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October 23, 2007 releases


APARTMENT 1303: Tartan

A young woman commits suicide by plunging off the balcony of the new apartment she had just moved into. Her sister begins to investigate and discovers the apartment itself has a shocking and gruesome history which pits her face-to-face with evil.

BLACK SABBATH: Anchor Bay

In this 1963 trilogy of chilling tales, a beautiful woman's ex-lover terrorizes her, a father returns home a vampire, and a ghost haunts a nurse. The vampire story -- probably the most famous of the three -- stars a poignant Boris Karloff, who also plays host for the anthology. Italian horror impresario Mario Bava served as writer, director and cinematographer for the film.

BLACK SUNDAY: Anchor Bay

Horror reigns supreme when hell's undead demons terrorize the planet! Italian director Mario Bava's first film is a masterpiece of black-and-white gothic horror steeped in rich atmosphere. Condemned witch Princess Asa returns from the dead two centuries after her execution and wreaks vengeance on her executioners' descendents. Beware the Iron Maiden!

BURIED ALIVE: Weinstein/Genius

Terrifying horror film about a group of college students hunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was buried alive years ago in their secluded vacation house.

CUTTING CLASS: Lionsgate

When a high school falls victim to the machinations of a crazed ax murderer, everyone assumes that the local psycho is to blame. But the longer the crimes drag on, the more our heroine begins to suspect that her boyfriend has something to do with them.

THE DEVIL: Facets

Jakub , a young 18th century nobleman, rots in prison for conspiring against the king. A mysterious stranger frees him, but in exchange he demands a list of Jakub's fellow conspirators. Jakub follows the stranger on a journey across a nightmarish, snowbound countryside where they witness countless acts of brutal violence. Affected by the overall chaos and moral corruption, the young nobleman descends into madness.

FIDO: Lionsgate

Fido is a typical movie about the boy next door and his pet -- except in this case the loyal "pet" is a lumbering zombie named Fido. Problems arise when he breaks loose and noshes on the next-door neighbor, forcing owner Timmy Robinson into damage-control mode while he tries to persuade his parents to keep Fido in director Andrew Currie's imaginative horror-comedy.

GAG: ThinkFilm

A good deed definitely does not go unpunished for two burglars who have the tables turned on them during a job. Breaking into a Hollywood mansion, the duo finds a man bound and beaten in a secret room. Helping him is only their first mistake. A serial killer with a penchant for torture has just trapped these partners in crime in his web of brutality -- and he has nightmarish torments in store that will have them begging for the end.

HELLRAISER 20th Anniversary Edition: Anchor Bay

The tale of a couple and their daughter who move into an old house and discovers a hideous creature—the man's half-brother (and his wife's former lover)—hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to three demons, the man's been brought back to life by a drop of blood on the floor. Soon, he's forcing his former mistress to bring him human sacrifices to complete his body.

THE HILLS HAVE EYES II (Blu-ray): Fox

National Guard soldiers stop at a New Mexican outpost only to find the isolated camp mysteriously deserted. Little do they know that these are the very hills that the ill-fated Carter family once visited, and that a tribe of cannibalistic mutants lies in wait.

HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB: Deimos/BCI Eclipse

In 15th century France, the warlock Alaric de Marnac is beheaded for crimes against humanity and his equally vile mistress viciously killed, but not before the pair put a curse upon the decedents of their executioners. So starts HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB, one of Paul Naschy's most gruesome and sensational films. With its midnight séances, the undead rising from marshes, generous doses of nudity, blood-drenching heart-ripping and eerie atmosphere, HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB rightfully deserves its place as a hallmark of euro-horror.

HOSTEL Director's Cut: Sony Pictures

Seeking out the quintessential college experience by backpacking through Europe, two American students an eccentric Icelander and head to a hostel that's said to be brimming with women. But once they arrive, their desires are quelled by the discovery of unimaginable horrors.

Both editions of the film are 94 minutes so….I’m as curious as you to see what makes the “cut”.

HOSTEL: PART II: Sony Pictures

Three female college students take a detour from their partying, enticed by a beautiful European woman who promises seclusion, safety and maybe even romance. What they get is a living hell where they are sold to the highest bidder who's fondest wish is to kill them slowly. Hostel 2 also follows 2 American men who, on the flip side of the coin, are willing to pay to join an exclusive club where a life will end at their hands...any way they like.

KAW: Sony Pictures

When an enormous flock of ravens begins attacking and feeding on the residents of a rural town, Sheriff Wayne Hayborn must get to the bottom of their bizarre behavior while trying to prevent an onslaught. But with countless crazed birds hell-bent on feasting on human flesh, the lawman has his work cut out in this made-for-cable creature feature.


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