This is a fairly exciting week this week, as we get to witness the resurrection of Chev Chelios in CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE, which looks as fun and as crazy as the original. On DVD, there’s the critically acclaimed SPLINTER, the return of 80s horror with SLAUGHTER HIGH, and a three hot chick horror anthology with THE TELLING. Keep an eye out for other LOST COLLECTION goodies out there as well… until next week, keep it bloody!!!
CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE
Rated: R for frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language.
Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling
Directed by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Run Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Hitman Chev Chelios is kidnapped by a mysterious Chinese mobster. Three months later, he wakes up to discover his nearly indestructible heart has been surgically removed and replaced with a battery-operated ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work. After a dangerous escape from his captors, Chev is on the run again, this time from the charismatic Mexican gang boss El Huron and the Chinese Triads, headed by the dangerous 100 year-old elder Poon Dong. Once again turning to Doc Miles for medical advice, receiving help from his friend Kaylo’s twin brother Venus, and re-connecting with his girlfriend Eve, who is no longer in the dark about what he does for a living, Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it, embarking on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles where anything goes to stay alive.
Rated: R
Starring Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham, Jill Wagner, Charles Baker
Directed by Toby Wilkins
Run Time: 82 Min.
A young couple retreats to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend, but the trip quickly spirals into a nightmare when they are carjacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend. Thrown together by chance, no one can imagine the
terrifying horror that awaits the two couples at a remote and isolated gas station.
SLAUGHTER HIGH (THE LOST COLLECTION)
Rated:UnRated
Directed George Dugdale
Run Time: 90 minutes
Eight different people are invited to a five-year high school reunion at their now closed down high school where a former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, awaits to take revenge.
THE TELLING
Rated: UnRated
Starring Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt
Directed by Nicholas Carpenter;Casey Ward
Run Time: 96 minutes
The Telling is a horror anthology about three girls hoping to pledge the most elite sorority on campus. Headed by Stephanie (HOLLY MADISON of THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR), the sorority consists only of the most beautiful – and meanest – girls.
As a final task, each pledge must tell the scariest story she can think of. The first is DOLLFACE, a psychological thriller. When Tommy brings home a rescued antique doll to his girlfriend, Lily (REBEKAH KOCHAN – WHEN A KILLER CALLS), she becomes convinced that the doll is alive. Not only that, but that the doll wants her dead.
The second story, CRIMSON ECHO is an homage to horror films of the 40s. Aonce A-level actress (BRIDGET MARQUARDT of THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR) is reduced to doing a horror film in Central Europe. However, when she arrives, she is drugged, and made to face her darkest fears.
The final story is PRANK CALL. While making prank calls, three girls stumble upon a murder. When the murderer finds them, they must figure out who to trust .and who is out to kill them. Back at the sorority, the tales are told. The vote is in. But has someone taken the stories of murder to heart?