New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of October 5, 2008
This week, Quarantine hits theaters, while The Happening, Joy Ride 2, Feast 2 and Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer make their way onto DVD.
A TV reporter and her cameraman cover a 911 call at an apartment building that turns out to be a woman infected by something unknown. Before they know it, the CDC has quarantined the building with them inside.
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A space ship accidentally unleashes a virus on a small Australian town, turning the population into zombies. The alien responsible for the mishap teams with a small group of humans to stop the epidemic from spreading.
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A mental patient returns to the scene of his girlfriend's death at the hands of a demonic chair.
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A family moves into a new apartment, unaware that their downstairs neighbor (Stephen Rea) is into witchcraft and Satanism.
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The infamous "shock documentary" or "mondo film," (a pseudo-documentary exploiting "shocking" events from around the world) that spawned numerous sequels and rip-offs gets its 30th anniversary release, with perhaps even more fake footage of death. (OK, some of it is real. Some.)More »
Quarantine
A TV reporter and her cameraman cover a 911 call at an apartment building that turns out to be a woman infected by something unknown. Before they know it, the CDC has quarantined the building with them inside.
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Beneath the Surface
The OC meets Bride of Frankenstein as a Southern California teen brings the girl he has a crush on back from the dead in order to expose the truth about her supposed suicide, which he blames on her boyfriend.TrailerMore »
Corpse Mania
From legendary Hong Kong production company Shaw Brothers comes this little-known 1981 flick about a serial killer targeting prostitutes and the effort to unmask him -- or her.More »
Dead Country
A space ship accidentally unleashes a virus on a small Australian town, turning the population into zombies. The alien responsible for the mishap teams with a small group of humans to stop the epidemic from spreading.
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The Devil's Chair
A mental patient returns to the scene of his girlfriend's death at the hands of a demonic chair.
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The Devil's Mercy
A family moves into a new apartment, unaware that their downstairs neighbor (Stephen Rea) is into witchcraft and Satanism.
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Double Feature: Fright Night/Urban Legend
What do you get when you combine the great '80s vampire film Fright Night with the so-so '90s slasher Urban Legend? This DVD.Urban Legend TrailerMore »
Double Feature: Hideaway/Hush
Two floppish '90s thrillers for the price of one: the supernatural Hideaway, about a near-death experience that psychically links a man to a serial killer, and Hush, about a mother-in-law from hell. Not literally, but close.Hideaway Trailer
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The Edgar Wallace Collection Volume 2
For some reason, Germany became fascinated with the works of British mystery author Edgar Wallace in the '60s and produced dozens of films based on his writing. This set gathers two: Curse of the Yellow Snake, about a mad Asian cult, and Phantom of Soho, about a masked killer.More »
Faces of Death: 30th Anniversary Edition
The infamous "shock documentary" or "mondo film," (a pseudo-documentary exploiting "shocking" events from around the world) that spawned numerous sequels and rip-offs gets its 30th anniversary release, with perhaps even more fake footage of death. (OK, some of it is real. Some.)More »