A young couple retreats to the wilderness for a romantic camping weekend, but their idyll is shattered when they are car-jacked by an escaped convict and his girlfriend on the run from the police. As the foursome travel the back roads together, each plotting their next move, they find themselves in deeper trouble than any of them could have imagined — a blood-crazed, parasitic creature that absorbs the corpses of its victims has laid claim to the woods, and the two couples are now in its sights. Finding shelter at an abandoned gas station, they must use their wits and every weapon at their disposal to stave off the onslaught, not only from the insatiable creature, but also each other.
A teenage girl discovers that her parents made a pact with the devil to save her life. When the devil comes to collect, terrible things begin to happen and she must figure out if and how she can save herself.
Sure, it’s fun to watch scary movies any time, but the run-up to Halloween is tailor-made for good, creepy cinematic fare. Here’s what’s slithering into theaters this month:
“Quarantine”: Opens today
It’s never a good sign when something awful is happening and you’re locked in with it. TV reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) is assigned to spend a night shift with Los Angeles firefighters. They respond to a 911 call at an apartment building, where a resident is infected with a mysterious disease. Let’s just say the symptoms go beyond stuffy head and sore throat. The Centers for Disease Control quarantine the building, with a complete communications blackout. When the quarantine is lifted, all that remains is the news crew’s videotape. And little chance of getting one’s security deposit back.
Our own worst nightmares have come to life in Anchor Bay Entertainment’s October 28th DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Dead Space: Downfall. The movie is a must-have feature because it bridges the gap in the narrative between the Dead Space comic series and the highly-anticipated “Dead Space: Downfall”, EA’s (Electronic Arts Inc.) upcoming video game which will be released in late October.
Produced and animated by Film Roman (The Simpsons, King of the Hill), Dead Space: Downfall completes one of the most ambitious and terrifying multi-media story arcs in recent horror history - see the film’s synopsis (and bonus features) further below. DVD suggested retail price is $26.97 ($34.98 for Blu-ray), but as of Oct 7 Amazon has them both on pre-order sale for just $19.95 each (and the BD edition includes a bonus Digital Copy of the film).
Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have signed on to headline Swiss writer-director Barthelemy Grossmann’s futuristic horror thriller “Fortuna.”
Monaghan has starred in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and the TV series “Lost,” while Rodriguez was a former ensemble player on “Six Feet Under” who has since been seen in the movies “Grindhouse,” “Lady in the Water” and “Bottle Shock.”
An American high school prom in Georgia is unexpectedly interrupted when a graveyard, next to a nuclear power plant, becomes the sudden source of resuscitated cadavers. As zombies march on the high school, a motley group of dateless teenage outcasts, among them Jimmy (Jared Kusnitz), Lindsey (Greyson Chadwick), Stephen (Chandler Darby) and Kyle (Justin Welborn), take on the zombies and save the day.
