The American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, is excited to announce a theatrical partnership with Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company. AGFA will distribute fifty film classics from Shout! Factory’s cult classic movie library to theaters in 2019. This is AGFA’s latest collaboration following their distribution partnerships with home video labels Arrow Films (DONNIE DARKO), Severin Films (SANTA SANGRE), and Vinegar Syndrome (DOLEMITE).
"We could not be more thrilled about this partnership," said AGFA Head of Business Affairs Alicia Coombs. "Shout! Factory's catalog is so diverse, and every title is a winner -- both for us as fans, and for the cinema-going public."
AGFA has curated fifty stunning classics from Shout’s movie catalog to reissue in theaters throughout the year. These movies include fan favorites such as Bob Clark’s BLACK CHRISTMAS, arthouse milestones like John Cassavetes’ A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, deep-cut horror blasts such as Amy Holden Jones’s THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, and seminal genre milestones like John Ford’s STAGECOACH.
“I greatly admire the care and attention afforded each film by AGFA,” said Mark Balsam of Shout! Factory. “That focus will serve each of these classic films wonderfully.”
Shout! Factory movies are available on DCP -- and in some cases, 35mm -- for theatrical bookings from AGFA starting immediately.
The full list of Shout! Factory titles distributed by AGFA:
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
BEN
BLACK CHRISTMAS
BOY AND HIS DOG
BREAKER MORANT
CAGED HEAT
CHOPPING MALL aka KILLBOTS
CRAZY MAMA
DOWNFALL
DREAMSCAPE
FACES
FANNY
FEAR CITY
FORBIDDEN WORLD
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
GALAXY OF TERROR
GARGOYLES
GREASERS PALACE
HOLY MOTORS
HOPSCOTCH
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
HYPE!
I MARRIED A WITCH
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
LONG VOYAGE HOME
THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
OPENING NIGHT
OTHELLO
PIRANHA
QUADROPHENIA
RABID
ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
THE HARDER THEY COME
THE RULING CLASS
SAINT JACK
SHADOWS
SHAKMA
SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
SMITHEREENS
STAGECOACH
STARCRASH
THE STUNT MAN
SUBURBIA
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
WILLARD
THE VELVET VAMPIRE
WHALE RIDER
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE