Hope everyone has a great Long Weekend and prepares next week to celebrate the spooky season with NorthWestFearFest At The Metro Cinema going from Oct.14th-18th! The video store will have a table set up there selling some sweet goodies including EXCLUSIVE VHS repressings of some true gems. All this to celebrate INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY which happens Saturday, Oct. 17th. A day across North America where no matter you live you pop into your local Mom and Pop store and show your movie love to the last of our kind. Anyways all that being said the list for next week is HUGE so let’s get to it shall we?
- Aces Go Places (1982) – Directed by Eric Tsang
- Aces Go Places II (1983) – Directed by Eric Tsang
- Aces Go Places Part III (1984) – Directed by Tsui Hark
- Aces Go Places IV (1986) – Directed by Ringo Lam
- Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit (1989) – Directed by Lau Kar-Leung
- Across these five films from seasoned directors Ringo Lam (City on Fire, Prison On Fire), Tsui Hark (Peking Opera Blues), Lau Kar-Leung (Tiger On The Beat) and Eric Tsang Chi-Wai, police attempt to foil notorious criminals across burglaries, robberies and murders. Starring Sam Hui (Swordsman), Karl Maka (Knockabout) and Sylvia Chang (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. John Landis (1981)
The wendigo a cannibalistic, demonic monster that can drive the unsuspecting to do the unspeakable. Producer Guillermo del Toro and director Scott Cooper bring this terrifying myth to shocking life in this richly complex, chilling horror film. When a small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, seek to help a troubled young boy who harbors a strange secret, the consequences are more dreadful than they could have imagined. A tale of reckoning, Antlers ties a horrifying ancient terror to the modern plagues of poverty, addiction, and environmental devastation brought on by insatiable human greed.
Takashi Miike’s audacious horror about a widower who stages a mock audition in order to meet a new partner only to become infatuated with a woman who is not what she seems to be. Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, 1999.
When the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered at the scene of a mass slaughter, it is sent to the local coroner (Brian Cox of Succession and MANHUNTER) and his son (Emile Hirsch of INTO THE WILD) for surgical post-mortem. But this corpse will reveal chilling secrets. The mortuary itself will pulse with malevolence. And as their autopsy cuts deeper, an unstoppable evil will rise.
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After his brother vanishes while investigating Bigfoot sightings, Mark refuses to believe the case is over. His search leads him into the mysterious Backrooms, an endless maze where reality bends and a monstrous Bigfoot stalks the corridors. Trapped alongside another survivor, Mark must uncover the truth behind the creature and escape the nightmare before becoming its next victim.
Grandaddy of the slasher genre! Mario Bava directs this bodycount classic about a series of murders motivated by greed, lust and jealousy! Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, 1971.
Infamous porno about a woman kidnapped and taken to a secretive club, where she becomes the focus of a mysterious sexual performance that awakens hidden desires. Marilyn Chambers, Johnnie Keyes, George McDonald, Jim Mitchell, 1972
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INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE EXCLUSIVE: One of the key Spanish horror! Falsely committed to an asylum, a young heir returns to his family estate and unleashes a bloody vendetta against his family who stole his fortune. Renaud Verley, Viveca Lindfors, Claudio Guerín, 1973.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE EXCLUSIVE: Two of the Most Infamous Video Nasty titles released together!
STILL banned in the UK as one of the infamous Video Nasties, in the tradition of The Night Porter, Salon Kitty and Salo only far more depraved comes perhaps the most notorious Nazisploitation epic of them all!
Daniela Levy (aka Italian TV presenter and future UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Daniela Poggi) stars as a beautiful young death camp prisoner forced into a nightmare of brutality, torment and sexual degradation. But will a Commandant’s vilest urge trigger her ultimate vengeance? Marc Loud (aka Adriano Micantoni of Tomb Of Torture) co-stars in this fetid slice of filth-strudel also known as Last Orgy Of The Third Reich and Caligula Reincarnated As Hitler now presented on Blu-ray for the very first time and restored in 2K From the original negatives.
Possibly the most infamous entry into the Nazisploitation genre, Sergio Garrone’s SS Experiment Camp is a harrowing and deliberately triggering experience which, even by today’s standards is as powerful as it was when originally released in 1976. From its provocative, tabloid baiting original poster of a naked woman dangling crucified and naked, the movie pushed the boundaries as far as it could. Set during the tail-end of World War II we follow the deranged experiments performed on innocent prisoners of war by the utterly sadistic and evil Colonel von Kleiben in his attempt to create the perfect Aryan race. Shocking, notorious and endlessly exploitative, the movie continues to disgust audiences all over the globe nearly 50 years after its initial release.
A gruesome re-imagining of Edgar Allen Poe’s story has a photographer and a police inspector investigate murders linked to a sinister psychic whose black cat seems to carry out his murderous wishes. Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Lucio Fulci,
Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper. A severed human ear found in a field leads a young man to investigate a mysterious nightclub singer and the criminals who kidnapped her child. David Lynch (1986)
Tender cannibal romance meets emo horror in this story of pair of poverty stricken insatiable flesh eating outsiders. Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Luca Guadagnino, 2022.
Documentary on the chaotic production of Werner Herzog’s epic Fitzcarraldo (1982), showing how the film managed to get made despite problems that would have floored a less obsessively driven director. Les Blank 1982.
Wonderfully goofy cult horror that gave the world the acronym C.H.U.D. (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers). John Heard, Daniel Stern, 1984.
Based on Clive Barker’s horror legend The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a sceptical grad student researching the monster’s myth. Bernard Rose (1992)
Deluxe blu-ray edition of Ruggero Deodato’s infamous 1980 exploitation film. Newly restored high definition print and new bonus features.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: Ruggero Deodato’s infamous 1980 gut muncher in Limited Edition STANDARD DEFINITION VHS!
A Manhattan composer is consumed by grief after his wife and daughter are killed in a shocking accident. But when he moves to a secluded Victorian mansion, he will find himself haunted by a paranormal entity that may unleash an even more disturbing secret. Based on actual events.
Notorious & outrageous Hong Kong Cat III films shamelessly blending of explicit sex and extreme violence all played with a touch of macabre humor.
Notorious & outrageous Hong Kong Cat III films shamelessly blending of explicit sex and extreme violence all played with a touch of macabre humor.
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A gang leader whose girlfriend is brutally slaughtered when he attempts to leave the thug life behind sees an opportunity to exact his brutal, deadly revenge. Jim Van Bebber (1988)
Satirical and nasty comedy about a recently fired children’s TV entertainer who decides to get even with his popular successor. Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito, 2002.
Three years before Peter Jackson’s BAD TASTE, a New Zealand filmmaker sprayed international movie screens with brains, blood and bizarre body fluids for the first splatter movie in Kiwi history: Director David Blyth launched his genre career with this graphic story of mad doctors, nude teens, psychotic mutants, shotgun murders, power drill lobotomies, explosive action and punk attitude.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town’s method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens. James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Tobias Mehler, David Nutter, 1998.
In this definitive Spaghetti Western, Franco Nero gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious loner who arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously dragging a coffin behind him.
A veteran road comic takes a mysterious young performer on tour, only to discover that his promising opening act is a vampire struggling to make it in stand-up. Jamie Kennedy, Matt Rife, Carrot Top, Raja Collins, 2023.
The rural community of Paddock County is being rocked by the crazed exploits of an axe-wielding psychopath, who stalks the night in a black trenchcoat and mask. José Ramón Larraz (1988)
Collection of films from Charles Band’s Full Moon precursor Empire International Pictures: DUNGEONMASTER / DOLLS / CELLAR DWELLER / ARENA / ROBOT JOX
Second edition of Arrow Video’s Enter the Video Store boxset includes:R.O.T.O.R. / Ministry of Vengeance / Final Alliance / Joshua Tree
Masterful Korean art-horror about the process of excavating an ominous grave which unleashes dreadful consequences buried underneath. Jang Jae-hyun, 2024.
A police lieutenant in spiritual crisis tracks a rash of murders seeming to copycat a long dead serial killer. George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, William Peter Blatty, 1990.
A landmark science-fiction adventure based very loosely on King Lear sends a spaceship crew to a distant planet where a scientist hides a terrifying secret. Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Fred M. Wilcox, 1956.
UHD EDITION: When Jeffrey Franken’s fiancée (Patty Mullen, Penthouse Magazine’s 1988 “Pet of the Year”) is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. Using his home-made explosive “Super Crack” to entice beautiful New York City prostitutes, Jeffrey resurrects his beloved Elizabeth using their assorted body parts.
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Supernatural black comedy follows a fraudulent ghostbuster who really can see the dead and must stop a murderous spirit that attacks both worlds. Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Jeffrey Combs, Peter Jackson, 1996
When reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to inspect the newly reopened Delos resort, they find a futuristic paradise promising safe, sanitized entertainment. But beneath the polished surface, troubling inconsistencies begin to emerge – and as suspicion turns to terror, the pair uncover a sinister conspiracy with consequences far beyond the park itself.
A Florida vacation becomes a blood-soaked fight for survival when a group of friends are hunted through the swamps by a savage cult that feeds its victims to ravenous alligators in the name of an ancient reptilian god.
Cult 80s horror comedy about a college kid who inherits dead father’s mansion and the parental obsession with black magic and the desire to control puppety demons who wobble about & snarl. Mariska Hargitay, Jack Nance, Luca Bercovici, 1984.
The demonic, toilet-dwelling goblins are back! Stowed away in “Satan’s Den,” the traveling House of Horror operated by carnival workers Larry and Uncle Ned, the Ghoulies merrily devour the sideshow attraction’s patrons… until Larry realizes his horror house is for real and tries to flee the scene! Deliciously outrageous special effects and over-the-top antics ratchet up the horrific fun!
The break-neck bloody action and crime films of British independent director Darren Ward in an exhaustive collection of his early works, feature films and a wealth of behind the scenes and bonus materials.
A young man discovers a mechanical device that merges with his own body, turning him into a cyborg superhero. When strange creatures start appearing, trying to take the device back, he begins to uncover a secret plot to genetically engineer terrifying monsters.
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Picking up exactly where the first film left off, Halloween II follows the same ill-fated characters as they encounter the knife-wielding maniac they left for dead in the first film!
Remaster of John Woo’s high-octane Hong Kong genre defining thriller about a fearless cop and an undercover agent who face a ruthless gang. Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung, Philip Kwok, John Woo, 1992
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New 20th Anniversary Edition plus PART II!
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: VHS COPY! What would happen if Canadian proto slasher Black Christmas was made in 1983 instead of 1974? This movie! A rare 80s slasher with a female focus from Brian DePalma protegé Mark Rosman.
Notorious exploitation film about a woman who is assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by a gang of four men who are systematically hunted down and murdered for revenge. Meir Zarchi, 1978.
VIDEO STORE RECOMMEDED! In this horror comedy, an amusement park paleontologist and a hapless security guard team up to stop an invisible raptor from wreaking havoc on their small town. Sean Astin, Mike Capes, Sandy Martin, 2023.
Writer/director Taika Waititi (director of THOR: RAGNAROK and HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE) brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, JOJO RABBIT, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a young Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic. In spite of his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Waititi), Jojo confronts his blind nationalism.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE EXCLUSIVE: A new edition. The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals. Lawrence Monoson, Diane Franklin, Steve Antin, 1982.
A cynical detective and disgraced football quarterback investigate a murdered woman and uncover a conspiracy linking professional football to a corrupt politician. Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field, Tony Scott, 1991.
A love letter to video rental stores and the B-movie treasures that lined their walls, Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford’s debut feature, The Last Video Store, is a genre-loving blast of pure joy: “a real treasure trove for genre fans, both new and old.”
Jean-Claude Van Damme (Death Warrant, Double Impact) stars as Lyon Gaultier, a French Foreign Legionnaire who deserts when his brother is brutally attacked. Arriving in Los Angeles, Lyon turns to the underground world of bare-knuckle street fights to raise money for his sister-in-law and niece, battling ruthless opponents while evading the Legion’s pursuit.
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MANHUNT sees the iconic Ken Takakura (A FUGITIVE FROM THE PAST) reunited with Japan’s top action director Junya Sato (THE BULLET TRAIN) in a high-octane crime thriller that takes him across the whole of Japan.
A brutal remake of the beloved cult film follows a mannequin restorer whose obsession with women drives him into a savage killing spree. Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Franck Khalfoun, 2012.
Inside the Bastille, the Marquis de Sade writes, argues with his talking penis and collides with grotesque prisoners in an anarchic Belgian-French animated satire. François Marthouret, Valérie Kling, Michel Robin, Henri Xhonneux, 1989.
From the Makers of THE BLOB, PRINCE OF DARKNESS and THEY LIVE and the SPFX Team of ARMY OF DARKNESS, DARKMAN and BATMAN RETURNS comes the high-definition world premiere of this giant monster cult classic! Science-fiction becomes horrifyingly real for a park full of innocent campers, as a hideous horde of mutated mosquitos viciously attack without warning!
Raucous spoof/tribute to ’50s-era matinees features alien brain parasites who enter humans through the mouth and turn their host into flesh-eating zombies!. Fred Dekker (1986)
Okay, movie fans. To all of you who like nothing better than to nuke some corn, dim the lights and settle in with cinematic mutations like gargantuan ‘gators, fearsome frogs, awesome ants and monstrous moths, we quote this film: “Ladies and gentlemen, attention! There is a herd of killer rabbits headed this way!” A hormone intended to alter the breeding cycle of rabbits overrunning ranchlands instead turns them into flesh-eating, 150-pound monsters in Night of the Lepus. Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun and DeForest Kelley are among the intrepid humans facing the behemoth bunnies. They use guns, flames and dynamite to subtract them. But the rampaging rabbits know how to multiply. Can anything stop these hare-y scary monsters?
Beloved web series is now a movie! Two best friends unleash chaos on Toronto with CN Tower skydives, time travel, and reality-bending schemes all while spiralling through hysterical stunts, paradoxes, and pure insanity. Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, 2026.
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A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister’s murder at the site of the crime. Carolyn Bracken, Johnny French, Steve Wall, Damian Mc Carthy, 2024.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: In post-apocalyptic America, an infected scientist battles a ravenous man-made parasite in a gnarly 3-D sci-fi horror freak-out. Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore, Luca Bercovici, Charles Band, 1982.
Band’s bizarre, dystopian sci-fi monster movie stars Robert Glaudi
A cult indie comedy-drama follows two friends on a winter road trip to confront a pregnant lover and expose the flaws behind their macho attitudes. Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry, David Burton Morris, 1988.
Historic Spanish quinqui trilogy chronicles Barcelona street youths through car theft, gang violence and police pursuit, capturing a raw portrait of post-Franco marginal life. Ángel Fernández Franco, Teresa Giménez, José Antonio de la Loma, 1977–1980
This shocking urban trilogy from writer/director José Antonio de la Loma features a star-making performance by real-life street felon Ángel Fernández Franco as charismatic young hoodlum El Torete, who battles an increasingly brutal world of robberies, vengeance and notoriety that turns violent criminals into pop culture idols.
This edition presents the 1929 theatrical version, restored from archival 35mm elements by Film Preservation Associates. It is highlighted by the Technicolor Bal Masque sequence as well as meticulously hand-colored sequences.
A psychopathic killer stalks a Boston campus, brutally slaughtering nubile young college co-eds, collecting body parts from each victim to create the likeness of his mother who he savagely murdered with an axe when he was ten years old! PIECES is a wild, unrated gorefest, with enough splatter and sleaze to shock the most jaded horror fan.
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John Carpenter’s horror film about a research team who find a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church which may contain the DEVIL! Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Alice Cooper, 1987.
Avalon Bay, 1945: On the night of her graduation dance, young Rosemary and her date are brutally murdered by a prowler thought to be a jilted soldier home from the war. The killer was never found. Thirty years later, the dance is held again for the first
Outstanding Japanese horror where a group of young friends tangle with strange phenomenon related to a creepy website. As their city grows emptier by the day, they must solve the mystery before all is lost. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2001)
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Stuart Gordon’s classic cult film about the efforts of a pair of dedicated students to re-animate dead tissue! Jeffrey Combs, David Gale, Barbara Crampton, 1985.
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapours cause the dead to rise again as zombies. Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Dan O’Bannon, 1985.
A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesquely contorted, their faces twisted in terror. Reiko, a journalist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the phenomenon, and uncovers an urban legend about a cursed videotape which causes anyone who views it to die within a week – unless they can persuade someone else to watch it and pass on the curse…
A sweet mother takes a little too much at heart for the defense of her family. Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, John Waters, 1994.
Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves. The government assembles a motley task force to combat the monster when an envoy from the US Department of State delivers a folder of classified documents. On its cover is written: “GODZILLA.”
A warrior and a wise guy. They’re Los Angeles who mix punches with punchlines in a knock-down, gun-down Showdown in Little Tokyo. Dolph Lundgren is the muscle, an American samurai steeped in Eastern traditions. Brandon Lee is a “Valley dude” quipster with a lot of fight in him. Together they hang tough in a war with a lurid L.A. underworld of Japanese drug lords. As directed by Mark L. Lester (Commando), that combat is a frenzied comic book come to explosive life. How this dynamic duo takes on and flattens all comers makes for “smart, fast-moving martial arts action adventure. A class act” (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times).
Classic Canuxploitation film set during the actual 1981 Halifax Police strike about a gang of hoodlums who accidentally kill the owner of a gay bar. Paul Donovan, Maura O’Connell, 1983.
Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature, as well as each other. But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible “accidents”, they discover that someone – or something – has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember.
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YOU KNOW THE DRILL. Put on your PJs and say your prayers…it’s time for one nightmare of an all-nighter with a double dose of slashtastic cult classics: The Slumber Party Massacre and Slumber Party Massacre II! In The Slumber Party Massacre, Trish (Michele Michaels) invites her high school basketball teammates over for a night they’ll never forget—or survive—when an unexpected guest crashes the party: an escaped psychopath with a portable power drill. And in the freaky follow-up Slumber Party Massacre II, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) is tormented by dreams of the infamous Driller Killer returning to wreak havoc…only to find that (bad) dreams really do come true when the murderous monster is reincarnated as an evil rocker.
Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto: , TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER (1992), TOKYO FIST (1995), BULLET BALLET (1998), A SNAKE OF JUNE (2002), VITAL (2004), KOTOKO (2011), KILLING (2018), THE ADVENTURE OF DENCHU-KOZO (1987), HAZE (2005)
The classic on 4K!
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Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny” a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force.
Young Jason is the only one who doesn’t love The Stuff, and everyone who eats it has started acting really weird… Now Jason must put a stop to The Stuff or face a gooey, gloopy demise. Larry Cohen (1985)
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Jessica Harper (PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN) stars in this horrific tale of a young student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a famous German dance academy.
Wisecracking private eye Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) investigates some strange happenings at a titillating bordello on the edge of town. It seems owner Madam Lilith (Angie Everhart) and her luscious cohorts want more than money – they want blood! Soon Rafe finds himself up to his neck in a den of hungry vampiresses and battling the Reverend Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon), a slick televangelist with an unstoppable talisman.
A haunted traveller must protect the mystical keys to the destruction of the universe from a relentless demon known as the Collector. Ernest Dickerson, 1995.
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The story follows two orphaned street kids, Black (Kuro) and White (Shiro)—who call themselves “the Cats”—as they dominate and protect the gritty, sprawling metropolis of Takaramachi (Treasure Town)
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: As it was meant to be! STANDARD DEFINITION Limited edition VHS release of the seminal Troma classic!
A 98-pound nerd (Mark Torgl) from New Jersey lands in a vat of toxic waste and becomes a benevolent monster (Mitchell Cohen).
80s cult favorite! The dead heavy metal superstar, idolised by a teenage outcast, returns from the dead to punish some high school bullies. Marc Price, Tony Fields, Gene Simmons, Ozzy Osbourne, 1986.
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: Legendary animator and cartoonist Bill Plympton’s wildly surreal first feature about a struggling songwriter desperate to write a hit tune to save his relationship with his long-suffering girlfriend. 1992.
There’s no shortage of magnificent Douglas Fir trees in Twin Peaks. Immerse yourself in the entire universe of Twin Peaks with this definitive collection which includes Seasons 1 and 2 of The Original Series?, A Limited Event Series, Fire Walk with Me, and 4K Ultra Hi-Def versions of the Original Series Pilot and Part 8 of A Limited Event Series?, plus so much more! So grab a cup of coffee, a slice of cherry pie, and experience the legendary mystery…again and again!
INDEPENDENT VIDEO STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE: LIMITED VHS! Three stranded women accept shelter at a remote estate, only to discover the polite family inside has a bloody and deeply deranged secret. Laurel Munson, Janet Penner, Sara Ansley, Don Gronquist, 1982.
Grace Jones stars in this stylish 80’s vampire classic where two fraternity pledges get more then they bargained for when they go searching for strippers. Richard Wenk (1986)
Nicolas Cage’s triumphant cult performance as a yuppie who becomes a blood slave to a sexy vampire. Maria Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals, Robert Bierman, 1988.
Includes: Fall of the House of Usher (1960) / The Haunted Palace (1963) / The Masque of the Red Death (1964) / Witchfinder General (1968) / The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) / The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).
Miike’s taboo-breaking classic about a mysterious stranger enters a profoundly dysfunctional Japanese family and unexpectedly disrupts its cycles of violence, sex and abuse.Ken’ichi Endō, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Takashi Miike, 2001
A young drifter bonds with a genetically altered golden retriever while a government agent hunts them both in this Canadian made sci-fi horror. Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams, Jon Hess, 1988
What We Do In The Shadows introduces us the age-old vampire flat mates being filmed by a New Zealand documentary crew. Stuck in their antiquated ways they struggle to adjust to 21st century customs, like paying rent, sharing household chores, and getting expressly invited into nightclubs.
From the makers of Daimajin comes a trilogy of terror ripped from the pages of Japanese folklore: 100 MONSTERS / SPOOK WARFARE / ALONG WITH GHOSTS. Also includes Takashi Miike’s remake THE GREAT YOKAI WAR.
And there we go guys. Movies should be here Thursday. Some at the shop. Some at NORTHWESTFEARFEST. Cheers!
