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Maximiliano Contenti's giallo love letter The Last Matinee leads Arrow's December SVOD lineup and we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers! Debuting on Arrow on December 1st to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland, The Last Matinee will kick off Arrow's December releases, which is packed with an eclectic mix of titles that will please any genre fan:

December 1 will see the arrival of The Last Matinee (UK/US/CA/Ire), Santa Sangre (US/CA), All the Colors of the Giallo (UK/US/CA/Ire), King Boxer (UK/US/CA/Ire), The Boxer from Shantung (UK/US/CA/Ire), Five Shaolin Masters (UK/US/CA/Ire), Shaolin Temple (UK/US/CA/Ire), Mighty Peking Man (UK/US/CA/Ire), Challenge of the Masters (UK/US/CA/Ire), Executioners of Shaolin (UK/US/CA/Ire), Dirty Ho (UK/US/CA/Ire), Heroes of...

It’s full-scream ahead once more for London’s go-to horror festival, with Arrow Video FrightFest jumping right back into the swing of things with a huge helping of new genre treats set to screen in Leicester Square this August bank holiday. From slasher staples to voodoo gangsters, and Nicolas Cage strapped into a self-destructing leather suit, it’s another ballsy line-up from the team that have been delivering buckets of the nasty stuff for over twenty years now.

Kicking off on the Thursday night with Neill Blomkamp’s hugely anticipated tech-horror Demonic (his first feature 2015’s Chappie), and bowing out on Monday in relentlessly bloody fashion with Taiwanese outbreak actioner The Sadness, it’s set to be another heavy-duty weekend for genre fans.

In-between the above, 2021’s FrightFest summer line-up boasts Sion Sono’s twisted Sundance favourite Prisoners of the Ghostland, Elijah Wood vs. Ted Bundy thriller No Man of God,...

We have a relatively quiet week of Blu-ray and DVD releases to kick off the month of May, but two of the titles are fantastic indie horrors that are very much worth your time—For the Sake of Vicious and A Ghost Waits. Other releases for May 4th include Rise of the Mummy, Why, The Midwife and a re-release DVD for Wes Craven’s Cursed.

For the Sake of Vicious

Romina, an overworked nurse and single mother returns home from her late shift on Halloween night to find a maniac hiding out with a bruised and beaten hostage. When an unexpected wave of violent intruders descends upon her home, the trio realize the only way out of the situation is to work together and fight for their survival.

A Ghost Waits: Special Edition

An ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humor and heart, A Ghost Waits is a...

coming May 4th on Blu-ray and Tvod from Arrow Video On May 4th, Arrow Video will release Adam Stovall’s A Ghost Waits, a remarkable supernatural comedy romance which can best be described as Beetlejuice meets Ghost. Beautifully shot in gorgeous black-and-white, this indie film tells the story of a handyman, a haunted house, and the ghost …

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Happy Thursday, everyone! On tap today is a brand new list of streaming recommendations that I have put together as part of our ongoing Indie Horror Month celebration. This time, we’re showcasing five fantastic films that are available to stream on the Arrow player and are well worth your time. One note: Clapboard Jungle doesn’t arrive on Arrow until the 19th, but I thought it was a perfect title to include here, so you just have to hang on a few days until you can finally check it out for yourself.

Read on for my Arrow indie horror recommendations and happy streaming!

The Bloodhound (Directed by Patrick Picard)

I just recently watched The Bloodhound for a discussion happening on an upcoming episode of Corpse Club, and it has just stuck with me over the last 10 days or so now. It’s a movie that I wasn’t even...

The spectral romance A Ghost Awaits (2020) will be available on Blu-ray May 4th from Arrow Video

You Are Not Alone.

An ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humor and heart, A Ghost Waits is a DIY labor of love years in the making from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews.

Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves – this house is haunted. The ghost in question is Muriel (Natalie Walker), herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common… pulse notwithstanding. Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, they must fight for their newfound affection as pressure mounts for them each to fulfil their ‘cross-purposes’.

From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as...

Arrow Video’s May films include a superbly quirky comedy horror debut, a vintage Japanese comedy classic, the worldwide Blu-ray debut of a provocative Seventies masterwork, and a lavish edition of an offbeat, A-list sci-fi favourite.

As expected, the releases will be superbly packaged, featuring brand new restorations and audio commentaries, rare behind-the-scenes featurettes, revealing documentaries, beautifully designed booklets with new writing on the filmmakers, and reversible sleeves with striking newly-commissioned artwork, collectable limited edition O-cards and exclusive SteelBooks.

First in May, Arrow Video presents “A Ghost Waits,” an ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humour and heart from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of “Beetlejuice” and “A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits” has shocked and surprised audiences around the world,...

May 2021 is another great looking month for Arrow Video and cult movie fans with the company reissuing some classics in brand new editions, upgrading Blu-rays to 4K, and bringing a contemporary indie darling to home video. The release I'm most looking forward to is Masumura Yasuzo's classics Giants and Toys coming to Blu-ray in the US, UK, and Canada. Not far behind is cult gem Over the Edge by director Jonathan Kaplan, an exclusive UK release. Also on this month's docket are recent indie horror A Ghost Waits in the US, UK, and Canada, a new steepbook edition of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, and Sergio Corbucci's classic Django getting shuffled a bit in the release schedule to the end of...

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Arrow is set to become the essential streaming service for the very best in modern arthouse and cult cinema. Launched at the beginning of February, and with curated exclusives, director-focused seasons and a wide range of powerful, challenging films, the service seeks to satisfy the cinephile who is looking for something beyond the chaotic deluge of quantity over quality that other services are built on. With Arrow you’ll find the cool, the cult, the classic and the controversial. We can’t wait.

The offering features both film and TV strands, with series such as The Bridge and the accalimed Italian crime drama Gomorrah standing alongside films from directors such as Lars Von Trier, Brian De Palma, Dario Argento, David Cronenberg and Park Chan-wook. Many of the works on offer are curated into themed Essentials – collections of films gathered by genre, theme or decade. This method will allow film lovers...

February sees the launch of Arrow – a superb new streaming site for exclusive film premieres, cult and arthouse classics, and critically acclaimed TV from all over the world. It’s an absolute must for connoisseurs of the finest in screen entertainment.

Arrow’s new UK subscription video-on-demand service brings their passion-driven approach to deliver an incredible line-up of titles, hand-picked and curated by the Arrow team, including cult classic Donnie Darko, a season of films from director Lars Von Trier (including

Antichrist and The House That Jack Built), Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Spanish chiller [Rec], David Cronenberg’s Crash, and the Hellraiser trilogy.

Arrow will also strive to debut the very best in new releases each month, with the exclusive world premiere of Adam Stovall’s festival smash-hit A Ghost Waits this February. New titles already available include the extraordinary documentary The El Duce Tapes and slow-burn

horror standouts The Bloodhound and After Midnight.

Happy February, everyone! We’re officially in a new month as of today, which means we have a bunch of new digital and VOD releases to look forward to over the next few weeks. So, if you’re looking to escape those wintry temperatures outside and beat the doldrums that often come along this time of year, perhaps some great horror and sci-fi entertainment will help to keep you busy this month.

Check out February’s digital genre releases below and happy streaming!

A Ghost Waits (Arrow) - Exclusively on Arrow February 1st

Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves - this house is haunted. The ghost in question is Muriel, herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common… pulse notwithstanding. Having...

"This one... is not afraid..." Arrow Video has released an official trailer for an indie horror sensation called A Ghost Waits, a big breakout hit from the genre film festival circuit last year. This super low budget indie flick is a cute horror romantic comedy of sorts. An ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humor and heart, A Ghost Waits is a DIY labor of love years in the making from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews. A man's job requires him to clean a house, which turns out to be haunted. In the course of trying to exorcise the ghost, he falls in love with her. Starring MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer, and Amanda Miller. This is very creative and amusing to watch, but not great overall, in my opinion. Still worth a look if you're curious about this. You are not alone.

A Ghost Waits the debut feature from co-writer/director/producer Adam Stovall will premiere on the Arrow streaming service on February 1st. Screen Anarchy has your exclusive look at the brand new trailer for the spectral rom-com. Check it, and all its quirkiness, down below. Jack’s job is to fix up rental properties to make way for new tenants, but one property keeps winding up empty. Tasked with discovering why and fixing the issue, Jack meets Muriel… a ghost. Muriel’s job is to haunt the home and keep it vacant. They should be enemies but find they have a great deal in common… pulse notwithstanding. Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, Jack and Muriel must fight for their newfound affection as...

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One of the five film festivals that took part in the ambitious Nightstream film festival, Popcorn Frights has an extra treat in store for Florida horror fans this October with their Wicked Weekend virtual event!

Taking place October 29th–November 1st, Popcorn Frights' Wicked Weekend includes an eclectic 20+ film lineup headlined by the world premiere of Smiley Face Killers, a Tracking Terror panel with Graham Reznick and Steve Moore, and a conversation with Tibor Takács about his cult 1987 film The Gate.

In the charitable spirit of Nightstream, proceeds from Wicked Weekend will help out the one-of-a-kind independent theater where Popcorn Frights usually takes place. Since this is a special treat for Florida horror fans, all film screenings will be geo-locked to the Sunshine State, with the amazing team behind Popcorn Frights continuing to keep horror alive and well in the region.

We have the official press release with more details on Wicked Weekend below,...

Screamfest is celebrating its 20th anniversary of screening the latest and greatest genre cinema and they've announced their lineup of features and shorts for this year's fest. The drive-in-based edition of the festival will take place from October 6th through October 15th and will open with Books of Blood!

"The 20th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival today announced their lineup of features and shorts, kicking off with a drive-in screening of Hulu’s Books of Blood. The festival, which will run from October 6-15, 2020, is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. This year the festival will move entirely to drive-in screenings with a lineup of ten back-to-back nights of fright, each showcasing a feature film paired with a number of shorts. Tickets can be purchased here: https://screamfestla.com/

Screamfest LA will kick off on October 6 with the Opening Night screening of Books of Blood,...

The Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films that will be featured at the 20th annual drive-in edition. Kicking off the fest, which runs from October 6-15, is Books of Blood, the Hulu original film based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology.

From director Brannon Braga and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Books of Blood is slated to premiere on the streamer on October 7. Starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, and Yul Vazquez, the pic takes a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Also among the list of screenings are Thirst, the first-ever Icelandic gay splatter vampire flick, psychological horror Sweet River (making its North American debut), and social media teen slasher Initiation from Screamfest alum John Berardo, which was recently acquired by Saban Films

“2020 has been challenging for everyone and certainly not how we planned on celebrating Screamfest’s 20th edition,...

It’s Frightfest time again, and this year’s line-up ranges from romcoms to revenge to cannibal feasts. These are five of the films that will really give you something to chew on.

The Columnist Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival

The Columnist

Do you believe in freedom of speech, no matter what? Femke (Katja Herbers) does. Do you think people on the internet should be able to say whatever they like about you and your loved ones? Femke most certainly does not. After a light-hearted column about the joy of a soft boiled egg prompts a particularly nasty wave of misogynist comments, she decides she’s going to do something about it. Ivo van Aart’s deft black comedy chronicles her bloody revenge spree whilst making smart observations about power, class and hypocrisy.

A Ghost Waits

A Ghost Waits

The audience favourite when Frightfest visited the Glasgow Film Festival in March,...