Another slow week for theatrically released horror, but that doesn’t mean DVD is suffering… not one bit! The re-release of Wes Craven’s LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT hits the shelves (just in time for the remake’s release next month), as well as the craptacular HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY, which was my F-U movie of 2008. Eric Roberts rocks the house with CYCLOPS, and a killer Blu-Ray import of FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 wraps up this week’s releases.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT: COLLECTOR’S EDITION
Rated: UnRated
Starring Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess
Directed by Wes Craven
Run Time: 84 Min.
A quartet of criminals–a distorted version of the nuclear family–kidnaps a pair of teenage girls and proceeds to ravage, rape, torture, and finally brutally murder them in the woods, unwittingly within walking distance of their rural home. The killers take refuge in the girls’ own home, but when the parents discover just who they are and what they’ve done, they plot violent retribution.
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY
Rated:PG-13
Starring Chace Crawford, Haley Bennett, AnnaLynne McCord
Directed by Mickey Liddell
Run Time: 85 minutes
Molly Hartley (Bennett) hopes that with her mother locked away in a mental ward, she can forget the violence of her family’s past and start over. She has found a new life, a new school and a new boyfriend (Crawford). But when her secret past and haunting nightmares continue, Molly fears she has inherited her mother’s psychosis. What she doesn’t know is that she’s inherited something else…a secret far more horrifying than any fate she can imagine and a destiny she cannot avoid!
CYCLOPS
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Declan O’Brien
Starring Eric Roberts, Kevin Stapleton, Frida Farrell
Run Time: 94 min.
It is the pinnacle of the Roman Empire, a time of mighty gladiators, lusty women, and a ferocious one – eyed monster that slaughters those foolish enough to enter his forest domain. But the corrupt Emperor Tiberius has a plan to please the bloodlust of the people: Capture the creature and unleash him in the arena against his condemned slaves, including wrongfully imporisoned general Marcus Romulus. Now the ultimate battle between man and beast is about to begin… and Rome will tase the full furty of hell unleashed.
Rated: R
Starring Dana Kimmell, Paul Kratka, Nick Savage
Directed by Steve Miner
Run Time: 91 Min.
Import Blu-Ray/Region All pressing. Jason Voorhees (Richard Brooker) returns again to Camp Crystal Lake, where he drowned nearly three decades before while some negligent camp counselors made out on the beach. Understandably upset by this turn of events, Jason continues to haunt his old stomping grounds, dealing death to those thrill-seeking teens who venture into the woods. This time around, Jason faces tougher victims in the form of a motorcycle gang and dons his trademark hockey mask. The film was originally presented in theatres in 3-D.