In a busy week, World War Z invades theaters nationwide, the Maniac remake gets a limited theatrical run and home video releases are headed by The Last Exorcism Part II, Stoker, Come Out to Play, American Mary and Axe Giant.

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In American Mary, which hits DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, Katharine Isabelle stars as a medical student who makes ends meet by performing black market surgeries -- most of an, um, "interesting" nature. Read about it in my review of American Mary.

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Long after the '80s heyday and the '90s revival, there haven't been too many original slasher franchises born in the 21st century, and in fact, the Hatchet films, which never received a wide theatrical release, might be the most prominent of the bunch (unless you count the Wrong Turn series, which combines slasher and backwoods torture fare). Is Hatchet III an appropriate finale (assuming it is indeed a finale) to this increasingly dormant sub-genre? Read about it in my review of Hatchet III.

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True Blood returns to HBO this Sunday at 9:00 PM ET/PT, but before you watch it, get the low down on the episodes and the new characters you'll get to know over the course of the upcoming sixth season.

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