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Wrong Turn 3 Direct’s ‘Cyclops’ Coming to DVD
Famed producer Roger Corman and the director of the upcoming WRONG TURN 3 bring to life an ancient creature when Anchor Bay Entertainment unleashes CYCLOPS on DVD February 24, 2009. With a high-powered cast including Academy Award®-nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, “Heroes”), Kevin Stapleton (“One Life To Live”), Frida Farrell (Contract Killers), and Craig Archibald (Capote), the DVD release of Cyclops comes cloaked in a luminescent, embossed “O” card and includes graphic scenes of carnage not seen during its original Sci-Fi Channel broadcast. SRP is a myopic $19.97 and pre-book is January 22nd.The Roman Empire is at its zenith. A time of mighty gladiators, lusty women, abundant wealth – and a ferocious one-eyed monster that slaughters those foolish enough to enter his forest domain. The corrupt Emperor Tiberius (Academy Award®-nominee Eric Roberts) has a plan to please the bloodlust of the people: capture the creature and unleash him in the arena against his condemned slaves, including wrongfully imprisoned General Marcus Romulus (Kevin Stapleton, “One Life to Life”). Now, the ultimate battle between man and beast is about to commence…and Rome will taste the full fury of Hell unleashed!
Norway’s deepest fjord isn’t just unleashing a mythic monster in Kraken, but its monstrous deep sea parasites as well.
Watch our exclusive clip below, which introduces the skittering, skin-crawling aquatic menaces on the attack.
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the Kraken in select theaters and on digital June 12.
Here’s the synopsis: “A marine biologist encounters several strange occurrences while researching a fjord, including the brutal deaths of two local teenagers. At the bottom of Norway’s deepest fjord rests a mythical monster as large as a mountain, with a myriad of arms ready to crush and devour anything they can grab.”
Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur.
Sara Khorami (Troll 2), Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.
The behemoth beast from the deep is the latest kaiju-sized aquatic creature harboring a horde of bloodthirsty parasites, joining the likes of Cloverfield and Underwater. Naturally, the Kraken itself serves as the much bigger threat.
It’s also about time that the Kraken received its own feature; though Meg 2: The Trench featured a Kraken-like beast in its climax, the Kraken hasn’t been fully unleashed since Clash of the Titans.
Watch out for the Kraken in limited theaters and on VOD this Friday.