the newest victim is hidden from the demon.
Drama / Horror / Thriller
- October 06, 2021
Sabata Blu-ray Movie
Ehi amico...c'è Sabata. Hai chiuso! / Eureka Classics
Eureka Entertainment | 1969 | 106 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | No Release Date | Dr. Svet Atanasov
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Western
The Apostle Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #32
Imprint | 1997 | 142 min | Rated ACB: PG | Feb 24, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey is a preacher from Texas living a happy life with his beautiful wife Jessie when suddenly his stable world crumbles.
Drama
Space Jam: A New Legacy Blu-ray Movie
Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 115 min | Rated PG | Oct 05, 2021 | Randy Miller III
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport
Space Jam: A New Legacy 4K Blu-ray Movie
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Warner Bros. | 2021 | 116 min | Rated PG | Oct 05, 2021 | Randy Miller III
A rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game.
Action / Adventure / Animation / Comedy / Family / Sport
Death Ring Blu-ray Movie
Code Red | 1992 | 90 min | Rated R | Sep 07, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Ex-Green Beret Matt Collins is kidnapped along with his fiancée, Lauren Sadler, by crazed hunter extraordinaire Danton Vachs. Every year he holds a contest where people can purchase the right to hunt down and kill a human being. This time, Collins is to be the hunted. Vachs uses Lauren as motivation for Collins to really fight to survive and thus provide the buyers with a truly exceptional hunt. Collins is turned loose on an uncharted island and four killers set out to find and kill him.
Action
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace Blu-ray Movie
Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War
Ronin Flix | 1996 | 93 min | Rated PG-13 | Sep 07, 2021 | Brian Orndorf
Jobe, the computer-enhanced genius of Lawnmower Man, is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker, a conniving businessman who wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would enable him to rule the world through a network of computers.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
- October 05, 2021
The Dead Zone Blu-ray Movie
Imprint #60
Imprint | 1983 | 104 min | Rated ACB: M | Aug 11, 2021 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
When Johnny Smith awakens from a coma caused by a car accident, he finds that years have passed, and he now has psychic abilities. Heartbroken that his girlfriend has moved on with her life, Johnny also must contend with his unsettling powers, which allow him to see a person's future with a mere touch.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural
The Awakening Blu-ray Movie
Cohen Media Group | 2011 | 107 min | Not rated | Oct 05, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she knew in unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
Horror / Thriller / Supernatural / Period
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K Blu-ray Movie
+ Unrated cut on the Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Paramount Pictures | 2013 | 1 Movie, 2 Cuts | 88 min | Rated R | Sep 14, 2021 | Martin Liebman
Fifteen years after the gingerbread-house incident, siblings Hansel and Gretel are bounty hunters looking for revenge.
Action / Fantasy / Horror
The Dungeon of Andy Milligan Blu-ray Movie
Retail Reissue | (Vapors / The Ghastly Ones / Seeds / Bloodthirsty Butchers / Guru the Mad Monk / Nightbirds / The Body Beneath / Torture Dungeon / The Curse of the Full Moon / The Man with Two Heads / The Rats are Coming The Werewolves are Here / Blood / Fleshpost on 42nd Street / Legacy of Blood / Legacy of Horror / Blu-ray + CD
Severin Films | 1965-1984 | 15 Movies, 17 Cuts | 1310 min | Not rated | Sep 21, 2021 | Jeffrey Kauffman
PREV NEXT He’s been described as “The Fassbinder of 42nd Street” (Artforum), “a celebration of hate” (Bleeding Skull) and “an unmatched voice from the underbelly of low-budget cinema” (Rue Morgue). More than a quarter century after his death, he remains perhaps the most divisive name in genre history. Severin Films now presents the cranium-cleaving collection devoted to writer/actor/director Andy Milligan – “a gay sadist who pioneered New York’s avant-garde theater world and made astonishingly unique exploitation movies” (Diabolique Magazine) – on 8 Blu-rays featuring 14 surviving films from his NYC and London years, 10+ hours of trailers, outtakes, interviews & audio commentaries, a bonus CD and an all-new 128-page book by Stephen Thrower that explores the profane madness behind it all. From his provocative underground work through his international scuzz-horror classics, experience the venomous legacy of the filmmaker Time Magazine calls “depraved, degenerate, desperate, damned” like never before.
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Short / Erotic
The Ghastly Ones Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1968 | 72 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
Three married couples are forced to spend the night in a Victorian-era house where they start getting killed off by a deranged psycho who's bent on claiming an inheritance they are all entitled to.
Horror
The Body Beneath Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1970 | 82 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A family of vampires takes over an estate known as Carfax Abbey. Since inbreeding is destroying the family line, they need new blood to keep the family going, so they set out to find new sources.
Horror
Nightbirds Blu-ray Movie
Severin Films | 1970 | 78 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
The compelling story of two young 'alives' -- facing a moral self-destruction they dare not admit!
Drama
Torture Dungeon Blu-ray Movie
Macabre | Director's Cut
Severin Films | 1970 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
In Medieval England, a sadistic duke plots to kill off all the heirs to the throne of England so he can claim he title crown for himself.
Horror
Bloodthirsty Butchers Blu-ray Movie
The Demons | Director's Cut
Severin Films | 1970 | 80 min | Not rated | No Release Date | Jeffrey Kauffman
A murderous barber and his equally psychopathic friend, a baker, hatch a plan whereby the barber murders people and the baker makes them into pies to be sold in his shop.
Horror