Got word tonight on the end of the year releases from LIONSGATE and what a line up it is. Lots of good stuff here folks. Read on and enjoy:
See No Evil (Release date: 11/28/06)
Evil is about to get raw. Directed by award-winning music video director Gregory Dark (Britney Spears, Ice Cube, Outcast and more) and starring WWE Superstar Kane, See No Evil centers around eight petty criminals sent to the Blackwell Hotel for community service. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight (Kane) is hiding in the long-abandoned and rotting hotel. When the killer starts murdering teens, the group bands together to fight this indestructible force of nature with a violent score to settle.
Pricing: $27.98
The Descent (Release date: 12/26/06)
Hailed by Access Hollywood as "terrifying! A masterpiece of modern horror," Lionsgate will release The Descent in three different DVD versions Rated R, Unrated extended cut widescreen, Unrated extended cut full screen and on Blu-ray with both the Rated R and Unrated versions. Directed by Neil Marshall, who was the recipient of a British Independent Film Award in the category of Best Director for this film, The Descent follows six women on an annual extreme outdoor adventure, who meet in a remote part of the Appalachians to explore a cave hidden deep in the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock fall blocks their exit and theres no way out. The women push on, praying for another exit, but there is something else lurking under the earth. The friends are now prey, forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror one that attacks without warning, again and again and again. Both unrated versions feature bone-chilling extras that include outtakes, interviews with the director and cast, featurettes and more. Additionally, the Unrated version has a never-before-seen ending that will explain any unanswered questions!
Pricing: Unrated Full Screen: $28.98
Unrated Widescreen: $28.98
Rated R Full Screen: $28.98
Blu-ray Rated R and Unrated: $39.99
A Dead Calling (Release date: 12/5/06)
When a supernatural force causes Elizabeth, a young story editor for the local paper, to investigate an old house, she finds herself to be the only hope for a family of long dead ghosts yearning to tell the story of their massacre. However, when the father of the family, who is still living, hears about her visits, he takes precautions to make sure that the truth is never told. Soon, Elizabeth will find out that her connection is much more meaningful than she ever thought.
Pricing: $26.98
Jekyll & Hyde (Release date: 11/7/06)
What if we lose control of who we are? In this terrifying, contemporary new version of Robert Louis Stevensons renowned tale of good and evil, two medical students, Jay and Mary, take their desire to be different to a frightening new level. They begin experimenting with a strange drug similar to ecstasy, and their personalities quickly start to unravel in ways they cant control. Even though tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Jay keeps altering the drug, unaware of how it is taking over every aspect of his life and the essence of who he is. His terrifying descent is chronicled in bizarre video diaries that ultimately reveal to everyone the maddening game they dared to play.
Pricing: $26.98
Shockwave (Release date: 11/7/06)
When a plane carrying top secret military robots crashes on a deserted island, a special team of Navy SEALS must go in, find them and try to "turn them off." But thats not so easy! The longer they are on, the smarter they get. With time running out, the team must fight to disarm the greatest weapons known to man before they decimate the planet in this pulse-pounding thriller.
Pricing: $26.98
Blood Stains (Release date: 11/21/06)
Lauren Kessler (Barbara Niven) has just moved into the neighborhood, but before she is even able to unpack, she learns of a grizzly murder that took place right under her own roof. To make matters worse, Brian Ellis (Gary Hudson), the handsome next-door neighbor, who she is just getting to know, has some strange secrets of his own. As things become more passionate, she realizes he seems to be very interested in aspects of the murder. The more she finds out about him, the more she realizes that meeting the new neighbors could have killer consequences. Blood Stains originally aired on Lifetime TV on June 12, 2006.
Pricing: $19.98
Dark Harvest 3: Skarecrow (Release date: 11/21/06)
In the backwoods of Tennessee, an age-old curse resurfaces and takes revenge on a group of young kids on a weekend getaway at their family cabin. In 1921, the wicked James brothers plotted the murder of an old witch who lived up in the hollows in order to steal her land. Once she realized their intentions, while on her deathbed, she made an effigy of a scarecrow and cursed their family forever. Now, 60 years later, grandson James Brett decides to take a group of friends up to the hollows on a vacation, but he has no idea that the deadly curse is still alive and has been waiting to exact revenge
Pricing: $26.98
Silent Scream (Release date: 12/5/06)
Set in the deep freeze of a northern Michigan winter, when a group of college students volunteer to assist their psychology professor with his research, their weekend retreat turns into a nightmare. Nicole, her best friend Chloe, Mark and the rest of their class go off for a weekend of partying at Professor Barren's cottage, a hooded figure appears and friends start to disappear. As her classmates vanish, Nicole struggles to understand who is after them, and why she has escaped until now.
Pricing: $26.98
Solar Attack (Release date: 12/5/06)
The largest coronal mass emission (CME) ever detected by scientists breaks off from the sun and hurtles toward the Earth. With temperatures soaring higher, the sky on fire and the continued existence of the human race in question, scientists must explode the polar ice caps to stop the CME. Will it backfire or save life as we know it?
Pricing: $26.98
Zombie Nation (Release date: 12/19/06)
Director Ulli Lommel (The Boogeyman, BTK Killer, Black Dahlia) brings horror fans another terrifying flick--Zombie Nation. LAPD officer Joe (Gunter Ziegler, Zodiac Killer) has a passion for arresting women, handcuffing them and killing them. He's a serial police killer getting away with murder, since his buddies at precinct 707 always cover for him. His killing rampage might have gone on forever, had it not been for 17-year-old Romy, who heard about women disappearing in her neighborhood and asks several Voodoo Priestesses to protect her from Evil. When officer Joe gets a hold of her, his fortunes turn around, and he is suddenly haunted by a violent group of female Zombies seeking revenge.
Pricing: $26.98
More on these titles as their release dates draw nearer.