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Kino Lorber Announces August Releases
Earlier this week Kino Lorber announced their August release lineup and a few titles may very well be of interest to Bloody Disgusting readers.
The Rain Killer
Coming to DVD on August 11, 2015 in part of the Kino Lorber/Scorpion Releasing partnership is director Ken Stein’s 1990 thriller The Rain Killer. The Rain Killer stars Ray Sharkey, Michael Chiklis, Maria Ford, David Beecroft and Robert Miano.
Synopsis:
Ray Sharkey (The Idolmaker, Wiseguy) plays Detective Vince Capra of the LAPD whose job it is to discover the identity of a serial killer who has been murdering rich single ladies when the rain falls. He gets help from his partner (Michael Chiklis: The Commish, The Shield) and an all business FBI agent (David Beecroft), but the case is tough, especially when all the clues get washed away. There are several twisting turns in this film that will keep the viewer guessing as to who the killer is, and when they find out who the killer is, the next question is: Who will be the next victim? Also starring Maria Ford (Naked Obsession, Stripped To Kill 2), and wonderfully shot by two-time Academy Award winner Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List).
Special Features:
Original Theatrical Trailer
Patch Town
Also coming to DVD on August 11 is Patch Town, from director Craig Goodwill and starring Zoie Palmer, Julian Richings and Scott Thompson. This movie is labeled as an adventure/comedy/fantasy film, but judging from the trailer and synopsis it appears to be pretty dark. Patch Town looks like a scary movie aimed towards kids and families which I think is often. Growing up I felt like we had these type of movies all the time, but in lately there hasn’t been many good scary movies made for kids. Joe Dante’s The Hole from a few years back is the best recent example I can think of, so Patch Town could make for a very welcome addition.
Synopsis:
In Patch Town’s dark modern fairy tale, newborn babies are plucked from cabbage patches, turned into plastic dolls, and sold as playthings in a nightmarish, oppressive society. Jon (Rob Ramsay), a discontented factory worker slaving away on a baby-harvesting production line, uncovers a secret from his past that sends him searching for his long-lost mother (Zoie Palmer). As Jon embarks on his journey with his loving wife Mary (Stephanie Pitsiladis), the sinister Child Catcher (Julian Richings) and his diminutive beet-munching henchman (Ken Hall) throw a wrench into his plans. An eye-popping fantasy-adventure, quirky comedy, and rousing musical rolled into one, Patch Town “combines Soviet-era iconography, Eastern European folklore and Western consumer-culture critique with a dash of song and dance” (Peter Debruge, Variety).
Special Features:
Patch Town (the Award-winning short film that inspired the feature), Interview with the Director, Outtakes, Trailer, 5.1 Surround
Play Motel
Coming a couple weeks later on August 25 to both blu-ray and DVD is the sleazy Italian flick Play Motel, from director Mario Gariazzo. This release comes through Kino Lorber, courtesy of RARO Video, who have released a number of great Italian movies over the years.
Synopsis:
A milestone production from Mario Gariazzo, notorious for his tasteless sexploitation epics such as The Sexorcist /LOssessa. Assembling here one of the world’s finest trash film collectives and eschewing all correct agendas, the director punctuates his fleshy tapestry with incredibly sleazy imagery involving Marina Hedmann/Frajese and Patrizia Di Rossi/Webley, the sluttiest actresses in Italian cinema. At the garishly lit Play Motel, these two warhorses and other bleached blondes are first seen being secretly photographed while having kinky sex. As the film serves also as a giallo, they are later stabbed to death by an assassin dressed in black. Conveying a sense of mad comedy, this inexhaustible supply of indignities and leopard skin underwear should be sought out at all costs.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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