September 18, 2007 releases
Alligator: Lionsgate
The Kendal family decided their pet baby alligator was too much of a nuisance and flushed him down the toilet. At the same time, Slade Laboratories was conducting secret hormonal experiments with dogs and the dead dogs were disposed of in the city sewer. The baby alligator fed on the dead dogs... and after twelve years its body took on grotesque mutations...it is now a ravaging animal-turned-monster bent on destroying everything in its wake.
Blade: House of Chthon: New Line
The House of Chthon, an ancient evil sect of vampires, is growing stronger everyday. Led by the vampire overlord Marcus, their objective is to create a vaccine that will give rise to a new breed of super vampires, immune to vampire weaknesses. In order to stop them, Blade joins forces with the ruthless and beautiful Krista Starr, whose brother was slain by the vampires and who will go to incredible lengths to infiltrate the House of Chthon.
BloodRayne 2: Deliverance: Vivendi Visual
It's a hundred years later, and the vampire Rayne has arrived in the town of Deliverance, Montana where a group of vampire cowboys have emerged. Led by Billy the Kid, hellbent on creating his own kingdom, he slaughters townspeople and rounds up children. Rayne aligns herself with Pat Garret, a member of the long-thought dead Brimstone society, a dishonest preacher, and a low life named Franson, to stop Billy the Kid and show the world how the West was really won.
This sequel comes with a copy of the video game and a comic book.
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things: VCI
The story focuses around a theater troupe, led by Alan, a mean-spirited director, who travels by boat to a small island for buried criminals. Alan begins a séance to raise the dead after digging up the body of a man named Orville Dunworth. The dead return and force the troupe to take refuge in the old house. They must decide whether it's best to stay put until day, provided the old house holds up against the undead onslaught, try to all flee through the pitch black cemetery and forest to the boat, or have one person brave the obstacle in hopes that they can bring back help in time.
A new special edition of Bob Clark’s classic film includes a tribute to the late, great, director himself.
Closure: Sony Pictures
On their way to a party, lovers Alice and Adam are brutally assaulted by a gang. Shattered by the incident, they embark on a revenge spree against their attackers, venting rage they never knew they possessed.
This one is released in the UK as STRAIGHTHEADS.
Dead in the Water: Indican
Hot sisters, Tiffany and Jen lug along their boyfriends for a weekend retreat at their parents' cabin in the woods. However, upon arriving the foursome find the cabin empty, the parents MIA, no cell reception and of course their car just died! As darkness falls the twenty-somethings must fight for their lives as Zombies attack the cabin and death comes for them with a vengeance!
The Dead One: Echo Bridge
Based on the original comic book, "El Muerto". Trapped in a purgatory between this world and the next, 21-year-old Diego wanders the streets of L.A. in search of a human sacrifice for the vicious Aztec gods that control his soul. But the sacrifice they want is Maria, his own girlfriend.
Dorm of the Dead: Phoenix
At Arkham University, campus snobs Clare and have a score to settle with goth chicks Sarah and Allison. And when Amy accidentally unleashes a campus zombie epidemic, Clare picks Sarah as the perfect candidate to join the walking dead. But Clare and Julie may end up on tonight's menu.
Final Draft: Genius Entertainment
A screenwriter suffering from writer’s block decides to lock himself in his apartment for 18 days in order to meet a career-making deadline. His script involves characters from his past, including a terrifying and disfigured clown. As cabin fever sets, he soon finds himself living in a world where what’s real and what’s fiction begin to cross lines with chilling and fatal consequences.
Grindhouse Presents—Death Proof: Weinstein/Genius
A deranged stuntman stalks his victims from the safety of his killer car, but when he picks on the wrong group of badass babes, all bets are off in an adrenaline-pumping, high speed, white-knuckle automotive duel of epic proportions, where anything can happen.
House of 1000 Corpses (Blu-Ray): Lionsgate
Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000 horrors that await.
In the Site: Laguna
A girl is getting medical treatment in a hospital where she happens on a strange little boy wandering the hospital halls. When she goes back home she receives a message on her computer that transports her to a parallel universe where she will have to uncover the mysterious death of the boy she saw before.
The Insatiable: ThinkFilm
Harry Balbo, a shy salesman, witnesses a violent killing by a sultry female vampire who rips the head off her victim. When no one will believe his story, Harry decides to track her down before she strikes again. Upon finding her, he is seduced by her beauty and cannot kill her. Instead, he captures and imprisons her in a cage in his cellar. Now, she must convince Harry to feed her before she slowly wastes away. Harry is faced with a complicated decision; does he follow his heart or protect mankind from a bloodthirsty vampire?
Italian Giallo Collection (
BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, WATCH ME WHEN I KILL): VCI
Giallo films are characterized by extended murder sequences featuring excessive bloodletting, stylish camera work and unusual musical arrangements. This collector's set has a trio of Giallo's that fit that genre perfectly—BLOOD AND BLACK LACE, BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE and WATCH ME WHEN I KILL.
Jekyll: BBC/Warner
London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is a wife and two children that he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. What neither of them knows is that an ancient organization, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century old is coming to fruition.
Masters of Horror—
Sounds Like: Anchor Bay
Larry’s job is to listen. As the head of a tech-support company, he has to keep tabs on the conversations between the customers and his employees. But when his son tragically dies, his sensitivity to sound gets turned up—all the way up. He can hear things crawling in the walls, internal organs swishing, and eyeballs moving, but he can’t turn any of it off. Instead it brings him closer and closer to the brink of insanity, and that’s when the real horror begins.
Masters of Horror—
The Washingtonians: Anchor Bay
What if everything we believe about our sacred icons of American history turned out to be a complete lie? Suppose, for example, that The Father Of Our Country was actually a blood-crazed cannibal?
THE ROGER CORMAN COLLECTION (
BLOODY MAMA, A BUCKET OF BLOOD, GAS-S-S, THE PREMATURE BURIAL, THE TRIP, X: THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES, THE WILD ANGELS, THE YOUNG RACERS; 4-disc set): MGM/Fox
No body makes ‘em like ROGER CORMAN and this set from MGM/FOX collects 8 Classic Films. First up, in BLOODY MAMA, Shelly Winters, Robert DeNiro and Bruce Dern take on The Great Depression as Ma Barker and the gang. An artist wannabe discovers his talent for Modern Art and murder in A BUCKET OF BLOOD. Everyone over the age of 25 is killed by a deadly GAS-S-S. It’s a Ray Milland double feature with The PREMATURE BURIAL and X: THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES. Jack Nicholson wrote it and Peter Fonda’s stars in the counter-culture classic, THE TRIP. And finally, it’s all the road rage you hip cats can handle in THE WILD ANGELS and THE YOUNG RACERS.
Severance: Magnolia Home Entertainment
A coach lurches out of the hustle and bustle of Budapest and heads towards the mountainous border. Aboard are seven employees of the international weapons manufacturer Palisade Defense, global suppliers of innovative weaponry for the past 75 war-torn years. The lucky group is being treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge by their president, George Cinders. But things quickly go awry as the colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when a deadly enemy sabotages their corporate weekend.
The Victim: Tartan
An aspiring actress is asked by the police to help them solve a murder case by portraying the victim who was a popular beauty queen. But each time she reenacts the part, she experiences the victim’s terror and sufferings at the hands of her tormenters. This draws her into trying to unlock the mystery behind the tragic death, but the closer she gets to the truth, the greater the danger to her own life.
Watch Me When I Kill: VCI
Antonio Bido directed this well-crafted Italian Giallo thriller. The story concerns a young nightclub dancer who witnesses a murder and the efforts of her lover to track down the killer before he can get to her.