Another week down means another week closer to the best holiday of the year, Halloween. That also means a new batch of killer releases from Terror Vision.
Terror Vision continues its 10-Year Anniversary celebration with the second round of announcements for its 13 Weeks of Halloween onslaught.
August 15th brought three new releases that put their prey into predator mode: the HD home video premiere of 80’s teen slasher HIDE AND GO SHRIEK (1988) on UHD and Blu-ray; the doom metal score to the new-in-theatres fever dream from Eli Roth’s The Horror Section, JIMMY AND STIGGS (2025) on vinyl, cassette, and CD; and for the blind-buying gambling addicts, a secret new release drops alongside the carnage at a temptingly low price. See more sordid details about these releases below.
As always, physical media completists will find Bundle options with themed, collectible bonus items. Those who just can’t wait to find out what’s next should stay tuned to @ _terror_vision_ for hints and clues throughout the week, then get ready to bust doors at Terror-Vision.com first thing every Friday to grab these limited releases before their availability is killed off.
Last week saw the kick-off of ‘13 Weeks’ with its trio of scholastic slasher fare: STUDENT BODIES (1981) on UHD/Blu-ray/VHS; DEATH BY DIALOGUE (1988) on Blu-ray; and the synth score to CHEERLEADER CAMP (1988) on vinyl/cassette. These are still available for Pre-Order while supplies last (some collectors’ bundles are limited to only 100 copies).
In case you didn’t know.
Terror Vision is one of the many iconoclastic brainchildren of musician and filmmaker Ryan Graveface, also the founder of both Graveface Records and The Graveface Museum (perhaps Savannah’s most macabre destination).
Syllabus For the Releases
HIDE AND GO SHRIEK (1988)
“The fun is over.”
Before Tag, there was HIDE AND GO SHRIEK. This Chopping Mall-esque tale of an overnight store hang forces our intrepid teens into an impromptu game of Hide and Go Seek while the killer plays Dress Up (you’ll see). Helmed by Halloween II editor Skip Schoolnik and starring Bunky Jones (The Kindred), Brittain Fry (Slumber Party Massacre III), and Annette Sinclair, Bob Seger’s ex from a marriage that was a horror story all on its own (Seger was even on set to monitor her nude scenes). Perhaps the origin of the old adage, ‘Don’t hire ex-cons with a penchant for murder to guard your place of business.’
JIMMY AND STIGGS (2025)
“Whatever took me last night, they’re coming back tonight.”
Exec produced by Eli Roth and shot in writer/director/star Joe Begos’ home over four years as a COVID distraction, JIMMY AND STIGGS is a hardcore 16mm heavy metal fever dream that turns the tables on an alien abduction. The sludgy doom metal score by synth/bass phenom Steve Moore (of Zombi) is an album unto itself.
[SECRET TITLE] (19??)
“We’re not telling you!”
This Blind Buy is only available through October 1. Terror Vision completionists need to act now to keep their streak. Once it ships and the title becomes known, it’ll be too late! That should scare you. We can tell you this though: it’s scary and cool and people get killed.
A Field Guide to TERROR VISION for the Uninitiated
Terror Vision is the rare home video haven for physical media connoisseurs that releases dotingly transferred obscure horror films not just on the now-essential 4K/Blu-ray formats, but on unkillable VHS too; as well as deep cut soundtracks on vinyl and cassette (Look out for a first-of-its-kind cassette-exclusive subscription coming soon).
Terror Vision has amassed a hive of devotees for its super-limited runs of low-budget fare like Gator Bait(perhaps the apotheosis of its kind) but this more Punk-at-Heart Criterion Collection is ramping up with a slew of A-List studio horror titles, coming soon.
Terror Vision has a permanent brick & mortar in Savannah, GA, with a pop-up shop popped up next door to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago through November, full of new/used vinyl, boutique home video gems, and a wall of ‘Hey-I-remember-that-cover’ VHS tapes from the personal collection of filmmaker Joe ‘Mumblecore’ Swanberg (the pop-up’s co-founder).