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From HouseofHorrors.com Recent Articles The disc was jammed in the DVD player. The red light was blinking but nothing was being ejected. Tommy pressed the botton repeatedly, each time becoming more impatient and infuriated - he'd been dying to see the new films that had been released this week, and now his favorite, most awaited flick was being eaten alive in the player. Tommy boiled over in a fit of rage! Nothing worked for him ever, it seemed. His hand clenched into a justice-dispensing fist, and he pounded down on the device with authority. "Come... out!!!" His last blow nearly dented the steel cover, and as it landed, lights blicked and flickered on the display - the digital readout becoming a blur of light-blue lines and 8's. Something moved inside the player, and Tommy waited for the disc to finally be ejected. It was, at a speed so quick it shot out of the player, like a discus bullet... Tommy staggered back, clutching at his throat. The circular plastic sliced through the air and severed his flesh covered windpipe - lodging between the ribs of his throat cartilage - opening the right and left jugular just enough to fountain dark red blood from out the sides. It sprayed and drenched the television and DVD player with crimson mist, that ran down the screen in densely trailed droplets. Tommy tried to say something under his last breath. The disc popped out from his throat. A drowned, death rattle gurgled his last sounds, as he fell lifeless to the floor like a sack of dirty laundry.
- trailer (quicktime) - 99 minutes Rated R for strong gruesome violence, and for language CD Universe Plot Description: WOLF CREEK is a grim and disturbing horror film, based on actual events in the TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE vein. It's also beautifully shot, with director Greg McLean (in his feature film debut) making the otherworldly majesty of Australia's outback emerge as a part of the story. Cassandra Magrath and Kesti Morassi play the two young British girls traveling with their Aussie friend, Ben (Nathan Phillips), to Wolf Creek, the remote location of a giant meteor crater. When their car breaks down, a jovial, Crocodile Dundee-type named John Jarrett (Mick Taylor) offers to tow them to his even more remote auto camp. What happens next ensures, among other things, that surviving audience members will never think of Crocodile Dundee in quite the same happy way again. In addition to McLean's painterly use of scenery in establishing mood, the film benefits from the slow, methodical buildup of character detail; the actors are given space to develop a believable rapport, something all too rare in this kind of film. The characters are people, not stock slasher-film types, and this makes the ensuing scenes of cruelty and violence all the more unbearable. Some viewers may find it all too excessive and disturbing, but there should be no doubt that this is one carefully crafted, genuinely scary horror film, and a promising start for a fresh new filmmaking talent. Official Website CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com in widescreen/unrated format Rated R for horror violence and gore, brief sexuality, nudity and language IMDB Plot Description: The Doyle family moves to rural California to start a new life; perhaps a strange choice because their new life takes on the form of running the long abandoned Fowler Brothers Funeral Home. The locals fear the place, and there are whispers around town that the land the home lies on is haunted. The Doyle family will soon discover that something lurks beneath the soil-something that raises rotten corpses from their long forgotten graves and feeds on death itself. This film has run the gamut - from underground showings, to the Sci-Fi channel, and now finally to DVD. It should have gotten a theater run. Dave Dreher and myself both found this to be one of Tobe's better recent works, by far. Highly recommended. Official Website CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R for creature violence and gore Amazon.com Plot Description: A closed down amusement park becomes a terrifying trap for a group of college kids when they inadvertently uncover the home of a cloning project gone wrong – and unleash a mutant sabertooth tiger. As the bloodthirsty cat begins to stalk any prey left in the park, it becomes a race for survival against a relentless beast. DVD Special Features include: Region 1 IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R for strong violence/gore, language, some sexual content and drug use All Movie Guide Plot Description: This clever twist on the slasher formula finds a group of teenagers stranded in the forest only to discover a nearby camp whose residents are caught in a time warp from 1981, destined to relive the same brutal slayings every night until the spell is broken. What happens when 21st century teens are faced with the short shorts and shag hair of time gone by when a demented killer is cutting down counselors and campers over and over again in this warped version of Groundhog Day meets Friday the 13th? DVD Special Features include: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen 16:9 IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R for strong violence/gore, language, some sexual content and drug use Tempe Video Plot Description: It’s that time of year again for the kids of Bonejack Heights... to prepare the haunted house for Halloween! And this year, one of them has a big surprise in store when he dedicates the spookshow to a legendary god named The Destroyer. But little do the teen misfits know that this well-intentioned heavy metal warrior has mistakenly awakened The Destroyer for real! And now he’s ready to teach them what carnage is all about... CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R for horror violence and gore Amazon.com Plot Description: Disguised as extreme adventurers, a group of high profile thieves unknowingly lead a group of wealthy tourists on an expedition through an abandoned salt mine that is guarded by ancient creatures. First off - I imagine youre going to see a lot of underground, cave type movies come out this year, all trying to capitalize on the upcoming buzz of this summer's release of The Descent (which has already been released in the UK and is absolutely suffocating and intense). "Caved In" is "treasure hunters battle giant killer cave bugs". Take your average Sci-Fi movie acting and directing, and tweek the typical cgi monsters/insects plot with a salt mine, thieves greedy for emeralds, and a small family trapped amidst the chaos, as giant flesh-eating beetles stalk and kill. Brought back memories of Them! and Empire of the Ants - and although there was no sex, I ran it by the six year old and found it to be a bit heavy on the blood and gore (which was an unexpected gift). Probably best for the younger 8-13 range, and others addicted to Saturday morning-type science fiction. IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R for some violent/disturbing images and language CD Universe Plot Description: An estranged couple in a Welsh village tries to cope with the drowning death of their young daughter, but events take a strange and chilling turn when a girl with an eerie resemblance to the child appears and tells them that she has been dead for 60 years. IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated PG All Movie Guide Plot Description: This ecology-themed horror movie took its inspiration from the success of Jaws and moved that film's man-versus-nature conflict from the seaside to the forest. The plot of Grizzly focuses on Mike Kelly (Christopher George), a forest ranger whose peaceful tenure over a forest housing a busy nature lodge is interrupted by the arrival of a very deadly and hungry 15-foot grizzly bear. As the bear starts killing rangers and campers, Park Supervisor Charley Kittridge (Joe Dorsey) tries to cover up the problem and tries to keep Kelly from acting in a way that will cause public suspicion. Finally, Kelly decides to do what is right and teams up with macho pilot Don Stober (Andrew Prine) and eccentric naturalist Arthur Scott (Richard Jaeckel) to hunt the grizzly down on its own turf. Grizzly was roundly panned by critics for its slavish, blow-by-blow imitation of its more sophisticated model, Jaws, but its gruesome shock power made it a major hit with audiences around the world. Director William Girdler followed this success up with another ecology-themed shocker in Day of the Animals, and the film's producers made a still-unreleased sequel, Grizzly II, which provided early roles for Charlie Sheen and George Clooney. DVD Special Features include: Keep Case IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Rated R All Movie Guide Plot Description: Cult director Pete Walker's disturbingly effective horror film belongs to the "private prison" subgenre, in which insane sadists abduct typically female innocents and torture them for sport. In this case, however, the mad Mrs. Wakehurst (Barbara Markham) and her senile husband, Judge Desmond (Patrick Barr), are running an entire covert penal institution for sinful women, complete with a pair of similarly dotty guards (Sheila Keith and Dorothy Gordon). Using her clueless son (Robert Tayman), who poses as a man named "Mark E. DeSade," as bait, Mrs. Wakehurst lures women whom she considers evil into her huge institutional home. Once captured, they are put in cells, beaten, and murdered for even the slightest infraction. The story is told -- mostly in flashback -- by a French model named Ann-Marie (Penny Irving) who fell for the trap. Despite its nasty reputation, there is only one onscreen whipping (on a church altar) and not very much violence. Instead, Walker and screenwriter David McGillivray convey a rather subtle air of menace that makes House of Whipcord an unexpectedly strong chiller. Markham is quite good as the deranged Mrs. Wakehurst, and Walker appears in a cameo as a cyclist. Many viewers will be offended by the film's repressive right-wing tone, but its genuine scares and creepy atmosphere will outweigh its philosophical offenses for most horror fans. IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com
Rated R for violent content IMDB Editorial Plot Description: This movie is really creepy and gory! It's kind of stereotypical on a lot of levels, which I will explain below, but still seriously freaky! Basically, it's about these two people who want money for drugs, so they decide to kidnap this girl and ransom her back to her parents to earn money. The only problem is - the girl is dead. She died a year ago!! In my opinion it's a really cool premise. Now, here's where the stereotypes come in. The little girl has long stringy black hair, there's obviously a supernatural element to her, she seems invincible, the sight of her means potential death, etc., etc. We have all seen this type of stuff before. Remember the Ring? But, it really does never cease to freak me out, or a lot of other people, which is why I guess it has become such a successful and consequently stereotypical villain –particularly in Asian horror. But anyway, in my opinion it works well as a good horror film, not so much as an original piece of work, despite the intriguing premise. Official Website (Japanese) CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com Not Rated CD Universe Plot Description: The minds behind the horror film THE VAN present BLOOD STAINED BRIDE, an equally amusing attempt at the Slasher film. When a bride experiences a bad case of cold feet, she stabs her husband, disrupting her wedding plans. The film then jumps ahead several years, to a seemingly unrelated story. Viewers need not fear, however. It is not too long before the blood-stained bride finds her way back into the picture, knife in hand.... IMDB Page CLICK HERE to get it from Amazon.com ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK: © Copyright by HouseofHorrors.com |
