Horrorfest: Films To Die For

[dawsey28]

I'm new here, so sorry if this thread has already been done. (I cannot seem to get the search function to work, for some reason.)

Anyway, 7 of the 9 movies are coming to DVD on March 27th. I'm thinking of getting the boxset.

1. DARK RIDE
Starring: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna
Director: Craig Singer

When a group of road-trippin' college kids discover an old, abandoned amusement park where two young girls were brutally murdered a decade ago, they decide it would be good fun to stay the night and spook each other out. Drunken hijinks turn to dread when they learn that the killer has returned- and escape is out of the question.

2. THE GRAVEDANCERS
Cast: Clare Kramer, Dominic Purcell, Josie Moran
Director: Mike Mendez

After more than a decade, a group of college friends are brought together for the funeral of one of their own. The trio tie one on for old times' sake, paying last respects to their departed friend and dancing drunkenly through the cemetery. They find a strange card among the tombstones and read the written incantation aloud, unknowingly conjuring hostile spirits that would torment them long after they've gone back to their daily lives. Torment and confusion turn to outright terror as the three old friends discover exactly what they've unleashed.

3. PENNY DREADFUL
Cast: Rachel Miner, Mimi Rogers, Michael Berryman, Mickey Jones
Director: Richard Brandes

Hoping to overcome her fears, a young woman named Penny sets off on a road trip with her therapist, Orianna, to revisit the scene of a terrible accident many years ago that killed her parents before her eyes. Along their way, a struggle ensues over Penny's attempts to calm herself by self-medicating, and in the confusion the duo hit a man in the road. Seeing that he isn't badly injured, they offer to give the stranger a lift, but his creepy silence is unsettling and downright scary, as is the off-road path they take to his destination. Penny and Orianna drop the man off, happy to part ways with their new companion- but their night is just getting started. Car trouble begins less than a mile from where they leave him, and it's not long before Penny finds herself trapped, alone and hunted by a madman.

4. REINCARNATION
Director: Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge, Ju-On)

Director Ikuo Matsumara sets out to film the story of a ghastly 1970's killing frenzy in a hotel north of Tokyo, using the actual hotel where the murders took place. When shooting gets underway, the cast members begin to share the fates of the characters they're playing, and soon enough there is no role-playing or pretending; the fear, and the danger, are quite real.

5. THE HAMILTONS
Cast: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelkeer, Mackenzie Firgens
Director: The Butcher Brothers

To the outside world, the Hamiltons appear to be nice ordinary folk; four siblings starting a new life after the recent death of their parents. They're kind to their neighbors, involved in the community- but things aren't quite what they appear to be; the new family in town seems to have a habit of brutally killing the townspeople they've recently befriended. When the youngest sibling, Francis, discovers the truth about his family, he is faced with the ultimate choice: turn in those he is closest to in all the world and spare the next victims, or join his family in their gruesome killing spree.

6. UNREST
Cast: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelkeer, Mackenzie Firgens
Director: The Butcher Brothers

Aspiring physician Alison Blanchard's feels a disturbing presence in the lab where she's studying cadavers for her Gross Anatomy class. Her professor brushes off her concerns as jitters, but there's something unsettling about one cadaver in particular; an American woman who died in Brazil and whose body was donated to science. When her friend is discovered dead in the basement, Alison finds herself in a desperate search for the truth behind the angry spirit killing off those around her- before it's too late.

7. WICKED LITTLE THINGS
Cast: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor Compton, Geoffrey Lewis, Velizar Biney
Director: J.S. Cardone (The Forsaken)

In 1913, a tragic mining accident trapped dozens of children underground, burying them alive. After her husband's death, Karen Tunny moves daughters Sarah and Emma to a remote, dilapidated house off in the mountains for a fresh start. However, she is unaware that their new home is very close to the site of the old mine tragedy. The family soon find themselves living a nightmare as the undead children return from the mine and wreak havoc on them.

They come out on DVD March 27th.

Did anyone watch these movies in the theatre?

If you did, are they good enough to buy?

[Posher778]

To use the search function, you right click it and hit open in new window, or tab. Then it pops up at the bottom of the new window.

[paws the great]

I haven't seen them,but they look really good!If the boxset is under $200. I'll buy it!:)

[dawsey28]

Thank you Posher778. That definately helped.

Paws the great:
The boxset is $150 where I live, but I'm not sure if that price is the same everywhere.

(Might be a better idea to rent all 7 movies. It would be cheaper.)

If you try and find what stores or rental places they coming to on March 27th, though.

A tip: Most places that I went to they were listed as AFTER DARK HORRORFEST: FILMS TO DIE FOR.

Or AFTERDARK, then the name of the movie. (i.e. AFTER DARK: DARK RIDE)

[Posher778]

Sure thing.


I haven't seen any of them yet, I really want to see GraveDancers and Darkride

[Shady]

Sure thing.


I haven't seen any of them yet, I really want to see GraveDancers and Darkride

Darkride I really enjoyed. It reminded me of Black Christmas (Remake) just better. Gravedancers was decent as well. Nothing special but it actually had a few scares.

[paws the great]

Thank you Posher778. That definately helped.

Paws the great:
The boxset is $150 where I live, but I'm not sure if that price is the same everywhere.

(Might be a better idea to rent all 7 movies. It would be cheaper.)

I don't rent movies.:)

[Posher778]

Wait, which ones aren't coming to dvd?

[paws the great]

Wait, which ones aren't coming to dvd?

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror & The Tripper.



I think?

[dawsey28]

The Abandoned

An American woman searching for her birth parents learns she has inherited a house in the middle of a forest in a remote area of Russia. It is the house where she was born. Abandoned and uninhabited for 40 years, it stands in total disrepair and neglect.What she finds is more than an old house. She meets a mysterious man who claims to be her brother, a twin she never knew. Together they find the house holds secrets to a past they don’t remember, forced to relive a series of horrifying events and shocking murders that occurred just after they were born, in the place they were supposed to die.


Directed by:
Nacho Cerda (Genesis, Aftermath)

Written by:
Karim Hussain, Nacho Cerdà, Richard StanleyKarim Hussain, Nacho Cerdà, Richard Stanley (Dust Devil and Hardware)

Starring:

Marie - Anastasia Hille
Nikolai - Karel Roden
Misharin - Valentin Ganev
Olga Kaidavosky - Paraskeva Djukelova
Anatoliy - Carlos Reig - Plaza


Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Slasherpool called it "easily one of the best urban horror films I've seen". Academy Award nominated director Stacy Title teams with rapper/actor Snoop Dogg for a hip-hop horror anthology, featuring three blood-soaked tales involving the residents of an inner city neighborhood whose actions in this life will determine their destination in the afterlife, "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror" boasts eye-popping anime-style sequences, plenty of goo and gore, and even a few bootie breaks. Part comedy, part frightfest, with a whole lot of "Hell yeah" mixed in.

Directed by:
Stacy Title (Let the Devil Wear Black, Down on the Waterfront)

Written by:
Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs), Jonathan McHugh, Chris Kobin (2001 Maniacs), Jacob Hair.

Starring:
Snoop Dogg
Ernie Hudson (Miss Congeniality, Ghostbusters)
Danny Trejo (The Devil's Rejects, Con Air)
Brande Roderick (Playboy Playmate)
Daniella Alonso (One Tree Hill)
Pooch Hall (Pepper Dennis)
Noel G
Diamond Dallas Page
Anson Mount


The Tripper

THE TRIPPER is a political horror film set in the Redwood Forrest at an outdoor music festival. The story centers around a group of young hippies as they set out on a drug-induced weekend of debauchery. Little do they know, in the woods lurks a crazed madman that is obsessed with Ronald Reagan. The film stars Jamie King (Sin City), Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Balthazar Getty (Feast), Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Brad Hunt (2005 Screamfest winner for best actor in Cookers) with cameos from David Arquette (Scream), Courtney Cox (Scream) and many more!

Starring:
David Arquette
Courteney Cox-Arquette
Jaime King
Lukas Haas
Jason Mewes
Balthazar Getty

are not coming to DVD. I guess there were 10 films.

[Shady]

Were those the only two that you saw? I'm looking forward to most of them.

I also saw Unrest. Once again, it wasnt great, but wasnt bad. It's better than some of the movies Ive been seeing lately such as Sublime.....oh was that ever bad. When I first saw Rest Stop and Sublime I was thinking Raw Feed might not to bad. Than I saw Rest Stop and Sublime and I stood corrected.

[Disease]

I'm new here, so sorry if this thread has already been done. (I cannot seem to get the search function to work, for some reason.)

Anyway, 7 of the 9 movies are coming to DVD on March 27th. I'm thinking of getting the boxset.



They come out on DVD March 27th.

Did anyone watch these movies in the theatre?

If you did, are they good enough to buy?


Um, what's horrorfest?

[dawsey28]

Um, what's horrorfest?

http://horrorfestonline.com/images/left_banner.jpg

If you watched all 8 of them, you got to watch one or two bonus films.

Now 7 of the 10 films are coming to DVD.

http://horrorfestonline.com/film1.html

http://www.craveonline.com/microsites/horrorfest/

[Disease]

Ok, I see, well I don't live in the states, I wonder if they will get released on dvd here in oz....

[dawsey28]

http://horrorfestonline.com/index.html

Horrorfest 2007? Going Global?

8 More Films 2 Die 4?

SWEET!!!

Oct./Nov. can't get here soon enough.

[spamman]

http://horrorfestonline.com/film1.html

http://www.craveonline.com/microsites/horrorfest/

http://horrorfestonline.com/index.html

Thanks for the links.

[dawsey28]

So far, I have watched Unrest and Penny Dreadful

I didn't really care for Unrest. Nice story, but they didn't do enough with it. I don't know, it just seemed like it wasn't enough. And I felt like there wasn't a big enough challenge for the main character. Bad idea to start with this one. I had a hard time putting in the next DVD, BUT...

... Thankfully, the next one I watched was Penny Dreadful. Talk about a complete One- Eighty. This one is intense, has a good story that is fully explored and the main character is challenged to the fullest. I'm surprised a B-Movie could be that good. It is a B- movie, though. I may be over-hyping it a bit. The movie was such a nice surprise after being underwhelmed by the first movie.

[newb]

I've watched two of them so far.

Dark Ride--Kind of a mix of FunHouse and Halloween.....not as good as either but still not a bad watch.

Penny Dreadful--Fairly decent but a bit too long....would have made a better Masters of Horror episode.

[illdojo]

I just watched The Gravedancers. I thought it was alright. Nothing spectacular. Definitely NOT to die for. A few scares here and there, and the ghost's were cool looking.
I hope the other movies are better. We'll see. :rolleyes:

[dawsey28]

I have watched all 7 movies that came to DVD.

UNREST
PENNY DREADFUL
THE GRAVEDANCERS
THE HAMILTONS
REINCARNATION (RINNE)
DARK RIDE
WICKED LITTLE THINGS

I liked all of them to some degree.

My favorite two were Penny Dreadful and The Grave Dancers.

I have to admit though, none of them are terrible, BUT they are certainly NOT "Films to Die for" as the name suggests.

[dawsey28]

You have to realize that they are NOT A movies. Don't expect something amazing from any of them. But none of them are terrible.

To me, they are really good B movies. So they are "worth a watch."

[massacre man]

The Tripper

THE TRIPPER is a political horror film set in the Redwood Forrest at an outdoor music festival. The story centers around a group of young hippies as they set out on a drug-induced weekend of debauchery. Little do they know, in the woods lurks a crazed madman that is obsessed with Ronald Reagan. The film stars Jamie King (Sin City), Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Balthazar Getty (Feast), Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Brad Hunt (2005 Screamfest winner for best actor in Cookers) with cameos from David Arquette (Scream), Courtney Cox (Scream) and many more!

Starring:
David Arquette
Courteney Cox-Arquette
Jaime King
Lukas Haas
Jason Mewes
Balthazar Getty

Bold is why I'll see it.

[slayer666]

I just saw a display of these films at Wal-Mart. I think they were selling them for $13-$14/each. It sounds like they might be better rentals than blind buys.

[dawsey28]

It would be a MUCH better idea to rent them.

Order a pizza, invite some friends over, have a your own "horrofest weekend," that sort of thing.

[AsylumSeeker]

Just got done watching Reincarnation (Rinne). I loved it. Only one scene that lowered it overall (doll). Other than that, great movie.

[Scare-ah]

Was I the only person who felt that the Horrorfest people really dropped the ball on the whole event? I checked their website practically daily for about a month before it was scheduled, and they never updated it or put tickets up for sale (which their Box Office section stated was going to happen by a specific date). I really wanted to go, but everything seemed so disorganized that I wondered if it was really going to happen. And from the reviews I read in Fangoria about the DVDs, it seems as if they were sort of thrown together too.

[AmericanManiac]

7 out of 8? My walmart had 8 different ones. I picked up 4 of them and only watched Dark-Ride so far. I was impressed by it, it was some good entertainment, although I did see the "little" twist coming and figured it out at the start of the movie. The killer was a beast though, reminded me of Kane in "See no evil" big ol bastard!

Didn't horrorfest take places in select "bigger" cities ?

[BH14]

Just watched "The Gravedancers"... It has some real nice pop out scenes and even though it is low budget, I think the ghosts were pretty creepy looking. The plot was ehh and you would probably laugh at times. The acting wasn't so great. However, I didnt have huge expectations. I give it a 6 out of 10. I wont see this movie again and I wouldnt recommend it. This is the first movie I saw from "8 films to die for" so now, I am not in any rush to see the others.

What is the BEST Movie out of the collection?

[AmericanManiac]

I watched Wicked Little Things last night, ghost/zombie childern. I thought it was pretty decent flick, tonight i'm going to watch The Hamiltons, I thought grave dancers looked good, the shots I seen of them sitting down with the docter, theripest or whoever they were talking to, but I didnt like the look of the ghosts.

[paws the great]

I just saw a display of these films at Wal-Mart. I think they were selling them for $13-$14/each. It sounds like they might be better rentals than blind buys.

I got all seven for $60 at Best Buy!:)

[AmericanManiac]

I got all seven for $60 at Best Buy!:)

That's not bad, is it a box set ?

[paws the great]

That's not bad, is it a box set ?

No,They were on sale.I seen the box set at "Hastings"today and it was $89.:eek:

[bleeding_angelgirl]

i think the video store i rent from has 5 or 6 of the movies you mentions I think i might rent some tonight i was going to last weekend but dicided aginst it because the movie dark harvest were there running around stupidly through a cornfield for an hour ruined b movies for me now im scared to rent any more and rent some.

[illdojo]

Last night I watched Penny Dreadful. It was pretty good 6/10. It was definitely better than the other one I've seen The Gravedancers. After watching, I now want to see more of them.

[dawsey28]

1. DARK RIDE

When a group of road-trippin' college kids discover an old, abandoned amusement park where two young girls were brutally murdered a decade ago, they decide it would be good fun to stay the night and spook each other out. Drunken hijinks turn to dread when they learn that the killer has returned- and escape is out of the question.

2. THE GRAVEDANCERS

After more than a decade, a group of college friends are brought together for the funeral of one of their own. The trio tie one on for old times' sake, paying last respects to their departed friend and dancing drunkenly through the cemetery. They find a strange card among the tombstones and read the written incantation aloud, unknowingly conjuring hostile spirits that would torment them long after they've gone back to their daily lives. Torment and confusion turn to outright terror as the three old friends discover exactly what they've unleashed.

3. PENNY DREADFUL

Hoping to overcome her fears, a young woman named Penny sets off on a road trip with her therapist, Orianna, to revisit the scene of a terrible accident many years ago that killed her parents before her eyes. Along their way, a struggle ensues over Penny's attempts to calm herself by self-medicating, and in the confusion the duo hit a man in the road. Seeing that he isn't badly injured, they offer to give the stranger a lift, but his creepy silence is unsettling and downright scary, as is the off-road path they take to his destination. Penny and Orianna drop the man off, happy to part ways with their new companion- but their night is just getting started. Car trouble begins less than a mile from where they leave him, and it's not long before Penny finds herself trapped, alone and hunted by a madman.

4. REINCARNATION

Director Ikuo Matsumara sets out to film the story of a ghastly 1970's killing frenzy in a hotel north of Tokyo, using the actual hotel where the murders took place. When shooting gets underway, the cast members begin to share the fates of the characters they're playing, and soon enough there is no role-playing or pretending; the fear, and the danger, are quite real.

5. THE HAMILTONS

To the outside world, the Hamiltons appear to be nice ordinary folk; four siblings starting a new life after the recent death of their parents. They're kind to their neighbors, involved in the community- but things aren't quite what they appear to be; the new family in town seems to have a habit of brutally killing the townspeople they've recently befriended. When the youngest sibling, Francis, discovers the truth about his family, he is faced with the ultimate choice: turn in those he is closest to in all the world and spare the next victims, or join his family in their gruesome killing spree.

6. UNREST

Aspiring physician Alison Blanchard's feels a disturbing presence in the lab where she's studying cadavers for her Gross Anatomy class. Her professor brushes off her concerns as jitters, but there's something unsettling about one cadaver in particular; an American woman who died in Brazil and whose body was donated to science. When her friend is discovered dead in the basement, Alison finds herself in a desperate search for the truth behind the angry spirit killing off those around her- before it's too late.

7. WICKED LITTLE THINGS

In 1913, a tragic mining accident trapped dozens of children underground, burying them alive. After her husband's death, Karen Tunny moves daughters Sarah and Emma to a remote, dilapidated house off in the mountains for a fresh start. However, she is unaware that their new home is very close to the site of the old mine tragedy. The family soon find themselves living a nightmare as the undead children return from the mine and wreak havoc on them.

The Abandoned

An American woman searching for her birth parents learns she has inherited a house in the middle of a forest in a remote area of Russia. It is the house where she was born. Abandoned and uninhabited for 40 years, it stands in total disrepair and neglect.What she finds is more than an old house. She meets a mysterious man who claims to be her brother, a twin she never knew. Together they find the house holds secrets to a past they don’t remember, forced to relive a series of horrifying events and shocking murders that occurred just after they were born, in the place they were supposed to die.


Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Slasherpool called it "easily one of the best urban horror films I've seen". Academy Award nominated director Stacy Title teams with rapper/actor Snoop Dogg for a hip-hop horror anthology, featuring three blood-soaked tales involving the residents of an inner city neighborhood whose actions in this life will determine their destination in the afterlife, "Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror" boasts eye-popping anime-style sequences, plenty of goo and gore, and even a few bootie breaks. Part comedy, part frightfest, with a whole lot of "Hell yeah" mixed in.


The Tripper

THE TRIPPER is a political horror film set in the Redwood Forrest at an outdoor music festival. The story centers around a group of young hippies as they set out on a drug-induced weekend of debauchery. Little do they know, in the woods lurks a crazed madman that is obsessed with Ronald Reagan. The film stars Jamie King (Sin City), Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Balthazar Getty (Feast), Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Brad Hunt (2005 Screamfest winner for best actor in Cookers) with cameos from David Arquette (Scream), Courtney Cox (Scream) and many more!

Captivity

A young model is drugged, kidnapped and subject to harrowing torture in a cell of horrors in this spine chilling horror thriller. Jennifer is young, beautiful and famous. Everybody knows her name and her popularity brings her everything she wants in life- but one mans jealousy lures Jennifer to a dimension in torture when she finds herself drugged, captured and held in an underground maze of terror. Taken against her will and subject to psychological punishment, Jennifer soon questions her sanity as her watchful tormentor pits her in numerous twisted traps. After struggling to keep her mind, she meets with Gary, another prisoner in the sick games and together they try their wits to escape from the cells and defeat the madman behind the sick games- but are they already too late when they are bound, gagged and thrust into a world of pain?

Any thoughts on these movies or the new ones?

[dawsey28]

Anyone see the new movies below? Are they any good?

1.THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE

On an otherwise ordinary night, the young Ian Stone encounters a mysterious creature and is forced into the path of an oncoming train. Rather than facing certain death, Ian finds himself reborn into a new life that feels strangely familiar. After his second death, it becomes apparent that Ian is being hunted by an evil presence, and will be forced to die every day until he can solve the mystery of his own life.


2.NIGHTMARE MAN

After receiving a mysterious mask, Ellen Morris believes she was attacked by an evil being she calls ‘Nightmare Man’. Her husband, Bill, believes she is crazy. On their way to the mental hospital their car breaks down and Bill goes to get gas, leaving Ellen alone. When Nightmare Man appears, Ellen takes off into the woods, unsure whether she is hallucinating or not. She stumbles upon a cabin filled with friends who unknowingly becoming prey the moment Ellen steps inside.

3.CRAZY EIGHTS

Six people are brought together at the funeral of a childhood
friend. While settling the estate, they discover a map, which leads them on
a search for a long forgotten time capsule, at the request of their dead
friend. What they discover reawakens repressed childhood traumas and leads
them on a journey through their long abandoned childhood home: a home with a
terrible secret and a mysterious dead girl who will lead them to their
strange fates.

4.UNEARTHED

A vicious creature that’s been trapped for 900 years, gets unearthed during an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate town. As the carnage escalates, the local sheriff and a group of stranded civilians must find a way to destroy the creature that only has one mission – complete annihilation.

5.BORDERLAND

When three Texas University students travel to a Mexican border town on the eve of their graduation, the last thing they expect is to face their own deaths.
Without warning, they fall prey to an ancient blood cult hellbent on finding candidates for human sacrifice. Based on true events, Borderland tells a story which blends the raw fear of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the stark reality of In Cold Blood, evoking a world soaked in paranoia, fear, and dread.

6.MULBERRY STREET

The city that never sleeps may shut its eyes for good when a deadly infection turns its residents to savage creatures. There is only hope for a small few, including six recently evicted tenants who must protect their crumbling apartment complex as the city around them is thrown into chaos.

7.TOOTH AND NAIL

A small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world take refuge in an empty hospital with plans on re-building society. They rescue a young girl who is the victim of a brutal attack, but soon discover that they were followed by a savage band of cannibals known as Rovers. The Rovers begin to kill them one by one, and the trapped survivors must find a way to outwit their stalkers.

8.LAKE DEAD

Three beautiful sisters learn of a long lost grandfather, but only make this discovery upon the news of his grisly death. Enticed to visit grandpa's old home after hearing of an inheritance, the sister's head to the back country with some friends. We quickly follow the group of friends through the gates of a redneck infested hell. The psychotic family occupying the inherited property goes on a long awaited, and much enjoyed killing spree. As the family's twisted motives unravel, the sisters discover a terror worse than death.



Thoughts on any of these movies?

[Freak]

So far I've only seen Lake Dead and Tooth and Nail.


Lake Dead was so horrible I'd actually use it to torture people.

Tooth and Nail was pretty good IMO.Got a little stupid towards the end but good non the less.

[_____V_____]

Thoughts on any of these movies?


1.THE DEATHS OF IAN STONE - * * ½ <--- Average

2.NIGHTMARE MAN - * * * <--- Decent

3.CRAZY EIGHTS - * * <--- Below par

4.UNEARTHED - * * ½ <--- Average

5.BORDERLAND - * * * <--- Decent

6.MULBERRY STREET - * * * ½ <--- The best of the lot

7.TOOTH AND NAIL - * * <--- Below Par

8.LAKE DEAD - * ½ <--- Bleh! Avoid it


There ya go.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

saw tooth and nail, sub-par movie.

the best thing about the movie is honestly Rider Strong, so yeah... avoid.

[Elvis_Christ]

I've only seen The Tripper.... Pee Wee Herman VS An Axe haha!