Blu-ray, Digital Release: The Leech

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Laurence
– December 23, 2022Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: , ,

Blu-ray, Digital Release Date: Available now
Price: Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Arrow / MVD

Writer/director Eric Pennycoff (Sadistic Intentions) continues the proud symbiotic relationship between horror and the season of good cheer with 2022’s The Leech, a cautionary tale about the perils of opening your door to a stranger.

Father David (Graham Skipper), a Catholic priest struggling to fill the pews in his church, allows a homeless man, Terry (Jeremy Gardner, After Midnight), into his home to escape the December chill. But this simple act of kindness has unforeseen consequences when Terry’s pregnant girlfriend, Lexi (Taylor Gardner), also decides to crash at the parochial house. Determined to save the warring couple through the healing power of God’s love, David’s ordered existence quickly unravels as he succumbs to the wicked ways of the parasitic pair. Will he pass this apparent test of faith or resort to blood-soaked, Old Testament justice?

Intense and funny in equal measure, The Leech serves as both a festive frightmare and a microcosm of the fault lines of contemporary America. Arrow Video is proud to present this latest inductee into the Christmas horror hall of fame!

Here’s a breakdown of the disc’s features:

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 stereo soundtracks
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Audio commentary with writer/producer/director Eric Pennycoff and producer Scott Smith
  • Live Chattanooga Film Festival audio commentary
  • Virtual Q&A with director Eric Pennycoff and the cast at the 2022 Chattanooga Film Festival
  • Preaching to the Void – a brand new visual essay exploring The Leech and Pennycoff’s earlier films by critic Anton Bitel
  • The Voice of Reason – a brand new video interview with Pennycoff and actor Graham Skipper
  • Introduction and Q&A from the film’s international premiere at FrightFest 2022
  • Exclusive introductions to the film by Pennycoff and Skipper
  • The Making of The Leech – behind-the-scenes footage from the film set
  • Rigo’s music video
  • Unfortunate, The Pod and Phase II – three early short films by Pennycoff
  • Trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Haunt Love
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Julieann Stipidis

Buy or Rent The Leech

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.