AN ACCLAIMED THRILLER, A SUPERB REDISCOVERY, OUTRAGEOUS COMEDIES, GRISLY HORRORS, PAUL DAVIS SELECTS & MORE

Things are really hotting up on ARROW this May, with an award-laden revenge thriller, a beautifully restored, unjustly neglected Corey Feldman comedy chiller in 4K, a wild and crazy comedy unlike anything you’ve seen, Linnea Quigley and Ginger Lynn Allen in a crazy cop caper series, gruesome and ghastly horrors, Blumhouse director Paul Davis choosing from the ARROW library, and much, much more.

May kicks off with Steppenwolf, exclusively on ARROW in the UK, a brutal story of an unlikely duo who will stop at nothing to find what they are looking for in Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s film, winner of the Golden Raven Grand Prix at the 2024 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and the Outstanding Performance Award at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival. The latest film from Yerzhanov (Cannes-selected The Gentle Indifference of the World and Venice-selected Goliath), and Oscar-nominated producer Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan) is “a must-see for fans of ultra-violent, vicious and unforgiving revenge films” (Gary Gamble, Moviehooker).

Cory Feldman fans are in for a real treat in May, with The Goonies legend starring in a rediscovered and newly restored cult gem, the comedy chiller The Birthday, showing in sparkling 4K on ARROW. Highly praised by Get Out writer/director Jordan Peele who championed the film, and featuring a lead performance from Feldman that The Guardian describes as “genuinely great”, this is a chance for you to celebrate a neglected masterwork in all its quirky glory.

Don’t miss the outrageous and hilarious Butt Boy that Slashfilm describes as an “exceptionally entertaining and weird film that defies every expectation”. Featuring a winning performance from Tyler Rice as an alcoholic cop investigating a very mysterious disappearance, writer/director/star Tyler Cornack’s bonkers film has to be seen to be believed - and you can watch it on ARROW in May.

If horror’s your bag then look no further than the Tunisian witchcraft horror Dachra, a truly chilling ride based on real events; writer/director James Sizemore’s The Demon’s Rook, a hugely enjoyable and extremely gory trip into another world; and 2020’s Castle Freak, based on the story by horror legend H.P.Lovecraft.

Also streaming in May, all six of the rude and raucous Vice Academy films (‘where nice girls become vice girls’), directed by Rick Sloane (Hobgoblins) and featuring the likes of scream queens Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead) and Ginger Lynn Allen (Buried Alive).

Seasons in May include:

Not For Everyone, featuring the edgy and the extreme, the saucy and the sleazy, with titles including I Spit on Your Grave, Castle Freak, and Dachra.

Paul Davis Selects, where the writer/director of several episodes of the Blumhouse horror series Into the Dark, and creator of the An American Werewolf in London documentary Beware The Moon, delves into the ARROW library, with picks including A Pistol for Ringo, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave and The Woman.

MAY RELEASE CALENDAR

From May 2
Butt Boy - 2020
Castle Freak - 2020
Vice Academy - 1989
Vice Academy 2 - 1990

From May 9
Vice Academy 3 - 1991
Vice Academy 4 - 1995

From May 16
Dachra - 2018
Vice Academy 5 - 1996
Vice Academy 6 - 1998

From May 19
The Demons Rook - 2013

From May 21
The Birthday (4K) - 2004

From May 26
Steppenwolf - 2024

New Seasons this May

May 2: NOT FOR EVERYONE

The edgy and the extreme, the saucy and the sleazy, these titles are most definitely Not For Everyone.

Titles Include: I Spit on Your Grave, Castle Freak, Dachra

May 16: PAUL DAVIS SELECTS

Paul Davis, a writer/director on the Blumhouse horror series Into The Dark - (the episodes The Body and Uncanny Annie), and the documentary Beware The Moon - Remembering An American Werewolf in London, chooses his “slices of cinematic delight” from the ARROW library.

"I’m absolutely thrilled and humbled to be asked to join the esteemed company here on ARROW Selects, and hope you guys enjoy the titles I have put together for your viewing pleasure - essentially this would be my ARROW Desert Island Selects. Among those I ended up choosing are a collection of movies that have personally inspired me and my own work, and that I can revisit over and over again."

Titles Include: A Pistol for Ringo, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave, The Woman

MAY TITLES - IN DEPTH

BUTT BOY

Chip, an engineer, sponsors a police detective's journey to sobriety. When Chip becomes the prime suspect in an investigation, the detective discovers that his sponsor has an addiction of his own.

CASTLE FREAK

An Albanian castle with bloodthirsty creatures is inherited by a young woman.

VICE ACADEMY

Students at the police vice academy go out on the streets of L.A. and accumulate graduation points by trying to make small arrests.

VICE ACADEMY 2

Rookie policewomen thwart a villainess out to spike the city's water with an aphrodisiac.

FROM MAY 9: VICE ACADEMY 3

Two policewomen must save the city from a green-haired woman out to harm the environment.

VICE ACADEMY 4

A policewoman and her partner must stop a green-haired prison escapee intent on ruining the commissioner's wedding.

FROM MAY 16: DACHRA

An investigation into witchcraft leads a trio of journalism students to a mysterious town marked by sinister rituals. Inspired by true events.

VICE ACADEMY 5

The commissioner's son unleashes the dirty computer game `Virtual Reality Hooker' from his computer. Therefore Vice Academy officers Candy and Traci have to prevent an epidemic of sexually transmitted computer viruses.

VICE ACADEMY 6

Vice cops Candy and Traci accidentally meet the bikini robbers who are armed with assault weapons in a bank. The thieves escape. The commissioner and the instructor enlist an Internal Affairs detective to solve the case.

FROM MAY 19: THE DEMON’S ROOK

The young Roscoe enters a mystical world through a magical portal; there he meets the old demon Dimwos, who introduces him to the mysterious power of magic; later, Roscoe accidentally unleashes three evil demons, but manages to escape.

FROM MAY 21: THE BIRTHDAY (4K)
A man attends a bizarre birthday party at a fancy but sinister hotel.

FROM MAY 26: STEPPENWOLF

Tamara (Anna Starchenko), a young lady consumed by trauma, searches for her missing son, Timka, in a small town dominated by riots and violence. In a desperate attempt to get him back, she teams up with an amoral former police investigator (Berik Aytzhanov) whose methods prove to be frequently cruel and sadistic. Quietly determined, Tamara decides to complete the mission with the nihilistic detective, no matter what the cost, as the pair embark on a bloody and bullet-riddled road trip in their combined search for salvation.

Where to get it
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For more information contact:
Fetch Publicity | Genevieve Ferrer | genevieve@fetch.fm | Josh Stevens | josh@fetch.fm

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