New in September: Movie Overload

Up In the Air

I've been trying to finish this post since last week, but there have been so many new additions to Amazon Prime since then, it's taken me much longer than expected. While Netflix is busy shedding older catalog titles left and right in favor of exclusive content, Prime continues to bulk up its film library with an enormous assortment of new arrivals. A number of them (such as The Captains, The Blair Witch Project, and Up In the Air) also just showed up on Netflix, but unlike Netflix—who's letting its licensing agreement with Epix expire on September 30—Prime won't be losing those titles at the end of the month. Amazon also seems to have picked up a major chunk of the hundreds of 2nd- and 3rd-tier older titles Netflix began shedding without warning back in July.

Here for one month only

That doesn't mean Amazon is entirely off the hook, however. Once again Prime picked up a number of older films that already come with an expiration date. Those include notables like Street Smart, The Gambler, Racing with the Moon, and West Side Story. Why this behavior, which also occurred last month, is being repeated is a mystery (to those of us on the outside, anyway), but we can only hope it doesn't become the new normal. In the meantime, here are the new titles marked to expire on 9/29. If their status changes or you find any others, please let me know in the comments.

The Bellboy (1960)
The Gambler (1974)
Ghoulies (1984) / Ghoulies II (1988)
Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Nobody's Fool (1995)
Racing with the Moon (1984)
Sliver (1993)
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
Street Smart (1987)
West Side Story (1961)

'B' westerns

A surprising batch of B westerns made their debut this month—many of which, sadly, are also set to expire on the 29th. Why all these (mostly) obscure oaters can't stick around for a while is a puzzle given how close some of them are to being in the public domain (if they're not already). But if you've ever been curious to experience the simpler, less star-studded pleasures of programmers like Charlie One-Eye and Arizona Bushwhackers, or under-the-radar performances by Barbara Stanwyck (The Furies), John Wayne (In Old California), and Charlton Heston (Arrowhead), you'll want to start queuin' up these puppies now.

The Bravados (1958)
Fort Yuma (1955) - Peter Graves
Frontier Uprising (1961)
Frozen Limits (1939)
Ghost Town (1956)
Gunsight Ridge (1957) - Joel McCrea
Outlaw Trail (1944) - Hoot Gibson

Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) - Jack Nicholson, dir. by Monte Hellman
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970) - dir. by Mario Bava
Sitting Bull (1954)

Expiring 9/29
Arizona Bushwhackers (1967)
Arrowhead (1953) - Charlton Heston, Jack Palance
Black Spurs (1965)
Bullwhip (1958)
Charley One-Eye (1973) - Richard Roundtree
Chattahoochee (1989) - Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper
The Furies (1950) - Barbara Stanwyck
In Old California (1942) - John Wayne
Johnny Reno (1966)
Law of the Lawless (1964)
The Lonely Man (1957) - Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins
A Man Alone (1955)
Red Garters (1954)
Rustler's Rhapsody (1985)
Tall Stranger (1957) - Joel McCrea

Last-minute reprieves

Despite all the 30-day stays, this month also saw a heartening reversal of fortune, as nearly all of the Kino/Lorber titles scheduled to expire on 9/3 were renewed at the last minute. That's good news for cineastes and silent film fans, as it means further opportunities to enjoy such classics as Battleship Potemkin, David Holzman's Diary, and The Thief of Bagdad. (but not, alas, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Doll, or Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler).

Even more Troma

Your very own nymphoid barbarian

Another new batch of Troma pictures also arrived, so now you can proudly add the likes of A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell and Farts of Darkness to your watchlist. And while you're at it, learn from Lloyd Kaufman himself how to Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Other new additions from the House of Toxie:

Apocalypse Soon: The Making of Citizen Toxie (2002)
Class of Nuke 'Em High: Part II - Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
Crazed (1978)
The Deviants (1994)
Devoured: The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980)
Direct Your Own Damn Movie! - Vols. 1-4 (2009)
Evil Clutch (1989)
Farts of Darkness (2001)
I Married a Vampire (1987)
Kill (2011)
Killer Nerd (1991)
L.A. Crackdown 2 (1989)
Legend of the Chupacabra (1999)
Make Your Own Damn Movie! - Vols. 1-5 (2005)
Mr. Brick's A Heavy Metal Murder Musical (2011)
Nerds of a Feather (1989)
A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990)
Offensive Behavior (2004)
Poultry in Motion: Truth Is Stranger Than Chicken (2008)
Pro Wrestlers Vs. Zombies (2013)
State of Mind (1992)
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
Troma's War (1988)
Tuesday Never Comes (1992)
Unspeakable (2000)
Vendetta (1996)
Video Demons Do Psychotown (1989)
Wiseguys vs. Zombies (2003)

All the rest

If you're wondering why I'm not linking to all of this month's titles, it's because there are just too damn many of 'em. Aside from the new releases, I've had to pick and choose what I thought warranted a look, either for its quality or its curiosity value. In the case of the classics and exploitation flicks, admittedly quite a few fall into the not-so-great category and are only listed because, en masse, they represent a significant online resource for grade B (and Z) flicks of every stripe—from WWII actioners to Hammer horror, 1970s TV movies, Italian giallo, Australian sleepers, and even '90s thrillers. It's all there for the next Tarantino wannabe to soak his creative wick in, along with a mixed group of new releases that include a few intriguing documentaries. So, without further ado, Amazon Prime's remaining September arrivals:

NEW RELEASES
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (2015)
Dear White People (2014)
Deli Man (2015)
Gabriel (2014)
Hawking (2014)
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2015)
The Italian Americans (2015)
A Journey into the Holocaust (2015)
The League: Season 6 (2014)
Maya the Bee (2015)
Melo (2012)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)



1980s, '90s & 2000s
Aberdeen (2011)
Alps (2012)
American Grindhouse (2010)
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Barfly (1987)
Born Romantic (2000)
Broken Angel (1988)
The Captains (2011)
The Captains Close-Up (2013)
Crazy Eights (2008)
The Crucible (1996)
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)
Dangerous Curves (1988)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)
Down to the Bone (2004)
Extreme Movie (2008)

Eyes of an Angel (1991)
Fido (2007)
The General (1998)
Gunshy (1998)
Hamlet (2011)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Hannibal Rising (2007)
Intimate Affairs (2001)
Ju-On 2 (2000)
King Lear (2009)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
Le Quatro Volte (2006)
The Lesser Evil (1998)
Light of My Eyes (2001)
The Magic Door (2007)
Masquerade (1988)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Miracles (1986)
Morning Glory (2010)
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism (2009)
Offspring (2009)
Old Joy (2006)
Pete's Meteor (1988)
Poliwood (2009)
Possums (1999)
Private Parts (1997)
Saints and Sinners (1994)
Sample People (2000)
Secrets (1992)
Secrets, Objects (2011)
Sodium Party (2013)
Stealing Heaven (1988)
Stoned (2005)
Stuart Little (1999)
The Swan Princess (1994)
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
Trading Mom (1994)
Up in the Air (2009)
Until September (1984)
Virgin Machine (1988)
Wildflowers (1999)
William Shatner's Get a Life! (2012)
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

CLASSIC ERA (to 1982)
Attack! (1956)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Blind Husbands (1919)
Buster Keaton's The General (1923)
Citizen's Band (1977)
Deadly Duo (1962)
Demi-Paradise (1943)
Do Not Disturb (1965)
Futureworld (1976)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Happy Anniversary (1959)
The Happy Thieves (1962)
He Walked by Night (1948)
Here Come the Girls (1953)
Hotel des Ameriques (1981)
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
It (1927)
Jacqueline (1956)


The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Lovin' Molly (1974)
Masquerade (1965)
Nightmare (1956)
No Escape (1953)
No My Darling Daughter (1961)
Operation Kid Brother (a.k.a. O.K. Connery) (1967)
Outpost in Malaya (a.k.a. The Planter's Wife) (1952)
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Park Row (1952)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Popeye (1980)
The Purple Plain (1954)
The Rabbit Trap (1959)
The Rake's Progress (1945)
The Rat Race (1960)
They Went That-A-Way and That-A-Way (1978)
Sea of Sand (a.k.a. Desert Patrol) (1958)
Secret Mission (1942)
The Secret Place (1957)
Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
The Seventh Veil (1945)
Smile (1975)
Something Wild (1961)
That's the Way of the World (1975)
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
Three for Bedroom C (1952)
Three in the Attic (1968)
The Wedding Party (1969)
Town Without Pity (1961)

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
Where It's At (1969)
Yesterday's Hero (1979)
The Young Racers (1963)

EXPLOITATION & HORROR
The Babysitter (1995)
Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
Bay of Blood (1971)
The Big Doll House (1971)
Bitter Harvest (1981)
Black Sabbath (1964)
Black Sunday (1961)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)
Burn, Witch, Burn (a.k.a. Night of the Eagle) (1962)
The Curious Female (1970)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Female Vampire (1973)
Gas-s-s-s (1970)
The Ghoul (1933)
Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959)
Hell's Belles (1969)
Her and She and Him (1970)
House of Exorcism (1975)
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The Immoral One (L'immorale) (1980)
Island of Despair (a.k.a. 99 Women) (1969)
The Keep (1983)
Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
The Libertine (1968)
Lisa and the Devil (1973)
London in the Raw (1964)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
The Losers (a.k.a. 'Nam's Angels) (1970)
The Manitou (1978)
Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
Never Let Go (1960)
Nude for Satan (1974)

Vincent Price, Diana Rigg: Theater of Blood

The Nude Set (1961)
The Oblong Box (1969)
Premature Burial (1962)
Primitive London (1965)
Queen of Blood (1966)
The Sadistic Baron von Klaus (1962)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Sexus (1965)
Sweet Ecstasy (1962)
Theater of Blood (1973)
The Time Travelers (1964)
Trackdown (1976)
A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

COMING SOON

September 10

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)

September 12

Men, Women & Children (2014)

September 16

A Smile Like Yours (1997)

September 18

From Prada to Nada (2011)

September 21

Halloween (2007)
Serendipity (2001)