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David Cronenberg‘s 193 body horror classic Videodrome is being released on 4K Ultra HD by Arrow Video via a Limited Edition set released in the UK on October 24, 2022. …
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Crimes of the Future is a 2022 Canadian-Greek science fiction body horror film about humans learning to adapt to their synthetic surroundings. Written and directed by David Cronenberg (eXistenZ; Dead …
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Rabid is a 2019 Canadian body horror film directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska as The Soska Sisters (See No Evil 2; American Mary) from a screenplay co-written with John Serge (Dead …
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The Dead Zone Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory will be released on July 2th 2021. Remastered from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative. The disc includes …
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Crimes of the Future is a 2022 Canadian-Greek science fiction body horror film about humans learning to adapt to their synthetic surroundings. Written and directed by David Cronenberg (eXistenZ; Dead …
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Dracula in Love is a 2018 Canadian Canadian supernatural horror film written and directed by Izidore K. Musallam (second assistant director on David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers) The Hand ‘n’ Hand Films …
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Shivers was released on Blu-ray as part of the Vestron Video collection on September 15, 2020. This is a MOVIES and MANIA fave and one of the first films that …
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‘Get ready for the ultimate display of brain power.’ Scanners 3: The Takeover is a 1991 Canadian science-fiction horror film about a young woman who takes her father’s experimental F3 …
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Scanner Cop is a 1994 Canadian-German science fiction thriller about Sam Staziak, an LA rookie cop who is also a ‘scanner’ (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate …
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Possessor was released on Digital via Amazon Prime on February 1st 2021. In the UK, Signature Pictures releases Possessor on Blu-ray and DVD on 8th February 2021. Special features: Deleted …
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Excision is a 2012 American darkly comedic horror film about a disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of …
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Raw is released in the UK as a Limited Edition Blu-ray by Second Sight on April 26th 2021. Special features: The Girl Can’t Help It: a new interview with Actor …
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‘When the face in the mirror wants you dead’ Faceless is a 2021 American horror film about a man that wakes up in hospital shocked to find he has been …
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‘A killer romantic comedy.’ Happily is a 2021 American dark comedy film about a seemingly perfect couple whose visit by a stranger leads to murder and an Airbnb party. Written …
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‘Protect your DNA’ Sensation is a 2021 British science-fiction mystery thriller film about a young postman who is inducted into a secret superhuman DNA program. Directed by Martin Grof (Excursion) …
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Rot is a 2019 American horror feature film about a grad student who breaks up with her boyfriend to focus on her thesis. Unfortunately, in the meantime, he has been …
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God Told Me To will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray) by Blue Underground on July 19, 2022. The film has been newly restored in 4K from an …
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‘It feeds. It grows. It lives.’ Embryo is a 2020 Chilean science-fiction horror feature film about aliens that impregnate a young woman who was camping in the woods. As the …
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‘Pray it doesn’t happen to you’ Rabid is a 1977 Canadian horror feature film written and directed by David Cronenberg (Shivers; Videodrome; The Fly). The movie stars Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Howard Ryshpan, …
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‘Tumorous parasitic beasts are nesting in the bowels of their victims… Soon, they will HATCH…’ The Abomination is a 1986 American horror film written [as Bando Glutz], produced and directed …
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Shifter is a 2020 American science-fiction horror feature film about a young woman who experiences painful and gruesome side effects after an experiment with time travel goes wrong. She loses …
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‘It will pull you in’ Sequence Break is a 2017 American romantic science fiction horror film written and directed by Graham Skipper (director of Space Clown; actor in The Mind’s Eye; …
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‘Love is not what it looks like…’ Ankle Biters is a 2021 comedy horror film about four little girls who plot to murder a hockey player who has been making …
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Mosquito State is a 2020 American-Polish psychological drama film about a Wall Street data analyst who begins to have a mental breakdown. Directed by Filip Jan Rymsza from a screenplay …
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Come True is a 2020 Canadian film about a teenage runaway who takes part in a sleep study that soon becomes a living nightmare. Written, photographed, edited and directed by …
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‘Driven to extinction. Back for revenge.’ Carnosaur is a 1993 American science-fiction horror feature film about a mad scientist who plans to recreate dinosaurs and destroy humanity. Written and directed …
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‘For Kira to live, many must die‘ Replace is a 2017 Canadian-German body horror feature film directed by Norbert Keil (short: Twisted), making his feature debut. The screenplay was co-written with …
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Minor Premise is a 2020 American science-fiction thriller about a scientist who inadvertently becomes his own experimental test subject. Produced and directed by Eric Schultz – making his feature directorial …
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In the UK, Arrow Video recently released two versions of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: the studio-approved theatrical cut and the reconstructed, reinvigorated director’s cut, for the ultimate nightmarish viewing experience. High …
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Bad Hair is a 2020 American comedy horror feature film about a young black woman whose new hair weave seems to have a mind of its own. Written and directed …
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‘By this time tomorrow, there will be no one like you left, anywhere.’ The Changed is a 2021 American science fiction horror film about a group of ordinary people who …
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‘Their rabid lust for human flesh created an epidemic’ Cannibal Apocalypse is a 1980 Italian-Spanish action horror film directed by Antonio Margheriti [as ‘Anthony M. Dawson’] (Alien from the Deep; …
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‘Any breaches of the order, are hastily being eliminated.’ The Antenna is a 2019 Turkish horror feature film set in a dystopian Turkey about a network installed by the government …
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‘Fatal Attraction meets The Blob’ The Special is a 2019 American horror feature about a man who follows his friend down a dark rabbit hole into a landscape of nightmarish …
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Malignant – James Wan’s memorably bonkers horror-thriller hybrid (which polarised many fans into either lovers or haters, plus the merely baffled) – was released last year on HBO Max and …
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‘You can’t edit reality’ Censor is a 2021 British horror film about a young female film examiner troubled by violent films who sets out to solve her sister’s disappearance. Contrary …
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‘Coming of age at the end of the universe’ Assassinaut is a 2015 American science fiction horror feature film written and directed by Drew Bolduc (Science Team; The Taint; special …
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Scanners II: The New Order is a 1991 Canadian science-fiction horror feature film directed by Christian Duguay (Screamers; Scanners 3: The Takeover) from a screenplay by B.J. Nelson, based on …
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Snatchers is a 2019 American science fiction comedy horror film about a teenager that gets pregnant and realises she has a monster of a baby! Co-produced, edited and directed by …
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‘Evil is skin deep’ The Black String is a 2018 American mystery horror thriller about a paranoid young man who starts to believe he is the victim of an occult …
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‘Mind over matter’ The Brain is a 1988 Canadian science fiction horror film directed by Ed Hunt (Halloween Hell; Alien Warrior; Bloody Birthday; Starship Invasions) from a screenplay written by …
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‘Nature is a haunted house’ Exposure is a 2018 American supernatural horror feature film edited and directed by Austin Snell from a screenplay co-written with Jake Jackson. The latter also …
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‘Sometimes your nightmares become your reality’ Theta States is a 2017 American science fiction horror feature film about induced nightmares written and directed by Manny Serrano (Blood Slaughter Massacre; Zombie Hunters: …
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‘Invasion of the killer bugs’ Infested is a 2002 American science fiction horror feature film written and directed by Josh Olson (writer of animated Batman: Gotham Knight and David Cronenberg’s A …
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Ferat Vampire aka Upír z Feratu (the name is a pun on Upír Nosferatu, or Nosferatu the Vampire) is a 1981 Czechoslovak horror feature film directed by Juraj Herz (The …
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‘Practice doesn’t always make perfect.’ Piercing is a 2018 American dark comedy horror feature film written and directed by Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother) based on the 1994 novel of …
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The movies in the following list are those that MOVIES and MANIA suggests are better than the average genre fare and well-worth viewing. The Abominable Doctor Phibes – Robert Fuest, …
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Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline, based on Cline’s 2011 novel of the same name. The movie contains a vast …
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‘It Becomes You.’ Lifechanger is a 2018 Canadian supernatural horror feature film written, produced and directed by Justin McConnell (producer of Galaxy of Horrors; Minutes Past Midnight). The Unstable Ground production …
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