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New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of October 19, 2008

What's Coming Out This Week?

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

This week is a busy one for theatrical horror releases, with Saw V receiving a wide release and Passengers, Let the Right One In and Fear(s) of the Dark hitting a few venues each. On DVD, The Strangers and Trailer Park of Terror lead the way.

Fear(s) of the Dark

'Fear(s) of the Dark' movie poster.© Prima Linea Productions
In this black-and-white animated anthology, also known as Peur(s) du Noir, six of the world's most renowned comic and graphic artists -- Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti and Richard McGuire -- explore the nature of fear.

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Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In poster© Magnet Releasing
In this award-winning Swedish film, a 12-year-old boy who faces bullying at school falls in love with a strange girl who gives him the strength to fight back but also turns out to be a vampire.

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Passengers

Passengers movie poster© Sony
A young therapist assigned to counsel the five survivors of a plane crash suspects that the patient she is falling for holds the key to what happened on the flight and what's behind the sudden disappearances of the other survivors.

Saw V

'Saw V' movie poster© Lionsgate
In the fifth installment of the Saw franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. However, when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.

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Anaconda 3: Offspring

Anaconda 3: Offspring DVD© Sony
Any attempt to cure cancer in a horror movie invariably results in a giant mutated animal going on a rampage, and Anaconda 3 is no different. When a pair of snakes escape, there's only one man who can stop them: the Hoff.

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Bride of the Monster (Color)

Bride of the Monster (Color) DVD© Legend
In this 1955 schock-fest (Now in color!), notorious director Ed Wood teamed up with horror icon Bela Lugosi, who portrays a mad scientist (Is there any other kind?) intent on creating an army of atomic supermen to do his bidding. His first task: win the Super Bowl.

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Creature from the Haunted Sea (Color)

Creature from the Haunted Sea DVD© Legend
From prolific B-movie director Roger Corman comes this 1961 tale of American gangsters who sneak a group of Cuban exiles out of Cuba, then plot to kill the refugees and steal their money, blaming the deaths on a local sea monster. However, it turns out that the monster is in fact real -- and quite ridiculous.

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Devil Bat (Color)

Devil Bat DVD© Legend
In this 1941 entry, Bela Lugosi stars as a scientist (mad, no doubt) who seeks revenge on his double-crossing ex-colleagues by breeding giant bats to kill them.

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The Last Man on Earth (Color)

The Last Man on Earth DVD© Legend
Vincent Price stars in this 1964 adaptation of the book I Am Legend -- later made into Charlton Heston's The Omega Man and Will Smith's I Am Legend -- about a man in a post-apocalyptic world populated by vampires.

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The Lazarus Project

The Lazarus Project DVD© Sony
A man (Paul Walker) condemned to die by lethal injection wakes up to discover he's been given a second chance at life as a groundskeeper at a strange psychiatric hospital, where he's haunted by demonic visions.

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