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New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of September 28, 2008

What's Coming Out This Week?

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

This week, the thriller Blindness hopes the competition doesn't "see" it coming, while on DVD, a pair of straight-to-video sequels, a pair of Sci Fi Channel flicks and a pair of "haunted" documentaries lead the way.

Blindness

Blindness movie poster© Miramax
Society begins to decay when an epidemic of blindness strikes a city, infecting everyone except for the wife of a local doctor.

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Bad Girls Dormitory

Bad Girls Dormitory DVD© Shriek Show
The "women in prison" exploitation sub-genre had already peaked by the time this pedestrian entry came along in the mid-'80s. You know what to expect: a wrongly accused woman, abusive guards and lots of time in the shower.
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Black Magic Rites

Black Magic Rites DVD© Salvation
This sleazy 1973 Italian film features torture, S&M and virgin sacrifice as only Italy can do.

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The Blood Spattered Bride

The Blood Spattered Bride DVD© Blue Underground
In this 1972 erotic thriller, a lesbian vampire seduces a woman on her honeymoon.

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Buried Alive

Buried Alive DVD© Sony
The Fearnet.com serialized mystery about people who awake to find themselves buried in coffins equipped with video cameras is now available on DVD as one movie -- granted, now it's not free.

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Copley: An American Fairytale

Copley: An American Fairytale DVD© Film Baby
A family moves into a haunted house and is surprised to find that it's haunted.

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Daughters of Darkness

Daughters of Darkness DVD© Blue Underground
Who knew lesbian vampire honeymoon movies were so in vogue in the '70s? Screen this with The Blood Spattered Bride and have a party -- a weird, weird party.
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The Devil's Muse

The Devil's Muse DVD© Halo Eight
As a killer commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Black Dahlia murder by slaying women around Los Angeles, a woman hired to play the Black Dahlia role in an upcoming movie begins to experience strange goings-on.

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Drive In Double Feature: Barracuda/Island Fury

Drive In Double Feature: Barracuda/Island Fury DVD© Dark Sky
A pair of unrelated films in this double feature: Jaws wannabe Barracuda has killer fish menacing swimmers, and Island Fury has island cannibals menacing a vacationing couple.
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Drive-In Horror Classics

Drive-In Horror Classics DVD© Alpha
Mad scientists, zombies and ghosts converge in this four-pack of vintage films that includes Screaming Skull, I Eat Your Skin, The Head and Manster.
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