HYPERSONIC Music Club

In 2017, a short anime film called Hypersonic Music Club was produced in Japan. It was directed and written by Osamu Kobayashi, a veteran of the industry who passed away in April 2021. For various reasons, this short anime was never released. It was made public on August 1, 2023.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood

An adaptation of the original five volume arc of the popular JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga, covering the Phantom Blood chapters. Jonathan Joestar is an aristocratic boy whose life is suddenly turned upside down by a mysterious new boy who arrives, Dio Brando. Dio has a connection to his father, and over time, a rivalry forms as Dio becomes obsessed with a mysterious, ancient, and mystical stone mask that Jonathan's father keeps. This film has not been publicly released outside of its original limited run in Japanese theaters and is considered virtually lost.

Grinder-Man - G-VTR01

A 19-minute short film featuring the six performances of the Japanese performance art group Grinder-Man. Only released on VHS.

All American Massacre

Unreleased Texas Chainsaw Massacre spin-off revolving around the character Chop-Top. The film acts as both a prequel and a sequel to the first and second films. Shelved because of a copyright dispute regarding who owns the rights to the series.

The Frankie Howerd Show

A variety-style show designed around Frankie Howerd, featuring musical guests, comedic monologues, and his characteristic interaction with the audience, promising a "star-studded" feel despite his ironic complaints about the lineup.

Wodo

"A vampiric Elf awakens in his eerie dwelling, where the arrival of disturbing figures through a mysterious portal unsettles the atmosphere. An enigmatic and mystical journey into the unknown."

Living Above the Mouse's Ear

A short film created by Duane Palyka and Hank Grebe, artists and animators of the lab. It was a joint effort between the Computer Graphics Lab and the 2D animation studio, which was originally founded for the production of NYIT's 1975 film Tubby the Tuba. Animators a part of that team include John Gentilella and Francis Glebas. Mouse's Ear was mostly animated on paper before the drawings were scanned and lined, colored, and composited digitally. The film was originally presented to Vestron Video in 1985 or 1986 for possible distribution, however it was rejected and never saw a public release or screening.

Heartbeat in the Brain

A documentary produced and directed by Amanda Feilding, an advocate of trepanation. In the film, Feilding, a 27-year-old student at the time, drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill. In the documentary, surgical scenes alternate with motion studies of Feilding's pet pigeon Birdie.

A Frontier Scene

A western short depicting the execution of a horse thief by a group of enraged cowboys. This film is considered to be lost.

Something in the Basement

A youth waits for his brother to return home from a bloody war. He encounters something very nasty and evil in the basement of his house, claiming his older brother has in fact died.

Фарс с Зимовым — «Русским Поксоном»

Kansas City Blender Massacre

Lost Todd Sheets short about a killer using a blender.

The Square Root

Photographer Peter Christiansen, University of Miami student, does a picture story at an LSD party on the beach.

Cruel Summer

A car thief (Kid Cudi) falls in love with a blind Arabian princess whose father allows them to marry under the terms he can help her see.

The Fox With Nine Tails

Tobimaru is the young emperor of Japan. He meets a mysterious woman named Tomamo. After successfully seducing Tobimaru, she brings great misfortune onto the land. Tobimaru soon discovers that Tomamo is actually a kitsune, and now has the task to unmask and kill her to save his land. (currently a lost media)

Friends Are Forever: A Barney Analog Horror Film

After purchasing a Barney doll, friends Kyle and Derek uncover a piece of Barney lost media that ensnares them in the schemes of a mysterious and dangerous superfan. Friends Are Forever unfolds as a grounded, psychological analog-horror told through found-media fragments, ARG breadcrumbs, and 2010s digital ephemera to explore how fandom, nostalgia, and exploitation collide in the internet age. Praised as “insanely well executed and thought out,” viewers highlight its “high production quality for a first-timer to the horror genre.”

Episódios Perdidos: Uma História

El Chavo, El Chapulin Colorado, Chespirito: The biggest phenomenon of Latin American comedy in 50 years. Behind the success, there is a mystery that has never been solved: the lost episodes.

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would be invaluable for future generations. Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized and they'll be searchable online.

Gehenna

In this recently found and restored banned underground classic from 1984, four girls go into a bathroom to hide in the middle of a war and, after an impulsive act by one of them, they find themselves trapped there. As panic gives way to despair, tragedy approaches.

The Hanging of William Carr

The hanging of child murderer, William Carr