It’s February, and with it comes an all-new lineup for Arrow Video’s subscription-based platform, ARROW. This month’s lineup features a second volume of films curated by Jill Gevargizian, part two of “Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe,” and a Valentine’s Day collection called “Romance is Dead.”
ARROW’s February lineup kicks off on February 2 with “Sharp Shorts,” a collection of shorts that are creepy, classy, stomach-churning, jaw-dropping, award-winning, and even those that have gone on to become full features. Titles in the collection include “Itch,” “The Wyrm of Bwlch Pen Barras,” and “Smile.”
On February 6, take another dive into the mind of Jill Gevargizian, the writer/director of the award-winning ARROW release “The Stylist,” producer of horror thriller “Black Mold,” and director of the upcoming haunted house chiller “Ghost Game.” Jill Gevargizian Selects Vol. II makes a selection from ARROW’s archive, which includes films like “One Missed Call,” “The Leech,” and “Crimes of Passion.”
On February 9, viewers can check out The Radiance Collection. Founded on a passion for cinema, Radiance Films’ titles are curated from a variety of genres ranging from Yakuza to French serial killers to Giallo to mafia thrillers. Titles include: “How To Kill a Judge,” “Yakuza Graveyard,” and “Red Sun.”
On February 14, get into the spirit of Valentine’s Day with “Romance is Dead.” They say the course of true love never runs smooth, and that’s something of an understatement here on ARROW, where the course of true love often features seductive witchcraft, torture, madness, murder, extreme violence, and a gorilla. Titles include: “Yakuza Graveyard,” “Melo,” and “Tokyo Fist.”
On February 16, enroll in ARROW’s own film school with “Filmmakers on Filmmaking.” This collection features interviews and commentaries from ARROW’s vast library of extras that feature some of the coolest and smartest filmmakers in the world discussing their craft. “Filmmakers on Filmmaking” includes the titles “Mike Hodges: A Film-Maker’s Life,” “Naked Flesh,” and “When Romero Met Del Toro.”
In January, ARROW took viewers “Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe” with a collection of films from Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, this month ARROW debuts “Back Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe: Part Two” featuring a new collection of carnival horror.
The rarely-seen “When the Gods Fall Asleep” continues the series’ blackly comic trajectory as our messianic cult figure sets out to right wrongs, expose corruption, and end social unrest. “The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures” brings Zé do Caixão back to the screen as the proprietor of an isolated guest house where, on a dark and stormy night, an eclectic group of strangers seek shelter. In “Hellish Flesh,” Dr George Medeiros is a brilliant scientist, but a neglectful husband whose wife takes a lover and plans to murder George for his fortune, but the doctor is only disfigured and returns with a plan for revenge! Meanwhile, in “Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind,” the colleagues of a psychiatric doctor driven to insanity by nightmare visions of Zé do Caixão enlist the character’s creator, José Mojica Marins, to convince the patient that Zé does not exist – but all is not as it seems! Finally, in “Embodiment of Evil,” Marins returns to the role that made his name one last time, as Zé do Caixão emerges onto the streets of São Paulo in 2008, haunted by ghostly visions and the spirits of past victims, and still in pursuit of the woman who can give him the perfect child.
Newly restored from the best available elements and packed with new and archival extras, “Back Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe” is a love letter to one of the great iconoclasts of horror, who forged his films in the face of military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil’s national Boogeyman.
ARROW continues its ode to Brazilian cinema with “Butcher Billy Selects,” a selection of horrors chosen by Brazilian illustrator Billy Butcher – renowned for his art pieces that blend pop art with vintage comic book styles. Titles in this collection include “Hellraiser,” Deep Red,” and “Elvira: Mistress of the Dark.”
On February 23, ARROW closes out the month with “This Means War,” a collection of incredible, brutal, sometimes harrowing – and even sometimes full of crazy creatures – Cult films with themes of war. Titles include “JSA,” “The Annihilators,” and “Warning From Space.”
ARROW is available in the US, Canada, the U.K., and Ireland on Roku, Apple T.V. & iOS devices, Android T.V. and mobile devices, Amazon Fire devices, and on all web browsers at https://www.arrow-player.com. Specially curated by members of the ARROW team, ARROW is home to premium film and TV entertainment, exclusive new premieres, cutting-edge cinema, international classics, and cult favorites. Subscriptions are available for $6.99 monthly or $69.99 yearly. Title availability can vary by region.
