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March 21, 2020

Artsploitation Acquires Two New Horror Films

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Distribution company Artsploitation has announced it will be shipping out two new indie horror films this summer on demand and DVD. The first one is the story of Becca, who one day receives an urgent phone call from her older brother Richie. First off, he admits he tried to kill himself. Second, he says he succeeded, but woke back up next to his own dead body. Every time he dies, a new Richie appears where the previous one left off. At this point Richie has done this several times and there’s a pile of dead Richies in his house. Something weird is going on, and it might have to do with the strange, pulsating growth on Richie’s bedroom wall. We left off the title of this movie until now because it is the strangest part. This is called “Dead Dicks.” While Dick is short for Richie, the title is going to attract attention for a different reason. Compared to “Dead Dicks,” Artsploitation’s other summer flick feels a lot more subdued.

January 23, 2020

Artspoitation Announces We For US Release

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Artsploitation Films has announced they’re bringing over the controversial Dutch film We to DVD and Blu-Ray next month. What’s so controversial about it, you ask? It’s the kind of “kids these days are out of control!” film where teens constantly engage in depraved acts for shock’s sake. If only their parents had raised them better! During one hot summer, eight privileged but bored suburban teens begin to pull a series of harmless pranks which quickly escalate into increasingly depraved games. Their descent from innocence to ruthless predators involve arson, prostitution, pornography, assault and blackmail. Drenched in bared flesh and naked nihilism the film is reminiscent of the films of Harmony Korine, Larry Clark and Lars von Trier. Korine was the director of Kids, a very similar film from the 1990s that got an equally similar reaction. We was directed by Rene Eller and was based on the novel “Wij” by Elvis Peeters. We will arrive on our shores in two packages. One makes it looks like a typical party film

May 14, 2019

Firstborn Released On DVD And VOD

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Artsploitation Films has picked up US distribution rights to the Latvian revenge thriller Firstborn and, as of today, released the film on DVD and VOD. In basic terms, the plot is one of those Charles Atlas ads from old comic books, only with murder added. Francis is a weak, wimpy architect trapped in an unhappy marriage. After the couple is robbed by a crook on a motorcycle, Francis’ wife treats him even more horribly, insisting he should have stood up to the man. Francis decides, “maybe it’s time I did.” So he tracks down the biker and…one day later, the biker is dead. No one knows it was an accident, but who needs to? Francis’ wife is thrilled. A couple months of frantic sex later, the wife is pregnant. And then trouble arrives: someone knows Francis was “involved” in the disappearance of the biker and is threatening to tell the police unless Francis meets his demands. To save his repaired marriage, and possibly his life, Francis may have to confront

October 29, 2018

Luciferina Lurks On Blu-Ray This Fall

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Artspoitation, distributor of unconventional foreign films, has nabbed the Argentinian horror film Luciferina for American distribution. 19-year-old Natalia has traveled to Argentina to visit her dying father. She’s accepted that her dad isn’t long for the world, but her sister has other ideas….and before long, she’s led Natalia directly into the horrifically graphic activities of a satanic cult. (We do mean graphic here; folks who dislike gore should steer clear, and there’s also something at some point called a “sexorcism”). Luciferina was written and directed by Gonzalo Calzada, and has been screened at festivals around the world, including FrightFest London, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, Fantaspoa and Cinepolcalypse. Unfortunately this frightful flick is going to miss the Halloween window (which is two days away anyway) but you can catch Luciferina on Blu-Ray and DVD November 20th, followed by its digital release December 4. Natalia is a 19-year-old novice who reluctantly returns home to say goodbye to her dying father. But when she meets up with her sister