Horror in Your House
December 18, 2007
By: Tex Massacre
Action Girls: Soldiers of Death Part I: Scotty JX Actiongirls.com
In the future, the world as we know it has been destroyed. Menacing gangs loot the cities searching for new members. The most notorious of these gangs is known as Helman's Death Squad. Helman a female slave trader searches for female fighters to compete in his Arena of Death. Winners have a chance of escaping their slavery by leading by his side as his queen. Adriana Zarcova (dressed as nazi) Helman's most prized possession tires of her boyfriend's love affairs and decides to start her own organization when she accidentally stumbles upon secret government plans to create super soldiers of the undead. Adriana uses her newfound plan to to raise a super army of the Undead to crush her boyfriends most prized female fighters. Alone and outnumbered the Actiongirls must battle Zarcova'a growing army of dead soldiers in a fight to the finish.
Alien vs. Hunter: Asylum
An interplanetary hunter tracks the galaxy's most deadly creature to Earth, where predator and prey square off in a battle to the death -- with humanity caught in the middle of the terrible conflict. When a team of commandos is sent to investigate a series of mysterious incidents, they stumble upon the clash between these dangerous aliens and must run for their lives.
The folks at Asylum are always one step ahead of the game. If you people would stop renting this crap, then they’d have to stop making it. Think about that.
Boy Eats Girl: Lionsgate
Resurrected by his mother after a tragic accident, 17-year-old Nathan awakens with a taste for human flesh. Next thing you know, a run-in with a school bully sets off events that spread Nathan's "condition" all over town.
The Evil Dead—Ultimate Edition (3-disc special edition): Anchor Bay
More than 25 years ago, a low-budget movie its young producers called ‘The Ultimate Experience In Grueling Terror’ roared across movie screens and changed the velocity of fear forever. Today, its ferocious ingenuity, relentless shocks and gore-gushing havoc remain an absolute standard of modern horror. Now celebrate the original Sam Raimi masterpiece like never before with two versions of the movie, six new featurettes that revisit the film’s cast, crew, biggest fans and undying legacy, plus a jaw-dropping torrent of never- before seen production footage, outtakes and deleted scenes, reconstructed and restored for the first time ever.
Do you really need another copy of THE EVIL DEAD. Look at this way…you know you already bought the rest. Now buy the best! ‘Till next time…
The Evilmaker—Double Feature (THE EVILMAKER, ABOMINATION: EVILMAKER 2; special edition): Fat Cat/Tempe
THE EVILMAKER: First time available on DVD! Serena returns home after escaping an abusive relationship to spend time with three of her friends from high school. A weekend at the beach seems like an ideal way to relax and relive the old days until their car breaks down near an abandoned house. What starts out as a creepy night turns into three days of hell as they experience terror around every corner while they fight to survive The Evilmaker!
ABOMINATION: EVILMAKER II: A year after tragic events struck four close friends, the mystery of their disappearance still has not been solved. One family member dares to hurl herself into a web of darkness and evil in order to find out what really happened. The evil unleashed from her actions will have a terrifying consequence for everyone as they combat The Evilmaker!
Halloween: Dimension/Genius
This reimagining of the original Halloween horror flick finds Michael Myers erroneously released from the mental institution where he's been committed since he was 10 years old. Immediately returning to Haddonfield, Myers looks for his little sister, Laurie Strode—and has no qualms about killing anyone who crosses his path.
Love it or hate it, Zombies vision of our favorite holiday is still one of horror’s 2007 success stories. For me, the beginning was brilliant and the rest was sloppy. Say what you will, I’ll still take this over RESURRECTION any day! Sorry Busta!
Hatchet: Anchor Bay (TEX’S PICK OF THE WEEK)
Get ready for one of the most talked-about, red- blooded American horror movies of the past 20 years: When a group of New Orleans tourists take a cheesy haunted swamp tour, they slam face-first into the local legend of deformed madman Victor Crowley. What follows is a psycho spree of seat-jumping scares, eye- popping nudity, skull-splitting mayhem and beyond.
Adam Green’s homage to everything sticky and sweet about 1980’s slasher film arrives just in time for all your happy horror-days. It’s probably not the best constructed film I’ve ever seen but damn if it still ain’t a helluva good time!
Horror from South of the Border Volume One (VACATION OF TERROR 1 & 2, HELL'S TRAP, CEMETERY OF TERROR, GRAVE ROBBERS, THE DEMON RAT, DON'T PANIC; 4-disc set): Deimos/BCI Eclipse
VACATION OF THERROR (Vacaciones de terror) A family buys a summer house in the Mexican countryside. But this dream home is not what it seems. The youngest daughter finds a diabolical doll, possessed by a witch, who takes control of her and supernaturally attempts to kill the rest of the family.
VACATION OF TERROR 2 (Vacaciones de Terror 2) The diabolical doll and Pedro Fernández return for this sequel to the original film. Julio is invited to a birthday party for a little girl on Halloween in a closed movie studio. At the party, he notices she has a doll that resembles the one that his little sister had. This is one party you'll be dying to leave!
HELL’S TRAP (Trampa Infernal) A group of hunters are searching for a bear. But what they find is a maniacal Vietnam vet defending his land by planting deadly booby traps for the group. The hunters become the hunted.
CEMETERY OF TERROR (Cementerio Del Terror) A group of medical students steal the deceased boy of Satanic serial killer Devlon from the morgue to play a Halloween prank. The students perform a Black Mass in an attempt to raise Devlon from the dead with the help of his Satanic book. When nothing happens, but a bad rainstorm, the students flee to a nearby empty house to party. Little do they know the mass worked and Devlon is looking to crash their party. A group of young trick-or-treaters also arrive at the house, but there are no treats at this house.
GRAVE ROBBERS (Ladrones de Tumbas) Four teenagers on a camping trip decide to rob a nearby graveyard. They stumble across an ornate grave and tomb housing the corpse of an executed Satanist from the days of the Inquisition. The tomb was used for Satanic rituals and inquisition torture and it's full of gold and jewelry. Our teens believe they have struck it rich or so they think. Soon the deceased Satanist zombie, armed with a massive battle-axe, rises from the grave to claim his treasure.
THE DEMON RAT (La Rata Malidita) In the near future, environmental pollution has increased to the point that people must wear dark glasses and breathing masks just to walk the streets. However, science teacher Axel and his colleague Irina discover an even darker side of the crisis: toxic chemicals dumped by Irina's estranged husband Roberto have resulted in the creation of monstrously mutated animals and insects. And one of these, a man-sized mutant rat, has taken up residence in Irina's house! A tense, four-way showdown between Roberto, Axel, Irina, and the man-rat concludes with only two survivors.
DON’T PANIC (Dimensiones Ocultas) On his 17th birthday, Michael is given a Ouija board as a gift from his best friend Tony. During their first attempt to use the board, they unlock an evil force within the board, an evil spirit named Virgil. Soon, there is a wave of violent deaths around town and Michael appears to be the suspect having been a witness to the killings via premonitions.
Invasion: Lionsgate
When a meteor carrying a viral alien organism crashes near the outskirts of Lawton, Calif., residents of the town are caught off guard as the infection spreads like wildfire, threatening to destroy the entire community. Can a pretty teen find a way to stop the contagion before it reaches Los Angeles?
Cult director Albert Pyun (CYBORG) brings his 2005 latest sci-fi thriller to DVD this week.
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters
A curious geologist and his female photographer explore a remote area near Mt. Fuji. Legend has it that dinosaurs once roamed the area and there are even reports that some large lizards remain. The pair poke around hoping to find something that will bring them wealth. Changes in the weather awaken a plesiosaur in the nearby lake who eats anyone that enter its waters. Meanwhile, a pterosaur is about to hatch high in a mountain ice cave. The explorers get way more than they bargain for when these two prehistoric giants clash in an inevitable battle worthy of their legend.
On Bloody Sunday: Polychrome
Following leads through internet party blogs, a struggling high school journalist unknowingly catches the attention of a vicious, online predator who goes by Azrael. Investigating a string of mysterious disappearances in her small town, Isabel and her classmates quickly find themselves at the center of a serial killers bloody crusade against amoral teens on MySpace. Helping her is Zeek, her only true friend, as they begin to unravel the twisted web of set ups and sabotage that the elusive Azrael seems to mastermind with ease. But when Det. Ramirez, Old Springs Valley answer for law enforcement, enters the twisted plot, Isabel is forced to realize that she might be in over her head. And luckily for her Zeek is there to console her as she comes to grips with the realization of Azraels scheme, the death of her friends and the naivety of first love. Isabels journey of self discovery comes to an action packed climax of twisted revenge, morbid obsessions and heroic endings.
Ah…a horror film for the MySpacers. The only thing scary about that, is that it took this long for one to show up.
Surveillance: Image
In this adrenaline-pumping thriller from Fritz Kiersch, director of the cult classics Children of the Corn and Tuff Turf, Armand Assante stars as Harley, an out-of-control mall security guard whose perfect work record masks a horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.
Zombie Farm: BLB Media
Hell has been unleashed on the small town of Muerto Verde when inbred cannibal farmers are turned into zombies after Taliban warriors poison the local water supply. Humanity's only hope is two FBI agents and four party-crazed college students. The harvest has begun.
Zombies vs. The Taliban… NICE! This ones right there with the MySpace flick up above. What the hell took so long?
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