WEEKLY SLAUGHTER #68

The last week of winter is delivering the goods and then some, with fun times in both the theater and on DVD. First up, the J-horror remake of SHUTTER starring Dawson’s Joshua Jackson and the oh-so-lovely Aussie Rachel Taylor. On DVD, the ‘wicky-wicky’ Will Smith in I AM LEGEND, the genre-gal Gina Phillips in THE SICKHOUSE, Ti West’s next directorial effort TRIGGER MAN, and the films of AFTER DARK HORRORFEST, in one big box set or individually. Goodbye winter, hello spring!

SHUTTER

Rated PG-13 for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language.

Directed by Masayuki Ochiai

Starring Rachel Taylor, Joshua Jackson, David Denman, James Kyson Lee

Run Time: ???

For photographer Ben and his new wife Jane, his new assignment–a lucrative fashion shoot in Tokyo–was supposed to be a kind of working honeymoon. With this exotic professional opportunity and the limitless possibilities of a new marriage, Ben and Jane arrive in Japan. But as they make their way on a mountain road leading to Mt. Fuji, their new life together comes to, literally, a crashing halt. Their car smashes into a woman standing in the middle of the road, who has materialized out of nowhere. Upon regaining consciousness after the accident, Ben and Jane cannot find any trace of the girl Jane believes she hit with the car. Shaken by the accident and by the girl’s disappearance, Ben and Jane arrive in Tokyo, where Ben begins his glamorous assignment. Having worked in Japan before and fluent in the language, Ben is comfortable there, and he eagerly reunites with old friends and colleagues. Jane, a newcomer to the city, feels very much like a stranger in a strange land as she makes tentative, unsettling forays through the city. Ben, meanwhile, has discovered mysterious white blurs–eerily evocative of a human form–that have materialized on an entire day’s work from the expensive photo shoot. Jane’s concerns escalate as she believes the blurs in Ben’s photos are the dead girl from the road, who is now seeking vengeance for them leaving her to die.

I AM LEGEND

Rated: PG-13

Starring Will Smith
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Run Time: 100 Min.

Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague — The Infected — lurk in the shadows… watching Neville’s every move… waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind’s last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered… and quickly running out of time.

THE SICKHOUSE

Rated: UnRated

Starring Gina Philips, Stuart Brennan
Directed by Curtis Radclyffe
Run Time: 90 minutes

While excavating the site of a 17th century plague hospital, archaeologist Anna (Gina Philips) accidentally unleashes the malevolent spirit doctor responsible for a series of gruesome murders 350 years earlier and ready to practice again! Trapped inside the hospital with four trespassing teens and hunted by the murderous spirit, Anna must find a way for the living to escape the building before history repeats itself and one by one they become permanent patients.

TRIGGER MAN

Rated: UnRated

Directed by Ti West
Starring Larry Fessenden, Sean Reid, Ray Sullivan
Run Time: 80 Minutes

Reggie, Sean, and Ray leave Manhattan for a day trip of deer hunting in Delaware, expecting to drink a few beers in the woods free of the city-life responsibilities that are slowly forcing the childhood friends apart. But with one well-aimed shot, a walk in the sun is transformed into a frantic and desperate fight for survival, as Trigger Man morphs from a character-driven rural amble into a smartly compact and radical survival thriller.

AFTERDARK HORRORFEST

Rated: UnRated

Directed by Various
Starring Various
Run Time: 647 minutes

The Unearthed: A small group of people are terrorized by a monster.

The Deaths of Ian Stone: A man is repeatedly killed, and reborn into new life situations by mysterious demonic creatures..

Crazy Eights: Relatively “big budget” cast (Frank Whaley, Dina Meyer, Gabrielle Anwar, Traci Lords) return with childhood friends to the asylum/laboratory/habitrail where they were raised.

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