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DVD Releases: 10/03/2006
By John Marrone
Oct 1, 2006, 21:05

Abominable (2006) (review/contest)

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Plot Synopsis:  It has been sighted 42,000 times in 68 countries. A creature of myth and legend known by several names; Yeti, Sasquatch and the infamous Bigfoot! We've hunted it for years, but what happens when it decides to hunt us? "Abominable" centers on a man recovering from a mountain climbing accident, trapped in a remote cabin in the woods, who sees the legendary beast, and must convince someone to believe him, before the monster goes on a bloody rampage. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Available Audio Tracks: (Dolby Digital 5.1), (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
"Back to genre: Making Abominable" featurette
Audio Commentary with writer/director Ryan Schifrin, Actors Matt McCoy and Jeffrey Combs
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Outtakes and Bloopers
Shadows: Director Ryan Schifrin's USC Student Film
Trailers
Poster & Still Gallery
Storyboard Gallery
Screenplay (DVD-ROM) 

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Alley Tramp/Over 18 & Ready

Plot Synopsis:  Horror director Herschell Gordon Lewis's venture into 60's sex cult...

Alley Tramp:  Gutter Girls! When teenage Marie Barker sees Mommy and Daddy doing it, she not only immediately develops "a serious case of nymphomania" but becomes an instant Alley Tramp! Seducing her cousin Phil when he comes over to study, the two are soon cutting school and shacking up in a cheap motel. It gets worse when Marie catches Mommy doing it again, this time with a greasy bar-pickup named Herbie, and blackmails Mom by hopping in the sack with him -- "Like mother, like daughter!" -- in this hilariously rancid little gem. But don't let the fake French credits fool ya. This "example of adolescence gone astray" was actually shot in Chicago, with director "Armand Parys" none other than The Wizard of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis!

Over 18... and Ready:  Lyn is not only Over 18... and Ready, but so anxious to become a Hollywood star that she tries to swap her job as secretary to skinflick producer Barney Merrit for a shot as the star of his next nudie. But it's Barney's lesbian wife Billie who thinks Lyn would be great for the film -- and her bed. Pretty soon, Lyn is getting whipped and mauled in front of the cameras while caught in the middle of the Merrit's sexual peccadillos in this slimy little skinflick which we hope isn't too autobiographical... ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Black & White
Standard Screen
Soundtrack English 

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The Blood Trilogy: Blood Feast/Two Thousand Maniacs!/Color Me Blood Red (1965)

- trailers:
  Blood Feast (real media)
  Two Thousand Maniacs (flash)
  Color Me Blood Red (real media)

Plot Synopsis:  This box set includes three of pioneering gore-meister Herschell Gordon Lewis's bloody masterpieces.

Blood Feast:  Schlock king Herschell Gordon Lewis' magnum opus about an affluent Florida suburb terrorized by Fuad Ramses, an Isis-worshipping psychopathic caterer who tries to resurrect the spirit of the goddess by preparing a ritual feast of human organs. His intended dessert is former Playboy Playmate Mason, who, during one scene, reads her lines from a script on a nearby coffee table. Arguably the first horror movie to feature explicit gore. Also features a gripping tympani score composed and performed by Lewis himself. Incalculable historical and cult value.

2000 Maniacs:  Three couples on a cross-country trip are detoured off the main road and find themselves in the middle of a strange ghost town populated by civil war casualties. They're all about to earn a red badge of courage.

Color Me Blood Red:  A demented artist finds that his paintings sell better when he uses actual human blood for his red pigments. Not wanting to use his own vital fluids, the artist begins killing his models and disemboweling them when his red paint supply runs low. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Region 0 NTSC
3-Disc Set
Full Frame
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English 

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Bloodspit (2006)

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Plot Synopsis:  The Troma team dishes out another gore-soaked sex and horror romp with BLOODSPIT. Lead by a character known as Count Bloodspit, a motley crew of bloodthirsty creatures goes on a kill-crazy rampage, only to find a devious do-gooder hot on their tail. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital - English 

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Calvaire: The Ordeal (2004)

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Plot Synopsis:  In the tradition of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho and Deliverance comes this chilling Belgian horror that pushes the limits of shock filmmaking. Director and co-writer Fabrice Du Welz masterfully evokes a sense of deeply disturbing terror as Marc Stevens’ world goes profoundly and utterly wrong. When his car breaks down in the middle of the isolated backcountry, he’s forced to seek refuge in a rural inn. Marc is taken in by Bartel, a lonely and psychologically fragile innkeeper who promises to help. But when Marc catches him dismantling his car, he realizes that the innkeeper has other plans for him – sadistic plans that will push him to the bounds of human pain and suffering. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - French
Subtitles - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette -
1. "Making Of"
Trailers -
1. US Theatrical Trailer

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The Curse of El Charro (2004)

Plot Synopsis:  Plagued by nightmares and her sister's suicide, Maria joins her friends on a road trip to a vacation home in a remote desert town. Once there, she finds herself hunted by El Charro (Andrew Bryniarski) - an ancient evil driven to exact a brutal revenge on Maria's lineage. The Curse of El Charro creates a world where 70's exploitation, 80's character based horror, and German Expressionist silent films can coexist against a backdrop of religious portends, bizarre dreamscapes, and chicks covered in blood. ~ VideoUniverse.com

- Official Site

DVD Features:  Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
The Making of The Curse of El Charro
Into Something Rich and Strange - a short film by director Rich Ragsdale
Trailer
Photo gallery

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Ganja and Hess (1973)

Plot Synopsis:  In this once-lost masterpiece of independent horror, the blade of an ancient African knife spreads a vampiric contagion to research assistant George (director Bill Gunn), whose bloodlust soon infects Dr. Hess Green (Night of the Living Dead's Duane Jones) as well. When Hess is enraptured by George's beautiful wife, Ganja (Enter the Dragon's Marlene Clark), he attempts to conceal his terrible secret... but at a high price. Intended to capitalize on the 1970s market for gothic horror films and blaxploitation, this bold, striking statement from Bill Gunn - playwright, actor, multiple threat artist - is an arthouse thriller about addiction, culture clashes, and moral redemption. Hailed as one of the great artistic achievements of modern American cinema, it was the only American film screened during Critics' Week at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival where it won a standing ovation. It was literally ahead of its time--so audacious and unique it was all but buried after being screened for years in a savagely-butchered edition. We are proud to present this exclusive DVD restoration of Bill Gunn's director's cut, including 3 minutes of footage missing from previous home video versions. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Region 1 NTSC
Widescreen - 1.78
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - English

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I Was A Teenage Moviemaker - Don Glut's Amateur Movies (2-Disc Special Edition)

Plot Synopsis:  From 1953 to 1969, Don Glut (best known today for writing the best-selling novelization of the movie The Empire Strikes Back) made amateur movies, most of them in the horror and science fiction genres. Shot on 16mm, these films, thanks to coverage in such magazines as Famous Monsters of Filmland, became "legendary" throughout the world. I Was a Teenage Movie Maker is a feature-length DVD about the making of those films, including interviews with Forrest J Ackerman, Randal Kleiser, Bob Burns, Jim Harmon, Scott Shaw!, Paul Davids, Bill Warren and others. Also, as a "gigantic extra" (and for the first time ever), all 41 of Glut’s movies – plus hours of bonus film footage – can be enjoyed on this Special 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD.  ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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Live Feed (2006)

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Plot Synopsis:  Five friends seeking a good time in Chinatown are confronted with the ultimate horror in a torturous tale of terror from directing duo Ryan and Roy Nicholson. No one ever suspected that one person's thoughtless act could bring about so much suffering, but when this group of friends enters into a seedy inner-city theater and becomes trapped between two-warring street gangs, the stage is set for a bloodbath of slaughter that is not for the faint of heart. ~ All Movie Guide

DVD Features:  Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Scenes
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scenes
Trailers
Interavtive Features:
Ineractive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Director & Cast Commentary
Featurette:
1. Richmond Night Market "Promo" spot
2. Behind the Blood: The Making of Live Feed
Womb Service - the movie within the movie

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Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  Museum director Dr. Zita Furneaux, empowered by the Egyptian goddess Nephthys, regains her lost youth by dispatching a living Mummy to kidnap sexy young women from whom she steals their "kas" or "spiritual twins," turning them into zombie-like love slaves. Reporter Elyse Lam, investigating the case of the missing women, also falls prey to Zita's lusts. But when Zita defies the goddess...you'll have to see this exciting "horrotic" sequel to "The Mummy's Kiss" to witness Zita's terrible fate! ~ Amazon.com

- Official Site

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Donald F. Glut - Director
Featurette - Making-Of, Behind The Scenes
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos - Still Gallery

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The Norliss Tapes (1973)

- trailer (windows media)

Plot Synopsis:  A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss (Roy Thinnes), who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow (Angie Dickenson) whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio: Dolby Digital - English

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The Pumpkin Karver (2006)

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Plot Synopsis:  A Halloween prank turns deadly when Jonathan stabs his beautiful sister’s attacker—her pumpkin-costumed boyfriend Alex. A year later they’ve moved to a new town to start over and leave their horrible past behind. They kick things off with a wild Halloween party on a deserted farm. But there’s one guest who wasn’t invited. A gruesome pumpkin-headed killer is ready to party and dying to do some carving. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Available Subtitles: Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Director's commentary
2 hidden Easter Eggs

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Reeker (2005)

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Plot Synopsis:  A Halloween prank turns deadly when Jonathan stabs his beautiful sister’s attacker—her pumpkin-costumed boyfriend Alex. A year later they’ve moved to a new town to start over and leave their horrible past behind. They kick things off with a wild Halloween party on a deserted farm. But there’s one guest who wasn’t invited. A gruesome pumpkin-headed killer is ready to party and dying to do some carving. ~ Amazon.com

- Official Site

DVD Features:  Standard Screen
Soundtrack English

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The Roost (2004) (review)

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Plot Synopsis:  Part of a "special" late-nite television program...Four friends on their way to a wedding find themselves marooned on a mysterious farm. Creatures of the night awaken and the undead rise, as a night of relentless horror...  begins!  ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Documentary - TRUTH ABOUT BATS
Featurette - THE MAKING OF THE ROOST
Student Film
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photo Gallery

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Sinful (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  A dark, brutal and disturbing film that is both sexually provocative and psychologically intense, Sinful is a horrifying vision of maternal instinct gone past the edge of sanity…a story literally "torn from today’s headlines." Lilith (misty Mundae) simply cannot conceive a child no matter how hard she wishes and how desperately she tries. As her marriage reaches the breaking point, so does her hold on reality slowly and painfully and dangerously slip away. Lilith is befriended by an alluring next-door neighbor who has just become pregnant, and the relationship ignites a seething envy within her that suddenly turns hateful and threatening. Cursed with a body refusing to bear life and fueled by psychotic fantasy, Lilith sees but one option remaining for her true happiness with a child – any child. She must become a mother, immediately and irrevocably, however terrifying the act or the consequences might be. ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Commentary by director Tony Marsiglia
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Interview with star Misty Mundae
Clips from 2006 New Jersey International Film Festival

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Stephen King 3 Pack (2006)

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  Children of the Corn
  Creepshow 2

Plot Synopsis: 

Children of the Corn: Young lovers on a cross-country trip stop in a small Nebraska community and make a shocking discovery. One day, three years prior to the couples' arrival, the town's children killed all of the grown-ups at the apparent behest of a demon simply dubbed "He Who Walks Behind the Rows." Based on a short story from horror scribe Stephen King's "Night Shift" collection, this film spawned a slew of bloody sequels.

Creepshow 2: This sequel to the popular EC Comics parody once again brings an anthology of Stephen King's tales to the screen. In "Old Chief Wood'nhead," a dime store Indian comes to life and exacts bloody retribution on those who murdered its owner; "The Raft" details four teenagers descent into terror as they are stranded in the middle of a lake patrolled by a carnivorous gelatin monster; "The Hitchhiker" tells the tale of a woman's fateful date with destiny after she runs down a night-time hitcher. As in the first film, all three tales are interconnected by "the Creep," an undead host with a penchant for maniacal cackling.

Quicksilver Highway: Featuring two tales from horror masters Stephen King and Clive Barker, Quicksilver Highway was helmed by television director Mick Garris (The Stand). Christopher Lloyd stars as storyteller Aaron Quicksilver, who introduces the tales of terror and comments on their finish. The first, King's "Chattering Teeth," features a normal man terrorized by a psychotic hitchhiker as well as a pair of possessed false teeth. The second, Barker's "The Body Politic," finds a man frightened by the proposition that his hands are rebelling against him. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
Disc 1: CHILDREN OF THE CORN
Anamorphic Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Additional Products:
16 - Page Collectable Booklet
Disc 2: CREEPSHOW 2
Anamorphic Widescreen
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos - Behind The Scenes Still Gallery
Disc 3: QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Mick Garris - Director; Cynthia Garris - Actress
Interview - Matt Frewer Interview
Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Storyboard Gallery
DVD-ROM:
DVD-ROM Teleplay
 
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Toxie's Shock Box (2006)

Plot Synopsis:  It's Terrifying! It's Disgusting! It's Hilarious! It's over 20 hours of pure en-Troma-tainment! It's Toxie's Shock Box, and it's from Troma, of course! These 15 Truly Tromatic Horror Classics, have been hand-picked from the Troma Vault by Lloyd Kaufman, and are guaranteed to thrill, chill and shock you to the bone! This electrifying horror set includes all your favorite monsters and maniacs in the following full-length features: Blood Hook, Blades, Zombie Island Massacre, Tainted, Sucker The Vampire, Rockabilly Vampire, Garden of the Dead, Buttcrack, Unspeakable, The Nightmare Never Ends, Frostbiter, Igor and the Lunatics, Bloodspell, Drawing Blood, and Alien Blood. 15 MOVIES FOR THE PRICE OF 1! ~ Amazon.com

DVD Features:  Box Set
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
 
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Twilight Zone: The Complete Collection (1959)

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Plot Synopsis:  For the first time ever, find all 156 complete episodes of Rod Serling's groundbreaking series in one box set, packed with exciting extras! Travel to another dimension of sight and sound again and again through these stellar remastered high-definition film transfers. Extras include the fascinating Serling bio-documentary Submitted for Your Approval, compelling interviews with the show's writers, the series' unaired pilot, audio commentaries with Martin Landau, Leonard Nimoy, Cliff Robertson and much, much more! ~ Amazon.com

WOW

DVD Features:  Box Set
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
 
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Voodoo Moon (2005)

Plot Synopsis:  A Kevin Vanhook film, Voodoo Moon stars Eric Mabius (Resident Evil) and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as a brother and sister teaming up in a vicious fight against the demonic being that ravaged their childhood home. Twenty years after being left the sole survivors of the creature's attack, the siblings draw on their psychic abilities and obsessive tendencies in order to find the monster that nearly killed them. ~ VideoUniverse.com

Buffy battles.

DVD Features:  Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Audio: Dolby Digital - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette -
1. BLACK MAGIC: The Stunts, Make-Up and Visual Effects of VOODOO
MOON
2. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW: The Making of VOODOO MOON Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos - Photo & Still Gallery
DVD-ROM:
DVD-ROM Screenplay
 
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The Woods (Widescreen Edition) (2006)

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Plot Synopsis:  Equal parts Dario Argento and Henry James, Lucky McKee's brooding psychological horror film stars Agnes Bruckner as Heather, a young woman with a tendency to set things on fire. Her exasperated parents send her off to a remote boarding school in a mysterious woods, where it turns out the administration has been collecting young people with special powers in order to execute their nefarious schemes. Patricia Clarkson (Dogville, Good Night and Bad Luck) stars as the school's creepy headmaster, and cult legend Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness) plays Heather's father. ~ VideoUniverse.com

DVD Features:  Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Featurettes -
1. "Girl Vs. Girl"
2. "Legend On Set: Bruce Campbell"
Outtakes - Deleted Scenes
 
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Death Becomes Them (2006)
Brain Damage
Color - Not Rated
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Horror Campy Classics 3 Pack (2006)
Anchor Bay
Return of the Killer Tomatoes (trailer)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Transylvania 6-5000
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Cemetary Classics
Westlake
Absolutely no other details available
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