This is a week of classics, as not only does one of the cooler animated musicals hit theaters in 3D, but Project Greenlight’s modern day monster movie is sure on it’s way to cult classic status. Too bad that one didn’t hit a wider theatrical release. Also to note: the entire OMEN series (including the remake) is available, Larry Cohen’s entry in the MASTER OF HORROR series is unleashed, and FRANKENHOOKER makes an appearance in a brand new special edition. Man oh man, do I love that SuperCrack!
THIS WEEK
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 3D
Rated: PG
Directed by Henry Selick
Starring Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara.
Despite having recently presided over a very successful Halloween, Jack Skellington, aka the Pumpkin King, is bored with his job and feels that life in Halloweenland lacks meaning. Then he stumbles upon Christmastown and promptly decides to make the Yuletide his own.
SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
FEAST
Rated: Unrated
Directed by John Gulager
Starring Eric Dane, Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Jason Mewes.
Run Time: 1 hr. 32 min.
Patrons locked inside of a bar are forced to fight monsters.
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REST STOP
Rated: Unrated
Directed by John Shiban
Starring Jaimie Alexander, Joey Mendicino, Nick Orefice.
Run Time: 85 min.
Jess is at the wheel. Nicole rides shotgun. And at the end of the road stretching before them is glittering, glamorous Hollywood. They’re on a road trip, all right…straight to hell. When the runaway lovers pause at an abandoned rest stop, Jess disappears. And someone else appears – someone with his own demented sense of fun. With drills. Staple guns. Box cutters. All the tearing, grinding, ripping tools you need to hew wood. Or metal. Or people. Especially young, pretty people just like Nicole. Raw fear rules in Rest Stop, the first film from Raw Feed, the newest brand name in horror, sci-fi and thrillers. Director John Shiban, writer and executive producer of The X-Files and Supernatural, keeps the terrors and twists coming, each out-shocking the last. Stop. Stay awhile. But don’t expect to rest.
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FRANKENHOOKER
Rated: R
Directed by: Frank Henenlotter
Starring James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Louise Lasser.
Run Time: 1 hr. 26 min.
A medical school dropout loses his fiance in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back. Unfortunately, he was only able to save her head, so he goes to the red light district in the city and lures prostitutes into a hotel room so he can get parts for his girlfriend.
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THE OMEN COLLECTION
Rated: R
Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard, Jorge Montesi, John Moore.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner.
Disc 1: OMEN (2006) Disc 2 and 3: THE OMEN COLLECTOR’S EDITION Disc 4: OMEN II: DAMIEN Disc 5: OMEN III: THE FINAL CONFLICT Disc 6: OMEN IV: THE AWAKENING
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PICK ME UP
Rated: NR
Directed by: Larry Cohen.
Larry Cohen’s chapter in the MASTERS OF HORROR series begins on a deserted road in the middle of nowhere. When a crazed hitchhiker gets accidentally offered a ride by an equally insane truck driver, a young woman (Fairuza Balk) has the bad luck to become the victim of each. In order to make it out alive, she will have to outsmart both men by beating each at his own game.
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