This is promising to be a different week of releases. First off, we have the surprisingly cool looking haunted house movie THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT hitting theaters (let’s hope it lives up to the hype). Then there’s not one, but TWO Sci-Fi Channel original movies hitting DVD: LOCUSTS (with Julie Benz!) and SNAKEHEAD TERROR. Wow. Not even in your wildest dreams could you have imagined you’d be so lucky.
THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
Rated: PG-13 for some intense sequences of terror and disturbing images.
Starring Virginia Madsen, Brooklynn Proulx, Elias Koteas
Directed by Peter Cornwell
Run Time: 1 hr. 32 min.
The astounding, well-documented story of a family forced to relocate near a clinic where their son was being treated for cancer. Strained financially and emotionally, the family discovers their recently renovated home was a former mortuary with a dark history. After experiencing violent supernatural events both inside and out of the house, the family seeks the help of ghost hunters and the Catholic Church, which performs an exorcism.
LOCUSTS: THE 8TH PLAGUE
Rated: R
Starring Julie Benz, Jeff Fahey, David Keith, Dan Cortesebr>
Directed by Ian Gilmour
Run Time: 88 Min.
Watch the skies… and run! Terror is breeding at a remote Midwestern government facility, where top-secret lab experiments have resulted in genetically-engineered locusts able to devour the flesh from any humans in their path. When the swarm escapes, a determined researcher (Dan Cortese, MTV Sports) heads a team to stop the menace before it consumes the world! Also starring Julie Benz (Dexter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and David Keith (Firestarter).
SNAKEHEAD TERROR
Rated:R
Starring Doug Abrahams, Carol Alt, Bruce Boxleitner
Directed by Paul Ziller
Run Time: 92 minutes
Mutated Snakehead fish become deadly predators in a small Northeastern town when they become capable of moving on land, with a small population becoming its newest food source. With the help of the Department of Natural Resources, the local sheriff (Bruce Boxleitner) investigates the killings and searches for his missing daughter, last seen on a lake with her friends. Packed with relentless monster action on water and dry land, Snakehead Terror proves you could be next on the menu!