SMILE 2 Digital, 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD Release: "The malevolent curse from the #1 original horror movie of 2022, SMILE, is taken to shocking new levels in “the scariest movie of the year by a mile” (Dave Morales, FOX-TV), SMILE 2. The box office hit arrives for purchase on Digital November 19, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
SMILE 2 will also be available on Digital as part of a two-movie collection with the original SMILE and will arrive on 4K Ultra HD, in a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook®, and on DVD on January 21, 2025.
Hailed as a “terrifying masterpiece” (Shahbaz Siddiqui, The Movie Podcast), writer/director Parker Finn’s SMILE 2 ratchets up the horror with a “razor-sharp and inventive” (Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting) story that takes viewers on “a wild, terrifying ride” (Joey Paur, Geek Tyrant). The film is Certified Fresh™ with an 86% Critics Score* on Rotten Tomatoes® and has been praised as “one of the best horror sequels ever made” (Jonathan Sim, Coming Soon).
Fans who purchase the film on Digital** or 4K Ultra HD will have access to over 40 minutes of heart-pounding bonus content. Hear from cast and filmmakers as they break down the film's most intense moments; go behind-the-scenes to see how the make-up, prosthetics, and visual effects bring the nightmare to life; check out deleted and extended scenes not seen in theatres, and more!
Bonus content is detailed below:
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ITCH! Makes Its World Premiere at Dances With Films: NY on December 7th: "Filmmaker Bari Kang (LUCKY, THE SCRAPPER) World Premieres ITCH!, his thrilling debut horror film, at Dances With Films: NY on December 7th. The gory, hard-hitting new take on the zombie genre stars Bari Kang, Olivia Kang, Patrick Michael Valley.
In this gripping tale of survival, a horrific outbreak known as "The Itch" spreads like wildfire, turning its victims into frenzied, self- destructive shells of their former selves. Jay, a widower grappling with grief and desperation, seeks refuge in a seemingly safe department store alongside his estranged young daughter. However, the sanctuary they believed would protect them becomes a nightmarish trap, revealing that the true danger actually lurks among them.
With the infection closing in and paranoia escalating within their group, Jay and his daughter are forced into a harrowing battle—not just against the outside world, but against the darkness in human hearts when faced with survival. With every decision a life or death choice, they must confront their fractured bond and make brutal choices to stay alive, leading to an unimaginable climax that questions what it truly means to protect those we love.
Written and directed by Bari Kang, the tense, violent new horror film stars Bari Kang, Olivia Kang, Patrick Michael Valley, Ximena Uribe Vargas, and Maria Ventura Lucas, and is produced by Monica De Oliveira and Bari Kang."
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INDIE HORROR DARLING FLESH AND BLOOD RETURNS WITH A CHILLING SEQUEL AND NEWS OF MAJOR FILM DEVELOPMENT: "After a successful (and critically-acclaimed) launch earlier this year, White Hart Comics are back with the sequel to their indie horror hit, Flesh and Blood. Entitled Skin and Bone, this 128-page original graphic novel offers a direct continuation of the harrowing tale about cannibals wreaking havoc in the Scottish Highlands.
Set against a backdrop of corporate greed and shadowy conspiracies, the book quickly garnered a hungry audience, which naturally caught the attention of the entertainment world. As a result, Flesh and Blood is now being developed as a feature film by Envision Entertainment, in conjunction with the BFI, under the watchful eye of veteran producer David Barron (the Harry Potter series, Cinderella, The Legend of Tarzan).
No stranger to the world of film and television himself, novelist and screenwriter Simon Lewis once again brings his cinematic eye to the comic book page – and continues his symbiotic relationship with acclaimed artist and comics veteran, Chris Geary, who has worked tirelessly for decades alongside luminaries such as David Lloyd (V for Vendetta) on his long-running Aces Weekly and other popular UK titles.
“Chris and I first met thanks to a shared life-drawing class, which led us to discuss our inspirations and the idea of doing something more meaningful together,” says Lewis. “We have a lot in common, in terms of the stories we want to tell and the things we like to depict, so continuing this partnership with Skin and Bone seemed like a natural next step. We had this story in mind from the very beginning, and it’s great to be in a position to bring it to life as well.”
The savage Highland cannibals who terrorized her may be dead, but Ruth Saran is still plagued by nightmares. When a crashed lorry reveals a cargo that appears to contain human remains, and a masked stranger whispers, 'It isn't over,' paranoia consumes her. Are there really others? A compulsive search unveils conspiracies far stranger than she ever could have imagined. Supernatural strangeness and gritty conspiracy drama collide in this follow-up to Flesh and Blood, which has been compared to Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber’s seminal classic, Whiteout.
Skin and Bone will be listed in the December PREVIEWS catalogue (DEC241921) for comic book stores, alongside a reoffering of Flesh and Blood (APR241852) which will arrive in stores early 2025. But eager fans can pick up early copies of the graphic novel at Thought Bubble Festival this weekend in Harrogate. Bringing together some of the world’s greatest comics and sequential talent, Thought Bubble is now a vital appointment on the pop culture calendar and features many exciting debuts.
Flesh and Blood can also be enjoyed on the newly launched FABLE comics reading app for smartphones, which offers the title in its unique vertical-scroll format. Readers can enjoy the full story over there before picking up print versions of the original title and its upcoming sequel."
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ARROW Lineup Heads into the Holidays with Horror: "Arrow Video is excited to announce the December 2024 lineup of their subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a selection of new titles, from carefully cultivated curations to shorts by new talent. For serious enthusiasts, ARROW offers deep dives into the tastes of filmmakers that changed the way we see the genre.
In a recent profile, the New York Times praised ARROW and noted, "Viewers with a fondness for the esoteric will be hard-pressed to find more quality bang for their streaming buck."
The December 2024 lineup leads with The Last Video Store, streaming on ARROW in the US, UK and Ireland starting December 9. A love letter to video rental stores and the B-movie treasures that lined their walls, Cody Kennedy & Tim Rutherford’s debut feature, The Last Video Store, is a genre-loving blast of pure joy: “a real treasure trove for genre fans, both new and old" (Kat Hughes, THN).
As the year comes to a close and days get shorter, December 6 starts ARROW's Seasons with Fear of the Dark (UK/IE/US/CAN).
Don't turn off the light!
All the scariest things we can imagine lurk in the darkness. Creeping around in the impenetrable black, just waiting for the chance to grab our feet as we run up the stairs or jump into bed.
Banish this terror, or maybe make it worse, with a curated collection of Cult films where what hides in the shadows is more terrifying than anything you can think of. Shine a flickering flashlight on any of the horrors below and give yourself a real Fear of the Dark.
Titles Include: The Monkey's Paw, Legs, BLEEP.
On December 6, wake up and stream Nightmare (US/CAN): When a homicidal mental patient flees an experimental drug program, he'll leave a 5-day trail of psychosexual carnage from the peep shows of 42nd Street to the gore-soaked shores of Florida. Written and directed by Romano Scavolini, this "devastating masterpiece" (Cinefear) has been scanned from the internegative and various foreign print sources to create the most complete version ever assembled.
The rest of the December 6 lineup includes shorts and features, all centered around the animal kingdom.
Froggy (Short) (UK/IE/US/CAN): A teenage girl with a significant connection to nature is attacked by bullying classmates. A reckoning is unleashed to defend herself, and the creatures she cherishes.
Affentanz Hunter (Short) (UK/IE/US/CAN): A hunter is on the prowl. He has his sights on a stag and his finger on the trigger. But then – a crack and a smack from a faceless hooded figure. A knock out and darkness. From that moment on, everything changes.
Cocaine Crabs From Outer Space (US/CAN): When a couple of intergalactic space crabs land on Earth, they encounter the one thing they didn't expect... A duo of dumb frat boys force-feeding them cocaine! As it turns out, cocaine gives space crabs an overbearing impulse to kill! Their string of peculiar homicides has Detective Charlie Reese thinking that something smells fishy... literally!
Spider Labyrinth (US/CAN): For more than three decades, the remarkable debut feature by award-winning director Gianfranco Giagni has been one of the most elusive Italian horror titles in home video history...until now: When an American professor is sent to Budapest to complete a mysterious research project, he'll become ensnared in a mind-bending web of sexual provocation, occult carnage and arachnidian havoc.
On December 9, take a trip into the ARROW archives with the family foursome that created The Deeper You Dig, Hellbender, Where the Devil Roams, and Hellhole. The Adams Family Selects debuts for subscribers in the UK, IE, the US, and CAN.
Toby, John, Lulu and Zelda shared, "We love Arrow’s wide range of films and had a lot of fun picking our own eclectic mix of styles, eras, and tones here.
From exploitation to coming of age, German new wave to video nasty; illuminating documentaries (pick your own poison!) to Dollar Baby short; 70s sleaze and Austrian folk horror; modern punk middle finger fun to modern-retro-vaudevillian… We’ve got a bubbling cauldron of great picks here - including a number of films by women filmmakers to watch (Julia Marchese, Jill Gervargizian, Izzy Lee) or those who set the stage decades ago (21 year old Fhiona-Louise).
Pop some corn, crack a beer, or do what you do…. and thanks for checking out our ARROW Selects!"
Titles Include: The Stylist, Meat Friend, Basket Case.
Also on December 9, a pair of great titles join the streamer.
The Addiction 4K (UK/IE/US/CAN): Big-name stars such as Tom Cruise and Eddie Murphy flocked to vampire films in the 90s, as did high-caliber filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola, veterans Wes Craven and John Landis, independents Michael Almereyda and Jeffrey Arsenault, and up-and-comers Quentin Tarantino and Guillermo del Toro. Amid the fangs and crucifixes, Abel Ferrara reunited with his King of New York star Christopher Walken for The Addiction, a distinctly personal take on creatures of the night making its 4K premiere on ARROW!
Philosophy student Kathleen (Lili Taylor, The Conjuring) is dragged into an alleyway on her way home from class by Casanova (Annabella Sciorra, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) and bitten on the neck. She quickly falls ill but realizes this isn’t any ordinary disease when she develops an aversion to daylight and a thirst for human blood…
Having made a big-budget foray into science fiction two years earlier with Body Snatchers, Ferrara’s approach to the vampire movie is in a lower key. Shot on the streets of New York, like so many of his major works – including The Driller Killer, Ms. 45 and Bad Lieutenant – and beautifully filmed in black and white, The Addiction sees the filmmaker on his own terms and at his very best: raw, shocking, intense, intelligent, masterful.
The Last Video Store (UK/IE/US): When her estranged father passes, twenty-something Nyla is tasked with the thing she hates the most – cleaning up his mess. Left behind are a collection of VHS tapes, and with them, the burden of returning them to “Blaster Video” a time capsule to an era in which cover art and a catchy movie title were king, run by Kevin, a human encyclopedia of VHS history and a friend of her father. Amongst the returns is an unknown tape, a movie not even Kevin has heard of. Was this the last movie Nyla’s father watched before he died? The mystery is too much to resist. But when Kevin and Nyla press play, they unwittingly activate a long-dormant curse and a series of classic cinematic villains are plucked from B-movie heaven and hell to be unleashed into the store itself!
On December 13, take a trip back in time to 60s Cult (UK/IE/US/CAN).
There's less swinging and more stabbing in the ARROW 60s Cult collection, but whether it's horror, sci-fi or a Western you choose, there will be plenty of far-out thrills from this wild and creative decade in Cult cinema.
Titles Include: Two Thousand Maniacs, The City Tramp, Lady Morgan's Vengeance.
Also on December 13, exclusively for North American subscribers, are a pair of blood soaked creature features.
Alien From The Abyss (US/CAN): For one of the final films of his legendary career, director Antonio Margheriti headed to the Philippines to deliver "the perfect '80s Italian popcorn flick" (Mondo Digital): When environmental activists attempt to expose an evil corporation dumping nuclear waste into the local volcano, they'll instead discover graphic gore, exploding miniatures and a rampaging full-scale kaiju-style creature.
Beast From Haunted Cave (US/CAN): "Screaming young girls sucked into a labyrinth of horror by a blood-starved ghoul from Hell." So said the original advertising for Beast from Haunted Cave. Directed by Monte Hellman, filmed in the Black Hills of South Dakota, this feature is about a gang of crooks being terrorized by a nasty, spider-like creature.
On December 20, ARROW goes dark for their final Season of 2024 with Monochrome Madness (UK/IE/US/CAN).
The blood doesn't have to be red, for you to be scared half-dead!
Monochrome Madness is a collection of Cult films that, while lacking in colour, are not lacking in horror, imagination and unforgettable thrills and imagery.
You don't need to be afraid to watch films in black and white - but maybe you should be!
Titles Include: A Ghost Waits, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, Laguna Ave.
On December 20, subscribe to see two very different cinematic battles on ARROW.
Brothers James Retribution (US/CAN): This is the untold Nickel and Dime Story of how two ranch hands from Kansas became the most notorious duo of the Old West, Frank and Jesse James! When Frank and Jesse O'Kelley (Frank Powers and Justin Marmion) left their ranch to hunt down Their Fathers Killer Kurt Fowler (Robert Womack) it took one small lie in a big town to transform them from ranch hands into Outlaws and the rest is history!
Enter The Drag Dragon (UK/IE/US/CAN): Get ready to go on a Drag-Fu odyssey, filled with face-crunching action, corset-busting comedy, gut-munching horror, and soul-touching musical numbers! You've never experienced anything like Enter the Drag Dragon! This blast of true independent cinema will leave you wobbly in your heels as you try to recover from the non-stop thrill ride of adventure, laughs, screams, and romance.
ARROW says goodbye to 2024 with two cult classics from cinema history on December 27.
The Deadly Art Of Survival (UK/IE/US/CAN): Before Charlie Ahearn shot his seminal hip-hop film "Wild Style" in 1982, he was directly exposed to the bourgeoning hip-hop, break-dancing and graffiti movement, while shooting his super-8 martial arts epic "The Deadly Art of Survival" around the projects (next door to his apartment) in the Lower East Side in 1979.
Deputy Marshal (US/CAN): Wrongly suspected of murder, a deputy marshal (Jon Hall) devises a plan to draw all the actual suspects out into the open and prove which one of them committed murder in order to profit off of the coming railroad line. Based on the best-selling western novel by Charles Heckelmann.
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