Archive for Upcoming Frights

Michael Armstrong’s MARK OF THE DEVIL / Uncut Arrow DVD/Blu-ray released 4th August 2014.

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Director: Michael Armstrong / Starring: Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina.
 
Once proclaimed as “positively the most horrifying film ever made”, Mark of the Devil finally arrives uncut in the UK.

A bloody and brutal critique of religious corruption, Mark of the Devilsees horror icon Udo Kier (Flesh for FrankensteinSuspiria)

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David Cronenberg’s SHIVERS (Aka They Came From Within) Arrow Blu-ray & Steelbook released 28th September 2014.

NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT!</p><br />
<p>David Cronenberg’s Shivers Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD)</p><br />
<p>BEING TERRIFIED IS JUST THE BEGINNING…</p><br />
<p>Initially reviled in its native land (some critics took exception to the fact the film was largely funded by the Canadian taxpayer), Shivers is an intensely claustrophobic, subversive masterpiece and an essential entry in the oeuvre of one of the horror genre’s most gifted auteurs. Some 40 years after its release, it still retains its power to shock.</p><br />
<p>Starliner Island is an idyllic community. Cut off from the rest of the world, the luxury apartment block affords its occupants the chance to escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city. But this isolation is to prove fatal when a new breed of parasite – a combination of aphrodisiac and venereal disease which arouses sexual aggression in its hosts – is let loose in the building, resulting in an orgy terror and mayhem.</p><br />
<p>Known under a host of alternate titles such as The Parasite Murdersand They Came From Within!, Shivers is the startling debut full-length feature from director David Cronenberg which anticipates the body-horror concerns of his later films such as The Fly and Videodrome.</p><br />
<p>Special Edition Contents:<br /><br />
-      High definition digital transfer<br /><br />
-      Newly created and exclusive content<br /><br />
-      Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork to be revealed!<br /><br />
-      Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film and more!<br /><br />
-      More to be revealed closer to the release date</p><br />
<p>Released 28th September</p><br />
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BEING TERRIFIED IS JUST THE BEGINNING… Initially reviled in its native land (some critics took exception to the fact the film was largely funded by the Canadian taxpayer), Shivers is an intensely claustrophobic, subversive masterpiece and an essential entry in the oeuvre of one of the horror genre’s most gifted auteurs. Some 40 years

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Meiko Kaji STRAY CAT ROCK / Arrow Films Box Set coming 8th September 2014.

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Starring:  Meiko Kaji, Bunjaku Han,Tatsuya Fuji.
Directors: Yasuharu Hasebe, Toshiya Fujita.
 
The Stray Cat Rock series stars Meiko Kaji (Lady SnowbloodBlind Woman’s Curse) who with these five films began her reign as the badass action queen of the era. In these five tales of rebellious youth she stars alongside
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