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Horror In Your House: April 7, 2009

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Beyond the break you’ll find our Horror In Your House DVD release list for Tuesday, April 7. Arriving at retailers everywhere is Magnet Releasing’s hotly anticipated thriller Shuttle, along with their Sundance acquisition Donkey Punch. Read on and see what else you can pick up in stores today!
Horror in Your House
April 7, 2009

BA’AL: THE STORM GOD: First Look

A world-renowned archaeologist must reawaken the storm god Ba’al by collecting four ancient amulets scattered around the world. As each amulet is uncovered, Ba’al’s fury threatens to destroy everything in its path with the most powerful storm mankind has ever seen.

BASELINE KILLER: North American

A new film from Ulli Lommel, inspired by the streak of murders committed along Baseline Avenue in Arizona during 2006 and 2007.

DARK SECRETS: MTI

When the daughter of top celebrity couple Darryl and Lori Van Dyke disappears, Detectives Farrell and Radcliffe are assigned to the high profile case. It looks like the work of the same serial kidnapper and murderer who has struck twice before, but all is not as it seems. There are no clues, no ransom note and no motive. Time is running out. Old and new demons haunt the case and the dark, dark secret at the heart of the mystery will bring terror to those that dare to search for the truth.

DEATH FACTORY: BLOODLETTING: Well Go USA

Ana Romero has lost all hope. Her daughter was tragically murdered and she is obsessed with finding the person responsible. When a video of her daughter s death surfaces on the internet, she tracks it to an underground website known only as the GOREHOUSE . She poses as an online trader of illegal video material in hopes of finding her daughter s killer. Her quest takes her into the bowels of humanity and immerses her in a dark and twisted world of degradation and pain. Her only mission, to find her daughter s killer and bring him to justice! She joins a group of online deviants who are invited to an abandoned factory to witness a “Bloodletting”, an event displaying the torture and murder of an innocent person. Once inside, they soon realize that they have been lured into a trap by a self-righteous madman, who uses the factory and its bloodthirsty inhabitant as his own personal version of Hell.

DISTURBED: Celebrity

The quiet town of Quartz Hill is about to experience the worst night of the town’s history. A notorious killer has escaped from death row with one thought on his mind: revenge. Unaware of the danger, the Fontaine family continues with its normal routine. One by one, the killer stalks each family member that put him in jail. As he kills each victim, we gain insight into a man who is truly Disturbed.

DONKEY PUNCH: 6-Shooter/Magnolia

After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults overindulge in champagne and ecstasy. Completely letting go of their inhibitions, they capture their wild partying aboard a luxury yacht on video camera. But when their reckless sexual endeavors are taken too far, one of them dies in a freak accident. The remaining members of the group argue about what to do, which leads to a ruthless fight for survival.

HOUSE: Lionsgate

Bestselling authors Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti transform their supernatural novel into the thrilling film House. The film follows Jack and Stephanie Singleton–a self-absorbed couple who get sidetracked on their way to a counseling session. After blowing out their tires, they find their way to the Wayside Inn, a ramshackle B &B where they meet an equally self-obsessed couple. The foursome quickly find themselves terrorized by a household of ghoulish servants and a masked lunatic, known as “The Tin Man”, who demands a dead body by sunrise. Their only way out, it seems, is to venture further in. But the deeper they go, the more horrifying the killer’s game and their night becomes.

MURDER IS LIKE SEX: HTM Films/Tempe

MURDER IS LIKE SEX is about the experiences of Kevin Wright — a guy looking for a solid, long-term relationship with the right woman. The story shows what he has to go through in his quest, including an unexpected and quite dangerous side effect from chronic masturbation! To make matters worse, the police have him pegged as the prime suspect in a recent murder investigation. So, does he get the girl and live happily ever after…?

SHUTTLE: Magnet/Magnolia

When two friends return from a girls weekend vacation in Mexico, they find themselves stranded at the airport. Trying to get home safely, they board an airport shuttle for the short trip. But once their feet cross the threshold of the shuttle, a night that had started like any other turns terrifying, and the ride home becomes a descent into darkness.

SWAMP DEVIL: Genius

A young lady returns to her southern hometown to learn that her estranged father is in hiding, accused of murder in the swamps. But when the real culprit emerges, an inhuman, killing mass of mud and vines, more surprises emerge from the bog those of a town healer, of a secret buried years ago, and of the true identity of the vengeful Swamp Devil.

TOKYO ZOMBIE: Anchor Bay

Tadanobu Asano and Sho Ikawa star as full time slackers and wannabe ju-jitsu champions who bring the body of their murdered boxx to Tokyo’s towering toxic waste dump known as “Black Fuji”. But when an army of the undead rises from the massic trash peak, these bonehead buddies must survive a non-stop onslaught of hasty decapitations, pervert teachers, tasty snack foods, stormy romance and zombie professional wrestling. Can even the most devoted of friendships survive an apocalypse of the undead?

VINYAN: Sony Pictures (Tex’s Pick of the Week)

When someone dies a horrible death, their spirit becomes confused and angry. They become “Vinyan”. A couple leaves the civilized world behind and descends into a living nightmare in this chilling horror thriller. Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne is convinced she sees him in a film about orphans living in the jungles of Burma. While her husband is worried that she’s losing her mind, he still agrees to take her to search for their son together. Introduced to a dangerous gang of human traffickers, they find themselves alone and stranded in the middle of a treacherous jungle, set upon by a band of feral children. Has their search for their son led them to a fate more horrific than death?

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Halloween Classic ‘Lady in White’ Now Available on 4K Ultra HD from Vinegar Syndrome

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Scream Factory brought Frank LaLoggia’s 1988 Halloween movie Lady in White to Blu-ray several years back, and now Vinegar Syndrome gives the film a 4K Ultra HD upgrade.

Vinegar Syndrome’s Lady in White 4K release is available now and shipping now!

Watch the trailer below and grab your copy from Vinegar Syndrome today.

This limited edition 4-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray x 3 set comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Dylan Haley), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 8,000 units. It is only available on their website and at select indie retailers.

The full Special Features package includes…

  • 4-disc Set: 1x 4K Ultra HD (High Bitrate BD100) / 3x Region A Blu-ray
  • 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range
  • Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
  • Presented in three versions: 126-min Pre-Release Director’s Cut (UHD+BD), the 118-min Extended Home Video Cut (BD), and the 113-min Theatrical Cut (BD)
  • New group commentary track with writer/director Frank LaLoggia, alongside actors Lukas Haas, Joelle Jacobi, and Len Cariou for the Pre-Release Director’s Cut
  • New commentary track with Frank LaLoggia, moderated by Scott Neumyer for the Extended Home Video Cut
  • New commentary track with authors Emma Westwood and Stephen A. Russell for the Extended Home Video Cut
  • Archival commentary track with Frank LaLoggia for the Extended Home Video Cut
  • “Learning How to Fly” (10 min) – an interview with actress Karen Powell
  • “A Snapshot in Time” (9 min) – an interview with actress Lisa Taylor
  • “Human Touches” (6 min) – an interview with actress Lucy Lee Flippin
  • “Still Relevant” (16 min) – an interview with actress Rose Weaver
  • “75% Listening, 25% Editing” (9 min) – an interview with editor Steve Mann
  • “Welcome to Willowpoint Falls” (6 min) – a location featurette hosted by Benjamin Scrivens, founder of Fright-Rags
  • “Dream Talking: Looking Back” – a visual group commentary for the Pre-Release Director’s Cut with Frank LaLoggia, and actors Lukas Haas, Joelle Jacobi, and Len Cariou (103 min)
  • Deleted Scenes with introduction and optional commentary by writer/director Frank LaLoggia (36 min)
  • Behind-the-scenes footage with introduction and optional commentary by writer/director Frank LaLoggia (16 min)
  • Extended behind-the-scenes footage (73 min)
  • Introduction from the 20th anniversary dvd release
  • Promotional ‘industry sales’ trailer (7 min)
  • 40-page perfect bound book with essays by film historians Molly Henery, Mark H. Harris, and Heidi Honeycutt (limited edition only)
  • Multiple radio spots
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Multiple TV spots
  • Workprint trailers (7 min)
  • Still gallery
  • Reversible sleeve artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

1962. Nine-year-old Frankie Scarlatti enjoys a homespun childhood in a rustic Western New York town. The entire community gets into the spirit of Halloween, but then two bullies prank Frankie by locking him in his school cloakroom, leaving him trapped for the night. Alone and afraid, his slumber is interrupted when the ghost of a little girl appears, and Frankie witnesses the specter of her murder by an unseen assailant. Later, while recovering at home, the girl’s ghost appears to him again. With help from his older brother, Frankie begins investigating the circumstances of her death. He soon discovers that her murder was one of several unsolved crimes connected to a local child-killer. As the town’s bucolic veneer fades and long-buried secrets and tensions bubble to the surface, all of the clues to the mystery seem to point towards a huge mansion inhabited by a reclusive woman known as “The Lady in White.”

A nostalgia-driven ghost story wrapped within an intricate murder mystery and coming-of-age drama, writer-director-composer Frank LaLoggia’s passion project Lady in White remains one of the most beautiful and original American horror films of the 1980s. Featuring acclaimed actors Alex Rocco (The Godfather), Len Cariou (Executive Decision), and Sydney Lassick (CarrieThe Unseen), it boasts the first starring role by Lukas Haas (Mars AttacksInception) as well as breathtaking photography by Academy Award® winner Russell Carpenter (True LiesThe Lawnmower Man). Vinegar Syndrome is honored to bring this genre masterpiece to 4K UHD, newly restored from its original 35mm camera negative and presented in three versions: its pre-release director’s cut, its extended home-video version, and its original theatrical version, along with an abundance of both new and archival extras.

Paul Lê wrote here on Bloody Disgusting back in 2023, “Over the years, fans have described this film as gateway horror, but they liken it more to The Watcher in the Woods than, say, Hocus Pocus or Casper. There are chilling moments that warrant its PG-13 rating.”

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