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Orphan

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Dvd release date: 10/27/2009

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Tragedy seems to follow nine-year-old Esther. She was orphaned in her native Russia. Her last adoptive family perished in a fire Esther barely escaped. But now the Coleman family has adopted her, and life is good. Until a classmate takes a serious fall from a slide. Until an orphanage nun is battered to death. And until Esther?s new mom wonders if that tragic fire was an accident. From Dark Castle Productions comes “Orphan”, bringing stunning new twists to the psychological thriller and locking audiences in a tightening vise of mystery, suspicion and terror. You?ll never forget Esther. So sweet. So intelligent. So creative. So disturbed.  (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

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Drag Me to Hell

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Dvd release date: 10/13/2009

Starring: Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao
Director: Sam Raimi
Category: Horror
Rated: PG-13

Director Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man”, “Evil Dead”, “A Simple Plan”) returns to the horror genre with “Drag Me To Hell”, an original tale of a young woman’s desperate quest to break an evil curse. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: *** (out of four)

Overall: ***1/2 (out of four)

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The Last House on the Left

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Dvd release date: 08/18/2009

Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Martha MacIsaac
Director: Dennis Iliadis
Category: Horror
Rated: R

Renowned horror director Wes Craven returns to the scene of one of the most notorious thrillers of all time in this darkly disturbing reimagining of “The Last House On The Left”. After kidnapping and ruthlessly assaulting two teen girls, a sadistic killer and his gang unknowingly find shelter from a storm at the home of one of the victim’s parents – two ordinary people who will go to increasingly gruesome extremes to get revenge. Loaded with shocking twists guaranteed to leave you on edge, it’s an ominous film critics call “One of the best horror remakes ever made…” – Scott Weinberg, Fearnet.com. How far would you go to get revenge. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ** (out of four)
USA Today: * (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

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The Unborn

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Dvd release date: 07/07/2009

Starring: Rhys Coiro, Gary Oldman
Director: Not listed
Category: Horror
Rated: PG-13

Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in “The Unborn”. From the producers of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and the co-writer of “The Dark Knight” comes this shocking supernatural thriller about a young woman (Odette Yustman) plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor Sendak (Gary Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead… (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: **1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: *1/2 (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

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Friday the 13th

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Dvd release date: 06/16/2009

Starring: Julianna Guill, America Olivo
Director: Marcus Nispel
Category: Horror
Rated: R

College kids seeking a weekend of kicks have made a horrible mistake. They’ve come to party at eerie Crystal Lake, the deadly domain of machete-mad killer Jason Voorhees. Terror goes to extremes in this reimagining of the Jason legend for today’s horror fan. Enter for the first time the subterranean lair that is Jason’s den of torture and fear. See him discover the mask that hides his deformed face. Experience a whole new level of fright. And try to remain calm. The intense violence, the unique kills, the jolting scares: live then all in the all-new “Friday the 13th”. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: *1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

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