Home Media Magazine - January 20-26, 2008 - (Page 18) BUYING GUIDE “The Cellar Door belongs on the shelf next to all the other good new horror movies like SAW, Slither, and Open Water. It’s way above Hostel .” —pretty-scary.net HORROR Edited by Kyra Kudick Coming Up Continued from page 14 home by an evil force. I LIONSGATE Due Feb. 19 (prebook Jan. 23) is Catacombs (DVD $27.98), in which a Parisian tourist finds herself lost in the underground rave scene among the city’s dead. Streeting March 4 (prebook Feb. 6) is Left for Dead (DVD $26.98), set in the gun-toting West. The Leprechaun Triple Feature (three-DVD set $14.98) arrives March 11 (prebook Feb. 13) and includes the first three films in the series about a rampaging Leprechaun searching for his stolen gold. The psychological thriller Christie’s Revenge (DVD $19.98) is served April 1 (prebook March 5). Due April 8 (prebook March 12) is Sight (DVD $26.98), about a young man who is haunted by the dead. Experiment (DVD $24.95), a nightmarish psychological thriller. Due March 25 (prebook Feb. 26) is The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine (DVD $24.95), about a girl who escapes a massacre but is haunted by the event. 14) is The Lost (DVD $26.97), based on the novel by Jack Ketchum. I TLA RELEASING Arriving March 25 (prebook Feb. 26) are Socket, a gay sci-fi story about a doctor and an intern who become addicted to self-electrocution; and The Living and the Dead, about a son who slips into insanity and terrorizes his family. Due April 29 (prebook April 1) is In the Blood, a bout a college boy’s bloody visions of the future. DVDs are $19.99 each. I NEW LINE HOME ENTERTAINMENT Streeting Feb. 12 is Blade: The Series (fourDVD set $39.98), featuring all 13 extended, unrated episodes of the vampire-hunter TV series. Due March 18 (prebook Feb. 12) is The Sickhouse (DVD $19.97), the tale of an archeologist who unearths a 17th century plague hospital and its resident ghost. I 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT The carnage returns Jan. 29 with Lake Placid 2 (DVD $26.98), the sequel to the campy jumbo-crocodile-attacks film. I POPCINEMA/ SHOCK-O-RAMA CINEMA Dark Chamber (DVD $24.98), a thriller about the investigation of a satanic cult, arrives Feb. 26. ST new “One of the BE f 2007” horror films o t - pretty-scary.ne I MAVERICK ENTERTAINMENT Arriving Jan. 22 is Juarez Mexico (DVD $16.98), a thriller about the unsolved brutal murders of more than 400 girls. Out March 4 (prebook Feb. 1) is Army of the Dead (DVD $24.98), about a band of skeleton conquistadors cursed to protect ancient gold. I UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT/ SCREEN MEDIA Coming Feb. 26 (prebook Jan. 29) is The Rage (DVD $24.98), a new splatter movie from Robert Kurtzman. I RYKO DISTRIBUTION Die and Let Live (DVD $19.95), a teen zombie film from Heretic, makes its way to home video Jan. 29. Arriving April 29 (prebook April 4) from Blue Underground are Delirium, the unrated story of a deranged sex maniac; Hitch-hike, a roadtrip with a psychopath hitcher; The New York Ripper, a sadistic butcher on the loose in the Big Apple; and Nightmare City, a tale of radioactive zombies. DVDs are $14.95 each. I SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT Due Feb. 19 is Black Water (DVD $24.96), in which a group of boat tourists in Northern Australia are stalked by a hungry crocodile. Out March 11 (prebook Feb. 7) are Outpost (DVD $24.96), a WWII thriller about wartime experiments and survival; and Bats Human Harvest (DVD $24.96), the sequel to Bats, starring bio-engineered killer bats. I MONTEREY MEDIA Coming April 8 (prebook March 11) is The Cellar Door (DVD $24.95), where a young woman is imprisoned in the basement of a serial killer. A young woman awakes to find herself imprisoned in a serial killer’s basement. Herman has been searching for the perfect girl, but all he’s collected are pieces – a chunk of hair; a severed finger; a jar of blood – and now, the alluring and beautiful Rudy. I MPI/DARK SKY FILMS Due Jan. 29 are Ricco the Mean Machine (DVD $19.98), an Italian film filled with bloody revenge; and Tragic Ceremony (DVD $19.98), directed by Riccardo Freda, known as the maestro of Italian Gothic horror. Out March 25 (prebook Feb. 18) is Them (DVD $24.98), hailed by critics as one of the scariest movies in recent times. I WARNER HOME VIDEO Out Jan. 29 are Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton: Man in the Shadows (DVD $19.97), a documentary of the legendary horror filmmaker; and the Val Lewton Horror Collection (six-DVD set $24.96), including the Scorsese documentary and five double-features: Cat People/Curse of the Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie/The Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead/Bedlam, The Leopard Man/The Ghost Ship, and The Seventh Victim with Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy, an earlier documentary. I STARZ/ANCHOR BAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT Coming March 11 (prebook Feb. 7) are Sands of Oblivion (DVD $19.97), about an archaeologist couple who finds a haunted movie set buried in the desert; and Wrestlemaniac (DVD $26.97), the tale of a deranged Mexican wrestler who rips the faces off his victims. Due March 18 (prebook Feb. Prebook date: 01/29/08 Street date: 03/04/08 THE CELLAR DOOR / DVD 86 min./Color/Cat# 338812 $24.95/SRP I MTI HOME VIDEO Feb. 19 (prebook Jan. 22) brings the vampire comedy Revamped (DVD $24.95). Arriving March 4 (prebook Feb. 5) is www.cellardoormovie.com UPC: 0 12233 38812 1 ISBN: 978-1-56994-655-8 18 Home Media Magazine January 20–26, 2008 http://scary.ne http://www.cellardoormovie.com
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