New Horror Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of June 22, 2008

Ever wonder why cryogenics hasn't taken off? It's because of the fear that something like this will happen: the frozen bodies accidentally defrost early and (of course) turn into flesh-eating zombies that only Linda Blair can stop. Makes perfect scientific sense.

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This low-budget Australian flick seems to channel the spirit of The Evil Dead in a story about man who settles into his rural retreat, only to discover that demons occupy the nearby woods.

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A vampire buried alive beneath the desert for 35 years is unearthed and sets about getting his revenge. But first, a shower.

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A group of friends restoring an old house discover that it's -- you guessed it -- haunted. But this time, it's not a ghost, but rather a water demon that attacks people through the pipes! Shouldn't be a problem if you never use the toilet, though.

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This collection gathers 10 oh-so-trendy Asian horror movies, but don't expect anything of the quality of The Ring or The Grudge. Instead, you get such "classics" as: Robo Vampire, Devil's Dynamite, Magic of the Universe, Counter Destroyer, Satan's Slave, Corpse Master, Vampire Resurrection, Devil Shadow, Calamity of Snakes and Devil's Box.

Softcore erotic horror icon Misty Mundae stars in her latest excuse to disrobe, a mix of An American Werewolf in London, Interview with the Vampire and something where people get naked.

This third film in the Hong Kong series The Eye (the first of which was remade in 2008 with Jessica Alba) follows a group of friends who discover a book that teaches 10 ways to contact the spirit realm. Of course, they take it for a test drive, or there wouldn't be much of a movie, would there? Note: this film was originally released in 2005 as The Eye 10 (because of the 10 ways to see ghosts).

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Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment, which has made a living off of killer doll movies like the Puppet Master franchise, seeks to corner the killer pastry realm with the Gingerdead Man series, featuring a murderer reincarnated as a cookie. Seems like all you should need to kill him is a big glass of milk.

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Pakistan might seem like an unlikely place for an over-the-top splatter movie, but such is the universality of blood 'n guts. Hell's Ground (AKA Zibahkhana) has your typical horror movie setup: a group of teens is on their way to a concert when their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere. What they encounter, though, is beyond what your typical horror movie entails, ending up as a mix between backwoods survival horror, a zombie movie and a slasher, with supernatural elements to boot.

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The Mexican legend of "la llorona" -- the weeping ghost woman mourning her dead children -- comes to life in this tale of an American man looking for his lost sister.

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