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Horror In Your House Fears the ‘Reaper’
After a few weeks loaded with titles, this is one bunk Horror In Your House. For some reason there’s a bit of buzz surrounding Ghosts of Goldfield, while those of you who enjoy the TV series Reaper can now pick up season 2 on DVD. Read on to see what else arrives in stores tomorrow.
Horror in your House
June 19, 2009
CARAMELO: Navarre
Caramelo is a disturbing psychological action thriller about the relationship that forms between a young student and the school s janitor he discovers to be a cold murderer.
GHOSTS OF GOLDFIELD: North American
Five college filmmakers on a mission to explore the haunted town of Goldfield, Nevada unleash a vengeful spirit that stalks them from the shadows. Before this night of terror is over, one of the ghost hunters will take their rightful place among the restless souls of the dead.
GODDESS: Image
A rich and handsome man falls in love with a charming, beautiful woman… but he doesn’t realize that she is the snake goddess Devi in disguise. Devi must battle to protect her lover from the vicious, evil snake deity Dantra in this classic Hindu story brought to vibrant life.
THE KISS (2009): Invincible
Young Jeremy’s life is a daily slog through teenage hell — his only shields are his iPod and his sour attitude. He doesn’t even know that change is possible, let alone that it is coming… that it is inevitable, that it is… his fate. He’s about to stumble into an ancient feud between two warring vampyre clans… Santa Maria, the forgotten Queen of the Clan of the Snake has been imprisoned and left for dead in a shallow grave in the desert of Hell. It has taken centuries, but She has finally mustered enough strength to plead loud enough for the right ear to hear… And as Jeremy’s love resurrects Santa Maria’s corpse from the wasteland of death, Santa Maria’s love for Jeremy raises him from the numbing death of his teenage life. But when Santa Maria needs to move up the food chain to keep her returning strength growing, Jeremy’s love is tested… did he really fall in love with a ferocious, predatory monster? Did she ever love him? Is he next on her banquet table? Can love ever really last forever? All it takes is the kiss.
REAPER: Season Two (4-disc set): Lionsgate (TEX’S PICK OF THE WEEK)
Sam is a slacker whose world turns upside down on his 21st birthday when he learns that his parents sold his soul to the Devil. Forced to be Hell’s bounty hunter, Sam, with the aid of his goofball friends, must track down evildoers and send them back where they belong.
TEX SAYS: Probably the last season of Reaper you’re ever gonna see. Check out this wickedly funny series if you get the chance.
One of contemporary horror’s best werewolf movies is 2017’s Good Manners, and it’s finally set to receive a proper physical media release.
Icarus Films is partnering with OCN Distribution to unleash a new Blu-ray that’s now available to preorder via Vinegar Syndrome. and with a limited edition slipcover.
Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Good Manners is the second collaboration between filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, who write and direct. Zama’s Rui Poças‘ cinematography captures this unique werewolf tale described as “Disney meets Jacques Tourneur.”
Our own Trace Thurman wrote in his review, “With Good Manners, Rojas and Dutro have made one of the best werewolf movies ever made. That they are able juggle commentaries on racism and classism while still managing to tell two deeply affecting love stories is remarkable.”
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from film critics Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
- 12-page booklet with an essay by film critic Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
- Making-of short film: The Making of a Werewolf (2 mins)
- Two additional short films from the filmmakers: A STEM (15 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutras, and DOPPELGANGER (24 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas
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