With the arrival of March comes an all-new lineup over at Arrow Video’s subscription-based ARROW platform. This month’s lineup features a deep dive into the work of some of cinema’s most eclectic and exciting filmmakers, including Dennis Hopper, Nicolas Roeg, Mike Hodges, Jeffrey Combs, and more.
On March 3, ARROW presents two documentaries from Paul Joyce: “Dennis Hopper: Some Kind of Genius,” an entertaining and intimate interview with the legendary star of “Apocalypse Now” and “Blue Velvet” whose directorial debut, “Easy Rider,” changed Hollywood forever; and “Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg,” an insightful look at the formidable British director behind cult classics “Walkabout,” “Performance,” “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” “Don’t Look Now,” and “The Witches.”
Keeping with the spirit of celebrating auteurs, March 3 kicks off the Seasons with “Re-Animated: The Jeffrey Combs Collection.” Cult film legend Jeffrey Combs’ has a history of bringing unforgettable characters to the screen, making anything he’s in a must-see. “Re-Animated: The Jeffrey Combs Collection” collects some of his most memorable roles, from Dr. Herbert West to Doctor Mordrid and including his incredible turn as a put-upon father who reaches his breaking point versus a Castle Freak.
To commemorate over fifty years of blood-soaked thrillers, on March 10, ARROW launches “Nico Mastorakis: Hellas Raiser.” Greek genre film god Nico Mastorakis has been banging out pulpy thrillers jam-packed with excitement, action, and gore since the 1970s. To celebrate the arrival of his cyber-thriller “.com for Murder” on ARROW, here is a season of some of Mastorakis’ best. From his telekinetic Giallo debut, “Death Has Blue Eyes;” to his Video Nasty, “Island of Death;” James Earl Jones battling underwater terror in “Bloodtide” and Meg Foster vs. a sickle-wielding psycho in “The Wind;” sit back and prepare yourself for all-out entertainment from the Hellas Raiser himself. The collection will also include the film “Nightmare at Noon.”
On March 17, ARROW invites subscribers to take a look at a trio of documentaries focusing on cult classics and those who defined them: “Barbarella Forever!:” a never-before-seen look behind the scenes of the making of the sexy and swinging sci-fi cult classic, “Barbarella,” starring Jane Fonda; “Mike Hodges: A Filmmaker’s Life:” an intimate work concerning the life and work of recently deceased British genre filmmaker Mike Hodges; and “Fall Breakers: The Making of The Mutilator:” a retrospective documentary on the making of the 1984 slasher horror splatter cult classic “The Mutilator.”
Also, on March 17, enjoy a Season of tune-based terror: “Death By Stereo.” This collection includes features and shorts all based around music and audio. From sound as a weapon in “LFO” to a caged female house band in “Blood Dolls,” “Death By Stereo” features wild musical numbers, feuding punk bands, and musicians in danger, as well as music videos from effects legend Screamin’ Mad George, a singalong “Re-animator” dance anthem, and even Goblin’s Claudio Simonetti discussing the score for Dario Argento’s “Deep Red.” Other titles in the collection include “Burst City” and “Hellbent.”
The final Season of the month comes courtesy of the hit “Horror Movie Survival Guide” podcast. Julia Marchese and Teri Gamble have been in training to be Final Girls for over 200 episodes, so they know a thing or two about horror. The duo closes out the March Seasons with “Horror Movie Survival Guide Slects,” featuring their favorite films from the ARROW archives. Titles Include: “The Deeper You Dig,” “Season of the Witch,” “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “The Crazies,” “Blood Feast,” “Ringu,” “Things To Come,” “Blind Beast,” “Horrors of Malformed Men,” “Two Witches,” “The Stylist,” “Vampyres,” “Puppet Master,” “Children of the Corn,” “The Italian Connection,” “The Devil’s Rain,” and “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.”
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