Cult Cinema

RZA to premiere live re-score of cult classic 36th Chamber of Shaolin during Beyond Fest in Hollywood

Wu-Tang Clan, award winning musician and filmmaker RZA will premiere his live re-score of the martial arts epic, Lau Kar-leung’s The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, during next month’s Beyond Fest, the highest attended genre film festival in the U.S. According to Beyond Fest’s website, RZA first saw The 36th Chamber of Shaolin on television when ….

Gene Wilder classics Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles

To honor the life of comedy legend Gene Wilder – who passed away Monday due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease, at the age of 83 – two of the comedian’s most celebrated movies are getting the revival treatment at movie theaters this weekend. AMC Theaters will screen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing ….

Bubba Ho-Tep, Dead Ringers and The House That Screamed getting Collector’s Edition Blu-ray treatment from Shout Factory

Shout Factory’s horror label Scream Factory hosted a Return Of The Living Dead signing and a panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2016. During the panel they announced 13 upcoming titles to be released as part of their ongoing Collector’s Edition Blu-ray series. In case you missed it, they are: Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector’s Edition (November 8th), ….

Vestron Video is back and they’re giving the Blu-ray treatment to their classic titles

Vestron Video has been a leader in providing the most unique and wide-ranging selection of films. The company was huge during the VHS home video era and many of us fans remember seeing the company’s logo on many of the horror and b-grade sci-fi that lined the shelves of our local video shop. Lionsgate honors ….

Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Dead End Drive-in coming to Blu-ray from Arrow and MVD

MVD Entertainment is about to release Arrow Video’s Blu-ray release of Brian Trenchard-Smith’s cult classic Dead End Drive-in, which features a brand new 2K restoration from original film materials. The price of admission is the rest of your life. One of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite directors, Brian Trenchard-Smith was a key figure in the Ozploitation movement, ….

Cult classic horror Slugs getting Blu-ray treatment from Arrow Video

MVD Entertainment has released details of the new Arrow Video Blu-ray production for director Juan Piquer Simon’s cult classic Slugs, which will be released on Blu-ray September 27, 2016. They Slime. They Ooze. They Kill. From celebrated Spanish director Juan Piquer Simon, the man behind the truly demented slasher flick Pieces (1982), comes a terrifying ….

Details on Arrow Video’s new Blu-ray release of Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes

MVD Entertainment has revealed details of their exclusive U.S. release of Arrow Video’s new Blu-ray production of Wes Craven’s original horror cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes. I remember going to watch a double feature with this film and its sequel in 1984, when The Hills Have Eyes Part II was originally released. The two ….

Cult classic Phantasm and new sequel Phantasm: Ravager heading to theaters

Well Go USA Entertainment announced that the company has nabbed North American rights for Don Coscarelli’s iconic Phantasm series, including an all-new 4K restoration of the original 1979 cult classic Phantasm: Remastered, never-before-seen HD restorations of 1994’s Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead and 1998’s Phantasm IV: Oblivion, and the long-anticipated debut of the fifth ….

Details on Shout Factory’s feature-rich Return of the Living Dead Limited Edition release

Filmmaker Dan O’Bannon (Alien, Lifeforce) puts an uproarious spin on the zombie apocalypse movie in 1985’s cult classic The Return of the Living Dead, starring Clu Gulager (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), James Karen (Mulholland Drive) and Don Calfa (Weekend at Bernie’s). Considered one of the campiest undead romps of its time, ….

Malcolm McDowell comes aboard Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050

An outrageous action-packed film and reboot of the original Death Race 2000, Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050 began filming this month in Peru. Described as being filled with full-throttle mayhem and black-hearted humor, the all-new film drops the flag on a phalanx of automotive gladiators who earn points for killing pedestrians — and their fellow ….