New To Arrow - Titles SynopsesApril 3Bubblegum Crash - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1991
The sequel to the smash hit Bubblegum Crisis! Times are changing, and boomers are now seen as the city's saviors.The Knight Sabers' leader Sylia suddenly disappears, leaving the team to go their separate ways. When a dangerous cabal of power-suited mercenaries start hunting for a revolutionary AI that's about to change the world, Sylia returns to outfit the girls with even badder hard suits.Otaku No Video - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1991
An outrageous mockumentary that combines animation with strange interviews of animation fans. Time of Eve - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2010
In the near future, every household has a servant robot. Some people treat them with contempt, while others get obsessed. One day, two high school boys stumble across a mysterious café that offers a third option: talk to them, free of prejudice, or even full knowledge of who's a robot and who's human. The things they discover about robots, humanity, and themselves will leave you breathless.April 7Riding Bean - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1989
Chicago has no better getaway driver than Bean Bandit--the infamous Roadbuster! If you've got the scratch, Bean and his partner Rally Vincent will get you where you need to go. After finishing a sketchy job, the Roadbuster must return a young member of Chicago's elite to her family's estate. But what starts out as a simple taxi gig quickly becomes way more than Bean and Rally had bargained for.Jessie’s Super Normal Regular Average Day - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2019
Do you believe in God? The Devil? Who's really in charge of your life? Join Jessie, on a quest to find the answers to these questions, and many more.April 10I Got Five On It - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2005
Jimmy and pals wanna party, but their pursuit of fun leads to a series of hilarious misadventures.I Got Five On It 2 - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2009
When the guys plan a party, their best bud, Barney gets set up by a rival, ruining their high times.I Got Five On It 3 - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2020
Barney's dispensary is in trouble when his enemies are released from prison, hell-bent on revenge.The Great Killing - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1964
The second film in his thematic trilogy, The Great Killing sees Eiichi Kudo refine his visual style and amplify the political dimension of his filmmaking, using the medium of jidaigeki to react to the suppression of the Anpo protests that gripped Japan in the 1960s. 13 Assassins - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1963
By 1963 Eiichi Kudo was already a jidaigeki veteran. But for 13 Assassins, he decided to buck the emerging trend for colourful, family-friendly samurai films and renew with the radical traditions of the genre. The resulting film is a compelling and suspenseful samurai drama that remains impactful to this day.In 1844, during the twilight of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the fiendish and immoral Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira (Kantaro Suga, The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses) flouts any sense of decency, openly insulting his fellow lords, culminating in his murder of a samurai’s son after having raped his wife. Aware that Mastudaira’s proximity to the Shogun protects him from any accountability, Lord Doi (Tetsuro Tanba, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War) decides that justice must be done. He tasks his dutiful samurai Shinzaemon (Chiezo Kataoka, Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji) to gather his most trusted warriors to assassinate Matsudaira. But Shinzaemon and his men must reckon with the magnitude of their mission: breaking their oath means not only certain death but would shake the very foundations of Japanese society.April 15Demons - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1985
Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento bring you THE Gonzo Horror movie of the 1980's with Demons, a frenzied slice of gore heavy shock cinema that gives up on logic and instead assaults the screen with a riot of X-rated violence, face chewing zombies and pounding Heavy Metal. In a mysterious cinema, an audience are watching a brutal horror flick when the horror rips out of the screen, unleashing a swarm of slathering Demons who are intent on spreading their evil plague across the globe. Time to tool up and take no prisoners... The Demons are coming!Demons 2 - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1987
The Demons are back! Unleashed through the TV and bringing Hell direct to your living room. Out of the dark forbidden zone, the world's ugliest zombies are causing carnage in an apartment block, eating the residents and spreading their deadly plague. Watch as a teenage birthday girl ruins the party by eating her guests, see bodybuilders torn to shreds, and tremble in terror as possessed children run amok. Will anyone survive or will the Demons rise once more and destroy us all? Directed by Lamberto Bava (Demons, Macabre) and produced by Dario Argento (Sleepless, Inferno), this Italian splatter classic will leave you in fear of turning on the television...April 174/20 Massacre - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2018
During a weed-fueled weekend, five young women decide to celebrate a friend's birthday by taking a camping trip to a nearby national park. However, their fun is quickly snubbed out when they stumble upon an illegal marijuana operation hidden in the greenery and protected by a bloodthirsty maniac. Will they survive or will they perish in search of the ultimate high?Bong of the Living Dead - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 2017
The relationships of five stoner friends are pushed to their limits when the zombie apocalypse they’ve all been dreaming about becomes a reality.April 20Paganini Horror - (US, CA) - 1988
When an all-girl rock band records an unpublished song by Niccolò Paganini - the 19th century composer said to have sold his soul to the Devil - they will unleash a skintight spandex nightmare of extreme violins, cheesy power ballads, SUSPIRIA-influenced lighting and outlandish Satanic havoc that QuietCool calls "serious fun... it drips with as much love as it does with blood and gore."Legend of the Stardust Brothers (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1985
In 1985, Macoto Tezka (son of the great manga artist Osamu Tezuka) met musician and TV personality Haruo Chicada who had made a soundtrack to a movie which didn’t actually exist: The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. At the time Macoto was just 22 years old, a film-student with many short experimental films under his belt, but yet to make a feature-debut and of course had the pressure of the TEZUKA name. With Chicada as producer, Tezka then adapted this “fake soundtrack” into the real movie story of “The Stardust Brothers”. With inspiration from “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, Tezuka assembled a cast of some of Japan’s most famous musicians of the time, including such greats as Kiyohiko Ozaki, ISSAY, Sunplaza Nakano and HiroshiTakano, alongside many famous names in Manga such as Monkey Punch (Lupin the 3rd), Shinji Nagashima (Hanaichi Monme), Yosuke Takahashi (Mugen Shinsi) and even many upcoming film directors of the time such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata) and Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing). The resulting film “The Legend of the Stardust Brothers” is the exact definition of a cult film. Despite the huge array of talent on board with a large budget, the film is totally unknown even to this day in both Japan and worldwide.Drop Dead Rock - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1995
Hilarious rock n roll comedy from 1996. A down and out rock n' roll band, Hindenburg, kidnap their favorite British rock star, Spazz-O, and hold him hostage to hear their music. The problem is, Spazz-O's ex-porn star wife Holly Everest (Chelsey Parks) and his back-stabbing manager, Dave Donovan (Adam Ant), can't wait to get their hands on his fortune, and have hired a hitman to do him in.April 24Hellbent - (GB, IE, US, CA) - 1988
A bandleader whose career is nosediving makes a deal with the owner of a bar to sell his soul for success.New To Arrow – SeasonsApril 3ARROW Selects (GB, IE, US, CA)
It’s the first ever ARROW Selects, where we bring you the titles that are the real ‘staff picks’! This month we are featuring Adrian, Manu, and Matt’s Selects. You can read up on why they chose what they chose, as well as a bit about what they do ‘round these parts.Titles include: Dinner in America (GB, IE), XX Beautiful Hunter (GB, IE, US, CA), Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (GB, IE), Heart of Dragon (US, CA)…And more!
April 10Anime April - (GB, IE, US, CA)
Who doesn’t love a bit of alliteration? It’s April, we have Anime, it’s Anime April! This month we are bringing even more Anime titles to the service, including opening up some titles for streaming in the UK (finally!)Titles Include: Bubblegum Crash, Otaku No Video, Time of Eve, and Riding Bean
April 17Greener Pastures - (GB, IE, US, CA)
Chill out dude…We’ve got everything you need to puff puff pass through the day. Whether you prefer to sat(iva) in your creative space and watch something trippy or wanna just lay around and zone out in-da-couch. Whatever your preference is for enjoying the holiday, we have a title for you to munch on. Titles include: I’ve Got Five On It, I’ve Got Five On It 2, Bong of the Living Dead, 4/20 Massacre…And more!
April 24Halfway to Rock-tober - (GB, IE, US, CA)
We’re 6 months away from our favorite time of the year: spooky season! Maybe we’re a bit early to celebrate (we’re not - and anyone who says different is WRONG), but we wanted to rock ‘n roll through the month in style. Titles Include: Demons, Demons 2, Hellbent, Drop Dead Rock...and more!
