The last week of May delivers, both theatrically and on DVD, as THE STRANGERS finally hits theaters after much delay. On DVD, we have the return of RAMBO, a few from director Dario Argento (PHENOMENA, TENEBRE), and straight to DVD fun with THE CHAIR. We can only hope June is as complementary to the genre has May has been.
SLAUGHTERING THEATERS THIS WEEK
THE STRANGERS
Rated R for violence/terror and language.
Starring Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward
Directed by Bryan Bertino
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Three mysterious strangers terrorize a young couple in a remote house after they return from a wedding.
SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
RAMBO
Rated: R
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz
Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Run Time: 91 Min.
For some time now Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has been putt-putting along the Thai-Burmese border in a longboat, catching exotic snakes to sell. As for the 60-year civil war in Burma between the brutal government and the Karen independence movement, he ignores it. Enter a party of American missionaries whose dewy blond spokeswoman (Dexter’s Julie Benz) asks Rambo to haul them upriver so that they can bring medical aid to the insurgents. After the requisite number of monosyllabic refusals, he does. Soon afterward the do-gooders are in a world of hurt, and he’s summoned to lead a squad of mercenaries on a rescue mission.
PHENOMENA
Rated: UnRated
Starring Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasance
Directed by Dario Argento
Run Time: 110 minutes
Brace yourself for an all-new look at one of the most wildly original films ever from writer/director Dario Argento an insane epic of terror wonder and jaw-dropping carnage. Jennifer Connelly stars as an outcast student at a Swiss boarding school who discovers both her telepathic power to control insects and the gore-soaked trail of a razor-wielding killer. Can a kindly professor (Donald Pleasence of HALLOWEEN) now harness her gift to stop the bloodbath of a psychopath? Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRE) Dalila Di Lazzaro (FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN) and Fiore Argento (DEMONS) co-star along with a pounding soundtrack by Goblin Bill Wyman Iron Maiden and Mot rhead in the shocker that remains a favorite of Argento fans as well as one of the most brutally original horror thrillers of the 80s.
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TENEBRE
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Dario Argento
Starring Mirella Banti, Christian Borromeo, John Saxon
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Following the worldwide success of SUSPIRIA and INFERNO Master Of Horror Dario Argento returned to the giallo genre with the shocker that remains one of the director s greatest. Anthony Franciosa stars as an American mystery novelist on a promotional tour in Rome who finds that his most recent book has inspired a copycat serial killer. When the psychotic impulse becomes irresistible does freedom await in the simple act of annihilation? John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) Daria Nicolodi (DEEP RED) and John Steiner (CALIGULA) co-star along with a nerve-shredding score by Goblin and a mind-blowing twist ending in this classic of sexual corruption savage bloodshed and virtuoso filmmaking that fans and critics hail as an Argento masterpiece.
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THE CHAIR
Rated: R
Directed by Brett Sullivan
Starring Michael Capellupo, Alanna Chisholm, Lauren Roy, Adam Seybold, Nick Abraham
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Danielle, a young psychology student, is trying to rebuild her life when she sublets a century-old Victorian house. Unknowingly, she awakens an evil specter lurking in the dark recesses of her new home. To prove to her sister, Anna, that she isn’t delusional again, Danielle sets out to document the haunting with horrifying results. She unleashes the soul of Edgar Crowe, a vicious child killer, who quickly seizes control of her life. Hungry to satisfy his taste for torturing boys, Crowe uses Danielle like a pawn to resurrect his ghastly “Panic Chair.” Now, Anna faces an impossible task – destroy Crowe without destroying her sister. The solution comes to Anna, but is it buried too deeply in the long dead past for her to reach?
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