Victor Crowley returns in HATCHET: Midnight Murders, the first in a new three-part comic series from American Mythology! It’s 1985 and the Mardi Gras scene is at the height of its annual debauchery. However, amidst the booze and hedonism, people are disappearing at an alarming rate. Is there a serial killer in the bayou to blame for the wanton bloodletting or something even more sinister? Gas up your belt sander, grab some garlic and prepare for a blood-soaked battle in Honey Island Swamp in this new series written by WILLY’S WONDERLAND creator G.O. Parsons and FREDDY VS JASON VS ASH scribe James Kuhoric and featuring stunning artwork from the great Puis Calzada!

HATCHET: Midnight Murders #1  comes in FOUR variant covers: “Main Cover A” by Roy Allan Martinez, “Cover B” by Buz Hasson, “Cover C” by Richard Bonk, and “Cover D” by Puis Calzada. There is also a super rare Century Edition Black & White version of “Cover A” that has been limited to just 100 copies printed! ArieScope could only get our hands on a few of these so act fast before they’re sold out!

All comics purchased through ArieScope come autographed by HATCHET creator Adam Green and are shipped bagged and boarded. Order in the BUY STUFF store HERE!

Orders will begin shipping August 27, 2024 (if not sooner)!

On shelves: August 27, 2024

A new limited edition Steelbook collection of Adam Green’s HATCHET franchise is now available from Dark Sky Films. The Blu-Ray sets includes the UNCENSORED versions of HATCHET, HATCHET 2, HATCHET 3, VICTOR CROWLEY and a bonus 5th disc featuring BRAND NEW bonus materials!

All copies purchased from the ArieScope “Buy Stuff” store will come autographed by HATCHET’s creator Adam Green. Due to this collection being a limited release ArieScope is only able to sell a small number of copies so don’t wait!

Copies purchased through ArieScope are expected to start shipping by the end of June once Adam has been able to sign them.

HATCHET 1 Blu-Ray special features:

• THE MAKING OF HATCHET
• MEETING VICTOR CROWLEY
• GUTS & GORE
• ANATOMY OF A KILL
• A TWISTED TALE
• GAG REEL
• 2007 Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green, cinematographer Will Barratt, and stars Joel David Moore, Tamara Feldman, and Deon Richmond
• 2010 Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green and star Kane Hodder
  
• Theatrical Trailer

HATCHET 2 Blu-Ray special features:

• HATCHET II: Behind the Screams
• HATCHET II: First Look
• HATCHET II: Meet the FX Team
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green and stars Kane Hodder and Tony Todd
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green, cinematographer Will Barratt, and make-up FX artist Robert Pendergraft
• Theatrical Trailer
• Teaser Trailer
• TV Spot
• Radio Spot

HATCHET 3 Blu-Ray special features:

• HATCHET III: Behind the Scenes
• RAISING KANE
• SWAMP FUN
  
• Audio Commentary with writer/producer Adam Green, director BJ McDonnell, cinematographer Will Barratt, and make-up FX artist Robert Pendergraft
• Audio Commentary with writer/producer Adam Green, director BJ McDonnell, and star Kane Hodder
• Teaser Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer

VICTOR CROWLEY Blu-Ray special features:

• RAISING THE DEAD… AGAIN: Interview with writer/director Adam Green
• VICTOR CROWLEY: Behind the Scenes
  
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green and stars Parry Shen, Laura Ortiz, and Dave Sheridan
• Audio Commentary with writer/director Adam Green, cinematographer Jan-Michael Losada, editor Matt Latham, and make-up FX artist Robert Pendergraft
• Teaser Trailer
• Theatrical Trailer

2024 Steelbook Bonus Disc Special features:

• SWAMP TALES: In this new 53 minute documentary writer/director Adam Green, director of photography Will Barratt, and producer Sarah Elbert candidly share some of the funniest moments and difficult setbacks from their almost 20 years working together to create the HATCHET franchise.
• THE PRODUCTION JOURNALS: Throughout the production of the original HATCHET, cast and crew members shared their experiences making the movie with nightly journal entries. This new 1-hour documentary features the original journals (read by the cast and crew in their own voices) and includes never before seen on-set photography detailing every moment of making the film that started it all.
  

Region 1 Blu-Rays. UNCENSORED VERSIONS. Get ours HERE while they last!

A new deluxe Blu-Ray edition of ArieScope’s film SPIRAL will be released by RoninFlix on October 8, 2024. Starring Joel David Moore (AVATAR, HATCHET), Amber Tamblyn (THE RING, SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS), and Zachary Levi (SHAZAM, CHUCK), the Hitchcockian psychodrama won Kodak’s prestigious “Gold Vision Award” at the 2007 Santa Barbara Film Festival before being released in a limited number of US theaters on February 8, 2008.

The new release features:

• Limited Edition Slipcover (1st Pressing Only)
• High Definition Blu-ray 1080p Widescreen Presentation (1.78:1)
• English Lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• NEW Restoration of the 2K Master by Ronin Flix
• NEW Paint it Red — Making Spiral: Behind-the-Scenes Documentary featuring NEW interviews with Adam Green (co-director), Joel David Moore (lead and co-director), Zachary Levi (actor and producer), Will Barratt (cinematographer), and Cory Livingston (edito
• NEW Audio Commentary with co-directors Adam Green and Joel David Moore, director of photography Will Barratt, and editor Cory Livingston.
• Archival Audio Commentary with co-directors Adam Green and Joel David Moore, writer Jeremy Boering, director of photography Will Barratt, and actors Zachary Levi and Amber Tamblyn.
• Theatrical Trailer
• NEW English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Region 1

“A Hitchcock-tail of precision direction, deft pacing, startling imagery and clean style… packing a final shock punch.” – Alan Jones, FRIGHTFEST. 

ArieScope’s BUY STUFF on-line store will begin taking pre-orders for copies autographed by co-director Adam Green later this summer so stay tuned!

January 22 – 26: THE IMPRACTICAL JOKERS CRUISE (Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas)

January 26 – 28: DAYS OF THE DEAD (Atlanta, GA)

March 22 – 24: HORRORHOUND WEEKEND (Cincinnati, OH)

April 12 – 14: ASTRONOMICON (Livonia, MI)

April 19 – 21: NEW JERSEY HORROR CON (Edison, NJ)

May 17 – 19: TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND (Irving, TX)

May 31 – June 2: MONSTERPALOOZA (Pasadena, CA)

August 23 – 25: SPOOKY EMPIRE (N. Charleston, SC)

October 18 – 20: SCAREFEST (Lexington, KY)

October 26: DARK DELICACIES (Burbank, CA)

UPDATED 10:15am on October 31, 2023: These SOLD OUT wicked fast! Congratulations to those who scored one!! Happy Halloween!

In honor of ArieScope’s 25th anniversary we’re releasing this wicked limited run of highly sought after bloody replica hatchets made from the original mold used for all four HATCHET films!  On sale at 10am PST on October 31, 2023! These high-end props are created the exact same way they were made for screen in all 4 films by FX artist Robert Pendergraft and Aunt Dolly’s Garage!  There is no difference between these and the stunt hatchets you see “Victor Crowley” (Kane Hodder) wielding in the films themselves!  Each hatchet is handmade, hand-painted, and comes with its own unique blood splatter painted on the blade.  No two are identical!  Best of all- each hatchet comes autographed by HATCHET creator Adam Green on one side of the blade! These incredibly rare prop replica hatchets were previously only available on Adam Green’s “Dismember America Tour” in 2016 during the theatrical tour of VICTOR CROWLEY! (A few were held back and sold on-line after the tour.)

Each prop is made of polyurethane foam with a steel support bar inside.  PLEASE NOTE: While these may be stunt props, they should never be used to strike a human being or animal and are for cosplay use and/or display purposes only.

Each hatchet comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by both Adam Green and Robert Pendergraft. These will sell out fast so don’t wait! 

On sale in the BUY STUFF store at 10am PST on October 31, 2023.

$200 each.  Free shipping.

ArieScope’s 25th annual Halloween short film is here!!

Due to the WGA and SAG strikes we could not pull off what had long been planned for our milestone 25th Halloween short film. (Adam Green has been a proud member of both unions for the last 20 years and most every actor in the ArieScope family is part of SAG as well.) Knowing that it just wouldn’t be Halloween without a new ArieScope Halloween short film we are proud to say that we pivoted and found a way to carry on with our annual tradition anyway!

First the pandemic wiped out all of our productions in 2020-2022 and then – just as things were getting back up and moving again – the strikes wiped out everything in 2023. It’s been an incredibly rough three years to say the least! However, the WGA strike is now over, the SAG strike should be ending soon, and we’re still here! We hope to be back on set again next year and making new films for you to enjoy.

BOO! Your favorite slasher is back with three brand new bloody tales of Halloween to enjoy this holiday season!

Narrated by three of the dismembered victims from the hit HATCHET film franchise, VICTOR CROWLEY’S HALLOWEEN TALES 5 is jam packed with 32 pages of frights, gore, and extras!

HATCHET: VICTOR CROWLEY’S HALLOWEEN TALES 5 comes in four FANTASTIC variant covers including a limited edition black & white virgin art variant of this year’s main cover (only 350 copies printed)! All comics purchased through ArieScope come autographed by HATCHET creator Adam Green!

Order yours now in the BUY STUFF store and let Victor Crowley show you some real tricks and treats this Halloween!

Orders will begin shipping the week of October 16th (if not sooner)!

In stores: October 18, 2023

Adam Green will be appearing at SPOOKY EMPIRE at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, FL October 27th – 29th! Adam will be appearing all 3 days – including a panel presentation about the HATCHET series with Kane Hodder and Danielle Harris on Sunday! It’s the convention’s 20th anniversary and their BIGGEST and BEST line-up yet!

Other guests appearing this year will be Robert Englund (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), Doug Bradley (HELLRAISER), Tony Todd (CANDYMAN), Bill Moseley (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), Cassandra Peterson (“Elvira”), Harry Hamlin (CLASH OF THE TITANS), Greg Nicotero (THE WALKING DEAD), Tom Savini (FRIDAY THE 13TH), The Chiodo Brothers (KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE), Heather Langenkamp (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE), David Naughton (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON), and MANY more!

For tickets and details visit www.spookyempire.com!

Adam Green will be appearing at SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA at The Marriott Burbank Hotel & Convention Center October 13th – 15th! Adam will be appearing all 3 days including an “uncensored” panel presentation on Sunday about his trials and tribulations with the HATCHET series and the MPAA.

Other guests appearing this year will be director Sam Raimi (EVIL DEAD), Cassandra Peterson (“Elvira”), Devon Sawa (FINAL DESTINATION), Harvey Guillan (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS), Ola Ray (Michael Jackson’s THRILLER), Mehki Phifer (DAWN OF THE DEAD ’04), Bill Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS), Felissa Rose (VICTOR CROWLEY), Caroline Williams (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2), Vernon Wells (THE ROAD WARRIOR), Ed Begley Jr. (CAT PEOPLE), Sybil Danning (CHAINED HEAT), Sid Krofft (LAND OF THE LOST), and MANY more!

For more information and tickets visit www.monsterpalooza.com!

• Adam Green is coming home to Massachusetts for the first time in 7 years! You can meet Adam and tons of other celebrities from the horror genre at this year’s SILVER SCREAM CON taking place at the Doubletree North Shore in Danvers, MA September 8th – 10th!

Also appearing this year will be Tony Todd (CANDYMAN), Skeet Ulrich (SCREAM), Spencer Charnas (ICE NINE KILLS), Joe Lynch (HOLLISTON), Chris Jericho (WWE), Special FX legend Tom Savini (FRIDAY THE 13TH), Tom Atkins (THE FOG), Joe Bob Briggs & Darcy (THE LAST DRIVE-IN), and many more!

Green and Lynch will also be performing a LIVE episode of THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast in the SILVER SCREAM PANEL HALL on Saturday 9/9 from 3pm – 4pm EST!

Check out www.SilverScreamCon.com for details and tickets!

Stay tuned for more announcements of Adam’s appearances happening this Halloween season!