New on Blu-ray: RADIO FREE STEVE (2000) - Shot-on-Video Post-Apocalyptic Indie Epic

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Product Description: In an apocalyptic wasteland, a pirate radio host fights off mutants and FCC assassins while he travels across America to Hollywood, blasting his illegal broadcast along the way. It’s Road Warrior meets Smokey and the Bandit.

Radio Free Steve is a unique and hilarious post-apocalyptic indie epic that features a wide array of familiar faces: Nathan Zellner (Sasquatch Sunset), Dean Haglund (The X-Files), Johanna Stein (Mulholland Dr.), Dave Kendall (MTV 120 Minutes), and many more. There’s even a Boards of Canada song on the soundtrack! VHSHITFEST loves to bring this obscure gem to Blu-Ray for the first time!

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New on Blu-ray: FLESH EATERS FROM OUTER SPACE (1989) - Shot-on-Video Sci-Fi Horror

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Product Description: A ravenous, predatory creature from deep space arrives on Earth and unleashes its insatiable appetite for flesh and blood on an unsuspecting, seaside town. Assigned by his superiors to hunt down the creature, former starship commander David Riggs (Greg Scott) recruits the assistance of a reluctant psychic investigator named Sandra Lynn (Kathy Monks), who’s been haunted by gruesome, clairvoyant visions of the monster savagely mutilating the towns’ local teenagers. When her innocent young daughter is killed, Sandra tracks the beast to its underwater lair in a kamikaze attempt to detonate a thermonuclear termination device and obliterate the creature (and herself) once and for all.

A mind-shattering, analog splatterfest that blissfully unfolds amidst the late ‘80s shopping malls, rock clubs, and shorelines of Ocean and Monmouth County, NJ, Flesh Eaters from Outer Space (aka A Taste for Flesh & Blood) marked the headbanging SOV feature debut of legendary Neptune, New Jersey-based writer/director Warren F. Disbrow (Invasion for Flesh and Blood, Scarlet Moon). In the tradition of Humanoids from the Deep and Nightbeast, big teeth, big hair, and big riffs abound in this regional, “man in a suit” monster epic that’s bursting at the seams with jaw-dropping nudity and practical gore FX. A 1980s love letter to the monster movies of the ‘50s featuring homespun dismemberments, disembowelments, and decapitations at every turn, Disbrow’s Flesh Eaters from Outer Space remains one of the seminal ‘80s horror features that would help put New Jersey on the map as a hub for micro-budget, shot on video filmmaking in the decades to come.

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New on Blu-ray: DEAD HUNT (2007) - Shot-on-Video Slasher Horror

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Product Description: Ten genre film critics from the HORRORDVDZONE website converge at a warehouse for a party on the eve of attending a local horror convention. Shortly after their guest of honor, the infamous indie scream queen Raven Rinaldi (Leanna Chamish) arrives, the power is cut and the doors are electrified trapping everyone inside the building. Unfortunately for the unsuspecting guests, a mysterious masked assassin begins murdering the attendees using a variety of gruesome methods, recreating the notorious kill scenes from the various movies reviewed on their website. Turns out the killer is a deranged, jilted filmmaker who is determined to enact revenge on all of the critics who gave disparaging reviews to his rebuffed slasher opus "Dead Hunt."

Brimming with practical gore and sumptuous sleaze, DEAD HUNT marks the final directorial effort from Baltimore, Maryland's legendary, low-budget maestro Don Dohler (Night Beast, The Alien Factor, Fiend) and his Timewarp Films collaborator Joe Ripple (Harvesters, Stakes) and remains an elusive puzzle piece in the Dohler oeuvre as well as an underseen SOV slasher curio from one of the Mid-Atlantic's most beloved and inspiring regional horror auteurs. Featuring performances by Dennis Hill (The Wire) along with Dohler vets Leanna Chamish (Harvesters, Vampire Sisters) and George Stover (Desperate Living, Blood Massacre), Saturn's Core is delighted to bring DEAD HUNT to Blu-Ray, marking its return to physical media for the first time since its initial, self-distributed DVD-R release nearly 20 years ago.

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New on Blu-ray: SAVAGE VOWS (1995) - Shot-on-Video Slasher Horror

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Product Description: Mark’s wife has tragically passed away in a fatal automobile accident. After the funeral, his close friends agree to convene at his lakeside abode for the weekend to support their friend in his time of grief. Soon after arriving, the tumultuous relationships between the various couples begin to bubble to the surface and a mysterious tool-wielding, black-gloved killer begins butchering the visitors one by one. It’s The Big Chill meets Curtains in SAVAGE VOWS: one the quintessential ‘90s regional SOV slasher epics notable for its grisly, homespun practical gore FX, its pulsing synth score, and a smattering of scenes shot in the insanely stocked horror section of Full Moon Video, a regional mom and pop video store in Pennsylvania that was owned by the director at the time of production. The sole directorial effort by frequent Polonia Brothers actor and collaborator Bob Dennis, SAVAGE VOWS is both a disquieting, neon analog nightmare and a singular (and strangely cozy) Polonia-adjacent hangout slasher. A backyard sprinkler of blood splattering madness featuring acting performance by pioneering SOV legend Mark Polonia (Splatter Farm, Feeders), director Bob Dennis (Bad Magic, Terror House), and prolific fetish model and performer Kelly Ashton, Saturn’s Core is proud to present SAVAGE VOWS on special edition Blu-Ray accompanied by new contextual featurettes and commentaries with the cast and crew.

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New on Blu-ray: BORN A NINJA / COMMANDO THE NINJA (1988) - Shot-on-Video Martial Arts Action Double Feature

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Product Description: This shot-on-video martial-arts double feature from Joesph Lai and IFD Films unleashes pure 1980s ninja chaos as two unlikely heroes are dragged into a war over stolen germ-warfare secrets. Featuring disappearing ninja assassins, endless waves of thugs, criminal masterminds, insane effects and the mysterious 'Hocus Pocus' magic fighting style - It's full-tilt SOV insanity, delivering cult ninja action at maximum volume.

Born a Ninja is a wild SOV martial-arts action romp where espionage, absurdity, and vanishing ninjas collide. When unlikely heroes Larry and David stumble onto a long-lost WWII germ formula created by the mysterious scientist Tanaka, they're pulled into a deadly web of shadow warfare and secret assassins. On their trail is Simon, a merciless ninja enforcer working for the cold-blooded mastermind Martin, whose scheme threatens global catastrophe. Outnumbered and outmatched, Larry and David rely on nerve, instinct, and their own unconventional fighting discipline - Hocus Pocus, a martial art as unpredictable as it is lethal.

Commando the Ninja (a.k.a. American Commando Ninja, a/k/a Silent Killers) cranks the chaos up even higher, continuing the covert war over germ-warfare secrets more dangerous than ninja blades. Once again caught in a storm of espionage, double-crosses, and stolen science, Larry and David find themselves facing more ruthless power brokers and endless waves of attackers. As the battle escalates, two fearless allies - Becky and Brenda - join the fight, driving the action toward an outrageous finale of acrobatics, ambushes, and full-blown ninja madness.

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New on Blu-ray: NUTBAG (2000) - Shot-On-Video Slasher Horror

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Product Description: A lonely and disturbed man stalks the streets of Las Vegas, preying on unsuspecting women. Beneath his quiet, unassuming exterior lies a depraved killer who murders without reason or remorse. Each encounter is more brutal than the last as his violence escalates and his obsession grows. Set against the gritty backdrop of Las Vegas, Nutbag delves into the daily life of a psychopath, unraveling his unsettling routines and the depths of his madness. Massacre Video proudly presents the definitive release of Nick Palumbo’s Nutbag, director of the infamous Murder-Set-Pieces. Presented in HD for the first time ever worldwide, this release features a brand-new transfer from the original video master, preserving every raw and brutal moment in stunning clarity. One of the nastiest shot-on-video slashers of its generation, Nutbag laid the groundwork for Palumbo’s later works. Banned and heavily censored upon its release, this uncompromising vision of depravity remains a landmark in extreme horror cinema.

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New on Blu-ray: DEADWOOD PARK (2007) - Shot-on-Video Folk Horror Epic

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Product Description: The small community of Eidolon Crossing once boasted a flourishing economy, fueled primarily by the rural amusement park Dogwood Park. Then the child murders began. Once the bodies of multiple murdered children were unearthed on the park’s property, attendance declined and the town quickly withered into poverty and ruin. Over the course of 35 years, 26 children disappeared at the hands of an elusive murderer and the decaying amusement park was dubbed Deadwood Park by the superstitious locals. Former resident Jake Richardson (William Clifton), returns to his parents’ dilapidated farmhouse to search for answers surrounding his twin brother’s childhood disappearance. Soon the spirits of the murdered children appear to Jake, luring him back to the decrepit grounds of Deadwood Park, in an attempt to uncover the horrific and homicidal secrets buried deep beneath Eidolon Crossing.

An atmospheric juggernaut shot on location at Midwestern drive-in theaters, creaky cabins, and an actual, overgrown abandoned amusement park (replete with crumbling coasters and rusted ferris wheels), DEADWOOD PARK is a sweeping, gore-soaked, SOV folk horror epic from the visionary, Missouri based video auteur Eric Stanze (Savage Harvest, Scrapbook, Ratline). Evoking melancholic autumnal vibes, spine-tingling scares, and an overall sense of relentless dread, DEADWOOD PARK found Stanze pushing his micro-budget DIY aesthetics to dizzying new heights; culminating in a sobering, supernatural metaphor for the child mortality that proliferates in the wake of war, dystopia, and economic blight. Saturn’s Core is proud to present the Blu-Ray debut of DEADWOOD PARK, sporting a brand new restoration supervised by director Eric Stanze plus an accursed, buried chest of new and archival special features.

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New on Blu-ray: DEAD OF NIGHT - THE COMPLETE SERIES (1994-1997) - Supernatural Shot-on-Video TV Series

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Product Description: Welcome to Viktorville: a town where inter-dimensional flux-core portals open daily and a menagerie of dangerous creatures crawl through them. Join Viktor Corporation enforcement officers, Status and AK, as they protect Viktorville from dinosaurs, killer robots, golems, Basilisks, Sligaks, Goldenballs, Drainers, The Drolic, and much more!

Created by real life security guards, Wayne Spitzer and Andy Kumpon, Dead of Night is an ambitious supernatural shot-on-video TV series that aired on Spokane cable-access from 1994-1997. Dead of Night feels like David Lynch directing The X-Files and VHShitfest could not be prouder to present this unique series (in its entirety) for the first time.

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New on Blu-ray: EMBALMER (1996) - Shot-on-Video Horror

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Product Description: An urban legend-based slasher from acclaimed filmmaker S. Torriano Berry, EMBALMER is one of the few 1990s independent horror movies that was made for Black audiences. The story follows Chiffon, a troubled teenager with a dark past, as she and her friends run afoul of Undertaker Zach—a mortician who killed his family and turned his funeral home into an H.H. Holmes-style murder castle. Shot on 16mm film with a small budget in Washington, D.C., EMBALMER utilizes a hip-hop soundtrack, sly humor, and slasher mechanics to tell a deeper story of abuse, trauma, and the never-ending cycle of coping with pain. AGFA is honored to bring this powerful chapter of overlooked '90s horror to Blu-ray for the first time ever.

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New on Blu-ray: OZONE - ATTACK OF THE REDNECK MUTANTS (1986) - Visual Vengeance Collector's Edition

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Product Description: When a toxic chemical spill tears open the ozone above rural Texas, backwoods locals mutate into drooling, slime-choked ghouls with an insatiable appetite for flesh. Environmental science student Arlene and hitchhiker Kevin stumble into the madness as small-town life collapses into a grotesque carnival of green vomit, yellow pus, and blood-soaked carnage. Dubbed dialogue, surreal padding, Americana weirdness, and gallons of inventive practical gore make Ozone unforgettable and stomach-churning. Director Matt Devlen's infamous Super-8 splatter oddity--sister film to Bret McCormick's The Abomination--remains a true DIY regional relic, long overshadowed by its limited VHS release in the late '80s. Now, for the first time on Blu-ray, this Special Edition features deleted scenes, outtakes, lost short films, rare images, and fresh extras with the original creators.

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New on Blu-ray: HARDCORE POISONED EYES (2000) - Shot-on-Video Horror

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Product Description: Three girlfriends descend upon a remote cabin for an idyllic, weekend getaway. Amidst the partying, Angelique (Christine Gallo) begins to research the bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of her grandfather, the former owner of the cabin. She soon discovers that her grandfather had collected documented evidence of a local satanic cult and their evil endeavors. After a drunken prank goes horribly wrong, a cloaked and claw-gloved satanic killer lays siege upon the cabin; forcing the girls to fight for their sanity and lives.

The startling feature debut from New York based writer/director Sal Ciavarello, HARDCORE POISONED EYES is a claustrophobic, cabin bound, winter set chamber piece which Rue Morgue magazine called both “atmospheric and jarring.” By utilizing a single location, an insular cast, and the dynamic visual stylings of Emmy-nominated cinematographer Huy Truong, Ciavarello’s HARDCORE POISONED EYES was significant for delivering genuine tension and nail-biting chills which were commonly absent from the work of his SOV contemporaries.

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MARLEY'S REVENGE: THE MONSTER MOVIE (1989) - Shot-on-Video Horror Comedy New on Blu-ray - Includes Bonus Movie

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Product Description: Two men try to illegally smuggle their aunt and uncle into the country but are mistaken as drug smugglers by a small group of vigilantes. They are taken to an island where they are to be executed and buried with previously murdered drug dealers. The only problem is, the uncle is a voodoo priest and he raises the dead from their graves to get revenge for the killing of the aunt. A 14 foot monster from hell, crazed vigilantes, and 84 zombies, try to keep our heroes from getting off the island.

MARLEY’S REVENGE is one of the most fun (and funny) 80s monster movies but somehow slipped through the cracks and didn’t get the recognition or distribution it deserved initially. We couldn’t be happier to present this new edition packed with hours of special features and even multiple versions of the movie!

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THE EVILMAKER + ABOMINATION: THE EVILMAKER II (2000-2003) - Shot-On-Video Horror Double Feature New on Blu-ray

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Product Description: A notorious SOV horror saga from Oregon based writer / director John Bowker (The Seekers, Housebound, Dreamwalkers), The Evilmaker duology stars ‘90s scream queen Stephanie Beaton (the Witchcraft series, Eyes of the Werewolf) and features cinematography by fellow Corvallis SOV filmmaker Joe Sherlock (Odd Noggins, Monster in the Garage). A pair of rental store and fanzine staples from one of the Pacific Northwest’s most notable, regional video auteurs, John Bowker’s Evilmaker features make their Blu-Ray debut from Saturn’s Core sporting new restorations and over 9 hours of special features!

The Evilmaker (2000) - After catching her husband having an affair, Serena (Stephanie Beaton) hits the road for a weekend getaway with her girlfriends spearheaded by her goth bestie Rachel (Felicia Pandolfi). When their car breaks down on the way, the girls take shelter in a mysterious abandoned house. The girls are promptly slaughtered one by one by an evil, unseen entity which emerges from an ominous culvert nearby, bringing with it sinister and forgotten revelations from Serena’s muddled past.

Abomination: The Evilmaker 2 (2003) - Sensing a psychic connection to her missing sister Rachel, Kathy (Kylene Wetherell) returns to the abandoned house where the horrifying events of The Evilmaker took place. With the help of a disgraced police detective, Kathy discovers her sister’s spirit still inhabiting the house in both evil and angelic forms and must traverse the houses’ psychological hellscapes and the homicidal machinations of her possessed friends in order to survive the night.

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PERMANENT DAMAGE (1992) - Shot-On-Video Crime Drama New on Blu-ray

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Product Description: Four young suburban men try to establish themselves as organized criminals in their humdrum local community. PERMANENT DAMAGE was made right in the middle of the American independent film boom, even predating Quentin Tarantino, but sadly fell through the cracks and never got the recognition it deserved. Similar to the Coen Brothers, it blends the drama and crime genres with dark comedy for a unique experience. VHSHITFEST is so excited to give this the release it deserved originally with hours of new extras.

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SUROH: ALIEN HITCHHIKER (1996) - Blu-ray Release of Shot-on-Video Sci-Fi

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Product Description: If the B-52s collaborated with Negativland on an alt-Earth version of Star Trek, it would feel a lot like SUROH: ALIEN HITCHHIKER—a mixed media hallucination from filmmaker Patrick McGuinn. The story follows Paul (Peter Gingerich), a skeptic who embarks on a spiritual, emotional, and sexual metamorphosis with an extraterrestrial named Suroh. Awash in LSD-tinged visuals and a pulsing acid-house soundtrack, this is a beautiful synthesis of experimental video art and queer exploration.

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THE KILLING TIDE (1997) - Blu-ray Release of Shot-on-Video Cult Classic

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Product Description: A corrupt sheriff schemes with city officials to obtain lucrative lakefront property. In a web of lies and intrigue, the sheriff tricks two offbeat killers into murdering his partners in the deal, all in one night over the Fourth of July.

THE KILLING TIDE never received the distribution it deserved when it was originally released, sadly falling into complete obscurity. VHSHitfest is so happy to release one of the all-time great low budget action films of the 90s and a soon to be cult classic.

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BONE SICKNESS (2004) - Blu-ray Release of Shot-on-Video Classic Horror

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Product Description: Alex (Rich George) is suffering from a terminal bone disease. When traditional methods fail to improve his condition, his devoted wife Kristen (Darya Zabinski) resorts to some rather ghoulish means of alternative medicine. She enlists Alex’s morgue attendant best friend Thomas (Brian Paulin) to procure skeletal remains from the local cemetery and grind up the rotting corpse marrow to feed to Alex for nourishment. Unfortunately this misguided scheme soon leads to a rash of dire consequences as Alex slowly transforms into homicidal, worm spewing “necro junkie”, putrefied zombies rise from their graves to devour the flesh of the living, and a hideous race of goblins emerge from the darkness to punish the impudent human race.

A Fulci inspired mission statement from the Massachusetts master of SOV garage gore Brian Paulin (At Dawn They Sleep, Fetus, Blood Pigs), BONE SICKNESS remains amongst the most jaw dropping zombie epics to ever emerge from the video underground. With high risk homespun car stunts, full body burns, abundant full frontal nudity, striking naturescapes, and show stopping practical gore and creature FX of the highest order, BONE SICKNESS presents all of Paulin’s trademark directorial flourishes firing on all cylinders. Featuring capacious entrail munching, garage door decapitations, skill saw vivisections, explosive worm defecation, and machine gun jaw removal, BONE SICKNESS (making its Blu-Ray debut accompanied by over 10 hours of new and archival special features!) is an operatic orgy of carnage highlighted by a handful of the most unforgettably violent images ever committed to screen.

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PROJECT OMICRON (1999) - Blu-ray Release of VHS Cult Sci-Fi Film Directed by Jared Whitham

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Product Description: Join Will Walker as he test pilots a captured enemy ship that shadows an unearthly childhood. On the mission he must work with a team of engineers and scientists who are members of an ancient secret society. By methodical use of silverware and ladders they have figured out how to make the movie (which is Will’s life) auto-rewind to the beginning over and over again.

Jared Whitman started PROJECT OMICRON when he was 15 years old and spent 7 years working on it. The result is one of the most unique and mind-bending sci-fi films you can imagine while also being a perfect love letter to the 50s science fiction films Whitman grew up watching. VHSHITFEST is so happy to shine a light on this extremely obscure gem with hours of extras!

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CANNIBAL ORGY AND THE FILMS OF J.T. IV (1984-1985) - Blu-ray Collection Featuring Two Horror Movies and 10 Shorts By Late Musician/Filmmaker John Henry Timmis IV

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Product Description: Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, the experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Henry Timmis IV) feel like an unholy alliance between David Bowie and Charles Manson. CANNIBAL ORGY AND THE FILMS OF J.T. IV is an historical archive that collects Timmis's collage-like films for the first time on home video. This includes CANNIBAL ORGY—a Satanic panic ode to BLOOD FEAST, Lucio Fulci, and stoned glam rock. It does not include THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA, Timmis's 85-hour movie that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest film ever made. Although he mainly identified as straight, J.T. IV was refreshingly open about his same-sex relationships in his autobiography FROM THE INSIDE, making these works exciting discoveries in the realm of alternative and underground cinema.

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New on Blu-ray: ICED (1989) - Shot-on-Video Horror

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Product Description: A group of friends head off for a fun-filled getaway in the snowy mountains, where they’ve unexpectedly been offered a free stay at a luxury ski resort. Once they arrive at their cabin, however, the high spirits are soon dampened when they discover a newspaper clipping concerning the tragic death of their friend Jeff during a ski trip four years earlier - it’s clear that someone holds the group responsible for the accident. Sure enough, as the friends settle in for a cozy winter vacation full of skiing, sexual intrigue, and naked cocaine binges, a mysterious figure in ski gear and cracked goggles stalks the surroundings, intent on picking them off one by one in a variety of gruesome ways.

The directorial debut of Jeff Kwitny, who would go on to helm 1989’s Beyond the Door III, ICED - which began life under the title “Blizzard of Blood” - is a deliriously entertaining snowbound slasher penned by and starring Berserker (1987) star Joseph Alan Johnson, alongside a scene-stealing performance from Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams. Featuring an astonishing amount of bare skin and a host of fun kills - including death by jacuzzi, icicle, and a glacially-paced snow plow - ICED is at long last thawed out by Degausser Video for its Blu-ray world premiere, newly restored from the best available tape master and loaded with a wealth of brand new bonus features.

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