DVD and Blu-Ray Releases: December 14th – Mr. Gacy at the Vampire Circus
This week is the lightest in recent memory with only four (barely) notable horror releases. Synapse Films’ 100th release, Robert Young’s classic Vampire Circus, will be gracing our screens and so will Dear Mr. Gacy, the adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, who corresponded with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Read on to see what the other two are.
Vampire Circus (1972)
Directed by Robert Young
Starring David Prowse, Robert Tayman, Anthony Higgins, Thorley Walters
A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century Austrian village. Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of Count Mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. As the Count falls, he curses the villagers and vows that their children will all die so that he may someday return to life. 15 years later, as the village is ravaged by the plague, a traveling circus comes to town and distracts the villagers from their current hardships. Little do they know that their troubles are only beginning! The circus is actually a troupe of shape-shifting vampires, and as the local children start disappearing, they realize the prophecy of the long dead Count is coming true.
Buy the Blu-ray/DVD combo.
Dear Mr. Gacy
Directed by Svetozar Ristovski
Starring William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana
This true-story thriller is based on the experiences of 18-year-old college student Jason Moss and his relationship with notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy. As part of a school assignment, Moss sends a letter to Gacy in prison, portraying himself as a vulnerable kid. Gacy, suspicious at first, puts Moss through a series of tests before surrendering his trust to him. What follows is a twisted psychological game of cat and mouse between two master manipulators, in which Jason’s life is turned upside down and Gacy discovers new dimensions within himself. When Gacy invites Jason to visit him in prison for a private meeting, Jason accepts. Nobody could have predicted what would unfold inside the maximum security cell. Watch the trailer and then read Creepy’s Dear Mr. Gacy review.
Buy the Blu-ray or the regular DVD.
Killjoy 3
Directed by John Lechago
Starring Trent Haaga
Four college students on spring break cross paths with the demon clown Killjoy. And Killjoy is not going it alone this time – he has raised three other demon clowns: Punchy, Freakshow and Batty Boop. A mysterious mirror transports the students and the demons to Killjoy’s demon realm where the students must survive diabolical trials! Watch the trailer.
Buy the DVD.
Slave
Directed by Darryn Welch
Starring Natassia Malthe, Sam Page, David Gant, Michael Maxwell, Howard Marks
When David’s fiancée, Georgie, is kidnapped while on a vacation in Spain, she becomes the trophy of a dangerous and masochistic psychopath known as the White Arab. While Georgie fights for her life and her sanity, David must wade through a quagmire of corrupt officials, drug dealers and crazed locals in an attempt to discover her location and rescue her before it is too late.
Buy the DVD.
– KW Low
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