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Horror In Your House Finally Gets a 'Signal'
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I'm pretty excited about this week's Horror In Your House, which features a whole bunch of independent goodies starting with Warner Independent's remake of FUNNY GAMES, Raw Feed's horror-comedy OTIS, the Sundance horror classic THE SIGNAL (also on Blu-ray), along with the long delayed Aussie action-thriller RAZOR EATERS (something you should all check out). Inside you'll find the full release this for this Tuesday, June 10th.

Horror in Your House June 10, 2008 By: Tex Massacre


BIZARRE AND DEADLY PERVERSIONS (CHINA WHITE SERPENTINE, BIZARRE LUST OF A SEXUAL DEVIANT): SRS Cinema CHINA WHITE SERPENTINE - Struggling writer Dave Croninch is investigating the mysterious death of his younger brother Trent. Trent was enticed by dark forces and entrapped in a lair of sin. Trent was under the control of Tracey, a drug-dealing seductress who had spun this web of wrongdoing. Theirs was a world of erotic indulgence, frequent drug use, and dangerous mind games. This was Tracey’s world, and it eventually killed Trent. Another junkie named Beth, who was also seduced and killed by Tracey, appears to Dave. Beth begins to pull Dave into the nightmare that killed his brother Trent. Dave’s sanity spirals out of control as he is assaulted by realizations of Trent’s dark past. The prick of needles, the pain of violence, the pleasures of naked flesh. This tempest of desire and agony engulfs Dave. It is his task to unlock the dark, seedy mysteries of Trent’s murky past while surviving the journey himself. BIZARRE LUST OF A SEXUAL DEVIANT - Extended Director's Version! A prowler is on the loose in the city. He stalks women, chloroforms them, and then molests their unconscious naked bodies. Only Angie knows the secrets behind the masked intruder. But she has some secrets of her own that could end this terror. Can Angie stop this deviant from attacking more women? Or will Angie herself become this madman's next slumbering victim? A throwback to 70's sleaze/exploitation! 
BLACK WINE: Indican What makes us snap? Find out what happens in this noir thriller that blends classic Hitchcock with modern chills! Under the spell of the City lights, young lovers Trevor and Ashley have just become engaged - But their lovely moment turns into a dreadful nightmare as they are assaulted. The unlucky couple turns the tables on their assailant leading them down a dark and twisted path, where the hunted become the hunters, friends become enemies and your lover may kill you. Now the hunt is on - pitting them against each other and driving them to the point of no return.... 
CURSE OF THE DEVIL: Deimos/BCI Legendary Spanish horror star Paul Naschy returns as Waldemar Daninsky marked for all eternity with the ancestral curse of the werewolf. But when Daninsky s arrogance triggers the wrath of a satanic coven they summon a nightmare of homicidal madmen and lusty maidens to plague the tormented nobleman. As the full moon rises and the horror takes hold is the rage of the werewolf any match for the damnations of the devil himself? EROTIC HORROR DOUBLE FEATURE (EROTIC RITES OF COUNTESS DRACULA, MUMMY'S KISS): Secret Key/POPcinema EROTIC RITES OF  COUNTESS DRACULA: Scarlet Brooks’ big break as a rock star is cut short in 1966 when bitten by Count Dracula.  It is now thirty-five years later.  Weary of her vampire existence, Scarlet orders her servant Renfield to drive a stake through her heart.  Unable to destroy this gorgeous creature of the night, Renfield discovers a tempting solution: get three beautiful young virgins to willingly sacrifice their bodies and blood in a single night, and a vampire can become human again.   MUMMY’S KISS: 3,000 years ago, an Egyptian sorceress named Hor-Shep-Sut was buried alive for indulging forbidden pleasures of the flesh…with the Pharaoh’s beautiful daughter!  Now Hor-Shep-Sut’s recently excavated mummy has arrived in modern-day Los Angeles, and the removal of an Osiris death mask jolts her body and desires back to life. With the help of a zombie servant, Hor-Shep-Sut must track down the reincarnation of her ancient lost love whose spirit resides in a luscious archaeology student.  Nothing will stop this lumbering mummy-turned-lesbo yummy from getting her girl.     
FUNNY GAMES (2008): Warner In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive. 
HOUSE ON BLOODBATH HILL (HOUSEBOUND, THE SEEKERS): SRS Cinema HOUSEBOUND - Creepy CGI blended with heaping helpings of good old fashioned blood and slime! It's a winner! -Dr. Squid's Smorgasbord of Terror. Heidi has agoraphobia and can't leave the house, forcing her resentful younger sister, Nancy to take care of her. Their relationship becomes strained and Nancy appears near her breaking point with Heidi. Only professional help can cure her, but that is easier said then done. Then one fateful summer day their friend Terry, seeing that the sister's holidays weren't all that great, surprises them with freshly cut pine tree and plans to celebrate "Christmas in July". What they don't know that something is asleep in the Christmas tree... Something vicious and evil... a creature who knows no mercy, only death. Trapped in a psychological prison of fear, can Heidi overcome her phobia or will they all succumb to a painful fate at the hands of the beast? THE SEEKERS - What if the opportunity arose for the answers to all of life's questions were to be laid at your feet? What value would you place on the ability to know what to say or what to do in any situation? What would it be worth? What would you give? What price would be too high? Would any? Scott is about to be given that opportunity. What will Scott be willing to sacrifice for those answers? What starts out as a run in with a strange blind woman turns into a terrifying experience for unsuspecting people, family and friends. Join Scott and he rides the rollercoaster of terror in The Seekers. 
HUMAN LANTERNS: Image Swordplay savagery and blood-chilling thrills reign supreme in this outrageous mixture of martial arts and the macabre from Shaw Brothers! Two rivals one rich and the other poor enter an unholy pact to win an annual lantern-creating contest in their village; however the terrifying secret behind their remarkable creations lies within the supple flesh of local maidens who are disappearing at the hands of a demonic assailant! Now featuring shocking scenes too extreme for its Asian DVD release this unflinching action-horror masterpiece is now finally available to American audiences to enjoy full strength and full throttle! 
 ORGANIZM (a.k.a. LIVING HELL): Image Mysterious scars on his body lead Frank Sears' to the terrifying truth behind a top secret Cold War biological experiment buried deep below a derelict Army base. Awakened and unleashed on an unsuspecting world the Organizm absorbs light and energy feeds on the living and is growing at an unstoppable rate. Sears and Army hazmat specialist Carrie Freeborn only have a few hours to unlock the entity's genetic code before mankind is extinguished. 
 OTIS: Warner OTIS is a story of suburban America gone haywire. In the midst of a serial abductor/killer’s rampage a beautiful young teen Riley Lawson goes missing. When her desperate parents Will and Kate are contacted by her kidnapper an insufferable FBI Special Agent takes charge of the case. But from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis Riley turns the tables on her tormentor manages to escape and to contact her parents. Fed up with the tragi- comic inability of the FBI to find their girl Will Kate and Riley’s brother Reed decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands. But when Otis brother Elmo shows up unexpectedly the Lawsons find themselves mired in one of the more unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism. Far from proclaiming “Mission Accomplished” the backed-in-a-corner Lawsons will further complicate their already deadly predicament with a surprising unfortunate and frankly hilarious final choice. TEX SAYS: More like a Horror Sitcom that strictly a horror film, or a horror comedy. OTIS has a bloody great ending that totally makes up for any minor glitches that the first two acts suffer. THE PLANET: MTI A group of mercenaries are forced to evacuate their dying spacecraft and find themselves stranded on a desolate barren world Soon they discover that they are not alone as they battle to survive they begin to fall prey to a malevolent force - a force that turns the souls of their fallen comrades against them. RAZOR EATERS: Echo Bridge (TEX’S PICK OF THE WEEK) In a week-long anarchistic rampage of violence, death, and destruction, the RAZOR EATERS take suburbia prisoner, gaining a cult following by taping their attacks on all who deserve punishment: corrupt politicians, arrogant sports stars, filthy drug dealers and more. Following their trail of looted stores, torched cars, blown up houses and bullet-ridden bodies, Detective Danny Berdan relentlessly tracks the gang until the ultimate bloody confrontation explodes in a mind-blowing, twist climax. TEX SAYS: This week is a tough one, because I really liked THE SIGNAL and OTIS but neither film blew away my expectations. So, since both those flicks got a fair amount of press already, I’m picking RAZOR EATERS this week. Not strictly horror, but fans of ROMPER STOMPER and NATURAL BORN KILLERS will defiantly want to take a look that at this latest Aussie import! 
 RECON 2022: THE MEZZO INCIDENT: Terra Two years after the events of RECON 2022: The Caprini Massacre, Sharp has been promoted to lieutenant and leads a brand new unit of tough, witty and trigger happy space marines through the perils of Mezzo, an hostile ice planet in order to destroy an underground Ma'har facility. What they will encounter will defy their imaginations as they tackle giant man eating snow worms, an underground city of Cyborgs, a slew of murderous alien entities and maybe, finally, the ever elusive Ma'hars... 
SALVATION: York On October 13, 1307 the protectors of the Christian Pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land, the Knights Templar, were sentenced to death by the Catholic Church for heresy. The souls of two of the Knights burned at the stake; Malchezidek and Gabriel were condemned to continue the heavenly battle between good and evil, fighting for the souls of men. Seeking to end her existence in Purgatory and find Redemption, Gabriel saves murdered 8 year old Michaela and hides her away in a small Midwest town run by Sheriff Dade. Several years pass when Michaela finally confronts the Biker Gang that killed her led by Billy Bedlam. Sheriff Dade suddenly has a string of unexplained murders that all lead to Michaela as the killer. Michaela must choose sides in the heavenly battle between Malchezidek and Gabriel and her own existence in Purgatory forever. SHAOLIN VS. VAMPIRE: BCI A lost Gordon Liu film is finally found!The eighties saw a tremendous popularity in kung fu films in Japan.Bruce Lee Jackie Chan and Jet Li brought popularity to Shaolin themed films and the Japanese wanted more.The release of Shaw Bros. epic 36th Chamber of Shaolin' made Gordon Liu an instant star.It wasn t long before all his films were playing in Japan and soon after was approached to make a film.Using the latest rage of kung fu' and the Mr. Vampire' themed films Shaolin vs. Vampire' is a unique feature in the martial arts movie history books. 
THE SIGNAL: Magnet/Magnolia It s New Year s Eve in the city of Terminus and chaos is this year s resolution. All forms of communication have been jammed by an enigmatic transmission that preys on fear and desire driving everyone in the city to murder and madness. In a place once marked by conformity but now sent into complete anarchy the rebellious Ben must save the woman he loves from the bedlam in the streets as well as her crazed sadistic husband. But the only way he can tell who to trust or who has given in to violence is by uncovering the true nature of The Signal. TEX SAYS: Damn, it seems like a million years ago that I saw this flick. I’m Glad to see it finally arrive on DVD and you will be too. 
WEREWOLF'S SHADOW: Deimos/BCI International horror star Paul Naschy stars as the immortal Waldemar Daninsky a man cursed for eternity with the mark of the werewolf. But when he rescues two young women researching the legend of a vampire queen they unleash a ferocious rampage of bloodlust lycanthropy and lesbianism. In the final battle to the death can a werewolf in love destroy the depraved desires of the undead? WHEN DARKNESS FALLS: Wolfe A new pair of films inspired by "The Twilight Zone" from gay filmmaker Jeff London.When Darkness Falls -- Kevin ivites a potential new boyfriend up to his mountain cabin for the weekend. But can Kevin be trusted? Does his new boyfriend really know anything about him? They're way up in the hills and no one else is around. Is the old story of the local cemetery true or folklore? When other friends show up the guys are confronted by something they could never have imagined. Something is out there...and darkness is falling.The Best of Care -- Something isn't right with Billy. He's been taking care of his ailing boyfriend too long and the pressure is getting to him. Longing for a life outside the stuffy house he does his best to take care of Donny...very good care indeed. One dark night things change and Billy finds himself in a situation. But can Donny accept that? 
YOU BELONG TO ME: Wolfe Jeffrey has met the man of his dreams hunky Frenchman Ren but he s an elusive lover. When Jeffrey discovers where Ren lives he impulsively moves into the same building. But the move backfires as Ren becomes cold and distant. Instead the landlady Gladys lavishes attention on her new tenant. Soon Jeffrey realizes that there s something strange going on especially when he hears mysterious moans beneath his floorboards and learns that he s not the first Jeffrey to live in the apartment. When he stumbles on Gladys dark secret will it cost him his life?

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