HORROR NEW RELEASES: DVD AND THEATER

MONTH: Jan 24, 2010

After Dark Horrorfest Eight movies in the annual festival: Dread, The Final, The Graves, The Hidden, Kill Theory, Lake Mungo, The Reeds and Zombies of Mass Destruction. 8 Million Dollars Eight strangers are invited to a secluded house with the promise of winning $8 million to split between them if they stay for the entire weekend, but with a table full of weapons, will they decide to pick each other off to earn a bigger share of the pot? I'm guessing yes. Alone in the Dark II I'm not sure if anyone was clamoring for an Alone in the Dark sequel, but at least it isn't directed by Uwe Boll, and Tara Reid is nowhere to be found. This time around, a group of witch hunters try to stop a 100-year-old witch from sacrificing a young girl with a magical dagger. Bad Biology From cult director Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case, Frankenhooker) comes this warped horror-comedy-love story about a man and a woman with freakish genitalia who discover each other and delve into over-the-top sexual excess. Birthday Mail / Kokkuri-san This two-pack of Japanese films features Kokkuri, in which three school girls summon an evil spirit with a Ouija board, and Birthday Mail, in which recipients of a cursed email find out that they have only 10 days to live (surely not influenced at all by The Ring or One Missed Call...). The Cult Horror Collection Three vintage British horror movies in one set. The Skull stars Peter Cushing as a collector who buys a haunted skull that comes to life at night. In The Man Who Could Cheat Death, a madman retains his youthful appearance by transplanting glands from unwilling donors into his body. The Deadly Bees finds a singer vacationing on a small island who discovers that someone has trained bees to kill Dead at the Box Office A struggling movie theater shows a mysterious film that turns out to be a Nazi mind-control experiment that turns viewers into flesh-eating freaks. Demonic Toys 2 Producer Charles Band does what he does best -- killer dolls -- in this tale of a mad doctor who encounters not only killer dolls, but also ghosts and demons in an old Italian castle Doctor Death This low-budget 1972 chiller (AKA Dr. Death: Seeker of Souls) features former Stooge Moe Howard in a bit part in the story of a magician who can transfer his soul into other people's bodies, ensuring his eternal life. The Double Born A woman desperate to fill the hole in her heart left from her child's sudden disappearance descends into madness, dragging two young hired hands with her. Based on a story by Bram Stoker. Goodbye Gemini In this twisted 1970 film, brother-sister twins Julian and Jacki engage in an incestuous affair, along with murder, drugs and all manner of debauchery. Madness Four teens driving through the middle of nowhere (this never ends well) end up being held captive by sadistic killers (see, I told you). Pontypool In one of the best horror movies of 2009, a virus that turns people into zombie-like maniacs erupts in a small Canadian town and is spread by the spoken word Satan's Wife Sleazy '70s European sexploitation fare about a woman who regrets sleeping with Satan (oopsie) and tries to prevent her daughter from following in her demonic dad's footsteps. Saw VI If you haven't seen the movies before it, you might want to catch up on the Saw franchise before delving into this latest convoluted storyline in which people caught in deadly traps are only part of the overall plot

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