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October 22, 2025
Upcoming events
Join us one week from tonight (10/29) for PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE at Lola’s MadisonSidecar Lounge. Doors at 6pm, movie at 7pm. Brian De Palma’s horror phreakout music industry satire Faustian bargain/Dorian Grey with music by Paul Williams!
Four Star 40th is celebrating its 40th anniversary next month! On November 7th we’ll be at the Rigby Pub from 8pm to 11pm. We encourage all current and former Four Star staff and customers to come tell your stories from the store’s history. Former owners David Smith, Lisa Brennan, as well as the Co-op era owners will all be there! On November 8th, we’ll have some in-store celebration, including games with fabulous prizes, and in the evening DJ Ian Adcock will be spinning some tunes! Also, from November 7th to November 11th (the actual anniversary) we’ll be offering 40% off your first month’s subscription, 4-for-1 rentals, and 4-for-1 prices on used sale DVDs and VHS.
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October 01, 2025
VIDEOHEAVEN tomorrow
Hello Video Angels,
Join us TOMORROW at 7pm for Alex Ross Perry’s VIDEOHEAVEN at UW Cinematheque (4070 Vilas Hall). This 3 hour essay film explores the rise, fall and cultural significance of the video rental industry using clips from movies, television and commercials. We’re co-presenting this screening, and Four Star co-owner Lewis Peterson will give an introduction to the film.
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September 10, 2025
Events! Events! Events!
Hello Video Angels,
We’ve got a full slate of events coming up in the next few months!
First up, we’ve got CHOOSE ME at Lola’s MadisonSidecar Lounge on September 24th! Doors at 6pm, movie at 7pm. Featuring Teddy Pendergrass vinyl, free popcorn and drink specials all night!
Then, VIDEOHEAVEN at UW Cinematheque, October 2nd at 7pm! A thorough examination of the video store’s place in culture told through clips from movies and TV!
Later in October, we’ll be back at the Bartell Community Theatre with some great DIY horror movies: Joe Meredith’s VARIANT, VARIANT II and ATARAXIA on October 17th at 7:30. Tickets on sale soon!
And finally, save the date for Four Star’s 40th Anniversary in November! The official anniversary is November 11th, but we’ll be celebrating the weekend before on November 7th, 8th and 9th. Stay tuned for more details!
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Coming Attractions
10/28
Americana (Blu Ray only)
Day Of The Jackal Season 1
Deep Crimson (Criterion Blu Ray only)
The Devil’s Candy (Blu Ray only)
The Eye (‘05)
The Family Stone
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Loved Ones (Unrated)
Night Of Dark Shadows
Night Of The Demons (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
The Painted Bird (Blu Ray only)
Relay
Return Of The Living Dead (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
The Smurfs ('25)
The Toxic Avenger ('25)
Weapons (Blu Ray)
Went Up The Hill
What Lies Beneath (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
10/21
Alone (Blu Ray only)
Daiei Gothic Vol 2 (The Demon Of Mount Oe, The Haunted Castle, The Ghost Of The Kasane Swamp)(Blu Ray only, 3 discs rented separately)
Deep Rising (Blu Ray only)
Freeze Me (Blu Ray only)
Hider In The House (Blu Ray only)
A History Of Violence (Criterion Blu Ray)
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Mermaid Legend (Blu Ray only)
Nobody (‘94)
Pee Mak (Blu Ray only)
Peking Opera Blues (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
The Ring (Blu Ray)
Scary True Stories
School In The Crosshairs (Blu Ray only)
The Shrouds (Criterion, DVD & Blu Ray)
Souleymane’s Story
Stella: A Life
Strange Harvest
Weapons
10/14
The Damned (‘62 Blu Ray)
Dead Set (PAL)
Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight
Eddington (Blu Ray only)
Fantastic Four: First Steps (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Fog (Blu Ray)
Influencer (Blu Ray only)
Mad Monster Party
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (DVD, Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Osiris
Paying For It (Blu Ray only)
Razorback
She Rides Shotgun
Sorority House Massacre (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Sketch
Through And Through (Blu Ray only)
Vamps
When Fall Is Coming
10/7
The Bad Guys 2
Dangerous Animals
Dear Kelly
Fade To Black (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
F1 (DVD & Blu Ray)
Ghost Killer
A Hole In The Head
Honey Don’t (Blu Ray only)
Le Grande Bleu
Mutilator 2
Nobody 2
Simply Irresistible
Sorry Baby
9/30
The All Golden (Blu Ray only)
The Cat (‘92 Blu Ray only)
Devil Fetus/ Her Vengeance (Blu Ray only, 2 discs rented separately)
The Faculty (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Fear Street Trilogy (Fear Street: 1994, Fear Street: 1972, Fear Street: 1666, Blu Ray only, 3 discs rented separately)
The Life Of Chuck
M3gan 2.0
Misericordia (Criterion, DVD & Blu Ray)
Oh Hi
Perpetrator (Blu Ray)
Redacted
Rituals
Shock Labyrinth 3D (DVD & 3D/2D Blu ray)
9/23
28 Years Later (DVD & Blu Ray)
40 Acres
The Devil’s Bride (Blu Ray only)
Flow (Criterion, DVD & Blu Ray)
Guns Up
The Home (Blu Ray only)
Hush (‘16, Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray, Original & “Shush” Cut, 3 discs rented separately)
The John Cena Experience
Jurassic World: Rebirth (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Last Of Us Season 2
The Legend of Hei (DVD & Blu Ray)
The Maiden (Blu Ray only)
Superman ('25, DVD & Blu Ray)
They Live (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Van Gogh ('91 Blu Ray only)
Watch The Skies (Blu Ray only)
The Weird Man (Blu Ray only)
Staff Picks
Alex says:
Much more charming than it looks! Treat yourself to a Fall Break, you've earned it.
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Asher says:
if u watch too much TV u might want to kiss your TV
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Lewis says:
Disassociation and possession by toxic masculinity. Artistic cultivation might open your mind to evil spirits, or maybe you're the evil spirit trying to study yourself. No matter how cool you feel with your homemade claw, you gotta remember that women brought you into this world and they can remove you from it too.
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Luke says:
Made in an era (2001) when people were still optimistic about the utopian potential of the internet, this film DEFINITELY was not. Pulse's depiction of the internet is the only I've seen that comes close to as terrifying as what we all have come to know the real internet to be.
Catch it at UW-Cinemateque on Friday 10/3. and if you're reading this after that date and you missed it, catch it here!
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Robert says:
Who says you need gore, ghouls, or ghosts for a horror film? "Interrogation" depicts in visceral, harrowing detail the horror of a state unconstrained by rule of law or due process. In Stalinist Poland, a cabaret performer is abruptly abducted by the authorities and imprisoned without explanation. Thus begins her indefinite detention by the communist government, as she suffers years of harassment, violation, and psychological torture. Banned in Poland and illicitly distributed on VHS for seven years, "Interrogation" has a newfound, frightening urgency in light of current affairs.
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