Adrián García Bogliano’s 2018 film gets a standard release from Synapse Films, with a special audio treat. — Black Circle is an oddity in the world of horror cinema. It is within the cult subgenre (not a cult film, but a film about cults) although there is no hidden menace among its founders. In fact, everything the group claims to be true actually is and it’s up to…

Kensuke Sonomura’s new procedural martial arts film has hit the shelves. — Kensuke Sonomura has been a rising director in martial arts film for a little while now, and Hydra certainly turned some heads when Well Go USA released his first film in 2021, two years after its inital release. …

Cauldron Films brings Fulci’s second film from his Gates of Hell trilogy to 4K. — Fulci’s Gates of Hell trilogy may be famous for housing arguably one of the most atmospheric and influential horror films ever made, The Beyond. But so important to the development of it is of course the films made before it, but perhaps not…

Benny Chan’s 1990 film makes its disc debut in the US, UK, & Canada — A film produced by the likes of Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, and Wong Jing, Hong Kong’s top crime filmmakers, might sound like it would feel similar to other titles we’ve seen from Hong Kong’s violent stretch of the 80s. But with a shifting landscape…

Marleen Gorris’s second feature film sees its release from Cult Epics. — Filmmaker Marleen Gorris examines two extreme environments in which misogyny is cultivated by male-dominated society in Broken Mirrors. One such environment is a small brothel with a handful of women in its employ, struggling to make ends meet despite its good reputation…

Well Go USA releases the Hi-Yah! title on disc August 8th — There’s a certain appeal to films centering around wandering swordsmen. Many have been depicted in martial arts media as films, books, and television series, mainly in a serialized treatment that picks up our hero and drops them in the middle of deadly situations. …

Fans of the Evil Dead franchise may be familiar with the name Tom Sullivan. For anyone who’s not, he effectively headed the art department, coordinated makeup effects, and animated sections of the films. Ryan Meade’s documentary about the special effects master is rough around the edges, but the more you’re…

Ignite Films releases their stellar 4K restoration of the 1953 science fiction classic in time for the film’s 70th anniversary. — As a result of a long labor of love, the iconic 1953 science fiction film Invaders From Mars has been restored to the best available version thanks to Scott MacQueen, heading the visual restoration, and Ignite Films. It’s a film everyone sort of knows even before they’ve seen it, and…

Alice Maio Mackay’s slasher horror film is now on VOD. — Filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay has made a name for herself with So Vam, an ozzie queer-forward vampire flick, showing us she knows what queer horror really is. Her second feature, Bad Girl Boogey, more than doubles down on populating the genre world of horror with those disenfranchised voices. …