DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for February 22, 2011

Hey Fiends!  Happy President’s Day to those in the states.  I’m supremely jealous of you if you are off work.  Here are this week’s DVD & Blu-Ray Releases.  We have some Coffin Joe for you as well as the killer bird film, Birdemic and more.  Click beyond the break for the list.

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The 7th Hunt

Format: DVD
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From IMDB.com – For Gothic Callie, her deaf sister Ariel, computer nerd Chris, popular Sarah, and misogynist Ricky, their evening plans are about to be re-written. Taken to an abandoned military training school, they finds themselves the target of 5 sadistic killers, each with their own unique and different style of killing. They fight for their lives against sociopaths who know their environment intimately, becoming increasingly outnumbered as their friends are killed. Written by J D

The 7th Hunt on Netflix

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Alien Vs Ninja

Format: DVD | Blu-Ray
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The filmmakers behind Tokyo Gore Police and The Machine Girl join studio Sushi Typhoon to add this side-splitting horror-comedy to their line of entertaining cult cinema.

In ancient Japan, the fiercest ninjas of the Iga clan face their toughest enemies – and they aren’t from this planet! A fiery mass crashes in the forest and soon horrifyingly savage creatures reduce the warriors to tasty snacks. But these jerks from outer space have bitten off more than they can chew. The ninjas’ swords and throwing stars may fail against the unearthly goons, but their skills don’t stop at sharp stuff. If you’re into Army of Darkness, you’ll be taking bets over who’ll win this over-the-top battle for survival!

Alien vs. Ninja on Netflix

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Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Format: DVD | Blu-Ray

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It is a tender love story. A graphic horror shocker. An urgent ecological warning. And around the world, it became the must-see midnight movie sensation of the year: From writer/producer/director/visionary James Nguyen The Master Of The Romantic ThrillerTM comes the story of a sexy lingerie model (Whitney Moore) and a successful software salesman (Alan Bagh) on a weekend getaway to a quaint Northern California town. But when the entire region is attacked by millions of homicidal birds, their picturesque paradise becomes a winged hell on earth. Can mankind now survive the avian onslaught of BIRDEMIC? Hollywood legend Tippi Hedren of Hitchcock s THE BIRDS co-
stars in the global cult movie phenomenon that Videogum says might end up being the greatest film of all time!

Birdemic: Shock and Terror on Netflix

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Cam Girl

Format: DVD
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Nursing student Mary O’Brian (Layla Randle-Conde) turns to the Internet as a way to make enough money for her rent and tuition. Plying her trade as a cam girl going by the screen name Rose, she acts out fantasies via remote web cam, and soon attracts unwanted attention. Directed by Philip Gardiner, this noir thriller features music by Corjan, No Redemption, Angellis, Freakhouse and Crystal Kovach.

Cam Girl: The Movie on Netflix

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Embodiment Of Evil

Format: Blu-Ray/DVD Combo

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After serving a 40-year prison term, Coffin Joe is finally released from the Mental Health wing of the Sao Paulo State Penitentiary. Back on the streets, the sadistic undertaker is set upon fulfilling the goal which sent him to jail in the first place: find a woman who can give him the perfect child. Accompanied by his faithful servant, the humpbacked Bruno, Coffin Joe leaves behind a trail of horror and is haunted by ghostly visions and the spirits of his past victims. This is the third film of the ‘Coffin Joe Trilogy’ which began with the classic At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964) and This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967). Synapse Films is proud to present Embodiment Of Evil in a beautiful high-definition transfer created from the original camera negative with amazing 5.1 surround sound. Bonus Features Include: Theatrical Trailer, Footage of the Fantasia Film Festival North American Premiere & ‘Making of’ Featurette.

Embodiment of Evil on Netflix

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The Goatherd

Format: DVD
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Three friends go hiking for the weekend, but what begins as an innocent walk in the open air becomes the ultimate test of friendship, love and survival.

The Goatherd on Netflix

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The Killing Jar

Format: DVD
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Working the late shift at a remote diner turns into an unrelenting nightmare for waitress Noreen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Amber Benson) when she and six customers learn of a nearby murder spree that’s connected to a mysterious stranger (Kill Bill’s Michael Madsen) who just walked in the door. A hostage situation quickly erupts, resulting in shocking outbursts of violence and even more startling revelations they could have never anticipated. Packed with twists and high-voltage performances, this white-knuckle thriller also featuring Danny Trejo (Machete) and Harold Perrineau (TV’s Lost) will keep you guessing all the way to the shocking end!

The Killing Jar on Netflix

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Memento (10th Anniversary Edition)

Format: Blu-Ray
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A landmark film from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia), Memento is a mind-bending thriller whose mesmerizing power grows with every viewing. Guy Pearce stars as Leonard, a man with a bizarre disorder: the inability to form new memories. Ever since that fateful night when his wife was murdered, anyone Leonard has met, or anything he has done, simply vanishes from his mind. Who are his friends? Who are his enemies? What is the truth? The answers change from second to second as Leonard seeks vengeance for his wife’s murder…and sinks into an abyss of uncertainty and danger.

Memento on Netflix

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Psych:9

Format: DVD | Blu-Ray

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A young woman (Sara Foster) with a troubled past takes a job at recently closed-down hospital. Working the night shift alone she begins to experience a series of unsettling events that lead her to believe that the hospital may be connected to a number of recent murders in the area. To uncover the truth, she will have to revisit the past behind the walls of PSYCH:9.

Psych: 9 on Netflix

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Zenith

Format: DVD
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PLAYED A MONTH OF MIDNIGHTS AT IFC CENTER IN NEW YORK, ALSO PLAYED PHOENIX, BOZEMAN, CHARLESTON, OKLAHOMA CITY, INDIANAPOLIS, PITTSBURGH, MANY MORE CITIES. A retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller, about two men in two time periods, whose search for the same grand conspiracy leads them to question their own humanity. Starting from a fictional recreation of the Obedience to Authority experiment, Zenith plunges into exploring multifaceted dimensions of the human experience. Zenith follows two parallel stories – of father and son – now, and 40 years into the future. Searching for the same elusive conspiracy, both father and son find no answers; instead, their journeys unravel their lives and force them to look deep and hard at themselves and their surroundings. In the end, they are both confronted with the same Faustian bargain – but each one chooses a very different path.

Zenith on Netflix

Andy Triefenbach is the Editor-in-Chief and owner of DestroytheBrain.com. In addition to his role on the site, he also programs St. Louis' monthly horror & exploitation theatrical midnight program, Late Nite Grindhouse. Coming from a household of a sci-fi father and a horror/supernatural loving mother, Andy's path to loving genre film was clear. He misses VHS and his personal Saturday night 6 tape movie marathons from his youth.

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