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Taeter City: City of Cannibals from Widowmaker

The futuristic metropolis of Taeter City is managed by The Authority – a dictatorship that rules with an iron fist. Utilizing a special radio wave system called Zeed, The Authority is able to distinguish criminals from law-abiding citizens; however these special radio waves also alter the demented brain waves of the criminals and force them to commit suicide in horrible ways. A special police force called The Bikers then retrieves their corpses and delivers them to massive slaughterhouses that supply the mega fast food chains with the human flesh products that are needed to feed the hungry masses. The Authority’s hand has managed to keep the citizens under control for quite some time, but a series of unforeseen chaotic events has slowly been undermining their rule. Follow along with the adventures of the three crazy Biker officers who are charged with restoring order before their entire world crumbles around them.

TAETER CITY comes from the creators of the cult hit ”Adam Chaplin” and is a marvelous bizarre throwback/mash-up of Manga, 80’s-style cannibal movie shocks,Terminator-type action thrills, and Blade Runner-inspired science fiction politics. Plus it includes plenty of blood. Starring Monica Munoz, Riccardo Valentini, Christian Riva, Wilmar Zimosa, Ortaez Santiago, Produced By Necrostorm, Written & Directed By Giulio De Santi.

A Candle for the Devil from Scorpion Releasing

Laura Barkley (Judy Geeson, Berserk) travels to a sleepy Spanish town to visit her sister, who is staying at an inn run by two religious women. But when she arrives she discovers that her sister has mysteriously disappeared. The two women, Marta and Veronica, tell Laura that her sister left suddenly but no one has seen her leave the village. Laura decides to stay at the inn whilst searching for her sister but soon discovers that the self-righteous women cannot bear the nakedness and promiscuity of young English holiday makers. One by one, these pleasure seekers begin to disappear.

Meanwhile, the women evening meals begin to take on an unusual flavor…. This deliciously deranged and atmospheric horror, which was shot entirely on location in Spain, is available in the U.S. uncut for the very first time and in a brand new HD master.

Special Features: New on-camera interview with star Judy Geeson | Original

Theatrical Trailer

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Doctor Mordrid from Full Moon

Doctor Mordrid (JEFFREY COMBS) is the chosen guardian who can protect the Earth from eternal darkness; Kabal (BRIAN THOMPSON) is his vengeful enemy whose implacable wrath has escalated with time. Kabal has arrived on Earth and is planning to use his infinite powers to unleash a horde of hellish demons to devour and destroy humankind. Bound by hate and a mystical amulet that holds the powers of life and death, the immortal wizards will meet for the last time. Their centuries-old rivalry has matured into the ancient struggle of good versus evil. Now, their battle takes on majestic proportions as Mordrid and Kabal give life to prehistoric skeletons and begin their final conflict…

Doctor Mordrid has been remastered in high-definition and looks better than ever! The Blu-ray is loaded with special features:

-Brand new audio commentary with star Jeffrey Combs and producer/director Charles Band

-Original VideoZone making-of featurette

-Rare William Shatner interview with Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton

-Uncut behind-the-scenes footage from the Full Moon Vault

 

Motivational Growth from Parade Deck Films

Ian Folivor, a depressed and reclusive 30-something, finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold, a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian’s neglected bathroom, works to win Ian’s trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle. With The Mold’s help, Ian attracts the attention of a neighbor he’s been ogling through his peephole, Leah, and he manages to find a slice of happiness despite his unnatural circumstances. But Ian starts to receive strange messages from his old and broken down TV set that make him realize that The Mold may not be as helpful as it seems to be, and strange characters combined with stranger events cast Ian’s life in the shadow of an epic battle between good and evil that Ian is only partially aware of.

 

Hillbilly Horror Show: Volume 2 from Leomark Studios

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Nightcrawler from Universal Studios

Nightcrawler is a thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling – where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents. Aided by Rene Russo as Nina, a veteran of the blood-sport that is local TV news, Lou blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Poker Night (2014) from XlRator

In this twisted thriller, a young detective becomes an unwilling participant in a sadistic game of cat-and-mouse when he is kidnapped by a masked serial killer. In order to survive, the detective must use the wisdom imparted to him by senior detectives on their regular poker night.

Don’t Look Now from Criterion Collection

Donald Sutherland (Klute) and Julie Christie (Darling) mesmerize as a married couple on an extended trip to Venice following a family tragedy. While in that elegantly decaying city, they have a series of inexplicable, terrifying, and increasingly dangerous experiences. A masterpiece from Nicolas Roeg (Walkabout), Don’t Look Now, adapted from a story by Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca), is a brilliantly disturbing tale of the supernatural, as renowned for its innovative editing and haunting cinematography as its explicit eroticism and unforgettable denouement, one of the great endings in horror history.

Additional Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

* New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Nicolas Roeg, with uncompressed

monaural soundtrack

* New conversation between the film’s editor, Graeme Clifford, and film writer

Bobbie O’Steen

* “Don’t Look Now,” Looking Back, a short 2002 documentary featuring Roeg, Clifford,

and cinematographer Anthony Richmond

* Death in Venice, a 2006 interview with composer Pino Donaggio

* Something Interesting, a new documentary on the writing and making of the film,

featuring interviews with Richmond, actors Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, and

coscreenwriter Allan Scott

* Nicolas Roeg: The Enigma of Film, a new documentary on Roeg’s style, featuring

interviews with filmmakers Danny Boyle and Steven Soderbergh

* Q&A with Roeg at London’s Ciné Lumière from 2003

* Trailer

* PLUS: An essay by film critic David Thompson

Proof of the Devil from Genesis Distribution

In 2010 A string of serial murders ended in the capture of an 18 year old boy named Jesse. The media called him “The Butcher”. He is captured, found guilty, and executed by lethal injection. Fast forward three years.

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John Wick (2014) available from Lionsgate

Not really horror but it’s genre related and it kicks ass! Retired hit-man John Wick (Keanu Reeves) hits the streets of NYC in search of the gangsters who robbed him of his reason for living in this Lionsgate thriller featuring Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

 Jurassic City from Vertical

When a top-secret laboratory is unexpectedly breached, thousands of rampaging raptors are unleashed on Los Angeles! A black-ops unit is mobilized to contain the creatures before they cause city-wide chaos. Simultaneously, a truckload of raptors is rerouted to a nearby prison. Upon their escape, these ferocious flesh-eaters are beyond containment. This is Jurassic judgment night for smoking hot sorority girls, sinister scientists, muscle-bound military and doomed death-row inmates! It’s about to get bloody in Jurassic City!

 

Zombie Killers: Elephant’s Graveyard from Anchor Bay

The “Zombie Killers,” a small band of young adults, trained by military vet, Seiler (Billy Zane); have sworn to protect the town and aim for the head if anything threatens Elwood’s last survivors.”

 

An Axe To Grind (2015) from Midnight Releasing

Horror B-movie legend Debbie Wilkins (Debbie Rochon) has just been replaced in her lover’s bed by the newest young scream queen. Making matters worse, she has also been cast in Debbie’s comeback role. Debbie doesn’t handle rejection well. Debbie shows up on the set of the “skintillating” low budget horror film to confront and destroy those responsible. No one is safe from her sharp vengeance!

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Abc’s of Death 2 from Magnolia Pictures

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Open Windows from Cinedigm

When Nick (Elijah Wood) discovers that he’s won a dinner date with his favorite star Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey), he’s incredibly excited to finally get the chance to meet her. That excitement deflates when Jill refuses to honor the contest and all of Nick’s hopes are dashed. He’s intrigued when Chord (Neil Maskell), a man claiming to be Jill’s campaign manager, offers him something he can’t quite refuse: Chord will give Nick the ability to constantly view Jill via computer. Nick is initially reluctant but is finally persuaded, unaware that this decision will put both himself and Jill at risk.

 

 

Why Don’t You Play In Hell (2013) from Cinedigm

Master filmmaker Sion Sono (Love Exposure; Cold Fish) describes his frenzied, gleeful new masterpiece as an action film about the love of 35mm. Based on a screenplay he wrote nearly fifteen years ago, WHY DON T YOU PLAY IN HELL? is among Sono s very best work, as his trademark excess and outrageousness is infused with an affection for the previous century of Japanese cinema. This is Sion Sono with his talent and unique vision completely unleashed.

 

The Unliving aka Tomb of the Werewolf (2004) from Bayview Entertainment/Widowmaker

 

Feed The Gods (2014) from Xlrator

When slacker/aspiring filmmaker Will (Shawn Roberts) and his well-to-do brother Kris (Tyler Johnston, The Killing) track down their birth parents, Will sees the opportunity to get some closure, as well as maybe capture a heartwarming reunion on camera. With Kris fiancé Brit (Emily Tennant, Jennifer s Body) in tow, the three of them head out to discover this long- lost family. What they are unprepared for though, is what exactly this cryptic small town has in store for them. Weird locals abound and rumors of a Bigfoot creature haunting the area at first seem silly… but things quickly escalate into a frantic, scary and action-packed nightmare with more than a few casualties along the way.

 

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Annabelle from Warner Home Video

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

 

Coherence from Oscilloscope Laboratories

On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. Part cerebral sci-fi and part relationship drama, COHERENCE is a tightly focused, intimately shot film that quickly ratchets up with tension and mystery.

 

A Date With Ghosts from Wild Eye Releasing

A group of friends descend upon an abandoned monastery looking for a good time – only to find that once they are inside, they have been trapped by unknown, paranormal forces and soon become hunted by a army of undead monks who have a taste for fresh human souls. Now, the group must harness the mysterious forces of the monastery to escape the clutches of the centuries-old spirits.

 

Lizzy Bordens Revenge from Saint James Films and TomCat Films, LLC in association with Sterling Films

The Axe is Back! A group of sorority girls are having a slumber party at their house. One of the new sorority girls is Leslie Borden, a descendant of the infamous Lizzie Borden family. They believe that they are holding a harmless séance to conjure the ghost of Lizzie. But, they get locked in the house with an evil, vengeful spirit as Lizzie Borden returns to wreak havoc with her axe. One by one, the girls are murdered as they try to figure out how to put an end to the return of Lizzie Borden. Starring Jenny Allford, Mindy Robinson.

 

Possession: The Ingloda Within from Hannover House

Kelly is the everyday young woman just trying to get by in life with her two best friends. She carries scars from her past and now, at age 24, she must deal with these realities. After discovering the truth about her father s mysterious death, she begins to tip over the edge…visions, spiritual encounters and out of body experiences begin to possess Kelly and transform her into something else. Kelly s friends, Kacy and Nikki try their hardest to help her,

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Supernova (2000)

In the farthest reaches of deep space, the medical vessel Nightingale keeps a lonely vigil for those in trouble. When a frantic cry for help pierces the void, the crew responds with a near fatal, hyper-space dimension jump into the gravitational pull of a dying star. The disabled ship rescues a shuttlecraft containing a mysterious survivor and a strange alien artifact. Now the crew must unravel a chilling secret and escape the nearby imploding star before the rapidly forming supernova blasts them and the entire galaxy into oblivion!

 

Valley of the Witch from Hanover House

When recently divorced Kristen Matthews moves from London to a quaint house in a small Welsh village, she thinks she has found her new beginning. But all is not well in her new surroundings as Kristen begins to experience lifelike nightmares in her new house, and a series of unexplained suicides suddenly occur. As the church begins to experience supernatural encounters, members of a mysterious coven awaken inert spirits who will make the village pay for its dark history. Can Kristen stop the manifestation or will she succumb to the ancient evil?

Not Human by Peace Arch Trinity

Monster Madness: The Gothic Revival of Horror from Bayview Entertainment

Part three of a multi-part documentary series with distinguished actors, directors, writers, composers and special effects mavens examining the history of the horror, fantasy and science fiction films from the groundbreaking silent 1920s through the Golden Age of Universal, the Silver Age of Hammer and up through the 1980s and beyond. This volume covers two distinct areas: The Drive-In craze in America and the Gothic Horror revival in England. The popularity of the Drive-In Theater peaked in the 60s with over 4000 in operation across the U.S. Samuel Z. Arkoff, Roger Corman and others made films like ”I was a Teenage Werewolf”, ”Reform School Girl” and ”Teenage Caveman” specifically for teens at the Drive-In Movie Theater. In the same time frame, Hammer Films became known for a series of Gothic ”Hammer Horror” films made from the mid-50s until the 70s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir, comedies and in later years, television series. Hammer made stylized movies utilizing quality British actors and cleverly designed sets. During its most successful years, Hammer dominated the horror film market worldwide. The DVD includes special bonus features.

 

Alien Abduction from Freestyle Digital Media

From the producer of Hostel and Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes a creepy and energetic fo...

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Sick: Survive The Night (2012)

Two years after the infection began, billions have died. Governments have collapsed and the human race is on the brink of extinction. Dr. Leigh Rozetta is a young, maverick scientist,

who’s been living in a secret underground government facility since the outbreak began. After constant failed attempts to find a cure, Leigh sneaks away to return to her parent’s house.

On her way she crosses paths with Seph and Mckay, two militant survivalists, who only just barely escaped an attack from a group of infected. With nightfall close at hand, the three of

them know they need to seek shelter, as the SICK are more active in the dark. Boarding themselves up in Leigh’s parents house, the plan is simple: survive the night. But with the SICK surrounding the house and their own tensions through the roof, they’ll be lucky if anyone makes it out alive.

DVD Special Features:

-Behind The Scenes

-Behind The Scenes with director Ryan M. Andrews

-5.1 Surround Sound

 

 

Finders Keepers

A divorced mother of one is thrown into turmoil when her young daughter becomes obsessed with an evil doll left behind by the previous occupants of their new home.

 

 

The Houses October Built (2014)

Underneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of a truly terrifying alternative. Looking to find an authentic,

blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down this underground Haunt. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange

and disturbing things start happening, and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them….

Realm of Souls (2013)

Last year, a group of filmmakers set out to investigate 13 of the most haunted locations in Georgia in order to gather footage of the supernatural for use in their next horror film.

They would never return…they and others have combined to investigate many haunted locations without incident – that is until they venture deep into the dark and dense Georgia woods to

the infamous area known as The Devil’s Tramping Grounds. After 3 days without contact, the last remaining group that is working on the upcoming ho...

Ho Ho Ho’s and you Bastards out there, Merry Metal Christmas! Welcome to another bonus episode from My Bloody Podcast! We have 9 eclectic slasher film reviews from Jeff and Jason’s past projects, plus tons of kick ass Christmas metal songs from August Burns Red, Twisted Sister, Gary Hoey and songs sung by Dio, Geoff Tate and Dez Fafara!

0:00 – 3:15

Intro

3:15 – 23:11

Frat House Massacre review from Horrorphilia Podcast #65

23:11 – 27:49

O Come All Ye Faithful by Twisted Sister

28:17 – 42:26

Moonstalker review from Much of Madness/More of Sin #10

42:26 – 46:48

O Holy Night by August Burns Red

47:28 – 52:28

Deadly Detour review from Much of Madness Indie Assault #01

52:28 – 56:21

God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman – Dio, Tony Iommi, Rudy Saruzo and Simon Wright

56:44 – 1:12:55

The Deadly Intruder review from Much of Madness/More of Sin #16

1:12:55 – 1:14:48

Winter Wonderland by August Burns Red

1:15:49 – 1:26:12

Hatchet review from Horrorphilia Podcast #38

1:26:12 – 1:31:04

Silver Bells – Geoff Tate, Carlos Cavazo, James Lomenzo, Ray Luzier

1:31:25 – 1:36:19

Bloody Bits #01 December 30, 2014 Horror Dvd/Blu-ray Releases

Welcome to the first every weekly edition of Bloody Bits Horror Dvd/Blu-ray releases recap brought to you by My Bloody Podcast and Horrorphilia.com. The plan every week is to bring you brief reviews, recaps and recommendations for a majority of the horror releases that particular Tuesday. Occasionally we’ll feature other genre releases such as action and Asian crime thrillers. When possible I’ll also include purchase links, synopsis and trailers for each release. Every week I’ll have a pick of the week, a movie that I highly recommend to purchase, usually because of the content of the film or because the release is so jam packed with special features it can’t be passed up. Enjoy!

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App

APP is the first film made with the intentional inclusion of content on a second screen. The movie s free accompanying app, IRIS, that audiences are encouraged to download, is equipped with sonic technology that triggers additional content during the movie, enhancing the viewing experience in real-time as the plot unfolds.

Anna, a student at the University of Amsterdam, lives with her best friend Sophie and balances psychology classes with supporting her brother and his recovery following a traumatic motorcycle accident. She s never far from her cellphone, and after a night of partying in the dorms, Anna wakes up groggy and hungover only to find that a new app has been inexplicably added to it. Initially helpful and clever, IRIS soon begins behaving mysteriously, answering personal questions it shouldnt know the answers to, and sending inappropriate images to her contacts. When it becomes clear she cant simply delete the unwanted evil app, Anna s efforts to confront it will set in motion a fearful series of events that will put her life, and that of her roommate and her fragile brother, in fatal danger.

Bonus Features include Director Commentary and Special FX Featurette

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The Bible Belt Slasher: The Holy Terror

It’s December 1989, and Wilkins, Tennessee native Jason Fry returns to wreak more havoc on the survivors, friends and families of the teenagers whom he killed in the first film. Fry is committed back to the Hillside Sanitarium for his brutal crimes, but he doesn’t stay there long. Fry kills his doctor and escapes going on a bloodbath crusade of revenge against those he believes to be sinners in his eyes. Only Dr. Landers knows what Fry is and he will do anything in his power to stop him, but will he save everyone from the holy terror that Fry brings this Christmas season?

DVD Special Features:

-Bible Belt Slasher Pt. 1

-Music Video “Demons Of The Night”

-Musiv Video “Enemies”

-TV Spots

-Bloopers and Deleted Scenes

-Audio Commentary

Purchase Here

 

 

Tusk

From writer-director Kevin Smith comes a modern day monster movie that will hold you in terror as it keeps you in stitches. A podcaster looking for a juicy story is plunged into a

bloodcurling nightmare after he travels to the backwoods of Canada and meets an eccentric recluse with a lifetime of adventur...