Scary Movies February-April 2008
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UPCOMING TITLES
Allumination
Carver In this film based on real events, five friends stumble upon a horror movie that proves to be more than fiction, in rated and “extra grisly” unrated versions. Street March 4, prebook Jan. 29; DVD $29.98
Anchor Bay
Cult Fiction: Kidnapped This horror film from famed director Mario Bava is included with the version called Rabid Dogs and is part of the company’s cult classic film series. Street March 4, prebook now; DVD $14.98
Blue Underground/Ryko
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue In this special edition, two traveling companions come across more than they bargained for when they discover that the living dead are feasting on the tourists. Street Feb. 26, prebook Feb. 1; two-disc set $29.95
Brain Damage
The Forever Dead When a diseased lab rabbit infects a community, six people must fight for their lives before they kill each other. Street March 4, prebook Feb. 12; DVD $14.98
Dark Sky/MPI
The Invisible Man Collection H.G. Wells’ classic ’50s tale of suspense unfolds as Dr. Peter Brady’s lab experiment goes awry and turns him invisible in this collection containing 26 remastered episodes from the first two seasons. Street Feb. 26, prebook now; four-disc set $39.98
Them This 2006 French/Romanian film based on a true story tells of a young couple living in the quiet countryside, where something isn’t quite right. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 18; DVD $24.98
Echo Bridge
Inside Alex (Nicholas D’Agosto) and Josie (Leighton Meester) share an obsession in which they follow strangers and then break into their houses to watch and listen. Street Feb. 26, prebook Jan. 29; DVD $26.99
Elite
Dark Dreamers This set includes more than 30 interviews with some of the biggest writers, directors, actors, producers and special effects artists in the horror world. Street April 1, prebook March 4; five-disc set $49.98
Genius
Awake (DVD $28.95) A man suffers “anesthetic awareness,” which leaves him fully conscious during open heart surgery but unable to alert the surgical team surrounding him as his wife makes life-altering decisions; Automaton Transfusion (DVD $19.95) After the Army develops a process to bring back the dead as fighting soldiers in lieu of the living, they aren’t prepared for the fallout when the zombies take over the town. Both street March 4, prebook now
Eye of the Beast In a small fishing village, panic spreads as a giant killer squid with a taste for flesh grows hungrier. Street April 1, prebook Feb. 19; DVD $14.95
Image
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde In this modern-day adaptation, Mr. Hyde leaves a grisly trail of college co-eds. Street April 22, prebook March 25; DVD $24.98
Legend/Ryko
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism and Death Smiles on a Murderer Christopher Lee and Klaus Kinski, respectively, star in these two Euro-horror classics. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 29; DVD $19.95 each
Lionsgate
Catacombs During a rave in the Paris underground, Victoria (Shannyn Sossamon) gets lost in the darkness, where something unseen is after her. Street Feb. 19, prebook now; DVD $27.98
Leprechaun Triple Feature All three films in the franchise, which began with Warwick Davis as the not-so-jolly leprechaun who terrorizes a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) after she and her friends abscond with his gold. Street March 11, prebook Feb. 13; three-disc set $14.98
After Dark Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For This new collection contains eight films that were screened at the 2007 After Dark Horrorfest: Crazy Eights, Mulberry Street, The Deaths of Ian Stone, Nightmare Man, Unearthed, Borderland, Lake Dead and Tooth and Nail. Street March 18, prebook Feb. 20; eight-disc set $159.84
Magnolia
Shrooms A group of American teenagers takes a trip to Ireland accompanied by mushroom expert Jake, who warns them against eating forbidden fungi. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 26; DVD $26.98
Maverick
Army of the Dead An archeology professor and his students unleash a long-dormant curse of the soldiers who never returned from El Dorado, the lost city of gold. Street March 4, prebook Feb. 1; DVD $24.98
Monterey
The Cellar Door A young woman awakes to find that she is trapped in a serial killer’s torture chamber and must use her wits to escape. Street April 8, prebook March 11; DVD $24.98
MTI
Experiment Two people suffering from amnesia and nightmarish visions discover that they are test subjects in a frightening experiment. Street March 4, prebook Feb. 5; DVD $24.95
The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine Seriously wounded and traumatized, a girl awakes from a two-year coma with no memory of the past until strange visions begin to haunt her. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 26; DVD $24.95
New Line/Warner
The Sickhouse An archaeologist (Gina Philips of Jeepers Creepers) accidentally unleashes the malevolent spirit of a Great Plague doctor who was responsible for a series of gruesome murders 350 years earlier. Street March 18, prebook Feb. 12; DVD $19.97
Pop Cinema
Dark Chamber When a law student investigates a murder involving a group of satanists, he discovers that the killer could be closer than he thought. Street Feb. 26, prebook now; DVD $24.95
Sony
Bats Human Harvest Soldiers deployed to find a terrorist in the caves of Chechnya discover they have more than one enemy to fear. Street March 11, prebook Feb. 7; DVD $24.96
April Fool’s Day Wealthy young Desiree Cartier (Taylor Cole) hosts a killer party on April 1. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 21; DVD $24.96
Subversive/Ryko
Demonic Splatter Fest Includes Future Kill, a restored classic featuring Edwin Neal and Marilyn Burns of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame, and Funny Man, the story of a record producer who wins an ancestral home in a poker game before his wife and children are brutally dispatched by a resident demonic jester. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 29; two-disc set $14.95
TLA
Hunting Creatures A late-night rave at a chemical plant has nasty consequences when leaking chemicals turn the partygoers into flesh-eating zombies. Street March 11, prebook Feb. 12; DVD $19.99
The Living and the Dead When Lord Brocklebank falls on hard times, he must leave his bedridden wife with his schizophrenic son. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 26; DVD $19.99
Warner
The Invasion The modern retelling of the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, rated PG-13, grossed $15.1 million at the box office. Street Jan. 29, prebook now; DVD $28.98, BD $35.99; HD street Feb. 19, prebook now; $35.99
—Compiled by Cheryl Biggs
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