The first full week of 2009 is rewarding us with not only a kick-ass theatrical event, but a few gems on DVD as well. David S. Goyer’s cool looking THE UNBORN hits theaters this Friday, with EDEN LAKE, MIDNIGHT MOVIE, and THE ALPHABET KILLER all hitting DVD. If the rest of the year is anything like this, 2009 is gonna kick all sorts of ass!
SLAUGHTERING THEATERS THIS WEEK
THE UNBORN
Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images, thematic material and language including some sexual refernces.
Starring Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Jane Alexander, Meagan Good
Directed by David S. Goyer
Run Time: ???
Casey Beldon hated her mother for abandoning her as a child. But when inexplicable events begin to happen, Casey begins to understand why she left. Plagued by merciless dreams and a tortured ghost that haunts her waking hours, she must turn to the only person, Rabbi Sendak, who can make it stop. With the help of Sendak, her best friend Romy and boyfriend Mark, Casey uncovers the source of a family curse dating back to Nazi Germany–a creature with the ability to inhabit anyone or anything that is getting stronger with each possession. With the curse unleashed, her only chance at survival is to shut a doorway from beyond our world that has been pried open by someone who was never born.
SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
Rated:Unrated
Starring Jack O’Connell, Kelly Reilly, Finn Atkins
Directed by James Watkins
Run Time: 91 Min.
In 1988, it emerged as the shocking follow-up to the film that redefined the face of horror. Two decades later, it remains the most brutally original sequel in horror film history. Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence and Kenneth Cranham co-star in this hit sequel from executive producer Clive Barker that experiences the flesh like no other. The time to play has come again: Surrender yourself to the infernal labyrinth of hellbound: Hellraiser II – The 20th Anniversary Edition.
Rated: R
Starring Rebekah Brandes, Daniel Bonjour, Greg Cirulnick
Directed by Jack Messitt
Run Time: 84 minutes
A midnight showing of an early 1970’s horror movie turns to chaos when the Killer from the movie comes out of the film to attack those in the theater.
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THE ALPHABET KILLER
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Rob Schmidt
Starring Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Larry Hankin, Timothy Hutton, Michael Ironside
Run Time: 90 min.
A ten year old girl is found brutally murdered outside the small blue-collar city of Rochester, New York, and obsessed police detective Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and DOLLHOUSE) suffers a mental breakdown while trying to solve the crime. But when the child-killings resume two years later, Megan’s return to the investigation also brings back her own horrific hallucinations. Even if she can prove a ‘double initial’ connection to the slayings, will she hang onto her sanity long enough to catch a psychopath?
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