On January 4, 2004, Bleeding Skull was launched with a simple intention: to share a passion for otherworldly genre films. Since then, Bleeding Skull has become the authority on cinematic dispatches from the fringes. Fangoria called Bleeding Skull “The go-to encyclopedia for trash, bizarre, and shot-on-video horror cinema,” while Vice referred to it as “like a fever dream glimpse into parallel worlds.”
Years of uncovering and celebrating these films led to the publication of Bleeding Skull! A 1980s Trash-Horror Odyssey (Headpress, 2013) and Bleeding Skull! A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey (Fantagraphics, 2021). In 2024, Bleeding Skull celebrated its 20-year anniversary by launching a home video line as a Vinegar Syndrome partner label with the release of Blonde Death.
Led by Annie Choi and founder Joseph A. Ziemba, Bleeding Skull continues to explore, discover, and share otherworldly cinema, all with a joyful DIY spirit inspired by the films themselves.
