Horror Horizon - January 24

Notable DVD releases for the coming Tuesday. Selections are subject to Blu-Ray release as well.

Godzilla (Criterion Collection)

"Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies. It’s also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama made in Japan at a time when the country was still reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, became a beloved international icon of destruction, spawning more than twenty sequels and spinoffs. This first thrilling, tactile spectacle continues to be a cult phenomenon; here, we present the original, 1954 Japanese version, along with Godzilla: King of the Monsters!, the 1956 American reworking starring Raymond Burr (Rear Window)."

Paranormal Activity 3

"Paranormal Activity 3 takes you back to where it all began and the activity is more intense than ever. The cameras are on and recording the chilling moments when evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time. Brace yourself for the horror phenomenon that delivers 'heart-exploding scares' so frightening that 'the last 15 minutes will mess you up for life.'"

The House on Sorority Row (Remastered 2-Disc Edition)

"Flirtatious young sorority sisters who are days away from graduation set out to throw one last decadent celebration. Unbeknownst to them, the strict matron of their house hides a horrendous secret thought long buried. A gruesome accident is witnessed by a hideous fiend, hidden within the once nurturing dwelling, which triggers a rampage of death and destruction. Before the end, the peril faced by this sisterhood will push them to the brink of annihilation. And rivers of blood will drown all who enter...The House On Sorority Row."

The Woman

"When a successful country lawyer captures and attempts to "civilize" the last remaining member of a violent clan that has roamed the Northeast coast for decades, he puts the lives of his family in jeopardy."

The Shiver of the Vampires (Blu-Ray)

"A young honeymooning couple stop for the night at an ancient castle. Unbeknownst to them, the castle is home to a horde of vampires, who have their own plans for the couple."

AKA Strange Things Happen at Night.

The Nude Vampire (Blu-Ray)

"A beautiful 'vampire' woman becomes involved with a playboy whose father is experimenting with artificial youth. As it turns out, a group of vampires is trying to save her from aliens from outer space! This is indeed a very unique erotic Euro-horror film with a thought-provoking story."

Lips of Blood (Blu-Ray)

"This erotic vampire film features a young man on a strange quest after recognizing a castle on a poster. He seems to remember the castle from his childhood and eventually finds it with the aid of a strange woman dressed in white. It turns out that his family has been keeping the secret of vampirism from him."

The Devil's Men / Terror (Katarina's Nightmare Theater)

Collects both films in a special edition DVD.

Revenge! (Katarina's Nightmare Theater)

"JOAN COLLINS stars in this gripping suspense thriller. After his ten-year-old daughter is brutally attacked and murdered on her way back from school, her father (James Booth - ZULU, PRAY FOR DEATH) becomes obsessed with exacting revenge upon her killer. He knows the suspect, who has just been released by the police due to lack of evidence. The father vows to force a confession out of him at all costs. But what if he has chosen the wrong man for his vengeance?"

AKA Inn of the Frightened People.

Punished

"The story centers on real estate tycoon Wong Ho-Chiu. While sheltered in the luxurious trappings afforded by his wealth and power, he suffers an unbearable loss when his daughter Daisy is kidnapped and killed: a victim of her decadent lifestyle and cocaine addiction. Wong Ho-Chiu turns to his trusted bodyguard Chor to seek out the perpetrators and exact revenge. Chor does his employer's bidding with an unflinching determination and scarcely contained rage thinly hidden beneath the surface. Wong Ho-Chiu goes one step further and orders Chor to videotape each of their executions, an order to which he complies, revealing the depths of depravity to which he will sink to match hand with his former underworld brethren in his quest for revenge."

Naked Nazi

"Michelle Young is a she-devil who dominates men but finds the tables turned after a horrific sexual attack. In the resulting aftermath she becomes the ""Naked Nazi"", a sexual predator who takes pleasure in dominating then killing anyone who gets in her way. Her rampage goes unchecked until she crosses paths with an unhinged Nazi hunter and a rookie detective. Can they stop her, or will they too fall victim to her lust for sex and blood?! WARNING: ADULTS ONLY, STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT!" 

Porn Star Zombies

"A group of adult film cast and crew members must discover what is causing their fellow stars to rabidly attack them."

Note the double entendre in that sentence - as though adult film stars aren't rabidly attacked every day.

The Iron Rose

"A young couple out for a walk decide to take a stroll through a large cemetery. As darkness begins to fall they realize they can't find their way out, and soon their fears begin to overtake them."

Fascination

"This erotic horror film, set in 1916, tells the story of a thief who seeks refuge in a castle owned by two women, Eva (Brigitte Lahaie) and Elizabeth (Franca Mai). The women are seductive and teasing, but turn out to be part of a vampiric cult of blood-drinking aristocrats."

End Call

"The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your life for the duration of the call."

Always From Darkness

"When a young woman takes notice of her neighbor, she has a plan to make him hers. Only problem is, she's a vampire." 

Lust In Hell

"After losing her parents in a traffic accident, Koto discovers the ability to communicate with the souls of the dead. She meets Shinji, who lost his lover in the same accident, and they begin a torrid and tempestuous affair."

Head Case

"The first of a four part series from Award Winning Director Anthony Spadaccini, this pseudo-documentary is edited from the home movies of serial killers Wayne & Andrea Montgomery, presenting a look into their quiet, suburban lives...as well as the graphic & disturbing details of their horrific crimes."

Hell On Earth

"Seventeen year old Bobby, walks with the help of metal leg braces and lives with his nasty parents and repulsive sister, Peggy. He plays with “imaginary friends” provided by the mysterious and ancient “Apocryphal Book of Tarkuhm” provided by his eccentric and somewhat crazy Aunt Sadie."

Birth of Separation

"Conceived from transgression and purged into a world he was not meant to know, Jerome exacts meaning to his otherwise questionable existence. Birth of Separation is a visceral portrait of the reclamation of one man's perverse lineage."

Cold Creepy Feeling: Paranormal Exorcism

"A young couple, Lisa Younger and Jared Vandenberg, escape the Los Angeles rat race for the quiet life in Joshua Tree, California but paranormal visions and voices quickly turn the house of their dreams into a house of nightmares. They enlist the help of a spiritualist, Alex Damiano, to help exorcise the premises but this only awakens and angers the demonic presence that lurks within. When the town Sherriff, Dennis Woodruff, becomes involved, he discovers that another family mysteriously disappeared 10 years earlier without a trace and he also becomes entangled in the web of evil horror."

Night of the Dead

"Sorority Girls, Exotic Dancers, Mad Scientist and Zombies!!"

The Funhouse

"The carnival is a place for fun and laughter, but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires, it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper's classic video nasty era slasher." 

Obsession

"Michael Courtland is a Southern gentleman who seems to have everything - A successful business, a beautiful wife and an adoring young daughter until a botched kidnapping tears his world apart leaving him widowed, bereaved and bereft. Years later on a trip to Italy, he meets a woman with an uncanny resemblance to his late wife but all is not how it appears as a twisted conspiracy threatens to unhinge his mental shackles, sending him to the knife edge of MADNESS!"