Incense for the Damned

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| If you think you've seen everything British horror had to offer, you haven't seen this.

A mysterious collapse, the starting point for one of British horror's most sexually charged and transgressive vampire films. Not all vampires wear capes. Some disappear to Mykonos and never come back the same.

Incense for the Damned follows Patrick Mower as Richard Fountain, an academic runaway who disappears into obsession on a sun-drenched research trip to Mykonos. It's a psychedelic mod-horror that doesn't just blur the line between the supernatural and the erotic — it weaponises it, exploring addiction, desire and moral collapse in ways mainstream horror rarely dared.

Co-starring Patrick Macnee, Imogen Hassall, Alex Davion, Johnny Sekka, Edward Woodward and horror royalty Peter Cushing.

Restored in high definition for the first time anywhere in the world from original film elements, with three versions of the film included.

The Sun Never Sets

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| A woman's relationship with her older, divorced boyfriend hits a rough patch just as her ex reappears in her life, leading to complicated emotions and messy entanglements in the Alaskan wilderness.

It Ends

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| Friends on a late-night food run become trapped on an infinite highway with otherworldly terrors lurking beyond. Confined in their Jeep Cherokee, they must decide whether to accept their fate or attempt escape.

The Weight

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| Desperate to save what is left of his family, during the height of the Great Depression a battle-scarred veteran is hired to help smuggle a fortune in gold across 100 miles of impenetrable wilderness.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

Unreal

Steve Lacy

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| doom, new music + visual from Steve Lacy.

One Night Only

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| Two New Yorkers search for love on the one night of the year when sex is legal.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

Unreal

The Womack Sisters

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| If I Let You, new music + visual from The Womack Sisters.

Johnny Huynh

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| Delusional, new music + visual from Johnny Huynh.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

Unreal

Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles

Qué Rico!

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

Unreal

Love Spells

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| Don't Touch, new music + visual from Love Spells.

MNEK

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| OH NO!! ALL THE BOYS!!, music + visual from MNEK.

The Last House

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| A family of four is suddenly sealed inside their house with no way out and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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| The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) remains one of Hollywood’s most haunting adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s classic Gothic tale. Steve Hayes reviews MGM’s lavish supernatural drama starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Donna Reed, and Peter Lawford.

The Tired Old Queen At The Movies explores director Albert Lewin’s eerie vision of Dorian Gray, a beautiful young man who wishes to remain forever young while his portrait bears the scars of his corruption. The result is a macabre cautionary tale about vanity, temptation, lost innocence, and the dangerous price of getting exactly what you wish for.

Steve discusses Hurd Hatfield’s striking performance in the title role, George Sanders’s urbane wickedness, and Angela Lansbury’s heartbreaking portrayal of cabaret singer Sibyl Vane, which earned the young actress her second Academy Award nomination. He also considers Donna Reed and Peter Lawford, Harry Stradling’s Oscar-winning black-and-white cinematography, the film’s startling color portrait sequences, and MGM’s sumptuous treatment of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated novella.

Why did director Albert Lewin ask Hurd Hatfield to suppress nearly every facial expression? How did the role affect Hatfield’s later career? And what happened when Steve met the unforgettable actor decades later at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? For fans of classic Hollywood, Oscar Wilde adaptations, Gothic horror movies, supernatural dramas, MGM films, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, and vintage movie reviews, The Picture of Dorian Gray offers beauty, decadence, terror, and one of cinema’s most unforgettable portraits.

Natalie Imbruglia

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| Just Drive, music + visual from Natalie Imbruglia.

Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles

Qué Rico!

Their muscles met the demands of the city, and the city met the demands of their muscles

Qué Rico!

Keiynan Lonsdale

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|Don't Be Such A, music + visual from Keiynan Lonsdale.

The Double

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| Giovanni (Jean Sorel, Rosa la rose, fille publique) is shot in an underground parking garage by a mysterious bearded man. As his life flashes before his eyes, through flashbacks we learn about his life and what led to this moment. His flirtatious wife, Lucia (Ewa Aulin, Death Smiles on a Murderer) and the fissures her behaviour creates, complications with the family business, Lucia’s relationship with a travelling hippie and her beautiful mother-in-law (Lucia Bosé, Satyricon).

With its delirious editing, continually returning us to the site of his murder, Giovanni’s life turns in on itself as the film explores masculinity, eroticism, and the uncanny. One of the undiscovered greats of the genre, Romolo Guerrieri’s (The Sweet Body of Deborah) The Double is a sexy, metaphysical giallo newly restored and officially released for the first time since VHS.

Misty Green

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| Years after her Hollywood breakthrough, a talented actress whose career has stalled fights for her second act.

Other Mommy

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| Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity that comes out of her closet. The presence, who she calls "Other Mommy," becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

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It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated

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Creedo

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B2K

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|Mileage, music + visual from B2K.

The Creeping Unknown

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| Before Ridley Scott's Alien, before decades of "man slowly becomes a monster" horror, there was this: the original 1955 trailer for The Quatermass Xperiment, released in the US as The Creeping Unknown.

The film follows Professor Bernard Quatermass as he races to contain the sole survivor of a doomed rocket mission, a man who's slowly turning into something no longer human. It's widely credited with helping define British sci-fi horror for decades to come.

Ryan Beatty

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|White Lightning, music + visual from Ryan Beatty.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

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Tony Tacheny

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|Glitter, music + visual from Tony Tacheny.

Never use the passive where you can use the active

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Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible

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Mickaël Pouvin

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|The Darkest Night, new music + visual from Mickaël Pouvin.

Dune: Part Three

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| Dune: Part Three is set nearly two decades after Paul Atreides seized control of the Imperium. Now a ruthless Emperor, Paul must face the consequences of his reign as old allies return, terrifying new threats emerge, and betrayal lurks in every shadow. Haunted by visions of Imperial collapse and the reappearance of his long-lost love, Paul is drawn into a sweeping conspiracy, with Chani at the heart of its unfolding mystery. As rebellion brews and enemies close in, Paul must confront the true cost of power and the fate of those he loves the most.

Marius

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|Cry Again For Me, from Marius.

We walk about under a load of memories which we long to share and somehow never can

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Identity

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| IDENTITY IS A SECRET. IDENTITY IS A MYSTERY. IDENTITY IS A KILLER.

Before reinventing both the racing film with Ford v Ferrari and the superhero blockbuster with Logan, filmmaker James Mangold directed Identity, a high-concept thriller that fuses Agatha Christie-style mystery with nerve-shredding psychological horror.

When a torrential downpour strands ten strangers at a remote Nevada motel, tensions soon fray to breaking point. Among the reluctant guests are a limo driver (John Cusack), a washed-up actress (Rebecca DeMornay), a troubled cop (Ray Liotta) transporting a violent criminal, and a grieving couple (John C. McGinley and Amanda Peet). But as the guests are picked off one by one, it becomes clear this is no random gathering. With paranoia mounting and identities unraveling, the survivors must uncover the connection that links them together – before the killer strikes again.

Released amid a boom in thrillers with twist endings, Identity channels classic whodunit conventions into something far more chilling, anchored by a razor-sharp screenplay that delivers shocks, psychological intrigue and a finale that lingers long after the lights come up.

54

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| New York City, 1979: working class Jersey City teenager Shane (Ryan Phillippe, Cruel Intentions) becomes infatuated with Studio 54, a lavish Manhattan nightclub known for decadence. Shane’s time at 54 introduces him to a cast of characters including real life nightclub owner Steve Rubell (Mike Myers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery), busboy Greg (Breckin Meyer, Clueless), coat checker Anita (Salma Hayek, Traffic), and actress Julie (Neve Campbell, Scream).

Written and directed by Mark Christopher, 54 was originally heavily re-shot ahead of its theatrical release in 1998 before being re-assembled in a long awaited director’s cut in 2015, with over forty minutes of different footage used. Anchored by an impressive, star-making, performance from Ryan Phillippe along with a bombastic, period appropriate soundtrack, 54 is an essential ode to old New York that’s ripe for re-discovery. Cinématographe is proud to present the definitive release of 54, including a new 4K restoration of the 1998 theatrical version as well as the 2015 director’s cut, offering an exemplary case study in how drastically different a film can be between two different edits.

Additional info:

- 3-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray x 2

- New audio commentaries with writer/director Mark Christopher, moderated by Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty, on both cuts of the film

- New audio commentary with filmmaker and writer Drew Burnett Gregory on the theatrical cut

- Archival audio commentary with Mark Christopher and director of photography Alexander Gruszynski on the director's cut

- I'm Dead - a new video interview with Mark Christopher

- Nothing Is for Certain - a new video interview with editor Lee Percy

- 54-ness - a new video interview with producer Dolly Hall

- Awesome Party - a new video interview with associate producer Jonathan King

- Let's Do the Work - a new video interview with director's cut editor David Kittredge

- In the Trenches Together - a new video interview with Alexander Gruszynski

- Finding Yourself - a new video essay by film historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

- If You Could Read My Mind...The Making of 54: The Director's Cut - an archival featurette from 2016

- Deleted Scenes - including footage not found in the director's cut

- Never before seen B-roll from the production

- BTS photo gallery

- Photo galleries from festival premieres and the director's cut re-release in France

- BTS footage from the director's cut mixing sessions

- New text essays by writer Sean Abley, author of Queer Horror: A Film Guide; film programmer Alex Gootter and Dan Mecca, editor of The Film Stage

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one

Unreal

The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief

Mass in Motion

The Hand of Night

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| Reeling from the recent death of his wife and two children in a car crash in England for which he was partly responsible, American architect Paul Carver is traveling to Morocco utterly dejected. Plagued with nightmares in which he relives the accident, amid what appear to be ominous premonitions, Carver is befriended on his flight by German archaeologist Otto Gunther, who invites him to a party that evening. While perusing Gunther’s home, Carver encounters a striking but strangely ethereal Moroccan woman named Marisa, who leads him to a remote, opulent palace. When, driving to their archaeological site the next morning, Gunther and his young assistant Chantal find Carver unconscious in the desert, they reject the tale he recounts as being a figment of his alcohol-addled imagination, claiming not to know of any such woman. But Gunther, well-versed in the region's ancient folklore, begins to fear that the forces of darkness may have their sights set on his new friend and that his very soul is at stake.

A true outlier in the annals of 1960s British horror, The Hand of Night (also released as Beast of Morocco) is a bewitching and highly singular take on the vampire mythos, trumping its Hammer peers by taking the - for the period - unusual step of filming largely on location in Morocco, lending the film a much greater sense of atmosphere and scope than many of its contemporaries. Featuring a host of notable American and British actors, including William Sylvester (Gorgo, Devil Doll), Diane Clare (The Haunting), and Edward Underdown (Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors), the celluloid archaeologists at Vinegar Syndrome Labs are delighted to dust off The Hand of Night for its first-ever disc release, newly restored for Blu-ray and accompanied by a host of new bonus features. 

Additional info: 

- Newly restored by Vinegar Syndrome from a studio-supplied 4K master

- Commentary track with film historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons

- "A New Breed of Vampire" (17 min) - an appreciation by author and film critic Kim Newman

- "Associated with British Pathé" (25 min) - a featurette on Associated British Pathé, the production company behind The Hand of Night, with sound editor Roger Voss and ABP production accountant Franz von Habsburg

- "An Associated British Pathé Budget" (8 min) - production accountant Franz von Habsburg discusses how an ABP production was budgeted

- Reversible sleeve artwork