We get no theatrical love this week, but man oh man, do we get the goods on DVD! Unrated BEOWULF, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, THE RAGE, and THEM (ILS) – need I say more? It’s Christmas in February!
BEOWULF
Rated: UnRated
Starring Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Run Time: 114 Min.
When a Danish kingdom is threatened by the monster Grendel (voiced and physicalized by Crispin Glover, River’s Edge), Beowulf–lured by the promise of heroic glory–comes to rescue them. He succeeds, but falls prey to the seductive power of Grendel’s mother, played by Angelina Jolie… and as Jolie’s pneumatically animated form rises from an underground lagoon with demon-claw high heels, it becomes clear that we’re leaving the original epic far, far behind.
Rated: R
Starring Josh Hartnett, Craig Hall, Melissa George
Directed by David Slade
Run Time: 113 minutes
Josh Harnett (Black Dahlia, Pearl Harbor) crosses over to the dark side in this bone-chilling adaptation of the cult-hit graphic novel, brought to the screen in all its demonic glory. In a small Alaskan town, thirty days of night is a natural phenomenon. Very few outsiders visit, until a band of bloodthirsty, deathly pale vampires mark their arrival by savagely attacking sled dogs. But soon they find there are much more satisfying thirst-quenchers about: human beings. One by one, the townspeople succumb to a living nightmare, but a small group survives – at least for now. The vampires use the dark to their advantage, and surviving this cold hell is a game of cat and mouse – and screams.
THE RAGE
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Robert Kurtzman
Starring Erin Brown, Andrew Divoff, Reggie Bannister
Run Time: 86 Minutes
From Director Robert Kurtzman (Wishmaster, Buried Alive), comes the highly anticipated new splatter classic. When victims injected with the rage virus escape the experimentation of a mad scientist and his secrets are uncovered— all hell breaks loose. The Rage is guaranteed to be an out-rage-ously gory good time!
Rated: UnRated
Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud
Starring Olivia Bonamy and Michael Cohen
Run Time: 77 Minutes
A young couple lead a happy, quiet life in the countryside. But little do they know they’re being surrounded. When night falls, the couple will come face to face with THEM. Who are they? What do they want? The answers will take them to the very limits of fear itself.