I hope all our fellow UHMers have a Happy Halloween! Here are a few films you might consider purchasing this coming Tuesday on DVD/Blu-ray to get you into the spirit!:

42nd Street Forever 5: Alamo Drafthouse Edition (Synapse Films)



Contains the film trailers for the following films:

• A Life Of Ninja
• Sting Of The Dragon Masters
• The Bodyguard (Chiba)
• Mad Monkey Kung Fu
• Wonder Women
• Lucky Seven
• The Shark Hunter
• Birds Do It, Bees Do It Let's Do It
• Chatterbox
• Danish Love Acts
• Group Marriage
• Violated
• Caged Virgins
• Message From Space
• The Terrornauts
• Mind Warp
• Zebra Force
• Blazing Battle
• International Diamond Trap
• Machine Gun Mccain
• Stacey
• Lightning Bolt
• Mission Thunderbolt
• 3 Supermen In The West
• Pretty Maids All In A Row
• Putney Swope
• Redneck Country
• Moonrunners
• The Fabulous World Of Jules Verne
• The Magic Christmas Tree
• Pinocchio's Birthday Party
• The Magic Of The Kite
• The Secret Of Magic Island
• Karzan: Master Of The Jungle
• The Norseman
• Sorceress
• Terror In The Wax Museum
• The Manson Massacre
• The Devil Within Her
• . . . And More!

Special features include the following:

• Audio Commentary by Alamo Drafthouse Owner Tim League and Programmers Lars Nilsen & Zack Carlson
• Alamo Drafthouse Documentary 

Premise:

Welcome to the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the most-awesome post-modern hot spot for exploitation movie revival, deep in the heart of Texas. Now, with the coopoeration of Synapse Films, the Alamo has opened their vaults for a peek at some of the most outrageous movie trailers you've ever seen. Actual 35mm trailers from the golden ages of sleaze cinema, digitally re-mastered in high-definition by Synapse Films. This exciting edition of Synapse's popular 42ND STREET FOREVER series is the most bizarre, the most terrifying and the most hilarious one yet! Includes a documentary about the cinema.

The Asphyx (Hen’s Tooth Video)



Premise:

Robert Stephens stars as Sir Hugo Cunningham, a 19th-century amateur scientist and dabbler in psychic phenomena. His experiments in the new art of photography lead him to discover the Asphyx: an apparition that appears suddenly in the moment before death. He postulates that if the Asphyx can be trapped it may render a creature immortal. He begins humbly, experimenting first with a guinea pig but soon progresses to members of his own family. The Asphyx is a cautionary tale of horror, exquisitely photographed by Freddie Young (David Lean's cinematographer) and directed in the Hammer tradition by Peter Newbrook.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069738/

Black Devil Doll (Lowest Common Denominator Entertainment)



Special features include the following:

• Five (!) Audio Commentaries, one by the Black Devil Doll Himself!
• Three Exclusive Black Devil Doll Trailers
• Film Festival Clips
• Rare Footage from the New Beverly Cinema Hollywood Premier!
• Three Black Devil Doll animated short films!
• Behind the scenes still gallery!
• Rare interviews with the Black Devil Doll!!!
• Mini-Poster

Premise:

Five beautiful young women... one evil, murderous puppet. Heather thought that a Ouija board was nothing but an innocent child's game. Little did she know, this child's game would open a flaming door to hell and re-animate the soul of a recently executed black militant serial killer! With his spirit now trapped in the body of a trash-talking ventriloquist doll, Heather and her friends must fight off the unrelenting horrors and unspeakable deviant advances of a three foot killer with a taste for young flesh and warm blood. Can they stop the BLACK DEVIL DOLL? Check out the most talked-about independent cult film of the year of the year and find out for yourself--or ELSE!

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139783/

Blood Night: The Legend Of Mary Hatchet (Chaos Squared; Sideshow Pictures; Harrington Talents)

  

Available to own on October 30th, the DVD will be released in two formats!

The standard edition (pictured on the left) comes with the following special features:

• Director’s commentary
• Behind-the-scenes video
• Trailers

The limited edition DVD (pictured on the right) can only be bought at the film’s official website. This includes the following special features:

• Deluxe Packaging
• Crime scene evidence from the “Mary Hatchet Files”
• 11x17 Blood Night poster
• Extended Interviews with the Cast and Crew
• 2 Behind the scenes documentaries
• Outtakes Reel
• Director’s commentary

Premise:

A group of teenagers celebrating the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of this haunting urban legend. Long Island, 1978: A young girl named Mary Mattock gruesomely murders her family with a hatchet and is locked away for life in Long Island's notorious Kings Park Psychiatric Center. Ten years later, Mary escapes from the asylum, leaving a grizzly trail of bodies and blood in her wake. Gunned down by the police, Mary meets her own demise outside the sanitarium walls. This incident gave birth to the legend of Mary Hatchet's walking ghost and the mischievous night named in honor of her death, BLOOD NIGHT! Stemming from the real life Long Island legend of Mary Hatchet, Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet tells the tale of a group of teenagers enjoying their annual Blood Night festivities, when they come face to face with the reality of this haunting legend. One by one, the teens begin to disappear and meet their fate. As the body count rises, so do the unanswered questions about their missing friends and the secrets of Mary's horrifying past. Is there more to this legend than the vengeful ghost of Mary Hatchet? And if so, who will survive to tell the terrifying tale? Fueled by intense and energetic performances from Nate Dushku, Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, and Samantha Facchi as Mary Hatchet, audiences are in for a non-stop splatter fest filled with sex, guts, and heads that roll! Blood Night puts a neck-breaking spin on the gory and gut-wrenching "slasher" pieces from the legendary decade of 1980's horror!

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161404/

Born Of Fire (Mondo Macabro)



Special features include the following:

• Interviews with Jamil Dehlavi, Peter Firth & Nabil Shaban
• Theatrical Trailer 

Premise:

Sometimes described as "the world's first Islamic horror film". Born Of Fire is a visually stunning trip through a world of mysticism and magic, in the style of Jodorowsky's El Topo and Magic Mountain. In London, a musician finds himself assailed by visions of fire and destruction and is unable to finish an important concert. Later, he is contacted by a beautiful and mysterious woman who tells him that his problems are in some way connected with unusual solar activity and volcanic eruptions in a remote part of Turkey. He visits the area and finds himself in the center of a terrifying battle between the forces of light and darkness. At stake is the very survival of the planet.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092691/

The Butcher (Palisades Tartan)



Special features are said to include the following:

• Alternate ending
• Behind-the-scenes photos
• Storyboard sketches

Premise:

A small group of people lie battered and bound on the floor of a dirty slaughterhouse covered in blood. Scared and confused, they soon learn their captors are snuff film producers and plan to torture them as creatively and heinously as possible before brutally killing them off one–by-one. Each scene is shot from either the killer or victim’s point of view in order to fully capture the emotional torment of the prey and the unspeakable acts that will be perpetrated on their captive bodies.

Trailer:


Dead Air (Anthem Pictures)



Special features include the following:

• Director's Commentary with Corbin Bernsen
• "The Making of Dead Air" Mini-Documentary
• Behind-the-Scenes interviews with cast and filmmakers

Premise:

Logan Burnhardt is the ego-king of the airwaves, but his unflappable persona is put to the test when a terrorist bio-attack unleashes a plague of flesh-ripping maniacs on Los Angeles.

Trailer:


UHM Page:
http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/dead-air

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993841/

Deadlands 2: Trapped (Anthem Pictures)



Special features include the following:

• Introduction by director Gary Ugarek
• Director’s commentary
• Special Work-Print Feature
• Director’s commentary for the work-print
• “Weapons and Tactics” featurette
• Cast & Crew Interviews
• Trailer

Premise:

The United States Government has developed a highly effective nerve gas that is unleashed upon the residents of a small Maryland City. During the top secret exercise the infected citizens begin to convert each resident into a sort of living zombie until the remaining town residents, six total strangers, are trapped inside a movie complex.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103262/

Death Note: Re-Light Volume 2 – L’s Successors (Viz Media Entertainment)



Premise:

Light and L have battled to the bitter end over the Death Note - but what does the story look like from Ryuk's point of view? Go back to where it all began and watch the epic battle from a new perspective - through the eyes of the one who started it all! Four years have passed since Light claimed his victory at L's grave. Light has joined the National Police Agency and taken on the identity of the "new L." Kira's judgments of the citizens of the world have intensified, and many nations have come to accept Kira, either from fear or adulation. Near, L's successor, must ponder the question of how L was defeated if he is to succeed where his famed predecessor failed. At the headquarters of the anti-Kira organization the SPK, he proclaims that the new L is none other than Kira and calls upon the Japanese task force to declare war on Light.

Fear(s) Of The Dark (IFC Films/MPI Home Video)



Special features will include the following:

• Exhibition tour of FEAR(S) OF THE DARK in Angoulême by Etienne Robial
• Extended module by Pierre Di Sciullo
• “From the Drawing to the Film: Diaporama of Working Documents”
• Winner’s videos and drawing of the FEAR(S) MySpace contest
• Theatrical trailer
• French teaser

Premise:

It has been hailed as the most visually stunning and unsettling anthology in modern animation history: Artistic director Etienne Robial brings together six of the world s leading comic and graphic artists Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Richard McGuire, Pierre di Sciullo and Lorenzo Mattotti to each create a black and white journey straight into the realm of fright. This is their stark and naked world of phobias, nightmares and shadows, of strange noises, slimy bugs and dead things. It s a creepy, kinky, sometimes funny and always scary ride inside what makes our skin crawl and keeps us awake all night. The lights are off. The fear is real. Do you dare watch it alone?

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0792986/

God’s Left Hand, Devil’s Right Hand (Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters)



Premise:

A boy with the supernatural ability to dream about and predict the evil intentions of men sees one particular individual reading a picture book to his bedridden daughter. The dream would have been nothing out of the ordinary except for the fact that the self-made book was about barbarously murdered girls. The nightmare not only shocks the youngster awake, but it also causes blood to pour from his neck. Slowly dying, it is up to his sister to track down the man from her brother's dream and solve the mystery.

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471765/

I Can See You (Kino International)



Special features include the following:

• Audio Commentary with Director Graham Reznick, Stars Ben Dickenson, Chris Ford, Duncan Skiles and Assistant Director Josh Hartsoe
• Director's Short Film: "The Viewer" (in 3D, Glasses Included)
• THE VIEWER Commentary with Director Graham Reznick, D.P. Gordon Arkenberg and VFX artist Neal Jonas
• Deleted Scenes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Stills Gallery and Concept Art

Premise:

Three aspiring ad-men take a weekend in the wilderness to brainstorm their assignment: the re-branding of a once popular cleaning product. Out in the woods, strange technical anomalies begin to plague their equipment. As night falls, the trio encounters temptress Summer Day (Heather Robb) fanning old flames and inflaming old rivalries. A mysterious disappearance sparks a harrowing descent into unreality. (As Everyday Normality Goes Grotesque. - Variety) A spectral visitation from the product s former spokesman Mickey Hauser (Larry Fessenden) sets in motion an escalation of frightening visions, careening from (a tour-de-force musical number that grows increasingly horrific - Variety) to a startling climatic (freak-out that wipes all your troubles away, as well as anything else lying around in your head. - Village Voice)

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0871865/

The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue (a.k.a. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) (Blu-ray) (Blue Underground)



Special features include the following:

• Back to the Morgue - On Location with Director Jorge Grau
• Zombie Fighter - Interview with Star Ray Lovelock
• Zombie Maker - Interview with Special Effects Artist Giannetto De Rossi
• 2000 Interview with Director Jorge Grau
• Theatrical Trailers
• TV Spot
• Radio Spots
• Poster & Still Gallery

Premise:

Two traveling companions, George (Ray Lovelock of AUTOPSY) and Edna (Christine Galbo of THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN), come across a small town infested with the "living dead" that are satisfying their cannibalistic hunger on anyone they come across. Discovering that an agricultural machine using radiation waves is at the root of all the havoc, George and Edna fight for survival and their innocence as they are pursued by a relentless detective (Arthur Kennedy of THE ANTICHRIST and FANTASTIC VOYAGE) who is convinced they are responsible for the ghoulish acts of violence plaguing the countryside.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/

Late Fee (Shriek Show/Media Blasters)



Premise:

The devil always gets his due! It's Halloween eve and a young couple are desperate for something to do. They find an out-of-the-way DVD store just as it's closing for a private party. They beg the owner to let them rent some DVDs and ask for the scariest movie in the store. He agrees on the strict condition that they return them before midnight or pay the late fee. Halloween turns into a real nightmare when they neglect to return the rentals and realize...the late fee must be paid in blood! From the producers of "Flesh For The Beast" and "The Machine Girl"!

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1513076/

Messiah Of Evil: The Second Coming (Code Red DVD)



Special features include the following:

• Brand new Hi Definition master in 16x9 (2.35:1) widescreen supervised by Director Willard Huyck and editor Billy Weber.
• Audio commentary by Huyck and writer Gloria Katz, moderated by Lee Christian
• Featurette "Remembering Messiah of Evil" with Huyck, Katz, Weber, Director of Photography Stephen Katz, editor Morgan Fisher, directed by Lee Christian
• Audio interview with star Joy Bang
• Short films by Huyck and Katz : "The Bride Stripped Bar" and "Down These Mean Streets"
• Code Red Trailers

Premise:

After receiving a series of chilling letters from her reclusive father, Arletty (Mariana Hill, High Plains Drifter) drives to the remote seaside town of Pointe Dune to discover the reason for her father's developing madness. Upon her arrival, she encounters a mysterious trio of strangers investigating a local legend known as "The Blood Moon"... a curse that has transformed the inhabitants of the town into a terrifying horde of blood-thirsty maniacs! Also starring Michael Greer (Fortune and Men's Eyes), cult starlets Joy Bang and Anitra Ford, and screen legends Royal Dano and Elisha Cook, Jr., Messiah Of Evil is a unique shocker from the minds of Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz (Oscar-nominated screenwriters of American Graffiti). A visual masterpiece finally brought to home video in its original scope aspect ratio, Messiah Of Evil is unlike any horror film you've ever seen. Enter Pointe Dune and prepare to be spellbound...

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071396/

Night Of Death! (Synapse Films)



Premise:

There's something strange going on at Deadlock House, a secluded French retirement home. The residents seem like nice people, but employees are disappearing and the whole place seems a bit odd. The boarders are vegetarian, the house director plays the same creepy tune on the piano over and over again, and one man, in particular, seems overly violent and aggressive.  Unfortunately for Martine (Isabelle Goguey), the new staff nurse, she's about to discover the horrifying secret of Deadlock House... a secret so evil, she may not live to see the dawn. As night falls, something evil walks the hallways. Something with a taste for blood... and human flesh! Raphaël Delpard directs this rare, underrated French horror classic chock full of strange characters, surprising gore and mesmerizing atmosphere.

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293467/

Night Of The Creeps (DVD/Blu-ray) (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)

  

Special features will include the following:

• Audio Commentary with Members of the Cast
• Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Fred Dekker
• Deleted Scenes
• Alternate Ending – Theatrical Version
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Trivia Track
• 6 Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes:
  • Birth of the Creeps - Writer/Director Fred Dekker discusses his influences and early filmmaking experiences and how NIGHT OF THE CREEPS evolved into his debut feature film.
  • Cast of the Creeps - Actors Jason Lively, Tom Atkins, Steve Marshall, and Actress Jill Whitlow talk about their experiences on the film, and how they have dealt with the film's enduring cult success over the past 25 years.
  • Creating the Creeps - Make-Up FX Creators David B. Miller, Robert Kurtzman and others discuss the extensive make-up creations in the film, and how they brought the slithering sluglike "creeps" to life.
  • Escape of the Creeps - A detailed look into the film's post-production and why the film was barely released to theatres with Writer/Director Fred Dekker, Composer Barry DeVorzon, and Producer Charles Gordon.
  • Legend of the Creeps - Final words from the cast & crew on the film's enduring cult popularity plus interviews with the film's biggest fans.
  • Tom Atkins: Man of Action – A detailed look at the career of Tom Atkins with testimonials from filmmakers he's worked with over the past thirty years.
• Footage from the June 2009 cast reunion screening at The Original Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
• BD-Live Access Exclusive content and downloads! (Blu-ray only)

Click here for John Doolan's review of the film!

Premise:

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091630/

Orphan (DVD/Blu-ray) (Warner Home Video)

  

Special features will include the following:

• Additional scenes/alternate ending
• "Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds, Evil Kids and Orphan" featurette (Blu-ray)
• Digital copy of the film (Blu-ray)

Premise:

Kate and John are a couple grieving over the tragic loss of their unborn child. It's taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther. Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there's something wrong with Esther - this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be. Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther's sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late...for everyone.

Trailer:


UHM Page:
http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movies/orphan.php

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/

Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood (Sparks Entertainment LLC)



Premise:

Not all fairy tales are for children. From director Harry Sparks comes this modern update of a classic fairy tale unlike any you have seen before. Shot on location in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the United States, Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood is an exciting, suspenseful, erotic fantasy that is sure to keep you entertained. Starring Stefanie Geils, Sativa Verte, Nicole Leigh Vuono, Phil Gibson, Betty Biehler, Chris O'Brocki, Debbie D and Angelina Leigh.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339493/

Sauna (IFC Films/MPI Home Video)



The only special feature included will be a trailer

Premise:

A chilling horror film, SAUNA explores the space between Christianity and paganism. The year 1595- a long and brutal war is finally over. Brothers Knut and Erik- who are part of a commission marking the border between Finland and Russia- commit a terrible sin as they leave a young girl to die a horrible death. As the commission crosses the uncharted swamp, the girl returns to haunt them. Weary men find solace from the nameless village and find a sauna- the sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking forgiveness the brothers step in.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124394/

Stan Helsing (DVD/Blu-ray) (Anchor Bay Home Entertainment)

  

Special features include the following:

• Audio Commentary With Writer/Producer/Director Bo Zenga And Actors Kenan Thompson And Desi Lydic
• Killer Parody: The Making Of
• Extended, Alternate And Deleted Scenes
• Outtakes
• Trailer
• Still Gallery
• Storyboard Gallery

Premise:

It's Halloween night and video store clerk Stan Helsing just got stuck with a last minute request to deliver some videos. With his best friend, his best friend's date, and a smoking hot ex-girlfriend waiting to go to a party, Stan convinces them to take a side trip to Stormy Night Estates for the drop. But the group gets locked inside and Stan discovers he's actually Stan Van Helsing, descendant of the famed monster killer. Now, to lift a curse from the town and get his friends home safely, Stan must defeat the six greatest movie monsters of all time: Fweddy, Mason, Needlehead, Lucky, Michael Criers and Pleatherface!

Trailer:


UHM Page:
http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/movie/stan-helsing

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185266/

Tales From The Darkside: The Second Season (Paramount Home Entertainment)



The only special feature included in this release is an "On Air With George Romero" featurette

Premise:

Welcome to a world where the strange and the ordinary are brought together to tell wicked stories... with a twist.  Welcome to Tales From The Darkside: The Second Season.

Featuring major stars from film and TV, these 24 spine-tingling stories of heart-stopping suspense and killer thrills promise to leave you dead-bolting the door and sleeping with the lights on for many nights to come.

"Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight."

IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086814/

X-Cross (Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters)



Premise:

Friends drive out to a remote hot spring to soothe their broken hearts after a break-up. Little do they know, they've stumbled upon a cult of backwater maniacs. Split up from each other, they keep in touch via cell phone with the action constantly rewinding to show us what's happening from multiple points of view.

Trailer:


IMDb Page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043877/