NEW HORROR DVD & BLU-RAY RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 22, 2012
Here’s the new horror DVD & Blu-ray releases for the week of October 15, 2012. Halloween is just around the corner!!
ABOLITION (2011):
A homeless drifter (Andrew Roth), at loose ends after losing his maintenance job in a crime-ridden city, finds himself plagued by multiple blackouts, and awakening to one bloody tableau after another. A compassionate ex-priest (Reggie Bannister) offers him shelter, but can he deal with the uncanny truth about his charge’s role in the wave of destruction? Elissa Dowling, Caroline Williams also star. Soundtrack: English.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
BLOODY CHRISTMAS (2012):
A washed-up movie star, reduced to playing Santa for a public access cable show, finds his grip on sanity slowly slipping away and his most violent fantasies starting to take hold. When his path crosses that of a fugitive pedophile killer, someone’s going to be taken for a slayride. Xmas exploitationer stars Steve Montague, Robert Youngren, Geretta Geretta, Lloyd Kaufman. 85 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
BOOLEY (2010):
This micro-budget variation on films like “Falling Down” follows the moral disintegration of Angus Booley (Tom Detrik), a lowly everyman who chases self-improvement quick fixes. Booley does regain his confidence…but that boost of self-esteem comes with the downside of him becoming a mass murderer. Raine Brown, Bonnie Loev, and John Charles Hunt co-star; also features appearances by Howard Stern personalities Richard Christy and Sal the Stockbroker. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; behind-the-scenes footage.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
DROPPING EVIL (2012):
In this bizarre indie shocker, a nerd named Nancy (Zachary Eli Lint) goes on a murderous rampage after unwittingly ingesting drugs that induce terrible visions. Little do the hallucinating psycho and those around him realize that a nefarious corporate entity is about to make them all its guinea pigs in a diabolical experiment. Genre stars Armin Shimerman, Tiffany Shepis, Edwin Neal, and Fred Williamson also star. 82 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; bonus shorts; deleted scenes; music videos; theatrical trailers.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
FROM BENEATH (2012; my review):
Vacationing at a wilderness farmhouse, Sam (Lauren Watson) and Jason (Jamie Temple) experience gut-wrenching terror after a mysterious creature resembling a leech manages to worm its way inside Jason’s leg, producing a rapidly spreading infection. As the wounded man’s body turns against him, they try to figure out the connection between his predicament and the sudden disappearance of their family members. With Blake Retter, Nicole Smashnuk. 82 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; behind-the-scenes footage; interviews.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
JACK IN THE BOX (2008):
Sure, musical chairs is a lot of fun, but not the way the demented host who locked seven strangers in an isolated room plays it. Every 10 minutes, “Pop Goes the Weasel” plays, and when it ends, whoever’s standing loses the round…and their life! Remain seated for your safety with this shocker starring Bill Doherty, Jr., Adam LaFramboise, Lynn Guerra, Nathaniel Sylva. 88 min. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
KEY (2011):
While performing what should have been a routine autopsy, forensic pathologist Martin Revell discovers an antique key in the stomach of a suicide victim. He begins an investigation to learn more about the object and the person who consumed it. But Revell soon discovers that some mysteries are best left unsolved as he is thrust into a world of obsession and insanity. Sam Forrest, Steve Brian, Noah James Butler star. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.
Being released on DVD on 10/23/2012
PUPPET MASTER X: AXIS RISING (2012):
This direct sequel to “Puppet Master: Axis of Evil” finds Danny Coogan (Kip Canyon) and girlfriend Beth (Jean Louise O’Sullivan) battling a Nazi plot to kidnap one of Toulon’s toys and spawn a “master race” of puppet soldiers to vanquish the Allied forces. Teaming up with a square-jawed sergeant (Brad Potts), Danny, Beth, and other members of Toulon’s macabre roster of wicked playthings take on this terrifying evil! With Paul Thomas Arnold, Stephanie Sanditz. 88 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.
Being released on DVD & Blu-ray Widescreen on 10/23/2012
THE DEADLY SPAWN (1983):
Meteorites crash on Earth and unleash their horrific secret: gruesome extraterrestrial creatures with a taste for humans. Can they be stopped? Shot-in-New Jersey sci-fi shocker stars Charles George Hildebrandt, Tom DeFranco. AKA: “Return Of The Alien’s Deadly Spawn.” 81 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary; alternate opening; outtakes; photo gallery; biographies; theatrical trailer; more.
Being released on DVD & Blu-ray Fullscreen on 10/23/2012
WRONG TURN 5: BLOODLINES (2012):
Good-looking college students celebrate Halloween by attending the famed Mountain Man Festival in the creepy West Virginia wilderness. What could possibly go wrong? In the fifth chapter in the shocker series, a remote mining town becomes a bloody battleground as a group of kids must fight for their lives against the usual crop of backwoods cannibals. Roxanne McKee, Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson star. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary; featurettes.
Being released on DVD & Blu-ray Widescreen on 10/23/2012
Stay Bloody!!!
