UK Horror and Cult DVDs coming out on March 1st, 2010
New on Blu-ray:
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (£19.99 RRP):Based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant tells the story of a small town teen who inadvertently shatters a 200 year old truce between warring factions of vampires. Sixteen year old Darren (Chris Massoglia) is your typical teenager; he spends most of his time with his best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson), earns decent grades, and generally manages to stay out of trouble. But trouble finds Darren when he and Steve make the acquaintance of a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) while attending a traveling freak show at a local theatre. Transformed into a bloodsucker by Crepsley, Darren joins the Cirque du Freak and quickly ingratiates himself with the unusual cast of characters who populate it, including the Madame Truska the Bearded Lady (Salma Hayek) and the traveling sideshow's towering barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren works to master his newfound powers as a budding member of the supernatural underworld, he becomes a valued pawn between the vampires and their deadlier rivals, the Vampanese. With tensions between the two sects intensifying, Darren must figure out a means of keeping the coming war from destroying his last vestige of humanity. Patrick Fugit, Orlando Jones, Willem Dafoe, and Jane Krakowski co-star.
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is also available on standard DVD.
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Dawn of the Dead (£24.99 RRP): The quite terrifying and gory Dawn of the Dead was George Romero's 1978 follow-up to his classic 1968 Night of the Living Dead. But it is also just as comically satiric as the first film in its take on contemporary values. This time, we follow the fortunes of four people who lock themselves inside a shopping centre to get away from the marauding dead and who then immerse themselves in unabashed consumerism, taking what they want from an array of clothing and jewellery shops, making gourmet meals and so on. It is Romero's take on Louis XVI in the modern world: keep the starving masses at bay and crank up the insulated indulgence. Still, this is a horror film after all and even some of Romero's best visual jokes (a Hare Krishna turned blue-skinned zombie) can make you sweat.
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Emmanuelle (£15.99 RRP): A beautiful and restless wife of a French diplomat is introduced to an uninhibited world of sexuality. Based on a banned French novel, the film went on to be France's all-time box office smash on its release and is present here UNCUT, for the first time ever in the UK!
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Funny Games (£15.99 RRP): In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class family submits both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their vacation retreat near a lake.
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The Horseman (£19.99 RRP): Shortly after loosing his daughter to a drugs overdose, Christian receives a horrifying tape of her performing in an amateur porn film. Enraged and unable to come to terms with what he has seen, he sets out to track down those involved. Using his own unique brand of brutal and inventive questioning, he moves closer to locating the final suspect. Along the way, he reluctantly picks up Alice — an awkward young runaway — and an unlikely bond develops that pushes Christian closer to the edge than ever. A multi-award winning Australian movie that mixes elements of 8mm with the graphic reality of Wolf Creek , The Horseman is an unflinching study of revenge and retribution. Powerful and intense, it memorably explores how one man deals with loss and his own inner demons.
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Jacob's Ladder (£25.99 RRP): Adrian Lyne's Jacob's Ladder moves in time and space between Vietnam and New York with hallucinatory force. Something bad happened on the Mekong Delta, on October 6, 1971, and it is still affecting war veteran Jacob (Tim Robbins) in Brooklyn as he attempts to live a normal life with coworker and girlfriend Jezzie (Elizabeth Pena). Louis (Danny Aiello), an understanding chiropractor, tries to help him cope with his nightmarish visions — some of which occur at night, while others intrude into his daily life. When Jacob gets a call from Paul (Pruitt Taylor Vince), who was with him in Vietnam, it seems that Jacob is not alone in his visions. The film offers impressive and compelling performances by Pena, Aiello (no ordinary chiropractor), and Ving Rhames and Eriq La Salle (the latter of ER) as Jacob's comrades from Vietnam. Macaulay Culkin appears uncredited as Jacob's young son, Gabe. Director Lyne also guides an unerring interpretation of Bruce Joel Rubin's screenplay in Robbins's powerfully restless, searingly searching performance as Jacob; brilliant editing additionally rounds out this engrossing, disturbing film. Jacob's Ladder is a jolting experience that is not easily forgotten.
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Triangle (£24.99 RRP): Director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance), returns to rattle viewers with this dark thriller concerning a group of young friends who become trapped in the Bermuda Triangle. Driving to the local harbor to go yachting with friends, Jess (Melissa George – The Amityville Horror) hits a seagull and pays little mind to the bloody mess. Her friend Greg (Michael Dorman) owns a luxury yacht, and all she can think about is soaking up sun as they hit the open water. Swept into the Bermuda Triangle by a freak storm, the friends spot a passing ocean liner and climb aboard. They thought they'd been saved, but there isn't a soul to be found on the massive cruise ship. Later, as Jess begins to experience a disturbing twinge of déjà vu, the terror intensifies when an unseen assailant begins methodically dispatching the frightened seafarers.
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New on DVD:
Apocalypse Of The Dead (£12.99 RRP): A transport containing a cargo of dangerous prisoners is forced to make a detour when it encounters the aftermath of a catastrophic ecological disaster. Trapped in a hazardous wasteland, miles from civilization, the convicts soon find themselves besieged by a legion of flesh-hungry mutants...
Check out Milos' review of Zone of the Dead (aka Apocalypse of the Dead).
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Chaw (£15.99 RRP): In the quiet, peaceful, countryside town of Semeri, Korea, things run at a laid back, idyllic pace. But the subdued atmosphere, scenic views and community spirit are about to be torn apart and ripped to shreds. What was once a popular tourist resort is about to become a one-way ticket to hell on earth. Within the surrounding mountain area the severed limbs of a young girl have just been discovered. The local law enforcement immediately assumes it’s a case of homicide. But they’re wrong, very wrong. Soon the beloved small town of Sameri will be turned into a gruesome bloodbath, for deep within its cold, dark forests a monstrous, insatiable beast awaits... and its getting hungry...
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Final Justice(£5.99 RRP): Joe Don Baker plays Geronimo, a slick South Texas sheriff who has a way with a gun. When two powerful Mafia brothers set up shop in his town, Geronimo is forced into several risky battles to get rid of them. Is this horror? No. But Joe Don Baker kicks ass.
Alas, no Final Justice trailer, so here's Joe Don Baker yelling at a little kid.
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Ghosthunting with McFly (£14.99 RRP): McFly band members Danny, Dougie, Tom and Harry accompany Yvette for the scariest night of their lives. The boys visit three equally terrifying locations, deep in the heart of the Northumbrian countryside; a haunted forest, a 13th Century castle and a petrifying underground mine.
Another missing trailer, so here's Michael J. Fox explaining how he got the role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future.
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Ghosthunting with The Dingles (£14.99 RRP): Yvette Fielding, the world's foremost ghost hunter, takes a group of celebrity friends to explore the deepest, darkest places in the country. Today she is joined by the actors who play the mischievous Dingle family in Emmerdale - Mark Charnock (Marlon), Verity Rushworth (Donna), Lucy Pargeter (Chaz), Joseph Gilgun (Eli) and Hayley Tamaddon (Delilah).
Here are The Dingles performing "Dead Without You." This was a random search on YouTube, so it probably doesn't have anything to do with the DVD.
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Storage (£12.99 RRP): Following his father's brutal murder, 17 year old Jimmy (Matthew Scully) moves in with his ex SAS officer uncle Leonard (Damien Garvey). Whilst exploring the maze of corridors at the basement storage facility Leonard runs, Jimmy comes across Francis (Robert Mammone); a disturbed man in possession of a dark secret. Jimmy and Leonard unite in an attempt to uncover Francis' potentially dangerous past. But in doing so they take the law into their own hands, and learn that some mysteries are better left alone. Michael Craft wrote and directed this dark, stylish Australian thriller.
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Survivors: Series 1-2 (£39.99 RRP): A chilling remake of the unforgettable 1970s series – written by PRIMEVAL writer, Adrian Hodges and based on Terry Nation’s original novel. Left bewildered and numb, untouched by a virus that had swept across the world destroying all but a random selection of desperate souls, these are the ‘lucky ones' that were not killed. This lonely few now have to step into a strange new world where everything that was once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous. Contains all the episodes from the show's first and second second series.
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Turn of the Screw (£16.99 RRP): A young woman held imprisoned in an insane asylum refuses to tell her tale, until one man finds the key that will unlock her dark secrets. Hired as a governess to two young children, Miles and Flora, she found herself entrapped in a terrible mystery. What happened to her predecessor? What secrets do the children carry with them? Why was young Miles expelled from school? Who was Peter Quint and why does his spirit fill the house with fear? In a haunting tale of sexual predators, suspense and murder, the ghosts are relentless in pursuit of those who believe in them, cursing those who do not. And fear awaits with every Turn of the Screw.
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Wolfman (1979) (£5.99 RRP): An update based on the classic Wolfman legend. An early 20th century family falls victim to the bane of the wolf after one of them is brutally murdered.
These Wolfman releases are out of control.
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Zombeak! (£5.99 RRP): A group of Satan-worshippers kidnap a quick witted waitress in order to make her the Lord of Darkness’ concubine. Quite unfortunately though, the eager Satanists haven’t taken into account the pretty lady’s redneck friends, who, very strenuously, try to rescue her. A final showdown among the forces of Good and Evil ensues, involving some rather unexpected characters, such as a very dangerous and mean possessed chicken.
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A pretty good week in Region 2 land, with some nice Blu releases of...Okay, let's face it, this week is all about Emmanuelle on Blu.
You can order these movies from Amazon UK by either clicking the links to the left of the descriptions or you can click on the covers below:
