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New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of November 2, 2008

What's Coming Out This Week?

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

Three limited theatrical horror releases come out this week: Repo! The Genetic Opera, House and Otto; Or Up With Dead People.

House

House movie poster© Roadside Attractions
Based on the book by Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker, two couples staying in a remote country bed and breakfast find that their sins have come back to haunt them when they're trapped inside by a crazed killer named the Tin Man who demands that they kill one of the four before sunrise...or else they all die.

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Otto; Or Up With Dead People

Otto; or Up with Dead People movie poster© Strand Releasing
In this German-Canadian horror comedy, a gay zombie with little memory of his past life falls in with an underground filmmaker who wants to use him as a subject of a documentary.

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Repo! The Genetic Opera

'Repo! The Genetic Opera' movie poster.© Lionsgate
This horror musical takes place in the year 2057, when a company named GeneCo leads the world in organ transplants. However, those who cannot keep up with the payments on their new organs face fatal repossession by organ repo men.

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13 Miedos

13 Miedos: Primera Temporada DVD© Xenon
Sort of the Mexican Twilight Zone or Masters of Horror, this series brings us 13 spooky supernatural tales -- en Español.
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Ambition

Ambition DVD© Morningstar
A group of old friends is torn apart when they're offered success in exchange for murder.

Battle Heater

Battle Heater DVD© BCI Eclipse
In this wacky Japanese flick, a man who scavenges junkyards for electronics finds a space heater that turns out to have a fondness for human flesh.
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Chill

Chill DVD© Lionsgate
Based on the H.P. Lovecraft story "Cool Air," Chill stars Thomas Calabro as a man who encounters strange goings-on when he takes a job at a supermarket owned by an undead ex-scientist who needs to live in freezing temperatures in order to stay alive...relatively speaking.
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The Craving

The Craving DVD© Brain Damage
College kids stranded in the desert encounter a monster that emits an odor that drives them insane: CK One.
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Deadly Memories

Deadly Memories DVD© Brain Damage
A man whose wife was killed and daughter injured by a group of rowdy teens understandably seeks revenge.
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Death from Beyond I and II

Death from Beyond I and II DVD© Brain Damage
The spirit of an evil Egyptian princess possesses an archeologist and begins to bump off members of a film crew.
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