September hasn’t been too kind with theatrical releases, but it’s sure giving us a run for our money on DVD. This week we see Dario Argento’s long-awaited MOTHER OF TEARS, the medical students infatuated with death in PATHOLOGY, Tara Reid battling giant snakes in VIPERS, and Bruce Campbell versus vampires in SUNDOWN: VAMPIRE IN RETREAT.
Rated: UnRated
Starring Asia Argento, Cristian Solimeno, Adam James br>
Directed by Dario Argento
Run Time: 102 Min.
The final installment of the “Three Mothers” trilogy. A young American art student, Sarah, “unwittingly opens an ancient urn that unleashes the demonic power of the world’s most powerful witch. As a scourge of suicides plague the city and witches from all over the world converge on Rome to pay homage, Sarah must use all her own psychic powers to stop the ‘Mother of Tears’ before her evil conquers the world.”
Rated: R
Starring Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Weston, Alyssa Milano
Directed by Marc Schoelermann
Run Time: 82 minutes
Ted Grey (Milo Ventimiglia) is a brilliant medical student with a promising future in forensics. But when he joins the nation’s most prestigious pathology program, he unknowingly becomes a pawn in a terrifying game of death and destruction as his fellow students use their razor-sharp skills to commit unthinkable murders. When the pathological secrets of his colleagues begin to unfold, Ted quickly realizes that what he doesnâ??t know… could kill him.
VIPERS
Rated: UnRated
Directed by Bill Corcoran
Starring Tara Reid, Jonathan Scarfe, Aaron Pearl
Run Time: 89 Minutes
A group of genetically enhanced vipers are on the loose after a break-in at a medical research laboratory. They don’t just bite. They eat. Reproducing at a rapid rate, they now outnumber the locals of a nearby remote island who have barricaded themselves in an increasingly vulnerable hotel. With help on its way – or not– the lone survivors have one chance to stay alive: make it to the shore–and fast.
SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT
Rated: R
Directed by Anthony Hickox
Starring Bruce Campbell, David Carradine
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Bruce Campbell co-stars with David Carradine in a terrifying tale of bloodthirsty horror. The townsfolk of Purgatory are mean and ornery for one very good reason-they’re vampires! Hidden away in their secret community, the come out at night and feast with gusto! Now the Harrisons, an unsuspecting family from “outside” have ventured into Purgatory. Count Margulak, the ruler of the vampires, has ended their tradition of human bloodletting. Now the vampire get their fix from synthetic bottled blood, a drink so distasteful it’s making the natives crave the “real thing.” Rebel leader Shane and his army plan to overthrow the count- but it won’t happen without a fight! The battle for the “right to bite”- begins at SUNDOWN!