The ‘dump’ month continues this week in theaters, as yet another PG-13 attempt at a worthwhile werewolf movie is unleashed upon us with BLOOD & CHOCOLATE. At least we have one shining light to look forward to- the unrated DVD for SAW III hits (it seems like yesterday it was in theaters), and the mondo-deal-of-the-century with BEASTLY BUTCHERS, with 6 movies for all of 10 bucks. If nothing else, this is the time of year to catch up on all the great horror that hit in 2006… and if you haven’t seen SAW III yet, just you wait… it’s a doozy!
SLAUGHTERING THEATERS THIS WEEK
BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE
Rated PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse.
Directed by Katja Von Garnier
Starring Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Katja Riemann, Bryan Dick
Run Time: ???
Ten years ago, in the remote mountains of Colorado, a young girl watched helplessly as her family was murdered by a pack of angry men for the secret they carried in their blood. She survived by running into the woods, and changing into something the hunters could never find–a wolf. Now, though she lives half a world away, Vivian Gandillon is still running. Living in relative safety in Bucharest, Vivian spends her days working at a chocolate shop and nights trawling the city’s underground clubs, fending off the reckless antics of her cousin Rafe and his gang of delinquents he calls “The Five.” Aiden Galvin is an artist researching Bucharest’s ancient art and relics for his next graphic novel based on the mythology of the loup garoux–shapeshifters whose power to change effortlessly into the forms of both human and wolf was once considered holy among men. Wrestling demons of his own, Aiden hopes to explore the inner lives of these outsiders that he believes were persecuted to extinction–labeled monsters, murderers, werewolves. What he doesn’t know is that the loup garoux are not only very real, they’re far from extinct. During a chance encounter in an abandoned church celebrating the loup garoux, Aiden unknowingly comes face-to-face with the real thing, Vivian. Others may have secrets but none as extraordinary as hers, for Vivian is among the last of her kind, leading a tenuous existence under the protection and control of Gabriel, the powerful and enigmatic leader of one of the last packs of loup garoux on earth. After their brief exchange in the church, Aiden can’t get Vivian out of his mind, nor can she forget him. He pursues her until she relents and begins to see him, but she can’t bring herself to tell him the truth–and lives in fear of showing him what she really is. And what’s worse: her future, and who she falls in love with, is already predetermined. To keep their kind from being hunted to extinction, Gabriel holds them to strict laws. One is that he must take a new bride every seven years, and Vivian has been prophesied to be his next.
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ARROW IN THE HEAD’S DVD PICKS
SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
SAW III
Rated: NR
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie Wahlberg
Run Time: 113 min.
Amanda, Jigsaws apprentice is asked by Jigsaw to capture Dr. Lynn Denlon to keep Jigsaw alive for one final test. While Jeff is faced with a difficult situation of his own trapped in a freezer, only getting colder by the second, he must decide whether or not to save another of Jigsaws victims Denica.
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BEASTLY BUTCHERS
Rated: NR
Starring Jenny Admire, Debbie Rachon, Joe Lauria
Run Time: 441 min.
Six Movies, One Price – What’s not to love here?
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