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Founded in 1985 by J.R. Bookwalter, Tempe Video is a leader in independent and underground films, with in-house productions such as THE DEAD NEXT DOOR and OZONE and co-productions with Full Moon Features on films such as WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE and HELL ASYLUM. Titles such as EDDIE PRESLEY and TOWNIES have rec

eived a life on DVD courtesy of the much celebrated Tempe DVD line. More recently, Tempe Video has been a helping hand in getting the new generation of underground filmmakers distribution with films such as MULVA: ZOMBIE ASS KICKER, DEADLANDS: THE RISING, and DIE AND LET LIVE. A complete list of films produced and distributed by Tempe Video can be found (and purchased!) at the official Tempe Video homepage: http://www.tempevideo.com.

NOW SHIPPING: Celebrate director J.R. Bookwalter's 58th birthday today 8/16 with Side Effects May Vary on replicated Blu...
16/08/2024

NOW SHIPPING: Celebrate director J.R. Bookwalter's 58th birthday today 8/16 with Side Effects May Vary on replicated Blu-ray, DVD MOD, or Limited Edition VHS — while supplies last, all orders include FREE full-color face mask! Less than 100 Blu-rays available with slipcover signed by the director & writer/star. 👀

https://makeflix.com/collections/side-effects-may-vary

Indie cult veteran J.R. Bookwalter (“The Dead Next Door,” “Robot Ninja,” “Ozone”) returns to the director’s chair after a 23-year absence with “Side Effects May Vary,” a ‘ripped from the headlines’ sci-fi/horror throwback inspired by ‘70s monster movie drive-in classics like “The Incredible Melting Man”!

With the world gripped by a deadly pandemic, science denier Glenn Rollins turns to an experimental vaccine as treatment for a lingering sickness. Much to the surprise of his doctor, wife, and friends, the remedy immediately fixes what ails him. But Glenn will soon discover the only thing more fatal than the virus... is the cure!

BLU-RAY & DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 2024 Director’s Cut Feature in 16:9 Original Aspect Ratio (1.78:1)
• DTS HD-MA 5.1 Surround (Blu-ray), Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (DVD MOD), and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Mixes
• Audio Commentary with director J.R. Bookwalter
• Roadshow Opening Night Q&A at Harris Theater in Pittsburgh, PA with director J.R. Bookwalter, writer/star James L. Edwards & star Floyd Ewing Jr., moderated by Art Ettinger of Ultra Violent Magazine (23 mins.)
• Theatrical Roadshow Teaser (1 min.)
• Teaser Trailer (1 min.)
• Theatrical Trailer (2 mins.)
• Optional English Subtitles

Limited Edition VHS from Future Video includes original 84-minute theatrical version!

You heard it here first! 🤘
16/08/2024

You heard it here first! 🤘

STARTS FRIDAY 10AM EST: Celebrate director J.R. Bookwalter’s 58th birthday on August 16th by owning a copy of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY on replicated Blu-ray or DVD MOD starting at 10AM EST tomorrow! We have the last 100 units available with slipcover signed by J.R. and writer/star James L. Edwards, and while supplies last, every order comes with a FREE full-color face mask!

https://makeflix.com/collections/side-effects-may-vary

Posted  •  Bloodletting-  Serena tracks down the world’s most famous uncaught serial killer and becomes his killing appr...
03/08/2024

Posted • Bloodletting-

Serena tracks down the world’s most famous uncaught serial killer and becomes his killing apprentice! But not everything is as it seems. A story of love, lies and death. What could go wrong? This movie is a lot of fun with some outrageous scenes.

LAST CALL on Blu-ray & DVD preorders! Unfortunately we have canceled plans for an official release this fall, which mean...
16/07/2024

LAST CALL on Blu-ray & DVD preorders! Unfortunately we have canceled plans for an official release this fall, which means the Kickstarter preorder will likely be the one and only physical media release. Don't miss out!

ENDS 9AM EST FRIDAY 7/19: There are only THREE days left to preorder SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY on Blu-ray or DVD! Given the current dismal market for new release movies on physical media, this may very well be your one and only chance to own it on disc. There are also tons of cool add-ons including a Limited Edition VHS! 👀

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jrbookwalter/add-side-effects-may-vary-to-your-blu-ray-or-dvd-collection/

Reminder there are three epic events coming up in the next 10 days!After nearly three dozen screenings around the globe ...
08/07/2024

Reminder there are three epic events coming up in the next 10 days!

After nearly three dozen screenings around the globe over the last five (?!) months, our FINAL theatrical roadshow event for Side Effects May Vary takes place THIS THURSDAY 7/11 at GE Theatre at Proctor's in Schenectady, NY with myself and stars James L. Edwards and Sasha Graham live in person.
https://www.atproctors.org/event/icfs-presents-side-effects-may-vary/

From Schenectady, James and I head straight to The Mahoning Drive-In Theater on Friday 7/12 for Drive-in VHS-FEST 8! (Featuring Brinke Stevens, Retro VHS Market & More) *3 DAYS* for a late-night screening of Robot Ninja! I've been busy digging up one-of-a-kind Tempe artifacts from the VHS era, so stop by and check 'em out Friday and Saturday only.
https://mahoningdrivein.ticketleap.com/vhsfest8/

Last but not least, our Kickstarter Blu-ray & DVD preorder for Side Effects May Vary ends next week! At this point it's looking likely this will be the one and only disc release, so grab yours while you can.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jrbookwalter/add-side-effects-may-vary-to-your-blu-ray-or-dvd-collection

And then I take a break for the rest of the summer. 🤣😎

Very sad news… Doug Sakmann was a multi-hyphenate indie talent, a veteran of TROMA who portrayed a lead zombie in MULVA:...
28/06/2024

Very sad news… Doug Sakmann was a multi-hyphenate indie talent, a veteran of TROMA who portrayed a lead zombie in MULVA: ZOMBIE ASS KICKER! as well as the Goblin King in QUEST FOR THE EGG SALAD. Gone much too soon! 🥲

SKINNED ALIVE is coming to Blu-ray on July 29, 2024 from 88 Films — preorder now on Amazon!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skin...
12/06/2024

SKINNED ALIVE is coming to Blu-ray on July 29, 2024 from 88 Films — preorder now on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skinned-Alive-Blu-ray-Mary-Jackson/dp/B0D3622Y69

JULY RELEASES
UPDATED SCHEDULE DATES BELOW!!!
Pre-Order Links in our Bio

1st July 2024 The Holy Virgin Vs The Evil Dead
8th July 2024 Anthropophagous WEB EXCLUSIVE 4K
8th July 2024 Anthropophagous 4K
8th July 2024 Anthropophagous Bluray
8th July 2024 Anthropophagous DVD
15th July 2024 Absurd WEB EXCLUSIVE 4K
15th July 2024 Absurd 4K
15th July 2024 Absurd Bluray
15th July 2024 Absurd DVD
15th July 2024 (possible delays inbound) PUMPKINHEAD II: BLOOD WINGS Bluray
15th July 2024 PUMPKINHEAD II: BLOOD WINGS DVD
15th July 2024 Immortal Story Bluray
15th July 2024 An Autumn's Tale Bluray
15th July 2024 Night of the Big Heat Bluray
15th July 2024 Night of the Big Heat DVD
29th July 2024 (possible delays inbound) S*x and Zen - Deluxe Collectors Edition Bluray
29th July 2024 S*x And Zen DVD
29th July 2024 Funeral Home Bluray
29th July 2024 Skinned Alive Bluray
29th July 2024 The Pleasure Bluray
29th July 2024 The Pleasure DVD
29th July 2024 THE SORCERERS Bluray
29th July 2024 THE SORCERERS DVD
29th July 2024 THE CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR Bluray
29th July 2024 THE CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR DVD

Headed over to the Mom 'N Pop Video Shop channel on YouTube earlier this week to chat about Side Effects May Vary… but w...
05/06/2024

Headed over to the Mom 'N Pop Video Shop channel on YouTube earlier this week to chat about Side Effects May Vary… but wound up doing more reminiscing about the good ol' days instead! 🤣 Consume if you dare!

Legendary indie director J.R. BOOKWALTER stops by the shop to tell us about his first directed movie in over 20 years, SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY (2024)! Be sure ...

You heard it here first! Thanks to Michael Gingold at Rue Morgue for teasing the Side Effects May Vary Kickstarter-exclu...
03/06/2024

You heard it here first! Thanks to Michael Gingold at Rue Morgue for teasing the Side Effects May Vary Kickstarter-exclusive Blu-ray & DVD preorder which starts TOMORROW (Tuesday, June 4th) at 9AM. More details then…

You’ll soon be able to own the SOV veteran’s latest fright feature on disc.

Lock up your donuts: Our 1991 SOV classic ZOMBIE COP is now available to rent or own on Fandango At Home (formerly VUDU)...
31/05/2024

Lock up your donuts: Our 1991 SOV classic ZOMBIE COP is now available to rent or own on Fandango At Home (formerly VUDU), joining other Tempe classics like The Dead Next Door, Robot Ninja, Skinned Alive, OZONE, and BLOODLETTING!

Pretty much the entire Tempe Digital lineup is part of this weekend's sale — go forth and consume, starting midnight EST...
23/05/2024

Pretty much the entire Tempe Digital lineup is part of this weekend's sale — go forth and consume, starting midnight EST TONIGHT!

NOW THRU MONDAY 5/27: Makeflix Memorial Day Weekend Sale delivers 3 for $25 on select $9.99 or 3 for $50 on select $19.99 titles — more than 100 to choose from, plus FREE USA shipping over $100 and a FREE mystery DVD! 👀

https://makeflix.com/collections/memorial-day-weekend-2024

Posted  •  Polymorph- Tempe VideoYet another  banger on deck!! This movie is a ton of fun. Drug deal goes wrong when som...
23/05/2024

Posted • Polymorph- Tempe Video

Yet another banger on deck!! This movie is a ton of fun. Drug deal goes wrong when some scientific researchers investigate a mysterious Alien crash. It eally gave off “let’s just shoot a fun movie in the woods” vibes which I’m here for. Some fun electrical effects, tons of guns and a fantastic ending.

Kick off this weekend's Highland Square Film Festival with my 1989 splatter epic Robot Ninja at The Nightlight on Friday...
16/05/2024

Kick off this weekend's Highland Square Film Festival with my 1989 splatter epic Robot Ninja at The Nightlight on Friday 5/17! Star Michael Todd will join me for an intro and post-show Q&A.

The Highland Square Film Festival returns this weekend. Here is what to know about the festival, including prices and locations.

New Tempe merch available from Makeflix! A replica of the classic "Once I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken" hat as...
14/05/2024

New Tempe merch available from Makeflix! A replica of the classic "Once I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken" hat as seen in THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, ROBOT NINJA, OZONE, and our latest flick SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY, plus fun merch table items and signed 8x10 color photos! Go forth and consume.

Northeast Ohio: Here's a rare chance to see Robot Ninja splattered across the big screen!
13/05/2024

Northeast Ohio: Here's a rare chance to see Robot Ninja splattered across the big screen!

Akron, Ohio-made comic book/horror mashup ROBOT NINJA (1989) slashes its way onto the big screen at The Nightlight this Friday, May 17th at 8PM with writer/director J.R. Bookwalter and star Michael Todd in attendance for an intro and post-show Q&A presented by the Highland Square Film Festival! FREE “Robot Ninja” comic book with admission, seating is limited so buy your advance tickets now.

https://www.nightlightcinema.com

Posted  •  Side Effects May Vary- Future VideoAfter like 23 years  is back and it’s as if he never left!! This is a real...
03/05/2024

Posted • Side Effects May Vary- Future Video

After like 23 years is back and it’s as if he never left!! This is a real fun love letter to The Incredible Melting Man done in JR style. I was lucky enough to see it in Seattle and meet JR. He is one of the coolest and nicest people I’ve ever interacted with. Also super cool how these all have custom stickers of which theater you saw the movie in.

Take that, DUNE PART TWO! 🤣
23/04/2024

Take that, DUNE PART TWO! 🤣

After nearly 30 screenings since late January, audiences are STILL talking about SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY! Check out the latest Letterboxd reviews, then see it on the big screen — only a few theatrical roadshow dates left! 🎟️🍿👀😷💉

“Authentic regional horror movie magic... insane that Bookwalter directed, shot, and edited something this fun and perfectly executed after a 21 year hiatus.”

“I was so skeptical of a Covidcore movie but this delivered. Bring back practical effects-filled gore fests!!!”

“I didn’t expect to like his new movie more than THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, but here I am. I was throughly impressed, his first movie in 20 years and feels like he never stopped.”

“Well placed jokes, cool cast of horror legends, s*x scenes like we are still in the ‘90s, and gobs upon gobs of glorious practical gore!”

“Bookwalter showed up and taught the new direct to streaming horror crop how it’s done with classically cheap practical effects and visual body-horror comedy.”

“Great gore, and solid wit in the script.”

“No lie. I experienced more joy watching this than I did DUNE PART 2.”

NEW SCREENING ALERT!
23/04/2024

NEW SCREENING ALERT!

Hey now: We're headed to Canada as an Official Selection and Closing Night Gala Screening for this year's Shock Stock 2024 Film Festival & Weekend Horror Celebration! The event is May 1-5, with the screening on Sunday, May 5 at 7:30PM — FREE for VIP Festival Pass holders, tickets now on sale for everyone else!

Save up to 30% on most passes with promo code: CRYSTALSHOCKER

https://catickets.eventology.io/e/shockstock2024/tickets

THIS THURSDAY our Side Effects May Vary roadshow heads north to Michigan with OZONE (and a VHS swap!) in tow — see you t...
23/04/2024

THIS THURSDAY our Side Effects May Vary roadshow heads north to Michigan with OZONE (and a VHS swap!) in tow — see you there!

THURSDAY 4/25: Detroit, MI will receive a double injection of director J.R. Bookwalter at Planet Ant Theatre starting at 8PM with the 1994 SOV classic OZONE, followed by a VHS Swap during intermission before wrapping up with the all-new SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY!

Detroit, MI Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY & OZONE with live Q&A from director J.R. Bookwalter!

Denver: We're headed your way this weekend and here's a chance to win FREE tickets!
16/04/2024

Denver: We're headed your way this weekend and here's a chance to win FREE tickets!

TONIGHT!
13/04/2024

TONIGHT!

Legendary renegade horror-maker J.R. Bookwalter - who began his career in 1985 at age 19 with the unprecedentedly ambitious homemade Super-8mm blast of zombie grue known as The Dead Next Door - comes to The Beacon Cinema to present the Seattle premiere of his first new film in over twenty years! Join us for this special night including a double-feature of his masterpiece OZONE alongside his latest onslaught Side Effects May Vary - a rare like-he-never-left late-career triumph of practical splatter!

APRIL 13, 8:45PM

OZONE (1994)
Eddie Boone is a cop with problems. Namely, his city is overrun with zombies, his partner has gone missing, and he was recently injected with a new street drug called Ozone. Is Boone doomed, or is he just a pawn in the plans of the mysterious cult known as the New Order?! OZONE is the action-horror-peyote wonderland of your wildest dreams and the most ambitious shot-on-video movie of the 1990s. Dropping somewhere between HELLRAISER, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, and bronze age X-MEN comic books, OZONE is chock-full of rubber beastoids, hallucinogenic visuals, and inspiring DIY spirit — everything you need out of life.

“Bookwalter’s genius shines bright here. OZONE gushes. It oozes. It explodes. It squirts. It jiggles. It literally bursts into flames. There are legitimately dangerous explosions, chunky gore, rivers of blood, latex masks laden with moist warts, monster transformations, zombie make-up effects, and a punk with a Mohawk made from a circular saw blade. THIS IS A MOVIE WHERE A DIRECTOR LITERALLY MADE EVERYTHING OUT OF NOTHING.” - Annie Choi, Bleeding Skull

SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY (2024)
The fictional story of a world gripped by a deadly pandemic, as science-denier Glenn Rollins turns to an experimental vaccine as treatment for a lingering sickness. Much to the surprise of his doctor, wife, and friends, the remedy immediately fixes what ails him. But Glenn will soon discover the only thing more fatal than the virus... is the cure.

“Everything I wanted it to be. It was hilarious, it was disgusting, it was exciting. SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY feels like an extension of those great ‘90s Tempe movies that we all love so fu***ng much.” - James K

Seattle, WA Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY plus Double Feature with OZONE!

Posted  •  Heading to Seattle with  to see ’s new movie, along with a few of his classics!
13/04/2024

Posted • Heading to Seattle with to see ’s new movie, along with a few of his classics!

This Saturday at The Beacon Cinema in Seattle, WA! A totally wild double feature with my 1994 SOV epic OZONE followed by...
08/04/2024

This Saturday at The Beacon Cinema in Seattle, WA! A totally wild double feature with my 1994 SOV epic OZONE followed by the all-new Side Effects May Vary — one night only, grab your advance tickets now!

Seattle, WA Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY plus Double Feature with OZONE!

And if you want even more Bookwalter in Seattle, Robot Ninja and The Dead Next Door will be playing Friday night at Grand Illusion Cinema!

Seattle, WA Double Feature of ROBOT NINJA & THE DEAD NEXT DOOR with Director J.R. Bookwalter!

I'll be on hand at both venues for intros and post-show Q&A, freebies, and lots of cool merch!

Legendary renegade horror-maker J.R. Bookwalter - who began his career in 1985 at age 19 with the unprecedentedly ambitious homemade Super-8mm blast of zombi...

Posted  •  Kingdom of the Vampire- Cinema Home VideoStarting the countdown to meeting  and seeing his new movie this wee...
08/04/2024

Posted • Kingdom of the Vampire- Cinema Home Video

Starting the countdown to meeting and seeing his new movie this weekend!! First up is the fantastic vampire horror/drama Kingdom of the Vampire! This isn’t over the top gore and special effects but it has such a good story and characters! I enjoyed it a whole lot. Inspired by “Dark Shadows” and George A. Romero’s underrated thriller “Martin”.

Let's go, Austin… check out Side Effects May Vary this Friday 3/29!
28/03/2024

Let's go, Austin… check out Side Effects May Vary this Friday 3/29!

TONIGHT 3/29: theatrical roadshow concludes our southwest tour in Austin, TX with an 8PM miniplex screening at We Luv Video featuring intro & post-show Q&A from director J.R. Bookwalter! 😷💉📼

Only a couple seats left!
Austin, TX Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY with director J.R. Bookwalter!

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