Talk about a slow week! There’s a very limited release of HORSEMEN in theaters, otherwise you’re looking at some crappy-ass DVD titles, including DEAD IN 3 DAYS, LAST RITES, and WET KISS. Sheesh… I guess no one wanted to touch the WATCHMEN madness with a stick.
HORSEMEN
Rated: R for grisly and disturbing content, some sexual images and language.
Starring Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci
Directed by Jonas Akerlund
Run Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
At home, hardened police detective Aidan Breslin has grown increasingly distant from his two young sons Alex and Sean since the death of his wife. At work, he finds himself thrust into an investigation of perverse serial killings rooted in the Biblical prophecy of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The White Horsemen, a master of deception and the unexpected leader hell-bent on conquest; The Red Horsemen, a sharp-witted warrior intent on turning man against man, with an innocence that hides a burning rage within; The Black Horsemen, a manipulative and dark tyrant, unbalanced but always one step ahead; and The Pale Horsemen, an executioner with disarming strength, determined to spread death through surgical precision. As Breslin grapples with each new revelation in the case, he slowly discovers a shocking connection between himself and the four suspects.
DEAD IN 3 DAYS
Rated: R
Starring Susi Stach, Andreas Kiendl, Michel Rastl
Directed by Andreas Prochaska and Stewart St. John
Run Time: 93 Min.
A clique of teenagers begins to receive life threatening cell-phone messages that warn “In three days you’re dead” and they soon begin to die at the hands of a shrouded killer. One girl in the group is the only one who discovers a mysterious clue leading to the assailant’s identity, but as the body count rises and the slayings become more and more vicious, no-one outside of her group wants to believe her and time is running out…
LAST RITES
Rated:UnRated
Starring Gerald Fielding, Patricia Lee Hammond, Victor Jorge
Directed by Domonic Paris
Run Time: 85 minutes
A small-town funeral director, doctor and sheriff are vampires who suck blood from the recently not-quite-dead on the embalming table and then immediately kill the newly converted vampire. When one of their victims disappears before being staked, they are threatened with being exposed if the new vampire surfaces. Very low budget. Based on a true story?
WET KISS
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Jen Murphy
Starring Sean Holahan, Andre Dell
Run Time: 125 min.
In this supernatural tale of obsession and betrayal, a young woman known only as Sunflower is murdered. Those involved covered up the crime and as a result they find their lives in ruin. Pete Downey has only the best of intentions when he comes to the aid of the mysterious woman that stumbled into his life. The relationship between Pete and the woman grows. Having only known cruelty and loneliness, she craves the kindness that Pete and his cousin, Sam, extend to her. Tragedy results when the woman s crush on Pete is exploited. Pete s life spirals out of control. He obsesses about Sunflower s true identity and guilt over his inability to prevent her death. When those involved begin to die, they must discover if one of their own is responsible….or has Sunflower returned from her watery grave to exact the justice she deserves.