New Horror/Suspense Releases in Theaters and on DVD: Week of March 24, 2013
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Jack is a college student majoring in music, concentrating in experimental musical forms. Inspired by an act of violence, Jack decides he will create a piece of music composed solely of human screams, no musical instruments, just screams. Jack's quest leads him to a cult of sadomasochists that kill for pleasure. When he discovers that the leader of the cult is Professor Lafitte, Jack delves into the dark underworld of pleasure and pain, where nothing is like it seems, when he embarks in a dark journey of self-discovery, murder and torture.
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What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story Frankenstein is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.
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The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. But when a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe... and to the deviant behavior within the human psyche. With its victims becoming creatures who feed on - and become aroused by - human brains, the Resonator is the ultimate man-made monster. And now something's gone horribly wrong and no one can turn it off!
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Do you remember that disaster at Delos a few years ago when the Westworld robots went out of control and killed a few guests? Well, the entire resort has now been rebuilt and redesigned to be completely fail-safe. To combat the lingering adverse publicity, Duffy, the Delos representative, has offered the IMC Communication Network exclusive rights to the "new" Delos story. Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner), the network’s top commentator, has been assigned the story with Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda), the newspaper reporter who broke the original Westworld disaster story. But as Tracy and Chuck’s private tour starts, they get the feeling the entire resort might not be as safe as Delos thinks.
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Jude Law brings a powerful presence to this 1998 thriller, AKA The Wisdom of Crocodiles, which hits Blu-ray for the first time. Steven (Law) is a handsome and charming vampire who has a powerfully seductive way with women. By the time the body of his latest conquest is found at sea, Steven has already moved on to his next victim. But as this moody, intelligent beauty proves frustratingly elusive, it merely intensifies Steven's impassioned pursuit of the love -- and blood -- he literally cannot live without.
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In the attic of an ancestral home, a devil worshipping sadist, Jezebeth Blandy (Bree Michaels), at war with God, unwittingly discovers a nineteenth century diary that details the summoning of a demon. Jezebeth succeeds in breaking a satanic code inside her hell room which creates for her two realities. Lenora Blandy (Madeline Maser), a devout catholic, endlessly tortured at the hands of Jezebeth, has come to the end of her rope. Nowhere to run, nor hide. She's forced to confront her demons.
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Steven Spielberg's blockbuster hit Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
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Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer (William H. Macy) and his wife (Tea Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. But when they're terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant discovers that his hosts are not what they seem, and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined in this heart-stomping thriller.
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In the latest entry in Charles Band's killer doll series, an innocent African-American medical student's soul is transferred into the body of a popular toy, eventually extracting his revenge by killing every racist in the city.
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Discipline
Jack is a college student majoring in music, concentrating in experimental musical forms. Inspired by an act of violence, Jack decides he will create a piece of music composed solely of human screams, no musical instruments, just screams. Jack's quest leads him to a cult of sadomasochists that kill for pleasure. When he discovers that the leader of the cult is Professor Lafitte, Jack delves into the dark underworld of pleasure and pain, where nothing is like it seems, when he embarks in a dark journey of self-discovery, murder and torture.
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The Frankenstein Theory
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his outlandish ideas, Professor John Venkenheim leads a documentary film crew to the rim of the Arctic Circle in a desperate effort to vindicate his academic reputation. His theory: Mary Shelley's ghastly story Frankenstein is, in fact, a work of non-fiction disguised as fantasy. In the vast, frozen wilderness, Venkenheim and his team search for the legendary monster, a creature mired in mystery and drenched in blood. What they find is an unspeakable truth more terrifying than any fiction...a nightmare from which there is no waking.
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From Beyond: Collector's Edition
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. But when a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe... and to the deviant behavior within the human psyche. With its victims becoming creatures who feed on - and become aroused by - human brains, the Resonator is the ultimate man-made monster. And now something's gone horribly wrong and no one can turn it off!
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Futureworld
Do you remember that disaster at Delos a few years ago when the Westworld robots went out of control and killed a few guests? Well, the entire resort has now been rebuilt and redesigned to be completely fail-safe. To combat the lingering adverse publicity, Duffy, the Delos representative, has offered the IMC Communication Network exclusive rights to the "new" Delos story. Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner), the network’s top commentator, has been assigned the story with Chuck Browning (Peter Fonda), the newspaper reporter who broke the original Westworld disaster story. But as Tracy and Chuck’s private tour starts, they get the feeling the entire resort might not be as safe as Delos thinks.
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Hollow Man Double Feature
Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater star respectively in the two Hollow Man films as men who go insane after being turned invisible.
Immortality
Jude Law brings a powerful presence to this 1998 thriller, AKA The Wisdom of Crocodiles, which hits Blu-ray for the first time. Steven (Law) is a handsome and charming vampire who has a powerfully seductive way with women. By the time the body of his latest conquest is found at sea, Steven has already moved on to his next victim. But as this moody, intelligent beauty proves frustratingly elusive, it merely intensifies Steven's impassioned pursuit of the love -- and blood -- he literally cannot live without.
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Jezebeth
In the attic of an ancestral home, a devil worshipping sadist, Jezebeth Blandy (Bree Michaels), at war with God, unwittingly discovers a nineteenth century diary that details the summoning of a demon. Jezebeth succeeds in breaking a satanic code inside her hell room which creates for her two realities. Lenora Blandy (Madeline Maser), a devout catholic, endlessly tortured at the hands of Jezebeth, has come to the end of her rope. Nowhere to run, nor hide. She's forced to confront her demons.
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Jurassic Park: 20th Anniversary Edition
Steven Spielberg's blockbuster hit Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.
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Jurassic Park III
Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer (William H. Macy) and his wife (Tea Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. But when they're terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant discovers that his hosts are not what they seem, and the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined in this heart-stomping thriller.
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Ooga Booga
In the latest entry in Charles Band's killer doll series, an innocent African-American medical student's soul is transferred into the body of a popular toy, eventually extracting his revenge by killing every racist in the city.
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