Home Video
‘Devil’ and ‘Horde’ Infect Horror In Your House
Nothing much being released in the way of horror this Christmas week outside of the M. Night Shyamalan produced Devil and the French Zombie flick The Horde. Two films I both enjoyed. But if you are looking for a new Christmas genre film, I would recommend checking out Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (It is playing in quite a few theaters across the country) and is definitely worthy of view. The rest of this week for me will be filled with Christmas classics like: Silent Night Deadly Night, Gremlins, Jack Frost, Christmas Evil, Santa’s Slay and Santa Claws. Have a Merry Christmas everyone!
Horror In Your House
December 20th, 2010
DEVIL (Blu-Ray/DVD) – Universal Home Entertainment
Trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, five people discover that the Devil is among them – and no one can escape their fate. This chilling, supernatural thriller from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way to a heart-stopping ending with a truly wicked twist.
THE HORDE – IFC Independent Film
An end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies. North of Paris. In order to avenge the murder of one of their own by a group of ruthless gangsters, corrupt cops four go on a rampage in a condemned building serving as the mobster’s hideout. Now trapped, the officers are about to be executed when the unimaginable occurs: hordes of bloodthirsty, cannibalistic creatures invade the building, savagely attacking everyone. Unexpected alliances are made when their lives are threatened by the unthinkable.
Are you ready to go back?
After a record-breaking box office run and an extended cut re-release, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ Backrooms is heading home to Digital.
Backrooms will be available to rent or buy this Tuesday, July 14.
In the film, Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in Backrooms as the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire, who discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Renate Reinsve (A Different Man) also stars in Backrooms.
Will Soodik wrote the screenplay.
I wrote in my review, “Backrooms is at once complex and sparse, but never repetitive. It might be set in 1990, but it effectively captures modern anxieties and isolation in a way that frequently makes your skin crawl. While the journey ultimately loses steam by its cryptic end, Parsons’ visual representation of the human psyche disturbs like no other.”
YouTube prodigy Kane Parsons makes his feature directorial debut based on his creepypasta-inspired video series, which debuted in 2022 and has amassed over 190 million views to date.