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Double Trouble in August: Monsters & Aliens

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From spine-tingling suspense to campy cult favorites, this collection offers a cinematic journey through the strange, the scary, and the spectacular. Dive in at kanopy.com/category/86186.

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Jason Tyrrell
Kanopy General Manager
Two giant leeches with red mouths beside the title "Attack of the Giant Leeches: Newly Restored Edition.

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Massive bloodsucking monsters are at large in this drive-in schlock classic from producers Roger and Gene Corman. The legendary Yvette Vickers (Attack of the 50-foot Woman) stars along with Jan Shepard, Ken Clark, and some nasty giant leeches!

An older man stands on a hill under a hovering UFO at sunset, with "Jules" and "Ben Kingsley" in large text.

Jules

Follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls “Jules.” Things become complicated when two neighbors (Harris and Curtin) discover Jules and the government quickly closes in. What follows is a funny, wildly inventive ride as the three neighbors find meaning and connection later in life – thanks to this unlikely stranger.

A green, zombie chicken puppet in front of a red toilet seat with the title “Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.”.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

When the American Chicken Bunker, a military themed fast food restaurant, builds its latest chain restaurant on the site of an ancient Native American burial ground, the displaced spirits take revenge on unsuspecting diners and transform them into chicken zombies! Now, it’s up to a dimwitted counter boy, his collegiate lesbian ex-girlfriend and a burqa-wearing fry cook to put an end to the foul feathered menace once and for all.

A snarling shrew illustration with "The Killer Shrews" in bold red letters on a black background.

The Killer Shrews

Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created giant shrews, who when they have run out of small animals to eat, turn on the humans.

A pale person with red hair and heterochromia next to text: "The Man Who Fell To Earth." Kanopy logo at bottom.

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Thomas Jerome Newton, a mysterious and complex personality, appears in New York. Despite his curiously frail physical presence, the strength of his intellect and scientific knowledge appear to transcend contemporary human experience. His inventions are of such originality that they will revolutionize the nation’s systems of communication and lead, in approximately three years, to the creating of the largest corporate empire in the United States…

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