Archive for October, 2009

Spooky sounds

Check out Hollow Earth Radio’s Midnight to Midnight Halloween Observation (see full schedule below), and get inspired to rent horror movies on this Hallow’een.
Then go check out The Degenerate Art Ensemble at the Moore with video visuals by Scarecrow’s own Leo Mayberry.
OR head to the Grand Illusion for the secret TRIPLE FEATURE that starts at …

Halloween weekend is here! While you’re in the store  getting those last-minute scary films for Halloween night, grab some SWEET, SWEET CANDY on the front counter. We’ve found a sugar rush really helps propel you through the browsing process.  If you’re looking to haunt the theaters this weekend, your best bet for frights is at  …

Best Sellers: 27 OCT. 2009

BEST SELLERS 10/27/09
All items are available in the store.  Highlighted items are also available through our website.
1.  The Gate
2.  Trick ‘r Treat
3. The Stepfather (1987)
4.  Skin in the 70s
5.  Anvil: The Story of Anvil
6.  Drag Me To Hell
7.  Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
8.  Hardware (BluRay)
9.  Chinatown (Centennial Collection)
10.  Red Sun
11.  The Human Condition (Criterion Collection)
12.  …

New Releases for the week of HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween week, everyone. Before we get into the list of New Releases this week, be sure to check out our special pre-order sale on Criterion’s upcoming collection: 25 FILMS BY AKIRA KUROSAWA. The set, which includes four films new to DVD, will be released on December 8th.  If you pre-order from us by November …

Looking for something scary?

Halloween quickly approaches, and y’all are probably wondering: To whom do I give my money and time? And where?!
Allow me to make some suggestions:
Today at noon and again on Halloween you can listen FOR FREE to a two-hour radio set of extremely creepy and unsettling music culled from movie soundtracks. I threw in some vintage …

Halloween is fast approaching! Prepare yourself this weekend with some selections from our Halloween and/or Kids Halloween sections. We also just put out a new round of STAFF PICKS, including ALIEN, BATTLE OF ALGIERS,  John Cassavettes’ HUSBANDS,  ROLLERBALL, STUNT ROCK and about  150 other titles we hope you’ll enjoy.  If you’re looking to get spooked …

The King Of Cool: Steve McQueen film series starts Thursday, January 7th

Tickets are now on sale here at the store for Seattle Art Museum’s upcoming series celebrating screen icon Steve McQueen. The ten film retrospective begins this Thursday, January 7th with John Sturges’ WWII adventure epic The Great Escape (starring an incredible ensemble cast, Steve and a motorcycle) and features such films as The Sand Pebbles, …

What’s New for the week of October 20th

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN—It’s also on Blu-ray so you can see those high adrenaline action sequences in high definition. It’s on sale now here in the store and here online.

MONSOON WEDDING: CRITERION—Mira Nair’s vibrant story of arranged marriages, hidden affairs and family secrets gets the Criterion treatment on DVD and Blu-ray. It features a …