DVD and Blu-ray Releases: June 2, 2015
Sean Brickley
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We’ve got another 14 releases to bring to you this week, folks, so buckle in. For starters, this week sees the Blu-ray release of Wolfcop, which you either loved or you hated.
Two other newer movies coming to DVD this week are Hayride 2, the sequel to (you guessed it) Hayride, and Spring, which seems to be your best choice of movie to watch if you’re on a first date AND want to see some monsters (from a guy’s perspective).
As for our classics, this week has slightly slimmer pickings than last week. 1981’s Wolfen gets its Blu-ray release along with 1988’s Scarecrows. Rounding out our older movies with something a bit more mystery than horror, be sure to check out Jim Hutton and Leslie Nielsen in They Call It Murder from 1971.
Keep checking back with us in the upcoming weeks as there are still more than 50 releases coming for the month of June. July isn’t looking too shabby either. As always, pleasant viewing, fiends!
MOVIES
Asmodexia (2014)
Starring:
Albert Baro, Pepo Blasco, Marta Belmonte
Synopsis:
Eloy de Palma is an exorcist pastor roaming the darkest corners of the country with his granddaughter Alba. Their mission is to help those possessed by The Evil One, an infection of the soul that is spreading fast among the most vulnerable members of society: children, mental patients, and drug addicts. With a mysterious cult also following their every move, their battles are becoming increasingly difficult. And each exorcism reveals a piece of young Alba’s forgotten past – an enigma that if unconcealed could change the world as we know it. A white-knuckle suspense ride, ASMODEXIA is a fresh new twist on the exorcism formula and a thoroughly chilling film that will haunt you long after the final frame.
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Asylum (2013)
Starring:
Bruce Payne, Stephen Rea, Dimo Alexiev, Velizar Binev
Synopsis:
A veteran hostage negotiator’s next call leads him to an overrun insane asylum. He soon finds that dark forces are pushing the patients to commit atrocities, and he may be the only one who can stop them.
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Demon Baby (2015)
Starring:
Carina Birrell, David Wayman, Cameron Jack
Synopsis:
Theo and his pregnant fiancée Rose are a young couple who set out to rekindle their romance by going on a camping trip in the remote Scottish Highlands. But when ghostly apparitions begin to possess Rose and her unborn child, their lives quickly descend into a nightmare from which they cannot escape.
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A Haunting on Gabriel Street (2015)
Starring:
Matthew Black, Brandon Cano-Errecart, Devan Liljedahl, Miki Matteson, Nathan Dean Snyder
Synopsis:
Logan Lewis and 41 others are reported dead on Gabriel Street in Los Angeles. The government quickly releases an unconvincing statement blaming exposure to a uranium source located beneath the house. Broken and confused by her brother’s death, Logan s sister and 2 friends seek answers and closure to their living nightmare. Obsessed with uncovering a possible conspiracy, they journey to the house in search of the truth, but what they find is unlike anything they ever expected. Not everyone in the house that night is dead…
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Hayride 2 (2014)
Starring:
Sherri Eakin, Jeremy D. Ivy, Jeremy Sande, Corlandos Scott, Richard Tyson
Synopsis:
The action picks up directly following the events of Hayride when the survivors, including Amanda (Sherri Eakin) arrive at the county hospital to recover from the previous night’s savage massacre. Unfortunately for them, the survivors are not the only ones en route to the hospital. Rayborn, the local farmer known as Pitchfork, who Paramedics make the mistake of thinking is incapacitated from his wounds, brutally attacks them leaving the ambulance crashed in flames on the side of a country road. The seemingly invincible Pitchfork is on the loose again with one location in mind…the hospital. Meanwhile, Detective Loomis (Corlandos Scott) recent brush with this legendary monster seems to fuel his need to uncover the secrets of the man behind the mask. Where was he hiding for 20 years? Loomis finds that to stop a killer he must first learn his history, which may be closer than anyone could imagine.
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Infected (2013)
Starring:
Luke Hobson, Nicky Paul Barton, Roger Fowler, Samuel Hogarth, David Wayman
Synopsis:
An average day in a quiet suburb becomes ground zero for the end of the world that we knew. When a fast-spreading global pandemic turns ordinary people into flesh-eating monsters, a handful of terrified survivors and the remnants of an army squad find refuge in an elementary school turned emergency shelter. With the hordes of walking dead trying to get in, scarce weapons and a dwindling food supply, the embattled refugees begin to turn on each other. As they slowly perish, they desperately attempt to escape and determine if they are the last uninfected humans left on Earth.
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The Poltergeist of Borley Forest (2013)
Starring:
Marina Petrano, Christopher Ingle, Rhea Rossiter, Weston Adwell, Nicholas Barrera
Synopsis:
On a night of carefree teenage partying in the woods, Paige Pritchard unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will plunge her into a waking nightmare. Tormented by terrifying and increasingly violent supernatural visitations, Paige starts digging into the past and uncovers a sinister secret, buried for decades. Behind the deadly force that now haunts her is a malevolent entity of unspeakable evil. As its power grows and her friends fall prey to its savagery, can she – or anyone – stop The Poltergeist of Borley Forest?
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Private Number (2015)
Starring:
Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson, Nicholle Tom, Hal Ozsan
Synopsis:
A series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about both him and his loyal wife.
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Scarecrows (1988)
Starring:
Ted Vernon, Michael David Simms
Synopsis:
After a band of ex-military criminals pulls off a multi-million dollar heist, they hop aboard a plane headed for Mexico. But when one of their own betrays them, they suddenly find themselves on the ground and on the run through a field of scarecrows near an abandoned farmhouse. And as night sets in, the real nightmare begins. The men discover that there’s a reason the farmhouse is empty… and now those who thought they were the hunters are being hunted by an unimaginable and malevolent force!
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Spring (2015)
Starring:
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorehead
Synopsis:
Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci, Evil Dead, Thumbsucker) is a young American fleeing to Europe to escape his past. While back-packing along the Italian coast, everything changes during a stop at an idyllic Italian village, where he meets and instantly connects with the enchanting and mysterious Louise. A flirtatious romance begins to bloom between the two however, Evan soon realizes that Louise has been harboring a monstrous, primordial secret that puts both their relationship and their lives in jeopardy. A beautiful, fluid genre-bender from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution), Spring is an unforgettable romance of mythical proportions.
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They Call It Murder (Film Chest Restored Version) (1971)
Starring:
Jim Hutton, Lloyd Bochner, Jo Ann Pflug, Edward Asner, Leslie Nielsen
Synopsis:
Based on an original novel by Erle Stanley Gardner (creator of Perry Mason), They Call it Murder, a made-for-TV pilot that unfortunately never led to the series it deserved, is an intense “whodunnit” murder mystery with many twists and turns, that manages to put the pieces amazingly together with full summation at the end. Featuring Jim Hutton (ala Timothy) in an excellent performance as the relentless DA, he investigates a murder that soon leads to even more homicides. A contemporary not to the Film Noir movies of the 1940’s, They Call it Murder demands the viewer’s concentration to follow the plot development from beginning to end. Also featuring Edward Asner and Leslie Nielsen.
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Wolfcop (2015) (Blu-ray)
Starring:
Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Jonathan Cherry, Aidan Devine, Sarah Lind
Synopsis:
Officer Lou Garou isn’t the best cop in small-town Woodhaven – in fact, he’s probably the worst. He mostly just looks to avoid anything that could possibly interfere with his goal of getting wasted. One evening during the night shift, Lou investigates a mysterious disturbance at the edge of town and wakes up with a pentagram carved in his chest, heightened senses and body hair that’s growing at an alarming rate. To solve the mystery of his transformation, he’ll have to take on a case no normal cop would be able to solve, but this half-man, half-beast is not just a cop…he’s a Wolfcop.
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Wolfen (1981)
Starring:
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
Synopsis:
A real-estate tycoon, his coke-binging wife and a slum wino have something grisly in common: They’re the latest victims in a series of random murders. A veteran NYPD detective soon suspects the killings may be supernatural and deliberate – ages-old beings of cunning intelligence and incredible power defending their turf from the encroachments of humankind. Using a Steadicam camera and Louma crane to simulate the predators’ perspectives. director Michael Wadleigh (Woodstock) achieves a remarkable blend of New York City mystery and menace not captured on film before. With deft performances by Albert Finney, Gregory Hines, Diane Venora and Edward James Olmos, Wolfen is a full-fanged, full-throttle horror ride.
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COLLECTIONS
The Invoking / The Wicked Double Feature
Starring:
Josh Truax, Devon Werkheiser, Caitlin Carmichael, D’Angelo Midili, Diana Hopper
Movies:
The Invoking
After inheriting a house from the family she never knew, Samantha Harris (Trin Miller) and three friends head to rural Sader Ridge to inspect the property. Soon after arriving, Sam begins to experience horrific visions of savage brutality and unspeakable evil. Plagued by the sinister forces closing in around her, Sam descends into a waking nightmare when the demons from her past refuse to stay buried any longer.
The Wicked
Local stories warn that deep in the woods, a witch with a ravenous hunger feeds on the flesh of the young. In an abandoned house in the woods, she hunts her victims…and if you try to enter, you’ll never see daylight again. When another child goes missing, a group of local teenagers decide to find out if the urban legend is true. What starts out as a meaningless dare turns into a blood-spattered fight for survival against a mistress of darkness in this unrelenting nightmare from which you may never wake up!
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