The 2020s saw a huge up-tick in distribution companies specializing in obscure and hard to find films.
Map
Foreign distributor so you would generally need a Region Free player to watch these releases. Covers many genres, I like this label for Martial Arts releases.
88 Films
The biggest name in foreign distribution. They became so big that a lot of their releases are now Region Free to appeal to a wider market.
Arrow Films
Suspiciously few updates in the last year or two. Great releases, though.
Culture Shock Releasing
One of the leaders in low budget production and distribution. Home of Puppet Master, Trancers, Killjoy, Evil Bong, Demonic Toys and so many more.
Full Moon Features
Specializing in vintage releases of all genres, this is a company to keep an eye on. Crisp transfers, even if a lot of the releases are bare bones.
Kino Lorber
Great releases, but heinous customer service. Don't preorder unless you're okay with going months on months of no updates.
Massacre Video
The website has been deactivated, but their products are still available online. The eventual home of Slasher // Video, was almost a lottle too obscure for their own good.
Olive Films
The name says it all. This company even buys up old properties and makes fun, albeit unnecessary, sequels.
Retrosploitation
A low-budget film production company that has a slew of fun titles under their belt including The Dummy, Axemas and Evil Night. They've been established since the late 90s, but they're fairly new on my radar and I'm loving it.
Screamtime Films
This company has been in the distribution game for a long while. Honestly, some of favorite releases of the 2020s.
Severin Films
A little more niche and generally horror oriented. This company has really been stepping it up the last couple years.
Synapse Films
Another distributor that puts out consistently good items but does not follow through with good customer service. Also not great about pre-orders.
Terror Vision Records & Video
Specializing in Horror and the extreme, Tetro is quickly becoming one of my new favorite foreign distributors. The titles are just obscure enough to still be recognizable but not polarizing.
TetroVideo
The undisputed king of the no budget, D.I.Y. film. Home of The Toxic Avenger.
Troma
One of my favorite foreign distributors. This Australian company always keeps it fresh with their selection, many genres, many obscurities. I would definitely recommend a Region Free player for most of their releases.
Umbrella Entertainment
Probably one of the heaviest hitters in the current market. Not always consistent in the customer service department, but consistently delivering top notch products.
