The beloved Queen Emmeline is dead. The Scarlet Prince now cruelly rules, imprisoning his dissenters in silencing masks. The only hope is Ida Blye, Queen Emmeline’s handmaiden, who was banished to the far reaches of the land, left for dead. As she struggles on her quest to break the four statues that will end the Prince’s rule, her own time is limited by a magic that is slowly killing her.
Arrow releases Guilio Paradisi’s 1979 Italian WTF-anything-goes sci-fi experience The Visitor in a new Limited Edition, arriving on Earth to defeat “Zateen” on February 17th.
One of the most misunderstood (and, subsequently, controversial) characters in animation history is the amply proportioned Black woman who appeared in 19 of the Tom and Jerry shorts. Contemporary sources refer to as “Mammy Two Shoes,” but that name was never used on-screen or in the screenplays – that moniker was first applied incorrectly in a 1975 Film Comment article and stuck ever since. Not only did she not have a name, but viewers never saw her face (outside of a split-second gag in the 1950 “Saturday Evening Puss”) and never truly understood her relationship to the troublesome cat and mouse duo. It is widely assumed she is a maid or housekeeper because she wears an apron, but if that is the case her (presumably white) employers are never shown or even mentioned. In “Saturday Evening Puss,” she refers to the residence as “my house,” suggesting homeownership rather than domestic servitude.
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The Last Sacrifice, a documentary by Rupert Russell, expertly explores how an English farmer’s ritualistic murder jump-starts a rise in witchcraft and folk horror in culture and film; streaming on Shudder starting February 16th, 2026.
A pair of employees at a public storage facility have to deal with a zombie-mold outbreak in the goopy and goofy Cold Storage, written by David Koepp and directed by Jonny Campbell.
A head trauma patient uncovers strange secrets in her convalescent home in writer-director pair Dusty Mancinelli & Madeleine Sims-Fewer’s twisty and strange Honey Bunch, now streaming on Shudder.
BOOTLEG FILES 930: “Orson Welles at the Magic Castle” (1978 television special starring the Big O).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: The production was considered lost for many years, and its return came via an unauthorized upload.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not unless a restored copy is produced.
Orson Welles is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving. Since his passing in October 1985, a steady stream of long-lost and hitherto-unknown works directed by or involving this extraordinary talent have emerged, offering new insight into his colorful and often erratic output.
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