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Killers will be released on Blu-ray on October 8 via Synapse Films. The 1996 horror-crime hybrid is presented in its unrated director's cut.

Mike Mendez (The Gravedancers, Tales of Halloween) directs from a script he co-wrote with Dave Larsen. Larsen also stars alongside David Gunn, C.T. Miller, Damian Hoffer, and Wendy Latta.

Killers has been scanned and restored by Multicom Entertainment Group. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director Mike Mendez and horror journalist Michael Gingold

Alternate ending

Trailers

Alternate Ending

Liner notes by film critic Heather Drain

Once upon a time, the James Brothers, Odessa (Dave Larsen) and Kyle (David Gunn), murdered their parents in their own beds. Now they’ve escaped from Death Row and are on the run on a stormy night, looking for a place to hide out. They invade the home of the Ryans, who seem like a typical American family and should be easy to control. But there’s something not quite right about this brood—the women seem more attracted than frightened by these notorious murderers in their house, and Dad (C.T. Miller) has secrets of his own. Things get violently out of hand as the James boys find the night not going as they expected…and there are even more surprises waiting in the basement!

Pre-order Killers.

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Morfydd Clark (as Beth) Playing as Kaya’s character’s older sister. And yeah, angry period monsters are the worst! 😓 From the surprise action-thriller of that year... CRAWL (2019) [+] MORFYDD [GIF Collection] 🌷 [+] ..more INTERVIEWS ☕️

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LEECHES! (2003) Reviews and overview of creature feature

LEECHES! (2003) Reviews and overview of creature feature

‘They will bleed you dry…’ Leeches! is a 2003 American sci-fi horror film about huge-sized steroid-laced titular creatures attacking students on a college campus. Promoted as Leeches Directed by David DeCoteau (Swamp Freak; 90210 Shark Attack; 1313 franchise; three Puppet Master movies; Grizzly Rage; Prison of the Dead; The Killer Eye; Creepozoids; many more). The screenplay was written by…

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Newsprint Nightmares from the 1980s

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William Lustig’s Maniac 3-Disc Limited Edition 4k Restoration Coming in December!

The notorious horror classic Maniac is getting a new 3-disc limited edition 4k restoration from the original camera negative with a 3D lenticular slipcover, limited to only 10,000 units on December 11th. The exclusive limited collector's edition includes 2 Blu-rays, a soundtrack CD, a collectible booklet, and a ton of extras.

Frank Zito (a career performance by writer/executive producer Joe Spinell of Rocky and The Godfather fame) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Now Frank has begun a relationship with a beautiful photographer (Caroline Munro of The Spy Who Loved Me), yet his vile compulsions remain. These are the atrocities of a human monster. This is the story of a Maniac.

Directed by William Lustig (Maniac Cop 2, Vigilante) and featuring landmark gore effects by Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th), this relentlessly shocking and disturbing film was originally banned or censored all over the world due to its graphic violence. Now Blue Underground is thrilled to present Maniac in a brand-new 4K Restoration from its recently discovered 16mm original camera negative, overflowing with hours of new and archival extras! A complete list is below...

Maniac Disc 1 (Blu-ray) Feature Film + Extras:

• Audio Commentary #1 with Producer/Director William Lustig and Producer Andrew W. Garroni

• Audio Commentary #2 with Producer/Director William Lustig, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Savini, Editor Lorenzo Marinelli, and Joe Spinell's Assistant Luke Walter

• Theatrical Trailers

• TV Spots

• Radio Spots

Maniac Disc 2 (Blu-ray) Extras:

• NEW! Maniac Outtakes

• NEW! Returning to the Scene of the Crime with William Lustig

• Anna and the Killer - Interview with Star Caroline Munro

• The Death Dealer - Interview with Special Make-Up Effects Artist Tom Savini

• Dark Notes - Interview with Composer Jay Chattaway

• Maniac Men - Interview with Songwriters Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky

• The Joe Spinell Story

• Mr. Robbie: Maniac 2 Promo Reel

• Maniac Publicity

• Maniac Controversy

• BONUS! MANIAC Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD by Jay Chattaway

• BONUS! Collectable Booklet with new essay by Michael Gingold

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Hell High will be released on Blu-ray on July 19 via Arrow Video. Ralf Krause designed the new artwork for the 1989 revenge slasher; the original poster is on the reverse side.

Douglas Grossman directs from a script he co-wrote with Leo Evans. Christopher Stryker, Maureen Mooney, Christopher Cousins, Millie Prezioso, and Jason Brill star. The film is also known as Raging Fury.

Hell High has been newly restored in 2K from the original camera negative, approved by cinematographer Steven Fierberg, with original uncompressed stereo audio. Special features are detailed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Douglas Grossman and cinematographer Steven Fierberg (new)

Audio commentary by director/co-writer Douglas Grossman

Audio commentary by film critic Joe Bob Briggs

Introduction by film critic Joe Bob Briggs

Interview with director/co-writer Douglas Grossman (new)

Interview with cinematographer Steven Fierberg (new)

Interview with actor Christopher Cousins (new)

Interview with actress Maureen Mooney (new)

Interview with composers Rich Macar and Christopher Hyams-Hart (new)

Interviews with director/co-writer Douglas Grossman and co-writer Leo Evans

Deleted scene

Alternate opening titles

Trailers

TV spots

Booklet with liner notes by Michael Gingold and an interview with stunt coordinator/actor Webster Whinery (first pressing only)

When high school football hero Jon-Jon (Christopher Cousins) quits the team, he winds up falling in with a group of outcasts led by the sadistic Dickens (Christopher Stryker). With a willing new recruit in tow, the gang’s youthful hijinks soon spiral into a night of abject horror when they decide to play a cruel prank on the home of their teacher Miss Storm – who, unbeknownst to the youngsters, harbors a dark and tormented past.

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I Spit on Your Grave will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray) on October 26 via Ronin Flix, where it’s exclusively available to pre-order for $44.99. The three-disc set also includes the documentary Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave on Blu-ray.

I Spit on Your Grave is a 1978 exploitation film written and directed by Meir Zarchi and starring Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace, and Anthony Nichols. Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave is a 2019 documentary directed by Zarchi’s son, Terry Zarchi.

I Spit on Your Gave has been remastered in 4K from the uncut 35mm original camera negative with restored DTS-HD Master Audio mono, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround, and DTS-HD 2.0 stereo sound.

An exclusive slipcover is included. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1: I Spit on Your Grave on 4K UHD:

Audio commentary by writer/director Meir Zarchi

Audio commentary by film critic Joe Bob Briggs

Disc 2: I Spit on Your Grave on Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by writer/director Meir Zarchi

Audio commentary by film critic Joe Bob Briggs

I Spit on Your Grave filming locations tour with journalist Michael Gingold

Interview with writer-director Meir Zarchi

Day of the Woman alternate opening title sequence

Theatrical trailers

TV & radio spots

Still gallery and slideshow

Disc 3: Growing Up with I Spit on Your Grave on Blu-ray:

Deleted scenes

Terry Zarchi’s 8mm film starring Camille Keaton

Meir Zarchi and Camille Keaton wedding footage

Trailer

In 1978, one film changed the face of cinema forever: I Spit on Your Grave. Camille Keaton stars as Jennifer Hills, a young and beautiful career woman who rents a back-woods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge in some of the most unforgettable scenes on film.

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Blu-ray Review: The Suckling

As a fiend for cheesy, obscure B-movies of yesteryear, Vinegar Syndrome is the king purveyor. The company does not deal exclusively in so-bad-they're-good movies, as they have several bona fide cult classics under their label, but many of their titles fall firmly into the bonkers category - and I mean that in the best way possible. One of Vinegar Syndrome's latest releases, the 1990 direct-to-video oddity The Suckling, is the apotheosis of such a film.

Writer-director Francis Teri - this, tragically, being his only movie - is aware of how ridiculous The Suckling is. If the cheeky title isn't evidence enough (and its alternate title - Sewage Baby - is perhaps even more telling), the cartoony sound effects that accompany an early sex scene surely is. Later, a bloody abortion hanger is used to hang a doctor's lab coat. Did I mention the entire film takes place at a seedy brothel/abortion clinic? Talk about a one-stop shop for all your sex needs.

The film doesn't exactly begin propitiously; it opens with a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque text crawl purporting that the film is a true story, followed by a dream-within-a-dream. The plot is framed with a young woman named Rebecca (Lisa Petruno, Troma's War) as the lone, institutionalized survivor of a massacre at a local brothel. Aside from the prologue and epilogue, the story is told in flashback, killing any suspense as to who survives for no apparent reason.

When Rebecca discovers that she is pregnant, she wants to put the baby up for adoption. Her boyfriend, Phil (Michael Logan), convinces her to talk to Big Mama (Janet Sovey), proprietor of an illegal abortion clinic that operates within her brothel. You'll watch in disgust as the terminated pregnancy is flushed down a toilet, and then - not unlike the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - the second-trimester fetus comes in contact with toxic waste in the sewer, causing it to grow and mutate.

The Suckling's special effects are surprisingly good considering the clearly limited budget. The creature begins attacking people through the drains with tendrils reminiscent of The Thing, then it encases the house in womb-like growths to prohibit escape. It's finally realized as a full-body creature suit (donned in part by future Fangoria editor-in-chief Michael Gingold) that appears more lifelike than most rubber monsters of the era.

Ralph Cordero (Splatter University, The Toxic Avenger) handled the creature effects, while Dean Mercil (Face/Off, Critters 3) served as special effects technician. No one else behind or in front of the camera went on to find much success in the industry, with the exception of cinematographer Harry Eisenstein, whose credits as a visual effects compositor include Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Flash, and The Maze Runner.

The first half of the film is a pure blast, complete with over-the-top performances and hilariously bad attempts at action. Once the shock value wears off and the group of sex workers, johns, and other assorted characters are trapped in the house, it becomes a more procedural, Night of the Living Dead-esque struggle for power. But it comes back around for the ridiculous finale.

Vinegar Syndrome has restored The Suckling in 2K from its 16mm original camera negative for a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. It includes new video interviews with Teri, who provides some insight into the production and the small-scale controversy it caused, and Gingold, which recalls his experience in the creature suit with fondness. There's also an archival image gallery featuring various photos, artwork, documents, articles. The release has reversible artwork, plus an embossed slipcover designed by Earl Kessler Jr., limited to 1,500, is available directly from Vinegar Syndrome.

The Suckling's message could be interpreted as pro-life propaganda, although Teri denies any such intention. Even if that were the case, its hilariously misguided attempt at social commentary only makes the picture more entertaining. Playing out like a classic Troma production, this is truly a movie that needs to be seen to be believed - and Vinegar Syndrome's new restoration provides the ideal conditions to do so.

The Suckling is available now on Blu-ray/DVD via Vinegar Syndrome.