DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for August 31, 2010

Hey Fiends! Another week of home media hits the shelves. There is brainjacking, DMX Direct-To-DVD, Hi-Def Deadites and a great show hosted by the number one, Boris Karloff. It is all inside….

Brainjacked

2009
Starring: Chris Jackson, Somali Rose, Rod Grant
d. Andrew Allan
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com: A teen runaway discovers a sinister mind control plot.

Carnivorous [Blu-ray]

2008
Starring: DMX, Wes Brown, Louis Herthum
d. Amir Valinia
Rating: R
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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No Official Synopsis given

Clear Lake, WI

2009
Starring: Michael Madsen, Dustin Booth, Morgan Simpson, Grinnell Morris, Shi Ne Nielson
d. Brian Ide
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com: A group of childhood friends return to their former hometown to revisit the horrors that happened there 15 years ago.

Dead Eyes Open

2008
Starring: Birgit Dziobek, Rocco Finamore, Malte Gutkowski, Sonja Imping, George A. Romero
d. Ralf Mollenhoff
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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A ’70s gorefest throwback with carefully-crafted special effects and a gritty visual style, DEAD EYES OPEN stands alone among the new generation of horror. A group of twenty-somethings take off in a van across the German countryside in search of adventure, but when they run out of gas they find themselves stranded in an unknown wilderness. They have no idea where they are and, worse yet, are unable to defend themselves from the bloodthirsty lunatic who sends them running for shelter in an isolated farmhouse. After locking themselves inside, they realize that their nightmare has only begun as throngs of the walking dead descend upon them. Featuring a special appearance by horror legend GEORGE A. ROMERO!

With full English subtitles.

The Evil Dead (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray]

1982
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss
d. Sam Raimi
Rated: Not Rated
Format: Blu-Ray
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The Evil Dead, director Sam Raimi’s (Darkman, Quick & The Dead, Army Of Darkness) first feature film, is a true cult classic in every sense of the word. Originally released in 1982, The Evil Dead tells the tale of a group of friends who go to a cabin in the woods, where they find an unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon, the Book Of The Dead, and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining (Bruce Campbell), it is up to him to survive the night and battle The Evil Dead.

Girls on the Road

1972
Starring: Michael Ontkean, Dianne Hull, Ralph Waite, Kathleen Cody
d. Tom Schmidt
Rated: PG
Format: DVD
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Two wild teenage girls, Debbie (Kathleen Cody) and Karen (Dianne Hull, FIFTH FLOOR, ALOHA BOBBY AND ROSE) hit the road for some freedom, boys, and unexpected danger in this 1973 drive-in classic! The girls pick up a handsome Vietnam veteran (Michael Ontkean, TWIN PEAKS, SLAP SHOT, MAID TO ORDER) who is still troubled from his time at war, but is trying his best to fit in. They all end up at a hippie encounter session run by John (Ralph Waite, THE WALTONS, THE BODYGUARD) in a peaceful village by the ocean. It’s all fun and games until the girls discover that a serial killer is murdering girls.

Heavy Mental

2009
Starring: Monique GATA Dupree, Lloyd Kaufman, Brenna Lee Roth
d. Mike Hartman
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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Welcome to Detroit, home of the automobile, the assembly line, and heavy metal warfare!

Ace Spade, a young metal head, gets his life turned upside down when he receives a guitar possessed by the spirit of rock god Eddie Lee Stryker, who was murdered by the beautiful and deadly crime boss Mrs. Delicious. After discovering that Delicious plans on blowing up the local Battle of the Bands, Stryker endows Ace with heavy metal powers and the ability to turn into a gigantic metal monster so he can shred Delicious and her minions to pieces! Full of action, comedy, gore, and killer music, HEAVY MENTAL is a metal masterpiece that takes no prisoners and goes all the way to 11!

Point of Terror

1971
Starring: Peter Carpenter, Dyanne Thorne, Lory Hansen, Leslie Simms, Joel Marston
d. Alex Nicol
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com:

Red Riding Trilogy

2009
Starring: Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, Paddy Considine

d.Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Rated: Not Rated
Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, RED RIDING is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) from David Peace’s electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment, the trilogy follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the “Yorkshire Ripper,” a serial killer who terrorized northwest England in the 1970s and ’80s.

Thriller: The Complete Series

1962
Starring: Boris Karloff, William Shatner, Leslie Nielson, Rip Torn, Richard Chamberlain
d. Arthur Hiller, Douglas Heyes
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD
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All 67 episodes–remastered, uncut, and loaded with exclusive extras
27 new audio commentaries featuring Arthur Hiller, Patricia Barry, Ernest Dickerson, David Schow, Tim Lucas, Gary Gerani, Jim Wynorski, Richard Anderson, Lucy Chase Williams, Steve Mitchell, Marc Scott Zicree, Alan Brennert, Beverly Washburn, Larry Blamire, Jon Burlingame, Daniel Benton, Ron Borst, and Craig Reardon
Extensive promotional and production still galleries
Rare episode promos and the Thriller series promo
Isolated music and effects tracks for select episodes from composers Jerry Goldsmith and Morton Stevens

Tormented

2009
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas
d. Jon Wright
Rating: Unrated
Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com:A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates.