As summer comes to a crashing halt and swimsuits get traded for bulging back packs, SVOD platform IndiePix Unlimited (available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video) invites all prospective students BACK TO SCARE SCHOOL! One of the leading destinations for students of horror education, the new curriculum is overseen with great vigilance by Scare School Headmistress of Horror, Debbie Rochon. And this semester’s offerings are guaranteed to put a chill in the air (and deep in your bones) with a focus on student favorite genres MONSTERS and THE SUPERNATURAL. So whether it crawls, swims, flies or shambles or comes from the unexplained beyond, the student body is certain to thrill to the nine new BACK TO SCARE SCHOOL offerings, available beginning 9/6!
To register for Scare School, simply visit Amazon Channels on Prime and sign-up for a free 7-day trial for the SVOD service, IndiePix Unlimited, priced at $5.99 per month.
The Back to Scare School “courses” are as follows:
MONSTERS
A group of paranormal investigators in the UK come face to face with the American legend Bigfoot and must fight for their lives while trying to capture proof of the creature’s existence in this wild and wooly horror film that proves terror has no borders (90 mins)
A faction of scientists deep in the woods of Amityville has done the unthinkable and captured Bigfoot, conducting bizarre experiments. However, the enraged creature escapes and comes across a low budget Bigfoot movie production, where he proves that hell hath no fury like a monster scorned, as he begins picking off cast and crew one by one by one in gory, gruesome fashion! Of course it’s up to two scientists to track the beast down before he wipes out the entire town. In one of the most hilarious, bloody and bizarre Amityville or Bigfoot movies you will have or ever will see! (87 minutes)
After her mother’s mysterious death, Abigail Arcane (Heather Locklear) travels to the Florida swamps to confront her resurrected evil stepfather Dr. Anton Arcane (Louis Jourdan). In an attempt to stave off the effects of aging, Dr. Arcane, assisted by Dr. Lana Zurrell (Sarah Douglas), combines genes from various swamp animals and human beings, creating an army of monsters known as Un-Men. When Abby arrives, Dr. Arcane is hell-bent on taking his own stepdaughter’s life in the name of science… that is until she is rescued by SWAMP THING in this must-see sequel to the original cult classic and based on the award-winning DC Comics series! From the executive producers of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Benjamin Melniker and Michael E. Uslan and legendary cult film director Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall, Not of This Earth),The Return of Swamp Thing features an all-star cast that includes Heather Locklear (Melrose Place, Uptown Girls), Louis Jordan (Swamp Thing, Octopussy), Sarah Douglas (Superman II, Conan The Destroyer) and Dick Durock (Raw Deal, Stand By Me) returning as the SWAMP THING. (88 minutes)
Two mismatched homicide detectives are forces to team up to stop a serial killer in this horror/buddy-cop hybrid called “the Odd Couple meets Lethal Weapon” (Horror Society) and “everything a genre cinema aficionado could ask for [and] a hell of a lot of fun: entertaining and full of heart. (Really Awful Movies.com) You have the right to remain delicious in this romp starring Scare School’s very own Headmistress of Horror, Debbie Rochon! (84 minutes)
THE SUPERNATURAL
Larry Barnes is on the fast track to a partnership in a prestigious law firm, and his sexy witch wife Erica (Julie Strain) will do anything to keep her husband happy. But Erica makes a fatal mistake when she tries to kill Larry’s main competition for the partnership, Howard Reynolds. With Howard now crippled for life from Erica’s dark magic, his wife Amelia (Linda Blair), using witchcraft and a mystical medallion, tries to destroy everyone and everything in Larry’s life in this 1999 classic from the prolific Jim Wynorski. Says Geof Miller of Amazon.com, “Sorceress has it all: a tortured hero; plenty of babe-a-licious women (and a guy or two) shedding their clothes with mad abandon to explore their own dark impulses; and a villain with motives so Byzantine they must have been inspired by the writer’s last conversation with his agent.” (89 minutes)
When Mary Blackwell and her children return to her hometown of Maiden Hollow to clear out her recently deceased father s house, the local villagers are initially hostile towards the new family and local priest Michael Howdy takes an unhealthy interest in Mary s daughter, Alice. After being involved in a car crash years back, Michael has suffered brain injuries which spark off a series of surreal fantasies featuring Alice and his dead wife, Isobel. As Michael’s illness invades his mind, and his sanity, he suddenly finds himself in position he could never have imagined. (98 minutes)
When a trio of free-spirited young women – led by a smoldering Rosalba Neri of Lady Frankenstein fame – insists on spending the night in a castle rumored to be owned by the Devil himself, their cobweb-and-candelabra lark triggers a nightmare of lust, violence, vampirism and the ultimate ecstasy of Satanic seduction. Previously available only in edited versions and poor-quality transfers, it remains one of the most obscure and bizarre Italian gothics of the ‘70s, written/directed by Paolo Lombardo (The Embalmer), produced by Dick Randall (Pieces) and featuring a soundtrack by Elvio Monti (Cristiana Devil Nun) (78 minutes)
Regarded by horror fans the world over as two of the greatest Italian horror films ever made, Lamberto Bava’s Demons films are not only major cinematic nightmare fuel, but also hugely entertaining splatterfests of the highest order. In Demons, a masked man offers tickets to a horror movie sneak preview at the mysterious Metropol cinema. When a patron is scratched by a prop displayed in the theatre lobby, she transforms into a flesh-ripping demon! One by one, the audience members mutate into horrible creatures hell-bent on destroying the world! Can anyone escape this gory orgy of terror? In 1986’s ambitious sequel Demons 2, the apocalyptic terror continues! A televised horror film spells doom for the residents of a luxury high-rise apartment, as demons are unleashed through the TV screen at a young girl’s birthday party. As more and more residents are infected and transformed into blood-thirsty demons, a young couple fights to survive as they try to escape Hell on Earth.
