The battle of the century is about to unfold this week, in what may be one of the most anticipated theaterical release dates of all time. August 28th brings us both HALLOWEEN 2 and THE FINAL DESTINATION, in a move that will have you scratching your head and wondering: which flick is gonna win the battle of the box office? On DVD, there ain’t nothing but a load of crap, so you don’t have an excuse to stay inside this week. H2 or FD4? Who’s gonna win….?
HALLOWEEN 2
Rated:R for strong brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, disturbing graphic images, language, and some crude sexual content and nudity.
Starring Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Brad Dourif, Chris Hardwick
Directed by Rob Zombie
Run Time: 1 hr. 41 min.
Picks up at the exact moment the first movie stopped and follow the aftermath of Michael Myers murderous rampage through the eyes of heroine Laurie Strode.
THE FINAL DESTINATION
Rated: R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language and a scene of sexuality.
Starring Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano
Directed by David R. Ellis
Run Time: 1 hr. 22 min.
On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave… escaping seconds before Nick’s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they’ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one–in increasingly gruesome ways–Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination.
DREAMS OF THE DEAD
Rated: R
Starring Cathy Loch, Tony Rugnetta
Directed by John Orrichio
Run Time: 97 Min.
For 15 years the large estate of Samuel Arnold has stood silent and empty. From its darkened windows, dark and foreboding eyes stare out from behind the glass. But like a midwinter’s breeze in the lonely hours of the night, something stirs in both dreams and reality, unable to find any peace. What is the mystery of Danbury House?
Aubrey, last of the family line and leader of an all-girl band, believes the old family home will be an ideal place for writing and rehearsing their new CD. Ignoring her father’s warnings, she and her band move in with dreams of making it big in the rock and roll world. Only then does the lurking horror of her family’s true legacy reveal itself, as she fights desperately to find the truth, and reject her dark inheritance.
GHOST IMAGE
Rated: PG-13
Starring Elisabeth Rohm, Stacey Dash, Waylon Payne, Roma Maffia
Directed by Jack Snyder
Run Time: 96 minutes
When a young female video editor loses her boyfriend in a car crash, she finds solace in watching video of him taken the night before he died…
FRAYED
Rated: R
Starring Kellee Bradley, Don Brady, Tasha Smith, Tony Doupe
Directed by Norb Caoili, Rob Portmann
Run Time: 111 minutes
WARNING: THIS MOVIE CONTAINS ONE OF THE MOST BRUTALLY GRAPHIC SCENES EVER DEPICTED ON FILM. On September 12, 1994, in the rural town of Smith Haven, Washington, a call was placed to 9-1-1. When police arrived at the scene of the crime, what they discovered was in fact the most horrific and disturbing crime they had ever encountered. The town sheriff’s son had brutally beaten his mother to death…it was all captured on home video. Now, thirteen years later, we invite you to bear witness to this deranged young man with a dark secret as he is transferred from the Yellow Glen Rehabilitation Center to a maximum-security facility.