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New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of June 21, 2009

What's Coming Out This Week?

By Mark H. Harris, About.com

This week, the thriller Surveillance opens in limited release, while DVDs are headed by Backwoods and Hobgoblins.

Surveillance

Surveillance movie poster© Magnet Releasing
David Lynch produced this tale, directed by his daughter Jennifer, of two federal officers who listen to three sets of stories from three would-be victims -- a zealous cop, a strung out junkie and an eight-year-old girl -- to figure out who committed a string of vicious murders.

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Backwoods

Backwoods DVD© Genius Products
The good news: Haylie Duff and her coworkers go for a weekend paintball getaway in the woods. The bad news: the woods are inhabited by a violent, cult-ish family looking for women to use as breeders. The even-worse news: Haylie Duff survives.

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Hobgoblins: 20th Anniversary Special Edition

Hobgoblins: 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD© Micro Werks
In this infamously horrible Gremlins clone, aliens have the power to make people's dreams come true, but the dreams turn into nightmares that kill. Almost makes that Jessica Alba/Megan Fox fantasy not worthwhile. Almost.
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Hobgoblins 2

Hobgoblins 2 DVD© Micro Werks
Can you intentially make a bad movie and have it turn into a cult hit? That's what Rick Sloane attempts to do with Hobgoblins 2, the 2008 sequel to the legit cult film Hobgoblins, which seeks to recreate the awfulness of the original, from the special effects to the puppetry to even the '80s clothing.

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Lady Revenge Grindhouse Double Feature

Lady Revenge Grindhouse Double Feature: Blown/Curse of La Llorona © SRS
This two-pack of feminine revenge brings us Blown, the tale of a voodoo priestess whose spirit inhabits a blow-up doll, and Curse of La Llorona, in which the legendary Weeping Lady of Mexican folklore sets her sights on a young girl's soul.
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Legend of the Bog

Legend of the Bog DVD© Lionsgate
A 2000-year old mummy rises from the depths of a swampy area during a real estate dig.

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Make Them Die Grindhouse Double Feature

Make Them Die Grindhouse Double Feature: Campfire Tales/Kiss Daddy Goodbye DVD© SRS
This two movie set features the 1991 anthology Campfire Tales (not to be confused with the 1997 movie), in which a homeless man tells four campers scary stories, and Kiss Daddy Goodbye (AKA Caution, Children at Play), about a young brother and sister duo with telekinetic powers who raise their father from the grave to get revenge on his killers.
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The Monster Squad Complete Collection

The Monster Squad Complete Collection DVD© Arts Alliance
Not to be confused with the '80s cult hit movie, this short-lived 1976 TV show stars Fred "Gopher" Grandy of Love Boat fame as a geeky night watchman who brings to life wax statues of Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monser in order to help him fight crime.

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Simon Says

Simon Says DVD© Lionsgate
A group of college kids on a camping trip (uh oh...) run into a pair of deranged twins (both played by Crispin Glover) who rig booby traps to ensnare the kids.

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War Wolves

War Wolves DVD© Monarch
A team of Special Forces soldiers tracks one of their own who's been infected with a werewolf virus while fighting in the Middle East. Can you say Sci Fi Channel movie of the week?

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Zombie High

Zombie High DVD© WEA
Virginia Madsen stars in this 1987 film about a teenage girl (Virginia Madsen) who somehow wins a scholarship to an all-male boarding school. Even more awkward: the students are being turned into mindless, zombie-like drones.
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