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November 05, 2025
City Cast Madison
We’re featured in today’s City Cast Madison newsletter!
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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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Coming Attractions
11/11
Caught Stealing
Coda
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
East Of Wall
Eden
Freakier Friday
Hard Boiled (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Him
Light Of The World
Men Of War
Oasis: …There and Then
The Naked Gun (‘25)
Red Sonja ('25)
Rick & Morty: The Complete 8th Season
Sex ('24)
Silent Night Deadly Night (Blu Ray & 4K Blu Ray)
Silent Night Deadly Night 3, 4 & 5 (Blu Ray only, 3 discs rented separately)
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Take Me Somewhere Nice (Blu Ray only)
Together
11/4
Bob Clampett’s Beany and Cecil
Familiar Touch
Free Time
Kicks (Blu Ray only)
Love (‘24)
Motel Destino
My Science Project (Blu Ray only)
Psycho II/Psycho III/Psycho IV/Bates Motel ('87)
The Punishment (Blu Ray only)
Ride Your Wave (DVD & Blu Ray)
Women’s Flesh: My Red Guts
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
Staff Picks
Alex says:
Happy 40th anniversary to Four Star and to this beautiful, disgusting, compelling zombie classic
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Asher says:
is yogurt trustworthy? don't be so sure
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Lewis says:
I've watched this movie on VHS, DVD and Blu Ray
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Luke says:
there's a poster for this movie in City Hall in Astoria, Oregon
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Robert says:
A haunting depiction of the Nazi occupation of Belarus, Elem Klimov's "Come and See" is widely regarded as one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. Revisit this classic of Soviet cinema, which was featured in this season's UW Cinematheque program and shares its 40th anniversary with Four Star this year.
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