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The witching hour is closing in on us, as Friday 31st October draws near, and the spooks, ghouls and freaks come out to play. We may not have many tricks up our sleeves, but we certainly have a lot of treats to celebrate the scariest night of the year! Feast your eyes on some of the DVD specials and theatrical releases coming soon that will get you in the haunting mood…
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CINEMA SCARIES!
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‘Saw V’
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One broke the mould. Two took it up a notch. Three killed a legend. Four created a legacy. And this Halloween, four years since it all began; it’s time for another year’s twists, traps and torture in Five. Out 24th October.
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‘The Midnight Meat Train’
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A New York photographer’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer. Based on Clive Barker’s short story by the same name. Stars Bradley Cooper, Brooke Shields and Vinnie Jones. Out 31st October.
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‘Ghost Town’
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Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited results. Out 24th October.
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DVD MANIA
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‘The Last House on the Left’
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Wes Craven’s infamous 1972 horror, out as a 3-disc Ultimate Edition, includes world exclusive unseen footage. A pair of teenage girls heads to a rock concert for a birthday treat for one of them. While trying to score marijuana in the city, the girls are kidnapped by a gang of psychotic convicts. Out 20th October.
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‘Zombie Strippers’
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Sexy, blood-thirsty and riotous, Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund joins international adult superstar Jenna Jameson in this unforgettable zombie thriller which combines the erotic with the undead. When a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo-virus that causes the dead to reanimate, the first place to get hit is Rhino’s, a hot underground strip club. As one of the girls gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit of the club. Jealous of her success, can the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be like the ravenous stripper, even if there is no turning back? Out NOW.
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‘The Ruins’
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Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, the story follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle, where they discover something deadly living amongst the ruins. Out NOW.
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—- FILMS TO WATCH OUT FOR AFTER HALLOWEEN…
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‘Scar 3D’
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In the small Colorado town of Ovid, sixteen years ago, the terrifying legend began, and the town has never recovered. Ernie Bishop stashed teenage prisoners in the basement of his morgue, keeping them tied up in cabinets meant for dead bodies. One of Bishop’s victims, Joan Burrows, sixteen, cut herself free from her bondage and killed Bishop, thus ending his reign of terror and becoming a local hero. Joan left town and as the film opens, is returning to Ovid for the first time in 16 years to see her niece, Olympia. As she arrives, strange murders take place. At first, Joan fears that Bishop has come back. When Olympia goes missing, Joan starts to go after the killer on her own. Using the latest techniques from Japan, this is the first horror movie to be brought to you in ‘gore-ious’ 3D vision! Out 7th November.
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‘Quarantine’
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On March 11 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now… Out 14th November.
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CLASSIC TV MOVIES
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Love the classics, especially the horror ones? Switch over to our Classic Movies TV section now, and watch the full-length versions of such chiller thrillers as:
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‘Night of the Living Dead’
‘Countess Dracula’
‘Carnival of Souls’
‘Bride of the Gorilla’
‘Godzilla Vs. The Smog Monster’
‘Horror Hotel’
‘I Eat Your Skin’
‘Mania’
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