From left: A Dark Song (Samson Films/IFC Midnight), The Hole In The Ground (A24), and Caveat (Shudder)Graphic: The A.V. Club
It’s St. Patrick’s Day time again, which means only one thing for a lot of horror movie fans: Mainlining the Leprechaun films for yet another year.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day time again, which means only one thing for a lot of horror movie fans: Mainlining the Leprechaun films for yet another year.
- 3/14/2024
- by Matthew Jackson
- avclub.com
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Underworld 4K Uhd from Kino Lorber
Underworld will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 19 as part of Kino Lorber’s Kino Cult line. It has been newly mastered in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.
Master of horror Clive Barker co-wrote the 1985 British horror film with James Caplin. George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex) directs. Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Miranda Richardson, Larry Lamb, Art Malik, and Ingrid Pitt star.
It has reversible artwork with its alternate title, Transmutations. Special features include a new commentary by Pavlou, an alternate cut, behind-the-scenes footage, and a gallery.
’80s Horror Print by Kevin Tiernan
Gallery 1988’s horror-inspired “Cover Your Eyes” exhibit is loaded with great artwork,...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Underworld 4K Uhd from Kino Lorber
Underworld will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on December 19 as part of Kino Lorber’s Kino Cult line. It has been newly mastered in 4K from the 35mm original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.
Master of horror Clive Barker co-wrote the 1985 British horror film with James Caplin. George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex) directs. Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Miranda Richardson, Larry Lamb, Art Malik, and Ingrid Pitt star.
It has reversible artwork with its alternate title, Transmutations. Special features include a new commentary by Pavlou, an alternate cut, behind-the-scenes footage, and a gallery.
’80s Horror Print by Kevin Tiernan
Gallery 1988’s horror-inspired “Cover Your Eyes” exhibit is loaded with great artwork,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
The company has also sold historical epic ‘The Diamond Sword’ to major territories.
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added four titles to its slate ahead of the Cannes market, including Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s Venice 2022 Horizons Extra title Goliath.
Goliath follows a grieving husband who becomes an unlikely avenger after a criminal boss executes his wife. It is one of 14 features in the last 13 years from prolific Kazakh filmmaker Yerzhanov, who has previously premiered films at San Sebastian, Tallinn and Rotterdam.
Jinga has also acquired Fabian Forte’s occult fantasy The Witch Game, following a rebellious teenage girl who is...
UK sales agent Jinga Films has added four titles to its slate ahead of the Cannes market, including Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s Venice 2022 Horizons Extra title Goliath.
Goliath follows a grieving husband who becomes an unlikely avenger after a criminal boss executes his wife. It is one of 14 features in the last 13 years from prolific Kazakh filmmaker Yerzhanov, who has previously premiered films at San Sebastian, Tallinn and Rotterdam.
Jinga has also acquired Fabian Forte’s occult fantasy The Witch Game, following a rebellious teenage girl who is...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Inland Empire Blu-ray from Criterion
Inland Empire will join The Criterion Collection with a Blu-ray release on March 21. David Lynch’s 2006 experimental horror film stars Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Karolina Gruszka, Peter J. Lucas. Krzysztof Majchrzak, and Julia Ormond.
It has received a new HD digital master from a 4K restoration supervised by Lynch, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio and uncompressed stereo soundtracks newly remastered by Lynch and original rerecording mixers Dean Hurley and Ron Eng.
The two-disc set includes the 2007 documentaries Lynch (one) and LYNCH2, a new conversation between Dern and Kyle MacLachlan, 75 minutes of extra scenes, Lynch’s 2007 short film Ballerina, and more.
E.T. Sneakers from Zavvi...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Inland Empire Blu-ray from Criterion
Inland Empire will join The Criterion Collection with a Blu-ray release on March 21. David Lynch’s 2006 experimental horror film stars Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Karolina Gruszka, Peter J. Lucas. Krzysztof Majchrzak, and Julia Ormond.
It has received a new HD digital master from a 4K restoration supervised by Lynch, with 5.1 surround DTS-hd Master Audio and uncompressed stereo soundtracks newly remastered by Lynch and original rerecording mixers Dean Hurley and Ron Eng.
The two-disc set includes the 2007 documentaries Lynch (one) and LYNCH2, a new conversation between Dern and Kyle MacLachlan, 75 minutes of extra scenes, Lynch’s 2007 short film Ballerina, and more.
E.T. Sneakers from Zavvi...
- 12/16/2022
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
The label launches at AFM with ‘Mute Witness’.
Jinga Films – the UK sales outfit specialising in genre titles – has launched its Vintage label at AFM, which will re-license cult favourite features for worldwide sales, with a focus on horror.
The first film on the slate is 1995 title Mute Witness, that stars Marina Zudna as a mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie who gets locked in the studio over-night and witnesses a brutal murder. Evan Richards and Alec Guinness also star.
Also on the label is Clive Barker’s 1986 monster movie Rawhead Rex, directed by George Pavlou, in which...
Jinga Films – the UK sales outfit specialising in genre titles – has launched its Vintage label at AFM, which will re-license cult favourite features for worldwide sales, with a focus on horror.
The first film on the slate is 1995 title Mute Witness, that stars Marina Zudna as a mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie who gets locked in the studio over-night and witnesses a brutal murder. Evan Richards and Alec Guinness also star.
Also on the label is Clive Barker’s 1986 monster movie Rawhead Rex, directed by George Pavlou, in which...
- 11/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The character now known as Pinhead first appeared in Clive Barker's 1986 novel "The Hellbound Heart," as merely one of a small group of supernatural sadomasochists from beyond the grave. A character named Frank, a sexual hedonist on a mad search for the ultimate sensual experience, solves a mystical puzzle box that magically summons threatening, leather-clad beings called Cenobites. The Cenobites have long since shed their humanity in devotion to S&m-inflected sensory overload which requires their bodies to be in a constant state of mutilation. The Pinhead Cenobite, not expressly male or female, was described thus:
"Its voice, unlike that of its companion, was light and breathy -- the voice of an excited girl. Every inch of its head had been tattooed with an intricate grid, and at every intersection of horizontal and vertical axes a jeweled pin driven through to the bone. Its tongue was similarly decorated."
When...
"Its voice, unlike that of its companion, was light and breathy -- the voice of an excited girl. Every inch of its head had been tattooed with an intricate grid, and at every intersection of horizontal and vertical axes a jeweled pin driven through to the bone. Its tongue was similarly decorated."
When...
- 9/23/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
One of the great things about horror movies is that they offer a universal experience. No matter where you go in the world, the same things are considered scary, which is why great horror movies are made all over the world. Today we’re going to be focusing on ones made or produced in Ireland, so if you’re looking for a fright, try one of these out.
The Sleep of Death
The Sleep of Death was released in 1980 and was written and directed by Calvin Floyd. It’s often described as a Swedish-Irish film, thanks to the prevalence of Swedish cast members. The film is based on the 1872 novella The Room in the Dragon Volant and is sometimes called The Inn of the Flying Dragon, in reference to the title of the novella. The story follows a young Englishman called Colonel Gaillard, played by Per Oscarsson, who goes to France to pursue a woman,...
The Sleep of Death
The Sleep of Death was released in 1980 and was written and directed by Calvin Floyd. It’s often described as a Swedish-Irish film, thanks to the prevalence of Swedish cast members. The film is based on the 1872 novella The Room in the Dragon Volant and is sometimes called The Inn of the Flying Dragon, in reference to the title of the novella. The story follows a young Englishman called Colonel Gaillard, played by Per Oscarsson, who goes to France to pursue a woman,...
- 8/19/2022
- by agency
- GlamSham
Looking for a bad horror movie for Halloween? May I suggest… Rawhead Rex (1986) Director: George Pavlou Stars: David Dukes, Kelly Piper, Hugh O'Conor A pagan demon once thought dead re-emerges to terrorize a peaceful Irish village, one golden shower at a time. If you're a horror fan, you should really thank Rawhead Rex for existing. Not because it's a good movie…...
- 10/23/2019
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
Last October, Kino Lorber brought George Pavlou’s Clive Barker adaptation Rawhead Rex to Blu-ray for the very first time, boasting a brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative. That was a Us release, and it’s now headed to the UK. Arrow Video announced today that Rawhead Rex will be one of their May titles for the […]...
- 2/23/2018
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Review by Roger Carpenter
Back in 1986 Clive Barker was a hot property. His successful, six-volume collection entitled Books of Blood were major international bestsellers, as was his first full-length novel, The Damnation Game. In fact, Barker was one of the early pioneers of the splatterpunk movement in horror fiction, helping to popularize the genre throughout the mid- to late-eighties and into the nineties. Many of his novels and quite a few of his short stories have been adapted for the screen, including Rawhead Rex, originally a short story collected in Books of Blood, Volume 3.
Unfortunately for Barker—and perhaps very fortunate for horror film fans—the first two films made based upon Barker’s work turned out so badly that he not only disowned the films but decided he would direct the next film himself. That film was the seminal Hellraiser (See? Good for us!). The two films Barker, to this day,...
Back in 1986 Clive Barker was a hot property. His successful, six-volume collection entitled Books of Blood were major international bestsellers, as was his first full-length novel, The Damnation Game. In fact, Barker was one of the early pioneers of the splatterpunk movement in horror fiction, helping to popularize the genre throughout the mid- to late-eighties and into the nineties. Many of his novels and quite a few of his short stories have been adapted for the screen, including Rawhead Rex, originally a short story collected in Books of Blood, Volume 3.
Unfortunately for Barker—and perhaps very fortunate for horror film fans—the first two films made based upon Barker’s work turned out so badly that he not only disowned the films but decided he would direct the next film himself. That film was the seminal Hellraiser (See? Good for us!). The two films Barker, to this day,...
- 12/29/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With Halloween only two weeks away now, that means we have another killer batch of home entertainment releases arriving this Tuesday, primed to get everyone in the mood for the macabre. Cult film lovers should get those wallets ready, as Kino Lorber is keeping busy with The Terror Within II, Revenge of the Dead, and a 4K special edition of RawHead Rex, too.
For those who still venture out into the real world to make their media purchases, Target has the exclusive on season one of Stranger Things that comes in nifty retro packaging, and Criterion has put together a stellar Blu for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Other notable releases for October 17th include American Gods: Season One, Wes Craven’s Summer of Fear, Red Christmas, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Honor Farm, and Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection.
American Gods: Season One (Lionsgate, Blu-ray & DVD)
When...
For those who still venture out into the real world to make their media purchases, Target has the exclusive on season one of Stranger Things that comes in nifty retro packaging, and Criterion has put together a stellar Blu for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Other notable releases for October 17th include American Gods: Season One, Wes Craven’s Summer of Fear, Red Christmas, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Honor Farm, and Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection.
American Gods: Season One (Lionsgate, Blu-ray & DVD)
When...
- 10/17/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Kino Lorber has restored George Pavlou's Rawhead Rex (based on Clive Barker's short story of the same name) in 4K quality and the Hexploitation Film Festival will screen the newly remastered film for one night only this Friday, August 25th. Also: A Dark Song's Blu-ray / DVD release details, a look at preview pages from Wolfenstein #1, Dwelling and I Know You're in There release details, and Hex, a Halloween costume party extravaganza.
Rawhead Rex 4K Screening Details: Press Release: "Hamilton, On, August 17, 2017 – The Hexploitation Film Festival is thrilled to be premiering Kino Lorber’s brand new 4K Restoration of Clive Barker’s and George Pavlou’s Rawhead Rex at a special, one-night-only screening at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton on August 25 at 8:30 pm.
Adapted by Clive Barker from his Books of Blood, Rawhead Rex has been restored from the original film negative, unrated and in 4K. Ireland...
Rawhead Rex 4K Screening Details: Press Release: "Hamilton, On, August 17, 2017 – The Hexploitation Film Festival is thrilled to be premiering Kino Lorber’s brand new 4K Restoration of Clive Barker’s and George Pavlou’s Rawhead Rex at a special, one-night-only screening at the Staircase Theatre in Hamilton on August 25 at 8:30 pm.
Adapted by Clive Barker from his Books of Blood, Rawhead Rex has been restored from the original film negative, unrated and in 4K. Ireland...
- 8/21/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Back in April, Kino Lorber announced that they would be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Rawhead Rex with a 4K restoration of the Clive Barker-penned film (based on his short story of the same name), and they've now revealed the Blu-ray / DVD cover art, full list of special features, and an October release date for the restoration:
Rawhead Rex will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by Kino Lorber on October 17th. Kino Lorber had previously announced a theatrical release of the 4K restoration, and while we don't have a complete list of screenings, the restored film will be shown at The Hexploitation Film Festival in Hamilton, Ontario on Friday, August 25th.
Below, we have the complete list of special features and a look at the cover art for the new Blu-ray / DVD release of Rawhead Rex:
From Kino Lorber: "Coming October 17th on DVD and Blu-ray!
Rawhead Rex will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by Kino Lorber on October 17th. Kino Lorber had previously announced a theatrical release of the 4K restoration, and while we don't have a complete list of screenings, the restored film will be shown at The Hexploitation Film Festival in Hamilton, Ontario on Friday, August 25th.
Below, we have the complete list of special features and a look at the cover art for the new Blu-ray / DVD release of Rawhead Rex:
From Kino Lorber: "Coming October 17th on DVD and Blu-ray!
- 8/10/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We’re still pretty surprised that Kino Lorber has given such a prestigious treatment to George Pavlou’s Clive Barker adaptation Rawhead Rex, but we’re certainly not complaining. The brand new 4K restoration, from the original camera negative, is headed to DVD and Blu-ray this October! Over on their Facebook today, Kino Lorber showed off all the […]...
- 8/10/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Yes, director George Pavlou’s infamous Clive Barker adaptation Rawhead Rex (1986) is getting a 4K restoration courtesy of Kino Lorber, and it’s headed to select theaters over the summer and Blu-ray & DVD in time for Halloween. A strange and amazing time to be alive, eh? In the film… Ireland will never be the same after […]...
- 7/17/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Not content to simply unleash director George Pavlou’s 1986 adaptation of Clive Barker’s Rawhead Rex on Blu-ray, Kino Repertory wants everyone to take a bite out of the trailer for the upcoming theatrical re-release preceding the disc. Kino is hoping your… Continue Reading →
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- 7/16/2017
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Little Devils: The Birth “This is one Birth Announcement the World Could do Without.” Victoria, British Columbia: Canadian film distributor Shivers Entertainment is set to launch evil upon the world! Their latest launch is a re-release of director George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex, Transmutations) and writer Elliott Stein’s Little Devils: The Birth. Originally released in 1993, …
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- 5/30/2017
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
The tiny ghouls from Little Devils: The Birth return with Shivers Entertainment's DVD and VHS release of the 1993 cult film, and we have official details on the re-release in today's Horror Highlights, which also includes details on the Wytches comic coming to Image+ magazine, clips from The Drifter, and the trailer for Landing Lake.
Little Devils: The Birth Re-Release: Press Release: "Victoria, British Columbia: Canadian film distributor Shivers Entertainment is set to launch evil upon the world! Their latest launch is a re-release of director George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex, Transmutations) and writer Elliott Stein’s Little Devils: The Birth. Originally released in 1993, Shivers will make this iconic Canadian filmwork available through a limited DVD and VHS release. Items will be limited as gargoyles emerge from Hell, one last time!
The film’s story begins when a scientist, Dr. Lionel (Wayne McNamara, Psycho Pike), makes a trip to Hell and returns with a strange ooze.
Little Devils: The Birth Re-Release: Press Release: "Victoria, British Columbia: Canadian film distributor Shivers Entertainment is set to launch evil upon the world! Their latest launch is a re-release of director George Pavlou (Rawhead Rex, Transmutations) and writer Elliott Stein’s Little Devils: The Birth. Originally released in 1993, Shivers will make this iconic Canadian filmwork available through a limited DVD and VHS release. Items will be limited as gargoyles emerge from Hell, one last time!
The film’s story begins when a scientist, Dr. Lionel (Wayne McNamara, Psycho Pike), makes a trip to Hell and returns with a strange ooze.
- 5/26/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 1993 horror/comedy Little Devils: The Birth is getting a limited edition DVD and VHS re-release through Shivers Entertainment. And by “limited” I mean that the VHS version will be put out as a scant 25 copies so if you… Continue Reading →
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- 5/26/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
In the 1980s, Clive Barker introduced horror fans to a world where pleasure and pain intertwined in Hellraiser (based on The Hellbound Heart), and in that same decade in Books of Blood Volume 3, he created a violent creature known as Rawhead Rex, who jumped to the screen to prey upon a rural town in George Pavlou's 1987 film of the same name. Now, 30 years later, Kino Lorber is bringing Rawhead Rex back to select theaters this summer with a new 4K restoration that will also be featured on a new home media release this fall.
The exact dates for the theatrical re-release and special edition Blu-ray / DVD of Rawhead Rex, as well as the home media release's special features, have yet to be announced, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is revealed.
In the meantime, we have the official announcement from Kino Lorber below,...
The exact dates for the theatrical re-release and special edition Blu-ray / DVD of Rawhead Rex, as well as the home media release's special features, have yet to be announced, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information is revealed.
In the meantime, we have the official announcement from Kino Lorber below,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Years ago, I remember some of my horror fanatic friends casually dropping the name “Rawhead Rex.” I recall thinking that it sounded like some bodily torture technique your brother would use to gain control of the television remote, not unlike an Indian Burn, Purple Nerpal, or Wet Willie. The larger question is, of course, why up until a few years ago I had never seen this movie. Simply put, Rawhead Rex has always gotten pretty shafted with distributions. Now most people know it vaguely as “the film where the monster pees on the priest.” Made in 1986 in the British Isles, Rawhead Rex is based on a short story penned by Clive Barker in his Books of Blood series. Directed by George Pavlou, Rex marks Pavlou and Barker’s second and last collaboration. Their first was on 1985’s Transmutation which Barker has disowned. He also has harsh feelings about Rex, stating...
- 5/15/2013
- by Rebekah McKendry
- FEARnet
Hey Bidites, I thought I'd share my Rawhead Rex collectibles here. I'll start with the first kit I ever bought The Pagan King Rawhead Rex sculpted by Shawn Nagle and released by Resin Factory. I've been collecting for years and their is something special about old Rawhead that I just love. For those of you not familiar with the 1986 film here is a synopsis and trailer: Rawhead Rex is a 1986 British horror film directed by George Pavlou and wr…...
- 5/26/2011
- Horrorbid
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