Halloween is only a few weeks away and you can get a head start on the holiday by picking up one of a handful of highly anticipated films on DVD this Tuesday. Arriving at a retailer near you are films like FEAST II: SLOPPY SECONDS, the Toronto International Film Festival selection THE DEVIL’S CHAIR, the 3-disc set of Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN, Shyamalan’s R-rated horror effort THE HAPPENING and even Anchor Bay’s JACK BROOKS: MONSTER SLAYER. Read on for the full list…

Horror in Your House
October 7, 2008
By: Tex Massacre

20-YEARS AFTER: MTI

Twenty years after the bombs fell and the plagues ran their course the few that remain live in fear and without hope…Azura Skye stars as Sarah in this Post-Apocalyptic tale about a young woman’s journey to deliver the first child born in 15 Years. Sarah’s refusal to give up is inspired by a lone voice on her radio. Michael (Joshua Leonard) broadcasts dim and distant messages of hope mixed with the music he scavenges from the dead. Forced from her basement home by drought and relentlessly pursued by those who want her baby, Sarah crosses paths with Michael in a cavernous, underground refuge of disparate survivors. It is from Three Caves that Michael and Sarah will embark on a journey beyond the boundaries of the Southern Corridor – and into the unknown future.

BENEATH THE SURFACE: Well Go USA

By uncovering a world thought only to exist in his imagination, Ethan brings the love of his life back from the dead in order to clear her name and expose the truth behind her apparent suicide. However, he did not expect the chaos that would come back with her as well. Now Ethan must walk a find line to prevent all hell from breaking loose.

CORPSE MANIA: Image

A maniac is on the loose, and he’s working his way through the shapely employees at an upscale brothel. The stern madam is none too pleased, and soon the crafty Inspector Chang sets traps to uncover this devious defiler of female corpses. A recently-released asylum inmate accused of a similar crime looks like the number one suspect, but there’s much more to this twisted tale of macabre desires than meets the eye. Now making its U.S. debut, this deliriously surprising Shaw Brothers chiller from the director of the eye-popping cult classic The Boxer’s Omen will leave you speechless!

DEAD COUNTRY: Midnight Releasing

When a space ship containing hazardous material explodes over a small rural town, a deadly virus is unleashed upon the population, turning them into zombies. Only the alien being responsible for the terrible accident and a small group of survivors can stop the epidemic from spreading. DEAD COUNTRY is an exploitation, arthouse, horror, action, zombie-filled spoof set in rural Victoria. It is the FIRST authentic, humor filled “video nasty” of the new millennium. Get ready for the greatest old / new horror movie experience you’ve ever had.

THE DEVIL’S CHAIR: Sony Pictures

With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a shag and a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device – a cross between an electric chair and sadistic fetish machine – transforms drugged-out bliss into agony and despair.

THE DEVIL’S MERCY: Peace Arch

The Winters move to Connecticut where they meet their new downstairs neighbours Tyler Grant and his niece Kayla. When their 6 year old son Calvin becomes increasingly anxious around the Grants his mother dismisses it as just her son s active imagination but soon has to face the fact that there may be something sinister going on within their perfect house.

EDGAR WALLACE COLLECTION VOLUME 2 (CURSE OF THE YELLOW SNAKE, THE PHANTOM OF SOHO): Retromedia/Infinity

Enter the creepy world of Edgar Wallace, the prolific and hugely popular turn-of-the-century British crime/thriller author, journalist and playwright, whose work was turned into more than 160 films … more than any other novelist. Enjoy a classic double-feature of horror/mystery in Edgar Wallace Collection: Volume 2. Unravel the enigma that is the Curse of the Yellow Snake, in which two brothers are pitted against an Asian cult that is willing to kill anyone standing between it and possession of the Yellow Snake, an ancient talisman possessing great power. Then, haunting the lavish strip clubs of Soho is The Phantom of Soho, who stalks his victims wearing a skull mask and glitter gloves.

FACES OF DEATH: Gorgon/MPI (TEX’S PICK OF THE WEEK)

It began as a graphic exploration of the one destiny we cannot escape. It would soon become the most controversial, critically reviled and fastest selling documentary in home video history. Parents tried to stop it. Video stores had to hide it. Yet across the nation, millions found ways to secretly watch it…if they dared. Renowned pathologist Dr. Frances B. Gröss is your guide to the most bizarre and grisly death scenes ever recorded, from executions, assassinations and mass murder to suicide, disease and disasters. Three decades later, is it hardcore gross-out, elaborate hoax or still the ultimate forbidden movie? One thing is certain: you will never forget the original FACES OF DEATH!

TEX SAYS: Pick of the week or pick of the year, this 30th anniversary set from MPI/Gorgon Video offers an audio commentary track that totally demystifies all the hype surrounding this legendary film. If you’ve been waiting for decades to discover just what is real and what is not…this is your must own DVD.

THE FALL OF NIGHT: Winter Star

Joe Manning, a struggling rock musician, is forced to reexamine his whole life in the course of one night when he is stranded in the California high desert with an eccentric prophet who tells him he has one night left to live.

FEAST II: Sloppy Seconds: Dimension Extreme/Genius

The monsters have made it into a small neighboring town in the middle of nowhere and the locals have to band with the survivors of the bar’ slaughter to figure out how to survive.

TEX SAYS: The bloodthirsty creatures are back and this time they’ve escaped the bar. Hey…it’s gonna be better than PULSE 2 right? Right!???!

GHOST SHIP: Televista

A young couple buy a supposedly haunted ship. After they become troubled with strange noises and visions they hire a paranormal investigator who uncovers the yacht’s bloody history.

HALLOWEEN Collector’s Edition (3-disc special edition): Dimension Extreme/Genius

Rob Zombie’s take on John Carpenters seminal slasher film monster Michael Myers arrives just in time for it’s namesake holiday with a 3-disc special edition that is highlighted by a 4