The countdown to spooky season is on! ARROW, the subscription service for cult and classic films, has announced its September 2025 lineup, and it’s packed with a mix of scary school stories, international thrillers, and a filmmaker-curated selection.
School’s Back in Session… and It’s a Nightmare
Starting September 5, ARROW is celebrating the horrors of academia with a collection of “school-set titles.” The curation, titled “Be Cruel to Your School,” features films where the only lesson is survival.
For nine months of the year, young people everywhere take to the classroom in an attempt to learn how to be productive members of society. But let’s face facts: School sucks. It’s boring, and your teachers and classmates can be jerks. The only good thing about going to school is that you get summers off.
Yes, school may be hell. But this retrospective of the wild, the innocent, and the education system shuffle will have you marvel at how you got out of it in one piece. Sex, violence, and destruction are all part of the lesson plan with these classic ARROW faves!
Titles include: Massacre at Central High, Ninja Academy, Cutting Class, Girls Nite Out, Dude Bro Party Massacre III.
The academic nightmares continue on September 5 with three school-set titles exclusively for North American subscribers.
Cutting Class (US/ CA): After being released from a mental institution, Brian Woods returns to school following his father’s death. He befriends another student (Jill Schoelen). However, her jealous boyfriend (Academy Award winner Brad Pitt) disapproves. When students begin dying one by one, it’s anyone’s guess who the killer might be.
Monday Morning (US/ CA): A student exacts revenge on his classmates after they blame him for a teacher getting shot. It is directed by producer Don Murphy (Transformers).
Massacre at Central High (US/CA): When David (Derrel Maury) arrives at Central High, he discovers a gang of bullies dominates it. David’s friend Mark (Andrew Stevens, The Fury) encourages him to join this dominant clique, but instead, David stands up for their victims, and the gang cripples him in retaliation. Soon, David begins taking steps to end their reign of terror once and for all!
On September 8, enjoy one of the highest-grossing films in the history of Japan.
Proof of the Man (UK/US/CA/IRE): Johnny Hayward (Joe Yamanaka) becomes the victim of a brutal stabbing. That same night, Kyoko’s son with her husband Yohei (Toshiro Mifune) is in a fatal hit-and-run accident and flees the country. Suspecting the incidents may be linked, Detective Munesue (Yusaku Matsuda, The Game Trilogy) heads to New York to investigate. Here he is partnered with local detective Ken Shuftan (George Kennedy, Airport), whose own links to Japan dredge up painful memories from Munesue’s childhood.
International Thrills and Chills
On September 8, you can dive into one of Japan’s highest-grossing films ever, Proof of the Man. This detective thriller, set in Japan and New York, is a deep dive into racial identity and the trauma of the post-war era, all wrapped up in a gripping whodunnit.
Later, on September 19, the lineup features a trio of 1970s Filipino exploitation classics from director Eddie Romero and star John Ashley, including “Beast of the Yellow Night” and “Beyond Atlantis.
Curated by a Horror Pro
On September 12, take a trip to the drive-in with C. Robert Cargill, screenwriter of Sinister and The Black Phone. His curated collection, “C. Robert Cargill Selects,” features pairings of films he’d love to watch under the stars. The list includes a mix of documentaries, sci-fi, and kung-fu flicks, promising something for every kind of movie lover.
“I love the Drive In. And I love the movies made for drive-ins. Throughout history, drive-ins served as the last bastion of artistic freedom and outsider art in America. While theater chains were often picky about the kind of films they would show, drive-ins offered a wider array of films – from the weird and wild to the grotesque and arty.
With that in mind, I’ve created some pairings of favorite films I’d love to sit out under the stars and watch with a bucket of popcorn and an ice-cold beer. Kick it off with the heartwarming, movie-loving documentary At the Drive-In and chase it down with Brian Trenchard-Smith’s dystopian Dead End Drive-In. Want some Kung Fu? Try the adorable martial arts Rom-Com Heroes of the East and follow it up with the insane revenge classic Crippled Avengers. Need a laugh? Check out George Clooney as the hornball best friend in Return of the Killer Tomatoes, and follow it up with the modern cult classic silent film, Hundreds of Beavers. Take a trip to a world without people with the sci-fi ‘Last Man on Earth’ pairing of Starfish and the mind-blowing The Quiet Earth. Get both laughs and scares with the horror comedies House and The Birthday. So, find the most comfortable spot on your couch, or if you’re feeling adventurous, set up the projector outside, get an ice-cold beverage, and remember again just why we love movies.”
Titles include: At the Drive-In, Pit Stop, Heroes of the East, and Hundreds of Beavers.
At the Drive In
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Found Footage, Body Horror, and More
The month wraps up on September 26 with a handful of terrifying titles just in time for Halloween. Watch the found-footage classic The McPherson Tape, the body horror of American Mary, and the truly unsettling Masking Threshold.
With a schedule this packed, ARROW is making sure you have all the cult classics you need to get into the spooky season spirit.
