February 26, 2008 DVD releases
30 DAYS OF NIGHT: Sony Pictures
In a small Alaskan town, thirty days of night is a natural phenomenon. Very few outsiders visit, until a band of bloodthirsty, deathly pale vampires mark their arrival by savagely attacking sled dogs. But soon they find there are much more satisfying thirst-quenchers about
: human beings. One by one, the townspeople succumb to a living nightmare, but a small group survives - at least for now. The vampires use the dark to their advantage, and surviving this cold hell is a game of cat and mouse - and screams.
BLOODSTAINED SHADOW: Blue Underground
When a young college professor returns home to visit his Catholic priest brother members of the community begin to be stalked and slaughtered by an unknown killer. Can the brothers uncover the identity of this deranged fiend, even while they are being tortured by their own nightmares of an unspeakable childhood trauma?
A BLOODY ARIA: ImaginAsian/Prime/Genius
On a day trip through the countryside, an aspiring opera singer flees to the woods to escape the advances of her lecherous professor and mentor. When a seemingly harmless local man offers her a ride to the bus station, she thinks she’s been saved – until he insists that they stop to meet his friends, a disturbed group of country-bred thugs. She soon finds herself reunited with her teacher and it slowly becomes clear that the pair is being held captive to participate in the gang’s sadistic mind games.
BROCELIANDE: Deimos/BCI Eclipse
Chloe is an archaeology student at a university that specializes in Celtic history. Since arriving at the school, a series of inexplicable murders have occurred. It all comes to a head in the mystical forest of Broceliande, a forest steeped in Celtic legend, where Chloe is working on an archaeological dig of ancient tombstones. While excavating, a thing better left undiscovered is awakened.
THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS: Blue Underground
When two young women are viciously slain in a luxury high-rise, a beautiful young model moves into one of their vacated apartments - and soon finds that she is now being stalked by the mysterious killer! The suspects include her ex-husband (a member of a group sex cult), a predatory lesbian neighbor, the deformed son of a sinister widow, and even the building's handsome architect who suffers from a paralyzing fear of blood. Can she expose the masked maniac with a taste for luscious women and depraved murder before she becomes his next victim?
DARK CHAMBER: Shock-O-Rama/POPcinema
When a dead body turns up, a local group of Satanists, The Black Circle, seem the most likely suspects. With the help of a friend, a criminal law student decides to conduct his own investigation by placing his neighbors under 24/7 video surveillance. But the deeper he digs and the closer he watches the more suspicious and frightened he becomes...and with no one to trust, the killer may be closer than he thinks.
DARK SHADOWS: THE BEGINNING Collection 3: MPI
With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, DARK SHADOWS became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. The character of Barnabas Collins, a guilt-ridden, 175-year-old vampire, brought the show tremendous success. Now, for the first time on DVD, MPI presents the spooky series rare, early episodes before Barnabas. This collection includes episodes 71 – 105 of the show.
DEVIL'S OFFSPRING: Vanguard
Four students staying at a school dormitory for the summer session, are having the time of their lives. But when Connie moves in, only a day after the cooks granddaughter is found dead, they start experiencing a series of strange incidents. The unusual occurrences escalate until one of the students is killed, and the three remaining students realize their live are in imminent danger. As they struggle to find the killer and stay alive, they begin to suspect that Connie may be behind their friend’s death. Speculation escalates into sheer terror when they realize that Connie is none other than the daughter of the devil himself.
INSIDE (NOT the French film): Echo Bridge
Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying existence of desperation, despair, and insanity.
THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE: Blue Underground
Two traveling companions, George and Edna, come across a small town, infested with "living dead" that are satisfying their cannibalistic hunger on anyone they come across. Discovering that an agricultural machine using radiation waves is at the root of all the havoc, George and Edna fight for survival and their innocence as they are pursued by a relentless detective who is convinced they are responsible for the ghoulish acts of violence plaguing the countryside. All this leads to a gruesome showdown at the Manchester Morgue - an ending that knots a horrifying twist in the lives of all involved!
NATURE MORTE: Redemption USA
Paint me dead! The strange case of ten beautiful paintings, ten victims of a deranged serial killer and the suicide of a brilliant painter is investigated by an American art guru. From the south of France to Thailand, nothing is what it seems as he is drawn into a world of lust and depravity, where more paintings begin to surface and another artist begins to kill in order to create!
THE NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL: Vanguard
Celebrating the first years of the New York City Horror Film Festival this collection presents a collection of horror shorts that together celebrate fear and the human mind, capable of limitless terror with sheer imagination. This collection celebrates the creativity of the filmmakers in the NYCHFF, in addition to introductions by festival director Michael Hein, and other extras.
THE RAGE: Screen Media/Universal
From Director Robert Kurtzman (
Wishmaster, Buried Alive), comes the highly anticipated new splatter classic. When victims injected with the rage virus escape the experimentation of a mad scientist and his secrets are uncovered— all hell breaks loose.
The Rage is guaranteed to be an out-rage-ously gory good time!
SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS: Blue Underground
The corpse of reporter Gregory Moore is found in a Prague plaza and brought to the local morgue. But Moore is actually alive, trapped inside his dead body and desperately recalling how the mysterious disappearance of his beautiful girlfriend led to a terrifying conspiracy of depravity. Can a reporter with no visible signs of life solve this perverse puzzle before he meets his ultimate deadline?
THEM (ILS): Dark Sky
A young couple lead a happy, quiet life in the countryside. But little do they know they're being surrounded. When night falls, the couple will come face to face with THEM. Who are they? What do they want? The answers will take them to the very limits of fear itself."
UNDERGROUND CLASSICS: WOMEN OF HORROR Vol. 1 (
KATIEBIRD, I'LL BURY YOU TOMORROW): Heretic
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KATIEBIRD: What would happen if Ed Gein or Ted Bundy were to have children and raise them to follow in their bloody footsteps? KatieBird Wilkens, brought to life with unnerving depth and believability by horror veteran Helene Udy explores this very question in a chilling and graphic testimony of family tradition, emotional confusion and complete insanity. Crisp, stylish imagery and a wild original score come together tell the unforgettable story of a certifiably crazy cast of characters!
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I’LL BURY YOU TOMORROW: In this uneasy and twisted thriller, the quiet rural community of Port Oram is turned upside down when a young stranger, Dolores Finley, comes to work at the local mortuary. With a hunger for chaos and a penchant for necrophilia, Dolores runs amok with eccentric methods that disturb not only the living, but the dead as well.
WHO SAW HER DIE?: Blue Underground
The life of a Venice sculptor is torn apart when his visiting young daughter is found murdered. But when the police are unable to find the killer, the grieving father's own investigation uncovers a high-level conspiracy of sexual perversion and violence. What depraved compulsions led to the murder of this child? And most horrifying of all, WHO SAW HER DIE?
WINTERBEAST: Winterbeast Entertainment Group
Welcome to the Wild Goose Lodge... where forest rangers battle living totem poles, tree monsters, Indian mummies, and the legendary Winterbeast! Female campers fight for their lives as the twisted lodge owner, Mr. Sheldon, carries out his bizarre rituals designed to unleash a parade of nightmare demons on an unsuspecting mountain town. Filled with stop-motion animated creatures, over-the-top performances, and a crazed fever-dream plot, this unique 1980's low budget feature is now considered a cult-classic by a whole new generation of fans. It's one movie that really must be seen to be believed!