To celebrate 420 this year, not only do you have one genre flick in theaters, but two: Ronald Reagan killing hippies in THE TRIPPER, and Luke Wilson in his first horror flick, in the slick looking VACANCY! Oh, the choices, the choices! On the DVD front, nothing too incredibly exciting, however seeing George Wendt (Norm!) in psycho mode is always nice (MOH: FAMILY). We also have a monster movie rip-off of the last PIRATES movie (featuring yet another chick in a bikini… very nice!) with KRAKEN, a trip-fest if I’ve ever heard of called ZOO, and one of the better zombie flicks to come out in a while with DEADLANDS: THE RISING. With all these choices, your biggest dilemma this week should be what are you going to be doing for 4/20!
THE TRIPPER
Rated R
Directed by David Arquette
Starring Jaime King, Thomas Jane, Paul Reubens, Lukas Haas
Run Time: 1 hr. 53 min.
A group of free-love hippies attend an outdoor music and camping festival only to find themselves stalked by a maniac with a Ronald Reagan fixation and his killer dog, Nancy.
VACANCY
Rated R for brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and language.
Directed by Nimrod Antal
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry, Scott G. Anderson
Run Time: ???
When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they’re watching were all filmed in the very room they’re sitting in. With hidden cameras now aimed at them… trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels… and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before whomever is watching them can finish their latest masterpiece.
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SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
MOH: FAMILY
Rated: UnRated
Directed by John Landis
Starring George Wendt, John B. Scott, Meredith Monroe
Family, directed by John Landis and written by Brent Hanley, tells the story of a young married couple (Meredith Monroe and Matt Keeslar) that moves into a new home in a new city and finds out that their neighbor (George Wendt) is not what he seems.
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KRAKEN – TENTACLES OF THE DEEP
Rated: R
Directed by Tibor Takács
Starring Charlie O’Connell, Victoria Pratt, Kristi Angus
Run Time: 87 minutes
Thirty years ago, Ray Reiter witnessed the brutal death of his parents at sea by a strange, octopus-like creature. Now determined to exact revenge, he joins archaeologist Nicole on a perilous high-seas expedition to find a legendary Greek Opal – said to be guarded by the very beast that murdered his family. As they come face to face with the killer Kraken, they must also battle a ruthless crime lord, who will stop at nothing to seize the coveted treasure for himself.
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Z00
Rated: UnRated
Run Time: 119 Minutes
This collection of shocking, unpredictable stories feature the first screen adaptation of the number one young author of his generation, Otsuichi. Working with five different directors, ZOO features five stories (four live-action, one animated) of fear.
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DEADLANDS: THE RISING
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Gary Ugarek
Starring Dave Cooperman, Melisa Breiner-Sanders, Brian Wright
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Unexplained explosions rock several major U.S. cities. As the night unfolds, more mysterious events are yet to come. In Baltimore, five strangers take a stand as the world is rapidly consumed by the living dead! A man stuck in a traffic jam narrowly escapes to warn others of what s heading their way… best friends fight to return home and find the fate of their families… a mother and son desperately seek to escape the horrors gathering outside. While each human stands to fight and survive, the army of the dead continues to grow…
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