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New Horror Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of July 6, 2008

What's Coming Out This Week?

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

Hellboy II puts the smack down in theaters, while The Ruins leads the way on DVD.

Jekyll

Jekyll DVD© Warner Bros.
In this modern take on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, Jekyll creates madman Hyde using his computer. Someone's gonna get his MySpace account suspended!

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The Key

The Key DVD© York
A group of friends searching for buried treasure in a supposedly haunted house unwittingly unleash a demon. I'm sure they live happily ever after.

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The Mummy: Special Edition

The Mummy: Special Edition DVD© Universal
As the latest edition of the Mummy series prepares to hit the screen, see where it all started with this 1932 black-and-white classic starring Boris Karloff, featuring new commentary tracks and documentaries.

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The Mummy: 2-Disc Deluxe Edition

The Mummy: 2-Disc Deluxe Edition DVD© Universal
It's more action than horror, but this reincarnation of the legendary mummy films provides plenty of thrills and some laughs to boot. This deluxe edition sports a load of special features, including new featurettes.

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The Mummy Returns: 2-Disc Deluxe Edition

The Mummy Returns: 2-Disc Deluxe Edition DVD© Universal
Like the deluxe edition of The Mummy, this one trots out a bunch of special features (only a couple of which are new). Unlike the deluxe edition of The Mummy, though, this movie is terrible.
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Philosophy of a Knife

Philosophy of a Knife DVD© TLA
Quite possible the goriest movie ever made, Russia's Philosophy of a Knife is a part documentary, part feature film that runs over four hours in length and documents in shocking detail the gruesome true-life experiments conducted in World War II by the Japanese Unit 731 on Russian and Chinese prisoners. See it on an empty stomach.

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La Resurreccion de Amanda Morales

La Resurreccion de Amanda Morales DVD© BCI Eclipse
In this Mexican production, a young psychic and his friends spend a weekend in a haunted house in order to put an end to the reign of terror of the murderous ghost of a dead witch.
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The Ruins

The Ruins DVD© Paramount
A group of friends vacationing in Mexico visit an archeological dig and stumble upon an ancient Mayan temple that is inhabited by parasitic vines.

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Survive This!

Survive This! DVD© Koch
An reality show on a tropical island turns into a bloodbath when zombies invade. If only all reality shows ended like that.

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Van Helsing: Special Edition

Van Helsing: Special Edition DVD© Universal
For some reason, Universal feels that releasing a special edition DVD of Van Helsing will pique interest in the new Mummy film. Granted, Van Helsing was directed by Stephen Sommers, who helmed the first two Mummy pics, but he also did The Adventures of Huck Finn, and I don't see them releasing a two-disc deluxe version of that.

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