Grindhouse Releasing debuts restored SCUM OF THE EARTH in Boston: “Tickets are on sale now to see Grindhouse Releasing’s long-awaited restoration of SCUM OF THE EARTH, the 1970s backwoods Southern Gothic slasher-movie from director S.F. Brownrigg (DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT).
SCUM OF THE EARTH screens July 18 & 19 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard Street, Brookline, Mass., 02446).
TICKETS: https://coolidge.org/films/scum-earth-1974
A city gal’s romantic weekend at a rustic lakeside cabin in bayou country becomes a nightmare of squalor, depravity, and slaughter with a bloodthirsty maniac on the loose in this ’70s drive-in classic from the makers of DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT.
When her husband is brutally axe-murdered, Helen (Norma Moore) flees for her life into the swamps where she runs into Odie Pickett (Gene Ross), the mean, moonshine-swilling patriarch to a wretched brood: his pregnant child bride Emmy (Ann Stafford), rebellious daughter Sara (Camilla Carr), and slow-witted son Bo (Charlie Dell).
Taking refuge at the family’s isolated shack, Helen soon finds out how they live below Tobacco Road – and how they die, as the lurking, unseen killer strikes, again and again….
SCUM OF THE EARTH became a top-grossing box-office hit in 1976 when it was re-released as POOR WHITE TRASH PART II.
Decades in the making, the new restoration was produced by David Szulkin and Grindhouse Releasing owner Bob Murawski. Award-winning colorist Alastor Arnold (ANORA) revived Brownrigg’s drive-in exploitation classic from the rotting film elements.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre is New England’s most successful independent nonprofit cinema.
“Grindhouse Releasing has a long history playing midnights at the Coolidge, going back to the release of THE BEYOND in 1998,” Szulkin said. “Since then, they’ve shown all of our movies, from the 35mm tours of THE EVIL DEAD, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, and GONE WITH THE POPE, to our 4K restorations of DEATH GAME, IMPULSE, and HOLLYWOOD 90028. We’re excited to give the Coolidge After Midnite audience the first look at SCUM OF THE EARTH.”
Canadian premiere! SCUM OF THE EARTH and THE DEATH MOLESTER’S BARN OF BLOOD: “Grindhouse Releasing proudly presents the ultimate white-trash double feature! SCUM OF THE EARTH and THE DEATH MOLESTER’S BARN OF BLOOD will screen July 18 at the Revue Cinema in Toronto.
TICKETS: Check out this one-night-only special Grindhouse Releasing double feature at The Revue!
From the late, great Texas filmmaker S.F. Brownrigg (DON’T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT) comes SCUM OF THE EARTH, the backwoods proto-slasher movie classic that became a top-grossing box-office smash in 1976 when it was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public as POOR WHITE TRASH PART II.
A city gal’s romantic weekend at a rustic lakeside cabin in bayou country becomes a nightmare of squalor, depravity, and slaughter with a bloodthirsty maniac on the loose!
When her husband is brutally axe-murdered, Helen (Norma Moore) flees for her life into the swamps where she runs into Odie Pickett (Gene Ross), the mean, moonshine-swilling patriarch to a wretched brood: his pregnant child bride Emmy (Ann Stafford), rebellious daughter Sara (Camilla Carr), and slow-witted son Bo (Charlie Dell).
Taking refuge at the family’s isolated shack, Helen soon finds out how they live below Tobacco Road – and how they die, as the lurking, unseen killer strikes, again and again….
Decades in the making, the restoration of SCUM OF THE EARTH is the unhealthy brainchild of author David Szulkin (LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT: THE MAKING OF A CULT CLASSIC). Award-winning colorist Alastor Arnold (ANORA) revived Brownrigg’s grimy Southern Gothic horror from the rotting film elements under the supervision of Grindhouse Releasing owner Bob Murawski.
In the all-new shocker THE DEATH MOLESTER’S BARN OF BLOOD, two cretinous brothers begin to suspect that their cousin is a prolific necrophile who has been terrorizing graveyards across the state of Maine.
Directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Matt Enos, based on characters from his web series “The Slim Duffy Show”, this unrated gorefest features the contributions of composer Mark Fox (THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: THE SHOCKING TRUTH) and special effects artist Eric Fox (BRING ON THE DAMNED!).
Be warned: Nothing can prepare you for a film this vile!
CONTENT WARNING: MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY! This Exploitation double feature contains violence, gore and scenes of sexual assault that may be upsetting and/or offensive to some viewers.“
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ICONIC Trailer: “An offbeat beauty industry “celebrity” struggles to maintain her lifestyle and sanity after an internet scandal, new love interest and obsessive and violent new fan base turn her life upside down.”
- Distributor: Jinga Films
- Production Companies: Good Trip | Bad Trip, Respect The Funk
- Release Date: July 15th, 2025
- Written and Directed By: Matthew Freiheit
- Cast: Emma Jade, Alyssa Anthony, Noor Dabash, Roxette Arisa, Dylan Bonansinga, Cherish Waters, Blake Eiermann, Davi Stefond, Frankie Tanimal, Tom DeSanto, Chris Boudreaux
- Produced By: Carisa Arellano, Gabriel Dos Santos, Matthew Freiheit
- Co-Producers: Connor Haines & Nathan Doherty
- Director of Photography: Matthew Freiheit
- Production Design: Cassidy & Sienna Wurtz
- Editors: Matthew Freiheit & Tim Mirkovich
- Costume Designer: Sophia Rahimi
- Music Composer: Tyler Stone
- Runtime: 90 minutes
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ALL ALONE TOGETHER: “Media – mark your calendars for ALL ALONE TOGETHER, a striking new vision of indie horror from a group of dedicated student artists, which arrives on VOD nationwide Monday, July 7th!
ALL ALONE TOGETHER is the debut feature film from 4085 Productions, a student-run production company that began during the COVID-19 pandemic when four Los Angeles college students decided to combat their isolation through the art of filmmaking.
Their first film made waves at Panic Fest, Popcorn Frights, and the Chicago Horror Film Festival, with Morbidly Beautiful raving, “Creative, engrossing, smartly scripted, and masterfully executed on a shoestring budget, ALL ALONE TOGETHER is meta-movie magic at its best.”
As a tormented filmmaker reaches new levels of success, the horrors of his film start to creep into his life. This shocking creepfest is at once a harrowing psychodrama of a broken man spiraling into paranoia, trauma, and guilt – all of which manifests as a monstrous entity – while also presenting a fascinating reflection on the cathartic power of filmmaking itself.
The latest from distributor Ethos Releasing, ALL ALONE TOGETHER is directed by Maximus Jenkins, written by Alex Nimrod, and stars Jordan Rice and Alex Nimrod. It is produced by Jordan Rice.”
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RECLUSE: “Sasha Frolova (The Empty Man, Red Sparrow), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead, Candyman), Kimball Farley (Hippo, The Righteous Gemstones) and Toby Poser (The Fall of the House of Usher, Where The Devil Roams) will star alongside Mia Vallet (Believe, High Town) in filmmaker Henry Chaisson’s horror thriller Recluse.
The project marks Chaisson’s feature writing-directing debut following his work as a screenwriter on Searchlight’s Antlers, produced by Guillermo del Toro, and M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural mystery series Servant. Recluse tells the story of Joan, a solitary audio engineer who returns to her family’s decaying country estate after receiving a call from her ailing father, an acclaimed but reclusive artist rumored to have dabbled in the occult. Unearthing a malevolent secret decades in the making, Joan must determine whether the horrors she faces are the product of her father’s misdeeds or her own troubled mind.
Additional cast members include Frankie Seratch, Gillian Cooper, and Christine Nyland.
The film is the second production under Josh Lobo, Gillian Cooper, Rowan Russell, and Alex Dandino’s Restricted Pictures banner following their upcoming sci-fi thriller Night After Night. They produce alongside Chaisson, Katharina Windemuth, Bruno Corbin, Jayda Park, Andrew Merrill, and Beth Crudele. Executive Producing are Chaisson, Windemuth, Lobo, Cooper, Frankie Seratch, and Cailla O’Shea.
Frolova is repped at Pakula/King & Associates, 3 Arts Entertainment and McKuin Frankel Whitehead, Farley by Untitled Entertainment and Bloch Law, Berkeley by Untitled Entertainment, Imperium 7 Talent Agency and Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro. Lobo by Writ Large. Chaisson by Paradigm, Curate and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.”
