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"Believers" coming in October on DVD

Warner Home Video will now release Believers, the third entry in the Raw Feed horror series, on October 16th.

While on duty, two emergency paramedics receive a call from a young girl in a deserted area. When they arrive, however, they are captured by members of the fanatical suicide cult of Quanta. Drugged and isolated in a remote community, the two can only hope that they are able to escape before the "chosen ones'" master plan is complete.

Directed by Daniel Myrick (The Blair Witch Project), the DVD arrives unrated with a 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Extras include commentary by Myrick, the featurettes "Introduction to the Facility," "The Teacher " (Hidden Camera), "Io Explains the Formula" (Night Vision), "The Aftermath" (Forensic Video), "Extended Interview With Lina Vance" and trailers.

Retail is $24.98.



Dimension Extreme kicks-off with UK's "Broken"

The UK horror film Broken is the first to hit DVD under the new Dimension Extreme label, streeting on September 25.

Hope (Nadja Brand) and her young daughter are abducted and brought to a remote, terrifying forest by a mysterious and nameless man (Eric Colvin). As Hope is forced to undergo humiliating, violent and degrading trials she fights desperately to escape and discover the fate of her missing daughter. When the man reveals a terrifying news, Hope is forced to initiate a series of drastic events which send the delicate balance between captor and slave hurtling out of control. Hope’s actions lead to a devastating and terrifying conclusion, and a secret so dark that it threatens to destroy Hope entirely. Will Hope escape the clutches of evil, or will she be Broken?

The official poster can be viewed here.

Images from the movie can be viewed here.

The trailer can be viewed here.



"Babysitter" wanted

"Babysitter Wanted" is a new indie film which might end up being quite entertaining. It stars Sarah Thompson, Matt Dallas, Bruce Thomas, Bill Moseley, Nana Visitor, Kristen Dalton and Kai Caster.

Directed by Jonas Barnes and Michael Manasseri, the film takes place in a small college town, where a girl gets a babysitting job on a rural farm and is terrorized throughout the night. The revealing news is that the movie has a monster twist!!

You can view the official poster and teaser trailer here.



Elisabeth Bathory in all her splendor coming soon

Elizabeth Bathory, the most infamous serial killer in Hungarian and Slovak history, gave a taste of what she was like in Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II (can you imagine an entire movie filled with sequences like the one featuring Heather Matarazzo strung upside down?) The Hungarian noblewoman has been a favorite horror tale figure in Eastern European myth since her demise in 1614.

Now there are not one, but two new films coming that tell the story of the horrific killer.

She's slated to cast her spell in dueling versions, one by Slovak auteur Juraj Jakubisko (featuring Anna Friel) and one by French thesp, helmer and scribe Julie Delpy(An American Werewolf in Paris), each following different instincts in getting down to who and what the powerful countess really was.

Delpy has been mum on details while prepping her 5 million Euro ($6.6 million) shoot of The Countess in authentic locations near where Bathory reigned -- and supposedly bathed in the blood of virgins to prolong her girlish looks -- in what is now Hungary and Slovakia. Her Bathory script examines the mindset of a mysterious, wealthy and cruel figure who is said to have killed some 400 girls. Delpy has said it's not exactly clear whether the countess was really behind all the bloodshed. After all, her vast land holdings and castles were worth a fortune, her husband was away at war with the Turks and some stood to gain substantially from any witch-hunt directed at Bathory.

Jakubisko, co-producer of the U.K.'s Film and Music Entertainment says the rival film Bathory conception of the bloody countess is presented in a more epic setting. Jakubisko portrays Bathory from age 10 until her death 35 years later, puts his distinctive stamp on the battle sequences and constantly moves the action from manor houses to more than 20 different castles and chateaus, with 120 speaking characters and thousands of extras.

The project has completed editing and weighs in as the most expensive production in Slovakia and the Czech Republic since 1989 with a budget of $14.5 million and a run time of 2 hours, 22 minutes. It's also the helmer's first English-language movie.

It seems the mad countess has finally won her bid for immortality -- or at least eternal youth.



"Hatchet" First Look free with "Behind the Mask" DVD in Circuit City

This one is for Alky and the rest who regularly purchase their stuff from Circuit City.

Besides finally being able to watch Ash kick some ass with his boom stick in Universal's HD-DVD release of Army of Darkness, this Tuesday Anchor Bay (Starz) will finally release Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon on DVD, which when purchased at Circuit City stores will come with a free Hatchet "First Look" DVD, which features the theatrical teaser trailer and an exclusive interview with writer/director Adam Green that reveals clips from the film and behind the scenes footage!

The following list is HUGE, prepare to spend money!


Army of Darkness (HD-DVD): Universal

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: Anchor Bay

The Brutal River: Tai Seng Entertainment

Cult Camp Classics 1: Sci-Fi Thrillers (ATTACK OF THE 50 FT. WOMAN, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH, QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE): Warner Brothers

Cult Camp Classics 2: Women in Peril (THE BIG CUBE, CAGED, TROG): Warner Brothers

Cult Camp Classics 3 - Terrorized Travelers (HOT RODS TO HELL, SKYJACKER, ZERO HOUR!)

Cult Camp Classics 4 - Historical Epics (THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES / LAND OF THE PHARAOHS / THE PRODIGAL)

Dead Silence: Universal

Drive-In Classics: St. Clair Vision (DRIVE-IN MASSACRE, SCREAM BLOODY MURDER, DIE SISTER DIE!, TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST, LEGEND OF BIGFOOT, THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS, SHE DEMONS, RATTLERS, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER)

Ebola Syndrome: Discotek

Frankenstein Conquers the World: Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters

Going Under: Blue Underground

Haunted Forest: Lionsgate

Isolation: First Look

Lockout: Lightyear

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume 11 (RING OF TERROR, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN, TORMENTED, HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND): Rhino

Penny Dreadful: Cinema Image

Shaolin vs. Evil Dead: Tai Seng

Urchin: Vanguard

Visions of Horror: Hart Sharp (MY SKIN, SLUMBER, HOOLIGAN’S VALLEY, CALLOUS SENTIMENT, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ZOMBIE KILLERS, TRICK OR TREAT and SCREAM FOR ME)

Who Can Kill a Child? Dark Sky



Grab your copies at Circuit Cities across the country now! Happy shopping!