Week of March 30 – April 5:
825 Forest Road
Release: Shudder
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Isabelle, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret. From the creator of Hell House LLC.
Ed Kemper
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
The chilling true story of Ed Kemper, a manipulative serial killer whose charm hid a dark obsession with murder, revenge, and his tormented past.
The Grove
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
When Terrance, a Black Ops soldier, goes under an experiment to create a better life for him and his fiancée Alice, his homecoming turns tragic when he stops taking medication, descending into feral madness.
Hell of a Summer
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.
The Monkey
Release: Premium VOD
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy. Based on the Stephen King short story, and produced by James Wan, The Monkey is a new trip from Longlegs writer/director Osgood Perkins.
Night of the Zoopocalypse
Release: VOD
When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, it unleashes a virus that transforms the zoo animals into zombies. Gracie (Gabbi Kosmidis), a young quirky wolf, teams up with a gruff mountain lion named Dan (David Harbour). Together they lead a team of survivors – including Xavier, the movie-obsessed lemur, Frida the fiery capybara, and Poot the baby pygmy hippo – on a perilous mission to escape the virus and rescue their zoo, on one spooky NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE!
Opus
Release: Premium VOD
A young writer (Ayo Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star’s cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.
Parvulos: Children of the Apocalypse
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
In a dystopian future ravaged by a viral apocalypse, three young brothers–Salvador, Oliver, and Benjamin–find themselves isolated in a remote cabin deep within the woods. As they navigate this desolate world, they harbor a dark and disturbing secret in their basement, a presence they must feed to ensure their own survival.
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
A writer befriends a retired serial killer in a desperate attempt to find inspiration for his next novel and save his marriage. Covering as his marriage counselor, the killer teaches him his methods as reality becomes deadlier than fiction.
Screamboat
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
Be our guest on a New York City ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem. Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, SCREAMBOAT is a cinematic thrill ride that re-imagines Steamboat Willie like never before!
Shiver Me Timbers
Release: On Demand
In 1986 Northern California, Olive Oyl, her brother Castor and friends, go on a camping trip to see the meteor shower with Halley’s comet. But the night turns into horror as a meteor transforms Popeye, into an unstoppable killing machine.
Wake Up
Release: Theatrical (Limited)
A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
Y2K
Release: Max
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this dial-up disaster comedy. From writer/director Kyle Mooney and starring Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, and Alicia Silverstone.
The Bloody Lady and Other Works by Viktor Kubal
THE BLOODY LADY is the centerpiece of Viktor Kubal: Father of Slovak Animation, a retrospective of the landmark Eastern Bloc animator’s pioneering work in much-loved children’s shorts as well as subversive, though no less ground-breaking, feature films. Widely considered one of Slovak animation’s crown jewels, THE BLOODY LADY is an improbable and bewitching fusion of gothic horror and classic children’s animation, retelling of the infamous Čachtická castle and Báthory folk tale which is often cited as the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Recently treated to a haunting live score by celebrated indie musician Claire Rousay, this underseen gem is a new cult classic in the making.
Burke & Hare
Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College—often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods. Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards bring these two scoundrels to life in Burke & Hare, a colorful, early-’70s rendition of life in the taverns, brothels and surgical theatres of 1820s Scotland. While other filmmakers have treated the Burke and Hare murders as a source of Gothic horror, director Vernon Sewell (The Blood Beast Terror) offers a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.
Good Earth
While struggling with VROP Disorder, Ryan finds solace in a revolutionary search engine, Good Earth, which blurs the lines between digital and physical worlds. As he seeks to be its savior, he questions reality itself.
Into the Deep
Scout Taylor Compton and Richard Dreyfuss star in this action packed thriller where modern day pirates on the hunt for sunken drugs kidnap a boat of tourists and force them to dive into shark infested waters to retrieve the contraband!
The Knight Knifer
Dane discovers this isn’t just a one-man Ren Faire rampage, Dick Dane uncovers a chilling connection between the knight’s bloody rampage and a centuries-old curse. Can he outsmart the medieval madman? Or will Los Angeles become the bloody battleground of The Knight Knifer?
Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse At CCC: 1960-1964
Fritz Lang made two of the defining works of early German cinema with Dr Mabuse the Gambler and The Testament of Dr Mabuse, two masterpieces centred on Norbert Jacques’ nefarious literary supervillain. In 1960, Lang was charged by Artur Brauner’s CCC Film with making a third crime thriller centred on the infamous Dr Mabuse, completing a trilogy nearly forty years in the making. A huge success, The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse gave CCC the confidence to launch into an entire series focused on the master criminal between 1960 and 1964, all starring Wolfgang Priess in the title role. All six films are presented here alongside a wealth of new and archival extras. The Masters of Cinema series is honoured to collect all six of the 1960s Mabuse films together in this set, presented in high definition from 2K restorations and available for the first time on Blu-ray in the US.
Renfield: Collector’s Edition 4K
Nicholas Hoult stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss: Dracula (Nicolas Cage). For centuries, Renfield has slavishly served Dracula by procuring his master’s prey and doing his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, Renfield is ready to look for a new life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness, if only he can figure out how to end the toxic, codependent relationship…
