Some weeks it’s all about the new and exciting flicks coming out. Other weeks it’s about reminding people of the sweet cinema of the past and getting it back in. So let’s see what hits the shop in the a few days shall we…
Back In Stock! All 5 Final Destination flicks together before the Sixth one comes out.
Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque cult classic, a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr.
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. David awakes in a London hospital to find his friend dead and his life in disarray. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, he soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body, undergoing a full-moon transformation that will unleash terror on the capital…
After a nature photographer (Mark L. Taylor) dies on assignment in Venezuela, a poisonous spider hitches a ride in his coffin to his hometown in rural California, where arachnophobe Dr. Ross Jennings (Jeff Daniels) has just moved in with his wife, Molly (Harley Jane Kozak), and young son. As town residents start turning up dead, Jennings begins to suspect spiders, and must face his fears as he and no-nonsense exterminator Delbert McClintock (John Goodman) fight to stop a deadly infestation.
Stanley Kubrick bent the conventions of the historical drama to his own will in this dazzling vision of brutal aristocracy, adapted from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray.
42 9th graders are sent to a deserted island. They are given a map, food, and various weapons. An explosive collar is fitted around their neck. If they break a rule, the collar explodes. Their mission: kill each other and be the last one standing. The last survivor is allowed to leave the island. If there is more than one survivor, the collars explode and kill them all.
Cult film about a young man, the product of a beast rape, transforms into a cicada monster who runs amuck in the swamp. Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens, L. Q. Jones, Philippe Mora, 1982.
All Three Bill And Ted films together…
Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him home. She brings with her the gift of two love birds and they strike up a romance. One day birds start attacking children at Mitch’s sisters party. A huge assault starts on the town by attacking birds.
Bob Clark’s cult Canadian slasher classic about series of Christmas-time murders in a sorority house. Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin.
Lee Daniels (Pam Grier) is a black girl busted for prostitution. Karen Brent (Margaret Markov) is a white girl arrested for her involvement with a local revolutionary group. The two women meet in jail and, despite their mutual animosity, are chained together for transport to a maximum security prison. Their bus is ambushed en route, however, and the pair manages to escape together. Chased by bounty hunters, crooked police and revolutionaries, they struggle to get along and get away.
Troma classic from the makers of Girls School Screamers a goofy, gory, and highly original send up of Jaws. Thomas R. Rondinella.
Four-disc set includes: The Legend Of Black Charley (1972)Plantation-raised Charley (Fred Williamson, in his first lead) fatally lashed out at the master’s son who tore up his emancipation papers-and found himself on the run westward alongside friends Toby (D’Urville Martin) and Josh (Don Pedro Colley). The fugitive trio find themselves steeped in a range war while trying to stay a step ahead of a slave tracker (Joe Santos). Hard-to-find Blaxploitation Western co-stars Gertrude Jeannette, Marcia McBroom. 98 min. C/Rtg: PG The Soul Of Black Charley (1973)Traveling the post-Civil War West, Charley (Fred Williamson) and Toby (D’Urville Martin) run afoul of a Confederate colonel (Kevin Hagen) who didn’t get the memo that the South lost-and who’s abducting the emancipated to be slaves at his Mexican compound. Assembling an assault team, they look to free the captives… and heist $100,000 of his money while they’re at it. Shoot ’em up sequel co-stars Pedro Armendariz, Jr. Denise Nicholas. 109 min. C/Rtg: R Superfly T.N.T. (1973)Slam-bang sequel finds Ron O’Neal taking the director’s chair for his return as expatriate drug dealer Youngblood Priest, now living a free and lush life in Rome-and bored as hell. Agreeing to the pleas of an African envoy (Roscoe Lee Browne) wanting help in running guns to his war-torn country, he might regret taking him up on the offer. Sheila Frazier, Robert Guillaume, Jacques Sernas co-star; screenplay by Alex Haley. 127 min. C/Rtg: R Detroit 9000 (1973)The streets of Motown run red in this urban action classic. When a gang of ruthless crooks rips off a big-money political fundraiser, the cops charged with solving the case get mixed up in danger and conspiracy. Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes, Vonetta McGee, Herb Jefferson, Jr., and Scatman Crothers star.
Ex-con Isaiah Bone moves to Los Angeles after his release. His goal is to fulfil a promise to a dead friend by taking the local underground fighting world by storm. He defeats every opponent, making thousands of dollars in the process.
Tobe Hooper & John Carpenter join forces in this TV horror anthology featuring 3 short stories: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
In the enthralling Blow Out, brilliantly crafted by Brian De Palma, John Travolta gives one of his greatest performances as Jack, a movie sound-effects man who believes he has accidentally recorded a political assassination. He enlists the help of Sally (Nancy Allen), a possible eyewitness to the crime who may be in danger herself, to uncover the truth. With its jolting stylistic flourishes, intricate plot, profoundly felt characterizations, and gritty evocation of early-1980s Philadelphia, Blow Out is an American paranoia thriller unlike any other, as well as a devilish reflection on the act of moviemaking.
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s. Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, 1993
A visionary Hungarian architect and his wife flee post-war Europe to build a modernist masterpiece in the US, facing mysterious benefactor, betrayal and corruption. Joel Edgerton, Marion Cotillard, Mark Rylance, Brady Corbet, 2024.
A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an Upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. Written by Harvey Weinstein. Jason Alexander, Holly Hunter, Tony Maylam.
1995 sequel to the horror film Candyman. The Candyman arrives in New Orleans and sets his sights on a young woman whose family was ruined by the immortal killer years before. Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, William O’Leary, Bill Nunn, Bill Condon.
One of the most gorgeously photographed horror films of all-time this gripping, edge-of-the-seat film follows a social who enters the mind of a comatose serial killer. Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Tarsem Singh, 2000.
Re-creation of the life of comic genius Charlie Chaplin, from his humble beginnings in south London through his early days in British vaudeville, his silent movie career in America and his late masterpieces. His turbulent personal life saw four marriages and an enforced exile from the US – though he returned to receive an honorary Oscar in 1972.
In an England of the future, Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his “Droogs” spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on “a little of the old ultraviolence,” while jauntily warbling “Singin’ in the Rain.” After he’s jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady to death, Alex submits to behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he’s conditioned to abhor violence. Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims.
Retired Special Forces soldier John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives with daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in isolation, but his privacy is disturbed by former commander Franklin Kirby (James Olson), who warns him that his fellow soldiers are getting killed one by one. After Kirby leaves, Jenny is kidnapped by former Latin American dictator Arius (Dan Hedaya), who wants Matrix to restore him to power. Instead, Matrix sets out to take down the rogue leader and rescue his daughter.
Ralph Bakshi’s (Fritz the Cat) infamous indictment of blaxploitation films, negative black stereotypes and the plight of blacks in America circa 1975. Barry White, Scatman Crothers.
25th anniversary box set of the hugely popular anime series about 5 intergalactic loners who team up to track down fugitives and turn them in for cold hard cash in 2071.
The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father’s dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress. Gunther von Fritsch (1944)
Fun, late 70’s post-apocalyptic about a group of survivors travel and find other settlements using the legendary 12-wheeled amphibious Landmaster supervan. Jan-Michael Vincent, Dominique Sanda, George Peppard, 1977.
Region Free 4K UK special edition release of the original Dawn of the Dead – includes the Argento cut, the Cannes Cut and the theatrical cut.
In the movie “The Descent,” a year after a tragic accident, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. When they descend into a previously unexplored cave system, a cave-in traps them, and they realize they are not alone. They are hunted by strange, humanoid creatures living deep within the cave.
Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.
A woman cursed by an elderly woman must dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to hell for an eternity of unthinkable torment. Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Sam Raimi, 2009.
Brian De Palma (Carrie) ascended to the highest ranks of American suspense filmmaking with this virtuoso, explicit erotic thriller. Angie Dickinson, Michael Caine, and Nancy Allen.
Working man Dutch (Ed O’Neill) is dating the divorced Natalie (JoBeth Williams), and he offers to drive her stuffy 13-year-old, Doyle (Ethan Randall), from his private school in Atlanta to his mother’s home in Chicago for Thanksgiving. Doyle is not interested as he blames Natalie for the divorce and wants nothing to do with Mom’s new boyfriend, especially given the man’s lowly, working-class roots. This pairing makes for a journey filled with bickering, mishaps and, eventually, bonding.
An ebola infected T-Rex escapes from a science lab in downtown Los Angeles, destroying everything in its path. Residents of a local neighborhood and a renegade soldier band together to deal not only with the monster on the loose, but the deadly and highly contagious disease it carries.
Beloved cult film about a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned… from a DIMENSION OF PURE EVIL! Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Paul W.S. Anderson, 1997
Hired by a wealthy Los Angeles family to investigate the cause of a disturbing supernatural illness, a team of paranormal experts trace the affliction’s origin to a long-hidden family grave, but the process of exhuming the remains unleashes deadly consequences buried underneath.
Recovering from the psychological effects of witnessing a brutal crime, FBI Agent Jake Malloy (Sylvester Stallone) checks into a rehabilitation clinic for law enforcement officers in the remote wilderness of Wyoming during the dead of winter. He soon finds himself helping other patients as a serial killer begins killing them one by one.
In this cult classic, a shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Vernon Zimmerman, 1980.
In this German animated feature, a combination feline detective story, Gothic mystery and occult horror, follows a cat detective and his grizzled, one-eyed companion as they unravel killings stretching back decades. Michael Schaack, 1994.
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV [The Flame / City That Never Sleeps / Hell’s Half Acre]
This collection features three film noir classics from Republic Pictures and director John H. Auer (A Man Betrayed). THE FLAME (1947) – George MacAllister (John Carroll, Flying Tigers) is the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance and lives in constant resentment of his rich, terminally-ill half-brother Barry (Robert Paige, Tangier). So George gets his girlfriend, Carlotta Duval (vivacious Vera Ralston, The Lady and the Monster), a job as Barry’s nurse with the plan that she will eventually marry him for his money and then dispose of him. But the scheme turns complicated when Carlotta finds that she is really in love with Barry. Co-starring Broderick Crawford (Human Desire), Henry Travers (Shadow of a Doubt) and Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind). CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953) – The Creeps, the Hoods, and the Killers Come Out to War with the City! In the vein of William Wyler’s popular Detective Story of two years earlier, this gritty noir gem juggles around five characters through a particularly bad night in a Chicago police precinct: stressed-out cop Johnny Kelly (Gig Young, Wake of the Red Witch); lounge singer Sally “Angel Face” Connors (Mala Powers, Outrage); thug-for-hire Hayes Stewart (William Talman, Crashout); corrupt district attorney Penrod Biddel (Edward Arnold, Johnny Eager); and Sgt. Joe (Chill Wills, Giant), an honest cop trying to keep Johnny on a straight path. Striking urban cinematography by John L. Russell (Psycho) and another great bad-girl performance by noir goddess Marie Windsor (Force of Evil). HELL’S HALF ACRE (1954) – City of Sin…Toughest Spot in the Pacific! This Hawaii-set noir tells the twisting tale of ex-racketeer Chet Chester (Wendell Corey, Desert Fury), who is being blackmailed by his former partners-in-crime. When Chester’s gal Sally (Nancy Gates, Suddenly) kills one of his enemies, he assumes that he has enough clout to get a lighter sentence and takes the rap. Meanwhile, a visitor from L.A. (Evelyn Keyes, 99 River Street) comes to believe that Chester is the husband she thought she had lost at Pearl Harbor. Written by Steve Fisher (I Wake Up Screaming) and shot by ace D.P. John L. Russell (Moonrise), this offbeat crime yarn features standout support from Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein), Jesse White (Witness to Murder), Leonard Strong (The Naked Jungle), Keye Luke (Gremlins), Philip Ahn (Macao) and the great Marie Windsor (The Killing).
Brand New 4K Restoration! The film that started it all… the genre of “Spaghetti Western” was born, The Man with No Name was introduced and the iconic talents of star Clint Eastwood (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven), director Sergio Leone
Iconic Italian western starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef. Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. Sergio Leone (1965)
On a remote island, a mysterious substance is oozing from the ground causes animals to grow to gigantic proportions and with a bloodthirsty hunger. Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Bert I. Gordon, 1976.
Wild, horror-comedy adventure about a bored yuppie who gets caught in supernatural chaos, battling bizarre creatures when he calls a late night party hotline. Steven Kostanski, 2024.
A magazine photographer stumbles into intrigue when she photographs the attempted assassination of a rich black man. Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Arthur Marks, 1975.
Based very loosely on a story by H. P. Lovecraft, a group of scientists create a resonator to stimulate the pineal gland, and open up a door to a parallel (and hostile) universe. Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Stuart Gordon, 1986.
On the run from a bank robbery that left several police officers dead, Seth Gecko (George Clooney) and his paranoid, loose-cannon brother, Richard (Quentin Tarantino), hightail it to the Mexican border. Kidnapping preacher Jacob Fuller (Harvey Keitel) and his kids, the criminals sneak across the border in the family’s RV and hole up in a topless bar. Unfortunately, the bar also happens to be home base for a gang of vampires, and the brothers and their hostages have to fight their way out.
The crew of a rescue ship must face the horrors of their darkest imaginations when they respond to a deep space distress call. Second unit directing by James Cameron. Robert Englund, Erin Moran. 1981.
A family’s vacation turns deadly when they discover their remote island getaway is home to a serial killer. Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Mark Smith, 2024.
Godzilla returns for the 17th time to battle a plant creature created from roses, the mutated cells of Godzilla and the spirit of a young woman! Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, and Megumi Odaka, 1989.
Starring Gabriel Byrne, five famous friends spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears in a frenzy of shocking lunacy and horrifying visions as Mary Shelley conceives Frankenstein on a night in Lord Byron’s home. Ken Russell (1986)
On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. For the last fifteen years, the people of Haddonfield have rested easily, knowing that Michael was safely locked away in a mental hospital … until tonight. Michael has escaped and he will soon return to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween.
A Canuxploitation classic! At a snobby boarding school a group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened when they were children. Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, J. Lee Thompson, 1981.
Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino) attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife (Diane Venora) and the mental health of his stepdaughter (Natalie Portman). McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other’s plans.
Based on actual events, this controversial and critically-acclaimed horror classic chronicles a few short weeks in the life a serial killer.
Without warning, happy, successful Parisian couple Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne Laurent (Juliette Binoche) receive anonymous videos suggesting that they are being stalked. The tapes are followed by disturbingly violent, if childish, drawings. Georges, a well-known literary talk show host, shrugs off the mysterious messages, but Anne grows increasingly distressed and fearful for their teenage son. She grows to suspect that an incident in Georges’ past is behind the increasing torment
A regular guy from America becomes king of England after a royal wipe-out puts him next in line. John Goodman, Peter O’Toole, John Hurt, 1991.
Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) is a young bowler with a promising career ahead of him until a disreputable colleague, Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray), tricks him into participating in a con game that ends with Roy’s bowling hand crippled for life. Years later, Roy ekes out a hardscrabble existence until he discovers Amish bowling phenom Ishmael (Randy Quaid). With the help of a gangser’s girlfriend (Vanessa Angel), he plots to take Ishmael to the top of the bowling world.
A boy’s lack of Christmas spirit unleashes a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers! Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Michael Dougherty, 2015
TONS OF HARE-RAISING FUN IN ONE WILD COLLECTION! From deep inside the Warner Bros. vault comes an anthology chock full of animation gold! Restored, remastered and uncut, the shorts in Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Volume 1 have been carefully selected for discerning fans. Enjoy the finest and funniest golden-era cartoons with the brilliance of high-definition audio and video. These treasures feature A-listers like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat and Porky Pig, just to name a few. Even better, included among these 20 shorts are classics that have never before been released on home video. Whether you grew up with them or you’re introducing them to a new generation, these timeless and iconic characters will keep fans of all ages young at heart.
There is no dispute. The Warner Bros. Cartoons are the funniest animated shorts in all of film history, and its classic cartoon stars – Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, Porky Pig, The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, to name but a few – are the most popular of all time. This second collection of rarely seen gems – all presented here for the first time on Blu-ray – features twenty-five more titles that have been most requested by collectors and connoisseurs. Bugs Bunny takes over in place of the Road-Runner; Porky Pig scours the woods for Grover Ground Hog; Charley Dog seeks his next owner in Mother Italy. “Attsamattah for you?” Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 2 is the first, last and only choice for laughs – 24 frames per second!
Sickening and lovingly offensive horror film about the spirit of an evil First Nations shaman who regrows himself on the back of woman to get revenge on the world. Tony Curtis, Michael Ansara, Susan Strasberg, William Girdler, 1978.
In this low budget found footage horror, two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator. Michael Goi, 2011.
Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan “The Duke” Mardukas (Charles Grodin) is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mob, gave it to charity and then jumped bail. Jack’s in for a cool $100,000 if he can deliver The Duke from New York to L.A. on time…and alive. Sounds like just another Midnight Run (a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang), but it turns into a cross-country chase. The FBI is after The Duke to testify. The Mob is after him for revenge and Walsh is after him to just shut up. If someone else doesn’t do the job, the two unlikely partners may end up killing each other in this hilarious, action-filled ride from producer-director Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop).
A Troma classic about a pair of murderous but goofy momma’s boys who terrorize some young women on a camping trip. Charles Kaufman, 1980.
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, David Lynch.
Louis Malle’s captivating and philosophical filmed conversation between actor and playwright Wallace Shawn & friend and theater director André Gregory at a Manhattan restaurant. 1981.
Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck, their relationship gets complicated. Wracked with a craving for human blood, Caleb is forced to leave his family and ride with Mae and her gang of vampires, including the evil Severen. Along the way Caleb must decide between his new love of Mae and the love of his family.
Near classic teen sex comedy from the late 80’s features Keanu Reeves as an amnesiac teen with a lot of explaining to do. Also stars Lori Loughlin (of Full House fame). From the director of Night of the Comet, 1988.
A deceptively simple tale of a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse who find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls, Romero’s claustrophobic vision of a late-1960s America literally tearing itself apart rewrote the rules of the horror genre, combined gruesome gore with acute social commentary, and quietly broke ground by casting a black actor (Duane Jones) in its lead role.
Set during Thailand’s traumatic WWII involvement, a Japan-engineered chemical weapon creates a voracious superhuman horde of Thai soldiers leaving a blood-soaked path of ultra-violence and destruction! Kome Kongkiat Komesiri, 2024
Spanish fantasy masterpiece set in the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. Guillermo del Toro (2006)
Michael Powell’s dark detour into obsession, voyeurism, and violence with this groundbreaking metacinematic investigation into the mechanics of fear. Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, 1960.
Phantom of the Opera meets Fast Times at Ridgemont High in this ridiculous horror involving a haunted mall, a ghastly jilted man and his former sweetheart. Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith, Rob Estes, Pauly Shore, Morgan Fairchild, Richard Friedman, 1989.
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Based on the popular Marvel comic book, this film begins with Frank Castle (Dolph Lundgren) as a respected police officer dedicated to eradicating the Mafia’s influence — that is, until the mob responds with a lethal car bomb that decimates Castle’s family. Now, filled with rage and presumed dead from the horrific explosion, Castle takes to the city’s underground sewer tunnels to bring his own brutal brand of vigilante justice to the streets and wreak vengeance on those who killed his family.
After undergoing radical emergency surgery, a young woman develops an insatiable desire for blood. She searches out victims to satisfy her incurable craving, infecting them with an unknown disease which in turn swiftly drives them insane and equally bloodthirsty.
All four REC Flicks together!
Blu-Ray edition of Roman Polanski’s controversial, chilling tale of a fragile, frigid young beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Catherine Deneuve, 1965.
Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found and tragically lost. “Requiem for a Dream” tells parallel stories that are linked by the relationship between the lonely, widowed Sara Goldfarb and her sweet but aimless son, Harry. The plump Sara, galvanized by the prospect of appearing on a TV game show, has started on a dangerous diet regimen to beautify herself for a national audience.
George Clooney Double Feature!
Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2. Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover, 1990.
A geisha and her ugly sister are kidnapped in order to be transformed into cyborg assassins. From the team behind The Machine Girl. 2009.
Amid the cultural chaos of 1968 and armed with a budget of only $70,000, producer/director/cinematographer Russ Meyer transcended sexploitation by crafting this “bosomacious melodrama” (Time Magazine) about racism, communism, bush pilots, draft dodgers and a ferociously free-spirited wife named Vixen (the incredible Erica Gavin of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS and CAGED HEAT).
Russ Meyer’s most over-the-top and savagely entertaining epic of all: When a hot-blooded wife and a psychotic cop come together, it will ignite a cross-country odyssey of violence, vengeance and relentless coitus. Shari Eubank, Charles Napier, Uschi Digar
The final masterpiece produced, photographed, edited and directed by Russ Meyer is a horny Our Town cowritten with Roger Ebert. Kitten Natividad, Uschi Digard, Ann Marie.
A grizzled Marine whips recruits into warriors, leading them into one of WWII’s most brutal battles with courage and casualties. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Allan Dwan, 1949.
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he’s taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines. Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jefery Levy, 1995
Japan is plunged into chaos when an enormous monster emerges from Tokyo Bay and terrorises the city, leaving a path of destruction and casualties.
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer’s block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack’s writing goes nowhere and Danny’s visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel’s dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.
Alex Cox reimagines the crash-and-burn affair between punk’s most notorious self-destructive poster children: Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen-brought to visceral life by brilliant performances from Gary Oldman and Chloe W
Definitive horror starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, a young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. Jonathan Demme (1991)
Starring Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, a woman advertising for a new roommate finds that something very strange is going on with the tenant who decides to move in. Barbet Schroeder (1992)
A restaurant owner (Michael Clarke Duncan) pits members of his wait staff against one another in a competition to make the largest amount of cash in one night.
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Gregg Araki comedy about the misadventures of a young actress who unknowingly eats her roommate’s pot cupcakes. Anna Faris, John Krasinski, 2007.
A villainous carnival owner, Mr. Dark, preys upon unsuspecting Midwestern townsfolk by granting wishes, but for a price.
In the small South American town of Porvenir, four men on the run from the law are offered $10,000 and legal citizenship if they will transport a shipment of dangerously unstable nitroglycerin to an oil well 200 miles away. Led by Jackie Scanlon (Roy Scheider), the men set off on a hazardous journey, during which they must contend with dangerously rocky roads, unstable bridges, and attacks from local guerillas. The four fight for their lives as they struggle to complete their dangerous quest.
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, David Cronenberg, 2002.
Salesman Roy Knable (John Ritter) spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen (Pam Dawber). One day, TV salesman Spike (Jeffrey Jones) convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy’s home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.
Fading actress Elisabeth Sparkle becomes distressed when her chauvinistic boss fires her from her aerobics show. She soon injects herself with a mysterious serum that promises a younger, better version of herself, but things go horribly wrong.
Teenager Davey Armstrong is a conspiracy theorist who begins to suspect that a neighbouring police officer is a serial killer. With help from three friends, Davey launches a daring investigation that soon turns dangerous.
Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery and about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can’t help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.
Classic 80s exploitation from cult director Roberta Findlay. After a stint in jail, a violent gang returns to the tenement building they were busted at to get violent revenge on all its inhabitants. Roberta Findlay (1985)
‘TerrorVision’ – A family’s new satellite TV system starts receiving signals from another planet, and soon it becomes the passageway to an alien world. ‘The Video Dead’ – A family takes delivery of a new TV set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.
Tobe Hooper’s sequel to his beloved cult classic is wild, outrageous, and unbelievably gory mix of southern fried terror and surreal humour. Dennis Hopper, Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, Bill Johnson, 1986.
“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Terry Gilliam’s fantastic voyage of a boy named Kevin who escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs for a series of misadventures. Sean Connery, David Warner, Michael Palin.
Colombian terrorist Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff) takes an American prep school hostage as a means of gaining his drug lord father’s freedom. Privileged yet rebellious students Joey (Wil Wheaton), Billy (Sean Astin), Snuffy (Keith Coogan) and Hank (T.E. Russell) find that they are better equipped to deal with the threat than the mostly ineffectual government agencies sent to rescue them. With resourceful Billy as their leader, the students struggle to defeat the terrorists and save the school.
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.
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon “Videodrome,” a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend (Deborah Harry) auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
A scientist and his family find themselves in a fight for their lives when a supermoon event turns humans into bloodthirsty werewolves.
After witnessing the murder of their corrupt boss, Bernie Lomax (Terry Kiser), Larry Wilson (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard Parker (Jonathan Silverman) are blamed for Bernie’s embezzlement and fired. Desperate to find the stolen $2 million and clear their names, the pair learns the fortune was hidden in the Virgin Islands and travels there in pursuit. Meanwhile, Bernie’s corpse is partially revived in a voodoo ceremony by gangsters also looking for the money.
Down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) gets hired by cartoon producer R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern) to investigate an adultery scandal involving Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner), the sultry wife of Maroon’s biggest star, Roger Rabbit (Charles Fleischer). But when Marvin Acme (Stubby Kaye), Jessica’s alleged paramour and the owner of Toontown, is found murdered, the villainous Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) vows to catch and destroy Roger.
One of the best double features to watch!
Despondent after breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia (Patrick Fugit) kills himself and wakes up in a bland purgatory populated by other suicides. He takes a job at Kamikaze Pizza and befriends a Russian rocker named Eugene (Shea Whigham) while trying to make the best of a very dull afterlife. Learning that his ex-girlfriend has also killed herself, Zia embarks on a road trip with Eugene to find her, picking up a feisty hitchhiker (Shannyn Sossamon) along the way.
THE YOUNG SEDUCERS trilogy, a rollicking and ribald collection of charming, cheeky erotic comedies that will get your juices moving! Framed like a semi-serious minded social issues films, they follow a gaggle of tabloid reporters musing over the phenomenon of randy young women targeting dirty old men for sex, with each new scandalous story re-enacted for the audience in frank and explicit ways.
In 1943, the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife, Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house right next to the concentration and extermination camp he helped create
And there we go guys. Shelves restocked this Thursday or Friday. Cheers!
