Just in time for Women in Horror Month Impulse Pictures has announced two new erotic DVDs in the Nikkatsu films collection.

Sex Hell — Due to their juvenile crimes, a group of fresh young girls is thrown into a horrid, squalid jail. They soon wish they were back on the outside, as a gang of inmates subjects this “fresh meat” to the horrors of being locked up. Mayumi, a new inmate with a mysterious past, stands up for herself and fights back! NO ONE is going to push her around, and she hatches an escape plan to seek revenge on the person who had her incarcerated.

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Debauchery — The sexy Ryôko Watanabe stars as Ami, a jaded housewife who pitches herself, body and soul, into the Tokyo decadence of the decade in an attempt to pep up her marriage. She secretly joins the elite “Madame Machiko Society Club” to experiment with discrete sex games and the thrill of making love to anonymous men. The sexual perversion and sick depravity she is subjected to, by her clients, is much more than she bargained for. Bondage, beads and whips are only the beginning!

Can she escape this secret life she has chosen, or will it destroy her forever?

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The Thing (2011)

It’s not human. Yet. From the producers of Dawn of the Dead comes the chilling prelude to John Carpenter’s cult classic film. When paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller. Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Trond Espen Seim Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen

Dream House

Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) quit a high-profile job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was once the murder scene of a mother and her children. When Will investigates, he’s not sure if he’s seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his mysterious neighbor, Ann (Naomi Watts), who helps him piece together this haunting puzzle. Full of twists and suspense, this psychological thriller will have you on the edge of your seat. Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Marton Csokas, Elias Koteas, Jane Alexander Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Night Train Murders

You Can Tell Yourself It’s Only A Movie… BUT IT WON’T HELP!

It was released as Second House on the Left and Torture Train. The ads screamed, “Most movies last less than two hours! This is one of everlasting torment!” It remains one of the most graphically fiendish films in exploitation history, the story of two teenage girls traveling through Europe, forced into a nightmare of sexual assault and sadistic violence.

Irene Miracle, Flavio Bucci, Macha Meril, and Marina Berti star in this depraved shocker directed by Aldo Lado and featuring a haunting score by Ennio Morricone. Experience evil gone off the rails: NIGHT TRAIN MURDERS is now presented in a brand-new High Definition transfer from the original uncensored negative!

EXTRAS:

“Riding the Night Train” – Interview with Co-Writer/Director Aldo Lado
U.S. Trailer
International Trailer
Radio Spots

Blubberella (DVD only)

A Uwe Boll original. Shot the same time as Bloodrayne: The Third Reich.

It’s 1940 and the German army is oozing their ickiness across the European continent, indiscriminately slaughtering thousands. On the Eastern Front, a motley group of Resistance Fighters, led by Nathaniel (Brendan Fletcher) and “Vadge” (Willam Belli), struggle valiantly against the Nazi scourge. The German army, headed by the Commandant (Michael Paré), shadow puppet master, a mad, showtunes-singing Doctor (Clint Howard), and the newly-addicted-to-blood Lieutenant (Steffen Mennekes), threatens to eradicate the Resistance. But coming to the rescue is Blubberella. Half vampire, half woman, and all trouble, Blubberella loves nothing better than killing Nazis and a substantial turkey on rye. She has moved through the centuries destroying nasties and their like while perfecting the ultimate cotton candy recipe. Blubberella and the Commandant face each other in a rail car and after a unseemly exchange of bodily fluids… From IMDB.com

Attack Of The Vegan Zombies!

Joe and his wife Dionne have had yet another bad crop for their winery. Faced with the prospect of losing the family farm, Dionne convinces her mother (a witch) to cast a spell upon next year’s crop. The crop is such a success that Joe hires some college students to help them harvest. However, when a nosy neighbor begins poking around in the fields, he finds out more than he bargained for. Now the question isn’t how to best harvest the crop, it’s how to keep from being harvested!

Contagion (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy, $14.99), Contagion (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy, $22.99), Contagion (Movie-Only Edition + UltraViolet Digital Copy, $17.99) [Blu-ray]

This is actually a drama/thriller but if you like end-of-the world scenarios I heard it’s pretty good.

“A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.”

Stars Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2011)

The Guillermo del Toro produced remake of the 1973 television movie. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark stars Bailee Madison (Maxine Russo, Wizards of Waverly Place), Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce.

A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Shark Night (DVD, Blu-ray)

One of the biggest disappointments of 2011.

A dream getaway becomes a blood-soaked nightmare for seven scantily clad college students in this terrifying action-thriller from the director of The Final Destination and Snakes on a Plane!

When Sara and her friends arrive at her family’s Louisiana lake house, they quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of sexy fun in the sun. But they soon discover the lake is infested with hundreds of flesh-eating sharks — and a few equally dangerous human predators — that turn their killer vacation into a bone-crunching battle to stay alive!

American Scream King

A Brain Damage release.

Ten Topless Girls, Eight Dead Bodies, One Twisted Story…

When a bookie receives a video camera as payment for a gambling debt his friend talks him into making a movie. They decide to make a horror movie. There’s only one problem, the guys don’t know anything about special effects, make up, or fake blood. They decide that there is only one good way to make a horror movie: just lock a bunch of girls up in the basement and kill them one by one. They lure girls to their apartment by posting audition notices for the “movie” Scream King on the internet. When the girls come over they give them fake audition pieces to read, and they ask them to take their tops off. If the girl refuses to take off her top then they let her go free. If the girl goes topless then they cast her. If they cast her, they will kill her!

Don’t Let Him In

What if you invited a serial killer on holiday? Heading off for a weekend in the country, Paige and Calvin reluctantly allow Calvin’s brash younger sister to bring along Tristan, an arrogant city trader she’s picked up in a one-night stand; but when the group learn a brutal serial killer is plaguing the area, Paige must confront the disturbing truth about Tristan.

Apollo 18 (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)

Apollo 18 takes the “found footage” sub-genre to the place no one can hear you scream… Outer space!

Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 7, 1972, was the last manned mission to the moon. But two years later, in December of 1974, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it’s the real reason we’ve never gone back to the moon.

Hostel: Part III

Nothing brings me more happiness than watching a bunch neck beards getting butthurt over Eli Roth because he hangs out with Quentin Tarantino and isn’t a fat slob like them. Roth has nothing to do with Hostel III, but I’m sure it still pisses some geeks off.

High stakes gambling takes on a sinister new meaning in this third chapter of the terrifying Hostel series. While attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas, four friends are enticed by two sexy escorts to join them at a private party way off the Strip. Once there, they are horrified to find themselves the subjects of a perverse game of torture, where members of the Elite Hunting Club are hosting the most sadistic show in town.

The Amityville Haunting

Asylum’s The Amityville Haunting cashes in on the “found footage” genre and Amityville legacy.

Other releases: 2012 Zombie Apocalypse and The Tunnel

The Boston Strangler: The Untold Story — I feel like this is an older movie, but according to Amazon it was just released on DVD this week? Who cares, it looks crappy anyway!

Boston Strangler is an intense crime thriller about Albert De Salvo, a wise-cracking, small time criminal with an unrelenting sex drive, who ultimately falsely confesses to being the strangler that wreaked havoc in Boston during the early sixties. Guided by his manipulative cell mate, who knows more about the murders than he reveals, they devise a plan to gain all of the notoriety from the killings and the money from the reward.

Deadly Spirits Double Feature

Stranger With My Face

After Laurie Stratton’s (Alexz Johnson) dad dies in a terrible accident, she moves with her sister and mother (Catherine Hicks) to their second home well outside of the city limits. But the change of scenery doesn’t seem to help Laurie’s troubles as strange occurrences leave her on edge. People keep spotting her in places she hasn’t been and Laurie’s own sister even accuses her of a violent attack she wasn’t responsible for. Desperate for answers, Laurie begins investigation into the incidences and when she uncovers a disturbing secret from her past, she must battle the evil that threatens to take over her life.

The Dead Sleep

While he was alive, Paul Wells (Chris Armstrong) made some poor decisions. After embezzling over a million dollars from the company he worked for, he found himself confronted by a young boss with a violent agenda (Joshua Close). Dead for five years, Paul’s spirit is forced to witness his past mistakes and their effects on his family. Now, Paul must break the rules once again…or he won’t be the only one dead.

Don’t forget to save your Christmas or Hanukkah money because Final Destination 5, Hostel: Part III and The Amityville Haunting are releasing to DVD and Blur-ray next week.

Punk is not dead… but these punks are!

Brain Damage Films has announced Pop Punk Zombies is now available on DVD.

“A high powered music agent brings three recently deceased rockers back from the grave to form the first zombie punk band. Eddy, the leading character, is dragged to the concert by his buddy Ciez, but only stays to see his ex-girlfriend, Lisa. The show is cut short when the zombies break free and the gruesome flesh-eating ensues. Soon Eddy must save his friends from certain doom and becoming…Pop Punk Zombies.”

Visit BrainDamageFilms.com for more info.

Fright Night DVD / Blu-ray Combo

The Twilight inspired remake of the 1985 classic. The original movie is also getting a Blu-ray release.

Here’s the specs for the original: Video: 1080p High Definition / 2.35:1. Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA. Subtitles: English SDH. RT: 106 Minutes. 1985 / Color. Special Features: Isolated Score Track / Original Theatrical Trailers. Region Free. Limited Edition of 3,000 Units. Exclusive distribution for Twilight Time provided by Screen Archives Entertainment.

Def-Con 4 / Hell Comes to Frogtown (Double Feature)

Two cult classic, post-apocalyptic B-movies in one set. Def-Con 4: Howe (Tim Choate), Jordan (Kate Lynch), and Walker (John Walsch) are three astronauts who return to earth two months after a nuclear holocaust and must confront a new and terrifying reality.

All the cities and towns have been destroyed. Shanty towns have been constructed from the refuse of the old world. Civilization has given way to barbarism. And the battle for the future of the world has just begun.

Hell Comes To Frogtown: Sam Hell (Roddy Piper) is a muscle-bound combination of wise guy cool and deadly force. It’s up to Hell and the armed and dangerous beauty Spangle (Sandahl Bergman) to brave the barren wasteland once known as Earth and ruled by slimy, green overgrown amphibians. Their mission: to perpetuate the race by impregnating as many fertile women as possible. Humanity’s last hope for survival lies in the abilities of a beauty and a beast!

Klown Kamp Massacre

This looks dumb. Description from IMDB.

Fifteen years ago, Edwin went to clown camp to fulfill his lifelong dream of bringing laughter to the world… but nobody laughed. Humiliated on graduation night, Edwin viciously murdered the entire camp before vanishing into legend. Now, despite the warnings of the town drunk, old man Bonzo has reopened the ranch and a new class of clowns have unwittingly signed up. When their die-hard instructor Sgt. Funnybone (Miguel Martinez, The Donor Conspiracy) is found dead in a puddle of cream pie and blood, the curriculum changes from comedy to survival! Edwin slashes, stabs, strangles, and disembowels the clowns while laughing insanely at his own bad jokes.

Shark Night 3D drops the “3D” for its DVD and Blu-ray release on January 3. The DVD includes a jump to your favorite death scene feature called Shark Attack Kill Machine. The Blu-ray includes a behind the scenes featurette and a digital copy of the film.

The moment Sara (Paxton) and her friends arrive at her parent’s Louisiana lake house, the party is in full gear. Everyone is having a blast until Malik (Sinqua Walls) loses his arm in what initially appears to be a tragic wake-boarding mishap. Determined to get him to the nearest hospital as quickly as possible, it isn’t until they’re far from shore that they realize the lake is teeming with hungry sharks, and a tiny speedboat isn’t about to stop them from getting their next meal. As the feeding frenzy begins, Sara and her pals realize that their only hope for survival is to swim for their lives!

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If you want a real laugh, “Like” the Syfy Channel’s Facebook page, and read the comments from butthurt nerds who are mad because they don’t play enough Sci-Fi type movies and TV shows. It’s aspergers gone wild and it’s one of my favorite pastimes.

Syfy geeks are going to be really pissed when they learn the Syfy original movie Zombie Apocalypse scored the highest ratings for a Saturday Original movie (2.1 million total viewers – I think that’s higher than Conan O’Brien’s ratings). That can only mean Syfy will be trading in giant monster fish for zombies in the future. Since Syfy also loves reality shows, maybe they can pick up the Discovery Channel’s The Colony and do a zombie season? Just a suggestion.

If you missed Zombie Apocalypse you can catch it on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on December 27.

DVD and Blu-ray releases of the haunted house flick Dream House have been announced for January 31, 2012. Special features include four featurettes, and the Blu-ray/DVD combo will include an UltraViolet Digital Copy of the film.

“Dream House is the chilling tale of Will Atenton (Daniel Craig), a high-profile, Manhattan publisher who leaves the big city behind to relocate his wife Libby (Rachel Weisz) and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. As the family settles into their new lives they learn that their beloved dream home has a history of murder. When Will dares to delve further into the mysteries of the house, he is not sure if he is seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his cryptic neighbor, Ann (Naomi Watts), who helps him piece together this haunting puzzle.”

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Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist

Described as “”the most artistic sexploitation movie in cinema history”" (sleazeANDhorror.com), JCSR has been re-mastered and re-edited to enhance the dreamy atmosphere. Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist is the story of a schizophrenic who suffers the delusion that he is Jesus reborn, and he sees “”reincarnations”" of the apostles who let him die. He vows revenge against them, in the most perverse and sadistic attacks on their women. The director broke all rules in this experimental and stylized rendering of horrific crimes. There is no blasphemy, but there is the tearing asunder of tradition.

Elvira’s Movie Macabre – Santa Claus Conquers The Martians / Beast From Haunted Cave

More public domain madness brought to you by an expertly photoshopped Elvira!

Elvira prepares for her second favorite holiday by screening a camp classic featuring Santa thwarting a Martian plot to steal Christmas plus an abominable film about gangsters battling a snow beast at a ski-lodge. Includes cult director Roger Corman’s Beast from Haunted Cave and the B-movie holiday classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Alien Armageddon (DVD and Blu-ray)

For years, UFO sightings have been documented around the world. What were once mere sightings have now become brutal attacks of epic proportions. As the human race faces total annihilation with every major city destroyed, only Los Angeles remains. Left with the task of saving humanity from extinction, a group of cowboys is the world s last stand in this Alien Armageddon.

“The US rights to Bride are tied up until 2014 – at that time I will put out a bluray with extras. Society I believe is available as of January – so it may be time to bluray it.”

It was also rumored that Re-Animator would be receiving a Blu-ray release next year.

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