HAVE A BLOOD-SUCKING SEPTEMBER

IN SEPTEMBER, ARROW PRESENTS EXTRAORDINARY VAMPIRES, MUTANT MAYHEM, A JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC, ADAM GREEN SELECTS & MUCH MORE

Not to be missed in September on the expertly curated cult streaming service ARROW - gruesome and disturbing horror in Vampire Clay, gritty Japanese crime drama in The Threat, sci-fi delirium from Álex de la Iglesia, horror directors Adam Green and Ovidio G. Assonitis choose their faves, Jess Franco’s Count Dracula, and more.

In September, exclusively on ARROW in the UK, Vampire Clay, an outrageously entertaining horror film about clay bloodsuckers running amok at an art school. The debut feature film by special effects wizard Sôichi Umezawa, the film that Dread Central calls ‘one bonkers Japanese body horror flick’, is packed with gloriously gory moments and superb practical effects. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a clay vampire in action!

Also next month, The Threat, a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa’s High and Low, set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising Japan that has left many of its citizens behind, starring Rentarō Mikuni (Fugitive from the Past, Vengeance is Mine) and Masumi Harukawa (Intentions of Murder) as a couple whose privileged existence threatens to unravel in a blink of an eye. This little-seen early masterpiece from Kinji Fukasaku, the future director of Battles Without Honour, Humanity and Battle Royale, is presented in a stunning new transfer.

ARROW continues to show the very best in offbeat and original short films, including Connie, written and directed by Cat Davies, and starring Catrin Stewart (Dr Who), who won the Best Actress Award at the Horrorhound Festival, for her role as a struggling stand-up who finds success when she adds a puppet to her routine - but there’s a price to pay. With nods to Ealing horror classic Dead of Night, and Anthony Hopkins chiller Magic, this shivery short has plenty of new tricks up its sleeve. Gottle o’ fear!

Finally in September on ARROW, Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia’s exhilarating debut feature Acción Mutante, a violent sci-fi black comedy. Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors.

Seasons in September include:

Adam Green Selects, where the acclaimed writer/director/producer/actor behind such titles as Hatchet, Frozen, Digging Up The Marrow and Holliston, highlights some of his personal favourites from the amazing ARROW collection, including The Mutilator, Basket Case and Hellraiser

Sun, Sand and Screams, two weeks at the all-inclusive ARROW resort, where you should keep your eyes peeled for killers, monsters, bodies, paranoid friends, and all manner of sunny shenanigans, including the titles Death Has Blue Eyes, Loop Track and Bloodstone

Cursed, exploring a collection of films where other people get jinxed - be thankful it's them not you that's been cursed - including Ringu, Threshold and Death Curse of Tartu

The Nico Mastorakis Collection, devoted to one of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director's chair, featuring sci-fi, screwball comedies, hair-raising horror and adrenaline-soaked action, such as The Wind, Hired to Kill and The Naked Truth

Ovidio G. Assonitis Selects with the legendary director of Beyond the Door and Madhouse picking some truly memorable cult movies that he considers very important pictures, including Don’t Torture a Duckling, The Case of the Scorpions Tail and Beyond the Door

Hired Guns, a collection featuring many highly-trained professionals whose trigger fingers are itching to make your problem go away, including Suture, Terminal Exposure and The Most Dangerous Game

SEPTEMBER RELEASE CALENDAR

From September 6
The Threat - 1966

From September 13
Only Yourself to Blame - 2023
Nosepicker - 2023
Viola VS. The Vampire King - 2017
Connie - 2016

From September 20
Acción Mutante - 1993
Count Dracula - 1970

From September 23
The Threat - 1966

From September 27
Vampire Clay - 2017

New Seasons this September

September 6: Adam Green Selects

Adam Green the writer/director/producer/actor behind the Hatchet films, ski-lift chiller Frozen, horror mockumentary Digging Up The Marrow, and cult sitcom Holliston, chooses “some of the most uniquely fearless works by some of the filmmakers who influenced me the most,” including Romero, Craven, Barker, Argento, Henenlotter, and Ferrara.

“What an honour to be asked by Arrow to highlight some of my personal favourites in their amazing collection! Whether you’re watching these films for the very first time or having your own ‘dog flashback’ and revisiting them again, I have no doubt that you’ll find something to love about each of them!"
Titles Include: The Mutilator, Basket Case, Hellraiser

Sun, Sand and Screams

Pack your bags! We're leaving right now for two weeks at the all-inclusive ARROW resort! Wear plenty of sun tan lotion and keep your eyes peeled for killers, monsters, bodies, paranoid friends, and all manner of sunny shenanigans as this collection is an ARROW holiday full of Sun, Sand and Screams.

Titles Include: Death Has Blue Eyes, Loop Track, Bloodstone
September 13: Cursed

Don't pick up or play with any strange items. Don't annoy anyone who gives off witch-y vibes. And definitely don't accidentally kill one of their relatives. Don't move in anywhere with a dark past. Don't join and leave a cult... You know what? Maybe just stay right where you are and explore this collection of films where other people get jinxed and be thankful it's them not you that's been CURSED.

Titles Include: Ringu, Threshold, Death Curse of Tartu

The Nico Mastorakis Collection

He's back! Devoted to one of the most infamous B-movie maestros to have ever sat in a director's chair, The Nico Mastorakis Collection features fresh sci-fi shenanigans and screwball comedies, plus hair-raising horror and adrenaline-soaked action, that will take you out of this world!

Zany, shocking and unhinged, Nico Mastorakis' films span every genre from horror to sci-fi to action to comedy, and everything in between and all at the same time! Made with a chutzpah that must be seen to be believed, you haven't lived until you've entered Nico's wild cinematic world!

Titles Include: The Wind, Hired to Kill, The Naked Truth

September 20: Ovidio G. Assonitis Selects

Ovidio G. Assonitis, director of possession shocker Beyond the Door and psycho thriller favourite Madhouse, says: "ARROW have gathered an impressive collection of motion pictures from all over the world. It was difficult to pick my highlights, but enjoyable. There are some truly memorable cult movies here, made by talented artists, some of whom are no longer with us. I am honoured to have some of my movies in a collection alongside these works. They are very important pictures."

Titles Include: Don’t Torture a Duckling, The Case of the Scorpions Tail, Beyond the Door

September 27: Hired Guns

If you need someone taken out, you've come to the right place. ARROW's Hired Guns collection features many highly-trained professionals whose trigger fingers are itching to make your problem go away. For a price.

Titles Include: Suture, Terminal Exposure, The Most Dangerous Game

SEPTEMBER TITLES - IN DEPTH

FROM SEPTEMBER 6: THE THREAT

The Threat is a gritty crime drama in the vein of Kurosawa’s High and Low, set against the backdrop of a rapidly modernising Japan that has left many of its citizens behind.

Misawa (Rentarō Mikuni, Fugitive from the Past, Vengeance is Mine) appears to lead a charmed life, the very model of Japan’s post-war economic miracle. His position as the account manager of a prestigious advertising agency is enough to pay the mortgage on the spacious modern house he shares with his wife (Masumi Harukawa, Intentions of Murder) and their two young boys, kitted out with all the latest mod-cons. Then one day, the fragility of his existence is revealed when two violent jail-breakers turn up on his doorstep seeking refuge and threatening to embroil Misawa in their criminal activities.

FROM SEPTEMBER 13: ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME

When Mai sends her drunk friend Sian home in a taxi, she finds herself being pursued by a shadowy assailant who is copying her every move. Unable to outrun her stalker, she confronts them to discover something deeply unsettling.

NOSEPICKER

In this slimy ‘tale of the unexpected’, young schoolboy Georgie (Leo Adoteye), bullied for his nasty habit of picking his nose, retreats into himself with macabre results.

VIOLA VS. THE VAMPIRE KING

When her big sister is taken under the spell of the dreaded Vampire King, Viola embarks on a mystical quest for revenge.

CONNIE

Dolly Diggs needs a voice and Connie needs a body, but she's nobody's puppet... Who's the dummy in the dead of night?

FROM SEPTEMBER 20: COUNT DRACULA

This gothic masterpiece from writer/director Jess Franco can now be experienced like never before, from its brilliant performances by Christopher Lee as the Count, Herbert Lom as Van Helsing, Soledad Miranda as Lucy, Maria Rohm as Mina and Klaus Kinski as Renfield to its sumptuously unnerving cinematography and eerie Bruno Nicolai score.

ACCIÓN MUTANTE

Produced by legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, de la Iglesia’s debut feature Acción Mutante (Mutant Action) is a violent sci-fi black comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world where attractive people hold all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take arms to rid the world of their superficial oppressors.

FROM SEPTEMBER 27: VAMPIRE CLAY

Art so bad it kills!

On a quest to gain a coveted place at one of the prestigious art schools in Japan, a group of students attend prep school in a decrepit rural art studio.

Whilst honing their skills, star student Kaori (Kyoka Takeda) is entrusted with a bundle of discarded art supplies from the studio's mysterious previous owner to work with. However, when Kaori cuts herself on a razor blade buried in one of her projects, the fresh drops of blood awakens an insatiable form of evil hidden within the clay! As the bodycount begins to rise, the students realise these bloodsucking clay-mutations won't go down without a fight!

Directed by Japanese special effects maestro Sôichi Umezawa (Prisoners of the Ghostland, The ABCs of Death 2), Vampire Clay is an off-kilter exercise in Japanese schlock combining stop-motion animation and Cronenbergian body horror with hilarious (and bloody) results!

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