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Horror In Your House’s ‘Tormented’ Selection
Anchor Bay leads a nice week of releases with The Evil Dead on Blu-ray. Sure, you have a few versions sitting around, but you don’t have it in the crystal clarity that is Blu-ray, yet. Troma makes a welcome appearance as well, releasing Dead Eyes Open and the aptly named heavy metal horror flick, Heavy Mental. Other notables include releases from IFC Films, The Red Riding trilogy on Blu-ray/DVD and the British Horror/Comedy, Tormented. I will be dropping some cash on Tuesday, will you?Horror in Your House
August 30th, 2010
BRAINJACKED – Unearthed Films
A teenager discovers a sinister underground world ran by a maniacal neurosurgeon. The doctor (who has a drill for an arm) specializes in a form of brain surgery that involves drilling directly into the skull in order to relieve pressure or ancient spirits from the patient. Bent on mind control, the psycho doctor injects microchips into his patient’s brains which garners him control over their actions.
CARNIVOUROUS (Blu-Ray/DVD) – Living Arts
A voodoo spell awakens a giant deadly serpent with the head of an alligator; the only man for the job is special ops veteran and master hunter, Nick Kirabo (DMX).
CLEAR LAKE, WI – Osiris Entertainment
In 1993, a small town, Clear Lake, was overcome by a strange disease – wiping out many of the townsfolk. The town’s preacher blamed the disease on the sinners within the town. The preacher, along with a group of five brainwashed high school kids go on a three day spree of kidnapping and killing accused offenders in a self-proclaimed “Holy War.” 15 years later, the five boys have come back to the sleepy town to tell their story, but strange occurrences begin happening all over again.
DEAD EYES OPEN – Troma
After running out of gas in the German countryside, a group of young friends find themselves trapped, isolated, and without a clue as to where they are. Making matters worse, a blood thirsty lunatic chases them into a run-down farmhouse, where the dead walk freely. Includes a special appearance by George Romero.
THE EVIL DEAD (Limited Edition) (Blu-Ray) – Anchor Bay
Sam Raimi’s first feature film, a cult classic by any measure, tells the story of Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his friends on their not so routine woodland cabin trip. This release features all new commentary with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell and a smorgasbord of special features.
MICAH SAYS: I have a dog named Ash and three (of the five) DVD releases of this film. This will be the last version I ever purchase, I swear (Yeah, right). With as many versions of this film that are currently out there, it wouldn’t be a surprise, long after humans are extinct, if some alien race finds a copy of The Evil Dead and uses it to judge our society.
HEAVY MENTAL – Troma
Garage Band rock star, Ace, receives a guitar that once belonged to the forefather of heavy metal, Eddie Lee Stryker. Ace quickly realizes the guitar is possessed by Eddie, who was murdered by Mrs. Delicious. Mrs. Delicious and her sexy gang have been killing anyone who borrowed money from their boss and was unable to pay up. Ace is forced to slay his way through the gang to save his friends and avenge the death of his heavy metal hero.
MICAH SAYS: Fully supportive of heavy metal themed horror, no matter how cheesy. Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare, Black Roses, Trick or Treat – bring it all on!
POINT OF TERROR – Scorpion Records
A sexploitation film about a night club singer who has dreams he may be involved in adultery and murder, only to find out his dreams may be real.
RED RIDING TRILOGY (Blu-Ray/DVD) – IFC Independent Film
A three film neo-noir epic, based on factual events about the famed “Yorkshire Ripper” who terrorized England in the 1970s and ‘80s. Intertwining stories based around several characters are explored through the visions of three acclaimed directors (Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker).
THE SPELL – Celebrity Video Dist
16-year-old Jenny, a girl with a damaged past, becomes mixed up with a handsome stranger who is obsessed with the occult. She finds herself in a world of witchcraft, black magic, and demon possession. Can Jenny find her way back to salvation? Based on a true story.
THRILLER: THE COMPLETE SERIES – Image Entertainment
All 67 episodes (re-mastered, uncut, and loaded with exclusives) of the widely praised horror anthology television show, Thriller. Hosted by Boris Karloff, the show featured the likes of: William Shatner, Rip Torn, Leslie Nielsen, Scott Marlowe and many other notable figures. The 14 disc set, comes complete with over 50 hours of bonus materials.
TORMENTED – IFC Independent Film
This British horror/comedy/slasher relates the story of a bullied high school teenager back from the dead to exact revenge on those who have done him wrong.
MICAH SAYS: With the likes of Shaun of the Dead, Severance, and The Cottage, the UK has cemented itself as one of the leaders in Horror/Comedies. I’ll be giving this one a shot.
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (Blu-Ray) – Warner Home Video
A high school girl, back at school for the first time since her parent’s death, meets a mysterious new kid, Stefan. Elena falls for Stefan, what she doesn’t know; he is a vampire constantly resisting the urge to taste her blood. Based on the bestselling book series from Alloy Entertainment.
Two things that have proven to be pretty dependable at the box office in recent years are horror movies and Christopher Nolan movies. With Nolan’s The Odyssey absolutely dominating the box office this past weekend, many fans of Nolan’s work have been left hungry for a Nolan-directed horror movie. After all, The Odyssey does whet the appetite for Nolan nightmare fuel.
Christopher Nolan has brushed up against the horror genre in the past with 2002 thriller Insomnia, but does he have any interest in someday making a full-on horror movie?
Nolan tells the Empire Podcast in a new chat, “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film.”
“But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies,” Nolan continues.
So why hasn’t Christopher Nolan directed a horror movie yet?
He explains to Empire, “I’ve never clicked with a particular idea or concept that worked for me. I love the genre. Of all genres, it’s the most visceral. Where the direct response to the audience is the most important. That is to say, you’re trying to make people literally feel something in their bones about what’s going on on-screen.”
Nolan calls horror “a genre in which experimentation is demanded.” He explains, “I go to see a lot of horror films with my kids these days, and you’ll see things in the first half an hour, 45 minutes of any horror film that you’d never see in another genre. Risks that are taken. Dangerous approaches to things. Admittedly, a lot of movies can’t sustain that to the end. But in the horror genre, that kind of innovation is not just respected – it’s really demanded.”
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now playing in theaters.
Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)
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