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A screaming good time
October 6, 2006

Retailers rejoice! The Descent and Pulse are coming to town. OK, OK, I know what you’re thinking. These didn’t do very well at the box office: Descent dug up $25.9 million, and Pulse pounded out $20.2 million. But that’s the point. These two horror titles are primed to scare up some serious dough in video stores.

That’s deep

Lionsgate is so confident in The Descent (street Dec. 26, prebook Nov. 29) that the title is the studio’s first new release coming out simultaneously on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, and it’s getting a 50GB Blu-ray disc to boot. The R-rated theatrical version will be released only in fullscreen, but an unrated version will be available in fullscreen and widescreen ($28.98 each). The Blu-ray disc ($39.99) will have both versions. All offer commentary with the director and cast, but the unrated cut also contains commentary with the director and crew, a making-of featurette, deleted and extended scenes (the same ones as in the extended, unrated movie?), storyboard/scene comparisons, outtakes and an interview with the director about the U.K. vs. U.S. ending. For the BD release, take all that and add a featurette on spelunking, plus the commentaries will have picture-in-picture video.

What a genius

Genius’ Pulse (street Dec. 5, prebook Oct. 24) is equally pulsating (sorry, couldn’t resist) with extra content. And it too will be delivered in the PG-13 theatrical version and an unrated version ($29.95 each). Both SKUs serve up seven deleted/alternate scenes, two commentaries and three featurettes: “Creating the Fear: Making Pulse,” “Pulse and the Paranormal” and “The Visual Effects of Pulse.” That should get the heart beating.

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