‘If you talk or text you’re next!’

Shhhh – aka Shhhh! – is a 2018 American comedy horror feature film written, co-produced and directed by Jason Rutherford. The East Sierra Films production stars James Henderson, Tiana Cara and Peter Stickles.

Death Waltz Record’s Umberto provided the synth score.

Harris (James Henderson) and his mother (Diane Ayala Goldner) love the movies, but sometimes other audience members spoil things; when disruptive filmgoers start dropping like flies, Harris finds himself confronting his past and questioning his sanity…

On May 16, 2018, Shhhh was released on Amazon Prime, iTunes and Google Play.

Cast and characters:

• Diane Ayala Goldner … Katherine Holden – Feast
• James Henderson … Harris Holden
• Tiana Cara … Heather Ransit
• Jonny Von Golden … Segar
• Nicole Hawkins … Ingrid
• Peter Stickles … Schoenberg – Evil Bong 3; Gingerdead Man 3
• Mike Endes … Schmidt
• Joe Pilato … Red Harling – Day of the Dead
• Austin Stoker … Dave
• Kitten Natividad … Pearl – Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
• Stefan Ross … Anson
• Camille Calvin … Tanzenia
• Roy Fere … Tall Guy
• Chantelle Landais … Lady with the baby
• G. Larry Butler … Old Man with the bags
• Lloyd Kaufman … Jim the Landlord
• Robert Vincent O’Neill … Peter Post – Blood Mania; The Psycho Lover
• Chris Fox … Ray Harling
• Maria Olsen … Ghoul on train – Starry Eyes; The Lords of Salem; et al
• Eric Caidin … Myron
• Molly Nikki Anderson … Lesbian Vampire #1 / Stripper – Children of the Corn: Runaway; Piranha 3DD
• Elissa Dowling … Lesbian Vampire #2 – Bus Party to Hell; We Are Still Here; et al
• Tesa McMillion – Lesbian Vampire #2 / Bartender

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Slaughterhouse Rulez is a 2018 comedy horror feature film directed by Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything), from a screenplay co-written with Henry Fitzherbert. The Stolen Picture production stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (pictured above in Shaun of the Dead; The World’s End; Hot Fuzz), Finn Cole, Asa Butterfield, Hermione Corfield and Michael Sheen.

An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror. Soon a new pecking order will be established as pupils, teachers and the school matron become locked in a bloody battle for survival…

Regarding the plot, Simon Pegg told Digital Trends: “It’s going to be really fun. It’s a sort of a horror comedy. It felt like the right thing for Nick and I to have as our first collaboration with Stolen Picture. It’s about a private school in the UK which sells off parts of its land to a fracking company, and the fracking company then unleashes a subterranean monster that terrorises the school. It’s a big metaphor for the UK privatising things, and it’s mixed up with some ridiculous, sloppy horror. So it’s right up our street.”

Slaughterhouse Rulez is scheduled for a release in the UK on September 7, 2018.

Cast and characters:

• Simon Pegg … Meredith Houseman – The World’s End; Hot Fuzz; Shaun of the Dead
• Nick Frost … Anonymous – The World’s End; Hot Fuzz; Shaun of the Dead; Boy Eats Girl
• Finn Cole … Don Wallace
• Hermione Corfield … Clemsie Lawrence – Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
• Michael Sheen … The Bat – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2; Doctor Who; Underworld franchise
• Asa Butterfield … Willoughby Blake – The Wolfman
• Jo Hartley … Babs Wallace
• Jamie Blackley … Caspar De Brunose
• Jassa Ahluwalia … Yuri
• Isabella Laughland … Kay
• Bern Collaço … Terrafrack Security
• Kit Connor … Wootton
• Hanako Footman … Poppet Chenvix-Trench
• Tom Rhys Harries … Clegg
• Ryan Oliva … Minotaur

Production companies:

• Catalyst Global Media
• Sony Pictures International
• Special Treats Production Company (EPK)
• Stolen Picture (in association with)

Filming locations:

Chislehurst Caves – Inseminoid; Doctor Who

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‘Worst pool party ever!’

Pool Party Massacre is a 2017 American comedy slasher horror feature film written, co-produced and directed by Drew Marvick, making his feature debut. The Floating Eye Films production stars Kristin Noel McKusick, Margaux Neme and Destiny Faith Nelson.

The film’s synth score was provided by Mike Conway.

Blair Winthorpe, a high-maintenance young socialite, is having a pool party while her parents are out of town.

However, what should have been a relaxing summer day spent tanning for the girls quickly becomes a blood soaked nightmare when an unknown guest crashes the party.

The psycho killer finds a garage full of dangerous toys and gets to work stalking and dismembering them one by one…

Reviews:

The kills are mostly on-screen and the crimson gushes steadily, all while the film plays out on the smallest of budgets. Sure, there’s the odd continuity and technical related issue, as well as a sizeable chunk of dialogue that I didn’t care for. Certain jokes come off as plain awkward and not funny, but this is still a freaking stellar effort by Drew, his cast and crew.” Adam the Movie God

“The motive for this epic bloodbath isn’t revealed until the end, and even though you may think you have it figured out, they throw in a little twist! Overall, Pool Party Massacre is everything you want in a slasher film and more. It has plenty of the 3 B’s (beer, boobs, and blood) to keep you entertained throughout the film.” Horror Geek Life

“ …it embraces the very nature of being an ode to slasher films and runs the material to the max. It’s the charm and simplistic sincerity that carries it through its brisk eighty-minute running time. I can beat up on the lousy acting, the bloated dialogue, the lack of any sense of friendship among the characters and yet still kind of be okay with recommending the title.” Horror Talk

“From the opening 8-bit credits ringing those ’80s nostalgic bells set to some kick-ass metal tunes to the synthesizer score, and the twist at the end I didn’t even see coming, Pool Party Massacre pleasantly surprised me by surpassing all expectations for the movie. It’s an all around fun time horror flick, perfect for a Friday night movie party with friends…” Patti Pauli, iHorror

” …one of the most entertaining no-budget films ever made. The clear direction that Marvick has given each of the girls is to ramp the bitchiness up to eleven on the dial. The results are thoroughly hilarious – the Vinegar Stroke scene had me rolling in laughter in my seat.” Richard Scheib, Moria

“It pretty much follows the standard tropes of the slasher subgenre, except the third act is slightly different. It would be labeled as more horror-comedy than a straight horror movie, as it is built more for laughs than scares. The dialogue and situations are chock full of sexual content, pop culture references, and rich girl attitude that the viewers will either love or hate.” The Movie Sleuth

“Storywise, Pool Party Massacre is a fairly standard campy slasher film, but don’t take that to mean that it’s predictable. There are some nice twists and turns along the way, some of which I was able to figure out and some that caught me off guard. The motive for the killings is completely stupid and borders on nonsensical, which actually works pretty well with the tone of the movie.” Pop Horror

” …the film is also no exercise in mere imitation, and does not rely on cynically referencing the films it harks back to (although the opening shot does include a nice little nod to Wes Craven’s often overlooked Shocker). Singularly dedicated to delivering a slasher flick in the form of its base elements, Pool Party Massacre is admirable in its commitment to its own simplicity…” Kevan Farrow, Scream magazine

“This style of slasher subscribes to the logic, agreed upon many years ago, that the main focus should be horrible people dying horrible deaths. And, in this way, Pool Party Massacre more than delivers–the characters are so hideously self-absorbed they don’t even notice anyone is dead. Meanwhile, the payoff to the whole thing is original, clever and super-funny.” Joey Keog, Wicked Horror

“In the tradition of the best entries in this sub-genre, the kills are imaginative and high in number. Furthermore, the depictions, as well as the opening credits sequence, capture the tone of the piece brilliantly. The result is as much a consistently engaging midnight movie as it is a display of Marvick’s talent behind the lens.” Andrew Buckner, A Word of Dreams

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‘A different kind of ghost story’

Meet Amber, Brandy and Cassie. These young women are about to encounter a paranormal force that is going to make them question the need for the opposite sex…

Dead Sexy is a 2018 American supernatural horror comedy feature film directed and co-produced by Brian Newell from a screenplay co-written with co-producer Rex Riffel. The movie stars Alexandra Corin Johnston, Jacqi Vene, Greta Garland and Villarreal A.J.

Cast and characters:

• Alexandra Corin Johnston … Amber
• Jacqi Vene … Brandy
• Greta Garland … Cassie
• Villarreal A.J. … Bunny
• Travis Leonard … Dale
• Tyler Trace Rojas … Lawrence
• Shaun Michael McNamara … Ryan
• Suzanne Stokes … Dawn
• Channon Rose … Amber’s Mom

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Piranha is a 1978 American horror feature film about a swarm of killer piranhas. It was directed by Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins, Trapped Ashes; Burying the Ex) and stars Bradford Dillman (Bug), Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Keenan Wynn, Barbara Steele (Black Sunday; Shivers), Dick Miller and Belinda Balaski.

Produced by Roger Corman, Piranha is a low budget parody of the 1975 film Jaws, which had been a major success for Universal Studios and inspired a series of similarly themed killer critter movies such as Grizzly, Tintorera, Tentacles, and Orca. It was shot at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas. Screenwriter John Sayles (Alligator) used the proceeds to fund his own films and also wrote the tie-in novelization.

The film was followed by a sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning, in 1981, and two remakes, a cable TV remake in 1995, and a 3D remake in 2010, that spawned its own sequel in 2012.

Two teenagers exploring at night come upon an apparently abandoned military installation. They take advantage of what appears to be a swimming pool to skinny dip. The teenagers are attacked by an unseen force and disappear under the water. A light activates in the main building and a silhouetted figure investigates the screams but is too late to help.

A determined but somewhat absent-minded insurance investigator named Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find the missing teenagers near Lost River Lake. She hires surly backwoods drunkard Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman) to serve as her guide. They come upon the abandoned compound, which functioned as a fish hatchery prior to being militarized. They discover bizarre specimens in jars and indications of an occupant. Maggie locates the drainage switch for the outside pool and decides to empty it to search the bottom, but the moment she activates it a haggard and frantic man attacks her, attempting to stop the draining until he is subdued by Grogan.

The two find a skeleton in the filtration trap of the empty pool and learn it was filled with salt water. The man awakens and steals their jeep, but crashes it due to his disorientation, and is taken to Grogan’s home where they spend the night. They take Grogan’s homemade raft down the river, where the man wakes up and tells them that the pool in the facility was filled with a school of piranhas and that Maggie released them into the river…

Review:

A classic, lively, fun and old-fashioned monster movie, Piranha is a delight. And the new Blu-ray edition looks fabulous and is full of extras, including a lively commentary from Joe Dante and producer Jon Davidson, some great 8mm behind-the-scenes footage (again with commentary), outtakes and a ‘making of’ that is pretty badly put together and pretty poor quality, but does feature a lot of the cast and crew discussing the movie. All in all, there’s a tempting selection of supplementary material for a film that would be an essential purchase anyway.

David Flint, HORRORPEDIA

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Other reviews:

‘Piranha rises above the pack because it goes about its task in an intelligent, lov­ingly crafted way. The basis of its savvy approach is a smart script by first-time screenwriter (and future indie-film icon) John Sayles that layers the storyline with quirky, well-drawn characters that charm the viewer into caring about them. Thus, when the monster-fish attacks kick in, it’s a pleasant surprise how dramatically involving it is because the audience is invested in these oddball heroes.’ Schlockmania

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“Dante’s cunning filmmaking, with plentiful gore yet judicious, mostly suggestive sense of the physical mayhem spread by the killer fish, which, apart from some unfortunate shots of them swimming in schools, are mostly glimpsed in quick flashes of wicked teeth and darting, nipping blurs, is shot and edited with the kind of zest that truly marks out talented filmmakers even in low-budget fare.” This Island Rod

“This one is cheap but funny […] The trailer doesn’t even try to pretend it’s not a rip-off, claiming “These are the man-eaters who go beyond the bite of all other jaws. Sharks kill alone, but piranha come in thousands.” This is the kind of drive-in film that simply has an x-factor and cleverness not present in most of its forgotten peers…” Jim Vorel, Paste magazine

Offline reading:

How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman with Jim Jerome, Da Capo Press

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Cast and characters:

• Bradford Dillman as Paul Grogan
• Heather Menzies as Maggie McKeown
• Kevin McCarthy as Dr Robert Hoak
• Keenan Wynn as Jack
• Barbara Steele as Dr Mengers
• Dick Miller as Buck Gardner
• Belinda Balaski as Betsy
• Bruce Gordon as Colonel Waxman
• Paul Bartel as Mr Dumont
• Melody Thomas Scott as Laura Dickinson
• Barry Brown as Trooper
• Shannon Collins as Suzie Grogan
• Shawn Nelson as Whitney
• Richard Deacon as Earl Lyon
• John Sayles as Sentry

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“It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent Fritters”

Motel Hell is a 1980 American comedy horror feature film directed by Kevin Connor (The House Where Evil Dwells; At the Earth’s Core, Frankenstein – [2004]; From Beyond the Grave), from a screenplay by producers Robert Jaffe and Steven-Charles Jaffe, and stars Rory Calhoun as farmer, butcher, and meat entrepreneur Vincent Smith. The movie is often seen as a satire of key genre films such as Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Farmer Vincent Smith and his younger sister Ida live on a farm with a motel attached. It’s called “Motel Hello,” but the neon ‘O’ flickers. Vincent smokes meats said to be the most delicious in the area. The secret is human flesh, and Vincent has the areas around his motel strewn with various booby traps to catch victims, including a couple of would-be swingers.

The victims are restrained, then placed in a ‘secret garden,’ buried up to their necks, and have their vocal chords cut to prevent them from screaming. They are kept in the ground and fed until they are ready for harvest. Ida helps Vincent, who feels he does no wrong and sees the victims as animals…

Reviews:

“With its crazy characters, sick psychedelic scenes, oddly ecological message, multiple murders and manic performances, Motel Hell is a definite cult movie in every sense. Throwing in sex fiends, slaughtered pigs, chainsaw fights and a garden of live heads, the film keeps you entertained all the way through.” Love Horror

“The greatest delight in a film full of unexpected treats is the cast, headed by Rory Calhoun. Sometimes an actor who has been reliable but unremarkable finds a part which he was born to play, and in the case of Calhoun that part turned out to be Farmer Vincent. Years of playing the lead in cowboy movies has given him an aura of solid reliability and he uses this to brilliant effect, making the fundamentally crazy Vincent seem strangely reasonable and even heroic.” The Digital Fix

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• Audio Commentary with director Kevin Connor, moderated by filmmaker Dave Parker
• It Takes All Kinds: The Making of Motel Hell featuring interviews with director Kevin Connor, producers/writers Robert Jaffe and Steven Charles Jaffe and actor Marc Silver
• Shooting Old School with cinematographer Thomas Del Ruth
• Another Head on the Chopping Block: an interview with actor Paul Linke
• From Glamour to Gore: An interview with actress Rosanne Katon
• Ida, Be Thy Name:  A look back at Motel Hell’s frightful female protagonist Ida Smith
• Theatrical Trailer
• Photo Galleries

“Campy and self-referential, filled with puns and sarcasm, Motel Hell is well deserving of the audience it didn’t find upon release. The screenplay doesn’t hold back and the director takes advantage of his opportunities […] In addition to the satirical gore and some flashes of nudity, Motel Hell offers a host of strange and amusing images or situations […] The only flaws are some weak or obvious jokes (e.g. the preacher reading Hustler, or the overeager swingers).” David Elroy Goldweber, Claws & Saucers, Lulu, 2012

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“Despite its gruesome aesthetics, you’re not subjected to the signature slasher images associated with the others — the camera will cut away, for example, before you see Ida’s blade even touch the skin of her human pets — but despite it being wasted on its original audience, Motel Hell is, rather inexplicably, nostalgically charming and heart-warming in the oddest possible way.” Michelle Butterworth, Bring the Noise

“Before it’s over, virtually every melodramatic cliche imaginable – including the heroine on the buzz saw – has been brought into play. The filmmakers make good use of stark lighting and gurgling sound effects to create their creepy atmosphere.” Videohound’s Complete Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics

“Motel Hell could have been a great black comedy, but the uneasy direction of Kevin Connor, combined with the gore that comes with this territory, fails to get most of the picture off the ground.” James J. Mulay, The Horror Film, CineBooks, 1989

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“It has some great moments, including a duel fought with chainsaws, a hero swinging to the rescue on a meathook, and Farmer Vincent’s dying confession of the shameful secret that he concealed for years. These moments illuminate the movie’s basic and not very profound insight, which is that most of the sleazoids would be a lot more fun if they didn’t take themselves with such gruesome solemnity.” Roger Ebert

“Played with a straight face, Motel Hell is not only seriously funny, but damn frightening […] The ending, which features a return of the dead-style siege of the would-be victims (still gurgling) and duelling chainsaws, is a bizarre high-watermark of low-budget 1980s horror films.” John Kenneth Muir, Horror Films of the 1980s, McFarland, 2007

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” …the farm is the epitome of Reagan’s America, where the grossest exploitation lurks just beneath the placid plastic surface, where murder is less blasphemous than sexual liberation, where idiotic families or tourists eat the most unutterable junk and the sheriff is ‘the biggest cannibal around’. Phil Hardy (editor), The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror

Cast and characters:

• Rory Calhoun as Vincent Smith – Hell Comes to Frogtown; Night of the Lepus
• Paul Linke as Sheriff Bruce Smith
• Nancy Parsons as Ida Smith
• Nina Axelrod as Terry
• Wolfman Jack as Reverend Billy
• Elaine Joyce as Edith Olson
• Dick Curtis as Guy Robaire / First TV Preacher
• Monique St. Pierre as Debbie
• Rosanne Katon as Suzi
• E. Hampton Beagle as Bob Anderson
• Everett Creach as Bo Tulinski
• Michael Melvin as Ivan
• John Ratzenberger as Drummer
• Marc Silver as Guitarist
• Victoria Hartman as Female Terrible
• Gwil Richards as Mr Owen
• Toni Gillman as Mrs Richards

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Filming locations:

Exteriors filmed at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, California, USA.

Interiors of the motel, farm, and smokehouse were filmed at the Laird International Studios in Culver City, California.

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‘Come score with the cheerleaders’

Satan’s Cheerleaders is a 1977 comedy horror feature film starring John Ireland, Yvonne De Carlo, and John Carradine. It was directed by Greydon Clark (Dance Macabre; Without Warning, Uninvited) from a script co-written with producer Alvin L. Fast.

The cinematography was provided by Dean Cundey who would famously go on to work on Halloween a year later and a number of John Carpenter’s films.

Benedict High School’s cheerleaders aren’t shy and sweet. The football team knows them well – and Billy, the school’s disturbed janitor, would like to.

In the locker room, the girls shower and dress, unaware of the evil eyes which secretly watch them. They don’t know that a curse has been placed on their clothes. And they don’t know that their trip to the first big game of the season might sideline them for eternity.

Will the cheerleaders succumb to the dark ritual of sexual sacrifice and death that’s been plotted for them?

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Reviews:

“The film quickly documents the underlying rowdiness of both the cheerleaders and (of course) the football players, but the whole satanic element is such a gonzo addition to this basic plot formulation that the film struggles to weave things together into something amounting to an organic whole.” Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-ray.com

“The cheese runs high in the opening minutes of the girls reciting inane dialogue and playing “chicken” on the beach, but once the Satanists are introduced, the audience is subjected to horrendous acting by both the embarrassed veterans and the newcomers (soon to be gone from the screens for good). None of the scares are effective and the intentional humor is strained and pathetic. Yuck!” Casey Scott, DVD Drive-In

“As a horror film, Satan’s Cheerleaders is either wilfully incompetent or simply incapable of understanding how to make a devil worshipping sect made up of middle-aged white trash threatening in the slightest. Once they escape from the house, Chris, Sharon and Debbie all manage to run into members of the cult – it’s like an entire town filled with variations on Texas Chain Saw‘s Cook…” The Pink Smoke

“A charming detour into the Theatre of the Absurd that’s sweetened by a deliciously subversive edge. Rah! Rah! Rah!” DVD Talk

“Satan’s Cheerleaders had potential to be devilishly fun, but its lackluster pacing sucks the wind right out of it. Director Greydon Clark doesn’t bring anything original or outrageous to the table. The film’s first third is devoted to cheerleader frolics that are dull despite all the leaping, bending and showering. Marquee value stars De Carlo and Ireland look embarrassed while John Carradine just looks at cue cards but still delivers the best performance.” Bill Burke, Horror News

“Satan’s Cheerleaders takes a little while to hit its stride but the last half of the film, if not good in the traditional sense, is at least entertaining and bizarre enough to hold our attention. The film also benefits from a genuinely strange cast.” Ian Jane, Rock! Shock! Pop!

Cast and characters:

• John Ireland as The Sheriff
• Yvonne De Carlo as Emmy / Sheriff’s Wife / High Priestess
• Jack Kruschen as Billy the Janitor
• John Carradine as The Bum
• Sydney Chaplin as Monk
• Jacqueline Cole [as Jacqulin Cole] as Ms. Johnson
• Kerry Sherman as Patti
• Hillary Horan as Chris
• Alisa Powell as Debbie
• Sherry Marks as Sharon
• Lane Caudell [as Lane Cordell] as Stevie
• Joseph Carlo as Coach
• Michael Donovan O’Donnell as Farmer
• Robin Greer as Baker Girl

Release:

Satan’s Cheerleaders was released theatrically in the United States by World Amusements in June 1977, on VHS in the 1980s by various companies including Interglobal Home Video, Liberty Home Video, and United Video and on DVD by VCI Entertainment in 2002. The DVD version is currently available on the VCI Home Video label from Music Video Distributors. A Blu-ray and DVD combo was released on November 7, 2017.

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‘Hearing voices can be murder’

The Voices is a 2014 American black comedy horror feature film directed by Marjane Satrapi from a screenplay by Michael R. Perry (Paranormal Activity 2). The movie stars Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver.

Jerry (Ryan Reynolds), a mentally unhinged factory worker, must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a serial killer, or follow his dog’s advice to keep striving for normalcy…

Reviews:

“The exact mid-point between Dr. Dolittle and Dr. Lecter, it’s tonally wonky and not as funny as was perhaps intended. But the underrated Reynolds launches a full-force attack on his role (or roles; he also voices the cat and dog), and there are staggering stylised moments, including famous heads in a fridge and a climactic musical number.” Nick De Semlyen, Empire

“Think of this stylish, quirky and quite grisly feature from Marjane Satrapi as a meeting of Psycho, Dexter and Dr. Doolittle.” Brad Wheeler, The Globe and Mail

“The film’s combination of psychological drama — cue the childhood trauma — with blood-splattered limb-cutting, talking heads in the fridge and talking pets on the couch is a risky one that finally works because Perry and Satrapi find the right tonal mixture for the material, with Jerry’s reality recognizable yet strangely heightened from the start (all the overly joyous pinks in the factory should have been a give-away).” Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter

” …a subversive, darkly comedic, and unconventionally brilliant film […] Tonally ambiguous, the film glides back and forth between gory horror and grim comedy in such a strangely memorable manner that it’s sure to make many very uncomfortable.” Carlos Aguilar, IndieWire

“The problem, beyond a general hideous un-funniness, is that the film’s premise is deeply repulsive. For about half of the film, Jerry’s insanity is meant to be kind of cute. For the other half, he’s butchering the women who work with him, brutally, in scenes that are staged as horror set pieces, and are performed by the female actors with an according intensity.” Chuck Bown, Slant magazine

“In tapping Satrapi to interpret this project, the producers have done about as well as one could expect with such material. Still, a bit more consistency in style would have gone a long way: The pic’s tone is all over the place, from the bright red razor slash that underscores its opening titles to the “Amelie”-esque flights of fancy along the way…” Peter Debruge, Variety

Cast and characters:

• Ryan Reynolds as Jerry Hickfang and the voices of Bosco, Mr. Whiskers, The Deer and Bunny Monkey
• Anna Kendrick as Lisa
• Gemma Arterton as Fiona
• Jacki Weaver as Dr. Warren
• Sam Spruell as Dave
• Adi Shankar as John
• Ella Smith as Alison
• Paul Chahidi as Dennis Kowalski
• Stanley Townsend as Sheriff Weinbacher
• Valerie Koch as Jerry’s mother
• Paul Brightwell as Jerry’s stepfather
• Alessa Kordeck as Sheryl
• Stephanie Vogt as Tina TV
• Gulliver McGrath as young Jerry

Production:

Principal photography began in April 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

Release:

The Voices had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014.

The $11 million film was released theatrically in a very limited form – taking a mere $444,196 – and through video on demand on February 6, 2015, by Lionsgate. In July 2018, it becomes available on the streaming service Netflix.

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‘Pure evil. Bite-sized.’

Ghastlies is a 2016 Canadian science fiction comedy horror feature film directed by Brett Kelly (My Fair Zombie; Homicycle; Jurassic Shark) from a screenplay by Chris Bavota (shorts: Never Tear Us Apart; Attack of the Brainsucker; After Ate).

The movie stars Kim Valentine (Monster Pool: Chapter Two), Kendra Summerfield (Raiders of the Lost Shark), Jessica Huether and Julie Racine.

Three sorority sisters plan an initiation for their nerdy friend during a weekend getaway. Things don’t go exactly as planned when they accidentally stumble upon a craft containing a trio of extraterrestrial ghastly ghouls! Armed with only their boyfriends and brains, they resolve to send these pint-sized gatecrashers back to the edge of the universe—or die trying…

Reviews:

“Ghastlies is not just a low-budget film, but an ultra low-budget film that attempts to impress without the proper resources to actually look legit. For example, the alien creatures are so cheaply made that it feels as if someone ran to Toys R Us and then grabbed whatever exotic villains they had on sale that could get the job done. Then there are large bits of the ‘acting’ that really look like screen tests…” Svet Atanasov, Blu-ray.com

“The cartoonish hand puppets, the implausible effects, and the technical inconsistencies can all be overlooked as campy charm, passed aside to enjoy Ghastlies for what it’s worth, but what can’t subside is the wonky connection between the cast that doesn’t favor well that’s diluted at the end by the starkly questionable and abrupt editing…” Stephen T. Lewis, It’s Bloggin’ Evil 

“The effects are about as lo-fi as you get can, of course, with felt puppets serving as the title monsters (complete with actors flailing around trying to hold the inanimate critters to their heads) and lots of practical gore effects, some of them surprisingly squishy and others deliberately fake and ludicrous (such as a torn spinal cord).” Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

“There is a sufficient body count, blood, and gore contained in this to satisfy horror fans, the major issue is its quality. Yes, it is all practical effects, but they are done rather poorly. And not in a fun campy sort of way, but in a that was disappointing way. The puppet monsters have to be the best part of the picture. They are fairly crude, yet fun.” Raul Vantassle, The Movie Sleuth

“If originality isn’t a strong point, the movie has a lot more going for it –pretty girls, goofy characters, a good sense of humor. The aliens are all puppets, which gives the film some retro charm (even when one of those puppets proves to be a little rapey!) and the movie is fairly gory as well. All of those effects are done practically, another feather in the picture’s cap.” Ian Jane, Rock! Shock! Pop!

Ghastlies was released as a Blu-ray + DVD combo and HD digital on November 11, 2017 via Camp Motion Pictures. The disc special features are:

• Audio commentary by director Brett Kelly and actor Trevor Payer
• “Going Ghastlies” FX featurette
• “Tomb Talks Tubular Toonage” music featurette
• “They’re Ghastlies” music video
• Double-sided cover art

Main cast:

• Kim Valentine
• Kendra Summerfield
• Jessica Huether
• Julie Racine
• Eric Deniverville
• Joel Elliot
• Kyle Martellacci
• John Migliore –The Drownsman; Bite; Poltergeist Encounters; et al
• Janet Hetherington
• Peter Whittaker
• Jurgen Vollrath
• Kyle Martellacci

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‘A weekend camping trip… with a site to die for!’

Head is a 2015 American comedy horror feature film written and directed by Jon Bristol, with writing contributions by J.R. Calvo and Brian Woodman. The cast are all puppets voiced by Bristol, Manda Vasas, Nick Foreman, Mike Finland, Sally Arlette Garcia and Ben Farley..

Five twenty-somethings go for a weekend camping trip in remote New England, only to discover that the land on which they’re staying was the site of a brutal mass murder years ago…

Terror Films is releasing Head in North America on digital VOD platforms on Friday the 13th, 2018. A DVD release will follow…

Reviews:

“With an interesting blend of gore, sex, and heartfelt confiding in one another before the real violence begins, one could think of Meet the Feebles way back in the day in comparison to the outwardly demented style of storytelling that’s on display here. I mean, if you like headless plush dolls oozing with fake blood, and the occasional puppet boobs bouncing freely, then I’d certainly recommend this film for you…” Matt Boiselle, Dread Central

” …the concept of using puppets as your main characters in a movie has been done numerous times before, particularly and surprisingly in the horror genre itself. But it’s a project with definite heart and there are clearly a passionate and talented team working behind the scenes.” Horror Asylum

” …the movie is as derivative as its dialogue is clichéd, its characters are flat and it’s buildup is predictable … and these are all the aspects that make this movie so good, so pretty much unique – because the film’s cast as a whole is made up from puppets, and rather simple and comical ones at that, giving the situations (including sexual situations), the dialogue, the gore a whole new (and rather hilarious) dimension.” Mike Haberfelner, Search My Trash

“The directing from Jon Bristol is terrific; his camera placement showed a great ability of making the realistic objects perfectly match up with the puppets […] While this may not appeal to everyone, I personally think it doesn’t get much better than watching puppets getting hunted and killed in the woods. It’s a highly entertaining puppet slasher romp…” Raul Vantassle, The Movie Sleuth

Filming locations:

Bethlehem, Plainsville and Plantville, Connecticut, USA

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Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection is a Blu-ray set being released in North America on August 28, 2018.

“Showcases all of the original films featuring the most iconic monsters in motion picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Phantom of the Opera and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Starring some of the most legendary actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains and Elsa Lanchester in the roles that they made famous, these films set the standard for a new horror genre with revolutionary makeup, mood-altering cinematography and groundbreaking special effects.

Order in advance for $149.98 from Amazon.com

The 24-disc box set includes the following movies, a 48-page collectible book and Behind the Scenes Documentaries, the 1931 Spanish Version of Dracula, Featurettes on Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and Jack Pierce, 13 Expert Feature Commentaries, Archival Footage, Production Photographs, Theatrical Trailers…

• Dracula (1931)
• Dracula [Spanish version] (1931)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• The Mummy (1932)
• The Invisible Man (1933)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Werewolf of London (1935)
• Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939)
• The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
• The Invisible Woman (1940)
• The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
• The Wolf Man (1941)

• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• The Mummy’s Ghost (1942)
• The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
• Invisible Agent (1942)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
• Phantom of the Opera (1943)
• Son of Dracula (1943)
• The Mummy’s Ghost (1943)
• House of Frankenstein (1944)
• The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
• The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)
• House of Dracula (1945)
• She-Wolf of London (1946)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
• Revenge of the Creature (1955)
• The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

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Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost is a 2018 American animated comedy horror feature film directed by Doug Murphy from a screenplay by Tim Sheridan. The movie features the voices of Frank Welke, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci, Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis and Marcus Samuelsson.

Warner Bros. will release the latest feature-length Scooby-Doo! mystery on DVD on September 11, 2018.

“Pull up a chair, tuck in that napkin, and get ready for a 5-star meal of mystery with Scooby-Doo and the gang, as we hit the road to visit the Rocky Harbor Culinary Resort to meet Fred’s uncle, world-famous chef Bobby Flay. Mystery Inc. quickly learns that this state-of-the-art cooking resort isn’t all steak and potatoes after they find out about the legend of the Red Ghost, and the unsolved disappearance of Bobby Flay’s great ancestor chef.

When the mysterious Red Ghost returns in disastrous fashion to haunt the inn, the gang teams up with Bobby and his culinary pal Giada De Laurentiis, to dig in for clues and serve up justice.

Will history repeat itself and find another world-famous chef missing? Get ready to take a bite out of this gourmet mystery filled with loads of good eating, tasty laughs and even better twists and turns!”

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Wellington Paranormal is a 2018 New Zealand comedy horror mockumentary television series starring Mike Minogue, Karen O’Leary, Jemaine Clement, Maaka Pohatu and Taika Waititi.

New Zealand’s capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity… so Officers Minogue and O’Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do in he Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena…

The series will premiere on New Zealand’s TVNZ channel on July 11, 2018.

What We Do in the Shadows – New Zealand, 2014

Wolfman’s Got Nards is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Andre Gower from a script co-written with producer Henry McComas about comedy horror movie The Monster Squad (1987, directed by Fred Dekker from a screenplay by Shane Black). Gower played young Sean in the original movie.

Gower told Entertainment Weekly: “I was thinking about all of the amazing stories that these fans have told me and our fellow cast mates over the last decade of this resurgence. Those stories never ceased, or slowed down, or stopped. They just kept on growing, and getting deeper and more fascinating. I started to realize that there’s something really special there, that this movie had a really deep impact on a lot of people…”

Producer Henry McComas told EW: “I grew up on The Monster Squad. My brother is about nine years older than me, so I would inherit VHS tapes that he had. We had some sort of VHS [of Monster Squad], probably ripped probably from an HBO stream. The first time I watched it, it was this weird experience where it was like, these kids are on bicycles like me, but they’re fighting these monsters that only were something I knew from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.”

Wolfman’s Got Nards has its world premiere at Cinepocalypse in Chicago and will be shown in London at the Arrow Video FrightFest.

‘Turning eighteen is going to be Hell‘

Book of Monsters is a British action comedy horror film directed by Stewart Sparke (The Creature Below; shorts: Margaret in the Zombie Apocalypse; Rats!) from a screenplay by Paul Butler (The Creature Below).The Dark Rift Films production stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden and Lizzie Stanton.

Sophie’s eighteenth birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and eaten, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell.

To survive the night, Sophie will face her destiny; monsters are real – and she’s the only one who can stop them…

The press release states: “Book of Monsters is a female lead, action packed monster movie drawing inspiration from the cult horror cinema of the 80s and 90s including Scream, Gremlins and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

With sick, gory practical creature effects and a dark comedic edge, the film will be a fun, bloody and sexy trip back to a time when making it through high school was truly life or death.”

Book of Monsters will premiere at the Arrow Video FrightFest in London on 25 August 2018.

Main cast and characters:

Lyndsey Craine … Sophie
Michaela Longden … Mona
Lizzie Stanton … Beth
Anna Dawson … Arya
Rose Muirhead … Jess
Steph Mossman … Pandora
Nicholas Vince … Jonas
Daniel Thrace … Gary
Arron Dennis … Carl

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‘Family vacation. It will suck the life out of you.’

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated comedy horror film directed by Genndy Tartakovsky from a screenplay co-written with Michael McCullers.

The voice cast features Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon, Fran Drescher, and Mel Brooks reprising their roles as well as new additions such as Kathryn Hahn and Jim Gaffigan.

Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. The rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist going along, and once they leave port, romance zings Drac when he meets the mysterious ship captain, Ericka.

Now it’s Mavis’ turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her dad and Ericka apart. Little do they know that his ‘too good to be true’ love interest is actually a descendant of Van Helsing, arch nemesis to Dracula and all monsters!”

Cast and characters:

• Adam Sandler as Count Dracula: The 540-year-old lord of the vampires and founder of Hotel Transylvania. Dracula is the son of Vlad, husband of the late Martha, father of Mavis, father-in-law of Johnny, maternal grandfather of Dennis, and Ericka’s love interest.
• Andy Samberg as Jonathan “Johnny” Loughran: A 29-year-old human, who is Mavis’s husband and Dennis’ father.
• Selena Gomez as Mavis: The 126-year-old daughter of Dracula and the late Martha, and the granddaughter of Vlad. She is the wife of Johnny, and the couple have a child named Dennis.
• Kevin James as Frankenstein: The monster famously created from reanimated dead tissue, by Dr. Frankenstein. His friends call him “Frank”.
• David Spade as Griffin, the Invisible Man
• Steve Buscemi as Wayne: A werewolf who’s overwhelmed by his large number of children.
• Keegan-Michael Key as Murray: An ancient mummy.
• Molly Shannon as Wanda: Wayne’s werewolf wife.
• Fran Drescher as Eunice: Frankenstein’s wife.
• Kathryn Hahn as Ericka Van Helsing: The ship’s captain and cruise director. She is secretly continuing her great-grandfather’s wishes, in eliminating monsters and is Dracula’s love interest.
• Jim Gaffigan as Abraham Van Helsing: Ericka’s great-grandfather who is a legendary monster hunter and Dracula’s archenemy.
• Mel Brooks as Vlad: An ancient, more experienced and traditional vampire, who is Dracula’s father, the grandfather of Mavis, the grandfather-in-law of Johnny, and the great-grandfather of Dennis.
• Asher Blinkoff as Dennis Loughran: Mavis and Johnny’s 5-year-old son who is a human/vampire hybrid, inheriting a combination of traits from his parents. He has a crush on his best friend, Winnie.
• Sadie Sandler as Winnie: The werewolf daughter of Wayne and Wanda. Winnie is Dennis’s best friend, and she has a crush on him.
• Genndy Tartakovsky as Blobby: A green blob monster. He was previously voiced by Jonny Solomon in Hotel Transylvania 2.
• Chrissy Teigen as Crystal: An invisible woman who is Griffin’s new girlfriend.
• Joe Jonas as Kraken: A giant sea monster.
• Alison Hammond as Frankenginger
• Chris Parnell as Stan: A Fish-man, Parnell previously voiced the Fly in the first two films.
• Joe Whyte as Tinkles: Dennis’ giant pet puppy.
• Sarah Vowell as Lynne: Frank’s Sister In Law and Enuice’s Sister.

Release:

The film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 13, 2018 and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 13, 2018.

A video game adaptation, titled Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on July 13, 2018.

Trivia:

The movie’s budget was reportedly $65 million.

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One Cut of the Dead – aka Kamera o tomeru na! – is a 2017 Japanese comedy horror feature film written and directed by Shuichiro Ueda [Shin’ichirô Ueda]. The movie stars Yuzuki Akiyama, Takuya Fujimura, Ayana Gôda, Takayuki Hamatsu, Manabu Hosoi, Hiroshi Ichihara, Satoshi Iwagô, Sakina Iwaji and Mao.

A low-budget film crew about to shoot a zombie movie at a desolate warehouse is suddenly attacked by real zombies. The uncompromising director forces them to confront the living dead head-on for the sake of capturing it all in one single take, with no consideration for their lives…

One Cut of the Dead will be shown at Florida’s Popcorn Frights Film Festival on August 16, 2018.

Reviews:

The acting follows the same preposterous rules of the production, with the actors having to play double roles (their parts in the film and their actual selves), in caricature fashion. “Panos Kotzathanasis, Asian Film Vault

“Frankly, this is an exceptionally enjoyable effort that finally offers a unique take on the zombie genre, which comes from plenty of strong characters and witty situations. This is definitely worthwhile for those that are trying for something new in the genre or can appreciate bizarre zombie comedies…” Asian Movie Pulse

“The little details pivoting on Higurashi’s on-the-fly directing, the ensuing mayhem, delighted execs that only see the final product, reality bleeding into the art and the clever callbacks that change our perception of what came before combine for a delightful comedy about the joys as well as the frustrations that go with genre filmmaking.” Elizabeth Kerr, The Hollywood Reporter

“Thirty-seven minutes in, just as the joke is wearing thin, the story resets, with a fresh perspective that infuses the proceedings with a new energy and meaning. The film becomes even funnier, while making us appreciate the dedication, ingenuity and passion of its on-screen movie folk — and the unknowns who play them.” Mark Schilling, The Japan Times

“One Cut captures all the craziness and exhilaration of movie-making on a minuscule budget. High-energy performances from a cast of little-knowns are perfectly tuned to the material. The outstanding technical package is a great example of how to create a Poverty Row look for what’s actually a very sophisticated filmmaking exercise.” Richard Kuipers, Variety

“Hilarious, self aware, and filled with homages to classic horror, One Cut of the Dead is an oddly warmhearted comedy in which the zombies are the least of anyone’s worries.” Windows on Worlds

Running time:

96 minutes

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Scream Factory has announced the first details of their forthcoming Collector’s Edition Blu-ray release of Creepshow, the 1982 horror anthology movie directed by George A. Romero from a screenplay by Stephen King.

Here’s our detailed overview of the movie itself and here’s the press release:

“We are proud (and so unbelievably excited) to reveal today that we are prepping to release the classic George A. Romero and Stephen King 1982 anthology Creepshow this Fall in an all-new upgraded presentation!” Scream Factory revealed today. “Because we feel this is a rather huge and beloved title, we are rolling this out a little more uniquely so please read carefully for all the details that we have at the time.”

• Naturally, this will be branded as a “Collector’s Edition” but packaged a bit differently than we have done in the past for other CEs. This will come with a rigid slipcover (like what we did with the deluxe version release of Nightbreed) that will house a Blu-ray case and a collectible booklet featuring a new essay from Michael Gingold (Fangoria, Rue-Morgue, Delirium). The newly-commissioned artwork pictured on the slipcase is from Laz Marquez (Army of Darkness, The Howling and Lifeforce steelbooks).

• The Blu-ray case wrap inside will be reversible featuring original theatrical artwork on both sides. (The “ticket booth” one and the “Comic book” one.)

• New extras and specs are still in progress and will be announced later in September. Rest-assured we have plenty planned and…we are in progress of doing an all-new film transfer!

• This will be the national release which streets on October 23rd. U.S. and Canada territories (Region A).

If you order Creepshow from our site directly you will receive the Blu-ray two weeks early and the following exclusively-made-for us items:

A rolled 28.5” x 16.5” lithograph poster of the slipcase art by Laz Marquez

A rolled 18” x 24” poster of alternative art illustration, also by Laz Marquez”

Visit Scream Factory’s website to pre-order

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Creepshow 2 – USA, 1987

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The Gore Gore Girls – the 1972 comedy horror splatter movie produced and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis – is unleashed on Blu-ray on August 13, 2018, by Arrow Video with extras, plus a bonus feature,This Stuff’ll Kill Ya! (1971).

“From its jittery opening jazz theme to its chaotic conclusion, The Gore Gore Girls is a blast: it has an amusing script, loveable lead actors, insanely catchy rock ‘n’ roll instrumentals, burlesque atmosphere, bizarre guest-spots (Henny Youngman??) and more sadism and mutilation than you can shake a severed leg at.” Stephen Thrower, Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Bonus Feature! This Stuff’ll Kill Ya!
• Introductions to the films by Herschell Gordon Lewis
• Audio commentary on The Gore Gore Girls with Herschell Gordon Lewis
• Audio commentary on This Stuff’ll Kill Ya! with camera operator and Lewis biographer Daniel Krogh
• Author and HORRORPEDIA contributor Stephen Thrower (Nightmare USA) on The Gore Gore Girls
• Regional Bloodshed – filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Spencer Parsons on Lewis’ legacy as a pioneer of regional indie filmmaking
• Herschell Spills His Guts – H.G. Lewis discusses his career post-The Gore Gore Girls and his further adventures in the world of marketing
• This Stuff’ll Kill Ya! Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by The Twins of Evil

Scream Factory has announced the extras for their ‘Collector’s Edition’ Blu-ray release of Return of the Living Dead Part II (1987), written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn (Shock Waves; Eyes of a Stranger).

This sequel to The Return of the Living Dead reunites lead actors James Karen (Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster; Time Walker; Poltergeist) and Thom Mathews (Jason Lives! Friday the 13th Part VI; The Vampire Hunters Club) although, having been zombified in the original they play different characters here. It also stars Dana Ashbrook (Waxwork; Girlfriend from Hell), Marsha Deitlein, Philip Bruns (Silent Night, Bloody Night), Michael Kenworthy (The Blob – 1988).

The Blu-ray hits the streets on August 14, 2018.

The horror begins again as mysterious barrels bounce off an Army transport as it passes through a new housing development and land near an abandoned cemetery. Mischievous neighborhood boys discover the barrels and open them, unaware of the evil contained within.

A deadly green vapour escapes and turns the living into flesh-eating zombies and causes the dead to rise from their graves. As these hideous living dead hunt down the fresh human brains they need, man is pitted against man, and the living against the dead. It is a macabre struggle for survival!

• New 2K scans from the interpositive
• New Audio Commentary with actress Suzanne Snyder
• New Audio Commentary with Gary Smart (co-author of The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead) and filmmaker Christopher Griffiths
• New Back to the Dead: The Effects of “Return of the Living Dead Part II” – including interviews with Special Make-up Effects creator Kenny Myers and Special Make-up Effects artists Andy Schoneberg and Mike Smithson
• New The Laughing Dead – a new interview with writer/director Ken Wiederhorn
• New Undead Melodies – an interview with composer J. Peter Robinson
• New interview with actor Troy Fromin
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Ken Wiederhorn and co-star Thor Van Lingen
• They Won’t Stay Dead: A Look at Return of the Living Dead Part II including interviews with James Karen, Thom Matthews, Brian Peck, Kenny Myers, Susan Snyder, Michael Kenworthy and more…
• Archival Featurette – Live from the Set
• Archival interviews with Ken Wiederhorn, James Karen, Thom Matthews and Kenny Myers
• Behind the Scenes footage
• Theatrical Trailer and Teaser Trailer
• TV Spots
• Still Gallery of posters and stills
• Still Gallery of Behind-the-Scenes stills from Makeup Effects artists Kenny Myers and Mike Smithson

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