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DVD Releases: 10/24/2006
By John Marrone
Oct 23, 2006, 22:50

100 Years of Horror (1998)

Plot Synopsis:  Take a journey through a century of horror's most frightening tales.... if you can stand it.... ~ VideoUniverse.com

I think we can stand it.

DVD Features:  Region 1 Encoding
Keep Case

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An American Haunting (2006) (review)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  Based on true events validated by the State of Tennessee of the only case in US History where a spirit or entity caused the death of a man. With over 20 books written on the subject, and a town that still lives in fear of the return of the unseen spirit, the story of "An American Haunting" is terrifying. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell Family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually ended up causing the death of one its members. Starting with small sounds around the farm, and the sighting of a a strange BLACK WOLF with piercing yellow eyes, the sounds escalated into full brutal contact with the certain family members, causing psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and beating the Bell's youngest daughter. The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of this entity, but to no avail as the spirit began to communicate with them through sounds, and eventually multiple voices that sounded like the wind. The cause of its actions could always be felt, but no being could be seen, and no explanation found- only the promise that one day it would kill one of the family members. Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman -branded a witch- who had put a curse upon the family as a result of a land dispute, the Bells tried desperately to find ways to get rid of the woman's curse, yet the attacks and disturbances only escalated. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher -who lived on the property during the disturbance- was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled. ~ Amazon.com

The unrated version contains additional footage not released in theaters...

- Official Site

DVD Features:  Region 1 Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Closed Captioned - English
Additional Release Material:
Bloopers
Making of
Deleted Scenes
Production Interviews -
1. Sissy Spacek - Star
2. Courtney Solomon - Director
Trailers - Internet Promos
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access

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Containment (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  When a deranged scientist releases a group of experimental creatures, a security guard (Julian Peck) loses his grip on reality. Atop unexplained hallucinations and strange voices, the guard is faced with the challenge of deciphering his illusions from a dangerous reality. Consequently, he is quickly swept into a terrifying puzzle that will uncover his past, and shake the foundations of his future. The only other slight problem is that his wife has dropped off his son in the midst of his horrific nightmare. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Audio: (unspecified) - English

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Curse of Halloween (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Its October 31st.  Its Halloween.  And its cursed...

DVD Features:  Region 1 Keep Case
Widescreen
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette - Behind-The-Scenes
Trailer 

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Don't Be Scared (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Hip-hop sensations Master P and Romeo star in this tale of urban horror.  When a serial killer starts prowling a college campus for its next kill, chaos erupts as students realize they are the targets in a deadly game. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: (unspecified) - English
Additional Product:
Audio CD  

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Halloween Night (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Based on actual events, a man escapes an insane asylum on October 31st to return to his childhood home in hopes of discovering why his mother was murdered. In order to learn the sick and perverse truth, he must kill everyone in his way, including the family who now lives in the house as well as the guests of the Halloween party. ~ Asylum.cc

This one is written by Fangoria managing editor Michael Gingold.  Its worth checking out.  Gingold was also involved in the Shadow: Dead Riot screenplay and Asylum's films are often better than you'd expect.

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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In The Dark (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  For five years a hidden crime festered as a deep, dark secret among friends. One Halloween the secret got out. Here is the actual footage of that horrific night when the group returned to the scene of the crime and came face-to-face with their wicked past. IN THE DARK is a stylish horror film, which tells the true life story of Lizzy Duncan, a young, institutionalized mental patient who was picked on by a group of delinquent teenagers brought into the institution on a work study program. Their torment of Lizzy escalated to a tragic event in which she was horribly disfigured. This film presents the actual footage of the night five years later when they returned to the burned-out institution to play a few pranks, do some drugs and have sex. But their night of fun turns into a night of revenge. Lizzy is waiting for them. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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A Light in the Darkness (2002)

Plot Synopsis:  A bloodthirsty teen with a penchant for murder is released from the mental hospital and returns home in this stylish, contemporary horror movie. Troy Beyer, Matt Terzian, and Karen Black star in this chilling roller coaster ride of a film. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage -
1. MTV Short Film - OPEN MIC FRIGHT
Sneak Previews
Trailer - Previews
Text/Photo Galleries:
Director Storyboards

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Little Shop of Horrors/Terror (1960)

Plot Synopsis:  A pair of classic low-budget films featuring young Jack Nicholson. In THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS the nebbishy Seymour comes upon a plant that demands to be fed human blood, forcing Seymour on a killing spree. Nicholson appears as a masochistic dental patient. THE TERROR has Nicholson as a Napoleonic soldier investigating eerie happenings at a mysterious castle. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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My Dead Girlfriend (2006)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  Gore and laughs are the main ingredients of MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND, a horror-comedy starring and directed by Brett Kelly. After accidentally running over Amy with his car, Steve revives her with a magic spell that brings Amy back as a zombie with a hunger for human flesh. Things aren't exactly normal for the happy couple, especially when Amy starts chowing down on visitors. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
Audio commentary with the cast & crew
Cast & crew interviews
Deleted scenes
Blooper reel
"The Pretty Lie" short film (7 mins.)
Tempe DVD trailers

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Nightmares & Dreamscapes - From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)

- Scene from Battleground (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  An eight episode adaptation of Stephen King's short stories, primarily from the Nightmares and Dreamscapes series. "Battleground" follows a quiet hitman becoming a target for violent revenge when he finds a mysterious package on his doorstep; A young woman and her attorney husband getting lost in a notoriously evil London neighborhood named "Crouch End"; "Umney's Last Case" is a 1930's era detective who realizes he's the main character in a novel, and he's being written out; A successful filmmaker films himself in "The End of the Whole Mess", recalling his genius brother's life and the scientific plan he applied to end world violence with unanticipated results; "The Road Virus Heads North" drives into gear as a celebrated writer realizes the demonic figure in the painting he's just acquired, is changing to show that it's onto the same stretch of road he's on; "The Fifth Quarter" has an ex-convict who goes to dastardly means to find treasure that puts his family's life at risk; "Autopsy Room Four" is the occupancy of a man whose about to witness his own autopsy and he's speechless to stop it; A husband and wife on a spontaneous road trip, whose stopover in a town inhabited by late music legends, might not be temporary when they're told "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band". ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Additional Scenes
Featurette
Interviews
Production Sketches

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Saw 2 (2005) (dvd review)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  When detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) is called to a crime scene of a victim of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), he finds a lead to the place where he is hidden. Once there, he realizes that Jigsaw trapped his son Daniel Matthews (Erik Knudsen) with three women and four men in a shelter, and they are inhaling a lethal nerve gas. If they do not use an antidote within two hours, they will die. Eric follows with increasing desperation the death of each member of the group in monitors, while trying to convince Jigsaw to release his son. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS 6.1 ES), English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX)
Commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, production designer David Hackl, and editor Kevin Greutert
Commentary by writer/executive producer Leigh Whannell and executive producer James Wan
"Zombie" - a short student film by director Darren Lynn Bousman
"The Scott Tibbs Documentary" featurette
"The Making of Saw II" featurette
"The Story Behind the Story" featurette
"Gregg Hoffman: In Memorium" tribute to producer Gregg Hoffman
"Play Me" set-top game
Trailer

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Skinwalker (2005)

Plot Synopsis:  In SKINWALKER: CURSE OF THE SHAMAN, an attractive young woman studying mythology intends to make a documentary about a curse rumored to be put upon six teenagers who went missing years before. But Brook has little understanding of what she's getting herself into, as the Skinwalker lurks in a town filled with secrets, more than ready to strike again.  ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Letterbox
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Interviews - Director and Actor Interviews

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Slither (2006)

- trailer (flash)

Plot Synopsis:  Here's a gooey, hilarious, creepy horror film for the whole mutant cannibal family. Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) stars as Grant, a big bald guy from a small southern town who gets possessed by a meat-hungry parasite worm creature from space. Even under the alien influence he still loves his wife, Starla (Elizabeth Banks), but she's alarmed at his weird new habits, such as consuming all the local wildlife. The sheriff in town (Nathan Fillion) investigates. He still carries a torch for Starla from when they were kids, but once the squirming, slithering, and cannibalism begin in earnest, it becomes clear that this is no time for romance. SLITHER's combination of interesting characters, deadpan humor, gore aplenty, and genuine scares earns it a place alongside cult classics like RE-ANIMATOR and the various LIVING DEAD and EVIL DEAD films. Director/writer James Gunn wrote 2004's DAWN OF THE DEAD before this, and it's abundantly clear where his loyalties lie: SLITHER aims its acid-dripping, brain-sucking tongue right into the hearts of horror fans. Heads explode, monsters squiggle into gaping mouths, tentacles wrap around Banks's negligee-clad body, and the sheriff takes it all in his stride. There's even a twisted intergalactic love story somewhere in the chaos, as well as hordes of in-jokes for the fans. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Region 1 Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director James Gunn
Extended Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director James Gunn
Feature Commentary - James Gunn - Director; Nathan Fillion - Actor
Featurette -
1. Visual Effects: step by Step
2. Slithery Set Tour with Nathan Fillion
3. WHO IS BILL PARDY?
4. THE SICK MIND AND SLIMY DAYS OF SLITHER
5. THE GOREHOUND GRILL: BREWIN' THE BLOOD
6. BRINGING SLITHER'S CREATURES TO LIFE
7. THE KING OF CULT: LLOYD KAUFAMN'S VIDEO DIARY
Gag Reel

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Laguna Films - Spanish
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Standard Screen - Soundtrack English
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