Three horror classics have just landed on the Bloody Disgusting -powered SCREAMBOX streaming service, which already is celebrating a massive August that kicked off with the Ghostbusters-inspired Ghastly Brothers.
Richard Attenborough’s Magic (1978) starring Anthony Hopkins and a psychotic ventriloquist dummy is the first of three movies added to SCREAMBOX, courtesy of Shout! Factory.
“Written by William Goldman (The Stepford Wives, The Princess Bride), adapted from the novel he also wrote, Magic revolves around a ventriloquist seeking to renew a relationship with his former high school sweetheart,” Meagan Navarro previously wrote about the classic. “The only problem is that his dummy is the jealous type. That ventriloquist, Corky, is played by Anthony Hopkins. Unlike most killer doll horror movies, Magic favors the psychological, and Hopkins brings intensity to this twisted love story.” She notes that this movie served as an inspiration for Don Mancini’s original Child’s Play screenplay and is currently celebrating its 45th anniversary!
Also added is Jim Wynorski’s cult classic Chopping Mall, a 1986 slasher featuring Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next) that kicks off when a bad thunderstorm causes a direct lightning strike, putting the robots on the fritz and making them a deadly problem for the group of eight mall employees who have decided to stay after hours to party and have sex.
The film is currently celebrating 37 years of staying power. Zachary Paul wrote about its anniversary five years ago.
“Chopping Mall is effortlessly entertaining. It’s easy to see why this became a cult hit over the decades,” Meagan previously wrote. The cast is clearly having a blast, the killer robot angle feels fresh, and the mall setting (it was filmed after hours in Sherman Oaks Galleria) is an ‘80s time capsule- Glendale, California-based store Licorice Pizza was sold to Musicland Group the same year Chopping Mall was released, so its existence is immortalized here in a small way.”
There’s no shortage of amusement from this happy, comfort food cult classic. Watch it HERE.
Lastly, Bloody Disgusting’s critically acclaimed The Woman had a prequel made back in 2009 and it’s now on SCREAMBOX. Andrew van den Houten directed Offspring, which brought Pollyanna McIntosh back as The Woman.
The film, another Jack Ketchum adaptation, takes place against the backdrop of grisly murders and child abductions where a clan of cannibalistic savages is after an unsuspecting family and their innocent baby girl. Do they have what it takes to survive?
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