New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of May 17, 2009

Four women awaken with no memory and find themselves help captive by a maniacal surgeon who carves in their skin the time he'll return to kill each of them. Apparently he's never heard of a Post-It Note.

A two-pack of Indian horror from the '90s: Mahakaal is a take on A Nightmare on Elm Street, with a Freddy Krueger-ish character haunting a young girl's dreams, and Tahkhana features adventurers seeking a hidden treasure guarded by a monster -- presumably not Freddy Krueger-ish.

Disillusioned ex-soldier Caleb returns to his childhood home to sort out his life but finds things not as rosy as he remembered, as a cloaked figure from his dreams seemingly comes to life to terrorize those close to him.

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A man named Christian who's spent years in a mental institution snaps when a reporter attempts to exploit his past crimes, leading him to unlelalsh his pent-up wrath.

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In this African-American vampire film from 1990, an aspiring minister is seduced by a sultry succubus who's def and maybe a bit funky fresh. Features an early "before he was famous" performance by Samuel L. Jackson.

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From edgy Japanese director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer, One Missed Call) comes this story of a pair of men named Raita -- one a detective, one a businessman -- investigating a series of murders in which organs were removed from the victims.

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Daryl Hannah stars in a tale of college students excavating an ancient Indian burial site who find themselves being hunted when they uncover a killer's stash of human body parts. Hannah presumably does not play a college student.

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In this French sci-fi horror film, a man wakes up in an underground world populated by mutants and ghosts, aware only that he must reach a paradise known Eden Log.

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In this sci-fi thriller, humanoid aliens plot to populate the Earth by injecting spores into drinking water.

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Not to be confused with the British POV film The Last Horror Movie, this 1982 Troma film follows a deranged stalker who follows the actress of his dreams to the Cannes Film Festival.

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