Alamo Drafthouse's American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) and Bleeding Skull! announce THE SOULTANGLER Coming to DVD on March 13th

Alamo Drafthouse's American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) and Bleeding Skull! announce THE SOULTANGLER Coming to DVD on March 13th 

Alamo Drafthouse's American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive in the world, and Bleeding Skull!, the site and series of books dedicated to celebrating ultra-obscure genre movies, are excited to announce a March 13, 2018 release date for THE SOULTANGLER on DVD. After a successful run of limited edition releases with Mondo, the art boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Bleeding Skull! has teamed up with AGFA to share wild horror and exploitation movies from the 1980s and 1990s with the world. THE SOULTANGLER is the first release in this ongoing partnership.

 

If RE-ANIMATOR was shot on Long Island for the price of a used car, THE SOULTANGLER would be the result. Insane genius Dr. Anton Lupesky has developed a drug that allows users to inhabit corpses and transform into rabid maniacs! Can reporter Kim Castle stop the carnage and save our species from annihilation?! This epic of outsider filmmaking is a dream-like wasteland that's punctuated with severed heads, evil beasties, and hooded slashers. Filmed in basements and garages, director Pat Bishow's earnest devotion to storytelling in the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft elevates THE SOULTANGLER beyond kitsch and into heavenly territory.

 

"Before now, THE SOULTANGLER was only ever released on VHS," said AGFA director Joe Ziemba. "We're so excited to bring this mind-bending movie to a wider audience, and it's a perfect title to kick off the new collaboration between AGFA and Bleeding Skull."

 

Special features include: 

- Transferred from the original 1" master tapes!

- Unseen 62 minute alternate director's cut!

- Commentary track with director Pat Bishow!

- Behind the scenes footage!

- Trailers for THE SOULTANGLER and DEAD OF NIGHT TOWN!

- Music video for "Wow" by Hypnolovewheel!

- Liner notes by Bleeding Skull's Zack Carlson!

- Reversible cover art!

 

Pre-order THE SOULTANGLER here.

 

Watch AGFA's original trailer here.

Access PHOTOS here.

 

For developments on AGFA's upcoming releases follow:

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Twitter:            https://twitter.com/filmarchive

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/americangenrefilmarchive/

Website:          http://americangenrefilm.com/

 

About AGFA

The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit located in Austin, Texas. AGFA exists to preserve the legacy of genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution. Formed in 2009, AGFA focuses on outlaw exploitation movies that were produced from the 1960s through the 2000s. From manic hicksploitation epics to bloodthirsty shoestring goreblasts, each title in AGFA's collection is a celebration of culture that should never be forgotten. Housing over six thousand 35mm film prints and trailers, our non-profit archive counts among its board members and advisors Alamo Drafthouse founders Tim and Karrie League, filmmakers Paul Thomas Anderson, Anna Biller, Frank Henenlotter, and Nicolas Winding Refn, musician RZA, exploitation film savior Lisa Petrucci, and genre film superheroes Zack Carlson, Kier-La Janisse, and Lars Nilsen.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, BELA LUGOSI, & GOOSEBUMPS

Celebrate Valentine's Day with The Silence of the Lambs & Bela LugosiNew apparel on sale now at Fright-Rags.comGoosebumps collection coming February 28

Pair your Valentine's Day dinner with some fava beans and a nice Chianti! Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and Fright-Rags continues the Valentine tradition with a new line of apparel from the Oscar-winning film that introduced Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter.

The Silence of the Lambs collection includes four shirts, ranging from newly-commissioned artwork to production stills, including a glow-in-the-dark design. Put the lotion in the basket with a pair of crew socks and an enamel pin of the "death's-head" moth that has become synonymous with the film.

Despite being portrayed by countless talented actors, no one embodies the character of Dracula more than Bela Lugosi. Fright-Rags has teamed with the Lugosi estate to release two shirts and a pair of socks featuring the classic horror icon in his signature Dracula costume.

Later this month, Fright-Rags will expand its Goosebumps collection. The additions will include shirts for two of R.L. Stine’s bestselling Goosebumps books - Say Cheese and Die and One Day at Horrorland - along with a pair of socks featuring the Goosebumps logo.

The Silence of the Lambs and Bela Lugosi collections are on sale now at Fright-Rags.com. The Goosebumps collection will be released on February 28 at 10am EST.

Fright-Rags is also re-printing several popular shirts on February 21, including designs from Halloween, The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, The Evil Dead, Creepshow, and more.

PosterSpy: Alternative movie posters by true movie fans

Alternative movie posters by true movie fans in PosterSpy: Alternative Movie Poster Collection

Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. would like to introduce PosterSpy: Alternative Movie Poster Collection. PosterSpy is a collection of today's best alternative posters by artists who really "get" the films, with nearly 300 posters by 58 artists from around the world. 

Way before the advent of social networks, the first, and sometimes only, visual contact you may have had with a movie was its poster. To return to this enlightened approach and escape the hard selling, marketing campaigns of today’s releases, this book pays tribute to the artists who celebrate the era when cinematographic posters made us dream. Presented by ARTtitude, this collaboration features the contemporary work of 58 different artists from the PosterSpy art community, one of the most influential groups devoted to alternative posters. The nearly 300 posters presented here cover a diverse range of genres and eras, from pop culture favorites like Star Wars and Goonies to the Wes Anderson filmography to horror and sci-fi classics. Each piece reveals intensely creative and detailed representations of films that ask the viewer to see the film in a new way and challenges the visual package included with the original release.

Follow ARTtitude on Facebook and Instagram and visit ARTtitude's website to learn more about the publishing house and international art collective

Poster art for The Fly courtesy of artist Steven Key, one of the 58 artists who contributed their amazing creative work to PosterSpy

VCI Entertainment - Early 2018 Release Schedule

VCI Entertainment - Early 2018 Release Schedule

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The Aftermath [Blu-ray + DVD] (2-13)
The Twilight People [Blu-ray + DVD] (3-13)
City Of The Dead - Remastered Ltd Edition (3-13)
Bruce's Deadly Fingers - Blu-ray + DVD Combo (3-27)

Aftermath, The [Blu-ray + DVD]

What comes after World War III?

A spaceship returns from deep space to find the Earth in "The Aftermath" of a nuclear and biological war. The streets are filled with mutated survivors feeding off the weak and a Manson-like figure called Cutter (Sid Haig) is reigning terror down on all others. Cutter and his gang of mercenary thugs are systematically murdering all the male survivors and enslaving women and children.

Twilight People, The [Blu-ray + DVD]

ANIMAL DESIRES...HUMAN LUST!

Matt Farrell (Ashley) is plucked from the sea while skin-diving and taken to the foreboding fortress of Dr. Gordon. He is to become part of the doctor's diabolical experiment to create a race of super people. This twisted and maniacal doctor's experiments have so far only created terrifying, hideous creatures. Freed by the doctor's own daughter, they turn the island into a bloodbath of terror!

City Of The Dead - Remastered Ltd Edition

300 Years Old! Human Blood Keeps Them Alive FOREVER!

A college student Nan is researching the history of witchcraft. Taunted by her brother and fiancé, who have voiced their concerns, Nan arms herself with resolve and drives to the small New England village of Whitewood. She is glad she was able to count on the support of her professor. A bit anxious but consumed with curiosity, she will soon embark herself on the journey of her life! Introducing.

Bruce's Deadly Fingers - Blu-ray + Dvd Combo

Now His Whole Body Is Lethal!

After malicious gangsters capture Bruce Lee's ex-girlfriend, a young martial artist attempts to rescue her - and the late master's book containing lethal techniques for killing with one's fingers. Plenty of Kung-fu action and mayhem including a particularly gruesome scene involving the torture of a girl with a deadly snake!

Play Ball! The Sandlot – 25th Anniversary Collector Edition Arrives on Blu-ray 3/27

YOU’RE KILLING ME SMALLS!

It’s Time To Play Ball When THE SANDLOT – 25TH ANNIVERSARY Collector Edition Arrives on Blu-ray™ March 27 from

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

 

Celebrate the Timeless Family Comedy with 10 Custom Topps Baseball Cards,

Full-Color Poster, Collectible Booklet and More!

 

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is celebrating a quarter century of laughter and friendship with THE SANDLOT – 

25TH ANNIVERSARY Collector Edition, arriving on Blu-ray™ March 27.

 

In this beloved family-favorite, it’s the early 1960s and fifth-grader Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) has just moved into town with his folks (Karen Allen and Denis Leary). Kids call him a dork — he can’t even throw a baseball! But that changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It’s the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded beast and its owner (James Earl Jones) who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have become best friends, Scotty is part of a team, and their leader has become a local legend in this hilarious and warmhearted comedy.

 

This crowd-pleasing gift set includes a set of 10 custom Topps® baseball cards — featuring Scotty Smalls, Benny “The Jet” and the rest of the ragtag roster — created exclusively for this release. The major-league treatment continues with an all-new booklet filled with behind-the-scenes photos from the film director’s personal archive and an all-new, full-color poster. So gather your best buddies together for a winning comedy-adventure and a whole lot of fun. Play ball!

THE SANDLOT – 25TH ANNIVERSARY Collector Edition Blu-ray™ & DVD Special Features:

·         Featurette

·         Theatrical Trailer

·         TV Spots

 

THE SANDLOT – 25TH ANNIVERSARY Collector Edition Blu-ray™ Specifications:

Street Date:                          March 27, 2018

Prebook Date:                      February 21, 2018

Screen Format:                    Widescreen 2.35:1 

Audio:                                   English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

                                             English Dolby Surround

                                             Spanish Stereo

                                             French Stereo

Subtitles:                              English SDH / Spanish

Total Run Time:                    Approximately 101 minutes

U.S. Rating:                          PG

Closed Captioned:                Yes

 

THE SANDLOT – 25TH ANNIVERSARY Collector Edition  DVD Specifications:

Street Date:                          March 27, 2018

Prebook Date:                      February 21, 2018

Screen Format:                    Widescreen 2.35:1

Audio:                                   English Stereo Sound

                                             Spanish Mono

                                             French Mono

Subtitles:                              English SDH / Spanish

Total Run Time:                   Approximately 101 minutes

U.S. Rating:                         PG

Closed Captioned:               Yes

 

ABOUT TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is the industry leading worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox produced, acquired and third-party partner film and television programing. Each year TCFHE expands its award-winning global product portfolio with the introduction of new entertainment content through established and emerging formats including DVD, Blu-ray™, Digital and VOD. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox Century Fox, a 21st Century Fox Company.

Women in Horror Month Kicks Off with DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK Apparel

Women in Horror Month kicks off with Dead Hooker in a Trunk apparel

New Texas Chainsaw Massacre merchandise also available from Terror-Threads.com

Terror Threads kicks off Women in Horror Month with a line of merchandise for the Soska Sisters' debut film, Dead Hooker in a Trunk. Sam Coyne has created a new design for the indie exploitation flick, which comes on T-shirts, baseball tees, tank tops, and glitter-accented enamel pins.

At the request of the Soskas, Terror Threads has also made baseball tees featuring the Dead Hooker in a Trunk logo, just like the ones that were created to promote the film upon its original release in 2009.

The limited edition pins are a pre-order item and will ship later this month, while everything else in stock now. As evidenced by the company's previous Soska Sisters collection, this merchandise is likely to sell out!

Terror Threads expands its line of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre apparel with three new designs. One features Sam Coyne's illustration of iconic imagery and characters, and the other two utilize stills from Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic. They're all available on T-shirts, baseball tees, and tank tops, with select designs on hoodies.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre apparel are on sale now at TerrorThreads.com.

On 2/27, Trace the Meteoric Rise of Sampling and Hip-Hop with the Acclaimed Doc, COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, in a Loaded 2-Disc FUNKY DRUMMER EDITION

"An amazing documentary on the history of sampling"

-- Rolling Stone

"Compelling and insightful...illuminates both sides of a hotly debated issue"

-- USA Today

"Exceptionally smart and energetic"

-- Pop Matters.com

TRACE THE METEORIC RISE OF SAMPLING AND HIP-HOPIN AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY THAT ASKS, ON BEHALF OF   AN ENTIRE CREATIVE COMMUNITY: CAN YOU OWN A SOUND?

COPYRIGHT CRIMINIALS:

THE FUNKY DRUMMER EDITION

Street Date: February 27, 2018

This Special 2-Disc Edition is Packed with Sampling Stars, Including 

Chuck D, De La Soul, George Clinton, DJ Spooky and Cee-Lo Green, 

and Over Five Hours of Extras Including Featurettes Like "The Art of Sampling with Cee-Lo Green," "Clyde Stubblefield's Ultimate Breaks & Beats (24 Downloadable Tracks)," Extended Interviews, Fair Use Explained 

by the Center for Social Media and Much More!

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Examining the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money, COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS: THE FUNKY DRUMMER EDITION arrives on DVD this February to attempt to answer a question on behalf of an entire creative community: can you own a sound?

From director Benjamin Franzen, this acclaimed doc, which originally aired on PBS' "Independent Lens" traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a "borrowed melody" became a "copyright infringement."

Showcasing many of hip-hop music's founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground -- while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more. COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown's drummer and the world's most sampled musician), as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton.

INTERVIEWEES 

Abilities

Bobbito Garcia

Clyde Stubblefield

De La Soul

DJ Qbert

DJ Spooky

Eclectic Method

El-P

Eyedea

George Clinton

Matt Black

Miho Hatori

Mix Master Mike

Mr. Len

Pam the Funkstress

Pete Rock

Prefuse 73

Public Enemy

Sage Francis

Saul Williams

Shock G

BONUS PROGRAMMING 

The Art of Sampling With Cee-Lo Green (Featurette)

The Funky Drummer in the Studio with Chuck D (Featurette)

Eclectic Method Uncut Audio-Visual Remixes (15 Videos)

Fair Use Explained: Four Featurettes by the Center for Social Media

Extended Interviews with Chuck D, De La Soul, and Clyde Stubblefield

Music Player Featuring 15+ Songs from Copyright Criminals Soundtrack by El-P and RJD2

Clyde Stubblefield s Ultimate Breaks and Beats (Hi-Res WAV Files)

Copyright Criminals All Star Band Funky Drummer Remix Video

Copyright Criminals All Star Band Megamix Video 

COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS: THE FUNKY DRUMMER EDITION

Running Time: 53 Minutes + 5hours extras

Genre:  Music Documentary

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo

About IndiePix Films®

New York-based IndiePix Films® offers cineastes a highly-curated collection of the best independent films from around the world.  Avenues for distribution include their signature streaming service, IndiePix Unlimited, dedicated commerce site, IndiePixFilms.com, which offers download-to-own, streaming rental and physical media direct to consumers, via national retail channels and select theatrical exhibition.  IndiePix also owns Festival Genius, the premier platform for connecting film festivals to audiences through online ticketing, calendars, iphone apps, and more.

The Buzz Is Back with Fright-Rags' THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Collection

The buzz is back with Fright-Rags' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre collection

Leatherface, Chop-Top, and more new apparel on sale now: Fright-Rags.com

The buzz is back with Fright-Rags' new The Texas Chainsaw Massacre collection. While the company has released various apparel dedicated to the 1974 genre-defining classic in the past, this time around they're showing love to some of the franchise's sequels.

Artists Justin Osbourn and Jeff Zornow have designed shirts for Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, with Osbourn's also available on zip-up hoodies, while Abrar Ajmal's artwork pays homage to the infamous Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III teaser trailer.

Keep your feet warm this winter with 2 new pairs of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre custom-knit crew socks. The first pair features Leatherface from the original film, while the second features Bubba and Chop-Top from Part 2.

Fright-Rags has also expanded its Plastic Fang T-shirt line - dedicated to non-horror cult classic films - with tributes to two Fred Savage movies: Little Monsters (by Abrar Ajmal) and The Wizard (by Kyle Crawford) shirts. Running Man (by Kyle Crawford) has been restocked as well.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Plastic Fang collections are on sale now at Fright-Rags.com.

Be sure to return to the site this Friday, February 2, for Fright-Rags' next "classick" re-print. Jeff Zornow's My Bloody Valentine design will be available on T-shirts, baseball tees, and hoodies for three days only.

The 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein

Premiering for the 200th Anniversary
 
FRANKENSTEIN

With detailed and evocative imagery, renowned artist David Plunkert takes readers on a dark journey into the greatest novel in the monster genre, Frankenstein.

Celebrating the bicentennial anniversary of Mary Shelley's original 1818 version, Rockport Publisher's Classics Reimagined series presents this beautiful deluxe edition. The 256-page hardcover book features an 8-page vellum insert detailing the doctor's designs, and a stunning, full bleed, double gatefold image of the monster. Finished with printed endpapers and painted book block, this masterpiece volume is perfect for book lovers and art lovers alike.

The suspense and horror of Dr. Frankenstein reanimating assembled body parts, the monster spying on an unknowing family, and the creature's revenge on his maker take on whole new meaning when accompanied by Plunkert's mystical, layered interpretations.

The Classics Reimagined series is a library of stunning collector's editions of unabridged classic novels illustrated by contemporary artists from around the world. Each artist offers his or her own unique, visual interpretation of the most well-loved, widely read, and avidly collected literature from renowned authors.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. She was married to the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in Somers Town, in London, in 1797. She was the second daughter of famed feminist, philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft. Her father was the equally famous anarchist philosopher, novelist, journalist, and atheist dissenter William Godwin. Her mother died of puerperal fever ten days after Mary was born.



David Plunkert is the principal and primary illustrator at Spur Design in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm designs posters, covers, logos, brochures and websites for publishers and corporations. His illustrations have appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and LA Weekly, among many others. His steampunkish illustration and collage style give his characters a spooky, surrealistic quality.

Breaking Glass Throws a Killer Party with New Slasher RAVE PARTY MASSACRE

BREAKING GLASS HOSTS A KILLER PARTY

WITH RAVE PARTY MASSACRE

Revolutionary Slasher Hacks Its Way to DVD & VOD April 10

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to writer/director Jason Winn’s slaughter fest RAVE PARTY MASSACRE a blood-soaked slasher drenched in drug-induced delirium. Breaking Glass acquired rights to the film in December in a deal negotiated between Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff and Maggie Hickman of DeadThirsty Movie, LLC.

RAVE PARTY MASSACRE held its world premiere at the Women in Horror Film Festival. The film stars Sara Bess, Evan Taylor Williams, and Melissa Kunnap, and is proudly produced by Jonathan W. Hickman and Maggie D. Hickman.

Synopsis:
On the eve of an abandoned hospital’s demotion, evil walks its empty corridors to the pulsating echo of 150 beats per minute. It’s 1992, an uncertain time of uprising, of violent revolution against the so-called New World Order. When Rachel, Branson, and others attend an illegal rave party held in the facility, they encounter the malevolent presence lurking within. A hallucinogenic drug nightmare infused with illicit partying and forbidden sex, these young ravers will soon discover the insane world of DeadThirsty in RAVE PARTY MASSACRE.

“Director Winn and Writer Hickman perfectly capture the frenzy of a 90’s underground rave in an abandoned hospital”, said Richard Ross, Co-President of Breaking Glass. “It’s an entertaining mix of extremist politics, layered with party drugs, sex and a murderous lunatic on the loose!”

Starting April 10, RAVE PARTY MASSACRE will be available to buy/rent on DVD and the following platforms: iTunes, Amazon Instant, Google Play, PlayStation, Xbox, Vudu, and On Demand through your local cable provider.

Cast:
Sara Bess
Evan Taylor Williams
Melissa Kunnap
Jared Sullivan
Pedro Ferreira
Rich Roberston

Director: Jason Winn
Written by: Jonathan W. Hickman, Maggie D. Hickman, Jason Winn
Producer: Maggie D. Hickman, Jason Winn