Anchor Bay to Release Stan Helsing

By Masked Slasher
July 25th, 2009

Anchor Bay and horror films have always been a good mix, and today we've got word that the Bay have decided to give Bo Zenga's genre spoof, Stan Helsing a home amongst their prestigious horror library. Read on for the skinny.

In the vein of spoof cinema like Austin Powers and the Scary Movie franchise, Stan Helsing lampoons contemporary film audiences’ never-ending fascination with what makes our blood curdle. In the story, hapless video store clerk Stan Helsing (Steve Howey) and his friends must make a routine video delivery on Halloween night before going to a Halloween party. But when a chain of seemingly random mishaps strand Stan and the gang in Stormy Night Estates, Stan learns of his true destiny as a descendant of the legendary monster-hunter Van Helsing. With his motley band in tow – including his best friend Teddy (“Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson), he will battle evil in the form of parodies of movie monster icons “Freddy,” “Jason,” “Leatherface,” “Pinhead,” “Michael Myers,” and “Chucky”! The ultimate confrontation between good and evil will require immeasurable courage, grim determination – and a flair for karaoke?!?

No official release date has been set, but Anchor Bay are looking at limited theatrical release before releasing Stan Helsing on Blu-ray and DVD sometime during Q4 2009.

- MattFini