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Artsploitation Films to Release ‘Cub’, Among Others!
After a hiatus of 16 months, alternative North American film distribution company Artsploitation Films has announced its upcoming summer line-up of international films.
The announced selection of 10 titles begins June 9th with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the German slasher film and film festival favorite Der Samurai (read our review) and features films from 6 different countries.
Cub (read our review), the latest feature film by Belgian director Jonas Govaert, is arriving on August 18th.
There will be several limited theatrical releases (Fever and Death In Bueno Aires this summer) and most films will go out day and date on DVD/Blu-Ray and VOD.
DER SAMURAI
(2014, Germany, Director: Till Kleinert)
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: June 9, 20015
A young police officer stalks a cross-dressing villain with a sword and a predilection for beheadings.
Bonus features:
Director’s commentary
Making of featurette
THE HOUSE WITH 100 EYES
(2013, USA, Directors: Jay Lee and Jim Roof)
DVD Release Date: June 16, 2015
This grisly horror-comedy follows a nice couple who happen to also be serial killers and snuff filmmakers.
Bonus features:
Director’s commentary
Sizzle reel
Gag reel
HORSEHEAD
(2014, France, Director: Romain Basset)
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: June 23, 2015
A shocking horror-fantasy about a young woman haunted by nightmares involving a horse-man.
Bonus features:
Making of featurette (60 minutes)
Four short films
RECKLESS
(2014, Netherland, Directed by Joram Lürsen)
DVD Release Date: July 14, 2015
A wealthy beautiful woman is kidnapped by two ex-cons but their plan goes all wrong in this twisted thriller. Based on 2009’s The Disappearance of Alice Creed.
CUB
(2014, Belgium, Director: Jonas Govaerts)
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: August 18, 2015
A camping trip turns into a carnage for a troop of cub scouts as a killer, aided by his feral young assistant, stalks them with deadly traps.
DEALER
(2014, France, Director: Jean-Luc Herbulot)
DVD Release Date: September 29, 2015
A stylish, violent thriller about a drug dealer who is thrown into an urban hell when a deal goes sour.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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