SCREAMS FROM THE SWAMP Available Now on Blu-ray from VIPCO & BayView Entertainment
Directed by Lorenzo Lepori and starring Simona Vannelli, Italian horror Screams from the Swamp arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of VIPCO and BayView Entertainment.
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Puppet Combo’s Stealth-based Slasher STAY OUT OF THE HOUSE Available Now on Steam
The smack of a hammer… your head lands hard on the dirty linoleum floor… a maniac drags you up the stairs and cages you like an animal! You have three days until the reckoning…
“Nowhere to run… Nowhere to hide… But at least there’s somewhere to DIE!”
THINGS Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available on Vinyl & Cassette from Terror Vision (21 October)
Terror Vision are beyond thrilled to bring to you for the first time on vinyl and cassette, the score to THINGS from 1989! The tracklisting for this “Canuxploitation” gem was put together by writer/actor Barry J. Gillis. This LTD release is part of Terror Vision’s VHS Horror Favorites Series.
“Conceived by a lunatic… Hatched within a human womb.”
Puppet Combo & Torture Star Video’s Neon-soaked NIGHT AT THE GATES OF HELL Available Now on Steam & itch.io
From the sick minds behind Bloodwash – Black Eyed Priest (aka Jordan King) and Henry Hoare – comes their latest experiment in terror. Inspired by the Italian zombie flicks from Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei, Night at the Gates of Hell promises to be a blood-dripping, neon-soaked, flesh-rotting experience.
“Let the feast begin!”
Exploring the History of Queer Horror, QUEER FOR FEAR Premieres on Shudder (30 September)
Queer for Fear re-examines genre stories through a queer lens, seeing them not as violent, murderous narratives, but as tales of survival that resonate thematically with queer audiences everywhere.
“So many of us can relate to being the monster in the room.”
Puppet Combo & Torture Star Video’s Gore-drenched DEADLY NIGHT Available on Steam & itch.io (2 September)
Prepare yourself for another gore-drenched journey into horror debauchery with the latest release from Puppet Combo and Torture Star Video: Deadly Night, stalking players (2 September) on Steam and itch.io!
“You’ll be dying to stay here…”
Allow OUR BLOODY OBSESSION to Become Your Newest Podcast Obsession
If you are fanatical about extreme horror cinema like Slaughtered Vomit Dolls – or disturbing transgressive literature like Tender is the Flesh – allow Our Bloody Obsession to become your newest podcast obsession.
“A Gorecast for the Extreme.”
101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive): THE CURIOUS DR. HUMPP & TREASURE OF THE NINJA AND THE FILMS OF WILLIAM LEE Available Now on Blu-ray
The 101 Films x AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) collection is back with a vengeance with a mindbending slice of sci-fi sexploitation from Argentina, and a beloved piece of kung fu DIY moviemaking from Columbus, Ohio’s William Lee.
“The most curious picture of them all…”
Drive-in VHS-FEST 666 Rev Up for a Radical Rewind at The Mahoning Drive-in Theater (8-9 July)
Get ready to clean your heads and jump in the rewinder: it’s time for Drive-In VHS FEST 666, cueing up a stack of scorchingly sinister slabs of malevolent mayhem for your drive-in damnation!
“It’s a 2-day rental not to be missed!”
10 Terrifying Female Horror Villains
When we tend to talk about women in horror, it’s very easy to conjure up the age-old trope and imagery of the female slasher victim, because of their promiscuity and body positivity. Female antagonists however have been more than just the gory, tantalising titillation aimed at bringing hordes of men to the cinema.
“It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It’s me.”
“Past and Present Collide in a Vortex of Fear!” THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY Collection Available Now from Gutter Garbs
Gutter Garbs have released three brand new designs by Samhain 1992 and Mister Black on short sleeve tees (plus a limited variant), a long sleeve tee, baseball tees, and a poster print in tribute to the demented marauding zombies in Lucio Fulci’s The House by the Cemetery.
“Read the fine print. You may have just mortgaged your life!”
101 Films x American Genre Film Archive (AGFA): THE ZODIAC KILLER & SHE FREAK Available on Blu-ray (14 March)
The 101 Films x American Genre Film Archive collection continues to grow with a new 4K transfer of The Zodiac Killer (1971) – the only movie in history made explicitly to catch a serial killer – and Something Weird’s dazzling 4K restoration of the essential weirdo classic, She Freak (1967).
