There’s awesome, and then there’s this week of releases! Wow! With Christmas just one week away, it’s about time we get the fully pimped out treatment in terms of both quality theatrical and DVD love. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp collaborate again in SWEENEY TODD (which is already getting rave reviews), and DVD sees Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN, the new name in terror (Victor Crowley) in HATCHET, and a truly ULITIMATE EDITION to THE EVIL DEAD! Merry Christmas is right! Holy crap it’s gonna be a good week!
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Rated
R for graphic bloody violence.
Directed by Tim Burton
Starring Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Helen Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Run Time:1hr. 57min.
Story about a grisly revenge by Benjamin Barker, a man unjustly imprisoned by a lecherous judge. Barker returns as barber Sweeney Todd and exacts revenge.
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SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
HALLOWEEN – UNRATED DIRECTOR’S CUT
Rated: UnRated
Starring
Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie
Directed by Rob Zombie
Run Time: 121 min.
The original slasher film about Michael Myers, the psychotic killer who dons a mask and terrorizes his hometown, is re-imagined by edgy director Rob Zombie.
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Rated: UnRated
Starring
Joel Moore, Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Kane Hodder
Directed by Adam Green
Run Time: 84 Min.
Killer Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder, Jason in many of the later Friday the 13th entries), a deformed Louisiana swamp dweller who returns from an apparent fiery death to lay waste to a mixed bag of tourists and Mardi Gras revelers who’ve wandered into his turf on a “haunted swamp” tour.
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THE EVIL DEAD: ULTIMATE EDITION
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Sam Raimi
Starring Bruce Campbell
Run Time: 85 Min.
Ash (cult favorite Bruce Campbell) and four friends arrive at a backwoods cabin for a vacation, where they find a tape recorder containing incantations from an ancient book of the dead. When they play the tape, evil forces are unleashed, and one by one the friends are possessed.
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