An explosive selection of films are streaming on ARROW this September, including a Japanese blockbuster with an all-star cast, an insanely good home invasion shocker, a superb Stephen King/George A.Romero anthology, a monster movie in stunning 4K, an alien invasion on VHS, Eddie Romero insanity, C.Robert Cargill Selects, and much more.
First in September, exclusively on ARROW – gripping crime drama Proof of the Man. Movie mogul Haruki Kadokawa changed the landscape of Japanese cinema for good when he introduced the concept of the blockbuster to the country, featuring an all-star cast, headed up by Flower Travellin’ Band vocalist Joe Yamanaka and Toshiro Mifune. Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi Morimura by director Junya Sato (The Bullet Train, Manhunt) and screenwriter Zenzo Matsuyama (The Human Condition trilogy), and shot on location in Japan and New York by veteran cinematographer Shinsaku Himeda (Pigs and Battleships, Vengeance is Mine), Proof of the Man is a compelling exploration of racial identity and the trauma of the postwar occupation period framed in the form of a whodunnit.
There’s more great Japanese cinema coming in September, from acclaimed directors to rediscovered gems. The Guard from Underground by celebrated psychological horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Cloud) tells the dark tale of a worker going on a murderous rampage, that is both a commentary on corporate life and a B-movie slasher. You also won’t want to miss the rediscovered 80s home invasion gem Door, where a Japanese housewife regrets turning away a persistent door-to-door salesman in a taut, gruesome and unforgettable thriller that’ll keep you pinned to your seat right up until a nerve-shredding finale that’ll put your jaw on the floor.
Showing in a superb new 4K Restoration in September is “like nothing you’ve ever seen before—it’s alive!” – namely Gorgo, a cautionary tale about perhaps not putting a huge prehistoric lizard in the circus in case its even bigger mother comes to find it! A creature feature classic that the New York Times calls “pretty darn good”, you’ll believe a giant lizard can stomp London into pieces!
Then there’s early found footage classic The McPherson Tape, Dean Alioto’s shot-on-VHS alien abduction shocker is set on a typical fall evening in 1983, where a young man was videotaping his niece’s 5th birthday party. As the night’s strange occurrences took place, he kept his video camera running, recording the entire event. Highly effective, and disturbingly real, this a treat for found footage and alien invasion fans alike.
Titans of terror George A. Romero and Stephen King deliver yet another selection of blood-curdling tales in Creepshow 2, the follow-up to the 1982 horror classic. Retaining the same EC comic book flavor that made the original such a hit, Creepshow 2, this time directed by long-time Romero collaborator Michael Gornick, is a standout horror anthology from the minds of two of the genre’s master craftsmen.
Also streaming this September are a superb drive-in documentary, and an Eddie Romero drive-in exploitation classics triple bill with Pam Grier and Sid Haig among the cast; comedy legend Chris Elliott in Clara’s Ghost; and eerie Austrian horror Masking Threshold.
Here are the full listings for September:
From September 5
- The Guard from Underground – 1992
- Door – 1988
From September 8
- Proof of the Man – 1977
From September 12
- At the Drive-In – 2017
- Gorgo
From September 19
- Beast of the Yellow Night – 1971
- Twilight People – 1972
- Beyond Atlantis – 1972
From September 26
- Clara’s Ghost – 2019
- Masking Threshold – 2022
- The McPherson Tape – 1989
From September 29
- Creepshow 2 – 1987
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