Lucky bastards in the UK are going to be treated to Dario Argento's Suspiria on Blu-ray January 18th from Nouveaux Pictures and Cine-Excess, reports DVD Active. This is the perfect Blu-ray movie considering Argento's use of colors. Retail prices and details of audio formats have yet to be revealed, but we can bring you here are early specs: 'Fear At 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess Of Suspiria' Documentary Featuring Director Dario Agento and Composer Claudio Simonetti, Audio Commentary by Leading Dario Argento Experts Alan Jones and Kim Newman and 'Suspiria Perspectives' Featuring Claudio Simonetti, Norman J. Warren and Patricia McCormack. ...Read More
In stores December 1 from First Look is Sean McConville's Deadline. In the film Alice (Brittany Murphy), an artist recovering from a psychological breakdown, retreats to a remote Victorian house to convalesce and focus on finishing her screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. When she begins hearing strange sounds and seeing apparitions, Alice searches for the source, only to find disturbing videotapes in the attic. Fascinated by her discovery, Alice digs deeper to uncover the mysterious story of the couple (Thora Birch and Marc Blucas) on the tapes, sending her on a twisting and terrifying pursuit to find out what is behind the endless mind games. Check out a cool still and trailer below. ...Read More
You better be bored if you're going to waste any money on this week's Horror In Your House. While there are a few indie films worth picking up for a lackluster weekend (Basement Jack, Evilution), you might want to save those pennies for Lionsgate's Blu-ray onslaught next week. Below you'll find the DVD/Blu-ray release for this Tuesday, November 17th. ...Read More
Arriving on DVD December 15th from Lionsgate is Patrick McBrearty's Psycho Ward. In the film a group of researchers are determined to uncover the dark secrets that linger in the halls of the abandoned Black Creek Detention Center. Unbeknownst to the group, they have become the target of an unrivaled evil housed within these walls. Now, trapped in the prison, they start disappearing one by one. Desperate for an escape route, they are about to find...death is the only way out. ...Read More
Ok, this is weird? Typically Dimension uses Genius to distribute their DVDs. Now they're using Sony? Good. Blu-rays? Yes. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced rated DVD ($28.96), unrated DVD ($28.96), and Blu-ray editions of Halloween II for January 12th. DVD Active reports that extras on the rated DVD will include deleted and alternate scenes, audition footage, Uncle Seymour Coffins' Stand-Up Routines, a Michael - Interior feature, Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures Music Videos, and a blooper reel. The unrated DVD and Blu-ray will also include an additional commentary with Writer/Director Rob Zombie.
Early word has listed Ruben Fleischer's Zombieland for DVD and Blu-ray release on February 2nd in regular and special editions. No word on extra features, but interviews teased multiple endings and alternate scenes. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other. Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard and Bill Murray also star.
Anchor Bay Entertainment has announced DVD ($29.98) and Blu-ray ($39.98) releases of Pandorum which stars Dennis Quaid, and Ben Foster. DVD Active reports that each will be available to own on December 22. Extras will include an audio commentary, a World of Elysium: Behind-the-Scenes featurette, a Flight Team Training Video, deleted and alternate scenes, and still galleries. The Blu-ray release will also include a digital copy of the film. A young crew member awakes from his hyper sleep chamber to discover he's alone on a massive spaceship. He ventures towards the bridge in search of others and to try and figure out what happened.
In the same vein as Dead Space: Downfall, Starz Entertainment is releasing an animated feature film for Dante's Inferno to arrive alongside EA's much anticipated video game. "Inferno" will mirror the game's plot and follow Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. Expect this on DVD and Blu-ray in February. ...Read More
New Line Entertainment has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of The Final Destination for January 5th. DVD Active reports that each will include 2D and 3D versions of the film, along with 2 pairs of 3-D glasses. As far as we know, hte only extra material on the DVD release will be additional scenes. The Blu-ray release will also include alternate endings, a Body Count: The Deaths of The Final Destination featurette, Pre-Visualization/Storyboard Segments, BD-Live features, and a digital copy of the film.
Rob Zombie's Halloween II will be arriving on both DVD and Blu-ray January 12th. No specs or extra features have been announced yet. It's that time of year again, and Michael Myers has returned home to sleepy Haddonfield, Illinois to take care of some unfinished family business. Unleashing a trail of terror that only horror master Rob Zombie can, Myers will stop at nothing to bring closure to the secrets of his twisted past. But the town’s got an unlikely new hero, if they can only stay alive long enough to stop the unstoppable.
First Look Studios has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray ($29.98) releases of Triangle which stars Melissa George and Michael Dorman. Each will be available to own from the 2nd February. As far as DVD Active knows, the only extra material on either will be cast and crew interviews. Directed by Chris Smith (Severance, Creep), when Jess hits a seagull on a drive to the local harbour, little does she know that it is a harrowing omen of things to come. She sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends and already things are not as they seem - she just cant put her finger on why. Her suspicions are heightened when the yacht hits a storm and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety - a ship Jess is convinced shes been on before. The ship appears deserted, the clock on board has stopped, but they are not alone Someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one. And Jess unknowingly holds the key to end the terror. ...Read More
In separate deals, Genius Products and Alliance Films have acquired US and Canadian rights to the thriller Tell-Tale starring Josh Lucas and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. Michael Cuesta’s updated tale is based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Tell-Tale Heart and centres on a widower who receives a transplanted heart from a murdered donor. Lena Headey and Brian Cox also star. The film premiered at Tribeca. Yarek Danielak and Matthew Chausse of Mirabelle Pictures International / Arsenal Pictures are selling international rights here at AFM. “We think this film is one of the rare gems of the marketplace which has flown under most people’s radar’s until now,” said Danielak, who recently announced the formation of the specialty sales outfit Mirabelle. “We expect to close a number of deals at the market now that North American distribution is in place.” ...Read More
In every school there’s one girl, every girl wants to be friends with…and every guy would die for. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents a “student body” with a ferocious bite when Jennifer’s Body arrives on unrated Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD December 29. Sexy temptress Megan Fox (Transformers) is hotter than hell as Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader who takes evil to a whole new level after she’s possessed by a sinister demon. Steamy action and gore galore ensue as the male student body succumbs to Jennifer’s insatiable appetite for human flesh. Now it’s up to her best friend (Amanda Seyfried; Mamma Mia!) to stop the demonic diva’s reign of terror before it’s too late! ...Read More
A few weeks back Netflix announced it would be collaborating with renowned horror filmmaker Roger Corman ("Little Shop of Horrors," "Pit and the Pendulum") on a series of Internet Webisodes entitled Splatter, that debuted two days before Halloween. Anyone in America can instantly watch the Webisodes at www.netflix.com/splatter. In a plot twist, Mr. Corman, making his Internet video debut at age 83, is opening up the creative direction of the series by asking the public to vote on the fate of its characters. Beyond the break you'll find the first clip from episode 2 teasing tomorrow's debut. Corey Feldman and Tony Todd star in the shorts directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins)! ...Read More
Beyond the break you'll find an exclusive clip from Christian Viel's Recon 2023, which arrives on DVD November 24. Starring Anderson Bradshaw (Taking Lives), Deke Richards (300), Larry Day (Punisher Warzone) Heidi Hawkins (Crawler), Valerie Wiseman (Eternal), John Fallon (100Feet) and UFC Octagon girl Edith Labelle, after 20 years of intergalactic war, humanity must make a final stand against the Ma'har invaders. Dispatched to the treacherous deserts of Gauda Prime, Lieutenant Sharp (Anderson Bradshaw) and his unit must find and destroy the enemy’s central weapon, the dreaded Ma'har dream machine. The obstacles are daunting – giant mutated creatures and an army of zombified sand troopers stand between the unit and their objective. They must thwart a devious politician (UFC™ Octagon Girl Edith Labelle) and her hideously disfigured mercenary, the Face (Lael Stellick). ...Read More
Beyond the break you'll find the trailer and cover art for the December 29th DVD release of Diagnosis Death. A supernatural force brings together two lost souls undergoing radical treatment at an experimental drug-testing facility. When the facility is locked down for the weekend and the drugs take effect, the human guinea pigs experience sinister hallucinations pointing to a horrific double murder. Unsure of where reality stops, the apparitions become more and more threatening until the only way to leave the facility alive is to solve the haunting secret. Directed by Jason Stutter. With Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith, Suze Tye, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby. Jemaine Clement (from Flight of the Conchords) makes a special cameo appearance.
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A December 29th date is rumored for Fox Home Entertainment's Blu-ray and DVD release of Jennifer's Body. No further details are available. Penned by Diablo Cody, the story of a cheerleader (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a demon and starts feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. Her "plain Jane" best friend must kill her, then escape from a correctional facility to go after the Satan-worshiping rock band responsible for the transformation.
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After being dumped in theaters this past September, the Chris Pine (Star Trek) thriller Carriers is coming to rental DVD on December 8, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. A full DVD release is yet to be announced, but is expected in 4 to 6 weeks after the release. Determined to escape a deadly virus, four teens set out in search of an uncontaminated refuge. As they travel across the decimated landscape of America, they encounter a truth far more horrifying than the virus they are trying to survive. ...Read More
Straight in from the Screamfest Horror Film Festival comes BC's review of Lionsgate's Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, which is said to arrive on DVD in February. "Shelved for years, disowned by its director, and lacking the involvement of original creator Eli Roth, there wasn’t very much to expect out of Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. But damned if it didn’t actually turn out to be a worthy follow-up, with even more disgusting body part-related deaths, a game cast, and a tone that never veers off wildly into a more serious direction..." Click the title for the review. ...Read More
If you missed it on MTV this past week now is your chance to rent or own the uncut version of MTV's hit movie My Super Psycho Sweet 16 as it's now available on iTunes. Just type in "My Super Psycho Sweet 16" in the search bar. The MTV movie was produced by Alex Motlagh, Maggie Malina, Chris White and directed by Jacob Gentry (The Signal). Chris Zylka, Julianna Guill, Lauren McKnight and Matt Angel all star in the project, about a killer who crashes Madison Penrose's (Guill from Friday the 13th) birthday bash at the Rollerdome, the site of several grisly murders a decade earlier. ...Read More
The worst part of every year is the week following Halloween. Not only am I depressed and dwelling on the fact that I'm going to have to wait 365 days to rock a new costume, but the DVD/Blu-ray releases hit bare minimum. This holds true for November 3, 2009, a date that should be banished to the depths of hell for wasting my time. Check out what arrives in stores tomorrow. ...Read More
Nearly a year after premiering at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, Gideon Raff's Train is finally arriving on DVD November 17 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Originally a remake of the classic 80's slasher Terror Train, this film starring Thora Birch, Derek Magyar, Gloria Votsis, Kavan Reece and Gideon Emery heads deep into Hostel territory. For those of you who love the blood and guts, mark your calendars for November 17. Beyond the break you'll find our exclusive look at the official red band trailer, what do you think? ...Read More
3:30am (Los Angeles): Julia is jolted awake; a video message on her cell phone from her best friend, Susan. "I've been kidnapped... you can't call the police... and don't turn off your cell phone. He'll kill me if you do..." and as the shadowed figure of a dark, ominous man fills the frame, Susan screams and the message cuts out. Confused, Julia receives a text message from the kidnapper: "Dead Cell = Dead Friend." A peaceful night turns into a race against time. Using her cellphone as her only lifeline, Julia must rescue her friend and avoid succumbing to a similarly gruesome fate. Jessica Rose aka Lonelygirl15 stars in Eduardo Rodriguez's online series BLOOD CELL, which is now available in its entirety online. You can watch them ALL by reading beyond the break. ...Read More
A December 29th date is rumored for Fox Home Entertainment's Blu-ray and DVD release of Jennifer's Body. No further details are available. Penned by Diablo Cody, the story of a cheerleader (Megan Fox) who is possessed by a demon and starts feeding off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. Her "plain Jane" best friend must kill her, then escape from a correctional facility to go after the Satan-worshiping rock band responsible for the transformation.
Two years ago Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity was screened at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, CA. Between then and the film's release this past September, there have been multiple test screenings and dozens of endings shot. What you'll find below is the very first ending used, an ending we can confirm is 100% legit. For those of you who have seen the movie, do you prefer this or the Spielberg inspired finale in theaters now? ...Read More
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