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New Horror Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of June 8, 2008

What's Coming Out This Week?

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M. Night Shyamalan's enigmatic thriller The Happening seeks to rule the week at the theater, while on DVD, The Signal and Funny Games lead a busy slate of video releases.

The Happening

The Happening movie poster© 20th Century Fox
Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) delivers his first R-rated film with this tale of a plague of unknown origin killing people around the country. Mark Wahlberg is a teacher who seeks to find out what exactly is "happening".

The Amityville Horror: Double Take

The Amityville Horror: Double Take DVD© MGM
With the avalanche of horror movie remakes in recent years, it makes sense that they would eventually bundle the originals with the remakes in two-disc sets. Now you can observe firsthand just how inadequate the modern versions are! OK, not all of the remakes are bad, but The Amityville Horror definitely is.

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Black Wine

Black Wine DVD© Indican
In this thriller, a law school student fears for his future when he kills a mugger and decides not to report it to the police. The secret causes a rift between him and his girlfriend, and the tension leads to a volatile confrontation that probably doesn't end well.

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Curse of the Devil

Curse of the Devil dvd© BCI Eclipse
Spanish horror legend Paul Naschy plays the role of werewolf Waldemar Daninsky for one of 12 times in his career in 1972's Curse of the Devil.

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Fade

Fade dvd© Koch
A man suffers from a fatal form of insomnia that prevents his body from shutting down, leading to a living nightmare of panic attacks, hallucinations and violence. Or, what happens when you drink Jolt.

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Funny Games

Funny Games DVD© Warner Bros.
This disturbing American version of the disturbing Austrian shocker is even more disturbing because it's a pointlessly shot-for-shot remake.

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Grindhouse Double Feature: Bizarre & Deadly Perversions

Grindhouse Double Feature: Bizarre & Deadly Perversions DVD© Sub Rosa
This sleazy double feature will make you want to shower afterwards. First, Bizarre Lust of a Sexual Deviant follows a psycho around as he kidnaps and molests women. Then, in China White Serpentine, a man investigates the death of his brother, a junkie who was paid in drugs to perform sex acts on the Internet.
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Grindhouse Double Feature: House on Bloodbath Hill

Grindhouse Double Feature: House on Bloodbath Hill dvd© Sub Rosa
Another package of low-budget features from Sub Rosa. This time we get Housebound, in which an agoraphobic woman and her friends must battle an evil creature, and Seekers, about a cursed video tape (sounds familiar...).
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Human Lanterns

Human Lanterns dvd© Image
In this extreme 1982 kung-fu horror film from the legendary Shaw Brothers, a man seeks revenge on two families by kidnapping female family members and making lampshades out of their skin.

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The List

The List DVD© 20th Century Fox
A diabolical cabal of southern gentlemen recruit a new member into their midst.

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